Movies and TV shows like Empire 2014

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Empire (2014)
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Empire (2014)
Original name: Império
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: José Alfredo is a man of humble origins who has always strived to do his best and spent his life building an empire. When he is still young, he suffers from a broken heart and from then on, he begins to take advantage of the people and opportunities he encounters. In a twist of fate, José Alfredo finds himself in the midst of the black market for precious stones and becomes a diamond smuggler. In Switzerland, he meets Maria Marta who comes from a traditional but bankrupt family and the two unite forces in a marriage of interests.
Style: novela, soap opera, telenovela
Plot: gay, business, painter, schizophrenia, obsession, millionaire, wealth, transvestite, smuggling, blogger, father daughter relationship, diamond, gay relationship, butler, brother sister relationship, painting, gay slur, patriarchy, suburbs, patriarch, gay couple, steward, gay father, cousin cousin relationship, presumed dead ...
Time: 2010s

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Most similar movies to Empire

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out novela, soap opera, telenovela and captivating films and TV series with plots about novel, family relations, love triangle, male female relationship, family problems, female protagonist and relationships mostly in Romance, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Empire: Trail of Lies (2013), Second chance (2005), Pages of Life (2006), Snakes & Lizards (2006), Tangled Hearts (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Trail of Lies (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: Trail of Lies is a story of love and ambition centered on Paloma (Paolla Oliveira), who lives in conflict with her family. Secretly adopted, she learns the truth from her conniving brother Félix (Mateus Solano), who wishes to eliminate her at any ...
Style: novela, soap opera, sincere, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: absent father, adoption, family relations, revenge, abandoned baby, dysfunctional family, love, gay father, gay interest, burned alive, sex, ghost ...
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100%
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Second chance (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: El cuerpo del Deseo also known as Second Chance is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo and Film in Florida. This limited-run series is about a man who comes back from the dead and discovers dark secrets about his beautiful widow. The ...
Style: novela, soap opera, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: reincarnation, betrayal, back from the dead, secret, cheating girlfriend, male female relationship, adultery, wealthy family, family problems, family secret, relationship problems, novel
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48%
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Pages of Life (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Páginas da Vida is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from July 10, 2006 to March 2, 2007, totaling 203 chapters. The plot featured Regina Duarte as the protagonist, Lília Cabral as the antagonist, and Fernanda ...
Style: novela, soap opera, captivating, romantic, sincere ...
Plot: motherhood, illness, family problems, love and romance, family relations, twins separated at birth, foster home, relationships, social problems, relationship problems, romantic relationship, family secret ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Snakes & Lizards (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Cobras & Lagartos is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from April 24 and November 18, 2006, totaling 179 chapters. Featured Mariana Ximenes, Daniel de Oliveira, Lázaro Ramos, Henri Castelli, Taís Araújo and ...
Style: novela, soap opera, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: mistaken identity, love triangle, millionaire, fortune, inheritance, wealth, ambition, presumed dead, business, homicide, airplane crash, female protagonist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Tangled Hearts (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: This Brazilian soap opera is about three orphans and a girl who spent part of their childhood together, reunite after years when they're already grown. Old feelings will arise and new discoveries will happen about these kids' pasts and ...
Style: novela, captivating, light, romantic, entertaining ...
Plot: orphan, male female relationship, rebellion, love and romance, relationships, love story, romantic relationship, love interest, love affair, couple relations, reunited friends, lgbt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Blanco's Widow (2006)
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: A mysterious woman arrives in the town of Trinidad looking for her past. After years of imprisonment for a crime she did not commit, the beautiful widow Alicia Guardiola returns to claim her twin boys, who are being raised by their grandmother, the ...
Style: novela, telenovela
Plot: novel
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Looks and Essence (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Looks and Essence is a telenovela that explores the issue of modern-day values. Griselda is a tough, hard-working handywoman who managed to raise her three children on her own. She struggles to make ends meet but after winning the lottery tensions ...
Style: novela, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, telenovela
Plot: female protagonist, family relations, social problems, money problems, social satire, single mother, intrigue, social relations, family problems, lifestyle change, parents and children, money ...
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Next Victim (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next.
Style: novela, soap opera, neo noir, telenovela
Plot: serial killer, city life, urban, marriage crisis, crime investigation, italian restaurant, cheating, misery, villain, scandal, investigation, pizza ...
Place: sao paulo, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Xica da Silva (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In the Colonial Brazil, a smart, sassy and sensual slave rises to become a queen as an important contractor falls for her, all for the anger of a woman obsessed with him.
Style: novela, soap opera, telenovela
Plot: slavery, rags to riches, bare chested male, obsession, female nudity, witch, male nudity, coven, promiscuity, murder, interrogation, surrealism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Oath of Love (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Juro que te amo is a Mexican telenovela produced by Martha Patricia López de Zatarain for Televisa in 2008, starring young actress Ana Brenda Contreras. The show is a domestic drama about a wealthy family who loses everything and finds that they ...
Style: soap opera, novela, telenovela
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The King of the Cattle (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: O Rei do Gado is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and displayed by Rede Globo, 17 June 1996 to February 15, 1997, totaling 209 chapters and 130 in the original version of the SIC in Portugal.
Style: novela, soap opera, telenovela
Plot: cattle, rivalry, love triangle, star crossed lovers, patriarchy, patriarch, ambush, politician, murder, ambition, activism, domestic violence ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Spring (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In the village of San Andres, the rivalry between two families the Valdes and the Ramirez is centered on "El Manantial", a beautiful fountain of water that happens to bathe the small property of the Valdes and not the neighboring ranch, ...
Style: soap opera, novela, telenovela
Plot: rivalry
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Secrets of Sand (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the rivalry between the twin sisters Ruth and Raquel takes place in the fictional Pontal D'Areia, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro. They have very different personalities. Ruth is sweet, calm and has a good heart. Raquel, on the ...
Style: novela, soap opera, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Plot: romantic triangle, twin sister, true love, family relations, second chance, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, rivalry, tragic love, novel
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Orphans of a Nation (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Victim of a devastating bombing, a young Syrian woman agrees to marry a powerful sheikh in exchange for the money needed to save her agonizing brother. But everything changes when the boy dies and the girl must flee with her family to start a new ...
Style: novela, psychological, realistic, disturbing, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: refugee, fall in love, male female relationship, love, couples, danger, brother sister relationship, society, destiny, rescue, sapphic, female villain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: syria
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Mild Poison (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Suave Veneno is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired on TV Globo in January 18 to September 18, 1999, in time from 21 hours, a total of 209 chapters. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva with help of Angela Carneiro, Maria Helena Nascimento, ...
Style: soap opera, novela, telenovela
Plot: diamonds, obsessive love, unrequited love, infidelity, father son relationship, love triangle, car accident, revenge, father daughter relationship, motel, patriarchy, patriarch ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
River of Intrigues (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: River of intrigues is a historic town with beautiful landscape and a river where people practice sports. Despite its beautiful scenery, the city`s main asset is its different inhabitants. Intrigue, confusion and a lot of passion heat up / warm up ...
Style: soap opera, novela, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: social problems, investigation, business, relationships, problem, police detective, small town life, businesswoman, teamwork, female protagonist
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30%
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Family Ties (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A mature and successful woman, Helena becomes involved with Edu, who is twenty years her junior. She battles prejudice in order to live her love, but their romance fizzles out when she realizes that her daughter Camila has also fallen in love with ...
Style: novela, soap opera, romantic, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: love triangle, star crossed lovers, forbidden love, marriage, jealousy, family relations, secret, infidelity, mother daughter relationship, death, leukemia, horse ...
Place: rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Irrational Heart (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: Insensato Coração is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 2011.
Style: novela, soap opera, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: unrequited love, brother brother relationship, pilot, aviation, tragic love, unfulfilled love, family problems, brothers, male female relationship, family relations, gay, unfaithfulness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Prisoner (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Wrongfully accused of a crime she didn't commit, 13 year old Guadalupe Santos is sentenced to 30 years in jail, while in jail she gives birth to a baby girl who is taken from her by her older sister Milagros. 15 years later she escapes jail and ...
Style: novela, soap opera, telenovela
Plot: prison gang, rape, nun, female bully, priest, female friendship, women's prison, young mother, prison, class differences, birth mother, falsely accused ...
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30%
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Humble Maria (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: María la del barrio, the third telenovela in the Las Tres Marías trilogy, is a Mexican telenovela starring Thalía, Fernando Colunga, Itatí Cantoral, Ricardo Blume, Irán Eory and the young actors Ludwika Paleta & Osvaldo Benavides. It ...
Style: novela, soap opera, hispanic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: social climbing, rich and poor, social relations, godparent, couples, love and romance, rivalry, family disapproval, social differences, family relations, orphan, novel
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Beyond the Horizon (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Style: novela, psychological, captivating, thrilling, soap opera ...
Plot: search for father, female protagonist, family problems, family relations, relationship problems, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, moral dilemma, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, widow
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Caribbean Flower (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: Cassiano, an air force pilot, and Ester, a tourist guide, fall madly in love at a young age. Their love grows throughout the years until they fall victim to a treacherous plot carried out by Alberto. This unscrupulous friend, who secretly loves the ...
Style: novela, entertaining, scenic, soap opera, telenovela
Plot: betrayal by friend, rivals, jealousy, love and romance, getting home, love triangle, friendship, friends in love, best friend, romantic triangle, friends, couple relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Paradise City (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Style: soap opera, novela, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: forbidden love, relationship problems, family problems, love triangle, in love, love story, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dysfunctional family, lovers apart, star crossed lovers, couples ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Women in Love (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Mulheres Apaixonadas is a Brazilian soap opera which originally aired on Rede Globo from February 17, 2003 to October 11, 2003. A total of 203 episodes were created for the series.
Style: novela, soap opera, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: love triangle, marriage, obsession, husband wife relationship, infidelity, love story, ex couple relations, relationships, love affair, couple relations, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love and romance ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Port of Miracles (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Porto dos Milagres is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 February to 29 September 2001, totaling 203 chapters. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares and loosely based on two works written by Jorge ...
Style: novela, soap opera, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
Plot: fictional city, intrigue, love affair, relationships, love triangle, lifestyle, love interest, couple relations, love and romance, male female relationship, love story, novel
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Flames of Life (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: This telenovela is full of secrets. The plot releases love stories, hate, friendship, revenge, friendship, hate and many surprises. The exciting story of Flame of Life shows a love growing interest started in two childhood friends who haven’t ...
Style: novela, soap opera, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: revenge, mystery killer, chase, mental illness, family relations, psychopath, murder, death, infidelity, pedophilia, prostitute, overdose ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Forever Yours (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 67 min.
TV show
Story: Por Siempre mi Amor is an upcoming Mexican telenovela to be produced by Ignacio Sada Madero for Televisa. It is a remake of Mi Segunda Madre, produced by Juan Osorio. in 1990 Canal de las Estrellas will broadcast Mi Segunda Madre after Corazón ...
Style: novela, telenovela
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Esmeralda (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in 1984. One of the most famous ...
Style: soap opera, novela, telenovela
Plot: fall in love, switched at birth, chauvinist, blind girl, blindness, blind woman, love
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Enchanted Tale (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: Cordel Encantando is an epic telenovela encircled by castles, kings and outlaws that tells a majestic love story between Azucena and Jesuino: two noble spirited young people who are unaware of their true origins. Beautiful Azucena and her hero ...
Style: novela, fairy tale, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: save the kingdom, fantasy world, king, intrigue, father daughter relationship, kingdom, palace intrigue, family problems, conspiracy, royal family, novel
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Marimar (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Story of love between Marimar and Sergio. Sergio is from a wealthy family, and Marimar lives with her poor grandparents in a hut in front of the ocean.
Style: novela, entertaining, soap opera, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot: marriage, relationships, couple relations, family problems, love, male female relationship, family relations, love affair, beach, sea, novel, hut ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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