Movies that capture the atmosphere of the city.
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Flying Down to Rio (1933)
An American band inaugurates a Rio de Janeiro hotel. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their first on-screen dance, “The Carioca.” Airborne dancing girls delight in grand finale.
Black Orpheus (1959)
French director Marcel Camus sets the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. Based on a play by Vinicius de Moraes; soundtrack by Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Won the Palme d’Or in Cannes and an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
Blame It On Rio (1984)
Romantic comedy filmed on location in Rio. Michael Caine plays a middle-aged man having an affair with his best friend’s daughter. Rio’s women inexplicably fling off their bikini tops; hard to top for the mid-eighties’ scenery.
Bossa Nova (2000)
A just-separated lawyer falls for an American English teacher, sparking romantic misadventures. Rio upstages the troupe of A-list Globo actors.
City of God (2002)
Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles’s masterpiece about power struggles in the City of God shantytown. Based on the novel by Paulo Lins; inspired by a true story.
Beautiful (2003)
U.S. rapper/actor Snoop Dogg video shot at Escadaria Selarón in Santa Teresa, Copacabana Beach, and Parque Lage —with a lovely melody to boot.
