The 50 Most Popular Brazilian Telenovelas
by tbell1826 | created - 22 Sep 2011 | updated - 22 Sep 2011 | PublicA list of some of the most popular telenovelas from Brazil.
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1. The Clone (2001–2002)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A young man who has been secretly cloned by his godfather scientist falls in love with a Moroccan girl from a rigorous family.
Stars: Murilo Benício, Giovanna Antonelli, Vera Fischer, Reginaldo Faria
Votes: 3,349
2. Isaura: Slave Girl (1976–1977)
26 min | Drama, History, Romance
The difficulties faced by a gentle-hearted young white slave targeted by the obsession of her lord in the Brazilian colonial period.
Stars: Rubens de Falco, Lucélia Santos, Gilberto Martinho, Markus Konká
Votes: 736
3. Terra Nostra (1999–2000)
60 min | Drama, Romance
The love story of two young Italian immigrants who first meet on their way to Brazil at the end of the 18th century, but are separated after their ship docks.
Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Raul Cortez, Ana Paula Arósio, Thiago Lacerda
Votes: 793
4. Terra Speranza (2002–2003)
60 min | Drama, Romance
The story of two young Italian lovers of different, rival families who are separated after he moves to Brazil and falls for another woman, while she is forced to marry a fascist.
Stars: Reynaldo Gianecchini, Ana Paula Arósio, Raul Cortez, Antônio Fagundes
Votes: 332
5. Little Missy (2006– )
Drama, History, Romance
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 - ... See full summary »
Stars: Débora Falabella, Danton Mello, Osmar Prado, Patricia Pillar
Votes: 215
6. Caminho das Índias (2009)
Adventure, Drama, Romance
The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, an "untouchable" man.
Stars: Juliana Paes, Laura Cardoso, Christiane Torloni, Tony Ramos
Votes: 864
7. Vale Tudo (1988–1989)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Intending to be rich and successful at any price, a callous young woman abandons her family and is pursued by her mother for the reckoning.
Stars: Regina Duarte, Antônio Fagundes, Glória Pires, Cássio Gabus Mendes
Votes: 461
8. The King of the Cattle (1996–1997)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The enmity between two rancher families in territorial dispute, and the forbidden love between a drover and a landless, mysterious woman with no past.
Stars: Vanusa Spindler, Antônio Fagundes, Glória Pires, Patricia Pillar
Votes: 752
9. The Favorite (2008–2009)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The friendship of two women is torn apart as one, supposedly innocent, is accused of murdering the other one's husband.
Stars: Patricia Pillar, Cláudia Raia, Mariana Ximenes, Glória Menezes
Votes: 787
10. Soul Mate (2005– )
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A ballerina is murdered and reincarnates as an indigenous woman. Her journey for spiritual justice takes her back to her past family and romance.
Stars: Eduardo Moscovis, Flávia Alessandra, Priscila Fantin, Drica Moraes
Votes: 316
11. Dona Beija (1986– )
60 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Maitê Proença, Gracindo Júnior, Marcelo Vecchi, Maria Fernanda
Votes: 156
12. America (2005)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Sol, a dreamy young woman from the carioca suburbs, attempts to emigrate to the United States, believing in a better life with better opportunities.
Stars: Deborah Secco, Murilo Benício, Camila Morgado, Caco Ciocler
Votes: 420
13. The Prophet (2006–2007)
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A countryside young man gifted with precognitive powers moves to the big city, where he meets some unscrupulous people interested in his gift, and the girl he knows is the woman of his life.
Stars: Thiago Fragoso, Fernanda Souza, Dalton Vigh, Paolla Oliveira
Votes: 164
14. Celebrity (2003–2004)
45 min | Drama, Romance
A prominent producer is approached by an ambitious woman who becomes her assistant, but actually intends to own everything that is hers.
Stars: Malu Mader, Cláudia Abreu, Fábio Assunção, Deborah Evelyn
Votes: 428
15. Shades of Sin (2004)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Maranhense young woman and a carioca tourist photographer fall for each other and get separated by destiny and a woman obsessed with his family's wealth.
Stars: Gabriela Senra, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Giovanna Antonelli, Taís Araújo
Votes: 640
16. Forbidden Desire (2007–2008)
45 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Fernanda Vasconcellos, Murilo Rosa, Marcos Caruso, Alexandre Borges
Votes: 68
17. Two Faces (2007–2008)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman vows revenge on a tricky, unscrupulous man after he deceives and abandons her pregnant with their son.
Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Dalton Vigh, Marjorie Estiano, Susana Vieira
Votes: 241
18. Pages of Life (2006–2007)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After a young woman gives birth to twins and then suddenly dies, her cold-hearted mother keeps her grandson but rejects his sister with Down syndrome, who is adopted by their kind-hearted surgeon.
Stars: Regina Duarte, Lília Cabral, Ana Paula Arósio, José Mayer
Votes: 442
19. Paradise City (2009– )
55 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Eriberto Leão, Nathalia Dill, Alexandre Nero, Alexandre Rodrigues
Votes: 62
20. Seven Sins (2007–2008)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Priscila Fantin, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Giovanna Antonelli, Gabriela Duarte
Votes: 145
21. Pure Beauty (2008)
Comedy, Drama
Guilherme is a jumbled, womanizing aeronautical engineer, who at the moment is in love with his neighbor, beautician Sônia, but lives to enjoy life and women with the money earned by the ... See full summary »
Stars: Edson Celulari, Regiane Alves, Carolina Ferraz, Isis Valverde
Votes: 80
22. The Thorn and the Rose (2000–2001)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A short tempered, feminist rich woman notable for her aversion to marriage and her aggressive behavior gradually falls in love for a rough and lowly farmer.
Stars: Adriana Esteves, Eduardo Moscovis, Drica Moraes, Leandra Leal
Votes: 649
23. Pepper Chocolate (2003–2004)
45 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama
A humble girl who rises to become a wealthy, vengeful widow returns to the small town that humiliated her and to the man she loved, bringing their young son.
Stars: Mariana Ximenes, Murilo Benício, Drica Moraes, Priscila Fantin
Votes: 616
24. Snakes & Lizards (2006)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A rascally, leery man assumes the place of a namesake honest young worker as the heir of a important businessman's wealth.
Stars: Lázaro Ramos, Carolina Dieckmann, Daniel de Oliveira, Mariana Ximenes
Votes: 392
25. Xica da Silva (1996–1998)
60 min | Drama, Romance
In 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.
Stars: Taís Araújo, Drica Moraes, Victor Wagner, Carlos Alberto
Votes: 435
26. The Next Victim (1995– )
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 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.
Stars: José Wilker, Tony Ramos, Susana Vieira, Aracy Balabanian
Votes: 466
27. Written in the Stars (2010)
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After he dies, the spirit of a young man gets caught between care and obsession towards the girl he left in life, while she is forced to join a scheme to exploit his family.
Stars: Humberto Martins, Nathalia Dill, Alexandre Nero, Débora Falabella
Votes: 96
28. Eterna Magia (2007)
45 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Maria Flor, Malu Mader, Thiago Lacerda, Eliane Giardini
Votes: 57
29. The Buzz (2010–2011)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of rival stylists Jacques Leclair and Victor Valentim, who have been competing for everything from toys to girlfriends since childhood.
Stars: Murilo Benício, Alexandre Borges, Malu Mader, Isis Valverde
Votes: 189
30. Watercolors of Love (2009–2010)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A painter Gabriel and gallery owner Dafne's relationship is marred by family secrets, including a hidden artistic talent in the form of a mischievous chimpanzee named Xico.
Stars: Flávia Alessandra, Isabelle Drummond, Malvino Salvador, David Lucas
Votes: 183
31. Her Own Destiny (2004–2005)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The baby daughter of a mother of five from a poor background is kidnapped, and the mother fights to get her back; as time passes, she rises to a better life with her remaining children.
Stars: Susana Vieira, Renata Sorrah, José Wilker, José Mayer
Votes: 889
32. Passione (2010–2011)
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An ambitious young woman with a traumatizing past targets an Italian man, the distant son of a wealthy Brazilian family.
Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Mariana Ximenes, Tony Ramos, Reynaldo Gianecchini
Votes: 217
33. Family Ties (2000– )
45 min | Drama, Romance
The unconditional love a mother has for her daughter, even after they fall in love with the same man.
Stars: Alexandre Borges, Ana Carbatti, Arlete Heringer, Beatriz Lyra
Votes: 848
34. Secrets of Sand (1993)
45 min | Drama, Romance
The conflicts of identical twins after they fall for the same man, while an autistic sand sculptor also finds himself between them.
Stars: Glória Pires, Guilherme Fontes, Marcos Frota, Vivianne Pasmanter
Votes: 510
35. Summer Affair (1998)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Giovanna Antonelli, Maria Gladys, Maria Luísa Mendonça, José de Abreu
Votes: 81
36. Cat's Cradle (2009–2010)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Marcos Palmeira, Camila Pitanga, Paolla Oliveira, Heloísa Périssé
Votes: 88
37. Bela, a Feia (2009–2010)
Comedy, Drama
An awkward young woman struggles at her agency where she is often harassed for her looks and falls for her boss.
Stars: Giselle Itié, Bruno Ferrari, Simone Spoladore, Iran Malfitano
Votes: 59
38. Floribella (I) (2005–2006)
Family, Fantasy, Musical
The humble lead singer of a band joins the life of a rich family of six orphaned siblings, and falls for their elder, authoritarian brother.
Stars: Juliana Silveira, Roger Gobeth, Maria Carolina Ribeiro, João Oliveira
Votes: 85
39. Torre de Babel (1998–1999)
55 min | Drama, Thriller, Romance
The mystery surrounding the bombing of a shopping mall, which wealthy owner has become the target of an imprisoned man's vengeance.
Stars: Natália do Vale, Marcos Palmeira, Juca de Oliveira, Christiane Torloni
Votes: 247
40. Água Viva (1980)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Life 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.
Stars: Glória Pires, Lucélia Santos, José Lewgoy, Tônia Carrero
Votes: 83
41. A Sucessora (1978– )
Drama, Mystery, Romance
In 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.
Stars: Susana Vieira, Rubens de Falco, Nathália Timberg, Arlete Salles
Votes: 67
42. These Women (2005– )
Drama, Romance
"Essas Mulheres" (These Women) is a soap opera set in the 19th century's Rio de Janeiro, freely inspired on José de Alencar's novels "Senhora", "Diva" and "Lucíola". It tells the story of ... See full summary »
Stars: Christine Fernandes, Carla Regina, Miriam Freeland, Adriana Garambone
Votes: 70
43. Éramos Seis (1994– )
Drama, Romance
The life and times of a family of six in Sao Paulo in the 1920s.
Stars: Irene Ravache, Othon Bastos, Luciana Braga, Tarcísio Filho
Votes: 110
44. Planet of the Pantanal (1990– )
60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the Brazilian Pantanal, marked by land and family disputes and watched over by a mystical figure from nature, a man from the big city falls for a woman believed to be a shapeshifter.
Stars: Claudio Marzo, Cristiana Oliveira, Marcos Winter, Jussara Freire
Votes: 295
45. Malhação (1995–2020)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Long-running soap that depicts the lives of a group of teens as they struggle in the midst of life choices, love, ambition, disappointment, and family and relationship issues.
Stars: Alexandre Slaviero, Edvana Carvalho, Leo Jaime, Jéssica Lobo
Votes: 721
46. Women in Love (2003)
50 min | Drama, Romance
The series surrounds the damaged relationship between a saxophonist and a woman who falls in love with a former boyfriend, whom she had left to marry him.
Stars: Christiane Torloni, José Mayer, Tony Ramos, Rodrigo Santoro
Votes: 578
47. Love and Conspiracy (2007– )
Drama
An ambitious woman abandons her family with their incoming and is pursued by her sister for the reckoning. Things complicate even further when they both fall for the same man.
Stars: Heitor Martinez, Vanessa Gerbelli, Luciano Szafir, Renata Dominguez
Votes: 26
48. The Power of Desire (1999–2000)
45 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Malu Mader, Fábio Assunção, Cláudia Abreu, Lavínia Vlasak
Votes: 169
49. The Restaurateurs (2008– )
Romance
"Água na Boca" is a beautiful love story inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It is still reminded by the audience for its tenderness. This TV Series shows a very soft and happy point of view about loving and living.
Stars: Claudio Jaborandy, Renato Góes, Priscila Sol, Carlos Dias
Votes: 103
50. Uga Uga (2000–2001)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An orphaned young man raised in the wild by an indigenous shaman is found by his grandfather and returned to his estranged family, where he finds himself as heir to their wealth.
Stars: Lima Duarte, Humberto Martins, Vivianne Pasmanter, Marcello Novaes
Votes: 288
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