Last Stop 174 (
2008) | IMDb:
7.1
Sandro was a boy who loved to sing rap, to kiss, to stare the statue of Christ the Redeemer and dreamed to go visit Copacabana. Growing up on streets, the story culminates at the infamous episode of 12th June 2000, when Sandro hijacked bus 174.
Starring:
Michel Gomes
,
Marcelo Mello Jr.
,
Douglas Silva
,
Cris Vianna
,
Anna Cotrim
,
André Ramiro
Directed by:
Bruno Barreto
Blindness (
2008) | IMDb:
6.5
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Starring:
Julianne Moore
,
Mark Ruffalo
,
Alice Braga
,
Yûsuke Iseya
,
Yoshino Kimura
,
Don McKellar
Directed by:
Fernando Meirelles
City of God (
2002) | IMDb:
8.6
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.