Movies and TV shows like The Favorite

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The Favorite (2008)
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The Favorite (2008)
Original name: A Favorita
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: A Favorita is a telenovela, first broadcast in Brazil at Rede Globo from June 2, 2008 to January 17, 2009. A Favorita storylines examine two friends, Donatela and Flora, who became rivals. One of them committed a crime and is lying, so there are two versions of the same story. The series was originally screened as six episodes per week, from Monday to Saturday, with an average running time of one hour. Created by writer João Emanuel Carneiro, A Favorita has remained significant in terms of Globo's success and audience share, and also in Brazilian television drama history, tackling many controversial and taboo issues previously unseen on mainstream television in Brazil. It made history for being the first telenovela where the public did not know who was the villain and who was telling the truth.
Style: novela, soap opera, surprise ending, twisted, telenovela
Plot: revenge, whodunit, prison, injustice, rivalry, sex, lesbian, serial killer, strong female lead, psychopath, violence, murder, jealousy, homosexuality, lesbianism, mental illness, insanity, vengeance, drug use, infidelity, female protagonist, villainess, female rivalry, ex convict, female villain ...
Place: sao paulo brazil
Keyword: brazilian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out novela, telenovela, soap opera and captivating films and TV series with plots about murder, revenge, novel, family relations, vengeance, rivalry and female protagonist mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Favorite: Flames of Life (2008), Brazil Avenue (2012), Passione (2010), The Next Victim (1995), The King of the Cattle (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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95%
Brazil Avenue (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Brazil Avenue is a dynamic, lifelike, and modern telenovela that reveals how unrelenting ambition and inflicted cruelty can change a young girl’s destiny and lead her to seek revenge.
Style: novela, serious, captivating, realistic, soap opera ...
Plot: revenge, love triangle, femme fatale, female protagonist, betrayal, danger, rivalry, step parent, dishonesty, hidden identity, righting the wronged, false identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
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91%
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Passione (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: The rough efforts of an ambitious young woman of poor origin, a she enters the life of an Italian man, son of a wealthy Brazilian family.
Style: novela, soap opera, suspense, serious, captivating ...
Plot: ambition, revenge, betrayal, sister sister relationship, wealth, murder, twists and turns, bare chested male, villain as protagonist, female villain, villainess, stealing ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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 ⇓
84%
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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
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77%
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Celebrity (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, ...
Style: novela, soap opera, captivating, romantic, suspense ...
Plot: rivalry, competition, revenge, conspiracy, revenge plot, relationship problems, romantic rivalry, love and romance, evil plot, celebrity, mitsubishi, success ...
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77%
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The Party (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A huge party with guests who are hiding secrets and desires ends with a body floating in the pool: a murder where everyone is a suspect.
Style: suspenseful, tense, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: murder mystery, family secret, police investigation, murder, investigation, chase, name calling, police officer, death, vengeance, revenge, evidence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Ambitious Women (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: In Ambitious Women, all levels of ambition are revealed in a plot full of greed, revenge and struggle for power, through the conflicts of three strong women with very different personalities.
Style: novela, soap opera, telenovela
Plot: ambition, female protagonist, lesbian, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, fight, female female kiss
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68%
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Burning Hearts (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Tancinha is a charming fruit seller known for her hot temper who gets torn between an explosive relationship with passionate truck driver Apolo, her neighbor and childhood sweetheart, and an irresistible attraction for Beto, a lady-killer who will ...
Style: novela, humorous, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, mother child relationship, father daughter relationship, teenager, love, family relations, friendship, jealousy, couples, male female relationship, youth, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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Cornered (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Acorralada is an American telenovela produced by Venevisión. Univision aired Acorralada from January 2007 to October 2007 on weekday afternoons at 2 pm central. It was rebroadcast in late 2011 through April 2012 on Univision's sister network, ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, serious, soap opera ...
Plot: male female relationship, revenge, betrayal, rivalry, love, conspiracy, family feud, villainess, dysfunctional family, murder, framed for murder, rape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.9
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Missing (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: The Altamira family celebrate Mariuno's birthday. Elisa and her cousins ask for permission to go dancing at a new club in town.
Style: suspense, novela, scary, rough, sinister ...
Plot: female killer, psychopath, whodunit, kidnapper, villainess, tragedy, kidnapping, deception, murder, mysterious event, mysterious disappearance, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Revenge (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.
Style: captivating, serious, soap opera, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: high society, vengeance, pretense, hidden identity, strong female character, twists and turns, revenge, enemy, half sister, suspicion, haunted by the past, victim ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Land of Desire (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: The saga of a woman, guided by the power of love and moved by the desire for justice, who crosses paths with a family divided by ambition and many secrets.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, novela ...
Plot: revenge, male female relationship, couple relations, life is a bitch, couples, vengeance, woman, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, relationship problems, bare chested male, gay ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Edge of Desire (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A young man falls for a seductive, confident woman who performs as a mermaid, and actually believes to be one.
Style: novela, soap opera, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: professional wrestling, police, police officer, female antagonist, female fighter, criminal, female protagonist, strong female lead, ambition, direction and purpose, ambitious woman, multiple storylines ...
Time: 2010s
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Rules of the Game (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Discussing the limits between good and bad, the plot is set in Rio de Janeiro and tells the story of Romero Rômulo (Alexandre Nero), an ex-politician that has a life less obvious then it seems.
Style: novela, soap opera, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: police, hostage, murder, death, crime boss, love, violence, murder investigation, mysterious villain, family relations, mystery killer, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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
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Stepmother (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points. ...
Style: soap opera, novela, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: false accusation, murder, secret, jail, relationships, framed for murder, family relations, murderer, dysfunctional marriage, murder mystery, accused of murder, male female relationship ...
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Burning for Revenge (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Fuego en la sangre is a telenovela that began transmissions on January 21, 2008, through Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas network. Starring Adela Noriega, Eduardo Yáñez, Diana Bracho, and Guillermo García Cantú. It is the Mexican remake of ...
Style: captivating, sincere, serious, suspenseful, soap opera ...
Plot: love triangle, love interest, murder, revenge, husband wife relationship, betrayal, vengeance, infidelity, brother brother relationship, loveless marriage, damsel in distress, deception ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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 ⇓
47%
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Viso d'angelo (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Story: TV miniseries in four parts. A serial killer mysteriously leaves a signature species, a rosary in the hands of his victims. Inspector Roberto Parisi, a specialist in this type of crime, but that hides a dark past, will be responsible for conducting ...
Style: unusual plot structure, contemplative, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, police detective, homicide detective, murder, heroes, victim, society, vengeance, chase, who done it, partners against crime ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Return (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Choi Ja-Hye is a lawyer and Dokgo Young is a detective with a hot temper. They work together on a murder case where the suspects are children from the elite class.
Style: suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense, captivating ...
Plot: murder, revenge, who done it, partner, vengeance, partners against crime, evidence, chase, interrogation, police detective, investigation, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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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%
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Empire (2014)
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 ...
Style: novela, soap opera, telenovela
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Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Mindhunter (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Style: psychological thriller, detective, psychological, thought provoking, crime drama ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, psychology, fbi, police, serial murder, murderer, criminal psychologist, police investigation, killings, fbi agent, murder ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Secret Smile (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: When Miranda splits up with her creepy boyfriend Brendan because he attacked her she finds out that he is now going out with her sister Kerry and later proposes to her. Miranda warns her sister, as Brendan swims his way into their family ruining ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stalking, murder of wife, psychopath, obsession, policewoman, manipulation, investigation, dishonesty, danger, couples, teenage life, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Behind Closed Doors (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: La Casa de al Lado is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. This mystery is a remake of Chilean telenovela La familia de al lado produced by TVN in 2010-2011 and is being adapted by the ...
Style: captivating, serious, sentimental, suspense, novela ...
Plot: family feud, rivalry, family problems, couples, family life, couple relations, uncover truth, estate, family in crisis, dishonesty, femme fatale, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
An Inconvenient Woman (1991)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 182 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the novel by Dominick Dunne, this movie tells the story of an affair between a wealthy heir, Jules and the mistress he has kept for 18 years, Vicki. Jules' wife Betsy is aware of the affair as their marriage is one of convenience but ...
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: murder, infidelity, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, media, betrayal, investigation, journalism, affair, deadly
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.0
 8K
The Chalet (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: A reunion of childhood friends at a remote chalet in the French Alps soon turns into a desperate struggle for survival as they get cut-off from rest of the world and a shocking dark secret from the past surfaces.
Style: tense, touching, enigmatic, suspense, dark ...
Plot: friendship, isolation, small town, betrayal, childhood trauma, childhood friend, childhood memory, dark secret, secret, death, danger, murder ...
Time: year 1997, 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.6
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Birthmarked (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story: After the death of her mother, a young woman embarks on a hunt for several men, who appear to be connected by a piece of music, which she plays to each of them over the phone, before killing them.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, vengeance, law enforcement, rivalry, female assassin, mysticism, musician, nypd, diary, fictional country ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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