Movies Similar to De Passos em Passos por São Paulo

The Balcony Movie(2021)

Composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment, each story in 'The Balcony Movie' is unique and deals with the way we try to cope with life as individuals. All together, they create a self-portrait of contemporary human life, and the passers-by present a composite picture of today's world.

Belgium - 20(2021)

What happens when a world that relies on traffic and the logistics that allow it comes to a standstill? What happens when sickness and even death are taken from us?

View on Boulevard, New York City(1896)

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars lend interest to the scene.

Lapsus(2021)

The relationship between the city and a car, through a dialogue where a common reality and "making a city" are disputed and revealed.

Appendix(2024)

An experimental film following a trip made by three friends in which the contrast between the agitated city of São Paulo, Brazil and the calmness of the beach leads the flow. No script. No story. Just vibes.

Portraits of Moscow Voyages: In Search of Laika(2013)

Exploring Moscow and paying tribute to Laika, the first dog in space.

Women 50 Minutes(2007)

A representation of queer and feminist imagery that was mainly shot in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, remote and developing areas in southwest China, and metropolitan cities like Beijing from 2000 to 2004 to document the social changes in contemporary China. The director sympathetically and erotically represents a variety of women, including women as laborers, women as prayers, women in the ground, women in marriage, and women who lie on the funeral pyre with their dead husbands. Her camera juxtaposes the mountains and rivers in old times, the commercialized handicrafts as exposition, the capital exploitation of the elders’ living space, and the erotic freedom of the young people in a changing city.

Paris on the Seine(1941)

A history of the bridges of Paris, through modern views and historical engravings.

1,2,3... Barcelona!(2025)

Tourists eating and taking photos. Tourists strolling and taking photos. Tourists bathing on the beach and taking more photos. Barcelona has become an overexploited photocall to the point of paroxysm, and this is what this film shows by turning the camera and pointing towards the visitors. A small gesture that, added to a powerful sound contrast and a caustic sense of humour, exposes without subterfuge a grotesque normality.

Let's Look at Water(1947)

This short documentary shows how a city's water supply is purified at a filtration plant. The complex system of the underground mains that supply all parts of the city with water is also illustrated, as is the safeguarding of water supplies on trains, ships and aircrafts.

After the Clouds(2024)

In the heart of the city of Buenos Aires, amongst the grey of the cement and the noisiness of the cars and buses, everyone seems to look down. Even the cameras put there to watch the people’s every move. But, what happens if we finally decide to look up? What’s coming after the clouds?

When Oceans Threaten Cities(2022)

Devastating hurricanes, torrential rains, the inexorably rising waters: coastal megacities are now up against the wall. The filmmakers have chosen three emblematic cities: New York, Singapore and Rotterdam. Cities that each face unique problems and must revisit their relationship with water in order to survive on the long run. In 50 years, all surge barriers in the world will be out of order. What solutions will then remain for coastal cities?

Ghost Town

An documentary exploring what the city of Liverpool means to the people who call it home.

Stadt, Land, Fuchs!(2019)

Trespassing or Close Encounters of the 3rd World(2023)

Silencio(2020)

Sound progression of two opposite landscapes.

La Meilleure Façon de tracer(2010)

Pixo(2009)

The film discusses the cultural impact of “pichação”, a Brazilian form of graffiti, on the streets of São Paulo and its international influence as one of the main cornerstones of Street Art.

Filmreise in das alte Köln(2014)

A documentary about Cologne through the pre-war years until the 1930s.

Hatay(1939)