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Reply 1988 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set in the year 1988 at a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea. Five families live on the same alley road
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 9.2/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: friendship, school, fall in love, love, parents and children, teenage life, family problems, husband wife relationship, friends to lovers, lifestyle, drinking alcohol, storytelling, drinking, rich and poor, faith, asian, lovesick, buddy, best friends in love, love triangle, mother son relationship, nostalgia, coming of age, bromance, family relations
North & South (2004)
Plot Summary:
North & South is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in four episodes on BBC One in November and December 2004. It follows the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman from southern England who has to move to the North after her father decides to leave the clergy. The family struggles to adjust itself to the industrial town's customs, especially after meeting the Thorntons, a proud family of cotton mill owners who seem to despise their social inferiors. The story explores the issues of class and gender, as Margaret's sympathy for the town mill workers conflicts with her growing attraction to John Thornton. The serial is based on the 1855 Victorian novel North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was adapted for television by Sandy Welch and directed by Brian Percival
Duration: 235 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: prejudice, initially antagonists, social differences, love and romance, pride and honor, society, rich and poor, young woman, fall in love, love affair, couple relations, owner, unlikely couple, parents and children, gentleman, poverty, fish out of water, factory, couples, master and servant, youth, brother sister relationship, love, happy ending, love story
It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected—a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: anti social, mental health, psychiatric ward, psychological trauma, friendship, hospital, death, eccentric woman, countryside, male nurse, sibling relationship, caregiver, madhouse, mental patient, mental institution, female writer, childhood trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, writers, friends, faith, couples, asian, strong female character, storytelling
Twenty Five Twenty One (2022)
Plot Summary:
The dreams of two young people are crushed by an overwhelming financial crisis in the 1990s. But when they reunite at the ages of 25 and 21, the spirited pair finds friendship and affection in times of adversity as they venture into adulthood together
Duration: 70 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: fencing, friendship, first love, first kiss, couple relations, follow your dream, direction and purpose, ambition, teenage life, teenager, adolescence, lifestyle, relationships, sword fight, workaholic, entertainment, ballet, beach, bankruptcy, breakup, rainbow, scandal, riches to rags, training, flashback
Goblin (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kim Shin is an immortal “goblin,” and has the rather honorable title of being the Protector of Souls. His roommate Wang Yeo also happens to have the equally lofty, if thoroughly opposing, title of Angel of Death, and he acts as the storied grim reaper that claims souls. However, both these devilishly handsome angels have a problem: Wang Yeo has amnesia and Kim Shin wants to end his own (immortal) life. Unfortunately for goblins, the only way to defeat immortality is to marry a human bride. For that purpose, Kim Shin decides to win over Ji Eun Tak an optimistic high school girl who he thinks will be the priestess that ends his cursed existence. Now, once responsible for protecting souls and watching them pass, Kim Shin now tries to send his own to the afterlife. But when a slightly complicated method of suicide starts turning into true love, will our immortal goblin begin to regret his decision--where acting on that very love ultimately means the end of his life?
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: reincarnation, past life, ghost, supernatural, immortal, punishment, orphan, fiancee, angel of death, destiny, supernatural power, death, demon, interspecies romance, amnesia, curse, god, grim reaper, mythology, superpower, sword, afterlife, precognition, suicide, seeing dead people
Healer (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kim Moon Ho is a successful reporter at a mainstream news station, but when he stumbles upon a 10-year-old mystery, he's forced to dive into a subversive underground news agency. On his journey to break open the case, Moon Ho teams up with Chae Young Shin, a second rate tabloid writer, and Healer, a mysterious internet-based journalist. With his career and his safety on the line, who can Moon Ho trust in a world full of unreliable sources?
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: reporter, hidden identity, investigation, hacker, false accusation, masked hero, rescue, dating, lost child, journalist, tragic event, self sacrifice, protective male, parkour, corruption, political intrigue, saving a life, damsel in distress, journalism, media, adopted daughter, father daughter relationship, disguise, media industry, tragic villain
Normal People (2020)
Plot Summary:
Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other’s lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved. Adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel
Duration: 339 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Plot tags: star crossed lovers, coming of age, university, love story, secret relationship, school, sex scene, social misfits, couple relations, relationships, feminist, social differences, small town, college, nude, male nudity, love, sex, teenager, serial killer, passion, femininity, friends, couples, choice
Anne of Avonlea (1987)
Plot Summary:
Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She makes the acquaintance of a handsome, rich, bachelor, chases a cow, and wins (to her chagrin) a baking soda company's writing contest. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, and refuses Gilbert Blythe's marriage proposal; which sends her to teach Kingsport Ladies' College, an exclusive girls school, where she meets opposition from one of the teachers, Miss Brooke, and the Pringle clan (one of whom is a rich, handsome bachelor). But while Anne enjoys the battle, and the friends she makes, she returns to Avonlea
Duration: 230 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Plot tags: friendship, coming of age, school, mentor, corporal punishment, teachers and students, love, heartwarming, anne of green gables, bittersweet, orphan, family relations, feminist, strong female presence, teacher, book, female protagonist, marriage, world war one, age difference, prodigy, child prodigy, lady, poor, makeover
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)
Plot Summary:
A spunky female weightlifter and free-spirited male swimmer meet on campus, only to find out their pasts may be intertwined
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: weightlifting, friendship, childhood friend, college, teen romance, dream, friends, direction and purpose, teenager, teenage life, youth, follow your dream, adolescence, love, father daughter relationship, college student, romantic triangle, mother son relationship, friends to lovers, coping, aspiration, problem solving, athlete's life, education, happy ending
Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017)
Plot Summary:
She is no ordinary woman. Do Bong Soon is a woman who possesses Herculean strength. She can crush objects in her bare hands when she holds them too tightly. Although Bong Soon longs to be a dainty, elegant woman that men fall in love with, she can’t deny her superhuman strength. Her special attribute allows her to get a job as a bodyguard for Ahn Min Hyuk, the chaebol heir with eccentric tendencies who runs a gaming company. Bong Soon’s childhood friend In Gook Doo has had a secret crush on her since elementary school. How will he react when sparks begin to fly between Bong Soon and her crazy boss?
Duration: 67 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: love triangle, superhuman powers, friendship, fall in love, investigation, twists and turns, police, couple relations, heroes, female bodyguard, kidnapping, danger, destiny, strong female character, police investigation, hidden identity, strong female lead, violence, family relations, childhood friend, family problems, vigilantism, employer employee relationship, asian girl, happy ending
Little Dorrit (2008)
Plot Summary:
The series tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father, who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her boss's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked
Duration: 420 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: poverty, young woman, life is a bitch, uncover truth, society, secret, rich and poor, dysfunctional family, social problems, family problems, financial problem, co worker co worker relationship, employer employee relationship, money problems, love and romance, world war one, passion, lady, happy ending, makeover, realism, love story, debt, murderer, family relations
My Love From Another Star (2013)
Plot Summary:
Do Min Joon is an otherworldly beauty, literally. After crash landing on Earth 400 years ago, Min Joon has diligently observed humans for centuries, ultimately coming to cynical conclusions. On top of being a super babe, Min Joon's got enhanced vision, hearing and agility — all the more reason to believe he's superior to everyone on Earth. That is, until he pursues the beautiful actress Cheon Song Yi for a romance out of this world
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: danger, fall in love, love affair, hopes, heroes, love and romance, destiny, supernatural ability, alien, interspecies romance, adaptation, life philosophy, storytelling, twists and turns, immortal, singleness, love, reincarnation, rich and poor, asian, variety show, buddy, asian prostitute, heartwarming, cyberbullying
Descendants of the Sun (2016)
Plot Summary:
A drama about the love of people who get closer as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times and sacrifices made by people who throw themselves into natural disasters
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: medical, army, soldier, friendship, military, love affair, love, doctor, military officer, danger, playing footsie, love and romance, surgeon, group of criminals, hospital, war zone, culture clash, military service, swat team, pretty girl, damsel in distress, asian, war in afghanistan, couples, entertainment
Made in Heaven (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of two wedding planners in Delhi, where tradition jostles with modern aspirations against the backdrop of big fat Indian weddings revealing many secrets and lies
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: high society, wedding, wedding planner, gay, lgbtq, marriage, wedding planning, society, social relations, tradition versus modernity, lgbtqi, traditional versus modern, relationships, family relations, wedding preparations and rituals, tradition, arranged marriage, lifestyle, family tradition, couple relations, lgbt, homosexuality, gay lead character, gay man straight woman relationship, gay straight relations
Daisy Jones & the Six (2023)
Plot Summary:
Following the rise of the rock band Daisy Jones and The Six through the '70s L.A. music scene on their quest for worldwide icon status
Duration: 49 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: rock band, rock music, subculture, friendship, forbidden love, romantic relationship, female friendship, disco, drummer, traumatic childhood, interview, record producer, vocalist, rise and fall, female photographer, concert tour, roommate, marriage, sexual tension, songwriter, rock concert, interviewer, musical tour, hindi, folk music
What's Wrong With Secretary Kim (2018)
Plot Summary:
Lee Young-Joon's family runs a large company and he works as the vice-president of the company. He is smart, rich and handsome, but he is arrogant. His secretary is Kim Mi-So. She has worked for him for years and she is perfect for him, but Kim Mi-So decides to quit her job
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: secretary, office romance, workaholic, heir, narcissism, romantic relationship, love, narcissist, childhood trauma, love interest, couple relations, love and romance, male female relationship, employer employee relationship, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employee employee relationship, phobia, family conflict, love story, secret identity, workplace, collaboration, workplace situations, kidnapping
The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016)
Plot Summary:
How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son of a nobleman from the Joseon Dynasty. But in the present time, Joon Jae works with Jo Nam Doo, a skilled conman who guides Joon Jae to become a genius scammer. But Joon Jae’s friend, Cha Shi Ah, who works as a researcher at KAIST, may be Chung’s only hope for surviving in her strange new world
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: mermaid, past life, erased memory, embezzler, sea, rebirth, supernatural, star crossed lovers, love, destiny, relationships, male female relationship, magical creature, rich and poor, love and romance, supernatural being, creature, social relations, reincarnation, underwater, first love, couples, evil stepmother, hidden identity, interspecies romance
Hotel Del Luna (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Hotel Del Luna, located in Seoul, is not like any other hotel: its client are all ghosts. Jang Man-Wol, stuck in the hotel for the past millennium, meets Koo Chan-Sung, the new manager
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: man-woman relation, hotel, ghost, past life, supernatural, betrayal, danger, destiny, hostess, curse, multiple storylines, serial killer, meeting, evil spirit, afterlife, supernatural ability, business manager, immortal, revenge, hotel manager, justice, haunted by the past, help, demon, life after death
Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Plot Summary:
This is the acclaimed 2008 BBC adaptation of the famous Jane Austen novel. While it originally aired as a 3-part miniseries, this home video release includes a single uninterrupted version of the entire film
Duration: 174 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: english countryside, society, sister sister relationship, romanticism, love and romance, love triangle, countryside, rich and poor, wooing, rich man poor woman, unrequited love, social relations, manners, love story, love affair, sisters, female protagonist, love, destiny, happy ending, inheritance, sibling relationship, fall in love, class differences, world war one
W: Two Worlds Apart (2016)
Plot Summary:
Han Hyo-joo plays a surgeon whose father is a famous comic book creator. One day Dad goes missing and she rushes to his workshop to look for him, and instead finds a strange man bathed in blood. She gets kidnapped by the bloody man, which is where their story begins. The drama takes place in 2016 Seoul, but in different dimensions that exist in parallel with one another. It’s described as a suspense romance melodrama about “a man and a woman who are living in the same time, but different worlds.”
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: parallel world, friendship, surrealism, happy ending, fall in love, fantasy world, parents and children, heroes, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, alternate reality, destiny, supernatural, investigation, twists and turns, murderer, doctor, danger, escapades, redemption, surgeon, murder, couples, asian, entertainment, variety show
The Thorn Birds (1983)
Plot Summary:
This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carson's ranch. The story centers on their daughter, Meggie, and her love for the family's priest, Father Ralph de Bricassart. Meggie tries to forget Ralph by marrying dashing stockman Luke O'Neill, but she and Ralph are soon reunited, with tragic consequences for them both
Duration: 460 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: forbidden love, older man younger woman relationship, clergy, catholic church, catholic priest, tragic love, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, priest, parents and children, friendship, family life, society, priest in love, destiny, sex with a priest, beefcake, age difference, hopes, family relations, girl man relationship, parent child relationship, moral dilemma, siblings relations
Boys Over Flowers (2009)
Plot Summary:
A working class girl winds up at an exclusive prep school. Unassuming high school girl Jan Di stands up to -- and eventually falls for -- a spoiled rich kid who belongs to the school's most powerfu clique
Duration: 70 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: high school, opposites attract, cinderella story, school, teenage life, teenage love, friendship, love triangle, high school hunk, teen romance, rich man poor woman, social differences, high school life, social relations, fall in love, youth, bullying, class differences, wealthy family, love, rich kid, fame, domineering mother, against the odds, relationships
Sanditon (2019)
Plot Summary:
The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: wooing, marriage, resort, society, high society, rise to the top, fall in love, sanity, beefcake, male female relationship, social differences, looking for love, entrepreneur, woman, country girl, social relations, wealth, unlikely couple, matchmaking, heiress, brother sister relationship, private vs public, slavery, love, incest
The Time Traveler's Wife (2022)
Plot Summary:
The intricate and magical love story of Clare and Henry, and a marriage with a problem… time travel
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: time travel, male female relationship, love story, time, relationships, romantic relationship, love and romance, time paradox, time traveler, love affair, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, marriage, couple relations, time loop, true love, family relations, time jump, in love, couples, family problems, love interest, back in time, marital problem, time warp
The Heirs (2013)
Plot Summary:
Heirs follows a group of privileged, elite high school students as they are groomed to take over their families' business empires. These wealthy students seem to have everything under control–except their love lives. Kim Tan is heir to the Empire Group sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home schemes to takes over the family business. While in the States, Kim Tan bumps into Cha Eun Sung, who's arrived from Korea in search of her older sister. He feels himself falling for her, never realizing that she's the daughter of his family's housekeeper. When his fiancée Rachel Yoo arrives to bring him back to Korea, his heart is torn between love and duty. Meanwhile, Rachel's half-brother Choi Young Do develops his own crush on Eun Sung. Who said being a rich, beautiful high school student was easy?
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: high school, rich and poor, love and romance, teenage love, heir, family business, social differences, rich man poor woman, high school life, bullying, poverty, school, love triangle, teenage life, society, youth, love, revenge, brother brother relationship, teenager, education, poor, asian, siblings, asian prostitute
Parade's End (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the years before the First World War, three Britons are drawn into fraught and ultimately tragic relations: Anglican Christopher Tietjens, second son of the lord of the manor of Groby, Yorkshire, who is a disconsolate, Tory statistician in London; Catholic Sylvia Satterthwaite, his promiscuous and self-centered socialite wife who has married him only to hide the fact that their son is not really his; and freethinking Valentine Wannop, a young suffragette and daughter of a lady novelist, who is torn between her idealism and her attraction to "Chrissy". As the war works a profound change on Europe, and Chrissy is badly wounded in France, the conflict shatters and rearranges the lives of all three principals, as well as virtually everyone else in their elite circle
Duration: 287 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Plot tags: world war one, high society, crumbling marriage, love triangle, adultery, unfaithful wife, lovers, couple relations, love and romance, couples, countryside, marriage, estate, conservative, great war, war, loveless marriage, lesbian, wartime, election, infidelity, abbey, exodus, soldier, social differences
Virgin River (2019)
Plot Summary:
After seeing an ad for a midwife, a recently divorced big-city nurse moves to the redwood forests of California, where she meets an intriguing man
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: small town, flirting, friendship, new life, comeback, escape attempt, small town life, medical, new job, hopes, destiny, runaway, society, male female relationship, lifestyle, love story, couple relations, love, strong female lead, women, pandemic, doctor, feminist, amor, life
Bridgerton (2020)
Plot Summary:
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 161000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: love, aristocracy, society, love and romance, love story, marriage, eligible bachelor, intrigue, sex scene, couple relations, relationships, class differences, beefcake, interracial romance, opposites attract, black man white woman relationship, virgin, brother sister relationship, alternate history, sister sister relationship, serial killer, women, ancient, napoleonic wars, propaganda
Interview with the Vampire (2022)
Plot Summary:
Louis de Pointe’s epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing at the limitations of life as a black man in 1900s New Orleans, Louis finds it impossible to resist the rakish Lestat De Lioncourt’s offer of the ultimate escape: joining him as his vampire companion
Duration:
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: vampire, child vampire, lgbt, supernatural, african, gay couple, gay, businessman, supernatural horror, interview, life story, sex scene, prostitution, racism, bisexual, brothel, family relations, pimp, interracial sex, supernatural power, frenchman, family drama, sex with prostitute, red light district, closeted homosexual
Sweet Magnolias (2020)
Plot Summary:
Lifelong friends Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue lift each other as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the small, Southern town of Serenity
Duration:
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: girlfriend girlfriend relationship, life, women, small town life, lovers, friendship, love, girlfriend, female friendship, life changing experience, business, faith, family relations, love and romance, hopes, friends, happiness, coping, family life, male female relationship, relationships, restaurant, hardship, husband wife relationship, marital problem