Best Brazilian documentary series
A curated collection of popular documentary series from Brazil.
Onda Boa com Ivete (2022)
Onda Boa com Ivete (2022)
Ivete Sangalo invites the audience to go inside the creative process of her new project in a five-episode limited series. Each episode, the singer introduces a featured artist.
As Crianças Que Amamos (2021)
As Crianças Que Amamos (2021)
Humor 101: Brazil (2022)
Humor 101: Brazil (2022)
This docuseries presented by Fábio Porchat brings together some of the best Brazilian comedians to talk about humor, its limits, its relationship with politics, and other topics. We have accounts from Rafael Cortez, Carol Zoccoli, Yuri Marçal, Marcelo Adnet, Tom Cavalcante, and many others, as well as comedy footage from the past. Together, we will discover what makes Brazilians laugh.
Border Control: Brazil (2022)
Border Control: Brazil (2022)
Mulher Arte (2014)
Mulher Arte (2014)
A designer goes through 10 cities drawing its beautiful women.
190: Inteligência Contra o Crime (2022)
190: Inteligência Contra o Crime (2022)
Fred Be a Pro (2020)
Fred Be a Pro (2020)
Fred has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to revisit his biggest dream: becoming a professional football player. In this series, he was announced as a player of the three-time world champion Magnus. To overcome his limitations, he receives the help of Falcão, one of the best futsal players in the world in the history of the sport. Together they need to turn Fred into a professional before the team plays against rival River Plate.
Olhos da Lei (2023)
Olhos da Lei (2023)
Transgender Twins (2023)
Transgender Twins (2023)
Over the course of six episodes, we follow the lives of identical twins Sofia and Mayla, during their college break, as they return home to see family and friends again and deal with the reality of undergoing sexual reassignment surgery.
A Liga (2010)
A Liga (2010)
In A Liga a heterogeneous team of journalists, reporters and actors take off to live reality without prejudices. To show and explore a same fact from different angles including entertainment, irony, harshness, testimonies and drama. Each member of A Liga tries different focus on a same matter. They hunt for life stories without assumptions or accusations.
The Superfantastic Story of Balão (2023)
The Superfantastic Story of Balão (2023)
In Brazil of the 1980s, the children’s music group Balão Mágico brought together a charming girl singer, a shy boy with an angelic voice, the heir of a famous thief, and the son of a famous Brazilian musician. Some 40 years after their heyday, former members Simony, Tob, Mike, and Jairzinho reunite to discuss the untold side of the group’s playful and colorful years in the spotlight.
The Beginning of Life: The Series (2016)
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos (2022)
Hei$t: The Great Robbery of Brazil's Central Bank (2022)
Hei$t: The Great Robbery of Brazil's Central Bank (2022)
In August 2005, through a tunnel almost 80 meter long, thiefs invaded the bank vault of Brazil's Central Bank in Fortaleza and stole over 160 milions reais, ou or nealy 3,5 tons of cash. This documenty explores that spectacular and historic heist.
Vale o Escrito - A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho (2023)
Vale o Escrito - A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho (2023)
The "jogo do bicho" (an illegal lottery of numbers) in Rio de Janeiro is controlled by families whose leaders are also patrons of samba schools. Two of these families are experiencing bloody wars of succession.
All or Nothing: Brazil National Team (2020)
All or Nothing: Brazil National Team (2020)
The series follows the newly crowned champions of the 2019 Copa América tournament, the Brazilian football team, in a behind-the-scenes multi-part exclusive.
Xuxa, O Documentário (2023)
Xuxa, O Documentário (2023)
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel, about to celebrate her 60th birthday and more than 40 years in the business, looks back at all the important moments in her life and career. Successes and disappointments, fights and love, she retraces her entire trajectory.
Airport Brazil: Restricted Areas (2017)
Airport Brazil: Restricted Areas (2017)
A behind-the-scenes look inside the complex operation of South America's largest and busiest airport, São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, through a series of day-to-day cases seen from the airport’s staff perspective.