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3%
3% (3 Porcento) is a Brazilian dystopian thriller, Netflix's first Brazilian and first Portuguese-language original series, created by Pedro Aguilera, running four seasons 2016-2020 about a selection Process that admits 3% of candidates to the Offshore.
Benefits with Friends
Benefits with Friends (Amor da Minha Vida) is a Brazilian Disney+ romantic comedy series created by Matheus Souza, starring Bruna Marquezine and Sérgio Malheiros as best friends Bia and Victor; it premiered November 22, 2024 and reached Hulu February 12, 2025.
Brazil '70: The Third Star
Brazil '70: The Third Star (Brasil 70: A Saga do Tri) is a 2026 Netflix miniseries, five episodes, dramatizing Brazil's 1970 World Cup win under Pelé, Saldanha, and Zagallo amid the military dictatorship.
City of God: The Fight Rages On
City of God: The Fight Rages On (Cidade de Deus: A Luta Não Para) is a 2024 HBO Original Brazilian series by O2 Filmes, directed by Aly Muritiba, continuing the 2002 film twenty years later; season 2 premieres 8 November.
Desperate Lies
Desperate Lies (Pedaço de Mim) is a 2024 Brazilian Netflix melodrama, 17 episodes, created by Angela Chaves, starring Juliana Paes as Liana, pregnant with twins by two fathers via heteropaternal superfecundation.
Girls from Ipanema
Girls from Ipanema (Coisa Mais Linda) is a Brazilian Netflix period drama, 2019–2020, 2 seasons, 13 episodes, set in late-1950s Rio where Maria Luiza opens a bossa nova club after her husband abandons her.
Giselle Itié
Giselle Itié (Giselle Itié Ramos), Mexican-born Brazilian actress and director, born 1982 in Mexico City. Known for Bela, a Feia (2009) on Record and as Sandra in The Expendables (2010); moved to Brazil after the 1985 earthquake.
Madam Beja
Madam Beja is a Brazilian telenovela that premiered on HBO Max in 2026, telling the story of Ana Jacinta de São José, a woman from Minas Gerais.
Os Donos do Jogo
Os Donos do Jogo is a 2025 Netflix Brazilian fictional crime drama (8 episodes, 29 October 2025) by Heitor Dhalia and Paranoïd Filmes about four families fighting over the jogo do bicho in Rio de Janeiro; renewed for a second season.
Quem Ama Cuida
Quem Ama Cuida is a Brazilian TV Globo nine o'clock telenovela by Walcyr Carrasco and Claudia Souto, premiering 18 May 2026, starring Letícia Colin, 211 chapters, a whodunit about caregiving and revenge.
Scars of Beauty
Scars of Beauty (Beleza Fatal) is a 2025 Brazilian crime telenovela created by Raphael Montes for Max, set in Rio de Janeiro's plastic surgery world; 40 episodes starring Camila Pitanga, Camila Queiroz, and Giovanna Antonelli, and Max's top non-English original for subscriber acquisitions.
The Mechanism
The Mechanism (O Mecanismo) is a Brazilian Netflix drama series (2018–2019) by José Padilha and Elena Soarez, loosely fictionalizing Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato), starring Selton Mello, Caroline Abras, and Enrique Diaz in two seasons of eight episodes.
Verdades Secretas
Verdades Secretas (Hidden Truths) is a 2015 TV Globo telenovela by Walcyr Carrasco, set in São Paulo's fashion world, starring Camila Queiroz, Rodrigo Lombardi, and Drica Moraes; it won the 2016 International Emmy for Best Telenovela and gained a 2021 Globoplay sequel.