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Manoel de Oliveira

Director · 94 credits · 39 in highly-rated films

Best known for Lisbon Story (1994)

Frequent collaborators: Leonor Silveira, João Bénard da Costa, Maria Isabel de Oliveira, Diogo Dória, Wim Wenders

Best Manoel de Oliveira movies by genre

Directed movies (63 total, ranked by score)

  1. Abraham's Valley

    1993 · ★ 7.4 (46 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. To Each His Own Cinema

    2007 · ★ 6.5 (155 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    2

  3. I’m Going Home

    2001 · ★ 6.8 (46 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. A Century of Energy

    2015 · ★ 8.0 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Aniki-Bóbó

    1942 · ★ 7.6 (48 votes)

    Drama, Family

    5

  6. Francisca

    1981 · ★ 7.0 (35 votes)

    Drama

    6

  7. A Talking Picture

    2003 · ★ 6.7 (47 votes)

    Drama, History

    7

  8. The Divine Comedy

    1991 · ★ 6.6 (18 votes)

    Drama

    8

  9. Visit, or Memories and Confessions

    2015 · ★ 7.5 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Magic Mirror

    2006 · ★ 6.6 (12 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. The Strange Case of Angelica

    2010 · ★ 6.5 (64 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy, Romance

    11

  12. The Satin Slipper

    1986 · ★ 7.2 (8 votes)

    Drama, History

    12

  13. No, or the Vain Glory of Command

    1990 · ★ 6.4 (27 votes)

    War, Drama, History

    13

  14. Famalicão

    1941 · ★ 7.4 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Lisboa Cultural

    1984

    Documentary, TV Movie

    15

  16. The Cannibals

    1988 · ★ 6.8 (18 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy

    16

  17. Acto da Primavera

    1963 · ★ 6.0 (9 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. My Case

    1986 · ★ 6.9 (7 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy

    18

  19. Working on the Douro River

    1931 · ★ 7.0 (37 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. Party

    1996 · ★ 6.3 (13 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    20

  21. The Artist and the City

    1956 · ★ 7.7 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Rencontre Unique

    2007

    Comedy

    22

  23. The Letter

    1999 · ★ 6.0 (15 votes)

    Drama

    23

  24. The Hunt

    1964 · ★ 7.1 (15 votes)

    Drama

    24

  25. Benilde or the Virgin Mother

    1975 · ★ 7.2 (13 votes)

    Drama

    25

  26. Gebo and the Shadow

    2012 · ★ 6.7 (16 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. Doomed Love

    1979 · ★ 7.1 (18 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    27

  28. White Coal

    1932

    28

  29. Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

    2007 · ★ 5.6 (12 votes)

    Drama, History

    29

  30. Voyage to the Beginning of the World

    1997 · ★ 6.7 (18 votes)

    Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.