Walter Salles
Brazilian film director, screenwriter and film producer
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- April 12, 1956 · Rio de Janeiro
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Work
- screenwriter, film director, film producer, racing automobile driver
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1Central StationCentral do Brasil
1998 · France / Brazil · drama
Berlin Golden Bear winner 1998 · Letterboxd Top 250 #103 · Sarris's annual top 10 1998 #null
1.373 citations - 2I'm Still HereAinda Estou Aqui
2024 · Brazil / France · drama, biography
Oscar Best Picture nominee 2024 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2025 #10 · Letterboxd Top 250 #119
0.963 citations - 3The Motorcycle DiariesDiarios de motocicleta
2004 · France / Germany / United Kingdom · biography, drama, adventure
Sarris's annual top 10 2004 #1 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2004 #7
0.832 citations
Complete filmography
All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1989Chico ou o País da Delicadeza Perdida
- 1991A Grande Arte
- 1995Life Somewhere Else
- 1996Foreign Land
- 1998Central Station
- 1998Midnight
- 2001Behind the Sun
- 2003Travelling with Che Guevara
- 2004The Motorcycle Diaries
- 2005Dark Water
- 2006Paris, je t'aime
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema
- 2008Linha de Passe
- 2008Stories on Human Rights
- 2012On the Road
- 2014Jia Zhang-ke by Walter Salles
- 2024I'm Still Here