Screenplay: Pedro Costa

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Pedro Costa. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


7.7

315 votes

In Vanda's Room

2000 · Documentary · 170 min. · Portugal

Direction Pedro Costa

Cast Vanda Duarte

7.7

584 votes

7.7

584 votes

Colossal Youth

2006 · Movie · 150 min. · Portugal

7.3

640 votes

7.3

640 votes

Change Nothing

2009 · Documentary · 100 min. · France

Direction Pedro Costa

Cast Jeanne Balibar · Rodolphe Burger · Arnaud Dieterlen · Hervé Loos

Synopsis Ne Change Rien was born as a result of the friendship uniting Jeanne Balibar, sound ingeneer Philippe Morel, and Pedro Costa. We see Balibar singing, from rehearsals to recording sessions, from rock concerts to classical singing lessons, from an attic...

7.1

315 votes

7.1

315 votes

The Blood

1989 · Movie · 95 min. · Portugal

Direction Pedro Costa

Cast Pedro Hestnes · Nuno Ferreira · Inês de Medeiros · Luis Miguel Cintra

Synopsis Little is explained in this enigmatic drama. Vincente (Pedro Hestnes Ferreira) and Nino (Nuno Ferreira) have learned to cope so well with their father's frequent unexplained absences that when he apparently disappears for good, they have no difficulty continuing as...

7.0

220 votes

7.0

220 votes

Vitalina Varela

2019 · Movie · 124 min. · Portugal

Direction Pedro Costa

Cast Vitalina Varela · Ventura · Manuel Tavares Almeida · Francisco Brito

Synopsis Vitalina Varela, a 55-year-old woman from Cape Verde, arrives in Lisbon three days after her husband’s funeral. She’s been waiting for her plane ticket for more than 25 years.

6.9

619 votes

6.9

619 votes

Sweet Exorcist

2012 · Movie · 30 min. · Portugal

Direction Pedro Costa

Cast Ventura · Tito Furtado

6.8

53 votes

6.8

53 votes

Direction Vicente Aranda · Juan Antonio Bardem · Pedro Costa · Angelino Fons

Cast Yolanda Cardama · Victoria Abril · Sancho Gracia · Carlos Larrañaga

Synopsis Crime anthology series based on notable murders from the 19th and 20th centuries in Spain.

6.8

127 votes

6.8

127 votes

Down to Earth

1994 · Movie · 110 min. · Portugal

Direction Pedro Costa

Cast Inês de Medeiros · Isaach de Bankole · Edith Scob · Pedro Hestnes

Synopsis This rather esoteric drama is filled with poetic imagery. It is notable for it's beautiful photography as it follows a devoted nurse from her Portuguese home to the strange Cape Verde islands. Mariana is the nurse assigned to care for...

6.8

243 votes

6.8

243 votes

Bones

1997 · Movie · 94 min. · Portugal

Direction Pedro Costa

Cast Vanda Duarte · Nuno Vaz · Mariya Lipkina · Isabel Ruth

Synopsis Realizing that teenage mom Tina is about to gas herself and her new child, Tina's young boyfriend grabs the infant and takes it to the streets of Lisbon. What he does next comprises the bulk of this extremely downbeat, minimalist...

6.8

356 votes

6.8

356 votes

Horse Money

2014 · Movie · 104 min. · Portugal

Direction Pedro Costa

Cast Ventura · Tito Furtado · Vitalina Varela · Benvindo Tavares

Synopsis While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas neighborhood of Lisbon search for Ventura, lost in the woods.

6.7

678 votes

6.7

678 votes

Direction Pedro Costa · Antonio Drove · Ricardo Franco · Rafael Moleón

Cast Paloma Cela · Pedro del Río · Paco Catalá · Ana Labordeta

Synopsis A sequel to the 1985 Spanish crime anthology series of the same name, based on notable murders from the 20th century.

6.4

53 votes

6.4

53 votes

6.4

60 votes

The Daughters of Fire

2023 · Movie · 9 min. · Portugal

6.3

83 votes

6.3

83 votes

Historic Centre (Centro Histórico)

2012 · Movie · 80 min. · Portugal

Direction Pedro Costa · Manoel de Oliveira · Víctor Erice · Aki Kaurismäki

Cast Judite Araujo · Maria Fatima Braga Lima · Arlindo Fernandes · Filomena Gigante

Synopsis A feature film with four stories celebrating the city of Guimarães in the North of Portugal.

6.2

412 votes

6.2

412 votes

The Rabbit Hunters (S)

2007 · Documentary · 23 min. · Portugal

6.2

34 votes

6.2

34 votes

El Caso Almería (The Almería File)

1984 · Movie · 110 min. · Spain

Direction Pedro Costa

Cast Agustín González · Fernando Guillén · Manuel Alexandre · Margarita Calahorra

Synopsis is about the investigation of a Spanish judge on the assassination by the Guardia Civil of three young people, wrongly suspected of being ETA terrorists. In his search for the truth, the judge will face all types of obstacles and...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Direction Pedro Costa · Fernando Cámara · Luis Oliveros

Cast Julio Arrojo · Félix Gómez · Roger Coma · Enrique Villén

Synopsis Second sequel to the 1985 Spanish crime anthology series of the same name, featuring three notable cases from the 1980s and 90s.

5.8

32 votes

5.8

32 votes