Abraccine Top 100 Brazilian films

In 2015 the Brazilian Film Critics Association (Abraccine) published a list with the 100 best Brazilian films according to the votes of its members. This poll will be the basis to a book named The 100 Greatest Brazilian Films expected to come out in 2016.^[1]

List breakdown

• Glauber Rocha, is the director with most films in the list: five; followed by Rogério Sganzerla, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Hector Babenco and Carlos Reichenbach each with four films.

Full List

Rank	Title	Year	Director
1	Limite	1931	PeixotoMario Peixoto
2	Black God, White Devil	1964	RochaGlauber Rocha
3	Barren Lives	1963	SantosNelson Pereira dos Santos
4	Twenty Years Later	1984	CoutinhoEduardo Coutinho
5	Entranced Earth	1967	RochaGlauber Rocha
6	The Red Light Bandit	1968	SganzerlaRogério Sganzerla
7	São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima	1965	PersonLuís Sérgio Person
8	City of God	2002	MeirellesFernando Meirelles
9	O Pagador de Promessas	1962	DuarteAnselmo Duarte
10	Macunaíma	1969	AndradeJoaquim Pedro de Andrade
11	Central Station	1998	SallesWalter Salles
12	Pixote	1981	BabencoHector Babenco
13	Isle of Flowers	1989	FurtadoJorge Furtado
14	They Don't Wear Black-tie	1981	HirszmanLeon Hirszman
15	Neighboring Sounds	2012	MendonçaKleber Mendonça Filho
16	To the Left of the Father	2001	CarvalhoLuiz Fernando Carvalho
17	Playing	2007	CoutinhoEduardo Coutinho
18	Bye Bye Brasil	1979	DieguesCarlos Diegues
19	Assault on the Pay Train	1962	FariasRoberto Farias
20	São Bernardo	1976	HirszmanLeon Hirszman
21	Iracema, uma Transa Amazônica	1975	Bodansky and SennaJorge Bodansky and Orlando Senna
22	Men and Women	1964	KhouriWalter Hugo Khouri
23	The Guns	1964	GuerraRuy Guerra
24	Ganga Bruta	1933	MauroHumberto Mauro
25	Bang Bang	1971	TonacciAndrea Tonacci
26	The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga	1968	SantosRoberto Santos
27	Rio, 100 Degrees F.	1955	SantosNelson Pereira dos Santos
28	Edifício Master	2002	CoutinhoEduardo Coutinho
29	Memoirs of Prison	1984	SantosNelson Pereira dos Santos
30	Elite Squad	2007	PadilhaJosé Padilha
31	The Priest and the Girl	1965	AndradeJoaquim Pedro de Andrade
32	The Hills of Disorder	2006	TonacciAndrea Tonacci
33	Santiago	2007	SallesJoão Moreira Salles
34	Antonio das Mortes	1969	RochaGlauber Rocha
35	Elite Squad: The Enemy Within	2010	PadilhaJosé Padilha
36	The Trespasser	2002	BrantBeto Brant
37	Todas as Mulheres do Mundo	1967	OliveiraDomingos Oliveira
38	Killed the Family and Went to the Movies	1969	BressaneJúlio Bressane
39	Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands	1976	BarretoBruno Barreto
40	The Unscrupulous Ones	1962	GuerraRuy Guerra
41	O Homem do Sputnik	1959	MangaCarlos Manga
42	Hour of the Star	1985	AmaralSuzana Amaral
43	Sem Essa, Aranha	1970	SganzerlaRogério Sganzerla
44	SuperOutro	1989	NavarroEdgard Navarro
45	Filme Demência	1986	ReichenbachCarlos Reichenbach
46	At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul	1964	MarinsJosé Mojica Marins
47	Foreign Land	1996	SallesWalter Salles and Daniela Thomas
48	The Woman of Everyone	1969	SganzerlaRogério Sganzerla
49	Rio, Northern Zone	1957	SantosNelson Pereira dos Santos
50	Buccaneer Soul	1993	ReichenbachCarlos Reichenbach
51	The Margin	1967	CandeiasOzualdo Candeias
52	All Nudity Shall Be Punished	1973	JaborArnaldo Jabor
53	Madame Satã	2000	AïnouzKarim Aïnouz
54	The Deceased	1965	HirszmanLeon Hirszman
55	Awakening of the Beast	1969	MarinsJosé Mojica Marins
56	Tudo Bem	1978	JaborArnaldo Jabor
57	The Age of the Earth	1980	RochaGlauber Rocha
58	Behind the Sun	2001	SallesWalter Salles
59	O Grande Momento	1958	SantosRoberto Santos
60	A Wolf at the Door	2015	CoimbraFernando Coimbra
61	Kiss of the Spider Woman	1985	BabencoHector Babenco
62	O Homem que Virou Suco	1980	AndradeJoão Batista de Andrade
63	A Dog's Will	1999	ArraesGuel Arraes
64	The Ninth Bullet	1953	BarretoLima Barreto
65	The Lyre of Delight	1978	LimaWalter Lima Jr.
66	Case of the Naves Brothers	1967	PersonLuís Sérgio Person
67	Bus 174	2002	PadilhaJosé Padilha
68	O Anjo Nasceu	1969	BressaneJúlio Bressane
69	Meu Nome é...Tonho	1969	CandeiasOzualdo Candeias
70	Love For Sale	2006	AïnouzKarim Aïnouz
71	The Second Mother	2015	MuylertAnna Muylaert
72	Brainstorm	2001	BodanzkyLaís Bodanzky
73	Tattoo	2013	LacerdaHilton Lacerda
74	Estômago: A Gastronomic Story	2010	JorgeMarcos Jorge
75	Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures	2005	GomesMarcelo Gomes
76	Baile Perfumado	1997	Caldas and FerreiraPaulo Caldas and Lírio Ferreira
77	Pra Frente, Brasil	1982	FariasRoberto Farias
78	Lucio Flavio	1976	BabencoHector Babenco
79	O Viajante	1999	SaraceniPaulo César Saraceni
80	Anjos do Arrabalde	1987	ReichenbachCarlos Reichenbach
81	Sea of Roses	1977	CarolinaAna Carolina
82	O País de São Saruê	1971	CarvalhoVladimir Carvalho
83	A Marvada Carne	1985	KlotzelAndré Klotzel
84	Sargento Getúlio	1983	PennaHermanno Penna
85	Inocência	1983	LimaWalter Lima Jr.
86	Mango Yellow	2002	AssisCláudio Assis
87	Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões	1981	TankoJ. B. Tanko
88	Di	1977	RochaGlauber Rocha
89	Os Inconfidentes	1972	AndradeJoaquim Pedro de Andrade
90	This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse	1966	MarinsJosé Mojica Marins
91	Cabaret Mineiro	1980	CorreiaCarlos Alberto Prates Correia
92	Summer Showers	1977	DieguesCarlos Diegues
93	Dois Córregos	1999	ReichenbachCarlos Reichenbach
94	Aruanda	1960	NoronhaLinduarte Noronha
95	Carandiru	2003	BabencoHector Babenco
96	Blá Blá Blá	1968	TonacciAndrea Tonacci
97	O Signo do Caos	2003	SganzerlaRogério Sganzerla
98	The Year My Parents Went on Vacation	2006	HamburgerCao Hamburger
99	Meteorango Kid, Herói Intergaláctico	1969	OliveiraAndre Luis Oliveira
100	Guerra Conjugal/Bar Esperanza	1975/1983	Andrade/CarvanaJoaquim Pedro de Andrade/Hugo Carvana

See also

• Time Out 100 best British films
• Films considered the greatest ever

References

1. "Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros". Abraccine - Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Cinema. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.