Best movies on Netflix (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

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

2024 · Walter Salles

On a secluded sheep ranch in Chile, Memo conceals a luminous singing voice behind a life of isolation and small, glittering flourishes. Haunted by old wounds, he retreats into solitude — until an unexpected listener arrives and the carefully guarded past threatens to surface.

With Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro, Valentina Herszage, Maeve Jinkings, Dan Stulbach and Humberto Carrão

2022 · Juliana Vicente

Wielding rhythm and conviction, the iconic hip-hop collective Racionais MC's transformed their urban poetry and political commentary into a powerful cultural force that reshaped Brazilian society and resonated far beyond its borders.

With Mano Brown, KL Jay, Ice Blue, Edi Rock, Ice-T and Dexter

2024 · João Wainer

At nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who controls Rocinha, and she is raised in a favela torn between illegal lottery bosses and rival drug factions. Married to the neighborhood’s drug lord, she survives his violent world and, when he dies, claims his position. Set in 1980s Rio de Janeiro, her rise traces a relentless arc of crime, brutality, narcotics and a fierce, consuming devotion that transforms her into Rocinha’s feared female kingpin.

With Maria Bomani, Jean Amorim, Milhem Cortaz, João Vitor Nascimento, Jorge Hissa, Michely Gabriely and JP Rufino

1997 · Luis Llosa

A National Geographic documentary team is kidnapped by a deranged hunter who forces them to join his perilous pursuit of the planet’s largest and most deadly snake.

With Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson and Kari Wuhrer

2024 · Afonso Poyart

As breakthroughs in robotics elevate Paralympians into the era’s foremost sporting icons, Maria becomes obsessed with one goal: to face her sister in the arena. To get there she is drawn into a shadowy underworld of illicit deals and mounting violence.

With Jessica Córes, Bruno Gagliasso, Gabz, Christian Malheiros, Nill Marcondes, Guta Ruiz and Miguel Nader

2025 · Andrucha Waddington

Gifted with dazzling skill, fierce resilience and fearless flair, Vini Jr.'s fleet, unpredictable footwork lights up every pitch as he rises from humble beginnings to become an international football star.

With Vini Jr., Fernanda Nascimento, Luana Paixão, Nilza Paixão, Ulysses Paixão, Vinicius Paixão and Douglonez