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Plot Summary:
The history of the Phoenix Restaurant is closely intertwined with the stories of four women of different generations. It portrays the commonest marital problems and various kinds of stress suffered by women over the centuries.
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Country: Hong Kong
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The Ultimatum (2009)
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The Ultimatum is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 27 May 2009 and ended on the date 7 July 2009. This drama serial consists of 30 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm. Being the mid-year Channel 8 blockbuster of 2009, it was the first Channel 8 drama to be fully filmed in HD. Despite being touted as the 2009 blockbuster of the year and featuring many established actors and actresses like Zoe Tay, Li Nanxing and Fann Wong, the show's reception was lukewarm at best. Many viewers faulted the serial for improbable casting and for a lack of originality in certain parts of the scripting. The series also came under harsh criticism for being overly melodramatic. However, the performance of newcomers such as Jerry Yeo, who played an antagonist for the first time, were widely praised.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 45 min
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Nurses (2019)
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A story of women in which María Clara, the main character, is responsible for driving the main plot: a love story full of ups and downs. A failed marriage, a divorce, raising her two children and falling in love again with a man younger than her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia
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Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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The Exchange (2023)
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Set in Kuwait in 1988, two women making their way in the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Drama
Country: Kuwait
Duration: 50 min
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Sisters of Pearl (2010)
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Set in 1960s Hong Kong, "Sisters of Pearl" centers on the daughters of a jewelry merchant vying for the heirship of their family business. The dying tycoon asks his eldest daughter Chu Pik-Wan to take over the company with the aid of second daughter Chu Pik-Ha, who has just returned home after the death of her husband, and the still-in-school youngest daughter Chu Pik-Lam. Conflict brews between the siblings as Pik-Wan suspects that her husband Ho Cheung-Hing still harbours illicit desires for Ha. When a woman suddenly appears and claims to be their father's mistress, can the Chu sisters put aside their differences and unite against a common enemy?.
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Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
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Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Late Night Restaurant (2015)
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A restaurant opens at midnight until seven in the morning. Its mysterious owner and chef, simply called the "Master," has no fixed items on his menu, but will take orders from any customer and cook up whatever they ask for. As the Master cooks, his customers tell him their life stories. Korean adaptation of the original Japanese drama.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Plot tags: seinen
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Anonymous Detective (2012)
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Katsunori Takahashi, from the hit series Hitoshi Tadano, is back in a new detective drama that blends the suspense from investigating and solving cases with comedy and colorful adult situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
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Remarriage & Desires (2022)
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Through an exclusive matchmaking agency, women strive to marry a desirable bachelor and into the highest echelon of society.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Through the Waves (2018)
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Due to the Korean war, Oh Bok-Sil’s family becomes separated lose everything. Not to be defeated, they live with strength as they suffer great hardships.
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Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Foodie Love (2019)
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A pair of thirty-somethings meet through a food lover app and embark on a relationship despite past scars. Over the course of several dates, they discover where their tastes overlap and whether their passion for food, and shared distaste for foodie pretension, is enough to spark true love.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, light, touching, captivating, entertaining, contemplative
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Everything I Know About Love (2022)
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In a 2012 London house-share, childhood best friends Maggie and Birdy — now in their 20s — experience bad dates, heartaches and humiliation. With flashbacks to suburban adolescence in the early noughties, the series begs the question: can platonic love survive romantic love as we grow up?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min
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Chef: Three Star School Lunch (2016)
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Hoshino Mitsuko is the talented three-star chef of famous French restaurant, La Cuisine de La reine, in Ginza, Tokyo. She has drawn attention not just from Japan but also the world for the new recipes she continuously conceives with her delicate palate and unrivalled creativity. Gourmands around the world visit the restaurant for her cuisine and there is a three-year wait for reservations. One day, trouble occurs between Mitsuko and the restaurant owner Shinoda Shogo and she is fired. She has difficulty finding a new restaurant due to Shinoda’s interference and her over-inflated pride, and ends up creating school lunches for a popular variety programme by a hotshot producer. It was believed to be something easy for Mitsuko, but she meets many obstacles and keeps failing. Moreover, this is aired on TV and made known to the world. Even so, Mitsuko does not give up and starts to create school lunches in order to hear children say her food is delicious and also regain her lost stars.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Mustangs FC (2017)
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A goal kicking comedy drama about girls who are abandoning the sidelines and starting their local football club’s first all-female team. Against the odds, they’ll stand united and overcome any challenge the club, the boys or the opposition can throw at them, all while wrestling with what it means to be a girl today.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, children's program
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Fathers and Sons (2007)
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Top-ranked market research manager, Man Tin-Tzi, is an expert at price comparison. Tin-Tzi who relishes his yuppie lifestyle has been longing for early retirement. But the sudden return of his eight-year-old son seems to have completely shattered his dreams. Tin-Tzi has no experience in taking care of children and is totally clueless about how to look after his son. Luckily his ally-cum-rival Amy Kam is there to help and look out for him in every way. Meanwhile, Tin-Tzi is also trying to patch up his relationship with his godfather Ko Chi-Tim, who has his own family issues.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
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Midnight Diner (2009)
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Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, melancholic, contemplative, anthology
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The Bird (2011)
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A young woman, withdrawn from life, rescues a live bird that had been trapped in the wall of her apartment.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Beyond the Realm of Conscience (2009)
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Beyond the Realm of Conscience is a 2009 Hong Kong television series. Produced by Mui Siu-ching, the serial is one of the two grand TVB productions to celebrate along with the channel's 42nd anniversary, the other being Born Rich. The drama aired five days a week on the TVB network with 45-minute episodes starting October 19, 2009. Set in the latter years of the Tang Dynasty, Beyond the Realm of Conscience tells the story of palace maid Lau Sam-ho and her relations in the Imperial Palace, beginning with her experiences in the Imperial Household Bureau. The series title roughly means "Plots in the Palace" and is a play on the phrase, a homonym which roughly means "Plots that target and attack the heart".
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
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Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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War and Beauty (2004)
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Fifteen years after Qing Emperor Jiaqing was crowned the country appears to be in harmony. However, fights between the imperial concubines escalate. All the imperial concubines including the emperor's beloved Yu-Yue understand this and becomes nervous when the triennial imperial concubine election approaches. Yu-Yue's position is threatened by an imperial descendant, Yuk-ying, a powerful eunuch's adopted daughter, Yi-Sun, and an experienced imperial servant maid On-Seen. They are friends and enemies in the war for the emperor's love. The four beautiful women are either friends or lovers of an imperial physician Sun Bak Yeung and a trooper Kong-Wu. Plots and lies undermine their love and friendships in the palace.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: costume drama, captivating
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Ghost Writer (2015)
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Two women are bound by their mutual passion for writing. Tono Risa is already a successful writer. Her books are all best sellers and have been made into movies, putting increasing pressure on Risa to keep churning out masterpieces. The professional pressures and her personal responsibilities begin to make Risa feel overwhelmed and dejected. Yuki is a young woman who moves to Tokyo with the dream of becoming a published writer someday. When she is about to give up on that dream, Yuki is offered a job to work as Risa’s assistant by her editor. The two women start off a little stilted but eventually form a friendship and a productive working relationship. As Yuki’s role gradually increases from being an assistant to a ghostwriter for Risa, will Risa feel threatened by Yuki’s ambition?.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Not My Fault: Mexico (2021)
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Two years after her sister Liliana disappeared without a trace, Mariana receives painful closure when her body is finally discovered. Mariana’s pain empowers her to embark on a tireless mission to learn the truth about what happened to Liliana – a decision that will open her eyes to despicable statistics of a country unable to stem the brutal violence against women.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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When Heaven Burns (2011)
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When Yip Chi-Yan, Lau Chun-Hung, Sung Yee-Long, and Cheng Chun-Hin are brought together again by an accident, their lives change irreversibly. Chi-Yan is a radio host. She and the other three were members of the same band eighteen years ago. The memory of them playing music together comes back vividly to them, and so does the pain they have all tried so hard to bury. Eighteen years ago her boyfriend, Ka-Ming, was killed in a hiking accident. Time flies, but she can never forgive Chun-Hung, Yee-Long, and Chun-Hin for failing to save Ka-Ming. As they reconnect, the four good friends and the people around them are drawn into a vortex of love they have no control over.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, banned
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Best Chicken (2019)
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One day, Park Choi Go, decides to quit his job at a big company and open up his own chicken restaurant at what used to be a bathhouse. Meanwhile, Seo Bo Ah, an aspiring webtoon writer who secludes herself in the bathhouse, can’t accept that the building she inherited from her grandfather is turning into a chicken restaurant. To take her inheritance back, she becomes Park Choi Go’s employee along with Andrew Kang, a once promising chef who is now homeless. Can Park Choi Go become the ultimate chicken master and achieve his dream?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016)
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In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef cooks anything his customers want. Each episode is about different a different customer, as they find simple yet profound connections with one another based on their shared love of a particular dish.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sitcom, anthology
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Girlfriends (2018)
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After the dramatic and sudden death of Linda's husband Micky, childhood friends Linda, Sue and Gail find themselves back together again. Each has their own problems to face; from a looming divorce from the husband she still loves and the loss of a high-powered job through age discrimination, to juggling the endless responsibilities of their grandchildren and aging mothers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Chefs (2015)
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Every year Le Chef (English: The Chef), owner of the restaurant Le Paris, and a figure in French cuisine incorporates a young offender on probation into his team. Romain, just released from prison, arrives in this new world where gastronomy and excellence mix. After a difficult integration, he shows a real talent for cooking and climbs the ranks.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, thought provoking, touching, captivating, realistic
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Rica Famosa Latina (2014)
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Rica, Famosa, Latina is an Estrella TV reality series which was co-created by Lenard Liberman of Estrella TV, and by Joyce Giraud. The Spanish-language show was inspired by the Real Housewives franchise.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, non fiction
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The Newsreader (2021)
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An unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 313 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Brief Encounters (2016)
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In the early 1980s the lives of four ordinary women, their husbands, mothers, families and community are turned around when they become Ann Summers party plan saleswomen.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 276 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, thrilling
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Sweetbitter (2018)
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Shortly after arriving in New York City, 22-year-old Tess lands a job at a celebrated downtown restaurant. Swiftly introduced to the world of drugs, alcohol, love, lust, dive bars, and fine dining, she learns to navigate the chaotically alluring, yet punishing life she has stumbled upon.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: entertaining, light, scenic, colorful, colourful
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The Serpent Queen (2022)
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Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she’s unable to concieve. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else, ruling France for 50 years.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: historical drama, costume drama, beautiful, period drama
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The Morning Show (2019)
Plot Summary:
A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the men and women who carry out this daily televised ritual.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: social, disturbing, suspense, emotional, captivating, exciting, funny, intellectual, cynical, sexploitation film