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Plot Summary:
A young woman named Izumi (Keiko Kitagawa) suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi (Masaki Okada), who died from a fatal motorcycle accident. The shock from her boyfriend's sudden death causes Izumi to lose her memory from the time of the accident. A lawyer named Makiko (Nene Otsuka) then helps Izumi to remember the final moments of her boyfriend's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic
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Her Granddaughter (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother’s house in the countryside. When her grandmother dies, Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in the house full-time, and to work from there as well. However, one day she encounters a middle-aged man in the house, who tells Tsugumi that her grandmother gave him a key to the annex house when he was her student. The two share the property, although Tsugumi still does not know the exact relationship that her grandmother had with this man.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: romantic, tension
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I Have To Buy New Shoes (2012)
Plot Summary:
Freelance writer Aoi Teshigahara (Miho Nakayama) lives in Paris, France. Sen Yagami (Osamu Mukai) is a photographer who came to Paris, France due to his younger sister Suzume's (Mirei Kiritani) insistance. Over the next 3 days, Aoi Teshigahara and Sen Yagami fall in love. Meanwhile, Suzume meets her boyfriend Kango (Gou Ayano), whom they have been in a long distance relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy
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Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls (2013)
Plot Summary:
Shuichi had a motorcycle accident 4 years ago. Because of the accident, he lost the last year of his memory. One day, at a friend's wedding, Shuichi has a fateful meeting with Yoshimi. They enjoy happy times together and Shuichi thinks about marrying Yoshimi. Then Yoshimi becomes sick. A sad truth is hidden in the lost memory of Shuichi.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: romantic, shoujo
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Love Me Not (2006)
Plot Summary:
Julian has lived off the money he lures from his rich female customers. But now he faces usurious debts from a hasty expansion of his business, and he will be killed unless he clears the debt in one month. The only way to save himself is to pretend to be the long-lost brother of an heiress and kill her to get her huge fortune. Min, the blind heiress, cold-hearted like Julian, slowly opens herself to him, and he, too, falls for her. But Julian has to pay his creditor and what makes it worse for him is that the illness that took Min’s eyesight relapsed, threatening her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, emotional, romantic drama, crying, entertaining
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The 100th Love with You (2017)
Plot Summary:
On July 27th, university student Aoi Hinata (Miwa) has an accident. When she wakes up, Aoi Hinata finds herself in a classroom from one week before the accident. At that time, her childhood friend Riku Hasegawa (Kentaro Sakaguchi) tells her "I will tell you a secret. I can turn back time." Aoi Hinata and Riku Hasegawa like each other, but never expressed their feelings. They share their feelings for each other and go back to one year earlier. They spend their time happily as girlfriend and boyfriend, but there is a big secret behind the time slip. In addition, July 27 is approaching.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, thought provoking, touching, sincere, romantic, affectionate
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Ghost (2010)
Plot Summary:
Nanami Hoshino, a wealthy entrepreneur, marries potter Kim Jun-ho, and they both live a seemingly happy life until Nanami is killed by a biker on her way home. Now a ghost whose presence cannot be seen, she realizes that her death was no coincidence and seeks help from the elderly psychic Unten in hopes of saving Jun-ho's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: romantic, remake of american film
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Chemmeen (1965)
Plot Summary:
Karutthamma, the daughter of a Hindu fisherman, falls in love with a Muslim fish trader. However, social prejudices seem to ruin their love life and invite the wrath of their communities.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: romantic, sad, cult film
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Deep Love: The Story of Ayu (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ayu has lost the meaning of life after she has been working as a prostitute. However, her cold life change when she meets Yoshiyuki whom she wants to help with his heart problems. The two love each other, but Yoshiyuki's father doesn't allow their feelings. Ayu goes back to prostituting only to help Yoshiyuki earn money for his operation.
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags:
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R#J (2021)
Plot Summary:
Told entirely through social media and smartphone screens, this bold adaptation of Romeo and Juliet reinvents the world’s most enduring love story with style and lyricism, with black and brown youth at the heart of it all.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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The Promise (2007)
Plot Summary:
Daniel and Andrea grew up in the same home and have been closer than real brothers and sisters ever since. But her father's goodwill to take in Daniel and bring him up does not sit well with her real older brother, who retaliates one day and kicks Daniel out. But by this time, nothing can come between the deeply in love Andrea and Daniel anymore--until the rich family on whose hacienda they've been working all these years come back. Andrea catches the eye of the rich son, while the daughter fancies Daniel, too. This will set in motion a series of events that will test how deep the two's love goes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, romantic, serious, captivating
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Halfway (2009)
Plot Summary:
In this high school romance Hiro is dismayed to learn her new love Shu will be going away to college in Tokyo. She asks him not to go.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, crying
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The Professor and His Beloved Equation (2006)
Plot Summary:
This is the story between single mother housekeeper and mathematics professor,who has a brain damage.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 865
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, psychological, philosophical, beautiful
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Auntie Lan (1967)
Plot Summary:
A young woman lost her fiancé from the plane clash , later she discover that she becomes pregnant with his baby.She question herself what should she do between keep the child safe until she give a birth or she abortion the child.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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A Wonderful Cloud (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Eugene’s ex-GF Katelyn lands in LA to disband their business, the two of them must negotiate between past tensions and future possibilities, in this raw bittersweet rom-com that walks the line between fiction and reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy
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Dirty Beautiful (2015)
Plot Summary:
A lonely artist brings a young drifter back to his tiny apartment to live with him. Between his obsessive tendencies and her non-stop drinking, something strange happens: they start to care for each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 877
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, romantic comedy
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Forget Me Not (2015)
Plot Summary:
Takashi Hayama (Nijiro Murakami) is a third year high school student. He falls in love with Azusa Oribe (Akari Hayami) at first sight and they begin to date. One day, Azusa tells Takashi "people who meet me, forget about me several hours later." Takashi doesn't believe Azusa, but by chance he realizes that he forgot about Azusa. So he won't forget Azusa, Takashi begins to leave a note for himself and Azusa.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, stylized, semi serious, teen
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The Red Thread (2008)
Plot Summary:
Mei has been in love with Yuya all her life. They've grown up together. But when they reach their second year of middle school, Yuya suddenly professes his love for her older sister, Haruna.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Our Meal for Tomorrow (2017)
Plot Summary:
A 7 year love story between Ryota Hayama and Koharu Uemura from their first date to eventual marriage. Ryota and Koharu are high school students. Ryota is indifferent to people and says very little. Koharu is not afraid of to speak her mind and she has a bright personality. Since a game of rice bag jump, they begin to date. They date at a fast-food restaurant, realize they love each other at a family restaurant and finally swear their love on a dining table with white rice.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sincere, feel good, sweet, melancholic, realistic
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Botanical Books (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sayaka (Mitsuki Takahata) works at a office. She's not very good at her job or with love. One night, she finds a man, Itsuki (Takanori Iwata), collapsed in front of her home. She takes him inside and they begin to live together. Itsuki teaches Sayaka about cooking wild herbs and collecting wild herbs, but he has a secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining
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Juliet in Love (2000)
Plot Summary:
Francis Ng is Jordan, a low level triad who finds himself strangely attracted to divorced restaurant hostess Juliet (Sandra Ng), who’s had a mastectomy and has since retreated into a shell. Through coincidence, the two form a makeshift family with the child of a triad boss (Simon Yam) who’s after Jordan for some dough.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Reunion: Forbidden Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
A romantic drama depicting a housewife vacillating between a former lover and her husband directed by Narita Yusuke who was involved in the "Abunai Deka" and "BE-BOP High School" series. Odashima Yumiko (Kumakiri Asami), a housewife, lives a happy albeit unexceptional life with her older husband Yukihiko (Motomiya Yasukaze), an orthopedist. One day, a couple moves into the home opposite their own. Yumiko learns their new neighbor is her former lover Miyazawa Koji (Okuchi Kengo) and his wife.
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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My Pretend Girlfriend (2014)
Plot Summary:
Noboru is a high school student who isn't popular at all. He looks up to senior student Miyazaki who is one of the most popular guys at school. Miyazaki has two girlfriends: Momose and Tetsuko. Momose and Tetsuko have totally different personalities. Momose is bright and Tetsuko is a popular student from a wealthy family. One day, Miyazaki is caught with Momose. To keep his relationship with Tetsuko, Miyazaki asks Noboru and Momose to pretend they are dating. They both agree due to their affections for Miyazaki. Noboru and Momose begin to act like a couple in front others and soon Noboru begins to develop feelings for Momose, who is still in love with Miyazaki.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, shoujo
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I Give My First Love to You (2009)
Plot Summary:
As a child Takuma is diagnosed with a heart condition that requires care from a cardiologist. He soon becomes friends with his doctors young daughter Mayu while being treated at the hospital. One day Mayu overhears her father saying that Takumas condition is serious enough that he most likely wont live beyond the age of 20. Takuma isn't aware of this himself, however, so at 8-years-old he makes a promise to marry Mayu when they turn 20. Later in life, Takuma becomes aware that he wont be able to keep this promise and he begins distancing himself from Mayu in hopes of protecting her.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, suspense, sentimental, romantic, uplifting, shoujo, sweet, romantic drama
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Woman of the Photographs (2020)
Plot Summary:
A quiet studio photographer is taking photos of insects in the forest when an Instagram model falls out of a tree. Agreeing to give her a lift back into town, he soon finds her dominating his life while sleeping in his home.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, humorous, emotional, talky
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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
Plot Summary:
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, sincere, romantic, sad, crying
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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (2010)
Plot Summary:
Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who she wants to be in this story of love and second chances.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, contemplative, captivating, sincere, psychological, romantic, touching, serious, realistic
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Love Likes Coincidences (2011)
Plot Summary:
Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara... Yilmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman to the hospital and he crashes into Omer's car. The causes Omer's pregnant wife Inci, who was in the back seat, to have a pre-term labor. The babies are born on the same day. They see each other for the first time... This accident is the threshold of the coincidences that bring Ozgur and Deniz together. They come across each other in Ankara several times during their childhood and youth. Each intersection has a butterfly effect, resulting in drastic changes in their lives. They sometimes cause disasters, sometimes miracles. However, they can never be together. Whatever it is that brings them together, manages to build a transparent wall between them. Until they come across each other again in Istanbul, 25 years later... --Anonymous (imdb).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, dramatic, serious, realistic, contemplative, touching, heartbreaking
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2 Hearts (2020)
Plot Summary:
When illness strikes two people who are polar opposites, life and death bring them together in surprising ways.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, enigmatic, sad
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The Vow (2012)
Plot Summary:
Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 202000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Brazil, UK, China
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sentimental, emotional, inspirational, melancholic, romantic drama, sweet, serious, exciting
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A Moment to Remember (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young couple's love is tested when Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, realistic, romantic, sincere, sad, serious, contemplative, heartbreaking, inspirational