I Love Portugal 2019 - 2023

Rebel Rio (2011 - 2012)

3.3 /10

Elite Way is one of the most renowned educational institutions in the country, where students have access to high quality education and play sports. Despite the rigid schedule, the richest families in Rio de Janeiro want that their children study in the Elite Way. This is the case of Alice, Diego, Roberta, Carla and Tomás, some rebel teenagers and full of fancies that will discover in music a common goal.

Average Episode Run Time: 43` . Year(s): 2011 - 2012

Director: Margareth Boury , Cris Morena

Stars: Eliana Guttman , Lua Blanco , Sophia Abrahão , Chay Suede , Arthur Aguiar , Mel Fronckowiak

The King of The Cattle (1996 - 1997)

6.2 /10

In the struggle for land a vicious feud erupts between two men, who commit their families to a war without truce. Over two generations they are moved by love and by hatred in this epic saga of love for the land.

Average Episode Run Time: 39` . Year(s): 1996 - 1997

Director: Luiz Fernando Carvalho , Emílio Di Biasi , Carlos Araújo

Stars: Antônio Fagundes , Patricia Pillar , Raul Cortez , Sílvia Pfeifer , Glória Pires , Fábio Assunção

Conta-me Como Foi (2007 - 2023)

0 /10

Conta-me como foi (transl. Tell me how it was) is a Portuguese television drama series which has been broadcast on RTP1 of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal from 2007 to 2011 and since 2019. It recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Lopes (Portuguese: Os Lopes), during the last years of the Estado Novo. In February 2019, RTP announced that the series, after eight years shelved, would be renewed, with the storyline moving firmly into the 1980s. The first episode of the sixth season was broadcast on 7 December 2019 with the Lopes entering 1984.

Average Episode Run Time: 49` . Year(s): 2007 - 2023

Director: Hugo Xavier , Paulo Brito , Miguel Ángel Bernardeau

Stars: Miguel Guilherme , Rita Blanco , Luís Ganito , Catarina Avelar , Rita Brütt , Fernando Pires

Stupid Wife (2022 - 2023)

0 /10

Luíza and Valentina are law students and classmates, but from totally different worlds and personalities. Luiza sees in Valentina all the flaws she believes someone can have, and hates her. One day, however, Luiza wakes up to find herself ten years older and, to her horror, married to Valentina. It turns out that now, Luíza was the victim of a trauma, which she is still unaware of and which led her to a process of Dissociative Amnesia; not remembering her marriage to Valentina, much less her son Leo. In this process, she will need to rediscover herself, who she has become. At the same time, Valentina seeks to win back her wife.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2022 - 2023

Director: Natalie Smith , Priscilla Pugliese , Nathália Sodré

Producer: Rodrigo Tardelli , Taty Charpinel , Priscilla Pugliese

Stars: Priscila Buiar , Priscila Reis , Thomás de Araújo , Ingrid Pedroza , Gabi Lemos , Marcelo Petzen

Chiquititas (2013 - 2015)

5.1 /10

Based on the original version of same name created by Cris Morena, the series tells the story of a group of orphans living in a manor, known as Raio de Luz, struggling and being guided by a young woman, Carol, that assumes a maternal figure for them. Their experiences such as discovering first love, deceptions, loneliness and friendship, as well as adventures in fantasy, are depicted throughout the series. The narrative is followed by musical themes and videoclips.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2013 - 2015

Director: Reynaldo Boury , Cris Morena , Íris Abravanel

Stars: Manuela do Monte , Gabriel Santana , Giovanna Grigio , Carolina Chamberlain , Cinthia Cruz , Filipe Cavalcante

Toma Lá, Dá Cá (2005 - 2009)

7.6 /10

Brazilian comedy about two couples living next to each other in the same building. This show explores the antics between the two couples.

Average Episode Run Time: 39` . Year(s): 2005 - 2009

Director: Cininha de Paula , Mauro Mendonça Filho , Roberto Talma

Producer: Roberto Talma

Stars: Adriana Esteves , Miguel Falabella , Alessandra Maestrini , Diogo Vilela , Marisa Orth , Daniel Torres

The Rich and Lazarus (2017)

7.6 /10

After the death of Joshua, the Hebrew people begin to "go their own way", turning their backs on God and beginning to worship pagan gods. But when the prophet Jeremiah tries to warn them, his own people try to stone him, calling him a traitor and false prophet, but his prophecy is fulfilled with the arrival of King Nebuchadnezzar II and his wife Queen Amytis. And in another part of the story involves the love triangle involving Joana, Zac and Asher, who at the beginning of the novel were childhood friends, but over time the trio is growing and Zac and Asher fall in love with Joan, but she corresponds only to Asher.

Average Episode Run Time: 1hr . Year(s): 2017

Stars: Matheus Costa , Milena Toscano , Dudu Azevedo , Igor Rickli , Guilherme Carvalho

Anything for Love (1997 - 1998)

5.6 /10

Helena is an independendent woman with strong emotions. More than a dedicated mother, she is also a friend to her daughter. Her daughter is experiencing difficulties in her marriage with Marcelo because of his renewed interest in a formoe girlfriend. Marcelo‘s mother deslikes Helena and would like nothing better to see her son‘s marriage destroyed. Helena starts her life over again when she falls in love at first sight with Atilio, whom she marries. Although of poor health, her daughter wants to have a baby, believing that by fulfiling her husband‘s dream, she can save her marriage. As fate would have it, mother and daughter fall pregnant at the same time, each giving birth to a boy.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 1997 - 1998

Director: Paulo Ubiratan , Ary Coslov , Ricardo Waddington

Producer: Ricardo Waddington , Roberto Naar , Roberto Costa

Stars: Regina Duarte , Gabriela Duarte , Antônio Fagundes , Susana Vieira , Fábio Assunção , Vivianne Pasmanter

A Life Worth Living (2019)

6.7 /10

A dreamy seamstress and mother of three's life is turned upside down when she's wrongly diagnosed with a terminal disease along with an actually terminally ill wealthy book publisher.

Average Episode Run Time: 1hr . Year(s): 2019

Director: Paulo Halm , Rosane Svartman

Stars: Grazi Massafera , Antônio Fagundes , Rômulo Estrela , David Junior , Ingrid Guimarães , Fabiula Nascimento

Agora é Que São Elas (2003)

5.5 /10

The synopsis was loosely inspired by an argument by Paulo José called Cidade das Formigas. It was based on what happened in the city of Formiga, in Minas Gerais, where women work for large clothing manufacturers in the country. In Formiga Real, women guarantee a large part of their families' livelihood with this work.

Average Episode Run Time: 40` . Year(s): 2003

Director: Ricardo Linhares

Stars: Débora Falabella , Paulo Vilhena , Vera Fischer , Miguel Falabella , Marisa Orth , Thiago Fragoso

Mulheres Apaixonadas (2003)

7.4 /10

The series surrounds the damaged relationship between a saxophonist and a woman who falls in love for a former boyfriend, whom she had left to marry him.

Average Episode Run Time: 1hr . Year(s): 2003

Director: Ricardo Waddington , Alex Cabral , Fábio Strazzer

Producer: Flávio Nascimento , Mário Jorge , Luiz Antônio Rocha

Stars: Christiane Torloni , José Mayer , Tony Ramos , Camila Pitanga , Rodrigo Santoro , Carolina Dieckmann

Pages of life (2006 - 2007)

6.6 /10

Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.

Average Episode Run Time: 50` . Year(s): 2006 - 2007

Director: Adriano Melo , Luciano Sabino , Maria José Rodrigues

Producer: Guilherme Bokel , Tatiana Poggi , Carlos Herbas

Stars: Regina Duarte , Fernanda Vasconcellos , Lília Cabral , Marcos Caruso , Ana Paula Arósio , Thiago Rodrigues