Best Brazilian mystery series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch mystery shows from Brazil, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Invisible City

    Invisible City 2021

    An environmental police officer uncovers a hidden world of mythological entities from Brazilian folklore when he finds a connection between the mysterious appearance of a dead river dolphin on a Rio de Janeiro beach and the death of his beloved wife.

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  • Poster for Lady Voyeur

    Lady Voyeur 2023

    A talented, voyeuristic hacker finds herself thrust into a dangerous investigation after her sex worker neighbor leaves for a weekend trip.

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  • Poster for Avenida Brasil

    Avenida Brasil 2012

    Brazil Avenue is a dynamic, lifelike, and modern telenovela that reveals how unrelenting ambition and inflicted cruelty can change a young girl’s destiny and lead her to seek revenge.

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  • Poster for Kissing Game

    Kissing Game 2020

    At a high school in a rural, isolated ranching community, families panic when teens contract a mysterious "kissing disease" that quickly spreads.

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  • Poster for Mônica and Friends

    Mônica and Friends 2022

    When popular Carminha Frufru's party is mysteriously sabotaged, Mônica and her friends become the main suspects, and they will need to overcome their insecurities and reveal their secrets to decipher the mystery.

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  • Poster for Scars of Beauty

    Scars of Beauty 2025

    Two families, two terrible injustices, and one common plan for revenge. A daughter who loses her mother is wrongly imprisoned and murdered in prison. A mother who loses her daughter is the victim of medical malpractice. Both join forces to take revenge on those who destroyed their families.

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  • Poster for Capitu

    Capitu 2008

    A melancholy Dom Casmurro, who writes a book to tell his vision of his own story and also to restore, in old age, the moments lived in adolescence alongside the great love of his life, Capitu, a girl who seduced him with her "hangover eyes".

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  • Poster for O Canto da Sereia

    O Canto da Sereia 2013

    Meet Sereia, a young and beautiful singer whose world of fame and fortune is interlaced with envy and hate. Her murder in the midst of carnival shocks the entire country and the hunt for her killer reveals a new suspect with each new day of investigation. Holding the status of a big-budget thriller, the miniseries brings about mysticism, sensuality and suspense that hooks the viewer until the astonishing end.

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  • Poster for A Favorita

    A Favorita 2008

    Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?

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  • Poster for Unsoul

    Unsoul 2020

    In 1988, the disappearance of a young girl shocks the population of little Brígida, in the interior of southern Brazil, resulting in the banning of pagan festivities of Ivana Kupala. Thirty years later, the city is preparing to bring the party back, but terrifying events, along with the dangerous ritual of transmigration of souls, unsettle the community and bring to light the secrets of a crime that ties three families’ destinies through time.

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  • Poster for Supermax

    Supermax 2016

    Twelve people are confined together in an abandoned maximum security prison in the middle of the Amazon forest, and end up having to fight for their lives against unknown creatures and supernatural odds.

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  • Poster for Moses and The Ten Commandments

    Moses and The Ten Commandments 2015

    The story begins in the city of Pi-Ramesses, in Egypt, at approximately 1300 B.C, when the powerful pharaoh Seti, orders the death of every male newborn in his hatred of the Hebrew people. Amidst the horrors of mass infanticide, one brave Hebrew family defies Pharaoh`s command and hides their child in a basket set afloat on the river Nile, trusting that God would carry him to safety.

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  • Poster for Alma Gêmea

    Alma Gêmea 2005

    A young woman is fated to relive the love of an earlier life. Separated by time, young Serena and botanist Rafael surmount all obstacles as they live a love that is stronger than fate itself. These challenges include the lovely but ambitious Cristina, who is obsessed by the rich botanist and driven nearly mad by her attempts to shatter their great love. A romantic comedy set in the 1940s, Soul Mate underscores the importance of love, family values and the ties of affection with a light touch and plenty of humor.

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  • Poster for The Forgotten Valley

    The Forgotten Valley 2022

    A group of youngsters get lost while hiking in the woods and are suddenly attacked. Wounded and with one of them have being captured, they find shelter in an eerie village shrouded in an eternal mist, a place from where no one can escape.

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  • Poster for The Party

    The Party 2014

    A glamorous reception at businesswoman Angela Mahler's mansion attracts high society: businessmen, powerful women, and bons vivants looking for some fun. Unexpectedly, a body is found in the pool and what was a party, becomes a crime scene. Thus begins a frantic hunt for the murderer. Trapped inside the house and in the investigators' crosshairs, all the guests are suspects. The story occurs over a 24-hour period in a web of suspense, ambition, ulterior motive and uncontrollable passion.

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  • Poster for Apocalipse

    Apocalipse 2017

    A mysterious and spiritual portrayal of one of the most intense and controversial stories in the Holy Bible: the end of the world.

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  • Poster for Dias Perfeitos

    Dias Perfeitos 2025

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  • Poster for Xeque Mate

    Xeque Mate 2024

    A dangerous game, full of traps. A dispute of power, money and desire. On one side of the board, delegate Giovanna Torres, on the other, the wife of a businessman, Maya Manoela. In this game, only one will fall. Who will give Checkmate?Loosely based on the work of Evelin Sousa.

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  • Poster for Exterminadores do Além

    Exterminadores do Além 2021

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  • Ordem Paranormal: Natal Macabro 2024

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  • Poster for Corpo a Corpo

    Corpo a Corpo 1984

    Eloá and Osmar's marriage is thrown into crisis when a mysterious man crosses their path. With a thirst for prestige and power, Eloá will face the consequences of her ambition.

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  • Poster for Agosto

    Agosto 1993

    The series tells the story of a criminal investigation into the murder of businessman Paulo Gomes de Aguiar at the beginning of August. In the midst of the Vargas government crisis, the murder case is taken by police commissioner Alberto Mattos, an honest and incorruptible man who is not well regarded by his co-workers, as the place is totally turned over to corruption.

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  • Poster for The Stripper

    The Stripper 2019

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  • Poster for Dangerous Liaisons

    Dangerous Liaisons 2016

    Brazilian version of the classic 18th century novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Set in the 1920's, this adaptation in 10 episodes takes the story of love, lust and revenge to another era.

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  • Poster for Saramandaia

    Saramandaia 2013

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  • Poster for Boca do Lixo

    Boca do Lixo 1990

    Cláudia Toledo, a former sex symbol and a struggling actress, sees a chance to transform her life when a wealthy businessman proposes to her. What initially seemed like a dream marriage quickly unravels into a deceptive scheme, as Cláudia discovers the union is a sham to maintain appearances. She ends up falling for Tomás, a seductive construction worker, who convinces Cláudia to plot a murder to inherit her husband's fortune.

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  • Poster for Miracle Hands

    Miracle Hands 2010

    A young medical doctor discovers some paranormal abilities. He can operate people with the assistance of the spirits of dead people.

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  • Poster for Vade Retro

    Vade Retro 2017

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  • Poster for Land of the Strong

    Land of the Strong 2018

    When an adventurous young man goes missing after a fight, his mother Cassia and his twin sister Maria begin a dangerous journey in search of answers in a town where brute force overcomes the law.

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  • Poster for Mário Fofoca

    Mário Fofoca 1983

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  • Poster for Torre de Babel

    Torre de Babel 1998

    The former expert in fireworks, José Clementino gets a job as a bricklayer in the construction of a magnificent shopping center, one of the many works carried out by the construction engineer, César Toledo. During the feast of the ridge, where engineers and workers gather to celebrate the laying of the slab work, Clementino's wife flirts with several men. At one point, when he gives for the missing woman, Mason goes looking for her and is in a far corner of the building having sex with two men. Overcome with rage, Clementino kills his wife and one of the men paddle strokes. The family hears the screams and Toledo contains Clementino, with the help of a group of workers. Shocked by the violence of the employee, the employer called the police, and even later, an indictment against him at trial. His testimony is crucial to the conviction of Clementino, to discover their terrible crimes and audacious, which is a court suspicious.

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  • Poster for Coffin Joe

    Coffin Joe 2015

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  • Poster for Crazy About You

    Crazy About You 2024

    The story begins with the ambiguous relationship between friends Viola and Luma, who seem predestined to literally enter each other's lives. Born on the same day, in very different situations, they meet years later, united by coincidences that go beyond their birthday. From humble origins, Viola moves with her boyfriend Mavi to Angra dos Reis, where Luma lives a luxurious life and dates Rudá, who ends up meeting Viola by chance. Thus begins the duo's journey, which goes from a passion for recipes to an obsession with the same man, from the immediate connection to the point of starting to live their friend’s reality, 10 years later. A journey divided between complicity and rivalry, which includes them in a love quadrangle and is impacted by a series of circumstances, twists and surprises, such as the secret surrounding a murder.

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  • Poster for Disk Duny Mysteries

    Disk Duny Mysteries 2023

    Scooby-doo, dogs belong outside!

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  • Poster for Kings

    Kings 2022

    Kings will tell the story of the nation of Israel, from the moment when the last judge, the prophet Samuel, is used by God to guide His people, to the sad fall of Jerusalem, caused by the armies of Babylon.

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  • França e o Labirinto 2023

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  • Poster for Kissing Game

    Kissing Game 2020

    At a high school in a rural area of Brazil, isolated ranching community families panic when teens contract a mysterious "kissing disease" that quickly spreads.

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  • Poster for Elas por Elas

    Elas por Elas 2023

    Seven friends who met in their youth at an English course meet again 25 years later; Lara, Taís, Helena, Adriana, Renée, Natália and Carol, each of them has a different personality and origin, but they share a deep affection.

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  • Poster for O Astro

    O Astro 1977

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  • Poster for Luz do Sol

    Luz do Sol 2007

    The plot begins in 1995 in Rio de Janeiro, when Stella (Luíza Tomé) and Freddy (Giuseppe Oristânio) discover that their youngest daughter, Drica (Luma Costa), mysteriously disappeared during a kidnapping attempt on her fifth birthday. The girl is found unconscious in the middle of a storm on Saquarema beach by Agenor (Leonardo Brício), a simple fisherman and full of secrets, and ends up repressing the memory of everything that happened due to the trauma. She is raised as a child of blood by Agenor and his wife, Eliana (Patricia França), who had a daughter of the same age who died a few months earlier and believe the girl was sent by sea to heal the scars – naming her with Rosa's name, the same as the deceased child. After 11 years, Rosa became an expert surfer and sells shrimp on the beach to help her family, experiencing a confused feeling for Vicente (Eduardo Pires), whom she believes is her blood brother.

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  • Poster for Terrores Urbanos

    Terrores Urbanos 2018

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  • Poster for A Rainha da Pérsia

    A Rainha da Pérsia 2024

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  • Poster for Marisol

    Marisol 2002

    A remake of the Mexican telenovela of the same name.

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  • Poster for Nomade 7

    Nomade 7 2016

    Involved with drug dealers, a rich guy is brutally murdered, but he mysteriously wakes up the next day at home. Without understanding what happened, he has the mind invaded by a strange voice and goes on to exhibit superhuman abilities.

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  • Poster for Chuva Negra

    Chuva Negra 2023

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  • Poster for O Sorriso do Lagarto

    O Sorriso do Lagarto 1991

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  • Poster for Noturnos

    Noturnos 2020

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  • Poster for Série A3

    Série A3 2021

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  • Poster for Crossing the Line

    Crossing the Line 2012

    The instigating universe of investigations in Rio de Janeiro, and an anti-hero police officer who dialogues with the rules imposed by the system. In each episode, a crime is investigated and solved, showing how the functioning of the city interconnects all types of residents and visitors.

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  • Poster for Quem Ama Não Mata

    Quem Ama Não Mata 1982

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  • Poster for Suplicium

    Suplicium 2023

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  • O dia mundo Jurassic 2025

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  • Hunters 2023

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  • Poster for O Enigma

    O Enigma 2018

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  • Refém 2014

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  • Poster for O Rebu

    O Rebu 1974

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  • Poster for Animal

    Animal 2014

    Strange events bring the famous biologist João Paulo Gil back to his homeland, Monte Alegre do Sul, seeking a cure for his psychological disorder, a kind of therianthropy that makes he believes it has the characteristics of a puma.

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  • Poster for 22–2000 Cidade Aberta

    22–2000 Cidade Aberta 1965

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  • Poster for Sampa

    Sampa 1988

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  • Meu Pedacinho de Chão 1971

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  • O Pulo do Gato 1978

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  • Nina 1977

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  • Corrida do Ouro 1974

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  • Gaivotas 1979

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  • Dinheiro Vivo 1979

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  • O Todo Poderoso 1979

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