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- DirectorFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus NachtergaeleIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsMatheus NachtergaeleSelton MelloRogério CardosoFollows the lives of 2 poor Brazilians and their schemes to get money and the consequences of their actions.
- DirectorJosé PadilhaStarsWagner MouraAndré RamiroCaio JunqueiraIn 1997 Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his position while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope visits.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsRodrigo SantoroOthon BastosCássia KisA trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The marijuana cigarette is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.
- DirectorMarcelo GomesStarsJoão MiguelPeter KetnathMadalena AcciolyA road movie about a German man who went to the Northeast of Brazil in 1942 to sell Aspirin.
- DirectorJayme MonjardimStarsCamila MorgadoCaco CioclerLuís MeloBased upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to support the Allies.
- DirectorWalter CarvalhoSandra WerneckStarsDaniel de OliveiraMarieta SeveroReginaldo FariaThe life and times of Cazuza, Brazilian singer/poet/enfant terrible, from his start with rock group "Barão Vermelho", to his death from Aids, in 1990, showing his career, love affairs, and involvement with drugs.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsGael García BernalRodrigo de la SernaMía MaestroErnesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.
- DirectorJosé PadilhaStarsWagner MouraIrandhir SantosAndré RamiroAfter a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.
- DirectorMauro LimaStarsBabu SantanaRobson NunesAlinne MoraesBiopic of Brazilian singer Tim Maia, from his childhood in Rio de Janeiro until his death at age 55, including his passage by the US, where he discovers a new style of music and is arrested for theft and drug possession.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsMichel GomesCris ViannaMarcello Melo Jr.A chronicle of a real-life bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro that occurred on June 12, 2000.
- DirectorJayme MonjardimStarsFernanda MontenegroThiago LacerdaMarjorie EstianoThe history of Brazil's southern occupation and the Anna Terra descendants.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsFernanda MontenegroVinícius de OliveiraMarília PêraThe emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
- DirectorSergio RezendeStarsJosé WilkerCláudia AbreuPaulo BettiThe drama of a poor family in the bloodiest war in the History of Brazil: the war of Canudos.
- DirectorVicente FerrazStarsDaniel de OliveiraFrancisco GasparJúlio AndradeThe unusual meeting between three deserters from different nationalities (Brazil, German and Italy) during World War II.
- DirectorHugo PrataStarsAndréia HortaGustavo MachadoCaco CioclerThe life of Elis Regina, undoubtedly the greatest Brazilian singer of all time, is told in this biopic film with energetic and pulsating rhythm.
- DirectorCecília AmadoGuy GonçalvesStarsJean AmorimAna GracielaRoberio LimaAbout the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
- DirectorBeto BrantStarsMarco RiccaAlexandre BorgesPaulo MiklosTwo businessmen hire a hitman to kill their third partner and are then blackmailed by the hitman as he takes over their company.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsGianfrancesco GuarnieriFernanda MontenegroCarlos Alberto RiccelliUnion leader's son doesn't want to engage in a strike, because his wife is pregnant, thus disregarding his father's tradition of political activism.
- DirectorJoão JardimStarsTony RamosDrica MoraesThiago JustinoThe movie depicts the political crisis that led to the suicide of president Getúlio Vargas, in the 19 days that preceded August 24, 1954. The crisis began with the attempted assassination of journalist and politician Carlos Lacerda (Alexandre Borges) in August 5, 1954, at rua Toneleros, Rio de Janeiro, in which Major Vaz was assassinated instead. Investigations pointed to Gregório Fortunato (Thiago Justino), chief of Vargas' personal guard, as the orderer of the frustrated assassination. This incident was one of the most importants in the history of Brazil.
- DirectorRené SampaioStarsFabrício BoliveiraIsis ValverdeFelipe AbibJoão do Santo Cristo leaves his hometown and moves to Brasília in search of a better life. There, he encounters misery and crime, but also discovers love in the arms of Maria Lúcia.
- DirectorAnna MuylaertStarsGlória PiresPaulo MiklosAlessandra ColassantiIn São Paulo, the lonely forty and something year-old guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment and is addicted in her only companion, the cigarettes. She has a constant friction with her two sisters, the executive Pop and the housewife Teca, because of the inheritance of the couch of their deceased Aunt Dinah. When the musician of a barbecue place Max moves to the next-door apartment, Baby has a crush on him. Sooner they have a love affair and Baby quits smoking with the support of a fellowship. However the insecure Baby feels jealous with the relationship of Max with his former woman Estelinha that keeps stalking him. One night, Baby follows Estelinha and when she leaves the building, Baby accidentally hits her; the hit-and-run Baby calls 911 but Estelinha dies. When the doorman Chico watches the tape of the surveillance camera, he hides the VHS tape from the police. Meanwhile Max moves to Baby's apartment and she lives a conflictive situation.
- DirectorMarcos PradoStarsNathalia DillLuca BianchiLívia de BuenoTwo girlfriends visit a big Brazilian beach festival and decide to just let go. They enjoy the music, booze, drugs and on one steamy afternoon even each other. They also meet a young man and things can't be better. Can this paradise last?
- DirectorBeto BrantRenato CiascaStarsCamila PitangaGustavo MachadoZécarlos MachadoThe photographer Cauby moves and settles down in a small town in the countryside of Pará. When he meets the model Lavínia, who is the wife of Pastor Ernani, they have a torrid love affair. Cauby asks Lavínia to leave her husband and the town with him but she refuses. Cauby does not know about the dishonored past of his muse and her gratitude to Ernani, who saved her from the streets and the drugs. Meanwhile, the snoopy and gossiper journalist Viktor Laurence receives compromising pictures of Lavínia naked, posing for Cauby. When Viktor and Ernani are found dead and Lavínia is missing, Cauby becomes the prime suspect of Sheriff Polozzi with tragic consequences for his life.
- DirectorCláudio TorresStarsWagner MouraAlinne MoraesMaria Luísa MendonçaZero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.
- DirectorLula Buarque de HollandaStarsAlinne MoraesLázaro RamosMayana NeivaA man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.
- DirectorAntonio Carlos da FontouraStarsThiago MendonçaRenato RussoLaila ZaidThe life of Renato Manfredini Júnior, Brazilian musician, from his first involvement with music, to his years in the punk rock band Aborto Alétrico, to the formation of Legião Urbana, in the rock scene of 70's/80's Brasilia.
- DirectorIberê CarvalhoStarsRita AssemanyOthon BastosAndré DecaAfter returning to his hometown with his sick mother, Marlombrando meets his long-lost father and the Drive-in cinema where he spent his childhood. Almeida keeps the cinema up and running with the help of Paula, who takes care of the film projection and the snack bar, and Jose, an old friend of Almeida's, who is in charge of selling tickets at the box-office and tidying up the premises. Marlombrando's arrival and the demolition threatening the Drive-in will bring a new sense of direction in their lives.
- DirectorAndré PellenzStarsPaulo GustavoRodrigo PandolfoMariana XavierAfter another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.
- DirectorToniko MeloStarsWagner MouraGisele FróesEmiliano RuschelThe life of a real conman and one of the biggest frauds in Brazil.
- DirectorAdirley QueirósStarsWellington AbreuNancy AraújoMarquim do TropaThis is a fiction/documentary which presents some contradictions of Brasilia, the federal capital of Brazil, and how the poor people who built the city were pushed out from the city center in the 70s.
- DirectorLael RodriguesStarsDébora BlochLauro CoronaDiogo VilelaYoung woman leaves Minas Gerais State, Brazil, to try to be a singer in Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorGuilherme FontesStarsMarco RiccaAndrea BeltrãoPaulo BettiThe story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communication in Brazil. Due to his influence during the late 1930s up to the early 1960s, he has come to be called The Brazilian Citizen Kane.
- DirectorMarcus LigockiStarsMariana XimenesBruno GarciaMiá MelloAfter being called crazy by her husband, Lucy decides to follow her dream
- DirectorStephen DaldryChristian DuurvoortStarsRickson TevezGabriel WeinsteinMartin SheenSet in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
- DirectorPedro VasconcelosStarsDanton MelloFábio PorchatAnderson Di RizziOn the final test of a public tender for federal judge in Rio de Janeiro, the four finalists lawyers come from bizarre way: the gaucho Rogério Carlos (Fábio Porchat) comes surrounded woman dressed transvestites, the São Paulo Rezende (Rodrigo Pandolfo) ragamuffin on a motorcycle driven by attractive Martinha (Sabrina Sato), Caio Rio (Danton Mello) appears in a vehicle which falls handcuffed and escorted, and the Ceará Freitas (Anderson Di Rizzi) appears in an ambulance next to his pregnant wife Mariana (Carol Castro), entering the hall on a stretcher pushed by candomblé practitioners. The film then returns to a week before showing the quartet meeting and engaging in various confusions as they prepare for the race.
- DirectorFelipe JoffilyStarsBruno MazzeoMarcos PalmeiraEmílio Orciollo NettoThe real first comedy about love.
- DirectorRoberto BerlinerStarsLília CabralFiukCarolina DieckmannWhen their oldest son disappears from home, Edna and Eustáquio need to look for help in unconventional places.
- DirectorJosé Eduardo BelmonteStarsAntônio FagundesCauã ReymondCaio BlatIn 2007, the Rio de Janeiro government is preparing an operation with the police and army to invade the Complexo do Alemão, one of the largest and more dangerous slums of the South America, as part of the UPP Program of the State to retrieve slums controlled by drug dealers. The delivery boy Pixixo is bringing classified documents with the identity of the undercover agents that are working in Alemão to deliver to the Chief of Police Valadares, but he is stopped in a checkpoint of the drug dealers. Pixixo flees, but the criminals that take his mail. Soon the criminals under the command of the drug lord Playboy jam the cellular and the Internet to hunt down the undercover agents Samuel, Danilo, Carlinhos and Branco that hide in their base in the pizzeria of the also undercover agent Doca. Without means of communication, there is tension and suspicion among the five men that are trapped inside the pizzeria. The situation gets more complicated when the cleaning woman Mariana comes to the pizzeria to receive her payment. Will the police agents succeed to escape?
- DirectorRoberto SantucciStarsMarcello CaridadeLeandro HassumLuiza ValdetaroJohn is a corrupt politician wanting to be the Brazil's next president. He receives an enchantment from his grandmother and can't lie anymore. Now he must win the presidential elections telling only the truth.