The 20 best telenovelas (soap operas) I have watched partially or full
by guisreis | created - 22 Sep 2013 | updated - 05 Sep 2021 | Public- Genres
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1. Roque Santeiro (1985–1986)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After 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.
Stars: Lima Duarte, José Wilker, Regina Duarte, Ary Fontoura
Votes: 625
2. Tieta (1989–1990)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Tieta'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.
Stars: Reginaldo Faria, Claudia Ohana, José Lewgoy, José de Abreu
Votes: 474
3. Que Rei Sou Eu? (1989– )
Adventure, Comedy
In 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.
Stars: Soraya Ravenle, Monique Lafond, Hilda Rebello, Stênio Garcia
Votes: 168
4. 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, Carlos Alberto Riccelli
Votes: 459
5. Pedra Sobre Pedra (1992)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Resplendor, 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.
Stars: Selton Mello, David Cardoso, Eduardo Moscovis, Adriana Esteves
Votes: 227
6. O Salvador da Pátria (1989– )
50 min | Drama, Romance
Innocent farm worker Sassá Mutema becomes the town hero and a political candidate after he's wrongfully accused of murdering a famous radio broadcaster who used his radio program to deceive and manipulate his listeners.
Stars: Lima Duarte, Francisco Cuoco, Maitê Proença, Betty Faria
Votes: 144
7. 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: 427
8. Brazil Avenue (2012)
45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A 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.
Stars: Adriana Esteves, Débora Falabella, Murilo Benício, Marcello Novaes
Votes: 2,493
9. 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: 506
10. Mandala (1987– )
50 min | Drama, Romance
In this modern take on the Oedipus the King tragedy, a young man struggles against his own destiny after he is doomed by a prophecy to kill his father and fall in love for his own mother.
Stars: Vera Fischer, Paulo César Peréio, Marcos Palmeira, Nuno Leal Maia
Votes: 62
11. 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: 433
12. 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: 293
13. Carrusel (1989–1990)
45 min | Drama, Family
The differences between the upper and lower classes of Mexican society in an elementary school.
Stars: Gabriela Rivero, Augusto Benedico, Armando Calvo, Joseph Birch
Votes: 777
14. 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: 615
15. Renascer (1993)
50 min | Drama, Romance
A wealthy cocoa bean farmer with a mysterious connection with nature holds a grudge against his youngest son, since his mother died during childbirth. Things complicate when they both fall for the same woman.
Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, José Wilker, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Patrícia França
Votes: 238
16. Vamp (1991–1992)
45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
After making a Faustian bargain with a vampire for fame, a regretful young singer must find a sacred, lost artifact that might revert the curse.
Stars: Patricya Travassos, Reginaldo Faria, Joana Fomm, Ney Latorraca
Votes: 379
17. 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: 749
18. 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: 645
19. Rainha da Sucata (1990)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Ênio Santos, Fernanda Montenegro, Claudia Ohana, Marília Pêra
Votes: 213
20. 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: 787
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