List of Brazilian films before 1920

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An incomplete list of the earliest films produced in Brazil between 1908 and 1919. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Brazilian films

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1897-1909

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1897
Ancoradouro de Pescadores na Baía de Guanabara
Uma Artista Trabalhando no Trapézio do Politeama
Bailado de Crianças no Colégio, no Andaraí
Chegada do Trem em Petrópolis
1908
A Mala Sinistra Antônio Leal
Duelo de Cozinheiras
Os Capadócios da Cidade Nova
O Comprador de Ratos
Os Estranguladores
Os Guaranis
1909
Aventuras de Zé Caipora
O Fósforo Eleitoral February 11
O Nono Mandamento February 25
Noivado de Sangue Antônio Serra Mendonça Balsemão, Romeu Bastos, Helena Cavallier DramaMarch 4
Nas Entranhas do Morro do Castelo March 18
Um Cavalheiro Deveras Obsequioso March 30
Um Drama na Tijuca April 1
Os Milagres de Santo Antônio April 8
Às Portas do Céu April 19
Os Dois Proscritos ou a Restauração de Portugal em 1640
Pela Vitória dos Clubes Carnavalescos Antônio Serra Antônio Serra, Helena Cavallier, Julieta Pinto Comedy
Pega na Chaleira Joseph Arnaud Aurélia Delorme, Helena Cavallier, Domingos Braga History
A Cabana do Pai Tomás May 11
João José June 26
A Viúva Alegre July 22
Dona Inez de Castro August 9
Remorso Vivo
Aventuras de Zé Caipora September 2
A Gueixa November 8
Sonho de Valsa December 23
Zé Bolas e o Famoso Telegrama Número Nove

1910s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1910
Triste Fim de Uma Vida de Prazeres
Mil Adultérios
606 contra o Espirocheta Palido
Paz e Amor
1911
O Conde de Luxemburgo April 24
A Dançarina Descalça June 1
1912
A Vida do Barão do Rio Branco May 13
Mil e 400 contos September 11
O Guarani October 6
1913
O Crime de Paula Matos
A Mulher do Chiqueiro October 17
1914
Amor de Perdição (1914 film)
O Crime dos Banhados
1915
A Moreninha
Inocência
Les Enfants d'Édouard April 29
Uma Transformista Original October 29
1916
O Guaraní June 5
Perdida October 16
Lucíola December 11
Vivo ou Morto December 14
1917
Dioguinho
O Cruzeiro do Sul
Entre Dois Amores
Iracema
Pátria Brasileira
O Grito do Ipiranga
Heróis Brasileiros na Guerra do Paraguai
1918
Amor de Perdição (1918 film)
Amor e Boemia
A Apoteose do Carnaval de 1914
Zero-Treze
1919
Alma Sertaneja
Ubirajara
A Caipirinha

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