Cinema of Portugal

51 films · 42 directors · 1922 to 2026

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2012 · Miguel Gomes · TSPDT #916

Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.

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Defining films

Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
In Vanda's Room
In Vanda's Room
2001 · Pedro Costa
Mysteries of Lisbon
Mysteries of Lisbon
2010 · Raúl Ruiz
Doomed Love
Doomed Love
1979 · Manoel de Oliveira
Aniki-Bóbó
Aniki-Bóbó
1942 · Manoel de Oliveira
Alice
Alice
2005 · Marco Martins
A Song of Lisbon
A Song of Lisbon
1933 · José Cottinelli Telmo
Blood of My Blood
Blood of My Blood
2011 · João Canijo
The Courtyard of the Ballads
The Courtyard of the Ballads
1942 · Francisco Ribeiro
The Lion from Estrela
The Lion from Estrela
1947 · Arthur Duarte
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
2015 · Miguel Gomes
Listen
Listen
2020 · Ana Rocha de Sousa
Recollections of the Yellow House
Recollections of the Yellow House
1989 · João César Monteiro
The Tyrannical Father
The Tyrannical Father
1941 · António Lopes Ribeiro
Horse Money
Horse Money
2014 · Pedro Costa
Blood
Blood
1989 · Pedro Costa
Jaime
Jaime
1999 · António-Pedro Vasconcelos
The Costa from Castelo
The Costa from Castelo
1943 · Arthur Duarte
Francisca
Francisca
1981 · Manoel de Oliveira
Cosmos
Cosmos
2015 · Andrzej Żuławski
The Red Siren
The Red Siren
2002 · Olivier Megaton
Amelia’s Children
Amelia’s Children
2024 · Gabriel Abrantes
On Falling
On Falling
2025 · Laura Carreira
The Metamorphosis of Birds
The Metamorphosis of Birds
2021 · Catarina Vasconcelos

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