João Bénard da Costa
Actor · 24 credits · 7 in highly-rated films
Best known for The Territory (1981)
Frequent collaborators: Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, Agustina Bessa-Luís
Movies (24 total, ranked by score)
1The Territory
1981 · ★ 5.7 (11 votes)
Horror, Drama
2Fragile as the World
2001 · ★ 7.8 (15 votes)
Drama, Romance
3City of Pirates
1984 · ★ 7.1 (43 votes)
Drama, Fantasy
4The Satin Slipper
1986 · ★ 7.2 (8 votes)
Drama, History
5João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved
2015 · ★ 7.5 (8 votes)
Documentary
- 6
Tall Stories
1988 · ★ 5.7 (6 votes)
Family, Drama
7Rencontre Unique
2007
Comedy
8The 15th Stone
2007 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)
Documentary
9Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1994 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)
Documentary
10The Invisible Collection
2009 · ★ 6.2 (4 votes)
Drama
11Blind Man's Bluff
1994 · ★ 6.8 (12 votes)
Comedy
12The Uncertainty Principle
2002 · ★ 6.5 (9 votes)
Drama
13Cinemaamor
2000
14The Sound of the Shaking Earth
1990 · ★ 6.7 (6 votes)
Drama
15Porto of My Childhood
2001 · ★ 6.6 (16 votes)
Drama, Documentary
16Word and Utopia
2000 · ★ 5.5 (10 votes)
History
17Vasco Santana: O Bom Português
1998 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
18Oliveira, l'architecte
1993
Documentary
19The Convent
1995 · ★ 5.2 (27 votes)
Mystery, Drama
20Agustina Bessa-Luís: Nasci Adulta e Morrerei Criança
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Documentary
21No Tempo do Cinema
2006
Documentary
22O Escritor Prodigioso
2005
Documentary
23Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa
1997
Documentary
- 24
Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi
1990
Documentary
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.