Best thriller Portuguese movies on Netflix in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

13 movies on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 5.7. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

1. 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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2. 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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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. 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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6. Jonah (2016)

Movie · Portuguese · 1h 37m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 5.2 (315 votes)

Edge-of-seat

During Carnival in São Paulo, a young man and young woman who knew each other as children meet again after many years and the social barriers that have kept them apart. Bad decisions lead the boy to hide with the girl inside a whale float.

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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. Overhaul (2023)

Movie · Portuguese · 1h 40m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 4.9 (1.0K votes)

Fast-pacedVisually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seat

When truck racer Roger loses everything, he receives a tempting but dangerous offer: to work as the getaway driver for a gang of thieves.

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13. Bionic (2024)

Movie · Portuguese · 1h 50m · Science Fiction, Action · IMDb 4.4 (1.9K votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seatSerious

When the progress of robotics makes Paralympic athletes the new sports stars, Maria dreams of competing against her sister. For that, she will have to enter a world of crime and violence.

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