Best movies on Prime Video (Brésil) : our Top 20

2002 · Fernando Meirelles

In the impoverished favelas of 1970s Rio de Janeiro, two young men head down opposing roads: Rocket, an aspiring photographer, documents the neighborhood’s escalating drug violence through his lens, while José “Zé” Pequeno, driven by ambition and a hunger for power, plunges into the ruthless world of drug trafficking.

With Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele and Seu Jorge

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

2024 · Walter Salles

Set against Brazil's 1971 military dictatorship, the wife of a once-prominent politician is plunged into crisis by a sudden act of brutal arbitrariness; stripped of certainties, she must reinvent herself and steer her family toward an uncertain but self-made future.

With Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro, Valentina Herszage, Luiza Kozovski, Bárbara Luz and Guilherme Silveira

2009 · Gaspar Noé

Oscar et Linda se sont installés récemment à Tokyo. Oscar se débrouille en vendant de la drogue et Linda travaille comme strip-teaseuse. Lors d'une descente de police, Oscar est grièvement blessé par une balle. Malgré son agonie, il s'accroche à la vie pour tenir la promesse qu'il a faite à sa sœur de ne jamais l'abandonner. Son esprit erre dans la ville, ses visions devenant de plus en plus chaotiques et effrayantes. Le passé, le présent et le futur se mêlent alors dans une folie hallucinante.

With Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel Brown, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno, Ed Spear and Emily Alyn Lind

2013 · Márcio Garcia

Angie, an emerging artist from Brazil, walks away from her former life and sets off on a restless, cross-country voyage. Haunted by old wounds and seeking a stable center, she slowly rediscovers who she is and encounters love in its many unexpected shapes.

With Camilla Belle, Carol Castro, Christiane Torloni, Catherine Bach, Andy García, Colin Egglesfield and Juliette Lewis

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

1998 · Walter Salles

After his mother's sudden death, a young boy who has never known his father sets off with a retired schoolteacher who now earns a living by composing letters for those who cannot read or write. On a quiet, tender road trip they confront grief and loneliness, form an unlikely bond, and search for the man who could answer the questions that haunt them both.

With Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Othon Bastos, Otávio Augusto, Matheus Nachtergaele and Caio Junqueira

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

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

2008 · Fernando Meirelles

a man whose life has been dictated by circumstance fights to seize his own destiny; a police officer is unsettled when his wife—long presumed lost at sea—returns bearing the quiet, uncanny traces of someone transformed; and a determined woman searches relentlessly for a particular individual reputed to possess a rare gift, a figure prophesied to become a powerful spiritual leader. Their separate quests—for control, for recognition of what is real, and for a future shaped by faith—unfold in parallel, colliding at unexpected moments. Together they probe the limits of choice, the price of survival, and the strange alchemy that turns loss into authority.

With Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yûsuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don McKellar and Maury Chaykin

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

1985 · Héctor Babenco

Valentín, imprisoned for his political convictions, is thrown together in a cramped cell with Molina, a flamboyant window-dresser jailed for public indecency. An unlikely companionship grows between them as Molina distracts and uplifts them both with sumptuous, imaginative retellings of a classic Hollywood musical centered on his beloved screen goddess, Ingrid Luna.

With William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves, Miriam Pires and Nuno Leal Maia

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

2024 · Maurício Eça

A notorious serial killer who terrorized women in the 1990s is drawn into a tense showdown with an ambitious young reporter determined to unearth the truth and publish the exposé that will make her career.

With Giovanna Grigio, Silvero Pereira, Bruno Garcia, Christian Malheiros, Xamã, Bruna Mascarenhas and Mel Lisboa