18 Portugal's and Brazil's TV shows if you are learning portuguese language

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Sometimes traditional ways of learning aren't enough. I always knew that, in order to actually understand and learn a language, you should here and see how people are using daily conversations. And what better method to find than a movie or a TV show that has easy natural chats and phrases. Here is a list of the ones I like to watch. May it be useful.

3%

A post-apocalyptic thriller set in Brazil where the elite lives on a paradise island far from the poverty. Only three percent of the candidates succeed and qualify to leave the impoverished Inland area. 

A Grande Familia

A Brazilian television sitcom that shows situations of everyday life and problems of a very funny family.

Avenida Brasil

Abandoned in a dump by her step mother as a child, Rita has returned with a new identity and is looking for revenge. However, her plans soon change when she falls for the son of the woman she hates.

Bom dia, Veronica

After witnessing a suicide, a police clerk decides to investigate two cases on her own, both involving abused women.

Coisa Mais Linda

After her husband disappears, meek Maria Luiza turns his property into a bossa nova club and begins to come into her own as an independent woman.

Filha da Lei


A police force must find the killer behind a string of murders of young women.

Irmandade

An honest lawyer reaches a moral crossroads after discovering her brother is the leader of a rising criminal faction in Brazil. She's forced by the police to become an informant and work against her brother, who hasn't seen her for years.

Madre Paula


The story of the forbidden romance between Paula, a nun of the Convent of Odivelas, and King D. João V. A love without limits, which takes place in the eighteenth century, and made the King ignore common sense and take the nun as a lover, a confidant, and a counselor.

Mandrake

A criminal lawyer work consists mainly of helping wealthy individuals who are facing trouble with the shadier elements of the local society. He acts as a go-between between Rio's subculture and his clients.

Ninguem Ta Olhando

A new guardian angel in the Angelus system discovers a secret about the system’s bureaucracy which leads him to breaking rules about protecting hmans.

O Escolhido

Three young doctors sent to a remote village in Pantanal to vaccinate the residents find themselves trapped in an isolated community that is shrouded in secrets.

O Mechanismo

When a police task force uncovers a widespread corruption scheme involving the Brazilian government and several prominent engineering firms, scandal erupts. A detective breaks open the case after chasing down a money launderer but is unable to gather enough evidence to nail him.

Omniscient 

In a future in which each citizen is monitored 24/7 by a drone, a woman discovers a murder unaccounted by this surveillance system, and investigates why.

Ouro Verde

Assumed to be dead for over 15 years, a rich businessman returns from Brazil to Portugal under a new identity in order to avenge the death of his familu by a powerful banker.

Prisioneira

A revolutionary Muslim doctor is fighting for a fair and less fractured world. He falls madly in love with a Portuguese woman and rescues her from a loveless life. However, this rescue turns into an unexpected captivity and an unfair fight for the custody of a child, since he is forced to marry another woman.

Samantha!

A former child star, Samantha, who had her own TV show and led the children's musical group Turminha Plimplom in the 1980s, and now schemes to launch herself back into the spotlight. 

Sintonia

Childhood friends take different paths in their teens, but despite trying to distance themselves from their backgrounds in Sao Paolo, Brazil, they ultimately must rely on one another to avoid self-destruction.

Três Mulheres

The story of three women who become major players in the cultural revolution that preceded the fall of the dictatorship that ruled Portugal for more than 40 years.

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