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Fernando Meirelles

Director · 31 credits · 9 in highly-rated films

Best known for City of God (2002)

Frequent collaborators: Andrucha Waddington, Marcelo Machado

Directed movies (21 total, ranked by score)

  1. City of God

    2002 · ★ 8.4 (8,381 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    1

  2. The Two Popes

    2019 · ★ 7.5 (3,159 votes)

    Drama, History

    2

  3. The Constant Gardener

    2005 · ★ 7.0 (1,750 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Thriller

    3

  4. Beast Race

    2026 · ★ 6.9 (101 votes)

    Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

    4

  5. Blindness

    2008 · ★ 6.5 (1,396 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

    5

  6. Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World

    2016 · ★ 8.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Maids

    2001 · ★ 7.2 (19 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    7

  8. 360

    2012 · ★ 5.7 (300 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    8

  9. Cosmos

    2015 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. The Nutty Boy 2

    1998 · ★ 4.2 (25 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Family

    10

  11. Marly Normal

    1983

    Documentary

    11

  12. E No Meio Passa Um Trem

    1998

    Drama

    12

  13. Sound & Fury: Film

    2010 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Olhar Eletrônico

    1986

    Documentary

    14

  15. Brasília

    1983

    Documentary

    15

  16. Palace II

    2000 · ★ 6.2 (4 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    16

  17. Punk em São Paulo: Garotos do Subúrbio

    1983 · ★ 6.3 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Rio, I Love You

    2014 · ★ 4.8 (48 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    18

  19. Here Comes the Flood

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    Thriller, Crime

    19

  20. Amanhecer

    2010

    Drama

    20

  21. Art

    —

    Comedy

    21

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.