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- DirectorMarcelo GalvãoStarsMaria de MedeirosThaila AyalaDiogo MorgadoA Brazilian western about Cabeleira, a feared killer living in the countryside of Pernambuco State in the 40's.
- DirectorPaulo CaldasLírio FerreiraStarsDuda MambertiLuiz Carlos VasconcelosAramis TrindadeA Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to take pictures of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian outlaw, kind of a tropical Robin Hood.
- DirectorLima BarretoStarsAlberto RuschelMarisa PradoMilton Ribeiro'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful schoolteacher, creating discord in his group.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsMilton RodríguezVanja OricoMaurício do VallePedro Boiadeiro goes after a gang of cangaceiros to avenge the brutal rape and death of his newly-wed wife.
- DirectorRosemberg CariryStarsChico DíazDira PaesChico AlvesCruel and brave Brazilian outlaw called Corisco, living in the backcountry in the Northeast, an arid region, rapes 12-year-old Dadá, who becomes his woman, following him and his gang. Although they were supposed to fight against social injustice, they terrorized the small villages along their way.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsMaurício do ValleLeila DinizMilton RibeiroAfter Lampião's death, the cangaceiro Corisco and his wife prepare to leave their small town, but they are captured by Lieutenant Zé Rufino. Wounded, Corisco recalls the facts that made him one of the most feared cangaceiros in the northeast.
- DirectorGlauber RochaStarsGeraldo Del ReyYoná MagalhãesOthon BastosAfter killing his employer when he tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
- DirectorGlauber RochaStarsMaurício do ValleOdete LaraOthon BastosIn this sequel to "Black God, White Devil", Antonio das Mortes must return back to action after killing the last of the Cangaceiros 29 years ago, when a new outlaw appears, who will eventually reveal as an idealist and mark him profoundly.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsEduardo CoutinhoElizabeth TeixeiraFerreira GullarA filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsMilton RodríguezVanja OricoMaurício do VallePedro Boiadeiro goes after a gang of cangaceiros to avenge the brutal rape and death of his newly-wed wife.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraWalter Guimares MottaStarsAlberto RuschelAurora DuarteMilton RibeiroA man's farm is attacked and his mother gets killed. Looking for revenge, he goes about chasing the men who killed her.
- DirectorOswaldo de OliveiraStarsMaurício do ValleGuy LoupCarlos MirandaAfter robbing and massacring a village, the head of a gang of bandits, Captain Jagunço, kidnaps Flô, Mayor Cisso's wife and tortures her.
- DirectorSchubert MagalhãesStarsRoberto BonfimEsther MellingerAngelito MelloAfter trying to live weakly and always get lost, the cowboy João de Deus accepts the rules of the game: his grandfather Cansanção 'closes' his body and he is employed as a gunfighter of the 'colonel' Trajano.
- StarsMatheus NachtergaeleSelton MelloVirginia CavendishThe adventures of friends João Grilo, a poor man a liar, and Chicó, the most cowardly of men. Both struggle for daily bread in the Northeast of Brazil and crossing for several episodes fooling all of the small village of Taperoá, in the backlands of Paraiba. Adaptation of the work of Ariano Suassuna.
- DirectorRoberto MauroStarsCarmem AngélicaKamal BacaratJosé BarrosOn an wild, almost deserted island, Sizenanda and her husband Walter arrive at a hotel run by a group of girls. The local calm is interrupted by the attack by Ferreirão and his band of outlaws. They commit a series of violence and kill Walter. Then the girls start to practice target shooting and other defense techniques to defend themselves against another possible attack by the bandits.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsLeonardo VillarVanja OricoMilton RibeiroThe story of Virgulino, the famous Lampião, who led a bunch of cangaceiros (as his followers were called) through the Northeast of Brazil, and became respected by poor local people, for his sense of immediate justice.
- DirectorDamien Chemin
- DirectorMoacyr GóesStarsMarcos PalmeiraFlávia AlessandraLívia FalcãoAfter being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his father-in-law, Zé Araújo becomes the mythical Ojuara, an unconventional hero devoted to debauchery.
- DirectorSergio RezendeStarsJosé WilkerCláudia AbreuPaulo BettiThe drama of a poor family in the bloodiest war in the History of Brazil: the war of Canudos.
- DirectorRuy GuerraStarsÁtila IórioNelson XavierMaria GladysIn an extremely poor region in the Northeast of Brazil, a group of soldiers try to stop the population from sacking a food deposit.
- DirectorAlceu ValençaStarsHermila GuedesIrandhir SantosAlceu ValençaIn arid and treacherous lands, Lampião and his band are pursued by Antero Tenente and his troop, which faces the capture of the bandit as a matter of honor.
- DirectorNaji Abu NowarStarsJacir Eid Al-HwietatHussein Salameh Al-SweilhiyeenHassan Mutlag Al-MaraiyehIn the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.
- DirectorAndré D'EliaStarsJuliano CazarréReynaldo GianecchiniValéria PontesThe residents of Chapada dos Veadeiros, concerned about the end of the Cerrado in Goiás, are looking for new ways to develop the region without harming the environment in which they live.
- StarsNelson XavierTânia AlvesRoberto BonfimDepicts the last six months of Lampião and his wife Maria Bonita's lives, focusing on his both sides: a man who was the bloodthirsty gang leader and enemy of the authorities, while simultaneously praised as a hero by the local population of Brazilian northeastern's arid countryside.
- DirectorGeraldo SarnoStarsVertin MouraJulio AdriãoKecia PradoWhen bandits take Sertânia town, Antão gets wounded, arrested and left to die. The events are projected by fever dreams from Antão's delirious mind.