Best tv shows like April Star
Last updated March 2024
Looking for tv shows similar to April Star? Offer your insights to steer others to films and tv shows you've already seen that might appeal to them as well. Support expanding the community of people introducing videos to one another. We encourage your participation!
Plot Summary:
It's hard to date when your face is recognized everywhere. Ye Fanxing (Stephy Qi) is a famous television anchor who is instantly recognized wherever she goes. She has been trying to be the best daughter to her mother after the devastating death of her younger sister in a car accident 10 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
Best tv shows and movies like April Star (2017):
Similar in 76%
Poisoned Love (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves a dubbing genius Fang Yan, who suffers from sleepwalking due to a trauma; and a film producer Shi Meng. Shi Meng helps Fang Yan walk out of her traumatic experience, but Fang Yan recognized the wrong person, and thought his brother Shi Yi was the one who helped her. The three of them grew through misunderstands, and untied the knot in their heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 90%
Half Bright and Half Rain (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a newspaper intern meets a craftsman, she unintentionally discovers a world full of bizarre oddities. One thousand years in the past, humans, spirits, and demons lived under the same blue sky. Qian Xun is a newspaper intern who returns to her hometown after graduating from college. By chance, she encounters the mysterious Su Mingmou, a craftsman, and Jun Wanglian, a jade spirit. The extraordinary events that follow awaken a memory from her past, a memory that she did not know existed. In this story, every blade of grass, every tree, every drop of sand and every rock has been infused with love under the careful attention of an extraordinary craftsman. They come to life as spirits that embody their master's life's work. They are kind, helpful to humans and continue to live through objects even after their master's death while those that harbor evil intentions evolve into demons.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 85%
The Perfect Match (2017)
Plot Summary:
What do netizens know? Ting En (Chris Wu) is a celebrated chef whose fine-dining restaurant is a destination for food lovers from all over the world. When Ting En stumbles upon comments on the Internet from people who can’t afford to eat at his high-priced restaurant, they blow his mind. Netizens claim that the culinary creations made by Fen Qing (Ivy Shao) at the night market are just as satisfying as Ting En’s Michelin-worthy food. Determined to debunk such preposterous claims, Ting En goes to the night market to find Fen Qing and show her what true culinary talent really is. Whose cuisine will reign supreme? “The Perfect Match” is a 2017 Taiwanese drama series.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 86%
Hi Venus (2022)
Plot Summary:
Ye Shi Lan, a pediatrician at Taoyuan Village Clinic, starts off on the wrong foot with the new director Lu Zhao Xi due to a misunderstanding. By chance, she becomes his assistant. In solving many problems around running the place and patient treatment, the two fall in love. As they grow together, they come to have a deeper understanding for the mission of doctors to save lives and heal the wounded.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 89%
Goodbye Dear Wife (2012)
Plot Summary:
Goodbye Dear Wife is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Ryu Si-won, Hong Soo-hyun and Park Ji-yeon. It aired on Channel A from May 7 to July 10, 2012 at 20:50 for 20 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 81%
The Brightest Star in the Sky (2019)
Plot Summary:
Star Entertainment is the top entertainment agency in China. It was set up by a couple, Cheng Tian Hao and Du Wan Qing, who eventually separated due to differing beliefs in managing the company. Yang Zhen Zhen is an aspiring young girl with a passion for music. She joined Starry Sky Entertainment and was assigned as Zheng Bo Xu's assistant. Bo Xu is a popular idol who is arrogant and unruly. With the help of Zhen Zhen, who helped him correct his flaws and unleash his potential, Bo Xu slowly transforms into a talented singer. In the process, Zhen Zhen also gains experience and becomes a capable idol manager. At the same time, Du Wan Qing is also grooming a singer, Yu Zi Rui, who shapes up to become Bo Xu's biggest competitor yet.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 86%
When Duty Calls (2017)
Plot Summary:
Xu Long Bin is a reservist officer who saved Chen Jin Bao's life during a military exercise. Instead of being grateful, Jin Bao blames Long Bin for his damaged car. From then, the duo never see eye to eye. Lu Jun Guang becomes their mediator and the three men eventually became friends. Jun Guang is in love with Shen Yi Xuan, who cannot get over the memory of her dead boyfriend. While Bai Jing Yu, Jun Guang's childhood friend, is always at his side through thick and thin. New recruit Yao Wei Guo dislikes Yang Xian Feng and constantly picks on him. But Xian Feng proves himself to be a kind and compassionate buddy, and they eventually become good friends. Their friendship is tested when they fall in love with the same girl. Long Bin, Jun Guang and Jin Bao are patrolling a restricted military area when they encounter a terrorist attack. Will they be able to put their military skills to good use and stop the terrorist attack?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic
Similar in 79%
Beautiful Secret (2015)
Plot Summary:
Twenty years ago, singer Wang Xuan spent all her savings trying to treat the illness of her daughter, but to no avail. In the end, she had to give her up for adoption, while hiding the truth from the world. Jiang Mei Li was adopted by Jiang Wei Guo and his wife, and suffers from amnesia after contracting a high fever. Unable to find her daughter, Wang Xuan decided to put all her love into her step daughter Xu Rou Lin. Twenty years later, Ruo Lin enters a singing competition to win back her ex-boyfriends, producer Guan Yi. While coming out to support her sister Jiang Mei Yan, Jiang Mei Li ends up being a competitor in the same competition. During the course of the competition, complicated relationships between love interests and family occur.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 82%
Lesson in Love (2022)
Plot Summary:
New female teacher became a target of a trouble making gifted student's bullying. But their confrontations soon developed a romantic undertone and they began to have a secret affair that played fast and loose with their feelings.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 89%
Dream Garden (2021)
Plot Summary:
When it comes to matters of the heart, Xiao Xiao believes she is something of an expert. The blogger behind a popular social media account which addresses all sorts of relationship issues, Xiao Xiao has no shortage of experience when it comes to love. However, all of her experiences online can’t prepare her for her first encounter with Lin Shen, a professional psychological counselor, who sees the world in an entirely different way. After butting heads on a popular variety show, Xiao Xiao hoped that she would never have to deal with Lin Shen ever again. But fate, it would seem, had other plans. Hoping to improve her ability to analyze emotional problems by learning from a true professional, Xiao Xiao applies for a position as a professional psychologist’s assistant. Only too late does she realize that the professional she’s working for is none other than the cold-hearted Lin Shen.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
Similar in 85%
My Cuteness Is About to Expire!? (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story features two people who experience their first love late in life. Maruya Kosuke is a 29-year-old employee in the sales department of his family's brewery. Thanks to his good looks he was always popular, receiving many love confessions from women since his youth. However, he experiences a rude awakening the moment he realizes his cuteness has an expiry date. Sanada Izumi is a researcher at the brewery. Past experiences have led her to believe she is inferior to others.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 83%
So Young (2016)
Plot Summary:
.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 79%
Fate (2020)
Plot Summary:
Five years ago, Xia Ran Ran was an ugly duckling futilely tailing behind Lin Xiang An whereas Su Mo was the white lotus on Lin Xiang An's heart. Five years gone, Xia Ran Ran became Shao Ming Zhe's fiancée in name, but Su Mo is the ex-girlfriend he keeps in his heart. Xia Ran Ran never expect to meet Lin Xiang An again. Time has passed, yet her memory still seems to be rooted in the past. Can she wipe him away from the bottom of her heart? Her relationship with Shao Ming Zhe is due to the alliance between their families. They've always accompanied each other, but they've never loved each other. Will his gentleness and love be a drug she cannot quit? Love is like poppy, breathtakingly beautiful yet fatal. Chen Luo is her father's right-hand man; he's tried to approach her, only for her to step away again and again.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 90%
Everyone Wants To Meet You (2020)
Plot Summary:
Zhang Wei, the general manager of a five-star hotel, was pressured by work throughout his life until he met Luo Xi, a girl who could get Zhang Wei out of his busy state. Zhang Wei was impressed by the goodness and beauty of Luo Xi, and eventually sprouting the feeling of love. Luo Xi gradually saw the gentle side behind the iceberg Zhang Wei and her affection for Zhang Wei gradually escalated. Tao Lun, who secretly loves Luo Xi, but in the eyes of Luo Xi, Tao Lun is like a big brother. In disappointing, Tao Lun focused on his own career, and slowly found a feeling of love with Liu Wen Na. When a powerful hotel group plans to build a hotel that will lead to the destruction of the beautiful natural scenery. Zhang Wei and Tao Lun joined hands together to maintain the beautiful natural scenery.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 87%
Be With You (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young cartoonist intentionally gets near Ji Yan Xin, a cold and arrogant professor. Qi Nian, a girl with a straightforward personality hopes that interacting with Ji Yan Xin would give her inspiration and creative materials for her comic plot. Coincidentally Ji Yan Xin’s younger brother Ji Si Qi becomes Qi Nian’s assistant and a catalyst for their relationship to progress and blossom.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tsundere
Similar in 85%
Ebba och Didrik (1990)
Plot Summary:
Two siblings, Ebba and Didrik, live in small society by the sea. An ordinary family with usual struggles. They're looking for love in different ways, but it's easier said than done.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 627
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 262 min
Plot tags: masterpiece
Similar in 89%
Unrequited Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Luo Zhi has a crush on an outstanding boy named Sheng Huainan and follows up his steps to get into the same university. They have to get over problems between themselves and their families, and make progress in their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, romantic drama, entertaining
Similar in 84%
Tales of Innocence (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the aftermath of an accident, a naive girl finds herself torn between an unscrupulous prosecutor, and a vindictive plaintiff.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, captivating
Similar in 84%
The Way Home (2023)
Plot Summary:
When three generations of women reunite after being estranged for more than two decades, they embark on an enlightening – and surprising – journey toward healing none of them could have imagined as they learn how to find their way back to each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 86%
Cost of Life (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two men fight for one woman. One of them has done something bad to her.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating
Similar in 87%
Professional Single (2020)
Plot Summary:
Single since birth, Yuan Qian and Qin Shen are two people who will probably end up being single for life because they want to. Set against the backdrop of an art school, the story follows students who overcome many difficulties to pursue their artistic ideals. Qin Shen is a student who dreams of becoming a sculptor. A freshman in their department, he is like a god-level existence in their school - cold, disciplined and a perfectionist. However, girls mean nothing to him and he finds dating to be a complete waste of time. Yuan Qian has the appearance of the cute girl next door but has a headstrong personality. She is eloquent and determined such that no one can stop her once she sets her mind to something. However, she has a tendency to pick at other people's shortcomings so much that no guy can impress her.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, touching, disturbing, tsundere
Similar in 89%
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
Similar in 86%
Gonul (2015)
Plot Summary:
A nurse escapes from her surgeon fiancé after his ex reveals his dark secrets. She later finds love again, but a car accident changes everything.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 88%
My True Friend (2019)
Plot Summary:
A modern drama focusing on the relationship between real estate agents and customers wanting to find the perfect home in a growing property market.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
Choco Bank (2016)
Plot Summary:
Choco Bank is about a guy named Kim Eun Haeng, who is a college graduate entering the workforce. His father made sure he had a lucky start in life by giving him a name that meant money. Eun Haeng (meaning Bank in Korean) will deal with the concerns many in their 20s struggle with when they start working for the very first time.And a girl named Ha Cho Co who is getting ready to start a business. The story plays out as the two meet and finds out more about the financial service industry.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 17 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, romantic comedy
Similar in 78%
Another Me (2019)
Plot Summary:
Best friends An Sheng and Qi Yue enjoy a friendship that they think will last forever. But when the dashing Su Jiaming appears on the scene, their lives are thrown into turmoil, with both women falling for him. When An Sheng realizes that Su Jiaming prefers her best friend, she decides to break off all contact with Su Jiaming and Qi Yue. Instead, she decides to strike up an ill-fated relationship with a rock musician, following him out of town, and – so she thinks – out of both Su Jiaming’s and Qi Yue’s lives forever. An Sheng and the musician soon part ways, and it soon turns out that her efforts to play Cupid did not go as smoothly as she had hoped. Qi Yue and Su Jiaming have agreed to marry, but he keeps delaying... Could he be seeing An Sheng behind her back? And what other dark secrets are the trio hiding from each other?.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspense, suspenseful, dorama
Similar in 77%
Way Back Into Love (2020)
Plot Summary:
As a student, Lu Jia spent most of her time in school dreaming of the day she finally caught the attention of Xu Jia Xiu. A student in the class next door, Jia Xiu was everything Jia dreamed a guy could be. Unfortunately, all of her dreams were based on a secret, one-sided love. Knowing that nothing would ever happen with Jia Xiu if she kept her feelings as secret, Jia decided to do what any desperate girl might do. She mustered up every ounce of her courage and wrote him a letter. Having never paid any attention to the quiet girl in the class next door, the letter from Jia comes as a bit of a surprise to Jia Xiu. With no prior feelings for Jia, Jia Xiu can’t give her any sort of an answer. But that doesn’t mean she failed to make an impression. Despite the fact that many years have passed and nothing ever came of the letter, Jia Xiu has often wondered what happened to the girl who was once brave enough to confess her feelings for him.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 77%
Honey and Clover (2008)
Plot Summary:
The series depicts the relationships and lives of a group of five art school students. This is a live-action television drama based on the manga and anime series with the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating
Similar in 88%
Lady & Liar (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in Shanghai's 1930's, Jiang Xin (Tiffany Tang) is a young lady who was originally an heir to a rich family, is in search to find her family. Due to an accident, Xin loses her memory, and therefore, Du Xiao Han (Yang Rong) takes the identity of Xin. While the real Jiang Xin falls into the hands of Bai Zhangjie, a powerful business man, her previous lover, Sheng Jie Wen (Tony Yang) had been searching for Xin.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense
Similar in 83%
The Love Lasts Two Minds (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the first year of Later Liang lived Yuan Qingli, the daughter of a general. While on the road to a nunnery to reflect and meditate, she is abducted and knocked unconscious. After her rescue, Yuan Qingli wakes up days later without her memories and with a new personality. To escape from her own wedding, she dresses as a man and becomes a constable of Qinhe County.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing