Brazil

1985 · Directed by Terry Gilliam

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

fantasy sci-fi

Cast: Robert De Niro, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm, Jim Broadbent, Ian Richardson, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan, Katherine Helmond, Nigel Planer

Rating: 7.685/10 from 2,794 votes