Portrait of Héctor Babenco

Directing

Héctor Babenco

Career

Active from 1973 to 2018, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Pixote
Pixote
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Héctor Babenco Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Wholesome
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand

Director, Producer

2010s

3 titles · average score 56
Talk to Him
Talk to Him (2018)

as Hector Babenco

My Hindu Friend
My Hindu Friend (2016)
GoodWatch score 53

Writer, Director

Words with Gods
Words with Gods (2014)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Writer

2000s

5 titles · average score 72
Paulista
Paulista (2009)

as Héctor Babenco

The Past
The Past (2007)
GoodWatch score 62

as Proyeccionista

Carandiru
Carandiru (2003)
GoodWatch score 74

Producer, Director

Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls (2000)
GoodWatch score 76

as Virgilio Pinera

Amélia
Amélia (2000)
GoodWatch score 79

Thanks

1990s

3 titles · average score 62
The Venice Project
The Venice Project (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

as Danilo Danuzzi

Foolish Heart
Foolish Heart (1998)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Writer

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay, Director

1980s

6 titles · average score 71
Ironweed
Ironweed (1987)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

Besame Mucho
Besame Mucho (1987)

Producer

The Mission
The Mission (1986)
GoodWatch score 68

Thanks

Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

The Earth is Round like An Orange
The Earth is Round like An Orange (1984)

Director

Pixote
Pixote (1980)
GoodWatch score 80

Producer, Screenplay

1970s

3 titles · average score 68
Lucio Flavio
Lucio Flavio (1977)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Director

King of the Night
King of the Night (1975)
GoodWatch score 63

Producer, Story

O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi (1973)

Executive Producer, Director