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Plot Summary:
The final months of Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor England's patriarchal society, her desire to secure a future for her daughter, Elizabeth, and the brutal reality of her failure to provide Henry with a male heir.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, historical drama
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Stand By Me (2012)
Plot Summary:
Pu Tao is a tough girl who grew up depending on no one. Her father left her family, then later her mother left at a boarding school while taking care of her autistic brother. After no contact for 17 years, her mother leaves her with two autistic children and her father shows up. Handling the betrayal of her parents and learning to take care of two autistic children while dealing with her own family problems.
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Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: dramatic, rough, thought provoking, serious
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Unkind Ladies (2015)
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This drama features the women of three generations and the people around them. Ma Ri grows up as a good teacher of this generation where there is no true mentor. Hyun Sook, who has been a troublemaker, realizes the love and support of her family. Kang Soon Ok regards herself as unlucky, but later on realizes how happy she has been. How can you hold up when your life gets tough? You will figure it out by holding up day by day, just like these women in the drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Care (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jenny, a single mother raising two daughters after her husband leaves, is aided by her widowed mother, Mary. But Jenny struggles to stay afloat after Mary suffers a devastating stroke and develops dementia.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling
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The Sword and The Brocade (2021)
Plot Summary:
Set during the Ming Dynasty, the story revolves around the romance between General Xu Lingyi and the concubine's daughter Shiyiniang that starts from an arranged marriage. Despite being born with a low status, Luo Shiyiniang is extremely assertive and believes that a woman's vision should not be limited to the household. She hopes to rely on her embroidery skills as a ticket to freedom. However, the once esteemed Luo family is in a state of decline. Hoping to save the clan through a marriage alliance, Shiyiniang is selected to become the wife of Yongping Duke and great general Xu Lingyi. Things were not easy for Shiyiniang due to the Xu family's biases towards her. Nonetheless, she manages to win over their trust through her optimism and sincerity. Xu Lingyi also becomes attracted to Shiyiniang's various beautiful qualities such that husband and wife manage to find love after marriage.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, historical drama
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The Rose and the Thorn (2004)
Plot Summary:
Events occurred in Turkey in late seventies and early eighties.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, saga
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White Deer Plain (2017)
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Set in the eponymous White Deer Village in Shaanxi Province where the two most important families – Bai and Lu – and their sons have always lived together in peace. But the turmoil leads to a fierce struggle for land ownership. A young woman new to the village soon finds herself caught between the two camps. Director Liu Jin uses the story of these two families as a metaphor for the fate of the Chinese people as first Chinese war lords are overrun by Japanese invaders, then civil war follows hot on the heels of the Second World War and finally the victorious Maoists begin waving their red flags. The drama is based off the novel by Chen Zhong Shi.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 3825 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, captivating
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Miss Friman's War (2013)
Plot Summary:
Not all battles are violent. Meet a courageous group of women who takes on both the male rulers of the day and a corrupt grocery industry. Savvy is their strategy and cans of healthy food are their weapons. The three hour drama series "Miss Friman's War" is a humorous and poignant story about friendship and fighting for your dreams. It addresses topics that are as relevant today as they were then: the demand for good, unspoiled food and the struggle for equal rights. Although "Miss Friman's War" is a work of fiction, the story is partly based on actual events around the all-female food co-op "Svenska Hem", which was founded long before women even had the right to vote.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, retro, historical drama
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Ming Dynasty in 1566 (2007)
Plot Summary:
A series based on the events in the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Joaquina, daughter of Tiradentes (2016)
Plot Summary:
"Liberdade Liberdade" focus on Brazil during the 18th and 19th century, specially after the "Inconfidência Mineira". The main character is Joaquina da Silva Xavier (Andréia Horta), daughter of Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, o Tiradentes (Thiago Martins). After the rebellion, she goes to Portugal with Dom Raposo Viegas (Dalton Vigh). In the year of 1808, she goes back to Brazil and continues her father's fight for Freedom.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: soap opera, novela, tense, captivating, suspense, period piece, telenovela
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Nothing But Thirty (2020)
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Wang Man Ni is a strong-spirited lady who prides herself for having both beauty and brains and believes that she deserves better than what she has. As she falls in love with a man, she marries him immediately, yet later finds out that their differences are taking a huge toll on their relationship. Gu Jia was the homemaker behind her husband’s success from a nerdy programmer to the CEO of a company. She was also the perfect image of a full-time housewife. When another woman threatens her marriage, she doesn’t back down and tries hard to save her relationship with her husband. Zhong Xiao Qin is an ordinary woman with an ordinary job, married to a man with a stable career. She is also a casual writer. One day, the unthinkable happens when the copyrights for her novels are suddenly sold at an exorbitant price, thus turner her into the breadwinner of the family. As a power imbalance is seen between Zhong Xiao Qin and her husband, their marriage is also shaken.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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1Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
The struggles and political back stabbing among four friends vying for control over the app they created, '1Life'.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense
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Canterbury Tales (2003)
Plot Summary:
Adaptations of Chaucer's Tales to a modern setting.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: anthology, captivating, period drama
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Homemade (2020)
Plot Summary:
Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short films.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 876
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile, Italy
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, disaster movie
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Deep Water (2019)
Plot Summary:
A modern day look at family through the eyes of three women as they work to balance work and life pressures.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, dramatic
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Not My Fault: Mexico (2021)
Plot Summary:
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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Drama Special (2010)
Plot Summary:
Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Grand Mansion Gate (2001)
Plot Summary:
This Chinese period drama series follows the fortunes of a prominent merchant family engaged in Traditional Chinese Medicine during the waning years of the Ching dynasty. The affairs of this family of doctors/pharmacists (which in those days were one and the same) are intimately linked with social upheavals of the time such as the encroachment of Christian missionaries and foreign imperialism as well as conflicts that inevitably emerge in a large upper class family. Comparable in scope and production value to such recent titles as "Downton Abbey", the lives and character of both masters and servants intertwine in plot lines that spans more than a generation.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 541
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Girlfriends (2018)
Plot Summary:
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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Woman (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the accidental death of her husband and being deemed ineligible for welfare, Koharu struggles to care for her two children.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Six sisters (2015)
Plot Summary:
The series is about the life of six sisters of a high class Spanish family, and the difficulties of taking over the family's fabrics' business after the death of their father, in 1913.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, period drama
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Bad Mothers (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sarah’s perfect life as a GP, wife and mother is shattered when she discovers her husband is having an affair. Then her best friend is found murdered and Sarah’s husband, Anton, is arrested. She finds unlikely sisterhood and support in a ragtag group of outsiders.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Double Fantasy (2018)
Plot Summary:
Natsu Takato is a 35-year-old popular screenwriter. She lives with her husband Shogo in the outskirts of Saitama. Shogo used to work as a TV station director, but he now supports Natsu by doing housework and working as her business manager. Natsu doesn't have a lot to complain about in her life, but she has a strong sexual desire that she cannot suppress. She spends nights with theater director Shizawa. Meanwhile, Natsu Takato senses her husband interfering with her script and trying to control her. Natsu Takato leaves her home and begins to live alone in Tokyo. She gets involved with two men.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Angela Black (2021)
Plot Summary:
Angela Black leads a seemingly idyllic life with two beautiful sons and a charming, hard-working husband while covering the fact that she is a victim of domestic violence. Until one day when Angela is approached by Ed – a Private Investigator - and he smashes her already strained domestic life to pieces.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Black Rose (2013)
Plot Summary:
A married women has to fight for the things she lost because of the revealed secrets of her husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating
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A Very British Scandal (2021)
Plot Summary:
Sex, secrets and suspicion - the true story of a duchess publicly shamed in a high society divorce that gripped the nation.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, costume drama, period drama
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Voltaire in Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Explore the early life and evolution of the philosopher and visionary Voltaire, from his love stories, his father's issues to the discovery of his vocation, his commitments against religious fanaticism and the arbitrary misuse of justice and politics. Explore a life of pain, passion, and the growth of an epic and talented hero, the origins of the young François Arouet, his childhood suffering, his entourage, his talent, his years of imprisonment in the Bastille, his ambiguous relations with the French court or his return in France after his exile.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Atsuhime (2008)
Plot Summary:
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, costume drama
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Sisi (2021)
Plot Summary:
"Sisi" follows the extraordinary life of empress Elisabeth of Austria. Modern, honest, and authentic. Told from the perspective of her closest confidants, the series takes a new look at the empress' life and reveals a multi-layered woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, period piece, costume drama, period drama
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The Queen (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consecutive nights from 29 November 2009, the Queen was portrayed by a different actress in each episode. The Queen was portrayed by Emilia Fox, Samantha Bond, Susan Jameson, Barbara Flynn and Diana Quick. Katie McGrath played Princess Margaret in the first episode and Lesley Manville played Margaret Thatcher in the third episode.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Domina (2021)
Plot Summary:
Domina follows Livia’s journey from a naïve young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesar’s assassination, to Rome’s most powerful and influential Empress, driven by a deep desire to avenge her father and secure power for her sons. Livia and her peers navigate their way through a brutal society by means of strategy, conspiracy, seduction and murder. This is a visceral and authentic family saga, grounded in historical accuracy and bringing to life the incredible true stories of the women who would create one of the most enduring and fascinating dynasties of all time.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: historical drama, social documentary, period drama