The best Milton Gonçalves’s crime movies
We present our ranking of the best Milton Gonçalves’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Milton Gonçalves.
Federal Bank Heist
5.9/10
"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.
Orfeu
5.5/10
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.
Bufo & Spallanzani
6.5/10
Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.
Lúcio Flávio, the Passenger of the Agony
7.4/10
History of a famous Brazilian bandit of the early seventies and his fight against a death squad.
Carcereiros: O Filme
6/10
The Angel Was Born
6.6/10
Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who follows Santamaria around and participates in the crimes he commits. The two bandits take over a house after kidnapping its owner and his girlfriend.
Segurança Nacional
3.5/10
2004, a lei do abate entra em vigor. A FAB está então autorizada a perseguir, atirar e se for preciso abater aeronaves que penetrem o espaço aéreo brasileiro sem autorização. Os negócios de muitos traficantes internacionais foram prejudicados. Percebendo o perigo iminente, a ABIN coloca seu melhor homem, o Agente Marcos Rocha (Thiago Lacerda) a frente das operações de combate aos narcotraficantes. O agente descobre que Hector Gasca (Joaquin Cosio) planeja atacar o quartel general do SIVAM (sistema de vigilância da Amazônia). Marcos leva a informação para Dra. Gloria (Angela Vieira), diretora da ABIN (Agência Brasileira de Inteligência) e diretamente ligada ao Presidente Ernesto Dantas (Milton Gonçalves).
The Devil Queen
7.3/10
Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!
Máscara da Traição
7.1/10
Couple of lovers want to steal the income of a popular soccer game, at Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.
Rei do Rio
5.4/10
Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.
Na Mira do Assassino
6.4/10
Paraíba, Vida e Morte de um Bandido
6.6/10
True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life.
Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
6.7/10
Based on real-life Brazilian bandit "Mineirinho", the film follows the story of Zezé, a man falsely accused by sensasionalist press of being a high-caliber criminal who suddenly becomes one of the most wanted men of Rio de Janeiro.
