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Walter Salles's best films

The top 3 according to 57 votes from people: Central Station (1998) · The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) · Midnight (1998). (Updated Jun 3, 2025.)

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.

Paulo Marques · · 11 items · 57 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original

Top 11

  1. 1

    Central Station (1998)

    Fernanda Montenegro and a boy cross the backlands; Golden Bear in Berlin.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 0

    8
  2. 2

    The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

    The young Che Guevara's journey across South America.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  3. 3

    Midnight (1998)

    The turn of the millennium in Rio, with Daniela Thomas.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  4. 4

    Foreign Land (1995)

    In black and white, co-directed with Daniela Thomas: Brazilians in Lisbon.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  5. 5

    I'm Still Here (2024)

    Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva; Oscar for best international feature.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  6. 6

    Behind the Sun (2001)

    A blood feud between backland families, with Rodrigo Santoro.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  7. 7

    Jia Zhangke, a Guy from Fenyang (2014)

    Documentary about the Chinese filmmaker.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  8. 8

    Dark Water (2005)

    Jennifer Connelly in a remake of a Japanese horror film.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  9. 9

    On the Road (2012)

    An adaptation of Jack Kerouac.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 2

    2
  10. 10

    Linha de Passe (2008)

    Four brothers in São Paulo; best actress at Cannes for Sandra Corveloni.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  11. 11

    Exposure (1991)

    His first feature, from Rubem Fonseca.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 4

    -1

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