Best Portuguese drama series

Vidago Palace (2017)

Vidago Palace has the background of the year 1936 and tells us a love story between two young people from different classes, ready to face all obstacles.

Abandonados (2022)

Based on real facts, recalls the alliance between Portuguese, Timorese and Australians against a common enemy that did not hesitate to commit the greatest atrocities against the local populations and against all those who opposed him.

Lines of Wellington (2013)

In the autumn of 1810, the French forces of Marshal Masséna are invading Portugal and are temporarily halted by the Anglo-Portuguese army under Viscount Wellington at the Battle of Bussaco. As winter approaches, Wellington withdraws his troops towards the fortifications he has prepared in secret at the Lines of Torres Vedras. Using a scorched earth defense, he forces the inhabitants to evacuate the land, destroying all supplies that could be useful to the French. We see the effects on combatants, both regular soldiers and guerrillas, and on the civilian population.

Ouro Verde (2017)

Zé Maria Magalhães is an innocent young man who, suddenly, sees his dreams and family destroyed by a man's greed: Miguel Ferreira da Fonseca, a powerful banker. For 15 years, Zé Maria is forced to remain hidden, in a life of lies, in another country, imprisoned by the memories of the past, having to assume a new identity. Today, he is a great farmer, owner of the Ouro Verde empire, known as Jorge Monforte, and has become one of the richest men in Brazil. The course of time only fueled his desire for revenge, making him lose the sense of right and wrong and the ability to love. Fifteen years later, he returns to Portugal, ready to avenge the past and destroy Miguel Ferreira da Fonseca.

Quer o Destino (2020)

A story of love and revenge of a woman who, as an adult, returns to the place where she was raped and where she will be surprised with her ability to overcome.

Double Game (2017)

The story of João and Margarida happens between Macao and Portugal. The young lovers were separated when they were teenagers and they find each other in Macao after many years. João has changed his life and he is now a rich mafia casino boss that, after the encounter with Margarida, decides to return to Portugal to reconquer her.

Ninguém Como Tu (2005)

A Herança (2025)

It is possible to start over even after experiencing hell. An unexpected inheritance and a crime give an unjustly treated woman the opportunity to change her life.

The Gipsy Heiress (2017)

Duarte Alvarenga is a man with a model family and a great fortune, but who lost his wife and baby girl. Luz is an exotic beauty raised by a Gypsy family after she was kidnapped as a baby. When Luz inherits a large fortune, she gets mixed up in the world of drug trafficking, love, and mystery.

On Thin Ice (2019)

Filled with noble characters and locations, “Na Corda Bamba” strives for constant surprise and addresses a universal question: How far would you be willing to go to make a dream come true?

Value of Life (2018)

Artur and Carolina, who do not know each other, wake up on the same day from altered states of consciousness that left them out of life for many years. Both feel out of place in the world in which they wake up.

Amar Depois de Amar (2019)

"Amar Depois de Amar" tells the story of four great passions and the crime they unleash between the Macedo family and the Oliveira family.

The Pretender (2016)

An airplane disappears mysteriously; on board was Verónica, the twin sister of Vitória, the victim of a fraud by a millionaire. Presumed dead, Verónica assumes the identity of her sister and plans to avenge herself on the entrepreneur's family, finding a strong opponent in his wife Diana.

Timeless Love (2023)

Catarina embarks on a dangerous journey to find who made her mother vanish. The Torres family seems to be the obvious suspect, but within them there's Vasco, the love of Catarina's life. Two opposed sides connected by love.

Broken Bonds (2020)

Maria Rita is a pastor in the Covilhã area who goes to Aveiro in search of her origins, and where she falls in love with David, a lawyer who has a relationship with Vera. Vera is the daughter of Henrique, a man blinded by the business he inherited from previous generations, and he does not look at the means to achieve his ends. She gets involved with Arthur, who helps her with her antics, while obsessing over her boyfriend David.

Heart and Soul (2018)

"Alma e Coração" is a story about the impossibility of escaping from who we are and our past. The plot portrays the need to love and be loved, as well as the black man of human nature, the power of self-preservation and the awareness that we are able to do for revenge.

Blood Ties (2010)

In 1984, two sisters, Inês and Marta, fall into the strong currents of a river while fighting each other over a doll. Their father manages to save Inês, the oldest of the two, but Marta is nowhere to be found and is presumed dead. Their mother, pregnant of a boy, witnesses everything, and grieves the death of her husband (who died rescuing his daughters), and supposedly, of her youngest daughter.In the current day, Inês is a strong, kind person, who owns the M restaurant with her mother. She's in love with João, a doctor that constantly volunteers to partake in humanitarian causes. When he returns from one of those campaigns in the Amazon, he realizes how much he truly loves Inês, and proposes to her, to which she says yes. However, their happyness is ruined by multiple tragedies going on in their lives, such as João's grandfather suffering a stroke and, during their wedding announcement dinner, João's sister being fatally shot in the sequence of a robbery. Meanwhile, Marta, Inês' missing and presumed dead sister, lives her life as Diana, a pretty but power-hungry lady that pities her vulgar life. After the accident with her and Inês, - whose resulting shock made her lose her memory about her past - she was found, adopted by a new family, whom, moments before finding her, had been mourning their own dead child. Diana doesn't know anything about her real family, until she hears a conversation between her adoptive parents that reveals the secret. She then remembers everything, and searches for her biological family, which she eventually finds and swears one thing: revenge. Particularly on Inês, whom she promises that she'll take everything away from her (from her material goods, to her own boyfriend João) and live the life that she believes her sister stole from her.

A Banqueira do Povo (1993)

A Serra (2021)

Forever (2021)

Pedro’s life has always been shrouded in mystery. He was abandoned as a child and grew up in a church. The only thing that has ever made sense to him is his first love; Clara. Clara comes from a high-class family. Her father cannot accept her relationship and sets a trap that will tear them apart forever. A tragic accident will force Pedro to flee without explanation.But destiny will bring them back together. Clara has to rebuild her life and returns to her childhood city. Pedro wants to find the answers to his biggest existential questions; who is his family and why was he abandoned? When he arrives in his native city, he meets Clara and discovers that she is engaged to his biological brother. No matter the cost, Pedro will try to get her back and discover the truth about his past.

Vila Faia (1982)

Olhos de Água (2001)

Olhos nos Olhos (2008)

Palavras Cruzadas (1987)

Projeto Delta (2023)

Violeta lives obsessed with finding out what lies behind her father's apparent suicide attempt, and the meaning of "LIRA."

Blue Lisbon (2019)

How far can a father go to guarantee a world of happiness to his daughter? On the day when everything changes and the past emerges, a family adrift and its network of unlikely friends will be reunited in Lisbon. A Blue Lisbon, full of undoing knots.

O Beijo do Escorpião (2014)

Saber Amar (2003)

Subsolo (2018)

Five young people explore new perspectives and experiences in marginal Lisbon. As they seek to integrate into an established social structure, at night they walk on the ground where all their inner impulses flow.

Até Amanhã, Camaradas (2005)