Novela movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant novela movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out novela, captivating, disturbing, psychological, romantic and realistic films and TV shows about / with family relations, soap, love and romance, love affair, family problems, love story, male female relationship, couple relations, love and female protagonist plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in Brazil, Mexico and other countries.
novela

TOP 10 movies tagged as novela: India: A Love Story (2009), Women in Love (2003), The Favorite (2008), Brazil Avenue (2012), The Clone (2001), America (2005), Empire (2014), Rules of the Game (2015), Shades of Sin (2004), Pages of Life (2006).
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List of novela movies

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, and "untouchable" man.
Style:
novela, captivating, sentimental, touching, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
culture clash, forbidden love, couple relations, couples, family problems, social differences, love and romance, society, fall in love, parents and children, love, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, latin america, asia, brazil, mumbai india ...
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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, serious, realistic, captivating, romantic
Plot:
love triangle, abusive husband, marriage, obsession, husband wife relationship, infidelity, love story, ex couple relations, couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
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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 ...
Style:
novela, surprise ending
Plot:
revenge, injustice, whodunit, prison, rivalry, infidelity, ex convict, femme fatale, serial killer, insanity, vengeance, mental illness ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, 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, exciting ...
Plot:
revenge, femme fatale, betrayal, step parent, rivalry, love triangle, righting the wronged, mysterious character, dishonesty, hidden identity, inheritance, false identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
O Clone is a Brazilian TV Series/Telenovela that ran on the Rede Globo Network from October 1, 2001 to June 15, 2002, airing 221 episodes.
Style:
romantic, novela, emotional, sexy, philosophical ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love triangle, loveless marriage, love, marriage, unfulfilled love, true love, against the rules, muslim, temptation, cloning, love story ...
Place:
morocco, brazil
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381

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
América is a Brazilian telenovela that was originally broadcast in 2005 by Rede Globo. The telenovela focused on the life of an illegal immigrant to the United States and the lives of those she left behind in Brazil. It stars Deborah Secco and ...
Style:
novela, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
illegal immigration, immigration, lolita, countryside, illegal immigrant, dream, social problems, aspiration, emigration, emigrant, changing lives, suspense ...
Place:
mexico, brazil, miami, rio de janeiro, usa
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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
Plot:
millionaire, patriarchy, wealth, painting, obsession, father daughter relationship, transvestite, schizophrenia, painter, fake death, suburbs, smuggling ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, 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, humorous, tense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
police, crime boss, violence, murder, love, death, family relations, mysterious villain, murder investigation, hostage, mystery killer, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Da Cor do Pecado is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo in the traditional schedule of 19 hours between January 26 and August 28, 2004 with 185 chapters.
Style:
novela, psychological, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
love triangle, secret, love story, romantic triangle, satire, couples, star crossed lovers, love affair, in love, romantic relationship, rich and poor, love interest ...
Place:
brazil
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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, sincere, romantic, captivating
Plot:
illness, motherhood, family relations, love and romance, family problems, twins separated at birth, relationships, romantic relationship, parents and children, foster home, relationship problems, family secret ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and ...
Style:
novela, captivating, sexy, humorous, disturbing
Plot:
passion, rivalry, rivals, manipulative woman, showdown, ambition, ambitious woman, power, manipulative person, twin sister, sister sister relationship, manipulative behavior ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
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229

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Duas Caras is a Brazilian television drama that was broadcast by Rede Globo in 2007 and 2008.
Style:
novela, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
false identity, revenge, love triangle, suspense, vengeance, female protagonist, money problems, unrequited love, unfulfilled love, male female relationship, family relations, relationships ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
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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, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
brother brother relationship, aviation, pilot, tragic love, family relations, family problems, suspense, brothers, unfulfilled love, male female relationship, unrequited love, revenge ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Horror, 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, sincere, captivating, disturbing, humorous
Plot:
absent father, family relations, adoption, dysfunctional family, abandoned baby, revenge, gay father, love, gay interest, burned alive, jealousy, gay lead character ...
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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, realistic, emotional, serious
Plot:
family relations, social relations, orphan, rivalry, love and romance, godparent, social climbing, rich and poor, social differences, couples, family disapproval
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Chocolate com Pimenta is a Brazilian novela, cast in the roaring 1920s, starring Mariana Ximenes and Murilo Benício. It was produced and broadcast by Rede Globo in 2003. It was written by Walcyr Carrasco and directed by Jorge Fernando.
Style:
novela, captivating, psychological, disturbing, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
class differences, small town, widow, vanity, chocolate, relationship problems, satire, family business, love affair, male female relationship, relationships, family relations ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Monarchists and republicans meet in Araruna, a small fictional town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886. The novel portrays the love story of the beautiful and wealthy Sinhá Moça - daughter of the slave, Barão Ferreira de Araruna, and sweet ...
Style:
novela, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
fighting the system, high society, male female relationship, slave trader, social problems, slave, society, romantic relationship, slave auction, social relations, slavery, slave trade ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Brazilian telenovela based on the 1985 telenovela of the same name.
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, novela ...
Plot:
contests and competitions, ambition, intrigue, desire for fame, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, love and romance, fall in love, blind ambition, couples, fashion, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
"Sparkling Girls" centers around three young and beautiful, hard-working housekeepers who reach stardom instantly when an online video clip of them singing, surprisingly becomes a hit. Their success provokes the wrath of a glamorously ...
Style:
novela, humorous, entertaining, captivating
Plot:
music, singer, girl band, rivalry, music band, musician's life, desire for fame, ambitious, ambitious woman, rising to stardom, female singer, musician ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
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 ...
Style:
novela, semi serious, touching, realistic, affectionate
Plot:
true love, soul mate, road not taken, friendship, working mom, pregnancy, love, family relations, couple relations, teenage pregnancy, love and romance, romantic rivalry ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Eliza lived in the interior of Rio de Janeiro with her family, but after getting involved in a mess with her stepfather, she fled to the capital and started to live on the streets of the city. Despite her careless appearance, she draws attention for ...
Style:
novela, touching, sweet, uplifting, feel good ...
Plot:
bet, opposites attract, popularity, low self esteem, rise to the top, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, stereotypes, character change, model, jealousy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, 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, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
professional wrestling, female protagonist, police officer, police, female antagonist, female fighter, strong female lead, ambitious woman, ambition, direction and purpose, criminal, policewoman ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A romantic comedy about a robbery in a luxurious Rio de Janeiro hotel and the repercussions this event has on the lives of each person involved.
Style:
novela, captivating, romantic, serious, sincere
Plot:
friendship, family relations, ambition, heiress, hotel, love affair, love and romance, mother son relationship, police, innocence, theft, teenager ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
At the beginning of the 20th century, a mother dreams of marrying her five daughters to eligible bachelors but marriage is not a priority in Elisabeta Benedito's life. More than finding true love, the strong-willed dreamer and her sisters want ...
Style:
novela, psychological, disturbing, romantic, captivating
Plot:
female protagonist, relationships, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, women, mother and daughter, family problems, male female relationship, love interest, love affair, romantic relationship, family relations ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Luciana and Helena are two supermodels with completely opposite personalities: the first is stormy and spoiled, while the second - being older - is patient and restrained. Their fate changes when Helena becomes involved with Marcos, Luciana's ...
Style:
novela, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, forbidden love, male female relationship, family problems, couple relations, in love, model, love interest, love and romance, love affair, fall in love, relationship problems ...
Place:
rio de janeiro, jordan
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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, captivating, thought provoking, psychological
Plot:
female protagonist, family relations, social problems, family life, society, intrigue, single mother, social satire, parents and children, family problems, money, money problems ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The telenovela tells the story of a naïve young man from the countryside who was abandoned as a newborn against the will of his mother, and who goes to the big city to look for her. There he will also have the chance to meet the love of his life ...
Style:
novela, disturbing, psychological, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
family relations, greed, couple relations, male female relationship, love affair, family problems, parents and children, love and romance, birth mother, love story, rich woman, intrigue ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Sortilegio is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa and stars Jacqueline Bracamontes and William Levy. It is a remake of Tú o nadie.
From October 6, 2009 to February 17, 2010, Univision broadcast Sortilegio weeknights at ...
Style:
novela, romantic, captivating, tense
Plot:
male female relationship, love story, couple relations, memory loss, family problems, love affair, memory lapse, romantic relationship, love interest, conspiracy, con trick, tragic love ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Daphne and Gabriel cross paths again, 15 years after being separated by a frame from her grandfather. The rapprochement, however, jeopardizes the plans of the shrew, Judith.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sentimental, novela
Plot:
lovers reunited, unfulfilled love, couple relations, love and romance, social differences, family relations, rich and poor, society, family problems, couples, fall in love, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Lívia and Felipe are in a forbidden love story doomed to end tragically. A century later, they both have a new chance to make their love real again. “Time After Time” is an innovative romance set in two different eras in which characters hold ...
Style:
novela, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
true love, love, love and romance, reincarnation, love affair, tragic love, couple relations, relationships, forbidden love, couples, second chance, male female relationship ...
Time:
19th century
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