Carandiru

7.2

The Man with the Golden Arm

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

1955-12-26 | en

7.4

The Experiment

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.

2001-03-08 | de

6.4

THX 1138

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

1971-03-11 | en

7.5

Lost Highway

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

1997-01-15 | en

6.7

Getulio

The 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 in August 5, 1954, at rua Toneleros, Rio de Janeiro, in which Major Vaz was assassinated instead. Investigations pointed to Gregório Fortunato, 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.

2014-05-01 | pt

8.1

Central Station

An emotional 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.

1998-04-03 | pt

7.3

Dead Man Walking

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

1995-12-29 | en

7.3

Pickpocket

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.

1959-12-16 | fr

8.5

GoodFellas

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

1990-09-12 | en

6.4

Whirlpool

An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.

1934-04-10 | en

7.0

MAS*H

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

1970-02-18 | en

7.8

The King of Comedy

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

1982-12-18 | en

8.7

The Shawshank Redemption

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

1994-09-23 | en

7.0

Strange Days

Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.

1995-10-13 | en

7.3

Meet Joe Black

Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?

1998-11-12 | en

7.5

Eyes Wide Shut

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

1999-07-16 | en

7.9

La Strada

When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.

1954-09-23 | it

8.1

La Haine

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.

1995-05-31 | fr

5.8

Bandyta

Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but also discovers corruption inside the facility.

1997-11-07 | en

6.0

Shaft's Big Score!

John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

1972-06-08 | en

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Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Milton Gonçalves

Ivan de Almeida

Aílton Graça

Maria Luísa Mendonça

Aida Leiner

Rodrigo Santoro

Gero Camilo

Lázaro Ramos

Caio Blat

Wagner Moura

Julia Ianina

Sabrina Greve

Floriano Peixoto

Ricardo Blat

Vanessa Gerbelli

Leona Cavalli

Milhem Cortaz

Dionísio Neto

Antônio Grassi

Enrique Díaz

Robson Nunes

André Ceccato

Bukassa Kabengele

Sabotage

Rita Cadillac

Luis Miranda

Serjão Loroza

Walter Breda

Leopoldo Pacheco

Nill Marcondes

Celso Sim

Oscar Magrini

Cláudia Wonder

Clemente Viscaíno

Gustavo Trestini

Flávio Rocha

Nicolas Trevijano

Marcos Suchara

Marcello Escorel

Vera Mancini

Luciano Quirino

Salete Campari

Eduardo Mancini

Gal Quaresma

Igor Moreira

André Nascimento

Claudio Albuquerque

Angelo Brandini

Caio Cesar

Drago

Guido Campos Correa

Antônio de Andrade

Carlos Junior

Cleide Queiroz

Fabio Ock

Ivan Cápua

Riba Carlovich

Maurício Marques

Kaio Pezzutti

Paulo Ribeiro

Rejane Arruda

Roberto Audio

Kiko Dinucci

Mirtes Mesquita

Pedro Vieira

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