Movie List for "portuguese"

O Jardim do Outro Homem (2007) Drama Movie

Sofia, a young girl in Mozambique who is studying to be a doctor, finds that her professor wants more from her than hard work. An unwillingness to compromise her values and potentially her health, may cost her a place there. Year 2007.

Generes: Drama
Director: Sol de Carvalho
Writer: Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Joana Smith, Sol de Carvalho
Actors: Evaristo Abreu, Timóteo Maposse, Maria Amélia Pangane

Hearts & Minds (1995) Drama History Thriller Movie

Set when the apartheid government was still in control, this powerful South African thriller is based on the true story of a policeman belonging to an elite government squad who was assigned to masquerade as a supporter and infiltrat Year 1995.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Ralph Ziman
Writer: Ralph Ziman, Patrick Shai
Actors: Danny Keogh, Patrick Shai, Seputla Sebogodi

Mortu Nega (1988) Drama War Movie

The story of a woman who searches through the country for her husband, a resistant, while the war for independence is raging. She finds him at last and saves his life. When peace finally arrives, they have to learn how to be together Year 1988.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Flora Gomes
Writer: Manuel Rambout Barcelos, Flora Gomes, David Lang
Actors: Bia Gomes, Tunu Eugenio Almada, Mamadu Uri Balde

Queimada (1969) Action Drama War Movie

During a slave revolt in 1844, a British mercenary helps an Antilles island colony gain its independence from Portugal, but years later he returns to manhunt a local rebel army leader and former friend. Year 1969.

Generes: Action, Drama, War
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Writer: Franco Solinas, Giorgio Arlorio, Gillo Pontecorvo
Actors: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori

Tabu (2012) Drama Romance Movie

A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor’s maid to seek out a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa. Year 2012.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Miguel Gomes
Writer: Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo
Actors: Telmo Churro, Miguel Gomes, Hortêncílio Aquina

Kashtee-ye Angelica (1989) Action Adventure Drama Movie

Many years ago The Angelica which was carrying gold and silver from the Portuguese to the Arab Sheykhs had been sunk in the Persian gulf. Ahmad Beyk manages to find it’s place and is after getting the treasure out. He goes to Shiraz’ Year 1989.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Muhammad Bozorgnia
Writer: Muhammad Bozorgnia, Behnam Diani, Hassan Gholizadeh
Actors: Fereydoon Aboo Zia, Dariush Arjmand, Ezzatolah Entezami

Wild Orchid (1989) Drama Romance Movie

A female lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters. Year 1989.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Zalman King
Writer: Patricia Louisianna Knop, Zalman King
Actors: Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carré Otis, Assumpta Serna

Casa Grande (2014) Drama Romance Movie

Exploring issues of class privilege among Rio’s decadent elite, Casa Grande depicts a teenage boy’s struggle to escape his overprotective parents as they covertly spiral into bankruptcy. Year 2014.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Fellipe Barbosa
Writer: Fellipe Barbosa, Karen Sztajnberg
Actors: Marcello Novaes, Suzana Pires, Thales Cavalcanti, Clarissa Pinheiro

Amor Estranho Amor (1982) Drama Movie

São Paulo, 1937. Hugo is a12-year-old teenage boy who came from Santa Catarina, being brought by his grandmother to return him to his mother, Anna who is a lover of Osmar, the the most … Year 1982.

Generes: Drama
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri
Writer: Walter Hugo Khouri
Actors: Vera Fischer, Tarcísio Meira, Xuxa, Íris Bruzzi

Yesterday (2019) Comedy Fantasy Music Romance Movie

A struggling musician realizes he’s the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate timeline where they never existed. Year 2019.

Generes: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: Richard Curtis (screenplay by), Jack Barth (story by), Richard Curtis (story by)
Actors: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell

Aquarius (2016) Drama Movie

Clara, 65, lives her life to the fullest with her family and friends. A construction company wants her Recife oceanfront condo, as they’ve already bought all the other in the 3 story building. Clara’s staying. Year 2016.

Generes: Drama
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Writer: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Actors: Sônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão

Great Expectations (1998) Drama Romance Movie

Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love. Year 1998.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writer: Charles Dickens (novel), Mitch Glazer (screenplay)
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper

Notorious (1946) Drama Film-Noir Romance Thriller Movie

A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them? Year 1946.

Generes: Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Ben Hecht
Actors: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern

Sergio (2020) Biography Drama History Romance Movie

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career. Year 2020.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Director: Greg Barker
Writer: Craig Borten (screenplay by), Samantha Power (based on the book ‘Chasing the Flame: One Man’s Fight to Save the World’)
Actors: Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, Brían F. O’Byrne, Bradley Whitford

Sick, Sick, Sick (2019) Drama Romance Movie

An introspective young girl falls for the new boy in class, an outcast who is also a hemophiliac. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Alice Furtado
Writer: Alice Furtado, Leonardo Levis
Actors: Sílvia Buarque, Luiza Kosovski, Lourenço Mutarelli, Ismar Tirelli Neto