1. São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)
The documentary shows the 450 years of the rich history of the city of Rio de Janeiro and its profound transformations, using archive images, 3D simulations and testimonials.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
2. Freedom Downtime
A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
3. Bus 174 (Ônibus 174)
Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.
It has an average vote of 7.403 on TMDB.
4. Fired Up, Ready to Go
'Fired Up, Ready To Go' follows a number of hopeful and, above all, fanatical grassroots campaigners in New York who are committed to Obama's presidency. A documentary that does not look at Obama's closest associates, but rather at the people on the ground. People who sacrifice a lot to make Obama the first black president of the US.
5. Memórias de Izidora (Memórias de Izidora)
(Memórias de Izidora)
6. Izidora: Dias de Luta, Noites de Resistência (Izidora: Dias de Luta, Noites de Resistência)
(Izidora: Dias de Luta, Noites de Resistência)
7. Baptismo de Terra (Baptismo de Terra)
(Baptismo de Terra)
8. A Noite Mais Fria da Cidade (A Noite Mais Fria da Cidade)
(A Noite Mais Fria da Cidade)
9. Leningrado, Linha 41 (Leningrado, Linha 41)
(Leningrado, Linha 41)
10. Quem Luta, Conquista! (Quem Luta, Conquista!)
(Quem Luta, Conquista!)
11. Lanceiros Negros Estão Vivos (Lanceiros Negros Estão Vivos)
(Lanceiros Negros Estão Vivos)
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
12. Rap de Saia (Rap de Saia)
Rap de Saia is a documentary that reports, through the voices and rhymes of the protagonists themselves, part of the historical trajectory of Female Rap in the State of Rio de Janeiro. In addition to its historical trajectory, Rap de Saia brings a collection of themes that leads us to reflect on women in today's society.
13. Public Domain (Domínio Público)
Between 2011 and 2014, the documentary investigated the changes in Rio de Janeiro on behalf of mega-events: UPPs in slums, forced evictions, public spaces privatization and popular uprisings.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
14. Depois da Ocupação (Depois da Ocupação)
(Depois da Ocupação)
15. OCUPAÇÃO DOS IMIGRANTES: JEAN-JAQUES DESSALINES (OCUPAÇÃO DOS IMIGRANTES: JEAN-JAQUES DESSALINES)
(OCUPAÇÃO DOS IMIGRANTES: JEAN-JAQUES DESSALINES)
16. Padre Leo Comissari (Padre Leo Comissari)
(Padre Leo Comissari)
17. Montanhão: Raízes da Luta (Montanhão: Raízes da Luta)
(Montanhão: Raízes da Luta)
18. Beautiful Brazil
We start in Rio de Janeiro, with the statue of Cristo Redentor on Mount Corcovado, the avenue along the beach, the beauty of an historic city, and the landmark, Sugarloaf. Brazil's 47 million people celebrate racial diversity. From the Copacabana, we travel 40 miles to a resort, Quitandinha, where President Truman spoke. Then it's on to Sao Paulo, a modern, industrial city, and finally to the spectacular waterfalls of Iguazu on the border between Brazil and Argentina.
19. Elas da Favela (Elas da Favela)
(Elas da Favela)
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
20. Rio by Them (O Rio por Eles)
An unprecedented collection of pictures, characters and historical facts about the city of Rio de Janeiro, rescued by tv networks, documentary filmmakers and foreign journalists over the course of the 20th Century. The film reveals how Rio, its inhabitants and its cultural and natural attributes have been seen by foreigners. This is an opportunity to relive, through the eyes of a foreigner, social, political, technological and mundane events which Brazilians either did not manage to document audiovisually or whose works were lost.