The best Brazilian TV series
The top 3 according to 13 votes from people: Under Pressure · City of Men · Cangaço Novo. (Updated Mar 3, 2026.)
Brazilian series and miniseries with the best ratings on IMDb and AdoroCinema and the most mentions in lists by Olhar Digital, Terra and ShowMeTech, from broadcast TV to streaming.
Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original
Top 20
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Under Pressure
Globo, 2017–2022. Doctors at a Rio public hospital; rated 8.6 on IMDb and multi-award-winning.
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City of Men
Globo, 2002–2005. Acerola and Laranjinha growing up in the favela, spun off from City of God.
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Cangaço Novo
Prime Video, 2023. A São Paulo bank clerk discovers he is the son of a cangaceiro bandit in the sertão; 8.3 on IMDb.
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Os Normais
Globo, 2001–2003. Fernanda Torres and Luiz Fernando Guimarães as a far-from-normal couple.
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Impuros
Star+/Disney+, 2018–. The rise of a drug dealer in 1990s Rio; 8.1 on IMDb.
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O Auto da Compadecida (miniseries)
Globo, 1999. Guel Arraes adapts Ariano Suassuna; later re-edited into the 2000 film.
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Anos Rebeldes
Globo, 1992. Students against the dictatorship; it became linked to the protests for Collor's impeachment.
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Sintonia
Netflix, 2019–2025. Three friends from a São Paulo favela between funk music, drug dealing and the church.
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A Grande Família
Globo, 2001–2014. Lineu, Nenê, Agostinho and Bebel; the longest-running sitcom on Brazilian TV.
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Os Outros
Globoplay, 2023. A teenage fight in a Rio condominium spirals out of control; 8.1 on IMDb.
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3%
Netflix, 2016–2020. Only 3% pass the Process and reach the Offshore; Netflix's first Brazilian series.
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Hoje É Dia de Maria
Globo, 2005. Luiz Fernando Carvalho's miniseries of folk tales staged like puppet theatre.
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Justice
Globo, 2016. Four stories that intersect in Recife, seven years after four convictions.
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14
Brotherhood
Netflix, 2019–2022. Seu Jorge and Naruna Costa; a lawyer infiltrates her brother's gang in the 1990s.
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Sessão de Terapia
GNT/Globoplay, 2012–2021. The Brazilian version of BeTipul, directed by Selton Mello.
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Good Morning, Verônica
Netflix, 2020–2024. A São Paulo police clerk investigates a domestic serial killer.
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Criminal Code
Netflix, 2023–. Federal police against huge robberies on the border with Paraguay.
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Todas as Mulheres do Mundo
Globoplay, 2020. Inspired by Domingos Oliveira's film; a man in love with all women.
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Aruanas
Globoplay, 2019–. Four environmental activists investigate crimes in the Amazon.
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Senna
Netflix, 2024. Gabriel Leone as Ayrton Senna, from karting to Imola.
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Comments (1)
Senna da Netflix ficou muito bonita, chorei no final mesmo sabendo o que ia acontecer.