Best Brazilian adventure movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch adventure films from Brazil, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

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    Trash 2014

    Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.

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  • Poster for Bionic

    Bionic 2024

    When the progress of robotics makes Paralympic athletes the new sports stars, Maria dreams of competing against her sister. For that, she will have to enter a world of crime and violence.

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  • Poster for Boy & the World

    Boy & the World 2014

    Suffering because of his father's departure to the big city, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by bug-engines and strange beings. An unusual animation with various artistic techniques that portrays the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.

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  • Poster for Monica and Friends: Bonds

    Monica and Friends: Bonds 2019

    Fluffy, Jimmy Five's pet dog, vanished. He develops an infallible plan to rescue the little dog, but, he will need help from his faithful friends: Monica, Maggy and Smudge. Together, they will face challengers and live incredible adventures to get Fluffy back home.

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  • Poster for Monica and Friends: Lessons

    Monica and Friends: Lessons 2021

    In the sequel to Turma da Mônica: Laços, we follow Mônica, Jimmy Five, Maggy and Smudge dealing with the consequences of a mistake made at school. At the same time, they face transformations from childhood to adolescence and are about to discover the value of friendship.

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  • Poster for Chuck Billy and The Marvelous Guava Tree

    Chuck Billy and The Marvelous Guava Tree 2025

    Chuck Billy has spent his life picking guavas from Jed’s guava tree. But now that Dr. Agripino is going to build a road that will take down the tree, Chuck and his friends are going to do everything they can to stop it.

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  • Poster for Black God, White Devil

    Black God, White Devil 1964

    Wanted for killing his boss, Manuel flees with his wife Rosa to the sertão, the barren landscape of Northern Brazil. Thrust into a primordial violent region, Manuel and Rosa come under the influence and control of a series of frightening figures.

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  • Poster for My Uncle Killed a Guy

    My Uncle Killed a Guy 2004

    Éder is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca, his nephew, is sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya, ex-wife of the deceased, so he enlists two of his friends to help prove his theory.

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  • Poster for Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time

    Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time 2007

    Our heroes need to take a trip in time, in a Time Machine, in order to recoup the essence of the four elements before the Earth gets frozen. The Gang will face the dangers of the Ancient History with Piteco, will help Papa-Capim to save the Forest, will fight with the Astronaut against the pirates and will even meet themselves as babies in the past!

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  • Poster for God Is Brazilian

    God Is Brazilian 2003

    God decides to take a vacation, but first He has to find a saint who can rule the universe while He's away. So He goes to the Northeast of Brazil, where He believes there's a very good man for the job. As soon as He comes down to Earth, a young man comes along to help on His quest.

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  • Poster for The Ornithologist

    The Ornithologist 2016

    Stranded along a sublime river fjord in northern Portugal, an ornithologist is subjected to a series of brutal and erotic Stations-of-the-Cross-style tests.

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  • Poster for Limite

    Limite 1931

    Adrift in the vast expanse of the ocean, a solitary boat carries three castaways—a man and two women. Stranded and devoid of any glimmer of rescue, they find solace in recounting the tales of their lives to one another. As they delve into their personal narratives, reminiscing about the circumstances that led them to this desolate predicament, they navigate through the depths of three distinct destinies. Bound by the confines of their shared space, every aspect of their existence becomes a boundary, underscoring their plight.

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  • Poster for The Assailant

    The Assailant 2009

    Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.

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  • Poster for Teen's Confessions

    Teen's Confessions 2014

    Four sisters work together to raise rent money after learning they have to move to another neighborhood in this coming-of-age drama based on the series.

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  • Poster for Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum: O Filme

    Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum: O Filme 1999

    A young wizard must create new spells in his magic book before the planets align. His uncle and aunt, powerful mages themselves, help him achieve that. Based on the award-winning Brazilian TV series.

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  • Poster for Macunaima

    Macunaima 1969

    Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.

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  • Poster for Tito and the Birds

    Tito and the Birds 2019

    Tito is a shy 10-year-old boy who lives with his mother. Suddenly, an unusual epidemic starts to spread, making people sick whenever they get scared. Tito quickly discovers that the cure is somehow related to his missing father’s research on bird song. He embarks on a journey to save the world from the epidemic with his friends. Tito’s search for the antidote becomes a quest for his missing father and for his own identity.

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  • Poster for Captains of the Sands

    Captains of the Sands 2011

    About the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as "Capitães da Areia" (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.

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  • Poster for Amazonia

    Amazonia 2013

    After a plane crash, Saï, a capuchin monkey born and raised in captivity, finds himself alone and lost in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle.

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  • Poster for Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões

    Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões 1981

    Humble officials, friends Didi, Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias become the great attraction of the circus Bartolo, thanks to its incredible ability to make the public laugh. But success has a price: the opposition of the magician Assis Satan and the greed of the Baron, the owner of the circus. Together, the four friends will have to fight them.

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  • Poster for The Nutty Boy

    The Nutty Boy 1995

    The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s.

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  • Poster for Xuxa and the Elves

    Xuxa and the Elves 2001

    Kira is a botanist with magical abilities, though the origins of her powers remain unknown to her. Her life takes an unexpected turn when her friend Nanda discovers an elf named Damiz trapped in her room. They soon learn that Damiz is the prince of the elves and has been captured by Gorgon, a greedy executive who seeks to purchase the house where Nanda’s family lives. In order to help defeat Gorgon, Kira decides to venture into the world of the elves, where she uncovers hidden secrets about her past.

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  • Poster for Buddies

    Buddies 2013

    A road movie that shows the simple things in life in a poetic light through the eyes of three young people with Down syndrome, who love movies and work at the video library of the institution where they have always lived in. One day, inspired by the movie "Thelma & Louise", they decide to run away using the gardener's old car to have a freedom experience. They travel to uncommon places in search for three simple wishes: Stalone wants to see the sea, Aninha looks for a husband and Marcio needs to fly. During this search, they embark on several adventures as if life was just a children's play

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  • Poster for Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina

    Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina 2016

    The children are invited by a Brazilian music star to one of his shows. But the trip turns into a nightmare when the villains Gonzales and Gonzalito, recently released from prison, decide to kidnap Maria Joaquina.

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  • Poster for A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões

    A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões 1989

    The diabolical Ratam (Paul Reis) takes over the planet Antar, after the death of the emperor, and orders that all children be enslaved. Always kept within the palace, Princess Xeron (Xuxa) believes that the people of her kingdom are happy. Meanwhile, outside, the princes Mussaim (Mussum) Dedeon (Dede Santana) and Zacaling (Zacarias) join the Nameless Knight (Renato Aragão), so that together they can defeat Ratam.

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  • Poster for Xuxa Abracadabra

    Xuxa Abracadabra 2003

    Sofia goes to her cousin Matheus's house to take care of his two children, Júlia and Lucas, while he goes to a party. She finds a magical book, which transports them to the Magic Forest, where they meet fairytale characters such as Pinocchio and Little Red Riding Hood. But their presence starts interfering with the original stories, and so Matheus tries to bring them back to the real world.

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  • Poster for Tainá: An Amazon Adventure

    Tainá: An Amazon Adventure 2001

    A brave and bold indigenous girl, protector of her jungle and its wild life and guided by her shaman grandfather, pairs with a boy from the big city, against animal traffickers in the Amazon forest.

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  • Poster for Killer Fish

    Killer Fish 1979

    Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.

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  • Poster for The Devil's Scarab

    The Devil's Scarab 2016

    A series of crimes against redheads scares the people from a little town. After the death of his brother, the 13 year old Alberto decides to investigate what is happening and is helped by the experienced but forgetful Inspector Pimentel.

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  • Poster for Xuxa and the Elves 2: The Road of The Fairies

    Xuxa and the Elves 2: The Road of The Fairies 2002

    Kira, a botanist who is also the daughter of elves, must fight the evil wicked witch Algaz. In her quest, Kira will be helped by Epifania, agood witch, elf Daphnis and even Queen Dara, the fairy mother.

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  • Poster for Haunted Tales For Wicked Kids: The Movie

    Haunted Tales For Wicked Kids: The Movie 2017

    Pepe is a 12-year-old boy who lives with his grandmother, a witch-businesswoman. After discovering that he is adopted and that his parents are alive, he decides to go in search of them, but thus ends up attracting the attention of Edmundo, a biomechanical villain who needs Pepe to realize his enormous evil plan: use the boy's energy to conquer the immortality of its kind.

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  • Poster for Acquária

    Acquária 2003

    The planet Earth is devastated by the lack of water. Desert and arid, left this place few living beings , who had to adapt to the new bioma.2 Isolated in small communities , living separated...

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  • Poster for 31 Minutos, la película

    31 Minutos, la película 2008

    The rag-tag crew of world famous TV news show 31 Minutos goes into the sea to a mystery island to rescue their beloved producer Juanin Juan Harry.

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  • Poster for Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz

    Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz 1984

    Didi, Soró and Tatu in search food and water head for the town of Oróz. On their journey they find a Scarecrow, a man in a metal vat, and later are arrested by a Lion Sheriff.

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  • Poster for Lino

    Lino 2017

    Lino works as an entertainer at children's parties, but he can't stand the way children treat him, making fun of him because he works in a cat's costume. Determined to change his life, he visits a wizard, but the magic doesn't work in the right way, and he wakes up as a big cat.

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  • Poster for Os Trapalhões na Terra dos Monstros

    Os Trapalhões na Terra dos Monstros 1989

    In a television program Angelica (Angelica), the daughter of a businessman who aspires to be a singer, eventually earning his "crazy dream", which is recording a video clip at the top of Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro, with the Domino Group . The father forbids it to go, so she runs away with her boyfriend to the Sugar Loaf. When her father learns commands Didi (Renato Aragão), Dede (Dede Santana), Mussum (Mussum) and Zechariah (Zechariah) to think in three days or call the police. Trying to find her, the quartet falls into a hole in the Sugar Loaf which is populated by strange creatures, some good, the Grunks, and some bad, the Barks.

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  • Poster for Os Trapalhões e a Árvore da Juventude

    Os Trapalhões e a Árvore da Juventude 1991

    Didi, Dedé, Mussum (Mussum) and Zacarias are forest rangers that they work in the Amazon rain forest where they fight the action of smugglers with the aid of Juliana, a beautiful engineer. There are many funny scenes where they find the mythical source of the fountain of youth which they drink, becoming again children.

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  • Poster for Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure

    Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure 2004

    The young warrior indian Tainá must now battle against biopirates, and is joined by a new boy from the big city and an indian little girl who wants to follow her steps as a protector of the jungle.

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  • Poster for Os Trapalhões na Serra Pelada

    Os Trapalhões na Serra Pelada 1982

    The friends Curió, Boroca (Dedé Santana), Mexelete and Bateia they venture in search of gold in the mine of Serra Pelada. The area is controlled by the foreigner Von Bermann, whose orders are executed by the bully Bira. Thirsty of being able to, the foreigner smuggles the gold and he wants to take possession of the lands of the Brazilian Ribamar, that refuses to do business before the son's arrival Chicão. With the help of the four dabblers, the boy struggles with the thieves and it helps the father in danger.

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  • Poster for The Bunglers in the Planet Wars

    The Bunglers in the Planet Wars 1978

    Coming from outer space, Prince Flick asks the Trapalhões to help him free his planet from the domain of evil Zuco and free Princess Myrna, who has been taken prisoner. He offers a reward, the four friends accept the mission and embark in a spaceship driven by a hairy monster called Bonzo. Once on the planet, they they defeat Zuco, but they fail to save Princess Myrna's life. Her place on the throne is then taken by Loya, the girlfriend Didi met on that planet. Back on Earth, os Trapalhões think their adventure was but a dream, but they are convinced otherwise when they find their reward.

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  • Poster for Ratatoing

    Ratatoing 2007

    Marcelle Toing, owner of the best restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, must go on missions to steal ingredients from human restaurants to keep his meals the best.

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  • Poster for Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City

    Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City 2004

    Deep in the Amazon rain forest, there is a lost subterranean city. The place was built by Vikings who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and ventured up the Amazon River, and shelters a mysterious treasure. In order to find the secret location, Bárbara and the children Riacho and Manhã will have to face many challenges. Vicious snakes and dangerous pendulum blades are only the beginning of our heroes' adventures.

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  • Poster for The Bandit

    The Bandit 1953

    In the time of the "cangaceiros" in the badlands of the Northeast of Brazil, the cruel Captain Galdino Ferreira and his band abduct the schoolteacher Olívia, expecting to receive a ransom for her. However, one of his men, Teodoro, falls in love and flees with her through the arid backcountry chased by the brigands.

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  • Poster for How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

    How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman 1971

    Brazil, 1594. The Tupinambás natives are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portuguese. A Frenchman is captured by the Tupinambás, and in spite of his trial to convince them that he is French, they believe he is Portuguese. The Frenchman becomes their slave, and maritally lives with Seboipepe.

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  • Poster for Amazon Jail

    Amazon Jail 1982

    Young women in the Amazon are kidnapped by a ring of devil-worshipers, who plan to sell them as sex slaves. Some of the women escape, but are pursued into the jungle by their captors. The women must band together to turn the tables on their kidnappers.

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  • Poster for O Trapalhão nas Minas do Rei Salomão

    O Trapalhão nas Minas do Rei Salomão 1977

    Woman hires three clumsy adventurers to rescue her missing archaeologist father, who was trying to find the legendary King Solomon's mines.

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  • Poster for The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga

    The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga 2011

    Based on Guimarães Rosa's (classic Brazilian author) short story, the movie tells the story of Augusto Matraga, a bankrupt and violent farmer who lives above the Law in Minas Gerais' hinterland. During a difficult time, he finds himself in the middle of a trap that nearly kills him. Born again, Matraga resorts to faith and hard work in the pursuit of redemption. Years later, he arrives at the village reigned by the hinterland's ruler and his thugs. This new friendship will challenge his destiny. Inside Matraga, the Saint and the Warrior will duel until his time comes.

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  • Poster for Os Três Mosqueteiros Trapalhões

    Os Três Mosqueteiros Trapalhões 1980

    The Three Musketeers (Dede Santana, Mussum, Zachariah) work at home Sra.Ana Rocha (Rosita Tomáz) and has the difficult task of going in Foz do Iguaçu retrieve an emerald necklace, with which the plant is Mr. Louis at stake, and Chicken Joe (Renato Aragão) who lives in a poor chicken coop offers to help. Arriving in Foz do Iguaçu, find the bad guy, but he sells the paste to a villain in Manaus, in the Amazon already, Chicken Joe takes some stones, are the villain but he sold to another bandit in Rio de Janeiro, where they find the villain and finally retrieve the necklace, and the stones that Chicken Joe took were actually diamonds.

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  • Poster for D.P.A. Detetives do Prédio Azul - O Filme

    D.P.A. Detetives do Prédio Azul - O Filme 2017

    The Detetives do Prédio Azul are faced with the biggest case of their lives: saving the building itself from destruction. Pippo, Sol and Bento infiltrate Dona Leocádia's party, the terrible manager who is literally a witch. There they witness a "magical" crime, which condemns the Blue Building to an emergency demolition.

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  • Poster for Os Vagabundos Trapalhões

    Os Vagabundos Trapalhões 1982

    Bonga, his three friends and his girlfriend Loló care for abandoned children in a cave on the outskirts of a city. One day, Pedrinho runs away from home and goes to live in the cave. His father, a powerful industrial, offers a reward to anyone who brings the child back.

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  • Poster for O Cangaceiro Trapalhão

    O Cangaceiro Trapalhão 1983

    Severino do Quixadá (Renato Aragão), a humble northeastern shepherd of goats, rescues Captain Virgulano or simply Captain (Nelson Xavier) and his band of cangaceiros of an ambush armed by the lieutenant Zé Bezerra (Jose Dumont), its eternal persecutor. Captain escapes taking with him the mysterious box that he removed from the interior of the assaulted train in the city of Cajarana. Seeking to escape the shooting, Severino ends up finding himself in the cangaceiros' camp, along with the mishap friends Mussum and Zacarias who, taking advantage of the confusion, fled the chain.

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  • Poster for O Cinderelo Trapalhão

    O Cinderelo Trapalhão 1979

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  • Poster for The Princess and the Robot

    The Princess and the Robot 1983

    Lord Raider and an endearing little robot companion reside in the far-off realm of Planet Carrotland. As fate would have it, a cosmic spark from the radiant Pulsar star strikes the robot just as he becomes smitten with Princess Mimi, a charming pink bunny. However, their newfound love faces a significant obstacle when the king decrees a grand tournament in the kingdom, intent on determining who shall earn the honor of marrying the Princess.

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  • Poster for Chef Jack: The Adventurous Cook

    Chef Jack: The Adventurous Cook 2023

    Chef Jack and his assistant Leonard will travel through the Culinary Islands to participate in the biggest gastronomic competition in the world and, thus, try to defeat their opponents.

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  • Poster for Me and My Umbrella

    Me and My Umbrella 2010

    Eugênio (Lucas Cotrim) é um garoto de 11 anos que jamais se separa do guarda chuva herdado de seu avô. No último dia de férias ele e Cebola (Victor Froiman), seu melhor amigo, precisam entrar na sombria casa onde fica sua nova escola. O motivo é para resgatar Frida (Rafaela Victor), a grande paixão de Eugênio, que foi sequestrada pelo fantasma do Barão Von Staffen (Daniel Dantas)

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  • Poster for Os Heróis Trapalhões: Uma Aventura na Selva

    Os Heróis Trapalhões: Uma Aventura na Selva 1988

    Didi, Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias are sent in a rescue mission to the daughter of the Army's minister.

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  • Poster for Before the World Ends

    Before the World Ends 2010

    The countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, and high-school student, Daniel, spends a normal adolescence life with his family, studying, riding his bicycle, playing games on the Internet and expecting one day to move to the big city of Porto Alegre. Daniel has a crush on his girlfriend Mim, who has just broken up with him but is still his friend, and his best friend, Lucas, is one of the best students in São Lucas High-School. Daniel is the son of Elaine and the photographer Daniel, who left Elaine when she was pregnant and moved alone to Thailand. Daniel is raised by Elaine and his stepfather Antônio, and shares a house with his half-sister, Maria Clara. One day, Daniel receives a letter from his biological father, who has malaria, and he is reluctant to open the envelope.

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  • Poster for O Mistério de Robin Hood

    O Mistério de Robin Hood 1990

    A kind wanderer living around a circus, who also happens to work as a modern Robin Hood, must solve the mystery behind the kidnapping of a lost little girl he meets.

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  • Poster for José do Egito - O Filme

    José do Egito - O Filme 2016

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  • Poster for Carlinhos e o Gato

    Carlinhos e o Gato 2021

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  • Alinhamento Milenar 2024

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  • Poster for Bizarre Fish from the Abyssal Zone

    Bizarre Fish from the Abyssal Zone 2024

    A woman with weird superpowers, a turtle with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a cloud with rain incontinence on an unusual journey to the depths of the ocean.

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  • Poster for Enaldinho and the Mystery of the Lagoon

    Enaldinho and the Mystery of the Lagoon 2023

    Enaldinho and his gang go out to have fun in a paradisiacal park. The class takes advantage of everything the place has to offer until strange things start to happen. Some people mysteriously disappear during the night and, when they reappear, they are different. They seem to be totally out of vital energy! Enaldinho leaves to try to find out who or what is doing this... He then discovers that the victims are being taken to a mysterious cave and there has their energy drained, turning everyone into Zombies... Who is behind all this is "Zap", a frightening alien who needs people's energy to be the fuel of a destructive weapon that can enslave the entire planet. Enaldinho and his friends need to prevent "Zap" from realizing his plan and saving the world from this dark force.

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  • Poster for O Rei e os Trapalhões

    O Rei e os Trapalhões 1979

    In a city of the East, the throne of the young king Amad is usurped by the evil Vizir Jafar. The king is imprisoned, and in prison he meets the famous thieves of the kingdom: Abdul, Abel, Abol and Abil. With the help of these thieves, the king flees and, during the escape, knows the princess Alina, by which he falls passionately in love. The Vizir possesses magical powers, faced by the heroes with the help of the genie of a lamp found by Abdul. With the help of the genius, the four friends are transported to the twentieth century, where they cause much confusion and end up being arrested.

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  • Poster for The Boy in the Mirror

    The Boy in the Mirror 2014

    What child has never dreamed of having a double, someone who would do all of the annoying things in his place? Seeing his reflection get out of the mirror into the real world, this dream comes true for the fearless boy Fernando. Odnanref, his double, presents himself as a solution to all his problems. Adaptation of a successful Brazilian novel written by Fernando Sabino.

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  • Poster for The Blue Trail

    The Blue Trail 2025

    In the name of economic recovery, the Brazilian Government created a perennial system of compulsory vertical isolation for seniors over 80 to be confined in a colony. Teca is 77 and lives in the village of Muriti, in the Amazon, when she is surprised by the announcement of the age reduction, including her age group. Cornered, Teca makes an intriguing journey hidden from the officers amidst rivers, boats and the underworld to clandestinely try to fulfill her last dream, to take a plane ride.

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