Best dark & gritty Portuguese movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
26 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.0. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Bacurau (2019)
Movie · Portuguese · 2h 11m · Mystery, Western · IMDb 7.3 (35.6K votes)
Visually stunningTwistyMatureEdge-of-seat
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
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2. 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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3. The Edge of Democracy (2019)
Movie · Portuguese · 2h 1m · Documentary · IMDb 7.3 (16.7K votes)
Family-friendlyDark & grittySeriousCold & detached
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
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4. Tabu (2012)
Movie · Portuguese · 2h · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.3 (8.0K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyDark & gritty
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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5. 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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6. Apocalypse in the Tropics (2025)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 49m · Documentary · IMDb 7.5 (3.1K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyFamily-friendly
Through deep examination, this documentary from Oscar nominee Petra Costa explores the profound impact of evangelism on Brazil's political landscape.
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7. Horse Money (2014)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 45m · Drama · IMDb 6.9 (2.2K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyCold & detachedSerious
While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas search for Ventura, lost in the woods.
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8. The Best Mother in the World (2025)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 45m · Drama · IMDb 7.3 (836 votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seat
To escape her abusive husband, garbage collector Gal packs her two young children, Rihanna and Benin, onto the top of her cart and heads across São Paulo to her cousin’s house. As she struggles to avoid the dangers of the streets along the way, she convinces the children that they are on a big and exciting adventure. W
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9. Motel Destino (2024)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 55m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 6.5 (3.0K votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatSerious
Motel Destino, a sex hotel in Northern Brazil, is run by the hot-headed Elias and his restless wife, Dayana. When a young gang member on the run named Heraldo stays at the motel, Dayana becomes intrigued with him. As the two navigate a dance of power and desire, a dangerous plan for freedom emerges.
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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. A Life Too Short: The Isabella Nardoni Case (2023)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 44m · Documentary · IMDb 6.1 (2.0K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedDialogue-drivenMature
When a 5-year-old girl falls from her father's apartment, her mother embarks on a quest for justice — and is put under the national spotlight.
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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. The Killer (2017)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 39m · Action, Western · IMDb 6.0 (3.1K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedMatureEdge-of-seat
In lawless badlands, reclusive Cabeleira sets out to discover the fate of his gunman father and grows to be a feared assassin himself.
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19. 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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20. 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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21. 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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23. The Grotto (2020)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 38m · Horror · IMDb 3.0 (411 votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedMature
Four bodies are found at a cave accident and forensics point to the only survivor as the culprit. He denies guilt, accusing his wife of committing the crime. But how is this so? She is one of the deceased.
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24. 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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25. Beast Race (2026)
Movie · Portuguese · 2h 4m · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 4.7 (1.6K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatMature
In future Rio de Janeiro, a young leader of the resistance must enter a deadly parkour-inspired competition in order to save his sister's life.
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26. Yakuza Princess (2021)
Movie · Portuguese · 1h 52m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 4.8 (5.1K votes)
MatureFast-pacedTwistyVisually stunning
In Brazil, Akemi finds out that she's the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Just after that, her destiny enters a spiral of violence and mystery, where a gaijin (foreigner) who's been protecting her all this time, Shirô, may have been actually sent to kill her.
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