The best Jorge Dória’s drama movies

Jorge Dória

Jorge Dória

12/12/1920- 06/11/2013
Today we present the best Jorge Dória’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jorge Dória’s movies.

Lady on the Bus

Lady on the Bus
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/04/1978
  • Character: Dr. Alexandre (as Jorge Doria)
Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on crowded buses in Rio de Janeiro.

The Man of the Year

The Man of the Year
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/01/2003
  • Character: Dr. Carvalho
Jobless and insecure to the point where he can't even face himself in the mirror, a terrified Máiquel enters a salon to have his hair died platinum blond after losing a soccer bet to a friend. His new look supplying an unexpected jolt of confidence, Máiquel asks Cledir, the salon employee who died his hair, to join him at the bar in celebration. Taunted by local bully Suel upon arrival at the bar, Máiquel decides to settle the matter by purchasing a rifle and shooting down the loudmouthed Suel in the presence of Suel's young girlfriend. Unexpectedly hailed as a hero by his neighbors and the police, Suel's girlfriend subsequently approaches Máiquel and claims that since he killed Suel, it is now Máiquel's responsibility to care for her. Simultaneously learning that Cledir is pregnant and anticipating a marriage proposal, Máiquel's newfound reputation soon catches up to him as the dubious requests of influential locals begin to take their toll on him.

Assault on the Pay Train

Assault on the Pay Train
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 02/09/1962
  • Character: Delegado
Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.

Paraíba, Vida e Morte de um Bandido

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.

Betrayal

Betrayal
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/02/1999
  • Character: Reinaldo
This film shows three episodes: "The First Sin" portrays the relationship of a man and married woman; in "Devilish", the desire between a young woman and her brother-in-law is shown; and in the episode "Cachorro!", a man sees his wife with her lover.

Eu Transo, Ela Transa

Eu Transo, Ela Transa
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/12/1972
Anxious to please his boss, Roberto agrees to host the chief's lover in his own home, unaware of the problems this could cause among his family.

Pedro Mico

Pedro Mico
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/12/1985

Também Somos Irmãos

Também Somos Irmãos
8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/10/1949
  • Character: Walter Mendes
Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for dignity, winning in life due to his honesty and search for social recognition. His brother, on the contrary, is a rebel small time crook who believes his behavior is the product of the treatment he received while being rased by the whites.

Os Devassos

Os Devassos
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/12/1971

Lollipop

Lollipop
6.4/10
While still a child, Lollipop falls in love with her orphaned cousin Silvio, who has been raised as a member of the family by her father, Dr. Arnaldo, a highly respected government official. Years pass, and to Lollipop's dismay, Silvio becomes engaged to her cousin Leticia. During the engagement party, the enraged Lollipop seduces Silvio, and sometime later, she reveals to Leticia that she is pregnant as a result of the encounter.

Crônica À Beira do Rio

Crônica À Beira do Rio
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1980
  • Character: Cronista
Rio de Janeiro is a city of very well defined contrast between the seafront, narrow, where the rich live and very close, the hills with their slums, where life changes very quickly in the short space of time.

Crime no Sacopã

Crime no Sacopã

Related actors