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- DirectorJosé Cottinelli TelmoStarsVasco SantanaBeatriz CostaAntónio SilvaAfter flunking in medical school, the young and bohemian Vasco need to trick his aunts, the main financers of his studies, preventing them to know that he is not a doctor.
- DirectorPedro VarelaStarsCésar MourãoLuana MartauMiguel GuilhermeHow happy and proud they are those two ladies back in Oporto! Thanks to them, their bright nephew can study medicine in Lisbon and may already have become a doctor. Little do they know, not only Vasco wastes all his time drinking, dancing and picking up girls but he has just failed his final exam! And in that same day, he receives an email from the two aunts announcing their visit to Lisbon! Will he be able to make them believe he is such a good student as they think?
- DirectorLeonel VieiraStarsMiguel GuilhermeSara MatosAna VarelaThe story revolves around Anastácio, an supporter of Leões de Alcochete and Mr. Barata, an supporter of Inferno Futebol Clube. One day, the two teams face each other. Which team will win?
- DirectorLeonel VieiraStarsMiguel GuilhermeSara MatosCésar MourãoA New age remake of a Portuguese classic, Pátio das Cantigas shows the lives of a neighbourhood in the Old Lisbon, including their desires, happiness and sadness, always with a good humour.
- DirectorRuben AlvesStarsRita BlancoJoaquim de AlmeidaRoland GiraudFor thirty years now Maria and José Ribeiro have been living on the ground floor of a Haussmannian building in one of the most exclusive districts of Paris. Everybody loves this nice couple of Portuguese immigrants, Mario for being a topnotch caretaker, José, a construction site supervisor by trade, for helping to do all kinds of jobs in the house. So, the day Maria and José announce their wish to return to Portugal, everybody is crushed. No, they just can't let them do a thing like that...!
- DirectorJosé SacramentoStarsJosé Pedro GomesAntónio FeioMaria RueffFollowing an apocalyptic vision during a show in the booth of a "peep-show", Zézé decides to join the Order of the Caracolários Descalços.
- DirectorJosé Leitão de BarrosStarsMirita CasimiroAntónio SilvaEduardo FernandesA humble country girl moves to the city to work as a maid, eventually finding love and adventure.
- DirectorJorge Brum do CantoStarsElsa RuminaBarreto PoeiraÓscar de LemosIn Porto Santo, a small island next to Madeira the drought rages and Gonçalves, a local farmer, tries to overcome the catastrophe, with the help of Bastiana, whom he dearly loves. João Venâncio, who refuses to share the water of his field, tries to steal her heart. One day Gonçalves decides to fight for his beloved, beating violently Venâncio in front of an enthusiastic crowd.
- DirectorArthur DuarteStarsSilvestre AlegrimHenrique CamposTeresa CasalThe amorous sacrifices of the daughter of Tomé da Póvoa, Berta, with the gentleman Jorge and, simultaneously, the warm connection of the other son of D. Luís, Maurício, with the devoted cousin Gabriela.
- DirectorChianca de GarciaStarsMaria LalandeElsa RuminaOliveira MartinsThe ill-conceived loves of Rosa, a modest seamstress, and Fernando a doctor, leaving in the shadow the fateful passion of António (a liberal) for the young woman.
- DirectorChianca de GarciaStarsBeatriz CostaManuel Santos CarvalhoJosé AmaroThe story of how Gracinda, a young washerwoman, tries to revitalize her decadent business with the help of Chico, for whom she's in love, and her uncle, who has a fiery rivalry with Quitéria, owner of another laundry business.
- DirectorAntónio Lopes RibeiroStarsVasco SantanaFrancisco RibeiroLeonor MaiaFrancisco, salesman in a shoe store, is totally in love with Tatão, which sells perfume in the same street. But he is an amateur theater actor, as she hates theater and is a fan of cinema. Will this unlikely love endure?
- DirectorFrancisco RibeiroStarsMaria das NevesVasco SantanaAntónio SilvaThis classic of Portuguese cinema depicts the friendships and rivalries of the inhabitants of a square in downtown Lisbon, where exists a spirit of familiarity between neighbors.
- DirectorArthur DuarteStarsAntónio SilvaMaria MatosMilúThe unlikely love between Luisinha, a humble girl who lives on a small pension in Lisbon, and Daniel, a wealthy aristocrat who decides to fight for the girl who loves against the prejudices of his family.
- DirectorArthur DuarteStarsMaria MatosAntónio SilvaMaria EugéniaGeninha and Fortunato are couple who loves music. He's a good songwriter, she sings well. Despite this, their parents hate each other and do not seem willing to allow their marriage, nor the creation of a local radio for them.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsDick PowellClaire TrevorAnne ShirleyAfter being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
- DirectorAntónio Lopes RibeiroStarsSilvestre AlegrimCarlos AlvesEmilia D'OliveiraThe story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher.
- DirectorArthur DuarteStarsAntónio SilvaMilúMaria EugéniaAnastácio lives in Lisbon and is fanatic for Sporting, one of the city's football teams. When the team travels to face Porto, he follows it with the family, staying in house of his friend, Mr. Barata, pretending to be rich.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsVictor MatureBrian DonlevyColeen GrayA crook arrested for a jewelry heist initially refuses to give up his accomplices, but he changes his mind once his wife dies under worrying circumstances.
- DirectorEdward FinneyStarsRobert LoweryPatricia MorisonJ. Edward BrombergA woman's husband has disappeared on an expedition into the jungle. She hires a guide to take her into the jungle to find him. However, they discover that he has been captured by a savage female tribe.
- DirectorArthur DuarteStarsAntónio SilvaMilúFrancisco RibeiroWhen Mr. Elias discovers that his aunt, who lives in Brazil, comes to visit him, he decides to temporarily occupy the house of a wealthy neighbor who's away so that she doesn't discover that he's not as rich as he told her.
- DirectorJoão MendesStarsVasco SantanaLaura AlvesCostinhaWhen Amadeu discovers that his uncle, Mr. Costa, is returning from the Portuguese colonies in Africa, he panics. He wasted all the money he gave him so he will try to create an illusion for his uncle not to realize that he's broke.
- DirectorManuel GuimarãesStarsMilúEugénio SalvadorMadalena SottoMeia-Lua used to be a sailor, but he now makes a poor living smuggling. He is a cynical man, who doesn't care for Ana or for the child they had together. He lives with the beautiful Marlene who dances in the bars. Gull spends her whole days lulling a doll in her arms, and she waits for her love that will rise from the depths of the sea. The deaf musician Sparrow watches over her, in his despaired love and long-held wish of becoming a sea captain. There is a dispute down the piers, there is a crime that might be just an accident, there is a bad conscience that turns sour, there is a boat full of poor wretches like a rocking lullaby, a baby that passes from arms to arms, a clumsy beggar that finds some work, a courthouse of tramps... From this expressionist account that has unexpected comical moments, the censors from Salazar's regime cut away 20 minutes that were never to be found again.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsMarcello MastroianniJean-Yves GautierLeonor SilveiraManoel is an aging film director who travels with his film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose father emigrated from Portugal to France. In the process, he remembers his own youth.
- DirectorAntónio Lopes RibeiroStarsAntonio VilarDanik PatissonAura AbranchesDuring the absence of Jorge, a mining engineer, Luísa, his wife, allowed himself to be seduced by Basílio, a relative whom he had broken years before, who had gone to Brazil.