Best crime Portuguese movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
16 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 5.9. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. The Secret Agent (2025)
Movie · Portuguese · 2h 41m · A · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (64.5K votes)
Edge-of-seatDark & grittyMatureCold & detached
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.
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2. 7 Prisoners (2021)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 33m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.1 (10.6K votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.
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3. Eloá the Hostage: Live on TV (2025)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 25m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (866 votes)
Edge-of-seatMatureDark & grittyCold & detached
A tragic hostage case from 2008 Brazil unfolds through unseen diary entries, family interviews, and media coverage, as a 15-year-old girl is held captive by her ex-boyfriend for 100 hours while TV networks broadcast it live.
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4. An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case (2024)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 41m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.4 (1.2K votes)
Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A star goalkeeper threatens a woman who is pregnant with his child. Her pleas for help go unanswered in the shadow of his fame — then tragedy strikes.
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5. Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe (2025)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 29m · U/A 16+ · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (466 votes)
Cold & detachedDark & gritty
In June 2001, hundreds of kilos of cocaine washed up in a Portuguese village. This gripping documentary reveals the long-lasting impact on the community.
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6. The Girl Who Killed Her Parents: The Confession (2023)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 38m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.2 (1.1K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seat
See what Suzane von Richthofen, Daniel Cravinhos and Cristian Cravinhos did in the days following the brutal crime that led to the Richthofen couple's death. This film reveals crucial moments of the police investigation, testimonies and the confession of the crime.
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7. Old Bandits (2026)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 33m · Comedy, Action · IMDb 5.9 (942 votes)
FunnyStraightforward
An elderly retired couple teams up with young partners to plan a daring bank robbery, while trying to outwit a detective determined to stop them.
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8. Nelma Kodama: The Queen of Dirty Money (2024)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 35m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 5.4 (229 votes)
Cold & detachedDialogue-drivenDark & gritty
Out of prison, notorious black-market currency trader Nelma Kodama exposes her part in a major Brazilian corruption scandal.
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9. Get the Goat (2021)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 37m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 6.0 (2.2K votes)
Funny
Bruceuilis, a policeman from the countryside, is assigned to rescue Celestina, a goat considered heritage of his small city, and travels to São Paulo. There, he meets police clerk Trindade, who decides to venture out into the field, even though it is not his specialty.
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10. Angela (2023)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 44m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 5.4 (822 votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
In this biopic about the life and death of Ângela Diniz, Angela meets Raul and believes she has found someone who loves her free spirit as much as she does. The overwhelming attraction makes the couple drop everything and live the dream of rebuilding their lives on the beach. But the relationship declines into abuse an
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11. Nando Between Two Worlds - A Sintonia Film (2026)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 49m · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 4.6 (377 votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatDark & grittySerious
Caught between family life and his obligations to the criminal underworld, Nando faces an impossible choice about where his true loyalties lie.
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12. Get the Grift (2021)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 34m · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 5.4 (968 votes)
Funny
After a botched scam, Clóvis bumps into Lohane, his estranged foster sister. In a bind, they soon realize the only way out is to band together.
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13. Elize: Shadows of a Woman (2026)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 33m · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 6.0 (4.4K votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
In this retelling of a real case, a former escort discovers her wealthy husband's infidelity and struggles to cope as betrayal poisons their marriage.
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14. State of Fear (2026)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 43m · U/A 16+ · Action, Thriller · IMDb 4.9 (796 votes)
Fast-pacedEdge-of-seatVisually stunningMature
As São Paulo erupts in an unprecedented wave of violence, a lawyer with underworld ties must strike a deal with the police to rescue her kidnapped niece.
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15. Outlaw (2024)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 20m · Action, Crime · IMDb 5.2 (1.2K votes)
MatureVisually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by bicheiros and drug dealers, the community is going through changes in power. Rebeca becomes the wife of the chief drug dealer and, with the death of her partner, his successor. The electrifying trajectory of crime, viol
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16. The Park Maniac (2024)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 43m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 4.9 (1.9K votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
An infamous serial killer who assaulted and killed several women in the '90s, gets on a collision course with a young journalist eager for the truth and a career-changing article.
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