Appreciative Movies

Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely....

Based on the classic Brazilian television series that conquered audiences during Sunday night prime time on TV Globo, with improv that happens like...

Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.

Refused to face his adulthood, a Casanova must deal with the fact that he has a young pregnant daughter from an earlier relationship.

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

A doctor from New York travels to a remote plantation in the 1890s to care for a disturbed boy who seems to have inexplicable abilities. She begins...

Concert held on August 4, 5 and 6, 2008 at the Nippon Budōkan hall in Tokyo to commemorate both the Japanese theatrical release of Ponyo (2008)...

Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña's past are thrust back into his life: his foreign father, his...

A struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a...

Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and...

The life of legendary Brazilian musician Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha.

José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip...

When time turns back, a young woman gets the chance to relive her favorite memories with her emotionally distant brother.

On his 18th birthday in 90s Rio, a young man and his best friend join a jiu-jitsu gym to protect themselves from local threats. While one believes in...

A pickpocket assumes various identities to steal from the aristocracy in early-20th-century Rio de Janeiro.

Pérola is a children's party entertainer who dreams of becoming a renowned chef. She just hasn't gone out yet to fulfill her dream because of...

An archival footage compilation exploring the nature of youth, and the passage of time.

Elected major of the small city of Sucupira, after unfortunate situation, Odorico must open the city cemitery and face acusations of being corrupt,...

Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past...

Paulo Ventania is a black Brazilian man, always doing his best to bring some happiness in his life, and by happiness he means money. When he's at a...