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An incomplete list of films produced in Brazil in the 1990s. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia see Category:Brazilian films.
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An incomplete list of films produced in Brazil in the 1990s. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia see Category:Brazilian films.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| 1990 | ||||||
| ABC da Greve | Leon Jordan | Filmed in 1979. | ||||
| Ameríndia - Memória, Remorso e Compromisso no V Centenário | ||||||
| Assim Na Tela Como No Céu | ||||||
| Atração Satânica | ||||||
| Lua de Cristal | Tizuka Yamasaki | Xuxa, Sérgio Mallandro | Comedy-romance | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | ||||||
| Angola | ||||||
| Au Revoir, Shirlei | ||||||
| Aventura, Amor & Transporte Público | ||||||
| Exposure | Walter Salles | |||||
| At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Héctor Babenco | Tom Berenger, Tom Waits | Brazilian-American production. | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | ||||||
| A Babel da Luz | ||||||
| Azul Caixão de Anjo | ||||||
| O Assalto | ||||||
| Perfume de Gardênia | Guilherme de Almeida Prado | Christiane Torloni, José Mayer | ||||
| Zuleika | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | ||||||
| A Arca dos Zo'é | ||||||
| Alma Corsária | Carlos Reichenbach | |||||
| Atrás das Grades | ||||||
| O Zeppelin Passou por Aqui | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | ||||||
| America au Pouivre | ||||||
| Amor! | ||||||
| Anjo Embarcadiço | ||||||
| Babaçu | ||||||
| The Third Bank of the River | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival | ||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | ||||||
| Alva Paixão | ||||||
| Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil | Carla Camurati | Marco Nanini | Historical biopic | |||
| As Feras | Walter Hugo Khouri | Nuno Leal Maia, Cláudia Liz, Lúcia Veríssimo | Drama | Only released in 2001 | ||
| Foreign Land | Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas | Fernando Alves Pinto, Fernanda Torres | Drama | |||
| O Quatrilho | 1996 Academy Awards nomination | |||||
| Super-Colosso - Uma Aventura de Cinema da TV Colosso | Luiz Ferré | Luana Piovani | Family film | Movie version of Rede Globo's popular puppet series TV Colosso | ||
| Zweig: A Morte em Cena | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | ||||||
| A Alma do Negócio | ||||||
| Adágio ao Sol | ||||||
| Anjos Urbanos | ||||||
| Antonio Carlos Gomes | ||||||
| How Angels Are Born | Murilo Salles | Larry Pine, Priscila Assum, Silvio Guindane | Crime drama | |||
| Perfumed Ball | Lírio Ferreira, Paulo Caldas | Duda Mamberti, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Aramis Trindade, Chico Diaz | Drama | |||
| Tieta of Agreste | Carlos Diegues | |||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | ||||||
| Agnus Gay | ||||||
| Anaconda | ||||||
| Anahy de las Misiones | ||||||
| Angelo Anda Sumido | ||||||
| Aqui jaz Helena | ||||||
| Até Logo, Mamãe | ||||||
| Four Days in September | Bruno Barreto | Thriller | Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| O Sertão das Memórias | Documentary | |||||
| O Amor está no Ar | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | ||||||
| Ação Entre Amigos | ||||||
| Alô?! | ||||||
| Amassa Que Elas Gostam | ||||||
| Ame o Garoto Que Segura a Faca | ||||||
| Amores | ||||||
| Antropocropofagus | ||||||
| Athos | ||||||
| Atlântico Negro - Na Rota dos Orixás | ||||||
| Bacanal no Taquaral | ||||||
| Central Station | Walter Salles | Fernanda Montenegro | Drama | Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Golden Bear (Berlin) | ||
| Foolish Heart | Hector Babenco | Co-production with Argentina | ||||
| Love and Co | Helvécio Ratton | Marco Nanini, Patricia Pillar, Alexandre Borges | Drama | Co-produced with Portugal | ||
| Midnight | Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas | Fernanda Torres, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos | Drama | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | ||||||
| Amor Que Fica | ||||||
| Ardil | ||||||
| Até que a Vida nos Separe | ||||||
| Babilônia 2000 | ||||||
| O Amigo das Almas do Além | ||||||
| A Glass of Rage | Aluizio Abranches | Alexandre Borges, Julia Lemmertz | Drama | |||
| Orfeu | Carlos Diegues | Greek legend; music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Caetano Veloso | ||||
| Oriundi | Anthony Quinn | Anthony Quinn | Drama | |||
| Por Trás do Pano | Luiz Villaça | Denise Fraga, Pedro Cardoso, Luís Melo, Ester Góes, Marisa Orth | Drama | |||
| Traveller | Paulo César Saraceni | Entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival | ||||
| Xuxa Requebra | Tizuka Yamasaki | Xuxa Meneghel, Daniel | Comedy, romance | |||
| Zoando na TV | ||||||
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