Best Brazilian romance series
A curated collection of popular romance series from Brazil.

A Terra Prometida (2016)
A Terra Prometida (2016)

Brave Woman (2012)
Brave Woman (2012)
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.

Os Maias (2001)
Os Maias (2001)
Pedro da Maia, meets a beautiful woman called Maria Monforte with whom he gets married despite his father's objection. The marriage produces a son, Carlos Eduardo, and a daughter. Some time later, Maria Monforte falls in love with Tancredo and runs away to Italy with him, taking her daughter along. When Pedro finds out, he goes with his son to his father's house where he commits suicide. Carlos stays at his grandfather's house and is educated by him. Carlos, becomes a doctor and opens his own office. Later he meets a gorgeous woman, Maria Eduarda. The two fall in love and have dozens of nights together. Eventually Carlos finds out later that Maria lied to him about her past and he starts fearing the worst. In the end, Carlos finds out that Maria is his sister. He informs her that they are siblings and that they cannot live like this anymore. Carlos, to forget his tragedies, goes for a trip around the world.

Um Só Coração (2004)
Um Só Coração (2004)
The story takes place between the 1920s and 1950s in Greater São Paulo. Going through historical moments, such as the Week of Modern Art, the Revolution of 1924, the economic crisis of 1929 and the Vargas Era, there is the story of Yolanda Penteado, a young woman from a traditional family of São Paulo's high society, who arouses admirations to go through. She had never been easily involved with any other admirer until she meets Martim, a young medical student who catches her eye. However, he was an advocate of the anarchist movement, causing disapproval of Yolanda's mother, Guiomar, but the two will fight to get together, even with the disapproval of the family.

Desejo (1990)
Desejo (1990)
Set in the early twentieth century and based on real facts, it tells the love story that led to the murder of one of the greatest Brazilian writers: Euclides da Cunha.

Dark Days (2017)
Dark Days (2017)
In 1970, with the conflicts in Brazil due to political repression from the military dictatorship as a background, the inquisitive student Alice and the idealistic doctor Renato fall deeply in love. Their worlds are joined by passion, but they are kept apart for many years by family feuds and a country facing a turmoil that affects lives and dreams.

A Muralha (2000)
A Muralha (2000)
A hundred years after Europeans set foot in the New World, Brazil still remains largely unexplored. The Conquest recounts the saga of the earliest adventurers who wandered through these unknown lands. Jesuit priests, adventurers seeking gold, slaves and indigenous tribes were entangled in unceasing battles, at a time when laws were made by the sharp edge of a sword.
Love in chains (2019)
Love in chains (2019)

A Gata Comeu (1985)
A Gata Comeu (1985)

Perfect Love (2023)
Perfect Love (2023)
A story about love and its different manifestations, told through the little boy Marcelino in search of his biggest dream: to meet his mother. Inspired by a famous book, the plot takes place in the 1940s.

Riacho Doce (1990)
Riacho Doce (1990)

Sex Appeal (1993)
Sex Appeal (1993)
It tells the story of young people who dream of a modeling career and the rise of their lives. It all starts when the Sex Appeal agency, led by Edgar and Cecilia, runs a contest that will award the winner two hundred thousand dollars and the possibility of living abroad. The main competitors are Angel, Vilma, Eva and Claudinha. They will do anything to earn, even things they would never imagine doing.

Chiquinha Gonzaga (1999)
Chiquinha Gonzaga (1999)
It tells the story of Chiquinha Gonzaga, a revolutionary musician who marked the history of music in Brazil, and challenged the social standards of her time. Chiquinha was raised very comfortably and had an excellent education provided by his father, Jose Basileu, who expected his daughter to be a lady of the imperial court. But after listening to songs played in a black yard and influenced by friends, such as composer Joaquim Callado, Chiquinha begins to make compositions mixing polka and lundu. By imposition of her father, Chiquinha is forced to marry Jacinto, with whom she has three children. However, Jacinto forbids her to play, and she decides to separate from her husband, going against social standards. Chiquinha, then, fights for his freedom to play and will live with the great love of his youth, João Batista de Carvalho Jr., with whom he has a daughter, Alice.

Teen Confessions (1994)
Teen Confessions (1994)
The four sisters Diana, Bárbara, Natália and Carol live in the famous neighborhood of Ipanema, in the capital of Rio de Janeiro, and have habits typical of teenagers, such as strolling, dating, shopping, studying and, in addition to discovering the body, information about sex, pregnancy, love and identity crises. Paulo, the single father, even tries to be modern, but his many grimacing attitudes are always in conflict with those of his daughters. The girls Diana and Barbara are daughters of their father's first marriage. Carol is second and Natália is Carol's half sister, Paulo's stepdaughter. With different personalities, the four teenagers complete each other in a bond of friendship, confidences and companionship.
Fanfic Kabbie (2017)
Fanfic Kabbie (2017)

O Tempo e o Vento (1985)
O Tempo e o Vento (1985)
It tells the story of the Camabará family for many generations, which were fundamental to the social and political formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The stories are remembered by Dona Bibiana, who remembers the life of her grandmother Ana, her husband, the Captain Rodrigo, his son Bolivar and his daughter-in-law Luzia.

Canavial de Paixões (2003)
Canavial de Paixões (2003)
Canavial de Paixões is a Brazilian telenovela produced and shown by the Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão from 13 October 2003 through 22 March 2004. Based the original text of Caridad Bravo Adams, it was translated into the Portuguese for Enrique Zambelli and Simoni Boer, with supervision of text of Ecila Pedroso and general direction of teledramaturgia of David Grimberg. It had 118 chapters.Bianca Castanho and Gustavo Haddad are the main protagonists. Débora Duarte, Helena Fernandes, Oscar Magrini are the main antagonists.

Another Power (2009)
Another Power (2009)
The story begins in Palermo. An attempt is prepared and a man is killed. The victim is in Italy. It is Tony Castellammare, a Brazilian of Italian origin, who is suspected of having links with the mafia. But the crime is intercepted by Teo, a delegate of the Brazilian Federal Police and the head of the operation that investigates a powerful drug trafficking connection. In a quick action, the delegate, Tony avoids the death of a bomb in his car, but he cannot avoid the worst tragedy. Countess Marina di Salaparuta, Tony's wife and her twin daughters are killed in a terrible criminal explosion. Tony can't get there in time to prevent it and sees his family die. Grief-stricken, Tony discovers that the order to kill him came from Brazil and decides to take revenge.

Tereza Batista (1992)
Tereza Batista (1992)

Vitória (2014)
Vitória (2014)

Perigosas Peruas (1992)
Perigosas Peruas (1992)

Vida Nova (1988)
Vida Nova (1988)

Vereda Tropical (1984)
Vereda Tropical (1984)

Wounded Past (2016)
Wounded Past (2016)
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.

Mulher (1998)
Mulher (1998)
The whole story develops from the doctor Martha, who has worked for 40 years, always at the same clinic in Rio de Janeiro. She knows Cris and realizes that she has found a successor. Then begins the friendship of the two, who try to practice their profession with the utmost ethics, despite the owner of the clinic, who is always trying to say, save.

Luna Caliente (1999)
Luna Caliente (1999)
Ramiro is a 40-year-old lawyer and university professor who returns to Brazil after eight years of exile in France as a result of the military dictatorship. Recently separated from Dora, he meets Elisa, the youngest daughter of a couple of friends of his parents, who will turn his life upside down.

Aquarela do Brasil (2000)
Aquarela do Brasil (2000)
