80 Favorite Brazilian "Telenovelas" (soap operas)
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- StarsSonia BragaArmando BógusNívea MariaA simple, sometimes naïve, sometimes madly sensual young women works at Vesuvius bar in the city of Ilhéus and is in love with its owner, who disapproves of the way she unwittingly seduces men.
- StarsLima DuarteBete MendesZbigniew ZiembinskiA luxurious reception is interrupted when a body is found floating in the pool. One thing is certain: the murderer is among the high society guests
- StarsPaulo GracindoJardel FilhoEmiliano QueirozSucupira's mayor, a corrupt politician full of tricks, has the inauguration of the local cemetery as his administration's priority, but is met with opposition led by the police chief and a newspaper journalist, in a deathless city.
- StarsJuca de OliveiraYoná MagalhãesAntônio FagundesThe choice of a new city name ignites political conflict in a small town where many of the citizens display unusual, strange abilities - such as a man with wings, a werewolf professor and a woman who literally blows up for overeating.
- StarsReginaldo FariaClaudia OhanaJosé LewgoyTieta's father expels her from the fictional city of Santana do Agreste because of her liberal behavior. Years later she returns to seek vengeance against the people who judged her before.
- StarsAdriana EstevesAmélia BittencourtAna Lúcia TorreA woman stands up against her aunt's ambition towards her family inheritance, in a Brazilian Northeastern small town with British roots.
- StarsLima DuarteJosé WilkerRegina DuarteAfter being presumed dead, a messianic figure returns to the small city he once helped to defend from a criminal mob, shaking everyone's lives up.
- StarsNívea MariaMarco NaniniMário CardosoIn 1866, during the anti-slavery movements, a romantic young lady, who lives on Paquetá Island, meets her childhood love again, who is now pursued by another young woman who does not spare efforts to be beside the man she loves.
- StarsSelton MelloDavid CardosoEduardo MoscovisResplendor, in the Northeastern hinterland, was the stage for political disputes between the Pontes and the Batista families. This rivalry led to a complicated web of love, betrayal, and hidden secrets among its members over the years.
- CreatorJoão Ximenes BragaClaudia LageStarsMarjorie EstianoCamila PitangaPatricia PillarTwo women of different origins and social classes fight for their rights in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.
- StarsDébora FalabellaDanton MelloOsmar PradoMonarchists and republicans meet in Araruna, a small fictional town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886. The novel portrays the love story of the beautiful and wealthy Sinhá Moça - daughter of the slave, Barão Ferreira de Araruna, and sweet and submissive Mother Candida - , with the young abolitionist lawyer Dr. Rodolfo Fontes - son of Dr. Fontes, and the housewife Inêz. Together, they face the difficulties in the campaign for the abolition of slaves.
- StarsLucélia SantosMarcos PauloMauro MendonçaIn Araruna, a small town in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, circa 1886, Sinhá Moça and republican Dr. Rodolfo are engaged in a forbidden love affair. Rodolfo is fighting slavery and Sinhá Moça, an abolitionist herself, is the daughter of Coronel Ferreira, the Baron of Araruna, a man who is thoroughly pro-slavery. To complicate things further comes Rafael, a former slave who earned his freedom; he is the result of a secret relationship between the Baron and his slave Maria Dolores.
- StarsSusana VieiraRubens de FalcoNathália TimbergIn the 1920s, a simple country young lady marries a mysterious and charismatic rich widower and moves to his mansion, where the strong presence of his late wife is still venerated by an obsessed housekeeper and by an intimidating portrait.
- StarsRubens de FalcoLucélia SantosGilberto MartinhoThe difficulties faced by a gentle-hearted young white slave targeted by the obsession of her lord in the Brazilian colonial period.
- StarsDeborah SeccoPatrícia FrançaElizabeth SavallaIt's 1717 and Brazilian colonists have just found the statue of Our Lady, which will later became the nation's patron saint.
- StarsMarília PêraTônia CarreroYoná MagalhãesSerafina is a romantic secretary from an Italian family. Every day she buys herself a rose and arranges for it to be delivered to her office so she can pretend she's getting flowers from an admirer. She's developed a crush on her French boss, Claude Antoine Geraldi; to her great surprise, one day he proposes to her--intending to get a permanent permit to live in Brazil. He offers her a considerable amount of money in exchange, and she accepts because with that money she'll be able to stop the demolition of the place where she and her neighbors live. For her that's a good-enough deal; but surprise. Later on they actually fall in love with each other. Millionaire Nara Paranhos de Vasconcellos is against their relationship and tries everything to stop it, but Serafina is helped by her sister Terezinha and by old puppeteer Pimpinoni.
- StarsClaudio MarzoMilton MoraesCarlos Eduardo DolabellaLauro Fontana wants to build the biggest hotel in Brazil, but he needs to convince the Camará brothers to sell the mansion they live in, facing ethical dilemmas and personal obstacles.
- StarsLeonardo VillarMaria Della CostaFrançoise FortonIn the 1960s, the lives of several Catholic school students unfold as they romance, party to the American rock and roll craze, and live through high society's prejudices of the times.
- StarsTaís AraújoDrica MoraesVictor WagnerIn the Brazil Colonial period, an intelligent, seductive and vengefully ruthless slave rises to become a practical queen when an important contractor falls for her, much for the anger of a woman obsessed with him.
- CreatorGilberto BragaStarsSonia BragaAntônio FagundesPepita RodriguesA down-on-her-luck former inmate tries to reconnect with her daughter--to the objections of her sister who raised the girl, meets a millionaire, and transforms into a strong woman, returning to society at Dancin' Days nightclub's opening.
- StarsPaulo GracindoOswaldo LoureiroSandra BarsottiThree moments in the life of a coffee farmer and his family, from the early 1900s to 1976.
- StarsÊnio SantosFernanda MontenegroAntônio FagundesA scrap saleswoman rises to the Sao Paulo elite and saves the bankrupt man who humiliated her in youth. They eventually fall for each other, igniting the anger of his obsessed mother-in-law.
- StarsDaniel FilhoGlória MenezesJuca de OliveiraTV-Series about the lives, conflicts, and achievements of a group of actors doing a series called "Coquetel de Amor" (Love Cocktail), while some of them are also rehearsing Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac. The roles in the series are also very similar to the actors' real-life story. We have the famous TV couple Bruno Maia and Leila Lombardi (played by a famous TV couple in real life) who are the stars in the "Coquetel de Amor" series. Leila's daughter, Beatriz, doesn't approve of her mother's new marriage, and is a problem for their relationship, since she wanted her mother to go back to her father, playwright Jordão Amaral. There's the obscured star Nora Pelegrini, trying a comeback after her career was interrupted by her marriage to Jordão Amaral, and not really enjoying the fact her role was a small one. There's also the young actress Cynthia Levy, struggling to succeed. And, among others, the old-timer Carijó and his daughter Lenita, who wanted a revival of his music-hall show.
- StarsNana GouveaAntônio FagundesJosé de AbreuA child is separated from his wealthy parents and becomes a fisherman in a seaside village devoted to Yemojah. He grows up unaware of being an heir.
- StarsPatricya TravassosReginaldo FariaJoana FommAfter making a Faustian bargain with a vampire for fame, a regretful young singer must find a sacred, lost artifact that might revert the curse.
- StarsRegina DuarteAntônio FagundesGlória PiresIntending to be rich and successful at any price, a callous young woman abandons her family and is pursued by her mother for the reckoning.
- StarsGlória PiresLucélia SantosJosé LewgoyLife of wealthy playboy Nelson Fragonard goes haywire as he is robbed of all his fortune by a false friend. On top of that, Nelson reveals he has a daughter, little Maria Helena, who was raised in an orphanage.
- StarsMarília PêraJosé WilkerFelipe CaroneOutlaw Artur do Amor Divino, aka Tucão, rules the neighborhood of Ramos in Rio de Janeiro and runs an illegal lottery. But his power is threatened by rival Jovelino Sabonete. Noeli, a female cab-driver, falls in love with Tucão's son Zelito; a Romeo-and-Juliet-style love affair between Taís, Tucão's daughter, and Márcio, Jovelino's son, also happens, but at a costume party, Márcio is killed by Tucão's gang, headed by Quidoca. As a backdrop to the whole series are Zé Catimba and his girlfriend Lena, prominent figures at Imperatriz Leopoldinense Samba School.
- StarsTarcísio MeiraMilton MoraesRenée de VielmondThe successful escalating financial and social life of a simple man, from cotton farmer to rich and powerful construction magnate, during the remarkable moments in Brazilian history between 1940 and 1975, and his love for two women.
- CreatorGilberto BragaStarsMalu MaderCláudia AbreuFábio AssunçãoA prominent producer is approached by an ambitious woman who becomes her assistant, but actually intends to own everything that is hers.
- StarsCauã ReymondBianca BinBruno GagliassoIn the Northeast of Brazil, land of the social bandit, the Royal Family from the fictional kingdom of Serafia loses its heir due to a betrayal and a planned accident. Once thought she had been dead for years, King August finds out that his daughter Aurora(Açucena) is alive and now he is determined to find her. Go back to your childhood days with this well-written enchanting and humorous fairy-tale inspired by Brazil's northeast culture.
- StarsSandra BréaEduardo TornaghiJardel FilhoInspired by the novel "O Ateneu" by Raul Pompéia. The clash of generations between a father who supports the monarchy system against his young idealist son who favors the proclamation of the republic system. As for scenery, an important high school where the father is the headmaster.
- CreatorThereza FalcãoAlessandro MarsonStarsGuilherme CabralGabriel FuentesGustavo ThomannA country under construction, under an empire, gives way to the present Brazil in search of an identity and progress.
- CreatorThereza FalcãoAlessandro MarsonStarsIsabelle DrummondChay SuedeLetícia ColinIn 1817, Anna Millman, an Englishwoman and Portuguese teacher, becomes involved with the Luso-Brazilian actor Joaquim Martinho, during the trip by ship to Brazil because of the union of Maria Leopoldina, a princess of Austrian origin, with Dom Pedro, emperor Portuguese and first regent of the Brazilian empire. Anna and Joaquim start a romance upon their arrival in the country, which is interrupted by the tricks of Thomas Johnson, an English officer who harbors a desire for Anna.
- CreatorAlcides NogueiraStarsVitória StradaBruno FerrariBruno CabrerizoBrazilian soap opera, set in 1920's Rio de Janeiro.
- StarsNawal LamriniBruno GagliassoBianca BinIn 1934, Buddhist monks saved the millionaire Franz Hauser from an avalanche in the Himalayas. Back in Brazil he is faced with the jealousy of his bastard brother who, after plotting his death, took his place in the family business. He needs to overcome the obstacles that separate him from the woman he loves, worker Amélia. It's up to Pearl, the fruit of their union, to smooth over the conflicts that prevent their love. Furthermore, Franz and Amelia will receive some news about his forced stay in the Himalayas--and a surprise.
- CreatorDaniel AdjafreStarsMarina Ruy BarbosaRômulo EstrelaJohnny MassaroThe medieval series questions the power of choice in people's lives. The kingdoms of Montemor and Artena live in peace, but a decision changes the course of their destinies.
- CreatorMário TeixeiraStarsAndréia HortaMateus SolanoNathalia DillA woman so ahead of her time she was willing to do whatever it took to make freedom dreams come true in the 19th century.
- StarsTony RamosDanton MelloPatricia PillarThe dispute over land between two colonels and the love between Luís Jerônimo and the cabocla Zuca, set in Vila da Mata around 1918.
- StarsSoraya RavenleMonique LafondHilda RebelloIn a fictitious land, the king, dies leaving the throne to a bastard heir whose identity nobody knows. The widow queen's allies take the chance to seize power.
- StarsJosé WilkerTony RamosSusana VieiraA young law student starts to work as a detective, determined to uncover the perpetrator of a series of murders, as well as who is next.
- StarsSusana VieiraJosé WilkerRenée de VielmondA poor young woman unhappy with her inevitable suburban housewife fate, gets a job as a nanny for a wealthy family, and falls in love with her employer's brother, using every ploy to conquer him and ultimately become the mansion's owner.
- CreatorJoão Emanuel CarneiroStarsAdriana EstevesDébora FalabellaMurilo BenícioA young girl who had her life ruined by an ambitious, unscrupulous woman returns to her as an adult, under a new identity and seeking revenge.
- StarsFrancisco CuocoRegina DuarteGilberto MartinhoA simple man, married to a visual artist, becomes friends with a crook who helps him get the attention of his rich uncle but ultimately leads his wife to an apparent death in a car accident, but she survives and assumes a new identity.
- StarsPatricia PillarCláudia RaiaMariana XimenesThe friendship of two women is torn apart as one, supposedly innocent, is accused of murdering the other one's husband.