The 40 most popular brazilian family movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.


Noah's Ark
2024 · 1h 36m
country: Brazil
A pair of mice attempt to board Noah's Ark: Vini, a charismatic poet with terrible stage fright, and Tito, a talented and charming guitarist. When the rains come, only one male and one female of each species is allowed on Noah's Ark. With the help of an ingenious cockroach and fate's good luck, Vini and Tito sneak their way onto the Ark and together avert a showdown among the ships carnivores and plant eaters. All the while, the animals perform a series of classic songs inspired by world renowned poet, Vinicius de Moraes. Can these talented stowaways use music to break the tension and help these cooped up creatures survive the 40 days and 40 nights together?


Colors & Boots
2010 · 16m
country: Brazil
Joana has the same dream as all young Brazilian girls in the 80s: she wants to be a Paquita, a dancer on Xuxa's TV show. Her family is wealthy, and will support her. However, there is a problem; she is black and Xuxa never had a black Paquita on her team.


Perlimps
2023 · 1h 15m
country: Brazil
Claé and Bruô, secret agents from enemy Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, must overcome their differences and combine forces to find the Perlimps and infiltrate into a world controlled by Giants where war is imminent.


Boy & the World
2014 · 1h 20m
country: Brazil
Suffering because of his father's departure to the big city, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by bug-engines and strange beings. An unusual animation with various artistic techniques that portrays the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.


Narciso
2026 · 1h 30m
country: Brazil
Narciso is a Black orphan living with siblings Carmem and Joaquim. Just before his birthday, he is returned by a couple who decided not to adopt him. To cheer him up, Alexandre, another child living in the foster home, gives him a magical basketball. If Narciso makes three baskets, a genie will appear to grant him his greatest wish.


Amazonia
2013 · 1h 23m
country: Brazil
After a plane crash, Saï, a capuchin monkey born and raised in captivity, finds himself alone and lost in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle.


Xuxa Circo
2004 · 54m
country: Unknown
Xuxa welcomes her little viewers to the magical world of circus in the fifth volume of her series of educational videos dedicated to kids.


Ratatoing
2014 · 44m
country: Brazil
Marcelle Toing, owner of the best restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, must go on missions to steal ingredients from human restaurants to keep his meals the best.


Amazon Symphony
1954 · 1h 4m
country: Brazil
Sinfonia Amazônica, or Amazon Symphony, was Brazil's first animated feature-length film, produced entirely by Anélio Lattini Filho over five years and finished in 1951. Like Disney's Fantasia, it tells several folk stories over orchestral music.


Tito and the Birds
2019 · 1h 13m
country: Brazil
Tito is a shy 10-year-old boy who lives with his mother. Suddenly, an unusual epidemic starts to spread, making people sick whenever they get scared. Tito quickly discovers that the cure is somehow related to his missing father’s research on bird song. He embarks on a journey to save the world from the epidemic with his friends. Tito’s search for the antidote becomes a quest for his missing father and for his own identity.


Xuxa Popstar
2000 · 1h 26m
country: Brazil
Nick, a famous fashion model, decides to retire and goes back to her home country Brazil, after a briliant international career. She becomes the head executive of Popstar, the modeling agency where she started her career, and has to deal with intrigues, fashion faux pas and a budding online romance with Sunshine, a mysterious online friend.


Xuxa Requebra
1999 · 1h 24m
country: Brazil
Nena, a journalist and former student of the Two Hearts dance academy, tries to stop the school from being sold to a group of drug dealers. She trains a group to win the Requebra dance contest that would give them the necessary money to carry their plans.


Gaby Estrella: O Filme
2018 · 1h 34m
country: Brazil
When a new teen idol knocks Gaby off the pop charts, she decides to return to her country hometown where adventure, love and music await.


My Sweet Orange Tree
2012 · 1h 39m
country: Brazil
Zezé is an 8 year old boy who, although a naughty boy, has a good heart. He leads a very modest life, due to the fact that his father has been unemployed for a long time, and has the habit of having long conversations with a sweet orange tree which is in his backyard. Until one day he meets Portuga, a man who begins to help him and soon becomes his best friend.


Hello?
2025
country: Brazil
He tries to live, to connect, to be part of the world, but every door he finds is always closed. No one sees him, no one listens to him. One day, he discovers the reason for his loneliness.


Lino
2017 · 1h 33m
country: Brazil
Lino works as an entertainer at children's parties, but he can't stand the way children treat him, making fun of him because he works in a cat's costume. Determined to change his life, he visits a wizard, but the magic doesn't work in the right way, and he wakes up as a big cat.


On Wheels
2017 · 1h 12m
country: Brazil
13-year-old Lucas makes a new friend in his classmate Lais, and joins her on an epic journey to find the father she has never known.


Avós
2009 · 12m
country: Brazil
Leo celebrates his tenth birthday. From one grandmother, he receives socks, from the other, underwear. From his Grandfather, Leo gets an old Super-8 camera and with it he tells us of his attempts to change the gifts. While doing that, he finds out that Monica Lewinsky is Jewish, that Clinton is the president of America, that the numbers in his grandparents arms are responsible for him being chubby and that this old camera is worthless.


Passagem Secreta
2021 · 1h 35m
country: Brazil
Alice is forced to move alone to a small town, where she meets a new group of friends. While breaking into an amusement park to rescue one of her classmates, Alice discovers secrets about her identity and must make choices.


Just Another Christmas
2020 · 1h 41m
country: Brazil
After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.


Worms
2013 · 1h 32m
country: Brazil
Junior is a preteen worm who struggles to be accepted by his peers, only to get bullied for being spoiled by his overprotective mother. One day, while in an attempt to impress his friends, he is accidentally brought up to the surface by a shovel, thus starting a journey with great adventures and very high stakes - not only for the little hero, but also to the entire worms society. To get back home and save his own kind, Junior must first learn the powers of self-respect, trust and true friendship.


Home Team
2017 · 1h 42m
country: Argentina
Tito is 13 years old and extremely gifted at soccer, his genius brings him a contract that lifts him and his family out of poverty. He shines with his goals, but turns into a petty player, drops out of school, and has no friends. Tito becomes the breadwinner of the family and his father no longer has the authority to force him to finish school. When Tito is one step away from consecrating himself, something unexpected will make his dream disappear. Having lost everything he must return to his village. Tito will have to face the most difficult challenge of his life: to stand up and keep going.


Happy Birthday
2016 · 7m
country: Brazil
No overview available


Little Bee
2007 · 55m
country: Brazil
When a war threatens a beehive, peace may come from unexpected places. A honey-maker wants to fight, a soldier wants to make honey. Can these bees follow their hearts instead of the rules?


Buddies and the Heir
2026 · 1h 26m
country: Brazil
Following the death of a hotelier in Punta del Este, Uruguay, an unexpected inheritance dispute begins. Stallone, an actor with Down syndrome, believes he is the rightful heir to the hotel. On the other side is Magrelo, a young autistic man who was raised as an adopted son by the deceased. Without waiting for the reading of the will, Stallone decides to reunite his old friends with Down syndrome from the institute where they lived in Brazil to spend a week's vacation at the hotel.


Tiny Robots
2008 · 45m
country: Brazil
In the distant future, Earth is no longer inhabited by humans to be the home of the robots. But like us, these robots had many, many tasks and obligations. Trank, a model of good old fashioned robots, living in the city of New Iron. But when the leader of the city comes up with a terrible plan to dominate the planet, precisely Trank is the only robot able to resist. Filled with humor, wit and new friends, the young hero faces obstacles unbelievable as the desert of Amazonia, Forest Electric and powerful machines to make it to the biggest challenge of all: the leader himself.


Landfill Harmonic
2015 · 1h 24m
country: United States
"Landfill Harmonic" follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical group that plays instruments made entirely out of garbage. When their story goes viral, the orchestra is catapulted into the global spotlight. Under the guidance of idealistic music director Favio Chavez, the orchestra must navigate a strange new world of arenas and sold-out concerts. However, when a natural disaster strikes their country, Favio must find a way to keep the orchestra intact and provide a source of hope for their town. The film is a testament to the transformative power of music and the resilience of the human spirit.


Tainá: An Amazon Adventure
2001 · 1h 30m
country: Brazil
A brave and bold indigenous girl, protector of her jungle and its wild life and guided by her shaman grandfather, pairs with a boy from the big city, against animal traffickers in the Amazon forest.


Smilinguido em Histórias de Formiga
2004 · 32m
country: Brazil
You can check out 6 unedited stories with Smilingüido and his entire class. Check out the chapters: Adventure in the Forest; Kind-hearted; Beijoqueira; Teacher's Lesson; The best gift; The thing.


Fronteriza
2025 · 20m
country: Brazil
Lucca, a young trans man from the outskirts of São Paulo, travels to Foz do Iguaçu — at the crossroads of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina—in search of the father he never knew. There, he meets Diego, a Paraguayan who introduces him to the secrets of the borderland.


Pequenas Histórias
2007 · 1h 20m
country: Brazil
On the porch of a farm, a woman tells stories while cutting and sewing scraps of cloth, creating images that form a towel. There are four stories of humor and magic. The fisherman's wedding with Iara, a mermaid from the rivers. The altar boy of a church that sees the procession of souls. The encounter between a Santa Claus in a store and a street boy and the adventures of Zé Burraldo, a naive guy who always lets himself be carried away by others.


D.P.A. 4: O Fantástico Reino de Ondion
2025
country: Brazil
Mel and Zeca face a dangerous mission to find Max, who has mysteriously disappeared. In search of their friend, they end up in the kingdom of Ondion, a colorful magical world, where they will have to face the villains Rumorum and Juks.


The Nutty Boy
1995 · 1h 23m
country: Brazil
The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s.


Cinderella Baiana
1998 · 1h 25m
country: Brazil
A poor family, lives in a city near Salvador. The father is cleaner and, mother and daughter help making small services. Until they decide to try the luck in the big city and the father, João, get a job near Pelourinho, next to a dance academy. The daughter, Carla, in contacting music, discovers her true vocation and becomes a very successful dancer. But she does not let himself take away from fame and back to his origins, meets with poor children and teaches them to dance.


Uma Fada Veio Me Visitar
2023 · 1h 42m
country: Brazil
Luna was worried about her future. The days weren't being easy for this girl, but she couldn't imagine what awaited her that night was interrupted by the unusual visit of a lively little fairy. With a lot of effort, a few doses of magic, the friendly Armadillo wins Luna's trust. And a world of incredible discoveries begins.


Brichos
2007
country: Brazil
No overview available


XSPB 11
2011 · 1h 13m
country: Brazil
No overview available


Alice no Mundo da Internet
2022 · 1h 27m
country: Brazil
After a problem with her computer, a tween YouTuber gets stuck in a digital world inhabited by quirky characters, including the evil Queen of Bots.


Monica and Friends: Bonds
2019 · 1h 37m
country: Brazil
Fluffy, Jimmy Five's pet dog, vanished. He develops an infallible plan to rescue the little dog, but, he will need help from his faithful friends: Monica, Maggy and Smudge. Together, they will face challengers and live incredible adventures to get Fluffy back home.


Cinderella
2009 · 39m
country: Brazil
Cinderella is a nice, kind and beautiful young woman who lives with the evil stepmother and her awkward daughters. Her days are spent in front of the stove, while the three sister snobs spend their hours staring at each other in front of their mirrors. The enchanted prince, whom Cinderella doesn't even know yet, uses all his time in front of his mirror and navigating it. But an old-fashioned ballad, with the force of the Fairy Godmother, can change everything.
Brazilian cinema's Cinema Novo movement of the 1960s tied filmmaking directly to social critique, a thread that runs through to the urban dramas that broke internationally in the 2000s.
Family films are made to work for two audiences at once, which is a harder brief than it sounds. The enduring ones layer real emotional stakes under the accessibility.