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Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy about a robbery in a luxurious Rio de Janeiro hotel and the repercussions this event has on the lives of each person involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: novela, sincere, romantic, serious, captivating, soap opera, romantic comedy, telenovela
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Parts of Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story of Miguel (Domingos Montagner), a lonely and slinky man, who after escaping a tragedy from the past, goes back home and has his life turned upside down. He finds out that, in addition to having a son with the great love of his life, he is also the father of six other children. So begins Miguel's search for his children's affection and respect, as well as his attempts to win over his true love once again.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, sincere, captivating, telenovela
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Pages of Life (2006)
Plot Summary:
Páginas da Vida is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from July 10, 2006 to March 2, 2007, totaling 203 chapters. The plot featured Regina Duarte as the protagonist, Lília Cabral as the antagonist, and Fernanda Vasconcellos, Thiago Rodrigues, Marcos Caruso, Ana Paula Arósio, José Mayer, Regiane Alves, Vivianne Pasmanter, Caco Ciocler, Marcos Paulo, Tarcísio Meira, Natália do Vale and Edson Celulari in the lead roles. The plot was nominated in 2007 for best actress International Emmy for the performance of Lília Cabral.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, sincere, romantic, captivating, telenovela
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Total Dreamer (2015)
Plot Summary:
Eliza lived in the interior of Rio de Janeiro with her family, but after getting involved in a mess with her stepfather, she fled to the capital and started to live on the streets of the city. Despite her careless appearance, she draws attention for her beauty. Eliza takes risks in the streets and Jonatas is the one who realizes the danger and proposes to protect her. During the week, the boy makes a living selling bullets and guarding cars. To save money, he only returns to the family home, who lives far away, on weekends. In a very different world live the powerful director of the magazine Totalmente Demais, Carolina, and the bon vivant and owner of the modeling agency Excalibur, Arthur. Longtime friends and lovers in their spare time, they carry in this intimate relationship the same competitive behavior as legal life. The duo's combination is explosive: she is capable of anything to get what she wants, and he just wants to have fun without measuring the consequences of his actions.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, uplifting, touching, feel good, sweet, captivating, soap opera, fairy tale, romantic comedy, telenovela
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Crashing Into the Future (2018)
Plot Summary:
The Sabino Machado family, their slaves and entourage spend years frozen in the ocean after a shipwreck in 1886. They wake up gradually, one by one, and must learn to deal with the technology and the human idiosyncrasies of the present times. Among cultural and temporal shocks, "the frozen ones" encounter improbable friendships, romances and greedy people, while fighting prejudices that not even time was able to eradicate.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, captivating, exciting, light, humorous, soap opera, romantic comedy, telenovela
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The Good Side of Life! (2016)
Plot Summary:
The telenovela tells the story of a naïve young man from the countryside who was abandoned as a newborn against the will of his mother, and who goes to the big city to look for her. There he will also have the chance to meet the love of his life once again. Candinho‘s optimism and good humor are his allies against life‘s difficulties, including the plots of two scoundrels that cross his path.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, soap opera, family comedy, romantic comedy, telenovela
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Brave Woman (2012)
Plot Summary:
A moving tale of courage and resilience in the struggle for freedom – this is the role that life has cast for headstrong Morena in Brave Woman. Raised in a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this tough and humble woman will spare no effort to protect her family and gain her independence.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, touching, realistic, semi serious, affectionate, telenovela
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Sweet Diva (2019)
Plot Summary:
Maria da Paz is a committed baker who becomes a wealthy businesswoman twenty years after a tragedy strikes on the day of her wedding to Amadeu. From this broken union a baby is born, Jô, who seeks power and despises her mother's humble origins. Afraid that her parents' reunion might spoil her plans, Jô starts an alliance with the charming Régis to convince Maria to marry him and, together, they plan to steal all of Maria's fortune. In this exciting telenovela written by Emmy Awards winner Walcyr Carrasco, Maria's optimism must be stronger than Jô's ambition when the baker finds out about the betrayal and her own daughter's dangerous secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, funny, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy, telenovela
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Seven Sins (2007)
Plot Summary:
Sete Pecados is a Brazilian telenovela airing at 7:00 pm, which replaced Pé na Jaca of Carlos Lombardi. The telenovela was written by Walcyr Carrasco, with the collaboration of Claudia Soto and Andre Ryoki. The directors were Jorge Fernando, Pedro Vasconcelos and Fred Mayrink. Jorge worked with the same directing cast on his previous telenovelas Chocolate com Pimenta and Alma Gêmea. Seven Sins debuted on June 18, 2007. and last aired on February 15, 2008, with 209 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, humorous, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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A Life Worth Living (2019)
Plot Summary:
A dreamy seamstress and mother of three's life is turned upside down when she's wrongly diagnosed with a terminal disease along with an actually terminally ill wealthy book publisher.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: novela, romantic, uplifting, humorous, captivating, romantic comedy, telenovela
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Trail of Lies (2013)
Plot Summary:
Trail of Lies is a story of love and ambition centered on Paloma (Paolla Oliveira), who lives in conflict with her family. Secretly adopted, she learns the truth from her conniving brother Félix (Mateus Solano), who wishes to eliminate her at any cost in order to become sole heir to the fortune of their parents, doctors who own a hospital. The revelation comes during a trip to the astonishing historic cities of Peru, where Paloma falls in love with the adventurous Ninho (Juliano Cazarré).
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 781
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, sincere, captivating, humorous, disturbing, telenovela
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Helena's Shadow (2014)
Plot Summary:
Laerte’s obsessive jealousy brings his relationship with Helena to an end on their wedding day. Twenty years later, he meets Luiza, the daughter of his long lost love. The two fall in love and stir up dormant feelings that profoundly affect Helena’s marriage and her relationship with her daughter. Defying everyone, Laerte and Luiza decide to follow their love to the highest bounds, leaving a trail of conflicts and pain along the way.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, captivating, suspense, satirical, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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Seize the Day (2009)
Plot Summary:
Luciana and Helena are two supermodels with completely opposite personalities: the first is stormy and spoiled, while the second - being older - is patient and restrained. Their fate changes when Helena becomes involved with Marcos, Luciana's father, an older man recently divorced from a former model, Tereza, who does not accept the end of the marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, captivating, suspense, disturbing, telenovela
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Precious Pearl (2013)
Plot Summary:
In 1934 two supposed brothers survived an avalanche in the Himalayas: the millionaire Franz Hauser (Bruno Gagliasso), who is saved by Buddhist monks, and Manfred (Carmo Dalla Vecchia), rescued by a team of climbers. Manfred returns to Brazil with a terrible secret: he sabotaged Franz’s equipment in order to take his place in the family business. After an exhaustive search, Ernest Hauser gives his son up for dead and appoints his bastard son as the director of the Hauser Group.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: novela, tense, captivating, soap opera, telenovela
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Watercolors of Love (2009)
Plot Summary:
Daphne and Gabriel cross paths again, 15 years after being separated by a frame from her grandfather. The rapprochement, however, jeopardizes the plans of the shrew, Judith.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, soap opera, telenovela
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Port of Miracles (2001)
Plot Summary:
Porto dos Milagres is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 February to 29 September 2001, totaling 203 chapters. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares and loosely based on two works written by Jorge Amado - The Dead Sea and the discovery of America by the Turks. Had Philip collaboration Miguez, Maria Elisa Berredo, Nadotti Nelson and Gloria Baker, directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Director general Mark and Robert Paul Naar, co-directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Had the direction of core Marcos Paulo.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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Dare to Dream (2009)
Plot Summary:
Danna Paola stars as Patito, Eleazar Gómez as Mateo, Violeta Isfel and Cynthia Klitbo, play antagonist roles as Antonella and Bianca. The telenovela features adult protagonists also, René Strickler and Vanessa Guzmán. It first aired on Sunday, 8 March 2009, as the first telenovela to debut on a Sunday in Mexico. After a year of success, becoming a major hit in Mexico, especially among children, its final episode was also on a Sunday, 7 March 2010.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, soap opera, telenovela
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Pride and Passion (2018)
Plot Summary:
At the beginning of the 20th century, a mother dreams of marrying her five daughters to eligible bachelors but marriage is not a priority in Elisabeta Benedito's life. More than finding true love, the strong-willed dreamer and her sisters want to live according to their own choices and to do so they must go against traditional rules and customs. Inspired by Jane Austen's works, this romantic comedy retells classic novels from the point of view of modern and empowered women.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, romantic comedy, period drama, telenovela
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Women in Love (2003)
Plot Summary:
Mulheres Apaixonadas is a Brazilian soap opera which originally aired on Rede Globo from February 17, 2003 to October 11, 2003. A total of 203 episodes were created for the series.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, serious, captivating, realistic, romantic, telenovela
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The Life We Lead (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ana is a promising tennis player with a collection of titles and trophies to flaunt. She finds out she is pregnant by her loving boyfriend Rodrigo. Her controlling mother, Eva, forces her to break up with Rodrigo and compels her to stay out of town until the baby is born. Eva’s biggest concern is that she doesn’t lose any of her sponsorship deals. Later, Ana returns home and is eager to resume her athletic career, raise her baby Julia, and tell Rodrigo the truth.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, captivating, telenovela
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Teresa (2010)
Plot Summary:
Teresa Chavez is a young woman with an obsession for money and ambition. Despite her beauty and the fact that she was raised in the bosom of a loving family, she is resentful; her one desire is to leave her humble but poor neighbourhood.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, soap opera, novela, psychological, sentimental, sexy, serious, telenovela
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Dream of Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
Esperanza Guerrero is a single mother working as a teacher at two schools, a state school and an elite school to provide for her two teenagers, Pedro and Patricia. Ricardo Alegría, a married father with two young children, works as an Interpol agent in Los Angeles. Seeking to capture a sleazy jewellery thief known as ‘La Sombra’, he infiltrates the private school where Esperanza is employed and masquerades as the teacher of the criminal’s son. Esperanza and Ricardo are reunited following a 20-year separation and fight to rekindle their love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, soap opera, entertaining, telenovela
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Burning Hearts (2016)
Plot Summary:
Tancinha is a charming fruit seller known for her hot temper who gets torn between an explosive relationship with passionate truck driver Apolo, her neighbor and childhood sweetheart, and an irresistible attraction for Beto, a lady-killer who will not take no for an answer. The girl ends up being caught up in a family feud over the disappearance of her father whom she believed to be dead. Tancinha will leave a path of turmoil along her way to unveil this mystery.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, contemplative, soap opera, romantic comedy, telenovela
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Eco moda (2001)
Plot Summary:
The continued story of Betty and Armando. The couple is now married and raise their daughter Camila. Betty is also the president of her own fashion company called Ecomoda. Armando is the vice president.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, soap opera, novela, telenovela
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Tangled Hearts (2013)
Plot Summary:
This Brazilian soap opera is about three orphans and a girl who spent part of their childhood together, reunite after years when they're already grown. Old feelings will arise and new discoveries will happen about these kids' pasts and futures.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, soap opera, telenovela
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Student's Hearts (2002)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, soap opera
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A Time to Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
In 1927, the urgent and relentless love of Maria Vitória and Inácio is interrupted by the young man's decision to cross the Atlantic in search of work, and his promise to return. Pregnant, Maria Vitória faces the wrath of her father, who decides to send her to a convent while the baby goes for adoption. Filled with courage, she goes after Inácio, hoping that together they could get their daughter back, but the couple ends up following different paths and living new love stories. They will have to face personal obstacles and the deranged jealousy of Inácio's intended until the inevitable moment of their reencounter in this classic story of growth and the immeasurable force of love.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, romantic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, soap opera, entertaining, telenovela
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Rising Sun (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two childhood friends from very distinct families are bound together by a complicity that spans generations. Alice is an independent woman who was raised in a Japanese family; Mario is an immature guy of Italian origin. When Alice decides to live abroad, Mario begins to see her as more than a friend, and he goes out of his way to bring this unlikely love story to life in this romantic comedy tied by friendship.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, novela, psychological, funny, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, soap opera
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Forever and Ever (2014)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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Wild Angel (1998)
Plot Summary:
Muñeca Brava is an award-winning Argentine telenovela, produced by Telefe in 1998 - 1999. The television series was broadcast in more than 80 countries over the world, enjoying high ratings. The show was written by Enrique Oscar Torres and directed by Hernán Abrahamnsohn, Gaita Aragona and Víctor Stella First episode was aired in Argentina on 10 October 1998 on channel Telefe The play was filmed mainly in Argentina. Some of the episodes were filmed in Italy and Spain. The programme is known for launching the international career of Natalia Oreiro.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, light, soap opera, funny, humorous, novela, telenovela
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Strawberries with Sugar (2003)
Plot Summary:
Morangos com Açúcar was a Portuguese Teen drama. It was broadcast daily on the Portuguese TV station TVI between 30 August 2003 to 15 September 2012. It has also been broadcast in Angola, Syria, Brazil and Romania.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, soap opera, novela