Screenplay: José Padilha

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


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

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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