Best Mexican family series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch family shows from Mexico, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
El Chavo del 8 1973
The mishaps of Chavo, an 8-year-old orphan boy who lives in a barrel. Together with Quico, Chilindrina, Ñoño and La Popis, Chavo experiences a series of humorous entanglements.
84Maya and the Three 2021
A spirited princess with the heart of a warrior embarks on a mission to fulfill an ancient prophecy and save humanity from the wrath of vengeful gods.
75El Chapulín 1972
El Chapulín Colorado (Spanish: The Red Grasshopper) is a television series, created and played by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, also known as Chespirito, a successful Mexican comedian and TV show producer, which parodied superhero shows. It was first aired in Mexico by the Televisa network in 1970, but then was aired across Latin America and Spain until 1981, alongside sister production El Chavo del Ocho, which shared the same cast of actors. Both shows are incredibly enduring as they still are constantly re-run, and have won back some of their popularity in several countries such as Colombia, where it has aired in competition with The Simpsons (which has a character based on him). The name translates literally in English as "The Red Grasshopper" (the word chapulín is of Nahuatl or Aztec origin, and a current part of Mexican Spanish).
81El Chavo: The Animated Series 2006
El Chavo Animado or El Chavo: The Animated Series is a Mexican animated series based on a live-action TV series El Chavo del Ocho, created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños with a same series creator who created the live-action TV series El Chavo del Ocho. The cartoon depicts the children in the right scale compared to the original live action series where the children were played by adults, and the feel was given to the character through their way of dressing, speaking, and mainly through giving them oversized toys.
67The Casagrandes 2019
The Casagrandes tells the story of Ronnie Anne, an independent, adventurous, 11-year-old who explores city life with her big, loving, multi-generational Mexican-American family.
65La familia P. Luche 2002
A family that deals with the conflicts and problems of daily life but in a comical and exaggerated way with the particularity that they live in a city that is built entirely of stuffed animals and with all the stuffed accessories.
61Mi corazón es tuyo 2014
Fernando Lascurain is a wealthy businessman and recent widower, attempting to raise his seven unruly children. He seeks the assistance of a new nanny. He hires and falls in love with Ana Leal, a struggling exotic dancer who tries to hide her double life. Although Ana lacks experience and a refined education, she quickly bonds with the Lascurain children. Ana dreams of being a mother, but when her home is destroyed following an accident, she must borrow money from her ruthless boss at "Chicago", the night club where she is secretly employed. When Fernando simultaneously falls for Ana and Isabela, an economist and sophisticated woman who is trained by her mother to marry a millionaire, he must choose between both women.
77Love Spell 2009
The plot tells a story of deceit and betrayal, where Bruno's hatred for his half-brother Alessandro leads him to plan his death just to become heir to his fortune.
71Las Hijas de la Señora García 2024
Determined mother Mrs. Garcia strives to give daughters Valeria and Mar a better future, shielding them from poverty. She'll fight to see her dreams reflected in them and provide the highest standard of living.
100Juego de Voces 2024
Game of Voices aims not only to entertain, but also to reveal the talent and dynamics between parents and children in the musical field, adding a fresh and novel element to Sunday television.
100La Herencia 2022
In an avocado farm called "Santa Catalina", Severiano del Monte and his five adopted sons live. Severiano passes away and the lives of his sons change on the day of the reading of the will, with the unexpected appearance of Sara, their sister, whom they did not know existed.
81El amor no tiene receta 2024
Paz Roble, a kind, hard-working and honest woman from whom her husband, Fermín, takes her newborn daughter. Fermín has a large debt with some lenders and to pay it he decides to sell his daughter to Mauro Nicoliti. This plagiarism is orchestrated by Geneva, Mauro's adoptive sister. She lost her first-born daughter in childbirth and does everything to replace her dead daughter and keep her husband's fortune. On the other hand, Esteban Villa de Cortés loses his wife and becomes a widower with his three children. Elvira Moncada, Esteban's mother-in-law, holds him responsible for the death of her daughter. After a series of unexpected events, Esteban and Paz meet in the neighborhood where she lives with her family. The chemistry and great understanding that exists between them makes it inevitable that they will fall in love.
85Me atrevo a amarte 2025
90Chespirito 1980
66Lo Mejor de Chespirito 2003
Chespirito is sketch comedy at its best. It was on Chespirito that "El Chapulin", and "El Chavo", were created by its star, Roberto Gomez Bolanos. It is family entertainment that bridges the gaps. Many parents that grew up watching this program now share it with their children. Chespirito was produced for 15 years (1970-1985). It still airs throughout Latin America.
68Panda y Pato 2024
90Una familia de diez 2007
Ten members of the same family share a small house and stumble together through life's mishaps.
66Luz Clarita 1996
Luz Clarita is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa that aired on Canal de las Estrellas in 1996. The series, a remake of Andrea Celeste and Chispita, stars Verónica Merchant and César Évora, as well as child actors Daniela Luján and Ximena Sariñana. It has a dual storyline intended to attract both children and adults.
64Accomplices to the Rescue 2002
This is the story "Mariana Cantú" and "Silvana del Valle Ontiveros", the twins in question. Silvana is taken away from her mother, Rocio, and sister at birth. by Gerardo Ontiveros, who paid the doctor that helped Rocio give birth for one of the twins; as his own sister, Regina, needed an infant to pose as her own daughter with her husband Rolando, who Silvana grows up believing is her biological father, as she cannot have children herself in order to keep him and his money at her side. After 12 years, the twins meet again. They see the resemblance between them, and Silvana asks Mariana to switch places with her for a day so that she can audition as Silvana and get a part in a famous upcoming children's band called Cómplices al Rescate, as Mariana can sing well and Silvana cannot sing at all.
58The Secret Life of Your Mind 2023
Do you have a hard time understanding why you think or behave the way you do? Don't worry, your mind can be a... complicated place. Discover its secrets with Ceri and solve the greatest mystery in the universe: why you are the way you are.
80Carrusel 1989
Carrusel is a Mexican telenovela, produced by and first broadcast on Televisa in 1989. It covers daily life in a Mexican elementary school and the children's relationships with a charismatic teacher named Jimena. Among other plot devices, it deals with the differences between the upper and lower classes of Mexican society — specifically as seen in a romantic relationship between Cirilo, a poor black boy, and a spoiled rich girl, Maria Joaquina Villaseñor.
60El Chapulín Colorado animado 2015
75Don Darvelio's Secret 2003
A group of children discover the secret behind a haunted mansion that they have become obsessed with.
58Si nos dejan 2021
64A Family of Ten 2007
Plácido López is a middle-class accountant who is tiring of being the sole provider for his family, his wife Renata and his 2 children, Plutarco and Martina. They live very happily in a small apartment in the Colonia Doctores in Mexico City.
58¿Quién es la Máscara? 2019
¿Quién es la máscara? (Spanish for Who is the Mask?) is a Mexican talent reality television series produced by Televisa and Endemol Shine Group. It is based on the South Korean television show King of Mask Singer created by Seo Chang-man.
60¿Tú Crees? Enredos de Diez 2022
66Loves with Trap 2015
Los Carmona viven en el campo y su vida cambiará radicalmente cuando el gobierno les expropia su terreno y se mudan a la ciudad. En su nueva casa se encontrarán con la adinerada familia Velasco con quienes tendrán muchas aventuras. "The Carmona live in the countryside and their life will change radically when the government expropriates their land and they move to the city. In their new home they will meet the wealthy Velasco family with whom they will have many adventures."
66Giving up my Life 2020
Te doy la vida is a soap opera produced by Lucero Suárez for Televisa, which premiered by Las Estrellas on March 23, 2020, replacing Vencer the fear. The soap opera is an adaptation of the Chilean story of the same name written by María José Galleguillos. The production started recordings on October 28, 2019. It stars José Ron, Eva Cedeño and Jorge Salinas.
62Valentina's couch 2002
Valentina's couch was a Mexican television series, produced and broadcast by the Once TV channel for her Once Niños children's bar. The series premiered on April 30, 2002, and aired its last episode on November 16, 2005,1 producing a total of 52 episodes. The series ended as its protagonists had grown and were no longer interested in continuing. Despite that, the series was broadcast almost continuously on the children's bar until 2015.
63Vecinos 2005
Vecinos es una serie de comedia de situación de la televisión mexicana creada por el actor y director Eugenio Derbez y basada en la serie española Aquí no hay quien viva. El tono de la comedia es realista y la base para su desarrollo son las situaciones a las que se enfrentan los personajes. Busca alejarse del sketch y en su lugar contar una historia divertida sin caer en el absurdo,se representan historias que retratan en forma cómica las relaciones existentes entre los habitantes de un mismo edificio.
52L-Pop 2023
Film student Pau is making a documentary about her sister Andrea, a K-pop fan. Their parents want Andrea to be a dentist like them and to have a stable job and a normal life. She wants to dedicate all of her time to her new cover dance group. But Andrea has another dream that she keeps secret: she wants to be a singer and dedicate her life to music. She wants to prepare herself in Korea, just like her idols. There are many points against it: she is no longer the ideal age, she does not know if she has the necessary talent and she is not Korean. But thanks to the documentary, her group, an unexpected love interest, and a run-in with a famous actor, she'll find the confidence to pursue her dream.
42Una familia con suerte 2011
A Mexican telenovela based on the Argentinean telenovela Los Roldán.
60Amy, la niña de la mochila azul 2003
Amy, la niña de la mochila azul is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 2004. Starring Danna Paola as Amy, Nora Salinas, Eduardo Capetillo, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. and Tatiana.
60The CQ 2012
This is a show about 8 friends. A popular soccer player, two buddies, a tomboy, the sweetest girl, two evil cousins, and a bully.
55Minas de Pasión 2023
Emilia a single mother who works in a mine fall in love with Leonardo the son of Roberta Castro the most powerful of the people. Roberta will seek revenge on Emilia by making her life miserable.
55Los Elegidos 2019
A group of children and adolescents with supernatural abilities pose as a family to hide their powers from a volatile military man who seeks to use them for nefarious deeds.
55María Belén 2001
María Belén is a Mexican children's television series produced by Televisa. It premiered on August 13, 2001 on XEW-TV in Mexico. Starring Nora Salinas, René Laván, and Danna Paola as "María Belén."
53Vencer el miedo 2020
55Sin tu mirada 2017
A Mexican telenovela revolving around Marina, a blind woman who because of her disability has developed a great sensitivity.
53La CQ: Nuevo ingreso 2024
After twelve years, Constantino Quijano High School opens its doors to new students; a new generation is ready to start classes. What adventures will this new school year bring us?
55Adventures in Time 2001
Violeta lives with her uncle because her mother died soon after she was born and she never knew her father, she stays with her grandmother from time to time as well. Violeta has a boyfriend named Ángel who gives her a pet dog. While at her grandmother's house, Violeta discovers a time machine that her grandfather built, so she and her friends travel to different time periods. They visit several important events in Mexican history, learning these stories firsthand.
48Maria Isabel 1997
Maria Isabel is a poor, generous and honest Indian woman. She lives with her father and his second wife, who hates and mistreats her. Her best friend is Graziela, the daughter of Félix Pereira, a rich, cruel and insensitive man. To put an end to this friendship, Félix sends Graziela to study in the capital. Years later, Graziela returns to the village and meets Maria Isabel again. Graziela falls in love with Leonardo, one of the engineers who works on a construction site on the outskirts of the village, but her father is against this relationship because he wants her to marry the son of a friend of his. To get the engineer out of his daughter's way, Félix plans an accident on the construction site, and the engineer ends up dying. A short time later, Graziela discovers that she is pregnant.
45I Love You, Güero 2020
Andrea, a con artist, sets her sights on idealistic millionaire Tyler after he returns to Mexico in search of his birth mother and the rest of his biological family. When they develop real feelings despite Andrea's deception, sparks fly.
45Muchachitas 1991
Muchachitas is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced for Televisa by Emilio Larrosa, who also wrote the script during 1991 and 1992. The telenovela was also shown on Univisión in the early 1990s, and featured young up-and-coming actors who later became stars.
45Tu vida es mi vida 2024
Paula, a woman who, upon finding out that she suffers from an illness, for which she has 6 to 8 months to live, rethinks her existence and abandons her job as a businesswoman to spend this time with her 3 children. Upon arriving at the town there will be a confrontation between Lorenzo and Pepe's family, a good man with noble feelings who has just asked his wife for a divorce, a selfish woman who is unfaithful to him with Rafa, his own brother. Although the relationship between them begins in a less than cordial manner, Paula and Pepe cannot help but feel attraction for each other. Paula's illness, family secrets from the past, the problems that her children will face, combined with the intrigues of Malena, Pepe's wife, and Rolando, Paula's suitor who, together with Natalia, her partner and supposed best friend, will cause all kinds of conflicts to prevent the union of Paula and Pepe
40Friends 4 Ever 2000
The story is set at a prestigious, but rigid and repressive school called Instituto Vidal. Its strict owner, Julia Vidal, was once kind but has now turned into a bitter woman following the death of her husband and her daughter, Lauriel. Her granddaughter, Ana, a very sweet and intelligent 10 year old, also has been affected by the death: She has been rendered virtually speechless by the trauma, though she expresses herself through music and possesses an extraordinary ability to move objects with her mind. Ana's unscrupulous father, Francisco Capistrán, however, has taken advantage of the situation to try to steal Julia's school. The timely arrival of Ana's uncle, Salvador, Amanda and her adopted son changes everything. Ana’s sad and lonely life takes an unexpected turn for the better and she regains her joy in a series of adventures bursting with humor, excitement, music and thrilling surprises.
30Skimo 2006
Skimo is the first Nickelodeon comedy sitcom made in Mexico. It is produced by Nickelodeon Latin America and Macias Group International. The show first aired on May 15, 2006, and ran at 8:00 pm for the first two seasons. In the third season of the show, it was moved to 6:00pm on Mondays. Now, for the 2007 summer-fall transition, the show airs reruns weekdays at 7:00pm; also, during the 2006 summer-fall transition, the show aired reruns on Mondays at 6:00pm; during the 2007 break between seasons 2 and 3, the show aired reruns of 3 episodes on Mondays at 6:00pm as well. Currently, it´s airing reruns on Nick at Nite block on Nickelodeon Latin America. The opening song for the show, called "Skimo Es el Lugar", is performed by the pop rock band Motel.
30Dropets of Love 1998
Left at the door of an orphanage just a few days after birth, Isabel "Chabelita" has grown in a shady atmosphere and with lack of affection. Her short life has been even harder because of constant mistreatment she has received from the strict director of the institution. In spite of the difficult experiences that Chabelita has lived through, her spirit is up and she is very optimistic. She has an almost magic ability to unite people, and her enthusiasm is contagious. When she was told that her father lives in the Mexico City, Chabelita escapes from the orphanage to find him. This is the beginning of the adventures of this wonderful girl, who, while she looks for her family, brings love to all lonely and needed people whom she meets on her way.
28María de Todos los Ángeles 2009
13El Principe del Barrio 2023
12Monteverde 2025
Carolina is married to a man who commits fraud and blames her, so she runs away from home with her son. The only solution Carolina can think of at that moment is to go see her twin sister, Celeste, who is a nun. The only option she gives her is for them to exchange places and Carolina to go to the place where she will be sent. This is how she ends up in the town of Monteverde, a place where there are only men thanks to Óscar León, who, after his wife left him, is very resentful of women and refuses to give them jobs. There, Father Gabriel and Sister Celeste recruit a group of women to live there and change the dynamics of the town.
10Rayito de luz 2000
10Lo que callamos las mujeres 2000
A Mexican anthology television series which deals with the social problems of Mexican society.
10Amy, la niña de la mochila azul 2003
Amy, la niña de la mochila azul is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 2004. Starring Danna Paola as Amy, Nora Salinas, Eduardo Capetillo, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. and Tatiana.
10No Limite da Paixão 2002
10The Voice (MX) 2011
It is a television program that leaves aside the appearances of any participant, since what matters is finding the new voice that will emerge at the end of the program. The voice ... Mexico aims to find candidates who have real vocal abilities. And for that, four great stars of music, will be in charge of finding and training the next great voice of Mexico
10Sent from Heaven 2012
All of us have wondered if heaven really exists...and if it does, we would like to make sure that once we die we will be getting to that heavenly place. Of course, the best would be to die when he have already done enough! This is why, for Cachito at the age of 25 paradise is on Earth, next to his family and Renata, the woman whom he is about to marry. However, life has many surprises ahead for him: an unexpected woman, a heaven like he never imagined and the chance to return to earth ...but in someone else´s body! Cachito a young man who has it all: a beautiful family, very good friends, a promising future as a professional soccer player and he is about to marry beautiful sports reporter Renata Landeros, the love of his life. However, everything changes when an unexpected and absurd event leads him to heaven´s threshold where he is received by two absentminded angels who, behind God´s back, manage this department at their own pleasure. Ariel and Ezequiel, while checking on their files, notice that they made a “little” mistake and inform Cachito it was not his time to die yet; that´s why they decide to send him back to Earth, but they need to do so using another person´s body....Salvador´s, the new priest in Cachito´s neighborhood. With this second chance, Salvador will do everything he can to reunite with his beloved ones, but now as a priest things will get very complicated for him. Will he be able to win Renata back and return as his... Sent from Heaven?
10Rosalinda 1999
Rosalinda is a pretty woman who sells flowers and decorates a fancy restaurant. One day, she meets Fernando José, a man of high social status. He plays the piano at the restaurant. They eventually fall in love, get married, and have a child named Erika, but his stepmother Valeria desires to split the happy couple up, and she has the perfect way of doing so. Rosalinda's real mother, Soledad, served a 20-year prison sentence for the murder of Fernando José's real father. She was innocent, but took the blame. After finding out this horrible news, Fernando José abandons Rosalinda and her daughter. Valeria kidnaps Erika. Rosalinda goes into a clinical and eventually loses her mind. She is locked up in a mental hospital. One night, the mental hospital catches fire and burns down. Rosalinda fortunately manages to escape. However, her loved ones are convinced she is dead. Suffering from a major case of amnesia, she is forced to become a thief by an old man who takes her in. She meets Alejandro "Alex" Dorantes while trying to steal from his house. Alex cleans her up and she takes on the identity of Paloma Dorantes and becomes a singer. She falls in love with Alex, the talent agent who makes her famous. Meanwhile, Fernando José marries Rosalinda's cousin, Fedra. Rosalinda's life with Alex seems to be going well. However, things just don't seem to be totally right. One night, Rosalinda and Alex attend one of Fernando Jose's concerts. He plays a song which happens to be the first one he played the day they met. This seems to trigger Rosalinda's memory of her past. Overwhelmed by these memories, Rosalinda scurries out of the concert hall and gets hit by a car. Alex rushes her to the hospital. It is then that Rosalinda realizes that she is not Paloma, but Rosalinda. Now that Rosalinda has gained her memory back, she must go back and fight to gain her child back, her family, and Fernando Jose in the process.
10Never-ending Christmas 2001
10Unlimited... 2012
The Mexico City Metropolitan Train has many stories to tell: from archaeological findings during its construction, its underground museums and hospitals, and even its patents and special maintenance services. These are some of their stories.
10I dare you to leave 2015
A story where despite obstacles and betrayals, love succeeds, if not in the present, at least in the future and future generations. This is a heartbreaking story where power, envy, selfishness and the desire for possession tragically mark the deep love between Paulina (Camila Sodi) and Adrián (Osvaldo Benavides), who nevertheless manage to perpetuate their love for Through his daughter Valentina (Camila Sodi) and his beloved Mauricio (Ignacio Casano). This melodrama is divided in two stages, in each one of them are the obstacles so that the love, first of Paulina and Adrian and later of Valentina and Mauricio, triumphs.
10A.mar, donde el amor teje sus redes 2025
Estrella Contreras, a single mother struggling to raise her daughter Azul, finds herself having to return to her hometown after the fateful death of her father Ulises, where she meets Fabián Bravo, a widowed father and fisherman by profession who is fighting to regain custody of his teenage daughter Yazmin. Love blossoms between them, but it will be complicated by the intrigues of Érika Méndez, Fabián's ex-partner, and the ambition of Sergio Falcón, a powerful businessman and Azul's father, who will relentlessly seek to prevent this relationship, even if it means ending the customs and traditions of an entire fishing village, which will lead Fabián and Estrella to face a hurricane of calamities, always putting the well-being of their families first.
10Los hermanos Salvador 2022
10Soltero con Hijas 2019
The life of a single, carefree man suddenly changes when he has to take care of three nieces.
10Mágica juventud 1992
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