Portrait of Karim Aïnouz

Directing

Karim Aïnouz

Career

Active from 1992 to 2026, busiest in 2011 and 2014 with 4 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Invisible Life
Invisible Life
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Karim Aïnouz Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Wholesome
    2.2, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Brazilian Cinema 8
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Brazilian Drama 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Social Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

5 titles
O Sol na Cabeça
O Sol na Cabeça

Director, Writer

Last Dance
Last Dance

Director

Favela High-Tech
Favela High-Tech

Screenplay, Director

Lana Jaguaribe
Lana Jaguaribe

Director

Trevo de Quatro Navalhas
Trevo de Quatro Navalhas

Director

2020s

9 titles · average score 56
Rosebush Pruning
Rosebush Pruning (2026)
GoodWatch score 40

Director

Oceanic
Oceanic (2026)

Producer

Joqueta
Joqueta (2026)

Producer

Firebrand
Firebrand (2024)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Motel Destino
Motel Destino (2024)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Co-Writer

Mariner of the Mountains
Mariner of the Mountains (2023)
GoodWatch score 46

Writer, Director

Nardjes A.
Nardjes A. (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Marin des montagnes
Marin des montagnes (2021)

Director

Mission Persephone
Mission Persephone (2020)

Director, Screenplay

2010s

19 titles · average score 72
Invisible Life
Invisible Life (2019)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Screenplay

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)

Director

Central Airport THF
Central Airport THF (2018)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

Velázquez – Wild Realism
Velázquez – Wild Realism (2015)

Director, Writer

Futuro Beach
Futuro Beach (2014)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Writer

Short Plays
Short Plays (2014)

Director

Cathedrals of Culture
Cathedrals of Culture (2014)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Writer

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Neverquiet (Film of Wonders)
Neverquiet (Film of Wonders) (2011)

Director

The Silver Cliff
The Silver Cliff (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Director

I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2010)
GoodWatch score 82

Director, Writer

Alice Especial, Part 1: The First Day of the Rest of My Life
Alice Especial, Part 1: The First Day of the Rest of My Life (2010)

Director

2000s

9 titles · average score 63
OK
OK (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

Executive Producer

Love for Sale
Love for Sale (2006)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Writer

Lower City
Lower City (2005)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay

Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Associate Producer

Pool Acrylic Blue Hinterland
Pool Acrylic Blue Hinterland (2004)

Director, Writer

If It Where Always Like This
If It Where Always Like This (2004)

Writer, Director

Madame Satã
Madame Satã (2002)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

Behind the Sun
Behind the Sun (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

Screenplay

Rifa-me
Rifa-me (2000)

Writer, Director

1990s

8 titles · average score 65
Les Ballons des Bairros
Les Ballons des Bairros (1998)

Writer, Director

Irreversible Metabolic Shock
Irreversible Metabolic Shock (1996)

Writer, Director

Hic Habitat Felicitas
Hic Habitat Felicitas (1996)

Director, Writer

Dead Presidents
Dead Presidents (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

Assistant Editor

Seams
Seams (1993)

Producer, Director

Swoon
Swoon (1992)
GoodWatch score 69

Assistant Editor

O Preso
O Preso (1992)

Director, Writer

Poison
Poison (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

Electrician, Casting

1980s

1 title
La Divina
La Divina (1989)

Sound Editor