# The best Brazilian films of the 2000s

From Love for Sale and Playing to To the Left of the Father, City of God and Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures: critic Chico Fireman's top 20 of 2000s Brazilian cinema (Filmes do Chico), in order.

- 7 votes · 15 items
- Feb 20, 2022 · A. Vieira
- https://even.best/en/l/4618/the-best-brazilian-films-of-the-2000s

## Top 15

1. **Love for Sale (2006)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Karim Aïnouz. A young woman returns to the backlands of Ceará and raffles off a night in paradise. Number one.
2. **Playing (2007)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Eduardo Coutinho. Real women and actresses tell the same stories.
3. **To the Left of the Father (2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Luiz Fernando Carvalho. A son flees his father's farm, from Raduan Nassar's novel.
4. **The Prisoner of the Iron Bars (2004)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Paulo Sacramento. Carandiru inmates film their own lives.
5. **Pro Dia Nascer Feliz (2007)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — João Jardim. A documentary about teenagers and schools across Brazil.
6. **The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cao Hamburger. The dictatorship and the 1970 World Cup through a boy's eyes.
7. **Madame Satã (2002)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Karim Aïnouz. Lázaro Ramos as the Lapa hustler and performer.
8. **Santiago (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — João Moreira Salles. A documentary about the director's family butler.
9. **Cão Sem Dono (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beto Brant and Renato Ciasca. An aimless translator in Porto Alegre.
10. **Entreatos (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — João Moreira Salles. Behind the scenes of Lula's 2002 campaign.
11. **Se Nada Mais Der Certo (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — José Eduardo Belmonte. A broke journalist and São Paulo by night.
12. **Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marcelo Gomes. A German sells aspirin across the backlands in 1942.
13. **City of God (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. Rocket and crime in a Rio favela.
14. **Filme de Amor (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Julio Bressane. Three friends and a weekend of desire.
15. **O Signo do Caos (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rogério Sganzerla. The last film by the master of Brazilian underground cinema.

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