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City of God(2002)

2h 10min | Drama, Crime
4.2/5 (with 3,184 votes)

In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

Rio(2011)

3.4/5 (with 3,005 votes)

Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

Directed by Carlos Saldanha

The Incredible Hulk(2008)

3.1/5 (with 5,340 votes)

Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with a new, deadly foe.

Moonraker(1979)

3.1/5 (with 898 votes)

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's nefarious plans for humanity, all the while fending off an old nemesis, Jaws, and venturing to Venice, Rio, the Amazon...and even outer space.

Elite Squad(2007)

1h 55min | Drama, Action, Crime
4.0/5 (with 977 votes)

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

Notorious(1946)

13
| 1h 43min | Thriller, Romance / Love, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 653 votes)

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

Fletch(1985)

1h 38min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 278 votes)

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.

Wild Orchid(1989)

1h 45min | Romance / Love, Drama
2.7/5 (with 123 votes)

A woman lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.

Central Station(1998)

1h 53min | Drama
4.1/5 (with 363 votes)

An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Double Trouble(1984)

12
| 1h 39min | Action, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 222 votes)

A stuntman and a saxophonist stand in for two billionaires threatened by killers.

Blame It on Rio(1984)

16
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 68 votes)

Matthew Hollis is man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Matthew falls for his best friend's amorous daughter named Jennifer, they embark on a secret, if slightly one-sided relationship. Jennifer's father is furious when he finds out about the 'older man' in his daughter's life, and sets out to hunt him down with the aid of Matthew!

From Beginning to End(2009)

1h 45min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.3/5 (with 80 votes)

Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.

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City of Men(2007)

1h 46min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 122 votes)

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

Trash(2014)

Κ-12
| 1h 52min | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 273 votes)

Set 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.

Just Another Christmas(2020)

1h 41min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 180 votes)

After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.

Directed by Roberto Santucci

OSS 117: Lost in Rio(2009)

1h 40min | Crime, Action, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 626 votes)

French top secret agent, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, is sent to Rio to buy microfilms from a running nazi. To do so, he has to team up with Mossad secret services.

Black Orpheus(1959)

3.5/5 (with 86 votes)

Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Flying Down to Rio(1933)

3.2/5 (with 25 votes)

A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.

Rio, I Love You(2014)

Κ
| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.5/5 (with 19 votes)

The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location. The film serves to bridge gaps between cultures, educating and entertaining the audience, while celebrating unique and universal expressions of love.

Air Bridge(2015)

1h 40min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 27 votes)

Bruno and Amanda have to face the difficulties of a long distance relationship after meeting in a flight forced into an emergency landing.

Directed by Júlia Rezende

Road to Rio(1947)

1h 40min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 17 votes)

Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.

Waste Land(2010)

1h 30min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 50 votes)

An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.

Directed by Lucy Walker - With Vik Muniz

The Other Side of the Street(2004)

1h 38min
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of events that will force her to take stock of her life.

Bus 174(2002)

1h 58min | Documentary, Crime
3.7/5 (with 60 votes)

Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

Directed by José Padilha - With Sandro Rosa do Nascimento

Romance on the High Seas(1948)

3.4/5 (with 11 votes)

Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.

Il barbiere di Rio(1996)

1h 45min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 25 votes)

Matteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this depressing reality by accepting his sister Angelina's invitation to Brazil.

The Middle of the World(2003)

1h 25min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 19 votes)

Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycles. Along the way, the story explores the inner dynamics of a family facing a great challenge with the courage to pursue dreams.

Night Flight(1933)

1h 24min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.

Girl from Rio(2001)

1h 42min | Drama, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the first flight to Rio are just the beginning.

Directed by Christopher Monger - With Hugh Laurie, Santiago Segura, Patrick Barlow, Nelson Xavier

Swingin' Betty(1984)

1h 14min | Comedy, Drama
2.4/5 (with 7 votes)

A small town girl, who's an aspiring singer, tries to make a living out of music in the big city of Rio de Janeiro.

Directed by Lael Rodrigues
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