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Movies that are centric around portuguese actors, language, production or location.
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  • Lisbon Story (1994)

    1. Lisbon Story

    19941h 40mPG
    7.1 (5.7K)
    The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks later, Monroe is disappeared but has left the unfinished film. Winter decides to stay, because he is fascinated of the city and the Portuguese singer Teresa, and he starts to record the sound of the film. At the same time Monroe cruises through the city with a camcorder and tries to catch unseen pictures. Later they meet and Winter convinces Monroe of finishing the film.
    DirectorWim WendersStarsRüdiger VoglerPatrick BauchauVasco Sequeira
  • Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One (2015)

    2. Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One

    20152h 5mNot Rated81Metascore
    6.9 (2.5K)
    Some of the chapters from Arabian Nights are adapted to a modern Portugal in this epic.
    DirectorMiguel GomesStarsCrista AlfaiateMiguel GomesMartinho Cerqueira
  • Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015)

    3. Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One

    20152h 11mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.0 (1.7K)
    Continuation of the Arabian Nights stories by the structure were adapted to modern life in Portugal in three innings and the third chapter "The Owners of Dixie" has three chapters.
    DirectorMiguel GomesStarsCrista AlfaiateChico ChapasLuísa Cruz
  • In Vanda's Room (2000)

    4. In Vanda's Room

    20002h 51mNot Rated
    7.0 (1.8K)
    The film follows the daily life of Vanda Duarte, a heroin addict in Lisbon, and the community she lives in.
    DirectorPedro CostaStarsVanda DuarteLena DuarteZita Duarte
  • Mysteries of Lisbon (2011)

    5. Mysteries of Lisbon

    20116 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series82Metascore
    7.4 (3.6K)
    Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.
    StarsAdriano LuzMaria João BastosRicardo Pereira
  • Arabian Nights: Volume 3 - The Enchanted One (2015)

    6. Arabian Nights: Volume 3 - The Enchanted One

    20152h 5mNot Rated80Metascore
    6.4 (1.4K)
    The final trilogy of adaptation of Arabian Nights story by the structure in Portugal modern life between 2013-2014 in three chapters.
    DirectorMiguel GomesStarsCrista AlfaiateAmérico SilvaAmar Bounachada
  • Ventura in Colossal Youth (2006)

    7. Colossal Youth

    20062h 36mNot Rated
    6.8 (1.8K)
    With the destruction of Fontainhas nearly complete, the old man Ventura wanders around a bleak housing project and the ruins of the slums, meeting with his kids and old friends.
    DirectorPedro CostaStarsVenturaVanda DuarteBeatriz Duarte
  • Cats Don't Have Vertigo (2014)

    8. Cats Don't Have Vertigo

    20142h 4m
    7.3 (1.8K)
    An 18 year old boy with a complicated life starts a criminal career but ends up on a rooftop of Lisbon. On the apartment below lives a recently widowed, lonely old lady. Against all odds and her family's will, they become each others best company.
    DirectorAntónio-Pedro VasconcelosStarsMaria do Céu GuerraJoão JesusFernanda Serrano
  • Bones (1997)

    9. Bones

    19971h 34mNot Rated
    6.8 (1.9K)
    A suicidal young woman gives her newborn child up to his deadbeat father in the Fontainhas slums of Lisbon.
    DirectorPedro CostaStarsVanda DuarteNuno VazMariya Lipkina
  • In the White City (1983)

    10. In the White City

    19831h 48m
    7.3 (1.5K)
    A Swiss sailor abandons his post during a stopover in Lisbon and takes up residence in a small hotel in the city.
    DirectorAlain TannerStarsBruno GanzTeresa MadrugaJulia Vonderlinn
  • Atrás das Nuvens (2007)

    11. Atrás das Nuvens

    20071h 26m
    6.8 (98)
    Nine-year-old Paulo stumbles upon a photograph of Miguel, the grandfather he never met, sets out to track him down and eventually meets him, at which point the magic begins.
    DirectorJorge QueirogaStarsNicolau BreynerRuben SilvaSofia Grillo
  • The Call (2015)

    12. The Call

    20151h 43m
    8.7 (312)
    Seven years ago a young man murdered his parents, was sent to a mental institute after his departure from it, he returns to his life surrounded by crime, with an insatiable desire for revenge.
    DirectorRui ConstantinoStarsMarco CruzRui ConstantinoDaniel García
  • A Canção de Lisboa (1933)

    13. A Canção de Lisboa

    19331h 25m
    7.7 (1.6K)
    After flunking in medical school, the young and bohemian Vasco need to trick his aunts, the main financers of his studies, preventing them to know that he is not a doctor.
    DirectorJosé Cottinelli TelmoStarsVasco SantanaBeatriz CostaAntónio Silva
  • Laura Soveral in Uma Abelha na Chuva (1972)

    14. Uma Abelha na Chuva

    19721h 15m
    6.6 (290)
    A married couple of rich and depressed noblemen destroy the lives of their servants out of spite.
    DirectorFernando LopesStarsLaura SoveralJoão GuedesZita Duarte
  • O Grande Elias (1950)

    15. O Grande Elias

    19501h 58m
    7.0 (251)
    When Mr. Elias discovers that his aunt, who lives in Brazil, comes to visit him, he decides to temporarily occupy the house of a wealthy neighbor who's away so that she doesn't discover that he's not as rich as he told her.
    DirectorArthur DuarteStarsAntónio SilvaMilúFrancisco Ribeiro
  • Rui Gomes and Isabel Ruth in Os Verdes Anos (1963)

    16. Os Verdes Anos

    19631h 31m
    7.4 (1K)
    19-year-old Julio has just left the provinces to settle down in the outskirts of Lisbon. He lives in a poor area with his uncle Afonso and starts working as an apprentice shoemaker. At the shop he gets to know Ilda, a young housemaid and regular customer. Ilda is pretty, joyful, and modern, and Julio falls for her. The two young people, although very different from each other, embark on an idyll.
    DirectorPaulo RochaStarsIsabel RuthRui GomesPaulo Renato
  • O Costa do Castelo (1943)

    17. O Costa do Castelo

    19432h 15m
    7.5 (688)
    The unlikely love between Luisinha, a humble girl who lives on a small pension in Lisbon, and Daniel, a wealthy aristocrat who decides to fight for the girl who loves against the prejudices of his family.
    DirectorArthur DuarteStarsAntónio SilvaMaria MatosMilú
  • The Tyrant Father (1941)

    18. The Tyrant Father

    19411h 54m
    7.8 (906)
    Francisco, salesman in a shoe store, is totally in love with Tatão, which sells perfume in the same street. But he is an amateur theater actor, as she hates theater and is a fan of cinema. Will this unlikely love endure?
    DirectorAntónio Lopes RibeiroStarsVasco SantanaFrancisco RibeiroLeonor Maia
  • O Leão da Estrela (1947)

    19. O Leão da Estrela

    19472h 1m
    7.7 (1.3K)
    Anastácio lives in Lisbon and is fanatic for Sporting, one of the city's football teams. When the team travels to face Porto, he follows it with the family, staying in house of his friend, Mr. Barata, pretending to be rich.
    DirectorArthur DuarteStarsAntónio SilvaMilúMaria Eugénia
  • João Ratão (1940)

    20. João Ratão

    19401h 38m
    6.1 (75)
    João Ratão is a Portuguese soldier in the Flandres battle-front,
    DirectorJorge Brum do CantoStarsÓscar de LemosMaria DomingasAntónio Silva
  • Mirita Casimiro in Maria Papoila (1937)

    21. Maria Papoila

    19371h 45m
    6.4 (93)
    A humble country girl moves to the city to work as a maid, eventually finding love and adventure.
    DirectorJosé Leitão de BarrosStarsMirita CasimiroAntónio SilvaEduardo Fernandes
  • Aniki Bobo (1942)

    22. Aniki Bobo

    19421h 11m
    7.6 (2K)
    The story takes place in the old streets of Porto and by the banks of the Douro River. A gang of very young kids has just accepted a new member, Carlitos, a shy boy who has "played it tough" by stealing a doll in a shop. Carlitos soon has a crush on Terezinha, the only girl in the group. The trouble is that Eduardo, the gang boss, is also in love with the pretty girl. And he will not allow any rival to challenge him.
    DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsNascimento FernandesVital dos SantosAntónio Palma
  • Laura Alves, Maria da Graça, Maria das Neves, Barroso Lopes, Graça Maria, Carlos Otero, Francisco Ribeiro, Vasco Santana, António Silva, Antonio Vilar, and Maria Paula in The Courtyard of the Ballads (1942)

    23. The Courtyard of the Ballads

    19422h 1m
    7.8 (1.3K)
    This classic of Portuguese cinema depicts the friendships and rivalries of the inhabitants of a square in downtown Lisbon, where exists a spirit of familiarity between neighbors.
    DirectorFrancisco RibeiroStarsMaria das NevesVasco SantanaAntónio Silva

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