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Plot Summary:
In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her husband's efforts to regain her love and the disapproval by the conservative little town, Mi-huen gradually finds happiness and satisfaction in the affair and decides to turn her back on her quiet life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, erotic
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The Envy of Gods (2000)
Plot Summary:
Sonia is a television editor, she is married to successful Soviet writer Sergey and they have a son in a high school. Their life was almost perfect... until the moment they meet Bernard from France and his translator André.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspenseful, exciting
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Happy End (1999)
Plot Summary:
Set during the 1999 Asian fiscal crisis Ki-Mun has lost his job and feels ashamed at having to act as domestic housekeepr for his career woman wife Bo-ra. Bo-ra feels trapped in a passionless marriage and is having an affair with a former college boyfriend. Min-ki gradually pieces together the evidence of Bo-ra's infidelity, and is devastated by what he finds.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sincere, realistic, sexual, sexy
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A Flower Aflame (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Sonoko enters a traditional Japanese arranged marriage with Amamiya facilitated by her parents the resulting union is loveless including the functional and goal-oriented sex.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Love Affair (2015)
Plot Summary:
Often in the backseat and a second priority to her partner, a lawyer decides to end her relationship and focuses on herself with a help of a man out of her league.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: romantic, atmospheric, emotional, realistic
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Paper Moon Affair (2005)
Plot Summary:
An enigmatic Japanese woman, abandoned by her wealthy Chinese husband in a remote Pacific Northwest village, becomes entwined in the lives of two rugged locals.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, intercultural, inter cultural
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Hirugao (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorcee Sasamoto Sawa now lives quietly. The two meet again and their love story continue.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: captivating, romantic, romantic drama
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Pink Lipstick (2010)
Plot Summary:
Yoo Ga Eun is a sweet-natured girl who dated and subsequently married her boyfriend, Park Jung Woo. However, she later discovers that her husband had an affair with her best friend, Mi Ran, and that their adopted daughter is actually Jung Woo and Mi Ran's lovechild. To get revenge on them, she marries Maeng Ho Geol, a wealthy clothing retailer, and carefully plots their downfall. At the same time, Ga Eun also meets Ha Jae Bum, the man who falls deeply in love with her and promises to support her by her side, no matter what she does.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Grand Prince (2018)
Plot Summary:
Lee Kang is an ambitious prince. He falls in love with Sung Ja-Hyun. She is a beautiful woman from a prestigious family, but Lee Kang's younger brother Lee Hwi also loves her. To have Ja-Hyun, Lee Kang wants to become the King...even if he has to kill his younger brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Si nos dejan (2021)
Plot Summary:
After dedicating a lifetime to her husband and family, Alicia's world changes completely when she discovers a betrayal. Determined to rebuild her life, Alicia begins to fall in love with a much younger man.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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Summer in Portugal (2013)
Plot Summary:
Workaholic hotel architect effectively drifted apart from his family. He interrupts the latest, Moroocan project to spend a holiday with his wife Liane in Lisbon, but is delayed. Friendly local interior decorator João, a widower, enjoys hosting her. learning she's lonely to, he successfully seduces her with his personality and the estate he never moved into due to his late wife's cancer death. By the time Ben finally and senses the tension, it becomes clear already has a long affair with João's sister Antilla.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Portugal
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Love Affair (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ga-hee appeared in front of Seong-min who was bored running a book store after retiring. Ga-hee runs a ballet school and wasn"t on very good terms with her husband, which led to her and Seong-min falling madly in love together. They know they shouldn"t be together, but that"s what makes everything even better. Later on, their love reaches the point of destruction.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, erotic, sexy
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Darker Shades of Elise (2017)
Plot Summary:
Elise's life takes a sharp turn for the worst when she meets a mysterious and alluring stranger who has more than friendship on his mind - A tale of love, fantasy and obsession.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Silent Storm (2014)
Plot Summary:
An enigmatic outsider living on a remote Scottish island finds herself caught between her minister husband and the delinquent who is sent to live with them.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, enigmatic
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The Concubine (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set during the early Joseon Dynasty, the film begins with the queen mother and former concubine (Park Ji-young) in a precarious position of having no blood ties to the childless king (Jung Chan). She schemes to replace him on the throne with his stepbrother and her submissive young son Seong-won (Kim Dong-wook). Indifferent to his mother’s plans, the timid prince falls in love at first sight with Hwa-yeon (Jo Yeo-jeong), an aristocrat’s daughter, who has already found love with Kwon-yoo (Kim Min-joon), a commoner. The king is eventually poisoned to death by the queen mother, who is desperate to be in power. Hwa-yeon is moved to a closely watched humble residence, with the queen mother planning to assassinate Hwa-yeon and her son to secure her position in the palace.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, touching, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark, sensual, erotic, period drama
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Plastic Tree (2003)
Plot Summary:
A couple live a peaceful existence in a small seaside town. Their relationship is set to implode when the husband's childhood friend stays at their home.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Day of Swapping (2017)
Plot Summary:
Min-ho and Jeong-il end up working with each other's wives one day. As time passes, the men feel attracted physically to their friend's wives. In the end, Jeong-il suggests to Min-ho, "Let's not take sides and just be happy as the four of us!" They start swapping each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Tempting Fate (2019)
Plot Summary:
Gabby's picture perfect marriage to Elliott is jeopardized when she meets Matt, a handsome younger man who ignites a fire and desire within her. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 827
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Trust (2021)
Plot Summary:
Set in the glamour of the New York and Paris art scenes, gallery owner Brooke Gatwick and her newscaster husband Owen Shore, face temptation, jealousy, twists and mystery when two seductive newcomers enter their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, romantic, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
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A Woman Scorned (2020)
Plot Summary:
Asya is a successful doctor and she has a perfect life with her husband and her son. But after finding a blonde hair on her husband's scarf, everything changes and she discovers her husband's extramarital affair.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Lover (2005)
Plot Summary:
Having first met today, the man and woman dash towards a one-day-long intimacy... Maybe it was just an accident to accept a proposal from a total stranger to go out for just one day for this "woman" who's been dating one man for 7 years and who will get married next month. However, feeling relief and excitement from the intimate ways this "man" touches and looks at her, she feels confused and stirred for the first time in her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, captivating, romantic comedy, erotic
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The Red Thread (2016)
Plot Summary:
Seven years after their first infatuated encounter, Abril and Manuel meet again. Despite the fact that they are both married, it is soon apparent that their attraction has only grown.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Chile
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, psychological, sincere, touching, captivating, realistic, erotic
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Hattie (2011)
Plot Summary:
Hattie is a television film on the life of the British comic actress Hattie Jacques, played by Ruth Jones, her marriage to John Le Mesurier (Robert Bathurst) and her affair with their lodger John Schofield (Aidan Turner).
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: captivating
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The Guest (2021)
Plot Summary:
Alicia and Enrique are a young married couple somewhat distanced from each other. Their relationship is threatened when Carlota, a friend of Alicia's from long ago, comes to visit and stays with them for a while.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Do not Tell me (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lena is happily married. From the strange man in the S-Bahn but such a pull goes out that she gets involved in a spontaneous infidelity. The stranger, Martin, also thought that the marriage with his wife was completely safe. Nevertheless, what should actually be written off as an adventure between Lena and Martin is becoming the projection screen for newly created needs and longings. Lena and Martin can not let go of each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Young Mother 3 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Twenty year-old Ki-chan lives alone with his father. One day Yoon-seo (Kim Jeong-ah), his stepmother comes to live with them. She tries to be friendly with Ki-chan but he appraoches her as a woman and starts showing her that. Yoon-seo strongly rejects him but he knows that she wants him too. Their relationship turns into something dangerous. Then one day, Min-jeong, who has had a crush on Ki-chan for a long time, finds out what is going on between the two. The young stepmother fools her husband and falls in love with his son and the son falls in love with his father's woman. They make a deal with Min-jeong to make sure she doesn't say anything.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Obsession (2015)
Plot Summary:
Simone inherits a dilapidated farmhouse in France and makes her way there with her husband Eric and their two children. Her dream is to turn the house into a bed and breakfast but as the hectic pace of the rebuilding gets underway, she gets caught up in the romance and chaos of it all. Losing sight of her goals, she must find her way back to the dreams and ambitions which brought her there in the first place.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, touching, captivating, melancholic, sexy, erotic, hot
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Love in Between (2010)
Plot Summary:
Formerly known as "Two Women" or "Freezing Rain". A man who wants all love, a wife who approaches her husband's other woman, and a woman who wants to keep her love. A classy melodrama of these three people and their risky encounter.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, erotic, romantic, sexy, touching, stylized, sexual
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Female War: A Nasty Deal (2015)
Plot Summary:
Painter Ha-rim became blind due to an unfortunate accident. His wife Sun-yeong searches far and low for a cornea donor until she meets terminal cancer patient Dae-geun. These two make a startling and dangerous deal for Ha-rim's cornea.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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Private (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tinto Brass - The maestro of Italian erotica is back! Lies, subterfuge, betrayal and mischief. Fallo! is a collection of six stories based on the joys of sexuality and the eroticism of a new generation of women.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sexy, psychological, captivating, romantic, anthology
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Down by Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man, a woman. A prison director, his inmate. An impossible love, a true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic, explicit