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Plot Summary:
A man returns to his birthplace, the area surrounding the Araguaia river, unaware of an Indian curse targeting him, gathered on his family several years before.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: novela, serious, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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The King of the Cattle (1996)
Plot Summary:
O Rei do Gado is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and displayed by Rede Globo, 17 June 1996 to February 15, 1997, totaling 209 chapters and 130 in the original version of the SIC in Portugal.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 737
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, telenovela
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The Prophet (2006)
Plot Summary:
O Profeta is a Brazilian soap opera that was produced and aired by TV Globo between October 16, 2006 and May 11, 2007, and totaled 178 chapters. Thiago Fragoso and Paola Oliveira as the protagonists of the plot, Fernanda Souza, Rodrigo Phavanello, Juliana Didone and Daniel Ávila and co-starring Carol Castro, Dalton Vigh, Samara Felippo, Nívea Maria and Malvino Salvador as antagonists.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: soap opera, novela, captivating, disturbing
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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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Second chance (2005)
Plot Summary:
El cuerpo del Deseo also known as Second Chance is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo and Film in Florida. This limited-run series is about a man who comes back from the dead and discovers dark secrets about his beautiful widow. The first version of El cuerpo del Deseo was En Cuerpo Ajeno produced by RTI Colombia in 1992.This telenovela was aired in 25 countries around the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 850
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, psychological, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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Pantanal (1990)
Plot Summary:
Pantanal is a Brazilian telenovela which originally aired from March 27, 1990 to December 10, 1990 at 9 P.M. on Rede Manchete. SBT recently re-aired the telenovela from June 9, 2008 to January 13, 2009. It was set on the Pantanal region. Pantanal is one of the best known ecological or environmental telenovela, a small sub-category of the genre whose purpose is to dramatize, and hence raise audience awareness of environmental degradation. It was written by Benedito Ruy Barbosa and directed by Jayme Monjardim, Carlos Magalhães, Marcelo de Barreto, and Roberto Naar.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, telenovela
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Tierra de Pasiones (2006)
Plot Summary:
In a beautiful valley where the most exquisite grapes are farmed, an intense and sizzling love story will flourish between Valeria San Roman, a beautiful woman with a strong character, which has given her the strength to face life's deceptions, and Francisco Contreras, renowned publisher, widower and a man of will. Valeria, who manages the San Roman vineyard, hasn't had an easy life. Her own father, Jose Maria 'Chema' San Roman, the family's patriarch, has always hated her because she is the only one who doesn't obey him. A man without scruples, selfish and womanizing, Chema arrived to the United States, married Valeria's mom to steal everything from her and later disposed of her. If that weren't enough, Chema schemes a hideous plan causing Valeria to experience a horrible betrayal. Meanwhile, Francisco arrives to visit his father at the ranch only to learn that he has married Marcia, a woman much younger than he who leads him to the brink of bankruptcy and drives him to suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, telenovela
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Beyond the Horizon (2013)
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, telenovela
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Forbidden Desire (2007)
Plot Summary:
Desejo Proibido is a Brazilian telenovela broadcast by Globo Network, at 6 pm, every day, except Sunday. In the cast: Fernanda Vasconcellos, Murilo Rosa and Daniel de Oliveira.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera
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The Enchanted Tale (2011)
Plot Summary:
Cordel Encantando is an epic telenovela encircled by castles, kings and outlaws that tells a majestic love story between Azucena and Jesuino: two noble spirited young people who are unaware of their true origins. Beautiful Azucena and her hero Jesuíno go through many adventures in their determination to stay together.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, fairy tale, psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera
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Tropical Paradise (2007)
Plot Summary:
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, sexy, humorous, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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Passione (2010)
Plot Summary:
The rough efforts of an ambitious young woman of poor origin, a she enters the life of an Italian man, son of a wealthy Brazilian family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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Rubi (2004)
Plot Summary:
Rubí is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa. It is based on a short story by Yolanda Vargas Dulché, published as a serial on the 1960s Mexican comic book Lágrimas, Risas y Amor. Bárbara Mori stars as a dual protagonist/antagonist, Rubí. Canal de las Estrellas aired Rubí from May 17 to October 22, 2004, with Apuesta por un amor replacing it. Univision broadcast Rubí from September 20, 2004 to March 7, 2005, and has named Rubí as the top telenovela of all time.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: novela, captivating, emotional, realistic, serious, tense, disturbing, soap opera, hispanic, 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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Written in the stars (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ricardo Aguillar, a powerful physician, loses the only and beloved son, the young Daniel, in an accident. After some time he discovers that the boy had frozen the semen before he died. From there he decides to go hunting for the "ideal woman", worthy of being inseminated and become the mother of his grandson. Only fate is about to play a part. When the insemination is finally done and the young woman chosen - the young Viviane - becomes pregnant, the man discovers himself hopelessly in love with her. From then on an unusual and surprising situation will give an electrifying direction to the story: the boy's spirit begins to prowl the family and, although they are in different plans, father and son will dispute the love of the same woman. It will be a clash between the impossible love, therefore idealized, and the realizable love, carnal, with all that it brings of joy and fulfillment, but also of hurts and uncertainties.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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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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Terra esperanza (2002)
Plot Summary:
Esperança is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo between June 17, 2002 and February 15, 2003. With Reynaldo Gianecchini, Priscila Fantin, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Ana Paula Arósio, Raul Cortez, Antonio Fagundes, José Mayer and Fernanda Montenegro interpreted their main roles.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, telenovela
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Time After Time (2015)
Plot Summary:
Lívia and Felipe are in a forbidden love story doomed to end tragically. A century later, they both have a new chance to make their love real again. “Time After Time” is an innovative romance set in two different eras in which characters hold the opportunity to make up for their mistakes, come to terms with the past and write themselves another story.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: novela, sincere, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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Wounded Past (2016)
Plot Summary:
When she was a young girl, Heloisa was harshly torn apart from the love of her life: Pedro, a straightforward romantic young man whose powerful family strongly believes the ends always do justify the means. Because she comes from a very humble background, Pedro's parents set up all kinds of intrigues in order to prevent the couple from fulfilling their seemingly predestined love story. Twenty years later, all it takes is a casual encounter to spark that feeling again and have them fighting against not only Pedro's family tricks, but also Heloisa's mighty and unscrupulous husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, captivating, disturbing, 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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Eterna Magia (2007)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: soap opera, tense, captivating, novela
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Novo Mundo (2017)
Plot Summary:
Anna Millman is a portuguese teacher, she falls for Joaquim Martinho, an actor. Both meet in Europe and travel to Brazil together with the future princess of Brazil, Leopoldina from Austria. The romance between the teacher and the actor evolves during a time of revolution, the independence of Brazil.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, historical drama, telenovela
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Little Missy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Monarchists 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.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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Celebrity (2003)
Plot Summary:
A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, romantic, captivating, suspense, telenovela
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Dark Fate (2003)
Plot Summary:
Mariana de la Noche is a Mexican telenovela from 2003. Written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Salvador Mejia, it starred Angélica Rivera, Jorge Salinas, Alejandra Barros and César Évora.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, soap opera, 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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India: A Love Story (2009)
Plot Summary:
The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, and "untouchable" man.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 847
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, sentimental, touching, captivating, uplifting, romantic, serious, realistic, telenovela
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Boogie Oogie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1978 in the "disco era," the series depicts the meeting between humble, hardworking Sandra (Ísis Valverde) and rich, spoiled Vitória (Bianca Bin). They meet because of a tragic accident and start fighting for the love of the same man. What they don't know is that their paths have crossed before, when they were switched at birth.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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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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Cat's Cradle (2009)
Plot Summary:
Cama de Gato is a Brazilian soap opera broadcast by the Globo network.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: soap opera, novela, psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, telenovela
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Forever and Ever (2014)
Plot Summary:
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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