Shows Like Lola… Once Upon a Time

If you liked Lola… Once Upon a Time (2007), a soap and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Curse by the Sea (2009)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and soap
Mar de Amor is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux with protagonists Zuria Vega, Mario Cimarro and Mariana Seoane and antagonists Ninel Conde, Marcelo Córdoba and Manuel Landeta. This is a…
2
Contra viento y marea (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also soap and drama
Contra viento y marea is a Mexican telenovela aired from April 25 until November 4, 2005. This was also the last acting role of Beatriz Sheridan, who died in 2006 of a heart attack.
3
Teresa (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also soap and drama
Teresa Chavez is a young woman with an obsession for money and ambition. Despite her beauty and the fact that she was raised in the bosom of a loving family, she is resentful; her one desire is to leave her humble but…
4
Don't Mess with the Angel (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and soap
When Marichuy was born, her mother—believing she was on the verge of death—handed her over to a priest, who took her to an orphanage. At the age of fourteen, Marichuy ran away from the institution and began wandering…
5
Atrévete a Olvidarme (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also soap and drama
Atrévete a Olvidarme is a Mexican telenovela produced by Roberto Hernández Vázquez for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from August 6 to September 7, 2001. Created by Martha Carrillo, Roberto…
6
Esmeralda (1996)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and soap
Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in…
7
Ask God For Forgiveness... Not Me (2015)
★ 7/10Also drama and soap
The story of Renata Flores del Angel, a young woman from a wealthy family who falls for Pablo Ramos, the foreman of her father's estate.
8
Mujer de Madera (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and soap
Mujer de Madera is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 2004. One unusual feature of this telenovela is that the main character is played by different actresses before and after her stay in hospital due to a…
9
Wild at Heart (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and soap
Mistreated by the Narváez family, the poor and innocent Maricruz is humiliated, abandoned, and imprisoned, losing everything. Upon discovering her true origins, she transforms into a wealthy and powerful woman. Driven…
10
Apuesta por un amor (2004)
★ 7/10Also drama and soap
Apuesta por un Amor is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa in 2004. Patricia Manterola and Juan Soler starred as the protagonists, while Alejandra Ávalos, Roberto Ballesteros and Fabián…
11
La desalmada (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also soap and drama
Fernanda Linares (Livia Brito) is a woman thirsty for revenge after the murder of her husband on their wedding night, where in addition, Fernanda was a victim of rape after the event occurred. However, Fernanda's life…
12
La hija del Mariachi (2006)
★ 8.1/10Also soap and drama
Emiliano, a wealthy Mexican businessman, is ripped off by his friends and partners. Hidden in Bogotá, he receives help from Rosario, a mariachi singer. She does not know Emiliano’s background and that he is wanted by…
13
Rebelde Way (2002)
★ 8/10Also soap and drama
Four teenagers at an elite school in Buenos Aires are drawn together by their love of music, despite their differing social and economic backgrounds.
14
María la del Barrio (1995)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and soap
A brave, poor young girl is welcomed into a rich family and develops a romance with their misogynist youngest son, driving a woman already in love with him to go to great lengths to destroy their relationship.
15
La doble vida de Estela Carrillo (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also soap and drama
After witnessing a murder, single mother Estela Carrillo must hide the fact that she is an undocumented immigrant escaping a dark past. While hiding her secret, romantic interests and her dream of becoming a singer…
16
Maria Mercedes (1992)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and soap
María Mercedes, a poor girl who sells lottery tickets, meets a rich man who hates his own family and sees in María Mercedes an opportunity to make their lives miserable.
17
Valiant Love (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also soap and drama
Camila Monterde is a beautiful veterinarian whose life has been torn apart by a tragic accident in which her fiancé, Luis, was killed. Hoping to ease her depression, her uncle, Daniel Monterde, invites her to live at…
18
Like, la Leyenda (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and soap
The experiences of a group of young people interned at the Life Institute of Knowledge and Evolution (LIKE), a prestigious and cosmopolitan educational institution, with a supposedly modern and open educational system…
19
Distilling Love (2007)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and soap
A romance blossoms between a young country woman and the grandson of the late owner of a tequila company. The young man promises to return and marry his girlfriend once he finishes his studies abroad, unaware that she…
20
The Color of Passion (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and soap
Rebeca murders her sister Adriana to end up with the man she loved, and becomes the step mother of her niece Lucía. Nora, Lucía's half sister and daughter of Rebeca, resents Lucía for the same reasons Rebeca hated…