The best Fernanda Montenegro movies
The top 3 according to 10 votes from people: Central Station (1998) · They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981) · A Dog's Will (2000). (Updated Aug 8, 2025.)
From They Don't Wear Black Tie and Central Station to A Dog's Will and I'm Still Here: Fernanda Montenegro's best films according to Cinema Sétima Arte, Olhar Digital, Canaltech and AdoroCinema.
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Top 13
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1
Central Station (1998)
Walter Salles. Dora, a letter writer at the train station. Oscar nomination for best actress.
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2
They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)
Leon Hirszman. Romana, a worker's wife during a strike in São Paulo.
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3
A Dog's Will (2000)
Guel Arraes. Our Lady, the Compassionate, at the final judgement.
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4
I'm Still Here (2024)
Walter Salles. Eunice Paiva in old age. Oscar for best international feature.
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5
The Hour of the Star (1985)
Suzana Amaral. Madame Carlota, the fortune teller, in the Clarice Lispector adaptation.
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6
The Judgment (2019)
Andrucha Waddington. A thriller on a farm haunted by an old debt.
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7
Time and the Wind (2013)
Jayme Monjardim. The elderly Bibiana, in the Erico Verissimo adaptation.
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8
Vitória (2025)
Andrucha Waddington. An elderly woman who films drug dealing from her window in Copacabana.
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9
Piedade (2019)
Cláudio Assis. Carminha, in a seaside town threatened by an oil company.
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10
Invisible Life (2019)
Karim Aïnouz. The older Eurídice, at the end of the Gusmão sisters' story.
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11
House of Sand (2005)
Andrucha Waddington. Three generations of women in the Maranhão dunes, with Fernanda Torres.
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12
Infância (2015)
Domingos Oliveira. Dona Mocinha, the grandmother who rules the family.
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13
A Dama do Estácio (2012)
Eduardo Ades. A short film about a prostitute who orders her own coffin.
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