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
Direction José Padilha · Felipe Lacerda
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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