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Carlos Diegues

Actor · 57 credits · 13 in highly-rated films

Best known for Tieta of Agreste (1996)

Frequent collaborators: Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Glauber Rocha, Eduardo Escorel, Antônio Pitanga, Walter Lima Jr.

Best Carlos Diegues movies by genre

Movies (32 total, ranked by score)

  1. At the Edge of the Earth

    2002 · ★ 7.0 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. The Suns of Easter Island

    1972 · ★ 6.2 (12 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

    2

  3. 1968 - Without Losing Tenderness

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Looking for Black Orpheus

    2005

    Documentary

    4

  5. Pitanga

    2016 · ★ 5.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro

    2015 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta

    2023 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

    1967 · ★ 7.5 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Consideração do Poema

    2011 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Tributo: Zezé Motta

    2024 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    10

  11. Que Viva Glauber!

    1991

    Documentary

    11

  12. Nelson Sargento

    1997 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. The Good Cinema

    2021

    Documentary

    13

  14. Cinema Novo

    2016 · ★ 6.7 (22 votes)

    Documentary, History

    14

  15. Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude

    2020

    Documentary

    15

  16. Dib

    1997

    Documentary

    16

  17. Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema

    2015

    Documentary

    17

  18. Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone

    2017 · ★ 6.1 (24 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. Giovanni Improtta

    2013 · ★ 4.5 (6 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    19

  20. Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas

    2009

    Documentary

    20

  21. Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro

    2011

    Documentary

    21

  22. Making of - Quilombo

    1984

    Documentary

    22

  23. Referências

    2006

    Documentary

    23

  24. Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo

    1989

    Documentary

    24

  25. Arroz, Feijão e Cinema

    2020

    Documentary

    25

  26. Fênix

    1980

    Documentary

    26

  27. Cinématon IX

    1980

    27

  28. Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

    1984

    Documentary

    28

  29. Claves, 2: We will return younger

    1984

    Documentary

    29

  30. Fernando Coni Campos: Cada um Vive como Sonha

    2026

    Documentary

    30

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