José Marinho
Actor · 1933 – 2021 · Canhotinho, Pernambuco, Brazil
Movies22
MovieRomanceComedyPaulo's boring and repetitive routine changes completely when a mysterious woman walks through the door of his bank agency and into his life.
Movie7.2DramaEldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
Movie7.7ThrillerCrimeBorn and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent tone and makes bold breakthroughs to later spend the money extravagantly. His world is the decadent neighbourhood of Boca do Lixo.
Movie7.0DramaDirected by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the current national situation, the historian joins a guerrilla force with serious consequences.
Desesperato
1968 · 2 votes
Movie6.2DramaStory with some autobiographical touches taken from director's life.
Miramar
1997 · 4 votes
Movie6.6FamilyComedyIn the small town of Taperoá João Grilo and confusion Chicó live setting, addressing a sacristan and a humble baker. Everyone lives under the excesses of the bishop, the priest and the major. Until an attack on the city, all die at the hands of the bandit Severino and must stand trial in the sky, which puts everyone before God and the Virgin Mary.
Os Trapalhões no Auto da Compadecida
1987 · 43 votes
Movie5.7ComedyLalau (Gregorio Duvivier) is presented by the country's interior with his show jokes, whose main theme is her father, Ramon Velasco (Tarcisio Meira), an actor who always gets into shenanigans. One day, when present in Ceará, Stan receives a tempting proposal by Flora (Flávia Alessandra), which offers $ 100,000 so he pretends to be a famous guru in a motivational speech in Rio de Janeiro. He accepts and goes to Rio without telling his father. After seeing his son on the cover of a newspaper, Ramon decides to go after him and creates many characters to ensure their part.
Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo!
2011 · 15 votes
Movie9.0DramaCrimeInspired by the life of one of the most famous policemen in the history of Brazil: detective Perpétuo de Freitas, immortalized in the annals of Brazilian criminal history for relentlessly pursuing and without the slightest assistance of the Rio police force one of the most wanted criminals in the country.
Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte
1967 · 1 votes
Movie7.7ActionDramaAugusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is beaten up and left for dead, being rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. Influenced by the couple, Matraga starts a long penitent life while waiting for his hour and chance to payback, starting a fight between his violent nature, his hidden desire of vengeance and the mysticism and goodness which is also part of him.
Movie7.5DramaCrimeRomantic biography of Maria Bonita, daughter of a poor farmer who was kidnapped by Lampião and became his lover.
Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço
1968 · 2 votes
Movie7.7DramaMusicThe rise of real life country singers Milionário e José Rico from their humble beginnings until musical success.
Movie7.0AdventureDramaUnable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.
Sagarana: O Duelo
1974 · 4 votes
Movie10.0ComedyAfrican couple Silvianus and Makeba arrive in Brazil, seeking to tourist around the country and take part in an International Music Festival
Uma Nega Chamada Tereza
1970 · 1 votes
Movie9.2DramaWesternLampião's gang raids a farm just as the wedding of Antônio Saraiva and the Baroness's goddaughter is being prepared. In the shootout, Lampião's brother, Ezequiel, is killed, and in revenge, Lampião burns the Baroness alive and orders the bride to be beaten. Upon arriving at the farm, Antônio discovers everything and vows to follow the gang's footsteps to hell. The cangaceiros continue their atrocities, robbing, killing, and looting, until a priest places a curse on Lampião. The curse transforms into the avenging figure of Antônio, who acquires supernatural powers. He meets Lampião during Maria Bonita's birthday party, and a life-or-death duel ensues.
Meu Nome é Lampião
1969 · 2 votes
Movie6.8DramaCrimeDuring the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating documents to another one.
Movie6.4FantasyCrimeAn ubiquitous folk singer narrates the tale of a young boy, who apparently becomes immune to gunfire after his mother arranges for him to have an amulet bearing Ogum's blessings. As time goes by, he becomes a valuable member of a mobster's hit-team, but ends up joining a group of people who resist his original employers.
Movie5.2CrimeDramaJorge, bastard child of the infamous Red Light Bandit, decides himself to pursuit a life of crime after meeting with his father, who has been incarcerated for the last 30 years.
Luz nas Trevas: A Volta do Bandido da Luz Vermelha
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
2012 · 6 votes
Movie9.2DramaDuring a flight, passengers confront their aspirations, frustrations, fears, wishes and fears, mixing up reality and fiction.
Movie7.1DramaMusicBiography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro.
Natal da Portela
1988 · 5 votes
Movie6.3DramaCrimeEuropean couple arrive at the Republic of Maraguaya with a strange mission. But the involvement with a local man, whom they hire as an employee, will change their plans.
República da Traição
1970 · 3 votes
Movie5.5DramaCrimeTwo friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.
Movie6.5DramaSomewhere in Rio Grande do Norte's countryside, Brazil, the wealthy farmer Elói Dantas (Álvaro Guimarães) decides to increase his patrimony even further by exploiting ores. To do this, he tries to appropriate the small site of Antônio Vaqueiro (José Marinho). Desperate, Antônio rushes to the aid of the gypsy healer Maria dos Remédios (Luiza Maranhão) and the poet and dreamer Tião Poeta (Lenicio Queirogo) to face the greed of Elói.
Boi de Prata
1981 · 2 votes