# The best Colombian telenovelas of all time

The Colombian telenovelas and series with the biggest audiences, the most exports and the fondest memories, according to El Tiempo, El Colombiano and readers' rankings.

- 19 votes · 20 items
- Aug 10, 2023 · Mateo Ospina
- https://even.best/en/l/280/the-best-colombian-telenovelas-of-all-time

## Top 20

1. **Los Reyes** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — RCN, 2005. A poor family that suddenly becomes rich; a comedy with huge ratings.
2. **Pasión de Gavilanes** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Telemundo/Caracol, 2003. The Reyes brothers seek revenge on the Elizondo family; an international hit with a sequel in 2022.
3. **Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Caracol, 2012. Andrés Parra as Pablo Escobar, told from the victims' side.
4. **Las aguas mansas** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — RCN, 1994. Julio Jiménez's first story of the Reyes brothers; the origin of Pasión de gavilanes.
5. **The Queen of Flow** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Caracol, 2018. A reggaeton songwriter seeks revenge after 17 years in prison; International Emmy.
6. **Señora Isabel** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Coestrellas, 1993. A 50-year-old woman rebuilds her life after her husband's infidelity.
7. **Rafael Orozco, el ídolo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Caracol, 2012. The life of the vallenato singer murdered in 1992.
8. **Diomedes, el Cacique de La Junta** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — RCN, 2015. The life of Diomedes Díaz, the most famous vallenato singer.
9. **La mala hierba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1982. The adaptation of Juan Gossaín's novel on La Guajira's marijuana bonanza.
10. **Padres e hijos** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Colombiana de Televisión, 1993–2009. Sixteen years of the Franco family; Colombia's longest telenovela.
11. **El man es Germán** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — RCN, 2010. Santiago Alarcón as a neighbourhood womaniser in Bogotá.
12. **Ugly Betty (Yo soy Betty, la fea)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — RCN, 1999–2001. Fernando Gaitán and Ana María Orozco; a Guinness record as the most successful telenovela, adapted around the world.
13. **Coffee, with the Scent of a Woman** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — RCN, 1994. Gaviota, a coffee picker, and Sebastián Vallejo; also by Fernando Gaitán.
14. **Pedro el escamoso** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Caracol, 2001. Miguel Varoni as the roguish Pedro Coral Tavera and his dance.
15. **Without Breasts There Is No Paradise** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Caracol, 2006. Drug trafficking seen through a teenager; remade in the US and Spain.
16. **La saga, negocio de familia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Caracol, 2004. Three generations of a mafia-linked family, by Gustavo Bolívar.
17. **Hasta que la plata nos separe** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — RCN, 2006. A salesman and the manager he accidentally ran over; another Fernando Gaitán comedy.
18. **Gallito Ramírez** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Caracol, 1986. Carlos Vives as a boxer from Barranquilla, with Margarita Rosa de Francisco.
19. **The White Slave** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Caracol, 2016. A white orphan raised by slaves in the 19th century; a big success on Netflix.
20. **Amor a la plancha** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — RCN, 2003. A romantic comedy in a Bogotá laundry.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.