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10 Best Movies Like Ritual na Bahia

If you loved Ritual na Bahia, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

1959★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ritual na Bahia for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between mo...

#2
Road to Rio

Road to Rio

1947★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ritual na Bahia for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed...

#3
Lisbela and the Prisoner

Lisbela and the Prisoner

2003★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ritual na Bahia for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some chees...

#4
The Middle of the World

The Middle of the World

2003★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ritual na Bahia for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the...

#5
Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio

1933★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ritual na Bahia for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairin...

#6
The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1947★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ritual na Bahia for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest....

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