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Stories Set in Rio de Janeiro
Favelas and Copacabana, samba schools and BOPE raids — Rio contains Brazil's extremes in one bay. These ten span Orpheus to Elite Squad; filter the city's stories by era on StoryTerra's map.
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Browse 24 books, 131 movies, 5 TV shows and 14 games set in Rio de Janeiro.

City of God
In the slums of Rio two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

Fast X
Over many missions and against impossible odds Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying…

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Following their explosive showdown Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world challenging their very existence – and our own.

Elite Squad
In 1997 before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope…

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias…

Rio
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind but…

Fast Five
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a…

Central Station
An emotive journey of a former school teacher who writes letters for illiterate people and a young boy whose mother has just died as they search for the father he never knew.

Rio 2
It's a jungle out there for Blu Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel and meets the most…

The Swimmers
From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics two young sisters embark on a risky voyage putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.
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