Jonathan Haagensen

City of God

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.

Release Date2002-08-30

Charactersd Cabeleira - Shaggy

Vote Count7917

Now Boarding

Wagner is a 22-year old Brazilian guy, who dreams about leaving the country for a better life, until he meets Justina, an experienced woman who turns his life upside down. Together they will discover that life has a lot more to offer.

Release Date2009-12-11

Charactersd Wagner

Vote Count1

Brava Gente

Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.

Release Date2000-12-26

Charactersd Madrugadão

Episode Count1

Vote Count4

Call Me Bruna

Raquel is a girl, adopted by an upper-middle-class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in São Paulo to become a prostitute.

Release Date2016-10-08

Charactersd JR

Episode Count32

Vote Count407

Os Mutantes: Caminhos do Coração

Release Date2008-06-03

Charactersd Detetive Miguel Ângelo

Episode Count242

Vote Count10

Palace II

Two young boys, Laranjinha and Acerola, living in Cidade de Deus, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, need some money to go to a concert. The "easiest" (and most dangerous) way to get it is working for some drug-dealers.

Release Date2000-12-28

Charactersd Madrugadão

Vote Count4

Paraíso Tropical

The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.

Release Date2007-03-05

Charactersd Cláudio

Episode Count179

Vote Count13

Shades of Sin

A Maranhense young woman and a carioca tourist photographer fall for each other and get separated by destiny and a woman obsessed with his family's fortune.

Release Date2004-01-26

Charactersd Douglas Mascarenhas (Dodô)

Episode Count185

Vote Count25

Bróder

Three childhood friends plan meeting for a day in order to reassert their friendships and fight for their differences. One of them is involved with crime, one is a famous football player and the other struggles to maintain a middle-class lifestyle.

Release Date2010-02-17

Charactersd Jaiminho

Vote Count21

Cano Serrado

A history of vendetta and redemption occurs in the vicinity of a road, when the trajectory of a young policeman from the Capital intersects with a sergeant.

Release Date2018-11-10

Charactersd Luca

Vote Count3

City of Men

The series is based on the award-winning Brazilian film City of God, which itself was nominated for Oscars in four categories, including Best Director for Fernando Meireles. Based on the story of two friends, Laranjinha and Acerola, who live adventurous and dangerous lives in a Rio de Janeiro slum, 'City of Men' brings into sharp relief the condition of children and adolescents in these areas, realistically yet with a dose of humor.

Release Date2002-10-15

Charactersd Madrugadão

Episode Count27

Vote Count32

Rio Mumbai

Nelson, a skeptical and disillusioned journalist, is having strange experiences. The old scientist who lives in his building tries to convince him that these events are linked to an old study of time travel. Nelson's wife Maria receives a logbook that reveals a timeless communication between them.

Release Date2017-06-21

Charactersd Thiago

Vote Count1

The Mechanism

A scandal erupts in Brazil during an investigation of alleged government corruption via oil and construction companies. Loosely inspired by true events.

Release Date2018-03-23

Charactersd Vander

Episode Count16

Vote Count129

Omniscient

In a city where citizens are monitored 24/7, a tech employee must outsmart her surveillance drone in order to investigate a murder.

Release Date2020-01-29

Charactersd Vinícius

Episode Count6

Vote Count52

Never Give Up

Sol is a hardworking woman who has the chance to work as a backing vocalist for a funk singer and return to dancing, as she did in her youth. Torn between family pressure and passion for the stage, she must face the judgment of her church's members and conflicts with her family. The new chance will make her reconnect with her past in many ways, leading her to find her great youth love.

Release Date2023-01-16

Charactersd Orfeu

Episode Count179

Vote Count67

City of Men

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

Release Date2007-08-31

Charactersd Madrugadão ´Midnight`

Vote Count289

Blood Pact

Pacto de Sangue is about Silas Campello, a news reporter who sees an opportunity to get big TV ratings through raw, violent content after he starts to cover the murders and gang wars playing out deep in the Amazon jungle between two rival drug lords.

Release Date2018-08-28

Charactersd Trucco

Episode Count8

Vote Count2

Iron Island

On an offshore oil rig, "Iron Island" showcases the duality of people who have their lives torn apart: wherever they are, they feel incomplete. In this scenario, Dante, the oil rig's production coordinator, is an irascible man who sees his life collapsing between the turmoil in the high seas and family dilemmas on solid ground.

Release Date2018-11-15

Charactersd Diablo

Episode Count22

Vote Count14

August Street

Mika is a stripper trying to rebuild her life after a troubled and mysterious past. She goes to work in the bustling Rua Augusta, in São Paulo, where she is a dancer at Boate Love and has fun at night club Hell. On one of these nights, the young woman's fate intersects with that of a powerful businessman's son, which changes her life forever.

Release Date2018-03-15

Charactersd Bruno

Episode Count12

Vote Count8

Noel: The Samba Poet

The biopic of Noel Rosa, one of Brazil's best poets and composers.

Release Date2007-11-02

Charactersd Cartola

Vote Count6

City of God: 10 Years Later

City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-winning film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. This documentary shows what City of God’s worldwide success meant to their lives. Were the actors prepared for the film’s success? Did the social background of some of them prove stronger than the opportunity that came their way?

Release Date2013-10-05

Charactersd Himself

Vote Count102

Vale Night

Tired of the responsibilities of her first child, Daiana decides to take a "Vale Night" to spend the night with her friends, but for that she needs to leave the child with the child's father. Vini, also bored, decides to take the baby to the funk party, where everything goes well until he loses the boy and goes in search of the child throughout the community, putting himself in unusual and fun situations so that Diana doesn't notice anything.

Release Date2022-03-17

Charactersd Randerson

Vote Count7

A Festa de Léo

The film is set in Morro do Vidigal, one of the most famous favelas in Rio de Janeiro. Rita needs to give her son Léo a party that means a lot to her. But on the day of the party, she discovers that all the money for the event, which she had been saving for months, was stolen by Dudu. From this disappointment, Rita, who works at the beach, needs to race against time to make Léo's party possible and save Dudu's life. To do this, she will need the help of her friends.

Release Date2024-05-23

Charactersd Dudu

Vote Count5

Stronger Than The World

The Story of longtime UFC Featherweight champion and the struggles facing him on the road to the top.

Release Date2016-06-16

Charactersd Traficante

Vote Count125

The Passenger: Adult Secrets

A coming of age story about a boy in RIo de Janeiro, Brazil who, after his father's death, finds out about his family and where he came from.

Release Date2006-11-26

Charactersd Ator do Vidigal

Vote Count4

Vai Que Cola: O Filme

Valdomiro gets involved in yet another scheme, this time involving the same people that tricked him into losing everything - and he brings everyone from Ms. Jô's hostel along.

Release Date2015-10-01

Charactersd Marcinho Mangueirão

Vote Count207

Four for None

Four people with different values and standards meet in the urban chaos of Copacabana. Rita and Waldick come from the country, and befriend two Rio de Janeiro native guys, upon arrival: the playboy and surfer Paulo Roberto and a pimp called Tim.

Release Date2005-07-08

Charactersd China

Vote Count5

Cinco Tipos de Medo

Release Date2025-08-21

Charactersd Hugo

Que História é Essa, Porchat?

Release Date2019-08-06

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Every Family

Pê was living his best years but gets frustrated when his family decides to move to his grandmother's house in Rio de Janeiro, his hometown. He's forced to give up his comfort to live in a house full of relatives while trying to find his place in the world. Let's follow Pê's journey to find out that it's impossible to escape the comical demands of the family.

Release Date2024-07-11

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count7

Vote Count2

Tá Pago!

Dadá

Dílson, Dadá and Denis live in the El Vidigal quarter of Rio de Janeiro, and the three friends share an interest in acting. We learn about their life experiences, about their dreams, hopes and desires. From an economic standpoint they, like many other Brazilians, can only dream about certain things.

Release Date2002-08-09

Vote Count1

Três Tipos de Medo

Release Date2017-06-24

Vote Count2

Seja O Que Deus Quiser!

After getting involved with an MTV VJ, a musician ends up being accused of setting up a robbery against her. To clear his name, he goes to São Paulo, but gets involved in situations that distance him from his peaceful life.

Release Date2002-01-01

Vote Count1