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Plot Summary:
Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, romantic, twisted
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Blind Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
The films plot hinges on a bizarre love triangle involving a loser ventriloquist, his assistant & a blind woman - Hikari is blindly (literally) in love with Daisuke, a failing ventriloquist yet when she finally musters up enough courage to meet him face to face and present him with some flowers backstage she mistakes his assistant for him. For some reason Daisuke and his assistant decide to follow through with the mistaken identity farce which leads to some amusing complications, particularly in the bedroom.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: romantic, erotic
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Frankenstein in Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
A monster was created from an incident that took place 100 years ago. He possesses super physical ability and can live forever. He yearns for humans and listens to the radio. He picks up things thrown away by other people. The monster dreams of living as a human. One day, he meets a young woman Tsugaru. He falls in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Sugar & Spice: Fûmi zekka (2006)
Plot Summary:
Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro (Yagira Yuya) decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of his decision, he has the support of his flower child grandmother (Natsuki Mari) who declares that a gas station is a romantic place for life's drifters. Surely enough, soon a new co-worker, college student Noriko (Erika Sawajiri), drifts into Shiro's life. He falls headfirst into a bittersweet first love that ushers him into the world of adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sweet
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Is this Love Checkmate!? (2018)
Plot Summary:
A love story between a 24-year-old office worker who has neither love experience nor communication skills and a 32-year-old female shōgi player he meets on his daily commute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Vineyard Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Vineyard Man is a 2006 South Korean television series that aired on KBS2. It was adapted from Kim Rang's bestselling book of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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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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Material Queen (2011)
Plot Summary:
Material Queen is a Taiwanese romance drama co-production between Next TV's producer Chen Yu San and CTS. It stars Vanness Wu as the male lead and Lynn Hung as the female lead, it is scheduled to premiere on June 17, 2011 on CTS. The drama was filmed with locations in Taiwan and France.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Parasite in Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young man named Kengo Kosaka suffers from extreme mysophobia. Due to his compulsive disorder, he is unable to maintain a relationship with anyone. Kengo Kosaka is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has scopophobia. Because of her fear of being stared at, she refuses to go to school. Both Kengo Kosaka and Hijiri Sanagi do not expect to find love with another person, but they meet and fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Love in 50 Meters (2018)
Plot Summary:
A reporter, anxious to get to go to New York soon for some reporting *journalism bonus points*, gets sent to countryside instead; seen that somewhere before to it's credit though, she has to stay 50 meters away from this local guy cause ever since their childhood he brought her bad luck. her mission is to expose a local organic farm for not being organic.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Love's Match (2021)
Plot Summary:
Smart and beautiful matchmaker Leah Price is the owner of dating website Soulmatch. But when one of her clients still doesn’t find love, Leah reluctantly agrees to allow devilishly handsome rival matchmaker Peter Beckett, whose speciality is arranging romantic meet-cutes, to help her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Hrid Majharey (2014)
Plot Summary:
An affair that begins one rainy evening on a lonely Calcutta street. And ends on yet another rainy evening in the Andaman Islands. A journey dotted by love, jealousy and destiny, it is loosely inspired by the works of William Shakespeare.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, suspense
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Love Unleashed (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hailey throws puppy parties and meets Ryan, whose daughter wants a dog and her dad to remarry. Though smitten with each other, Ryan and Hailey are at odds since he’s developing a mall where she wants a dog park. Still, they grow close, and Ryan even helps when Hailey’s neighbor tries to shut down her business. But soon Hailey fears she’s barking up the wrong romantic tree when Ryan grows distant. Refocusing her efforts on a dog sanctuary, Hailey is suddenly asked to throw a puppy party that might result in a forever home for her dogs and her heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, emotional
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Mr. Majnu (2019)
Plot Summary:
A playboy finds himself in a spot of bother when he falls in love with the right girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Comfort (2016)
Plot Summary:
Cameron is a nighttime courier with a heart of gold and a secret. Dusk to dawn, he makes deliveries all over the Los Angeles area. A skilled chef, he's saving for his own food truck, but he's too busy taking care of other people to put his own dreams first. When his next pickup turns out to be Jasmine, the attractive, headstrong daughter of a client, the ensuing sparks light up the night sky. Will this chance encounter be just another delivery, or will it change his life forever?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy, independent film
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A Trick of Fate (2022)
Plot Summary:
After spending ten years wrongfully imprisoned for the death of his girlfriend Elisa, the illusionist Davi returns to the farm that belongs to his girlfriend’s family under another identity and discovers that her younger sister, Isadora, has become exactly like Elisa. The two fall madly in love, but they will have to fight against nasty Joaquim and other external factors that threaten this great passion.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disturbing, novela
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Fly High (2006)
Plot Summary:
It's school festival day and Min-hyuk is busy dancing and singing. However, it is not the stage but a toilet that binds his destiny. He is bewitched by a daring high school girl, Mi-hyun, who comes into the men's room because the women's room is full. From that day on, Min-hyuk woos her, escorts her home at night, stuffs her locker with roses, and clears passages for her in the morning after a snow fall. For all his efforts, he doesn't get much more than a tender glance from Mi-hyun. When she suddenly vanishes "sorry" are the only words she leaves behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Designed with Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Clothes designer Skye goes mobile with a “fashion truck” – but she can’t drive the truck and run the business alone. Help comes in the unlikely form of handsome entrepreneur Kevin. As they work together, Skye and Kevin find they have more in common than they thought… could it be love?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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His Love Is Blind (2016)
Plot Summary:
Can love conquer all? Will it melt the hardened heart of Amanda Crawford when her son wants to marry a visually impaired young woman? Is love truly Blind? His love is blind. Can Cassie and Chase overcome the obstetrical that stand in their way for happiness?.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Royally Wrapped For Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lindsay Palmer, the NY director of an international charity organization, is called to the Kingdom of Veronia by the royal family who runs the foundation to interview for the job of overseeing the whole operation. As Lindsay is put through the interview process, she ends up finding true love with the prince.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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New Year's Kiss (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kelly Hartwick, a rock-star creative director, swears off dating in order to focus on a major Christmas ad campaign.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining
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Love Catharsis (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mia Kurihara works in the public relations department of a company. She falls in love with Kairi Miyoshi. He is the vice president of the company, but he is also married.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Never Said Goodbye (2016)
Plot Summary:
Junhao declares to go to Sicily to learn opera and ends the relationship with his fiancée, Xiaoyou. In disbelief, she determines to learn the truth behind his sudden decision. Lee Joon-gi has teamed up with Lin for his first Chinese film.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Resisting Roots (2022)
Plot Summary:
Genevieve Harper makes the most out of raising her two siblings after their parents' tragic accident. At just 24, Viv has devoted herself to providing her family with the best life possible, sacrificing her own dreams along the way. When Trent Fox, a known player on and off the baseball field, shows up at Viv’s job, the Lotus House Yoga Center to recuperate, the attraction between the two of them is instant. But Viv does not have time to devote to a man, let alone a man who will only break her heart. Can love grow between a woman who’s rooted in her life and a man who resists any notion of setting roots down?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Between Calmness and Passion (2001)
Plot Summary:
An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, sweet
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Six Days of Sistine (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two souls lost in a world of modernisation find each other in a moment's need for clarity and appreciation.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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A Beautiful Life (2011)
Plot Summary:
Fang Zhen Dong (Liu Ye) is a patrolling officer in Beijing who one night meets the drunk Li Pei Ru (Shu Qi) while singing karaoke at the KTV place. Li Pei Ru is a real estate agent from Hong Kong who has vowed to make her fortune in the cosmoplitan Beijing, but is caught up in the complexities of life and ends up becoming a mistress of a married man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Bin Roye (2015)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious girl seeks out her destiny and true love , when tables start to take a turn she meets a man who gives her a completely new perspective to life and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Love Dot Com: The Social Experiment (2019)
Plot Summary:
A brokenhearted chef receives hilariously terrible advice from friends.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Individualist Ms. Ji-Young (2017)
Plot Summary:
This is a short drama about an individualist, Ji Young, who avoids relationships with others, meets Byuk Soo, who can’t live without having relationships.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, romantic comedy, romantic drama
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Afterburn/Aftershock (2017)
Plot Summary:
Businesswoman Gia Rossi is determined to be successful in her new job, but when her ex lover Jax Rutledge waltzes back into her life, their passionate connection ignites not only in the boardroom, but the bedroom.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, captivating, entertaining