| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|
| Os 7 Gatinhos | Neville d'Almeida | Cristina Aché, Antônio Fagundes, Lima Duarte, Ana Maria Magalhães | Comedy drama | Based on a play by Nelson Rodrigues |
| The Age of the Earth | Glauber Rocha | Maurício do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga, Tarcísio Meira, Geraldo Del Rey | Drama | Based on a poem by Castro Alves |
| Amantes Violentos | Marcos Lyra | Marcos Lyra, Rosangela Faria, Fernando Reski | Erotic drama | |
| Os Anos JK - Uma Trajetória Política | Silvio Tendler | Othon Bastos | Documentary | As of 2007, the fourth most watched Brazilian documentary [1] [2] |
| Ariella | John Herbert | John Herbert, Nicole Puzzi, Christiane Torloni | Erotic drama | Based on a novel by Cassandra Rios |
| Ato de Violência | Eduardo Escorel | Nuno Leal Maia | Crime drama | Based on actual events about a serial killer known as Chico Picadinho |
| Até a Última Gota | Sérgio Rezende | José Dumont | Documentary | |
| Bacanal | Antonio Meliande | John Herbert, Aldine Müller, Patrícia Scalvi, José Carlos Sanches | Erotic drama | |
| O Beijo no Asfalto | Bruno Barreto | Tarcísio Meira, Ney Latorraca, Lídia Brondi, Christiane Torloni, Daniel Filho | Drama | Based on a play by Nelson Rodrigues |
| Boneca Cobiçada | Raffaele Rossi | Francisco di Franco, Aldine Müller | Erotic drama | |
| Bordel: Noites Proibidas | Osvaldo de Oliveira | Rossana Ghessa, Mário Benvenutti | Erotic drama | |
| Cabaret Mineiro | Carlos Alberto Prates Correia | Nelson Dantas, Tamara Taxman, Tânia Alves | Drama | Based on a novel by João Guimarães Rosa |
| Colegiais e Lições de Sexo | Juan Bajon | Aldine Müller, Fábio Vilalonga, José Lucas | Erotic drama | |
| O Convite ao Prazer | Walter Hugo Khouri | Roberto Maya, Serafim Gonzalez, Sandra Bréa, Helena Ramos, Kate Lyra, Aldine Müller | Erotic | |
| Corpo Devasso | Alfredo Sternheim | David Cardoso, Neide Ribeiro, Patrícia Scalvi, Meiry Vieira | Erotic | |
| Diário de uma Prostituta | Edward Freund | Helena Ramos, Alan Fontaine | Erotic drama | |
| Depravação | Elio Vieira de Araujo | Jair Delamare, Alice Dantas, Antonio Viana | Erotic | |
| A Fêmea do Mar | Ody Fraga | Neide Ribeiro, Jean Garrett, Aldine Müller | Erotic | |
| A Força dos Sentidos | Jean Garrett | Paulo Ramos, Aldine Müller | Erotic | |
| Gaijin: Roads to Freedom | Tizuka Yamasaki | Kyoko Tsukamoto, Antônio Fagundes, Jiro Kawarazaki, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri | Drama | |
| Giselle | Victor di Mello | Alba Valéria | Erotic | |
| O Gosto do Pecado | Cláudio Cunha | Simone Carvalho, Jardel Mello, John Herbert, Maria Lúcia Dahl | Erotic drama | |
| O Grande Palhaço | William Cobbett | Luiz Armando Queiroz, Angelina Muniz, Eduardo Tornaghi | Comedy drama | |
| O Inseto do Amor | Fauzi Mansur | Carlos Kurt | Sex comedy | |
| As Intimidades de Analu e Fernanda | José Miziara | Helena Ramos, Márcia Maria, Ênio Gonçalves | Erotic drama | |
| O Jeca e a Égua Milagrosa | Pio Zamuner | Amácio Mazzaropi | Comedy | |
| Joelma 23º Andar | Clery Cunha | Beth Goulart, Liana Duval | Drama | Depicts the Joelma fire |
| O Menino Arco-Íris | Ricardo Bandeira | | Children's film | It depicts the childhood of Jesus Christ, who is played by children of six different races [3] |
| Na Estrada da Vida | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Milionário & José Rico, Nádia Lippi, Sílvia Leblon, Turíbio Ruiz | Musical | |
| A Noite das Taras | David Cardoso, John Doo, Ody Fraga | Patrícia Scalvi, Arlindo Barreto, Matilde Mastrangi | Erotic | |
| Pixote | Hector Babenco | Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino | Crime drama | Critically acclaimed at American festivals |
| O Rei e os Trapalhões | Adriano Stuart | Renato Aragão, Mussum, Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mário Cardoso | Comedy | The most watched Brazilian film in 1980 [4] |
