# Walter Salles's best films

From Central Station to the Oscar for I'm Still Here: Walter Salles's films according to the Melhores Filmes ranking and his Wikipedia filmography.

- 57 votes · 11 items
- Jun 3, 2025 · Paulo Marques
- https://even.best/en/l/3342/walter-salles-s-best-films

## Top 11

1. **Central Station (1998)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Fernanda Montenegro and a boy cross the backlands; Golden Bear in Berlin.
2. **The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — The young Che Guevara's journey across South America.
3. **Midnight (1998)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — The turn of the millennium in Rio, with Daniela Thomas.
4. **Foreign Land (1995)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — In black and white, co-directed with Daniela Thomas: Brazilians in Lisbon.
5. **I'm Still Here (2024)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva; Oscar for best international feature.
6. **Behind the Sun (2001)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — A blood feud between backland families, with Rodrigo Santoro.
7. **Jia Zhangke, a Guy from Fenyang (2014)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Documentary about the Chinese filmmaker.
8. **Dark Water (2005)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Jennifer Connelly in a remake of a Japanese horror film.
9. **On the Road (2012)** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — An adaptation of Jack Kerouac.
10. **Linha de Passe (2008)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Four brothers in São Paulo; best actress at Cannes for Sandra Corveloni.
11. **Exposure (1991)** (-1 · ▲3 ▼4) — His first feature, from Rubem Fonseca.

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