# The best films about Brazil's military dictatorship

From Pra Frente, Brasil and Twenty Years Later to Four Days in September, Zuzu Angel, Marighella and I'm Still Here: the films about the 1964-1985 dictatorship recommended by Canaltech and Metrópoles.

- 29 votes · 14 items
- Apr 7, 2025 · cinefilo83
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## Top 14

1. **Pra Frente, Brasil (1982)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Roberto Farias. An ordinary man mistaken for an activist during the 1970 World Cup.
2. **Baptism of Blood (2006)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Helvécio Ratton. Dominican friars linked to Carlos Marighella, arrested and tortured. From Frei Betto's book.
3. **Four Days in September (1997)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Bruno Barreto. The 1969 kidnapping of the US ambassador.
4. **Ação entre Amigos (1998)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Beto Brant. Former guerrillas track down, years later, the man who tortured them.
5. **They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Leon Hirszman. A workers' strike divides father and son. Special Jury Prize at Venice.
6. **Tattoo (2013)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Hilton Lacerda. An anarchic theatre troupe in 1978 Recife.
7. **The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cao Hamburger. A boy left with his grandfather in 1970, during the World Cup.
8. **Marighella (2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Wagner Moura. Seu Jorge as guerrilla leader Carlos Marighella.
9. **How Nice to See You Alive (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Lúcia Murat. Women imprisoned and tortured under the dictatorship talk about their lives afterwards.
10. **I'm Still Here (2024)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Walter Salles. Eunice Paiva after the disappearance of her husband, former congressman Rubens Paiva. Oscar for international feature.
11. **Zuzu Angel (2006)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Sérgio Rezende. The fashion designer who took on the regime after her son disappeared.
12. **Twenty Years Later (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Eduardo Coutinho. A film interrupted by the 1964 coup and resumed twenty years later.
13. **Lamarca (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sérgio Rezende. The army captain who deserted to join the armed struggle.
14. **O Pastor e o Guerrilheiro (2022)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — José Eduardo Belmonte. A seminarian and a guerrilla share a cell in 1970.

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