Best movies on Apple TV+ (Brésil) : our Top 20

2024 · Sérgio Machado

When a great flood forces every creature to board Noah's Ark two-by-two, two unlikely mouse friends refuse to be left behind: Vini, a gifted poet whose crippling stage fright hides a tender soul, and Tito, a smooth, magnetic guitarist with a knack for improvisation. With a clever cockroach as their ally and a streak of lucky timing, they slip aboard as stowaways and quickly find themselves caught in the middle of mounting hostility between the ark’s carnivores and herbivores. To keep peace and lift the animals’ spirits during forty long days and nights, the pair turns to music—performing timeless songs shaped by the spirit of Vinicius de Moraes—and must discover whether melody and courage can calm old instincts and knit a fragile community together.

With Rodrigo Santoro, Alice Braga, Marcelo Adnet, Keith Silverstein, Ian James Corlett, Luis Bermudez and Laila McCann

2020 · Ricardo Alves Jr.

Vitória, a factory worker who has had enough of the mistreatment, sets out to find someone who will finally listen to the women on the production floor. Filmed in collaboration with employees of a rural textile mill in Minas Gerais, the film follows her quiet but determined campaign to build solidarity, confront management and give voice to everyday injustices. Intimate and urgent, it bears witness to what happens to vulnerable communities as rapid political shifts weaken social protections.

2011 · Ron Fricke

Captured on 70mm over nearly five years and filmed across twenty-five countries on five continents, Samsara presents a visual odyssey through consecrated sites, regions marked by catastrophe, vast industrial landscapes, and the planet’s most awe-inspiring natural scenes.

With Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika, Marcos Luna, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Olivier De Sagazan and Ladyboys of Cascade Bar

2013 · Noah Baumbach

An American magazine operating from France releases its final issue, assembling narratives that reflect the nation’s unrest: a once-celebrated artist now serving a life sentence, student uprisings that spill into the streets, and a high-stakes kidnapping that is unexpectedly resolved by the ingenuity of a chef. As the editorial team closes this chapter, the magazine’s last pages trace the fractures and surprising solidarities of a country in turmoil.

With Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Michael Zegen, Adam Driver, Charlotte d'Amboise, Patrick Heusinger and Michael Esper

2015 · Anna Muylaert

Val abandoned her daughter Jessica in a tiny Pernambuco village to be raised by relatives, then spent the next thirteen years in São Paulo as Fabinho’s caregiver. She achieves a measure of financial security but lives under the constant weight of having given up her child. As Fabinho prepares for university entrance exams, Jessica reappears, hoping to rebuild a bond with the mother she barely knows. Refusing the role of invisible domestic servant she might have been expected to play, Jessica’s presence upends Val’s carefully ordered life. With sharp, restrained humour and quiet precision, the film exposes the subtle forces that sustain rigid class boundaries—and suggests that the younger generation may be the one to unsettle them.

With Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Michel Joelsas, Helena Albergaria and Bete Dorgam

2005 · Emilio Maillé

A mother's boundless love for her son shapes every choice she makes, driving her to protect, forgive and sacrifice without hesitation.

With Flora Martínez, Alejandra Borrero, Kristina Lilley, Unax Ugalde, Manolo Cardona, Rodrigo Oviedo and Alonso Arias

2022 · James Gray

In 1980 Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy from a privileged household befriends a defiant African-American classmate, drawing his family's disapproval and forcing him to confront the inequalities and prejudices that mark his coming of age.

With Banks Repeta, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Sell and Andrew Polk

2022 · Diego Freitas

Awaiting a kidney transplant, a young pianist forges an unlikely connection with her doctor, discovering the courage she needs to chase her musical dreams.

With Henry Zaga, Giulia Be, João Miguel, Denise Del Vecchio, Othon Bastos, Viviane Araújo and Diego Freitas