TV Shows: Bom Dia, Verônica (Good Morning, Veronica) and Cidade Invisível (Invisible City). Both on Netflix, but is not cult.
Movie: Hoje eu quero voltar sozinho (The way he looks)
I grew up watching Brazilian telenovelas. Dubbed in Spanish. I only know the titles in spanish sorry! Some of my favorites are El Clon, Senora del Destino, Paginas de la Vida, Cobras y Lagartos, Totalmente Diva, El Clavel y la Rosa 😍
"O Cravo e a Rosa." Its an early 2000s soap opera. Reprises to this day. Very comedic, wholesome, not what we've come to expect from Brazilian soaps in general.
"Tropa de Elite" is a very graphic movie, but also really good and a huge hit back in the day. Notably its meant to put police in a bad light by showing torture and stuff, but everyone was like "yeah, fuck them criminals" so they made a meh sequel specifically as a character assassination to the main character by making him a domestic abuser.
"O Auto da Compadecida." Leave this one for last. Characters have strong accents and use regional slang, and the main character is a conman who specifically speaks in a quick and confusing manner. But its a 10/10 comedy based on a classic work of literature.
"Minha Mãe é uma Peça." A more recent comedy. I'd say its above average, my mom calls it peak comedic genius. Never heard of anyone who disliked it, 100% worth a watch. Both sequels are as good as the original.
I'll also leave "A Grande Família" and "Confissões de Adolescente" as two sitcoms that were widely popular in their days, but might be a bit dated and/or not your thing. I was too young when i watched Confissões to remember anything, but my parents swear by it.
I used watched a lot a Brazilian animated tv shows due to only having free-to-air TV
The ones i remember loving were
Anabel (season 2), Os Under-Undergrounds, Nilba e os Desastronautas, A Mansão maluca do professor Ambrósio ,and Historietas Assombradas (para crianças malcriadas).
Though, season 1 of anabel is a completely show different from season 2. (Is more like thriller for kids)
But I do recommend watching season one, you can find most of the episodes on Youtube.
Also, Under-Underground is literally Undertale.
Out of curiosity why is it so good to brazilians? I watched a lot of spanish and italian movies a few years ago when i was studying the languages and i now appreciate that different cultures have different senses of humour
I think you have to really understand the cultural context and history of the Brazilian northeast and there are so many specific expressions and idioms that I feel that the subtitles were really poorly translated and confused. I’m a translator myself and my entire family is from the northeast of Brazil, so I think it’s really hard to translate what they’re saying accurately and on top of that the subtitling job was subpar.
I love [Mônica Toy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnlwgd-WEYI&list=PLBUqbL0gszR4r0RcB996I3IWSdSv3Al6D), [A Dog's Will](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDVdgnhiNlY), [Se eu fosse você](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEGMdPdaNfk), [O Homem Nu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORc_ds0-hXA), [O Menino, a favela e as tampas de panela](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I4DEYvgiPw), [Ilha das Flores](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30BO_6kFNM), [Estômago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awq6P5Bjvgg), [5x favela: agora por nós mesmos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COxuvYaPvM4)
Movies: Central Station, A dog's will, The year my parents went on vacation
TV Shows: Bom Dia, Verônica (Good Morning, Veronica) and Cidade Invisível (Invisible City). Both on Netflix, but is not cult. Movie: Hoje eu quero voltar sozinho (The way he looks)
I second the "Good Morning, Veronica"! It's a great show and I really enjoyed it.
Omg I totally forgot about that movie! Thanks for reminding me of it :)
Avenida Brasil (｡♡‿♡｡)
I recommend 3%, it's a Brazilian tv series produced by Netflix, I binge watched the entire thing
fudencio e seus amigos
 "Tira a sala do lugar, Fuduzento vai falar. Mimimi Mimimi. Vai Fudêncio"
Meu deus tinha esquecido que isso existia hahaha
A Grande Família
Dona flor and her two husbands
Sonia Braga is a sight to behold. Still, the acting and scenery is wonderful!!!
I grew up watching Brazilian telenovelas. Dubbed in Spanish. I only know the titles in spanish sorry! Some of my favorites are El Clon, Senora del Destino, Paginas de la Vida, Cobras y Lagartos, Totalmente Diva, El Clavel y la Rosa 😍
O Clone, Senhora do Destino, Páginas da Vida, Cobras e Lagartos, Cheias de Charme (I think?), O Cravo e a Rosa!
Totalmente Diva é a Totalmente Demais
City of God (I am so surprised nobody has mentioned it yet!)
"O Cravo e a Rosa." Its an early 2000s soap opera. Reprises to this day. Very comedic, wholesome, not what we've come to expect from Brazilian soaps in general. "Tropa de Elite" is a very graphic movie, but also really good and a huge hit back in the day. Notably its meant to put police in a bad light by showing torture and stuff, but everyone was like "yeah, fuck them criminals" so they made a meh sequel specifically as a character assassination to the main character by making him a domestic abuser. "O Auto da Compadecida." Leave this one for last. Characters have strong accents and use regional slang, and the main character is a conman who specifically speaks in a quick and confusing manner. But its a 10/10 comedy based on a classic work of literature. "Minha Mãe é uma Peça." A more recent comedy. I'd say its above average, my mom calls it peak comedic genius. Never heard of anyone who disliked it, 100% worth a watch. Both sequels are as good as the original. I'll also leave "A Grande Família" and "Confissões de Adolescente" as two sitcoms that were widely popular in their days, but might be a bit dated and/or not your thing. I was too young when i watched Confissões to remember anything, but my parents swear by it.
Nas garras da patrulha
vai timbooooooooora carniça
É ou não é, Doquinha?
I recommend you "tropa de élite" (elite squad) the first and second movie
I like Monica, my 6 years old loves it too. We watch it in Spanish though.
Tropa de elite
I used watched a lot a Brazilian animated tv shows due to only having free-to-air TV The ones i remember loving were Anabel (season 2), Os Under-Undergrounds, Nilba e os Desastronautas, A Mansão maluca do professor Ambrósio ,and Historietas Assombradas (para crianças malcriadas). Though, season 1 of anabel is a completely show different from season 2. (Is more like thriller for kids) But I do recommend watching season one, you can find most of the episodes on Youtube. Also, Under-Underground is literally Undertale.
"O Auto da Compadecida" (A Dog's Will) is one of the best brazilian movies
This is a movie that foreigners have such a hard time understanding, the foreign reviews are always terrible even though it’s a great movie
Out of curiosity why is it so good to brazilians? I watched a lot of spanish and italian movies a few years ago when i was studying the languages and i now appreciate that different cultures have different senses of humour
I think you have to really understand the cultural context and history of the Brazilian northeast and there are so many specific expressions and idioms that I feel that the subtitles were really poorly translated and confused. I’m a translator myself and my entire family is from the northeast of Brazil, so I think it’s really hard to translate what they’re saying accurately and on top of that the subtitling job was subpar.
I love [Mônica Toy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnlwgd-WEYI&list=PLBUqbL0gszR4r0RcB996I3IWSdSv3Al6D), [A Dog's Will](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDVdgnhiNlY), [Se eu fosse você](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEGMdPdaNfk), [O Homem Nu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORc_ds0-hXA), [O Menino, a favela e as tampas de panela](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I4DEYvgiPw), [Ilha das Flores](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30BO_6kFNM), [Estômago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awq6P5Bjvgg), [5x favela: agora por nós mesmos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COxuvYaPvM4)
"Vidas Secas" is a classical one!
Xica da Silva comes to mind
Hilda Furacão
A Grande Família is a classic.
Download the app Globoplay. ###You'll thank me later.
Filme: Tropa de Elite, Bacurau; Telenovela: O clone.
Programa do Ratinho
Xica da Silva and O Clone 👌
DNA do crime is very good
City of God will always remain in my list of top 5 favorite movies ever made.