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Brazil

It's only a state of mind.

7.7(3,864)19852h 23m7

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

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Status
Released
Budget
$15M
Box office
$10M
Language
English
  • dreams
  • government
  • bureaucracy
  • police state
  • great britain
  • technology
  • dystopia
  • office
  • dark comedy
  • satire
  • surrealism
  • steampunk

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Behind the camera

Produced in

United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR18 Dec 1985
    • PhysicalRVHS1 Jan 1992
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1522 Feb 1985
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM12 Sept 1985
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical19 Feb 1986
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical1620 May 1985
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1417 Oct 1985
  • ColombiaCO

    • Theatrical17 Oct 1985
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical (limited)15+Projekt 10015 Jan 2003
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1519 Apr 1985
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1616 Aug 1985
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1220 Feb 1985
    • PhysicalVHS19 Sept 1993
    • PhysicalDVD6 May 1999
    • PhysicalBlu-Ray15 Feb 2012
    • Digital / OTTVOD15 May 2015
    • Digital / OTTDisney+10 Jun 2022
    • TheatricalMondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon5 Jun 2026
    • TheatricalMondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon8 Jul 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1226 Apr 1985

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Brazil was released on 20 February 1985.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    chadrico

    4/22/2018

    10/10

    One of my all time favourite sci fi movies. Set the bench mark for modern sci fi, should be considered a great like Blade Runner. Great acting, story, soundtrack! 5/5

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    3/4/2023

    4/10

    **A film that was enough for more than one review: dream, nightmare, utopia and reality.** It was in 1939 that composer and singer-songwriter Ary Barroso released the iconic song “Aquarela do Brasil”. This samba became an icon of Brazilian music and was sung and disseminated by such noble voices as Francisco Alves, João Gilberto, Tom Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Tim Maia, Gal Costa, Erasmo Carlos, Elis Regina and, in En…

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    misubisu

    5/31/2026

    10/10

    **Score: 20/10 A Perfect, Unassailable Masterpiece of Dystopian Imagination** Some films are not merely watched; they are *inhabited*. Terry Gilliam's *Brazil* is such a film. It is a towering, terrifying, hilarious, and heartbreaking vision of a world that feels more prescient with each passing year. The Director's Cut the *only* version that should ever be watched is a flawless work of art, an achievement so c…

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