39 Best Latin American TV Series

There is no need to be prejudiced against Latin American soap operas. Modern Mexican, Brazilian, Colombian and Venezuelan telenovelas are not only about treacherous lovers, comatose relatives, revenge for violated honor and endless dialogues. Latin American soaps today are trendy, beautiful characters, dashingly twisted plots, and no taboo topics. You are sure to find your favorite project among the proposed list of Latin American series.

La mujer de Judas

• Rating IMDB – 8.7
• Genre: Melodrama, drama, crime, detective
• Production Venezuela / 2002
• Directed by Otto Rodriguez, Olegario Barrera
• Cast: Chantal Bodo, Juan Carlos Garcia, Estefania Lopez, Astrid Carolina Herrera, Luis Gerardo Nunez, Gladys Ibarra, Julie Restifo, Fedra Lopez, Javier Vidal, Kiara

A gripping telenovela of Venezuelan production. Twenty years ago the priest Sebastian was murdered. His fiancée, the beautiful Altagracia del Toro, was blamed for the priest’s death. The girl was captured and taken to prison right during the wedding ceremony.

While imprisoned, Altagracia contemplated a plan of revenge, and now, many years later, the woman is free. Her return coincides with a string of murders in the town, each committed by a bride dressed in a white dress. The locals have nicknamed the killer “Judas’s wife.” Has Altagracia set her macabre plan in motion?

During the broadcast of the series in Venezuela, there was a Guess Who Judas’s Wife contest. None of the actors knew the solution to the mystery. At the end of filming, the director brought the actress playing the killer an envelope with a message: You are Judas’ wife.

Bom Dia, Verônica

• Rating IMDB – 7.6
• Genre: Detective, crime, thriller
• Production Brazil / 2020
• Directed by Rog de Souza, José Enrique Fonseca, Isabelle Jaguaribe
• Cast: Taina Muller, Camila Morgado, Eduardo Moscovish, Antonio Grasse, Paolo Cesar Mela, Silvio Guindana, Elisa Volpato, Alice Valverde, Adriano Garib

Veronica Torres serves as a homicide investigator in São Paulo, Brazil. Recently Veronica has been searching for a criminal who preys on single women on the Internet.

The villain puts his victims to sleep and posts intimate photos online. During the investigation, a female investigator’s attention is drawn to a married couple in which the woman is horribly abused.

One of the new Latin American series based on the novel of the same name by Rafael Montes and Ilana Casa, who work together under the pseudonym Andrea Kilmore.

Entre caníbales

• Rating IMDB – 7.6
• Genre: Drama
• Production Argentina, Uruguay / 2015
• Directed by Pablo Vazquez, Juan José Campanella
• Cast: Eduardo Blanco, Mario Alarcon, Natalia Lobo, Gabriel Gallicchio, Gerardo Chendo, Marcelo Melingo, Veronica Pelacchini, Giselle Motta, Natalia Oreiro, Benjamin Vicuña

Revenge is the surest form of justice. Years ago, innocent 17-year-old Arianna Mendoza was raped by four men. For twenty years the woman has been seeking revenge, and now the hour of reckoning has come.

Arianna’s main abuser, Rafael Valmora, is the mayor of the city and aspires to be president of the country. A woman gets a job at the mayor’s office and penetrates into the inner circle of the offenders. They will have to answer in full for their sins.

The main role in the project was played by the Uruguayan actress, singer and designer Natalia Oreiro. Her partner on the set was Chilean actor Benjamin Vicuña. There is a version that during the work between the actors began an affair that almost destroyed the family of the actress.

Machos

• Rating IMDB – 8.1
• Genre: Drama
• Production Chile / 2003
• Directed by Erval Abreu
• Cast: Hector Noguera, Felipe Brown, Jorge Zabaleta, Gonzalo Valenzuela, Diego Muñoz, Pablo Diaz, Maria Elena Svett, Teresita Reyes, Cristian Campos, Rodrigo Bastidas

Dr. Angel Mercader tried to give his family the best of everything. Together with his wife Valentina, they raised seven sons. Angel gave each of them a name beginning with the letter A.

But as the years passed, the head of the family realized that none of the sons lived up to his hopes. The beginning of the disintegration of the once friendly family was Angel himself. After learning that one of his sons is a homosexual, he expels him from the house.

Macho (from Spanish macho – male) is one of the few borrowings in Russian from Spanish. It denotes an aggressive man with a vivid sexual component. The word was first used in Russian literature in 1965 by Mikhail Ancharov in his novel The Theory of Improbability.

Pasión de gavilanes

• Rating IMDB – 8.0
• Genre: Drama, melodrama
• Production Columbia, USA / 2003
• Directed by Mauricio Cruz, Rodrigo Triana, Sergio Osorio
• Cast: Mario Cimarro, Juan Alfonso Baptista, Michelle Brown, Danna Garcia, Paola Andrea Rey, Natasha Klauss, Christina Lilly, Sarik Leon, Juan Pablo Shuk, Gloria Gomez

In a poor neighborhood, the Reyes-Guerrero brothers raise a sister named Livia. Livia falls in love with an older man, Bernardo Elizondo. The naive girl believes Bernardo’s words about his imminent marriage and has no idea that her lover has a family. Soon Bernardo dies, and Livia discovers that she is pregnant. In desperation, the girl commits suicide. On her only sister’s grave, the brothers vow to avenge her death.

The Colombian telenovela was a success and was sold to 100 countries. In 2014, a remake of the film was released in the U.S. under the title Land of Kings.

O Negócio

• Rating IMDB – 8.1
• Genre: Drama, comedy
• Production Brazil / 2013
• Directed by Michel Tikhmiroff, Julia Pacheco Jordan
• Cast: Rafaela Mandelli, Juliana Schalch, Michel Batista, João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Gabriel Godoy, Guilherme Weber, Eduardo Semirian, Einat Falbel, Jonas Oliva, Alyn Jones

A serial project about the professional everyday life of girls with low social responsibility. An aging priestess of love, Karen, decides to apply fresh marketing ideas to the intimate business. As an assistant, she takes her sharp-witted colleagues in the trade – Magalie and Luna. Together the girls are ready to revolutionize the world’s oldest profession.

One of the best Latin American series. In each episode of the Brazilian multiseries, Karen uses a new marketing technique and analyzes the result from an economic point of view.

Verdades Secretas

• Rating IMDB – 8.1
• Genre: Drama, melodrama
• Production Brazil / 2015
• Directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho, André Barroche, André Felipe Binder
• Cast: Reinaldo Gianecchini, Camila Queiroz, Marieta Severo, Rodrigo Lombardi, Drica Moraes, Rainer Cadeti, Agata Moreira, Grazi Massafera, Guillermina Ginley, Gabriel Leone

The temptations of the big city – girls flock to them like butterflies to the light. Arlette dreams of a modeling career in Sao Paulo. In the capital the beautiful girl expects quick success, she immediately gets into a modeling agency. But Arlette has no idea that she is trapped. In reality, she has to work as an escort for wealthy clients.

The Brazilian melodrama series won the International Emmy Award for Best Novel in 2015, as well as the Brazilian Press Award and the São Paulo Film Critics Association Award.

Monarca

• Rating IMDB – 7.9
• Genre: Drama
• Production Mexico / 2019
• Directed by José Manuel Craviotto, Fernando Rovzar, Natalia Beristen
• Cast: Irene Azuela, Juan Manuel Bernal, Osvaldo Benavides, Rejina Pavon, Carla Adell, Rosa Maria Bianci, Dali Gonzalez, Gabriela de la Garza, James Hyde, Alejandro de Hoyos Parera

The huge business empire of the Carranza family, called Monarca, includes many companies in different sectors of the economy. But the founder of the holding company, Donn Carranza, is especially fond of the Mexican tequila plant. Suddenly, the head of the family dies under strange circumstances, and a fight over the ownership of the business begins between his heirs.

True Mexican tequila is made only from blue Agave. It is produced exclusively in Mexico, in the state of Jalisco. The national tequila day is July 24th.

Amanda O

• Rating IMDB – 8.0
• Genre: Melodrama, comedy
• Production Argentina / 2008
• Directed by Ignacio Lecuna
• Cast: Natalia Oreiro, Luciano Castro, Julieta Silberberg, Benjamin Amadeo, Fabio Aste, Esteban Coletti, Mauricio Dayub, Pilar Gamboa, Valeria Lorca, Francisco Napoli

Argentine comedy series with elements of fantasy. The famous singer Amanda Oh is known to the whole world as a simple, kind and sympathetic person. But this is only an image, competently constructed by the managers of the star. In reality, Amanda is a jealous, selfish and narcissistic woman. But one day, after stumbling at another award ceremony, Amanda finds herself in a world where an entirely different girl has taken her place.

Amanda O was the first telenovela made specifically for the Internet and cell phones. In 2010 in Russia they decided to remake the romcom with Anastasia Zavorotnyuk in the title role. But because the project was not a success with viewers, it was closed after the fifth series.

Rebelde Way

• Rating IMDB – 7.8
• Genre: Drama, melodrama, comedy, music
• Production Argentina / 2002
• Directed by Martin Mariani, Chris Morena, Mauro Scandolari
• Cast: Camila Bordonaba, Benjamin Rojas, Luisana Lopilato, Felipe Colombo, Catherine Fulop, Martin Seafield, Arturo Bonin, Boy Olmi, Micaela Vasquez, Jorge Mahio

The story of four teenagers enrolled in the prestigious Elite Way School. Along with the children of Argentina’s upper class, there are also children from ordinary families who have shown a special aptitude for learning.

That is how Manuel Aguirre got into the school. His friends in college were the children of influential businessmen and officials. Together, the boys create a group they call the Rebel Spirit. But Manuel hides his true motives from his comrades.

The pop group Erreway, formed during the filming of a multiseries project, existed for several years and released albums that went gold and platinum in Argentina.

Ingobernable

• Rating IMDB – 7.2
• Genre: Thriller, drama, crime, detective
• Production Mexico / 2017
• Directed by Pedro Pablo Ibarra
• Cast: Kate del Castillo, Lea Allers, Erendira Ibarra, Alberto Guerra, Alvaro Guerrero, Alicia Zapién, Maxi Iglesias, Paty Loren, Aida Lopez

Mexico’s first lady, Emilia Urquiza, is so disappointed in her husband that she has decided to leave him. President Diego Nava is not happy with this state of affairs, as the divorce could have a negative impact on his image. Diego tries to influence his wife, but Emilia does not give in to her husband’s entreaties. A fight breaks out between the spouses. The woman loses consciousness and wakes up to find that Diego is dead. Now Emilia has to prove her innocence.

The dynamic political drama from Mexican filmmakers is presented on the streaming platform Netflix.

Amar a muerte

• IMDB Rating – 8.8
• Genre: Drama
• Production Mexico / 2018
• Directed by Pavel Vasquez, Carlos Kok, Alejandro Lozano
• Cast: Anjelica Boyer, Michelle Brown, Alejandro Nones, Arturo Barba, Macarena Achaga, Claudia Martin, Jessica Mas, Gonzalo Peña, Barbara Lopez, Hessica Diaz

Three men, including a media mogul, an assassin, and an anthropology professor, simultaneously die, are reborn, and come back to life in each other’s bodies. The men need to figure out why they came back to life, try to right their wrongs, and take their chance at a new life 100% of the time.

One of the love lines of the drama was the relationship between the two heroines, Valentina and Juliana. The couple was so popular with viewers that the creators of Love to Death produced a separate mini-series called Juliantine.

Caer en tentación

• Rating IMDB – 8.7
• Genre: Drama
• Production Mexico / 2017
• Directed by Juan Pablo Blanco, Eric Morales
• Cast: Silvia Navarro, Carlos Ferro, Jose Manuel Rincon, Gabriel Soto, Adriana Louviere, Ela Welden, Giulia Urbini, Jorge Luis Vazquez, Germán Bracco, Arat de la Torre

Sometimes love can be born out of disappointment. Santiago, a poor architect, and Raquel, a housewife, discover that they are both cheating spouses. Raquel’s husband, the successful businessman Damian, is involved in a car accident, and in his car are found belongings of Carolina, Santiago’s wife. How to live with this truth now, and where has Carolina’s body disappeared to? These questions must be answered by the characters in the Mexican soap opera.

In 2018, Caer en tentación was presented at the annual TVyNovelas Mexican TV Awards in 18 categories and won 10 of them, including being the best telenovela of the year.

Avenida Brasil

• Rating IMDB – 8.2
• Genre: Drama, melodrama, detective
• Production Brazil / 2012
• Directed by Andre Camara, Gustavo Fernandez, Paolo Silvestrini
• Cast: Murilo Benicio, Deborah Falabella, Adriana Esteves, Caua Raymond, Alexandre Borges, Vera Holtz, José de Abreu, Natalia Dill, Isis Valverde, Eloise Perisse

The twisted plot of this Brazilian telenovela revolves around Rita, a girl obsessed with revenge for her father’s death. By marrying Carminha, a simple and kind girl, the widower Genesio thought he had found a good stepmother for his daughter Rita. But Carmigna is not who she claims to be. After her husband’s tragic death, the young wife simply throws the orphan out of the house and into a garbage dump.

The project became the most profitable Latin American soap opera, and was noted by Forbes magazine as a phenomenon of world television. The Brazilian prospectus brought the creators a profit of R$2 billion.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was forced to postpone a rally in support of her party’s São Paulo mayoral candidate because it coincided with the broadcast of the series finale.

Narcos: México

• Rating IMDB – 8.4
• Genre: Drama, сrime
• US production / 2018
• Directed by Andres Bays, Amat Escalante, Alonso Ruizpalacios
• Cast: Diego Luna, Michael Peña, Tenoch Huerta, Alyssa Diaz, Joaquin Cosio, Jose Maria Jaspik, Matt Letscher, Ernesto Alterio, Alejandro Edda, Fernanda Urrejola

A multi-part crime thriller about the emergence of the Guadalajara drug cartel. The 1980s, Mexico. A calculating and pragmatic former policeman Felix Gallardo finds a way to unite disparate drug dealers into a single syndicate. Step by step, Gallardo builds his deadly empire, and he is opposed by Kiki Camarena, an employee of the Anti-Drug Agency.

Narco: Mexico was conceived as the fourth season of the super-popular Narco, but was launched as a separate project. The prototypes of the main characters were real-life faces: Kiki Camarena and Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo.

The murder of Kiki Camarena was the reason for the most massive operation of the U.S. intelligence agencies to combat drug trafficking. Felix Gallardo was detained and is currently in custody.

La viuda de Blanco

• Rating IMDB – 7.7
• Genre: Drama, melodrama
• Production Columbia / 1996
• Directed by Aurelio Valcarcel Carrol
• Cast: Maria Elena Doering, Consuelo Lusardo, Mateo Rudas, Santiago Rudas, Osvaldo Rios, Sergio Borrero, Alvaro Antonio, Ana Maria Hoyos, Julio del Mar, Gerardo Calero

In a quiet, unremarkable town, passions are running high. Alicia Guardiola, the daughter-in-law of the venerable Doña Perfecto Blanco, was released. The woman had been imprisoned for the murder of her husband Amador. Now Alicia’s only wish is to get her twin children, Felipe and Duvan, back. Alicia finds support in her husband’s brother, the handsome Diego, who is not indifferent to the widow. The woman reciprocates his affection, but suddenly Amador returns.

Between 1996 and 2000, Widow Blanco was broadcast in more than 13 countries. The Colombian-produced telenovela is on the list of the most beloved Latin American love stories of the Russian public.

La ronca de oro

• Rating IMDB – 7.7
• Genre: Drama, melodrama, biography
• Production Colombia / 2014
• Directed by Juan Andres Granados, Klich Lopez, Liliana Bocanegra
• Cast: Viviana Serna, Mahida Issa, Ana Maria Estupiñan, Diego Cadavid, Mauro Moad, Jonathan Cabrera, Alejandro Otero, Astrid Ramirez, Maria Teresa Barreto, Andres Felipe Martinez

A biographical telenovela about the fate of the Colombian singer Elenita Vargas. Elenita’s career developed in the 1950s, when women in Latin America had practically no rights. Men, first fathers and then spouses, decided everything for women. Elenita will have to go through a lot of obstacles and go through many tragedies on her way to her dream of being a singer.

Colombian filmmakers quite freely interpreted the biography of the singer, and many of the events in the plot of the project does not coincide with reality.

Lo que la vida me robó

• Rating IMDB – 8.3
• Genre: Drama, melodrama
• Production Mexico / 2013
• Directed by Sergio Cataño, Claudio Reyes Rubio
• Cast: Anjelica Boyer, Sebastian Rugli, Luis R. Guzmán, Osvaldo Benavidez, Daniela Castro, Ana Berta Espin, Gabriela Rivero, Alejandro Avila, Alejandra Garcia, Carlos de la Mota

The fate of the beautiful Montserrat has become a bargaining chip in the hands of her family. The girl’s mother, in order to solve material problems, decides to marry her off to a member of one of the powerful families, Sebastian de Icas. But Monserrat is in love with an ordinary boy, Jose Luis. Upon learning of this, Sebastian breaks off the engagement. But the girl’s mother finds a backup and matches her up with the heir to the brutal and powerful billionaire Don Benjamin Almonte.

The drama is produced by Grupo Televisa, a Mexican media group that is the largest in the world among Spanish-speaking countries and the second largest in Latin America. Televisa is the world’s largest producer of Mexican serials.

Rosa Diamante

• Rating IMDB – 8.3
• Genre: Melodrama
• Production Mexico / 2012
• Directed by Miguel Varoni, Victor Hugo Saldierna
• Cast: Tsuria Diaz, Sofia Ruiz, Carla Hernandez, Mauricio Ohman, Lupita Ferrer, Patricio Castillo, Claudia Ramirez, Begoña Narvaez, Sofia Lama, Luis Xavier Cavazos

The only family and loved one of the young girl Rosa, who grew up in an orphanage, is her friend Eva. Eva meets a young man named Jose Ignacio Altamirano and becomes pregnant by him. But Jose Ignacio does not need such a burden, and he leaves the girl. After the birth of the child, Ava dies in a terrible accident. Rosa takes over the care of her friend’s young son and decides to take revenge on Jose Ignacio.

This Mexican dramatic telenovela is a remake of the 1994 Argentine multiseries The Black Pearl.

Sos mi vida

• Rating IMDB – 6.8
• Genre: Melodrama, comedy, sports
• Production Argentina / 2006
• Budget: $7,000,000
• Directed by Rodolfo Antunes, Daniel Defilippo, Jorge Bechara
• Cast: Facundo Arana, Natalia Oreiro, Carlos Belloso, Carla Peterson, Elias Viñoles, Griselda Siciliani, Pablo Cedron, Ornella Fazio, Monica Ayos, Claudia Fontan

Another Cinderella story, now from Argentine filmmakers. Esperanza Muñoz, nicknamed Monita, is a simple girl who earns her living by fighting professional boxers. Wanting to change her dangerous job for a quieter one, Monita takes a job in an office. The company is owned by a young, handsome man named Martin Quesada. Martin dreams of a large and friendly family, and his choice falls on Monita.

The main roles in the romcom performed by Natalia Oreiro and Facundo Arana, beloved by audiences for the series Wild Angel.

Estrambótica Anastasia

• Rating IMDB – 8.2
• Genre: Horror, drama, melodrama, crime, detective
• Production Venezuela / 2004
• Directed by José Alcalde
• Cast: Mayra Alejandra, Carlos Felipe Alvarez, Norkys Batista, Dead Dager, Juan Pablo Raba, Gustavo Rodriguez, Cesar de la Torre, Jose Felix Marcano, Hilda Abrahams, Liena Aloma

A young woman, Anastasia is married to Ovidius Borofsky, the grandson of a jewelry business owner. Anastasia is considered strange and crazy because of her unconventional ideas for her spouse’s business, which, however, bring good profits. The girl is unhappy in her marriage and becomes infatuated with the illegitimate son of the head of the business, Aurelio, who suddenly shows up at the house.

The Venezuelan actress and model Norquis Batista played three roles in the television series, Anastasia and her two sisters. The actress became famous after she won second place in the Miss Venezuela 1999 pageant.

La Traición

• Rating IMDB – 7.4
• Genre: Drama
• Production USA, Colombia / 2008
• Directed by Mauricio Cruz, Agustin Restrepo, Santiago Vargas
• Cast: Natalia Giraldo, Mario Cimarro, Danna Garcia, Harry Geithner, Cesar Mora, Virna Flores, Rossana Fernandez Maldonado, Luz Stella Luengas, German Rojas, Victoria Gongora

The twins Hugo and Alcides de Medina are so alike that they are rarely distinguished. But Alcides is not as lucky and charming as Hugo, and therefore envies his brother. The brothers’ lives change after meeting the enchanting Soledad. Ugo and Soledad fall in love with each other and plan to marry. But fate makes adjustments to the lovers’ plans, Soledad learns of Ugo’s death. Since the girl is already carrying Hugo’s child, she decides to marry his brother.

In the story, Ugo suffers from catalepsy. This is a symptom of a movement disorder characterized by the patient’s prolonged maintenance of the posture given to him.

Caminho das Índias

• Rating IMDB – 6.8
• Genre: Drama, melodrama, adventure
• Production Brazil / 2009
• Directed by Roberto Carminati, Frederic Meyrink, Leonardo Nogueira
• Cast: Juliana Paez, Laura Cardoso, Christiane Torloni, Bruno Galiasso, Tony Ramos, Rodrigo Lombardi, Deborah Block, Eliane Giardini, Flavio Migliaccio, Humberto Martins

Young Hindus, Bahuan and Maya, fell in love with each other at first sight. But the lovers cannot be together because Bahuan is from the untouchable caste. Circumstances separate the couple, and Bahuan is forced to leave for Brazil. Maya is ordered by her parents to marry a more suitable groom, Raj. Raj, the son of a wealthy merchant, has recently returned from Brazil, leaving his beloved girl, Duda. How will the fate of the four young people turn out?

A telenovela, which has been consistently ranked among the best Latin American series. The fate of the main characters was decided by the viewers of the project, who were invited to vote for several variants of the scenario. The series was the first Brazilian telenovela to win an international Emmy Award.

La usurpadora

• Rating IMDB – 7.5
• Genre: Drama
• Production Mexico / 2019
• Directed by Nellino Acosta, Francisco Franco
• Cast: Sandra Echeverria, Andrés Palacios, Arap Betke, Germán Bracco, Juan Carlos Barreto, Ana Berta Espin, Juan M. Jauregui, Aurora Gil, Keta Lavat, Montserrat Marañon

The first lady of Mexico, Paola Miranda, discovers that she has a twin sister, Paulina Doria. Paola forces Paulina to replace her in a wealthy mansion in order to enjoy life with her lover. But Paola does not take into account that Paulina has very quickly settled into her sister’s family and has developed a relationship with her husband, Carlos.

This dramatic multi-part film is based on the novel by the Latin American writer Ines Rodena, whose works are the basis for such famous soap operas as The Rich Also Cry and The Wild Rose.

La casa de las flores

• Rating IMDB – 7.6
• Genre: Drama, comedy
• Production Mexico / 2018
• Directed by Manolo Caro Serrano, Ibran Assaud, Gabriel Nunsio
• Cast: Veronica Castro, Cecilia Suarez, Claudette Maillie, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Juan Pablo Medina, Aislinn Derbez, Alexa de Landa, Norma Angelica, Arturo Rios, Luis de La Rosa

The death of the mistress of the successful merchant Ernesto de la Mora revealed many secrets of this family, which had been successfully engaged in the flower business for many years. At first, Ernesto shocked the household by bringing illegitimate children into the house. Then it turned out that every member of the large and seemingly respectable family had dirty secrets.

The head of the de la Mora family, Virginia, is played by Veronica Castro, the favorite Latin American actress of Russians, who became famous after the release of telenovelas Rich People Also Cry and Wild Rose.

Rauzán

• Rating IMDB – 7.3
• Genre: Fantasy, drama, melodrama
• Production Columbia / 2000
• Directed by Juan Pablo Posada, Agustin Restrepo
• Cast: Osvaldo Rios, Susanna Torres, Raquel Ercole, Wilma Vera, Alvaro Garcia, Paola Diaz, Adriana Lopez, Margalida Castro, Miguel Murillo, Alejandro Tamayo

After the betrayal of his beloved Sebastian de Mendoza begins a new life in a mansion called Rausan. But the young man cannot get his love for the beautiful Soledad de Santino out of his head. The girl, convinced that her lover had died, married his brother. She took this step to avoid embarrassment, as she was already carrying Sebastian’s child under her heart. Will Sebastian be able to forgive Soledad and reunite with her?

The Colombian multiseries has a remake called Betrayal, which was filmed in 2008.

Enemigo Íntimo

• Rating IMDB – 7.2
• Genre: Drama
• Production Mexico / 2018
• Directed by Danny Gavidia, Felipe Aguilar
• Cast: Fernanda Castillo, Raul Mendez, Maria del Carmen Felix, Monica Jimenez, Leonardo Daniel, Alejandro Speitzer, Claudia Frias, Matias Novoa, Aitor Luna, Julio Casado

Alejandro Ferrer, a captain in the Mexican Federal Police, is fighting the drug trade. As a child, the drug lord Cambres killed his parents and kidnapped his sister Adelaide. Years later, during one of his investigations, Alejandro finds his sister. To his horror, he discovers that Adelaide has become a criminal and is in Las Dunas prison.

Televisa has proven through research that Latin American soap operas have a profound effect on their audiences. As a result, several educational telenovelas have been created that motivate viewers to enroll in literacy courses, take responsibility for parenthood and early sex, reconsider the role of women in society, and so on.

Las amazonas

• Rating IMDB – 7.6
• Genre: Fantasy, drama, melodrama, family
• Production Mexico / 2016
• Directed by Jose Dossetti, Alberto Diaz
• Cast: Victoria Ruffo, Danna Garcia, Cesar Evora, Grettel Valdes, Marilus Bermudez, Andres Palacios, Gabriela Vergara, René Casados, Juan Pablo Gil, Guillermo Garcia Cantu

A Mexican telenovela about a great love that has passed through the years. Once upon a time, fate and evil people separated the young lovers Victoriano and Ines. Victoriano decided to devote his life to raising three daughters: Diana, Casandra and Constanza. Each of the girls has a different character, and each walks her own path to happiness. But soon they will discover a secret that will turn their lives upside down.

The main role in the multi-series movie starring Mexican actress Victoria Ruffo, who became popular in Russia thanks to the series Just Maria and Stepmother.

Muchacha italiana viene a casarse

• Rating IMDB – 6.6
• Genre: Drama, melodrama
• Production Mexico / 2014
• Directed by Pedro Damian, Juan Carlos Muñoz, Luis Pardo
• Cast: Livia Brito, Jose Ron, Isela Vega, Ela Velden, Paula Marcellini, Miguel Angel Biaggio, Nailea Norvind, Jose Pablo Minor, Mimi Morales, Eleasar Gomez

Life has not spared young Italian Fiorella Bianchi since childhood. The girl replaced her mother with her sister Gianna and works as a simple cleaner. The girls’ elderly and sickly father, wishing to ease their lives, has paired Fiorella with a rich Mexican man. Upon arriving in Mexico, the girl discovers that the groom is 60 years old. Fiorella rejects the claims of the elderly voluptuary, and gets a job as a maid in the house of a rich family.

To resemble the inhabitants of the Apennine peninsula, actresses Livia Brito and Ela Velden, playing the Bianchi sisters, specifically studied the Italian language.

Frontera Verde

• Rating IMDB – 7.3
• Genre: Thriller, drama, crime
• Production Colombia / 2019
• Directed by Laura Mora Ortega, Jacques Toulémont Vidal, Ciro Guerra
• Cast: Juana del Rio, Angela Cano, Miguel Dionisio Ramos, Nelson Camayo, Marcela Gardeazabal, Andrés Castaneda, Antonio Bolivar, Gabriella Campagna, Andrés Crespo

A gripping Colombian thriller with mystical elements. Right in the jungle, on the border with Brazil, five young women are murdered. A detective named Elena Poveda arrives from the capital to investigate the crimes. On the spot, she encounters unprecedented resistance from local tribes and the indifference of the local police.

The multiseries is one of the first collaborations between the Netflix streaming platform and Colombian filmmakers. It was directed by Ciro Guerra, who directed the acclaimed drama The Embrace of the Serpent, the first Colombian film to be nominated for an Oscar.

Distrito Salvaje

• Rating IMDB – 8.2
• Genre: Action, thriller, drama, crime
• Production Colombia / 2018
• Directed by Carlos Moreno, Javier Fuentes-Leon, Andrés Beltran
• Cast: Cristina Humaña, Juan Pablo Raba, Nicolás Quiroga Pineda, Paula Castaño, Hans Martinez, Juan Fernando Sanchez, Camila Sodi, Cristian Tappan, Camila Jurado, Carolina Acevedo

Former Colombian rebel John Jayver had served the revolution for twenty-five years. He finally decided to lay down his arms and live a peaceful life with his family. But it wasn’t to be. The country’s authorities decided to use John’s skills, who knows how to kill like no other. In addition, the man is hunted down by former partisan comrades who are not ready to forgive his betrayal.

The civil (guerrilla) war in Colombia was an armed confrontation between the government, paramilitary groups, criminal drug syndicates, and Marxist guerrillas over influence in the country. The confrontation lasted from 1964 to 2016. A total of 220,000 people died and 45,000 went missing.

Alias J.J.

• Rating IMDB – 7.9
• Genre: Drama, сrime
• Production Colombia / 2017
• Directed by Luis Alberto Restrepo, Jorge Sandoval, Juan Carlos Vazquez
• Cast: Amparo Grisales, Natasha Klauss, Juan Pablo Urrego, Juan Pablo Obregon, Frank Beltran, Mario Bolanos, Elkin Diaz, Ulis Gonzalez, Victoria Hernandez

John Jairo Velasquez was once the right-hand man of Pablo Escobar himself. He killed for money and in the name of infinite respect and love for his boss. When the drug cartel came to an end, John chose to surrender to the authorities. While in prison, Velasquez must face his enemies.

The thriller describes the life of one of the most odious hitmen of the Medellín cartel, John Jairo Velázquez, nicknamed Popeye. The killer actively cooperated with the investigation, and was convicted of only one murder: that of presidential candidate Luis Galán. Popeye himself claimed to have killed at least 300 people. Velasquez served 23 years and died in 2020 of esophageal cancer.

Lynch

• Rating IMDB – 7.9
• Genre: Action, drama, comedy, crime
• Production Colombia / 2012
• Directed by Riccardo Gabrielli R., Felipe Martinez, Jonathan Jakubowicz
• Cast: Natalia Oreiro, Jorge Perugorria, Alejandro Calva, Tatan Ramirez, Marcela Carvajal, Jorge Monterros, Paula Castaño, Gabriela de la Garza, Gustavo Corredor, Luis Fernando Boorquez

One day, Isabel appears on the doorstep of the funeral parlor owned by Heronymus Lynch. Fifteen years ago, Isabel abandoned Heronym and her young son, and now she needs help. Heronym helps the woman to fake a death, and so successfully that she turns faking deaths into one of the firm’s profitable activities.

The image of the charming con artist Isabel was embodied on the screen by Natalia Oreiro, who found out during the filming of the black comedy that she was pregnant. And at that time the actress actively starred in risky scenes of fights and falls without an understudy.

Los Herederos del Monte

• Rating IMDB – 7.0
• Genre: Drama
• Production USA, Columbia / 2011
• Directed by Rodolfo Hoyos, Agustin Restrepo
• Cast: Marlene Favela, Mario Cimarro, Jose Luis Resendez, Margarita Muñoz, Fabian Rios, Jonathan Islas, Alejandra Sandoval, Ezequiel Montalt, Carla Giraldo, Margarita Reyes

Emilio Del Monte’s five adopted sons did much to make his father’s ranch the most prosperous in the county. But after Emilio’s death, Paula, the wealthy rancher’s rightful heiress, shows up on their doorstep. Paula and her mother, Sofia Cañadas, want to become the rightful owners of all Del Monto’s money. But love, as always, will make adjustments, and life will put everything in its place.

The Colombian soap opera is a remake of the 2008 Chilean telenovela of the same name.

Zorro: La Espada y La Rosa

• Rating IMDB – 7.1
• Genre: Horror, fantasy, drama, melodrama, adventure, family, western
• Production Columbia, USA / 2007
• Directed by Mauricio Cruz, Agustin Restrepo
• Cast: Christian Meyer, Marlene Favela, Arturo Peniche, Osvaldo Rios, Eric Elias, Hector Suarez Gomis, Andrea Lopez, Harry Geithner, Jorge Cao, Natasha Klauss

Don Diego De La Vega is a womanizer, a philanderer, and a life-long drinker. But this is only a cover. As soon as he learns about injustice, he transforms into the most wanted and elusive criminal and defender of all the disadvantaged – Zorro. And, of course, ahead of the hero is a meeting with the beautiful and young Esmeralda Sanchez De Moncada, whose love he will have to win.

One of the most popular Latin American series. A telenovela co-produced by Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television of America, and R.T.I. Colombia.

Tierra de Pasiones

• Rating Kinopoisk – 7.0 / IMDB – 6.7
• Genre: Fantasy, action, romance, adventure, family
• Production USA, Colombia, Mexico / 2006
• Directed by Leonardo Galavis, Danny Gavidia, Luis Manso
• Cast: Saul Lizaso, Gabriela Spanic, Hector Suarez, Catherine Siachoke, Francisco Gattorno, Elyus Peraza, Ariel López Padilla, Sergio Catalan, Ricardo Chavez, Isabel Moreno

A young girl, Valeria San Roman, runs her father’s factory. Soon Valeria is to marry Miguel. But just before the wedding, she discovers that her father has paid the groom to marry her. Right at the ceremony Valeria refuses to marry, thus provoking a huge scandal.

The main role in the telenovela was played by the Venezuelan actress Gabriela Spanic, who became famous after the most successful telenovela in history, Usurpatorcha, in 2008.

La Tormenta

• Rating IMDB – 7.1
• Genre: Thriller, drama, melodrama
• Production Columbia, USA / 2005
• Directed by Mauricio Cruz, Agustin Restrepo
• Cast: Natalia Streignard, Christian Meyer, Ricardo Gonzalez, Natalia Giraldo, Jason Chad, Bibiana Navas, Natasha Klauss, Marcelo Bouquet, Aura Christina Geithner, Eileen Abad

The only chance of avoiding bankruptcy for city dweller Maria Teresa Montilla was to move to the old Storm Plantation. The business-minded, arrogant woman is eager to make the most of the farm. But life away from urban conveniences is not easy. To make matters worse, Maria has to deal with the plantation manager, Santos Torrealba, who is unpleasant in every way.

According to studies by the Inter-American Development Bank, the birth rate declined in families in the Brazilian soap opera area between 1971 and 1991. This is because small families were popularized in Latin American soap operas of this time.

Andando Nas Nuvens

• Rating IMDB – 6.9
• Genre: Drama, melodrama, comedy, crime
• Production Brazil / 1999
• Directed by Dennis Carvalho, Eri Koslov, Jose Luis Villamarim
• Cast: Antonio Abujamra, Eliana Aguiar, Eduardo Arbex, Otavio Augusto, Nilton Bikudo, Kaiu Bluth, Deborah Block, Nisette Bruno, Pedro Brisio, Andre Calderari

The protagonist of the Brazilian multi-part film series, Otávio Montana, was in a coma for eighteen years. After waking up, Otávio only remembers the events of 1968, when he was going to marry his beloved Eva. The man is surprised to learn that he is the father of three adult daughters, and they have come to visit him.

According to the screenwriter of the Brazilian melodrama, Euclidis Marinho, the idea for the series came to him when a close friend of his fell into a coma. Marinho wondered how events would unfold if he woke up only twenty years later.

Sinhá Moça

• Rating IMDB – 6.9
• Genre: Drama, melodrama
• Production Brazil / 1986
• Directed by Reinaldo Buri, Jaime Montjardim
• Cast: Lucelia Santos, Marcus Paulo, Mauru Mendonça, Elayne Cristina, Rubens di Falco, Ruth de Souza, Norma Bloom, Patricia Pillar, Jose Augusto Branco, Chic Xavier

1880s, Brazil. The daughter of an overbearing and brutal slave owner, Colonel Fereira, returns from the capital to her native countryside. Senorita, as the girl is nicknamed, meets lawyer Rodolfo Fontes on the train. The young man falls in love with the girl at first sight. But to win the beauty’s heart Rodolfo has to confront her father.

The father and daughter in the melodrama are played by Brazilian actors Lucelia Santos and Rubens di Falcu. The actors are famous for their roles in the TV series Slave Isaura, the first telenovela to be broadcast in the USSR. Lucelia Santos played the role of Isaura, and Rubens di Falcu played the role of the brutal slave owner Leoncio.