I teach Portuguese Language to children between 12 and 14 years old. As a side project, I run a little cinema club at the school. Here's the list of films I've selected over time to eventually show my students. Movies seen are marked.

1920s

• The General, by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman (1926)

1930s

• Modern Times, by Charles Chaplin (1936)

1940s

• Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette), by Vittorio De Sica (1948)
• One Wonderful Sunday (Subarashiki nichiyobi), by Akira Kurosawa (1947)

1950s

• Alice in Wonderland, by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske (1951)
• The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge), by Albert Lamorisse (1956)
• My Uncle (Mon Oncle), by Jacques Tati (1958)
• Good Morning (Ohayo), by Yasujirô Ozu (1959)
• The 400 Blows (Les 400 Coups), by François Truffaut (1959)

1960s

• Kes, by Ken Loach (1969)

1970s

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1980s

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, by Steven Spielberg (1982)
• Back to the Future, by Robert Zemeckis (1985)
• Au Revoir Les Enfants, by Louis Malle (1987)

1990s

• The Jar (Jareh), by Ebrahim Forouzesh (1992)
• The Boot (Chakmeh), by Mohammad-Ali Talebi (1993)
• War of the Buttons, by John Roberts (1994)
• The White Balloon (Badkonake Sefid), by Jafar Panahi (1995)
• Children of Heaven (Bacheha-Ye Aseman), by Majid Majidi (1997)
• The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun (La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil), by Djibril Diop Mambéty (1999)
• The Iron Giant, by Brad Bird (1999)
• Willow and Wind (Beed-o Baad), by Mohammad-Ali Talebi (1999)

2000s

• Billy Elliot, by Stephen Daldry (2000)
• Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi), by Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
• Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no Ugoku Shiro), by Hayao Miyazaki (2004)
• Corpse Bride, by Tim Burton (2005)
• March of the Penguins (La Marche de l'Empereur), by Luc Jacquet (2005)
• Coraline, by Henry Selick (2009)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Wes Anderson (2009)
• The Secret of Kells, by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey (2009)

2010s

• Hugo, by Martin Scorsese (2011)
• Moonrise Kingdom, by Wes Anderson (2012)
• Frankenweenie, by Tim Burton (2012)
• Inside Out, by Pete Docter (2015)

2020s

• The Boy and the Heron (Sagi to Shōnen), by Hayao Miyazaki (2023)