Direction: José Padilha

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by José Padilha. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Narcos (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 52 min. · United States

Direction Chris Brancato · Carlo Bernard · Doug Miro · Paul Eckstein

Cast Wagner Moura · Pedro Pascal · Boyd Holbrook · Damián Alcázar

Plot TV Series (2015-2017). 3 Seasons. 30 Episodes. Narcos is the true story of U.S. and Colombian efforts in the 1980s to battle the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar and the...

7.9

39K votes

7.9

39K votes

Elite Squad

2007 · Movie · 114 min. · Brazil

Direction José Padilha

Cast Wagner Moura · Caio Junqueira · André Ramiro · Fernanda Machado

Plot Between 1997 and present day, "Tropa de Elite" shows the actual security situation of Rio de Janeiro. Without enough resources from the government, the military police always have to handle...

7.6

36K votes

7.6

36K votes

Bus 174

2003 · Documentary · 118 min. · Brazil

7.4

698 votes

7.4

698 votes

Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within

2010 · Movie · 116 min. · Brazil

Direction José Padilha

Cast Wagner Moura · Irandhir Santos · André Ramiro · Maria Ribeiro

Plot After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second...

7.4

14K votes

7.4

14K votes

The Mechanism (TV Series)

2018 · Series · 45 min. · Brazil

Direction José Padilha · Felipe Prado · Marcos Prado · Daniel Rezende

Cast Selton Mello · Caroline Abras · Enrique Diaz · Jonathan Haagensen

Plot TV Series (2018-Present Day). Dramatic fiction series loosely inspired by an investigation of alleged corruption in Brazil's private and state oil companies and construction companies.

6.8

413 votes

6.8

413 votes

Secrets of the Tribe

2009 · Documentary · 110 min. · Brazil

Direction José Padilha

Plot The field of anthropology goes under the magnifying glass in this fiery investigation of the seminal research on Yanomami Indians. In the 1960s and '70s, a steady stream of anthropologists...

6.7

53 votes

6.7

53 votes

7 Days in Entebbe

2018 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction José Padilha

Cast Rosamund Pike · Daniel Brühl · Eddie Marsan · Ben Schnetzer

Plot Four hijackers take over an airplane bound to Entebbe, Uganda in 1976 in an effort to free of dozens of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

5.3

2K votes

5.3

2K votes

RoboCop

2014 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction José Padilha

Cast Joel Kinnaman · Gary Oldman · Michael Keaton · Abbie Cornish

Plot Year 2018. In a crime-ridden city, a fatally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.

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5.0

15K votes

5.0

15K votes

Rio, I Love You

2014 · Movie · 110 min. · Brazil

Direction Stephan Elliott · Fernando Meirelles · José Padilha · Paolo Sorrentino

Cast Rodrigo Santoro · Jason Isaacs · Emily Mortimer · Wagner Moura

Plot A series of short films set in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janero.

5.0

80 votes

5.0

80 votes

Garapa

2009 · Documentary · 110 min. · Brazil

Direction José Padilha

Plot According to the UN, more than 920 million people suffer from chronic hunger in the world. The meaning of those figures depends on our understanding of what starving means. Usually,...

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