List of Brazilian films of 2013

Last updated July 29, 2025

The following Brazilian films were released in 2013.

Highest-grossing

These were the top ten Brazilian films in 2013. The films are ranked according to the public.^[1]

Rank	Film	Public	Box office
1	Minha Mãe é uma Peça	4,600,145	R$ 49,533,218
2	Vai que Dá Certo	2,729,340	R$ 28,990,665
3	Meu Passado Me Condena	1,985,093	R$ 21,742,484
4	Somos tão Jovens	1,715,763	R$ 18,253,649
5	Faroeste Caboclo	1,469,743	R$ 15,559,965
6	O Concurso	1,320,102	R$ 14,125,213
7	Mato Sem Cachorro	1,130,367	R$ 11,554,297
8	O Tempo e o Vento	705,092	R$ 7,656,266
9	Odeio o Dia dos Namorados	457,523	R$ 4,492,895
10	Cine Holliúdy	451,127	R$ 4,608,633

January – March

Opening Month	Opening Date	Title	Director	Cast	Genre
J A N	4	Na Carne e na Alma	Alberto Salvá	Karan Machado, Raquel Maia, Luciano Moreira, Henrique Pires, Priscilla Rozenbaum, Regina Sampaio	Drama
	4	Neighbouring Sounds	Kleber Mendonça Filho	Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, Maeve Jinkings	Drama
	25	País do Desejo	Paulo Caldas	Fábio Assunção, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Nicolau Breyner, Germano Haiut, Maria Padilha	Drama
F E B	1	Jorge Mautner - O Filho do Holocausto	Pedro Bial, Heitor D'Alincourt	Gilberto Gil, Nélson Jacobina, Jorge Mautner, Caetano Veloso	Documentary
	8	A Luz do Tom	Nelson Pereira dos Santos		Documentary
	8	Tainá 3: The Origin	Rosane Svartman	Wiranu Tembé, Mayara Bentes, Guilherme Berenguer, Leon Goes, Gracindo Júnior, Nuno Leal Maia	Adventure
	22	Secrets of the Tribe	José Padilha	Robert Borofdsky, Jesus Carsozo, Napoleon A. Chagnon, Marie Isabel Eguillor, Brian Ferguson	Documentary
M A R	1	Buddies	Marcelo Galvão	Ariel Goldenberg, Rita Pokk, Breno Viola, Lima Duarte, Rui Unas, Deto Montenegro	Comedy
	15	Father's Chair	Luciano Moura	Wagner Moura, Lima Duarte, Mariana Lima, Brás Antunes	Drama
		Francisco Brennand	Mariana Brennand Fortes	Francisco Brennand, Hermila Guedes	Documentary
		Super Nada	Rubens Rewald	Marat Descartes, Renata Jesion, Cristiano Karnas, Clarissa Kiste, Jair Rodrigues	Comedy
	22	Rânia	Roberta Marques	Rob Das, Graziela Felix, Mariana Lima,Nataly Rocha, Paulo José	Drama
	22	Vai que Dá Certo	Mauricio Farias	Gregório Duvivier, Bruno Mazzeo, Danton Mello, Natália Lage, Fábio Porchat	Comedy
	29	O Dia que Durou 21 Anos	Camilo Tavares		Documentary

April – June

Opening Month	Opening Date	Title	Director	Cast	Genre
A P R	5	Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury	Luiz Bolognesi	Selton Mello, Camila Pitanga, Rodrigo Santoro, Bemvindo Sequeira	Animated, Drama
	8	Mulheres Africanas – A Rede Invisível	Carlos Nascimbeni	Zezé Motta (Narrator), Nadine Gordimer, Graça Machel, Luísa Diogo	Documentary
	12	Open Road	Márcio Garcia	Camilla Belle, Andy García, Juliette Lewis, John Savage, Michael King	Drama
	19	Coração do Brasil	Daniel Solá Santiago		Documentary
	19	Hoje	Tata Amaral	Denise Fraga, César Troncoso, João Baldasserini, Lorena Lobato, Cláudia Assunção, Pedro Abhull	Drama
	26	Margaret Mee and the Moonflower	Malu De Martino	Patrícia Pillar (Narrator)	Documentary
	26	The Silver Cliff	Karim Aïnouz	Alessandra Negrini, Camila Amado, Luisa Arraes, Milton Gonçalves, Sérgio Guizé, Thiago Martins, Otto Jr., Carla Ribas	Drama
M A Y	3	Paulo Moura - Alma Brasileira	Eduardo Escorel	Paulo Moura	Documentary
	3	Somos tão Jovens	Antônio Carlos da Fontoura	Thiago Mendonça, Sandra Corveloni, Marcos Breda, Bianca Comparato, Laila Zaid, Bruno Torres, Henrique Pires	Drama
	10	Cores	Francisco Garcia	Acauã Sol, Simone Iliescu, Pedro di Pietro	Drama
	10	Elena	Petra Costa	Elena Andrade, Li An, Petra Costa	Documentary
	30	Faroeste Caboclo	René Sampaio	Fabrício Boliveira, César Troncoso, Ísis Valverde, Antonio Calloni, Alex Sander, Marcos Paulo, Cinara Leal, Giuliano Manfredini, Felipe Abib, Rodrigo Pandolfo	Drama
	31	Réquiem para Laura Martin	Luiz Rangel, Paulo Duarte	Anselmo Vasconcellos, Claudia Alencar, Ana Paula Serpa	Drama
J U N	7	The Hyperwomen	Carlos Fausto, Leonardo Sette, Takumã Kuikuro		Documentary
		Mundo Invisível	Various^[a]	Various^[b]	Drama
		Odeio o Dia dos Namorados	Roberto Santucci	Heloísa Périssé, Daniel Boaventura, Danielle Winits, Marcelo Saback, MV Bill, Toni Tornado, Fernando Caruso, Daniele Valente	Comedy
	14	A Memória que Me Contam	Lúcia Murat	Irene Ravache, Franco Nero, Simone Spoladore, Otávio Augusto, Zecarlos Machado, Miguel Thiré, Fernando Bezerra, Natália Lorda	Drama
	14	Noites de Reis	Vinicius Reis	Bianca Byington, Enrique Díaz, Raquel Bonfante, Flavio Bauraqui, Luciana Bezerra	Drama
	21
		Jards	Eryk Rocha	Jards Macalé, Adriana Calcanhotto, Luiz Melodia, Ava Rocha	Documentary
		Minha Mãe é uma Peça	André Pellenz	Paulo Gustavo, Marieta Severo, Ingrid Guimarães, Heloísa Périssé, Fábio Porchat, Gregório Duvivier	Comedy

July – September

Opening Month	Opening Date	Title	Director	Cast	Genre
J U L	5	Dossiê Jango	Paulo Henrique Fontenelle		Documentary
	12	A Cidade É Uma Só?	Adirley Queirós		Documentary
	19	O Concurso	Pedro Vasconcelos	Danton Mello, Fábio Porchat, Rodrigo Pandolfo, Anderson Di Rizzi	Comedy
	19	Kátia	Karla Holanda		Documentary
A U G	2	Chamada a Cobrar	Anna Muylaert	Beth Dorgam, Pierre Santos, Débora Ivanov, Gabriel Lacerda	Thriller
		Na Quadrada das Águas Perdidas	Wagner Miranda, Marcos Carvalho	Matheus Nachtergaele	Drama
		Tabu	Miguel Gomes	Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira	Drama
	9
		Carreras	Salete Machado	Jackson Antunes, Talício Sirino, Diego Kozievitch	Drama
		Cine Holliúdy	Halder Gomes	Edmilson Filho, Miriam Freeland, Roberto Bomtempo, Falcão, Marcio Greyck	Comedy
		As Horas Vulgares	Rodrigo de Oliveira, Victor Graize	João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Romulo Braga, Higor Campagnaro, Tayana Dantas	Drama
		O Renascimento do Parto	Eduardo Chauvet, Érica de Paula		Documentary
		Sorria, Você Está na Barra	Izabel Jaguaribe		Documentary
		Vendo ou Alugo	Betse de Paula	Marieta Severo, Marcos Palmeira, Nathalia Timberg, Silvia Buarque, Antonio Pitanga	Comedy
	16
		Reaching for the Moon	Bruno Barreto	Glória Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf	Drama
		Por que Você Partiu?	Eric Belhassen		Documentary
	23
		A Alma da Gente	Helena Solberg, David Meyer		Documentary
		Cuica de Santo Amaro	Josias Pires, Joel de Almeida		Documentary
		Repare Bem	Maria de Medeiros		Documentary
		La suerte en tus manos	Daniel Burman	Norma Aleandro, Jorge Drexler, Valeria Bertuccelli, Gabriel Schultz	Drama
	30
		Boa Sorte, Meu Amor	Daniel Aragão		Drama
		No Lugar Errado	Guto Parente, Luiz Pretti, Pedro Giogenes, Ricardo Pretti	Márcio Minervino, Micheli Santini, Rodrigo Fischer, Súlian Princivalli	Drama
		Se Puder... Dirija!	Paulo Fontenelle	Luiz Fernando Guimarães, Lavínia Vlasak, Leandro Hassum, Barbara Paz	Comedy

Notes

↑ The film consists in eleven segments, each on directed by a director, with the exception of Beto Brant and Cisco Vasques who work together. The segments directors are Atom Egoyan, Brant and Vasques, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Guy Maddin, Jerzy Stuhr, Laís Bodanzky, Manoel de Oliveira, Marco Bechis, Maria de Medeiros, Theo Angelopoulos, Wim Wenders
↑ The same happens with the cast. Ricardo Trêpa, Leon Cakoff, Jerzy Stuhr, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Silvia Veitsman, Denise Fraga, Thalma de Freitas, Joan-Louis Font, Lee Thalor, Elias Fica Vontade, Gerson Silva, José Wilker, Jupiter Apple, Laura Neiva, Mauricio Paroni, Renato Paroni, Sonia Braga, and Thomas Oliveira are featured in the film.

References

↑ "Conheça os 10 mais vistos do cinema brasileiro em 2013". Diário de Pernambuco. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

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[2] The film consists in eleven segments, each on directed by a director, with the exception of Beto Brant and Cisco Vasques who work together. The segments directors are Atom Egoyan, Brant and Vasques, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Guy Maddin, Jerzy Stuhr, Laís Bodanzky, Manoel de Oliveira, Marco Bechis, Maria de Medeiros, Theo Angelopoulos, Wim Wenders

[3] The same happens with the cast. Ricardo Trêpa, Leon Cakoff, Jerzy Stuhr, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Silvia Veitsman, Denise Fraga, Thalma de Freitas, Joan-Louis Font, Lee Thalor, Elias Fica Vontade, Gerson Silva, José Wilker, Jupiter Apple, Laura Neiva, Mauricio Paroni, Renato Paroni, Sonia Braga, and Thomas Oliveira are featured in the film.

[1] "Conheça os 10 mais vistos do cinema brasileiro em 2013". Diário de Pernambuco. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

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