Best tv shows like Awaken
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Plot Summary:
While unraveling an enigmatic murder mystery, a special force leader realizes this case is related to the incident that took 28 years ago in a small town.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags:
Best tv shows and movies like Awaken (2020):
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The Golden Spoon (2022)
Plot Summary:
Would you trade your poor but loving family for a life of riches? When Seung Cheon gets his hands on a magical spoon that allows him to switch lives with his rich best friend, he thinks it’s a no-brainer. But life-altering decisions are always accompanied by a sense of doubt, and with only three chances to change his mind, Seung Cheon has to decide which of his two possible futures is worth keeping.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Barrack O'Karma (2019)
Plot Summary:
Siu Wai-ming has been haunted by a dream of a woman wearing a cheongsam for many years. When he becomes an administrative manager for an old apartment building, he meets a tenant – air stewardess Alex Cheung – who looks exactly like the woman in his dream. As they get to know each other, the apartment building seems to come to life, performing the strange and fantastical lives of the tenants who live there.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: mystical, tense, captivating, disturbing
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I Will Never Let You Go (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around a young wanderer with an extraordinary business sense and the masked hero who saves her which ultimately results in them falling in love. When the wanderer is revealed to be the Divine Maiden who will obtain a legendary treasure, various enemies hunt her down. She then lives life on the run and meets her savior who turns out to be the ambitious prince that wants to take the throne.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, costume drama
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Never Let Me Go (2016)
Plot Summary:
30-year-old Kyoko has a "job". The story starts with her looking back 20 years to her boarding school of Yoko Gakuen in the mountains. Tomohiko, Miwa, and Kyoko are all in the same grade. Inspired by the educational philosophy of the principal - Emiko, teacher Tatsuko joins the boarding school staff, but soon finds the school rather strange.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: sentimental, suspense, melancholic, suspenseful
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Novoland: The Castle in the Sky (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the ancient time, the human honored the winged clan as gods for their ability to fly and to build a castle in the sky. The day when the castle was to be lifted off the ground an explosion destroyed it. A human girl was suspected to have the done deed. However, a man from the winged clan didn't believe it and saved her life. As it turned out, it was a faction of the winged clan trying to start a war with the humans in order to expand their control.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, xianxia
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One Sunny Day (2014)
Plot Summary:
The accidental coming together of a man without a wallet and a woman without a phone who fall in love on Jeju Island.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 14 min
Plot tags: sentimental, dorama, touching, disturbing
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The Legend of White Snake (2019)
Plot Summary:
Provoked by the actions of a seemingly sly human, an ancient snake spirit takes on a human form, in order to prove him a fraud. Convinced she’s doing the world a favor, Bai Su Zhen challenges Xu Xuan to a contest of skill but what starts as a heated rivalry soon turns to burning passion. Faced with opposition from every side, Bai Su Zhen and Xu Xuan’s love is put to the test time and time again.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, xianxia
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The Wallflower (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sunako is very happy living her life in the darkness of her room, with her skeleton friends and her horror movies to keep her company. The darkness she so loves is pierced brightly by four dazzling young men, who come to live in the same mansion as her, and she soon realizes that they have orders from her aunt to do anything to turn her into a prim and proper lady.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, dorama, anime
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Evergreen (2018)
Plot Summary:
Oh Soo is a man in his 20's and works as a promising engineer in the IT field, a cafe owner and a barista. He is smart and handsome. He plays cupid for you men and women by using a mysterious pollen. Due to the pollen, he falls in love with Seo Yoo-Ri. She is also in her 20's and works as a police officer. She has a bright personality and supports her family by herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: suspenseful, sentimental, touching, suspense, romantic drama
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Hi! School - Love On (2014)
Plot Summary:
High school may be tough, but Woo Hyun (Nam Woo Hyun) has a guardian angel looking over him — literally. Disguised as a naive high schooler, Lee Seul Bi (Kim Sae Ron) descends from the heavens to protect Woo Hyun's life, but discovers she's got a thing or two to learn about life as a teenager, including the pains of falling in love. Can this cherubic guardian protect the apple of her eye and also manage to survive high school?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dorama, captivating, emotional, mysterious, humorous
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Should We Kiss First (2018)
Plot Summary:
Son Moo-Han works as a managing director of an advertising company. An Soon-Jin lost her daughter unexpectedly and she works as a flight attendant. Eun Kyung-Soo is An Soon-Jin’s ex-husband and he is now married to Baek Ji-Min.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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VIP (2019)
Plot Summary:
The staff in charge of catering to the desires of a department store's top clientele try to keep their not-so-luxurious personal lives afloat.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sweet, captivating, disturbing
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My Absolute Boyfriend (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman works as a special makeup artist. Because her heart was broken in the past, she finds it hard to love again and has a cold heart full of sadness. She unexpectedly falls in love with a humanoid robot programmed to be the perfect boyfriend and all the while a top star is competing for her affections as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, dorama
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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
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Best Friends in Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
Aoi Miura (Sota Fukushi) was born and grew up in Toyama Prefecture. He has an indecisive personality and does not like summer. He was the focal member of the high school swimming team, but he now works as an assistant at a small architectural office in Tokyo. One summer day, he meets his childhood friend and first love Akari Serizawa. During their school days they spent everyday hanging out together until the fireworks night in their 3rd year of high school. That night, Akari suddenly disappeared. Now, Akari has a man named Aoi.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, romantic drama
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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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My Little Princess (2016)
Plot Summary:
Should some places be off limits to the poor? The Si Ye Art Institute is an elite arts high school for the children of wealthy families whose students go on to attend the most exclusive universities. Jiang Yu Nian is one of the most popular boys at the school, but he is cold and emotionally distant after the death of his sister. The exclusive school and its privileged students are turned upside down when Lin Xing Chen, a talented art student from a poor background, is admitted. Xing Chen faces immediate bullying from the other rich students, but will Yu Nian try to protect the kindhearted new student?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, touching, suspenseful, dorama
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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
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You Always Haunt My Heart (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kyoko Ogawa is a woman in her 20's and she works at an underwear company. Because of her mother, Kyoko Ogawa has suffered from low self-esteem since she was a child. She is also shaken by two men: Kojiro Yoshizaki and Ren Hoshina. Kojiro Yoshizaki works as an editor for a manga magazine. He is bright, funny and a nice person. Ren Hoshina is a guy that Kyoko Ogawa dated when she attended college. Ren Hoshina was able to see her weakness and was controlling over her. At her job at the underwear company, Ren Hoshina appears in front of her as her boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Best Chicken (2019)
Plot Summary:
One day, Park Choi Go, decides to quit his job at a big company and open up his own chicken restaurant at what used to be a bathhouse. Meanwhile, Seo Bo Ah, an aspiring webtoon writer who secludes herself in the bathhouse, can’t accept that the building she inherited from her grandfather is turning into a chicken restaurant. To take her inheritance back, she becomes Park Choi Go’s employee along with Andrew Kang, a once promising chef who is now homeless. Can Park Choi Go become the ultimate chicken master and achieve his dream?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Ai the Video Girl (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story is set in 2018, 25 years after the original manga's "Video Girl Ai" arc ("Video Girl Len" arc was set seven years after the first arc). Sho Moteuchi (Shuhei Nomura) is a high school student. After his parents divorced, he begins to live with his uncle. At school, he develops feelings for his classmate Nanami, but Nanami likes his friend Tomoaki. One day, he finds an old broken video cassette recorder at his uncle’s house. Sho repairs the video cassette recorder and suddenly a video of girl plays. The girl in the video introduces herself as Video Girl Ai. The girl then steps out of the video and lives with Sho for the next 3 months.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, anime
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SurrealEstate (2021)
Plot Summary:
Supernaturally trained realtor Nick Roman and his elite team of specialists go above and beyond to sell homes no one else wants to come near. The team works together to research, investigate and, hopefully, “fix” haunted and possessed homes (with often horrific results).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark comedy, mystical
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Level Up (2019)
Plot Summary:
Cold and precise, An Dan-Te is the no-nonsense director of Yoo Seong CRC, a company which specializes in the restructuring and resurrecting of companies on the brink of failure. Sent to Joybuster, a game company on the brink of bankruptcy, Dan-Te takes on the role of CEO and wastes no time in trying to get this company back on its feet. As head of game development at Joybuster, Shin Yeon-Hwa teams up with her new CEO, in an attempt to save their dying company. Tasked with developing a new game which satisfies all of Dan-Te’s demands, Yeon-Hwa soon finds herself wavering somewhere between having a nervous breakdown and committing murder. Completely at odds with each other, Yeon-Hwa and Dan-Te never seem to stop fighting; but everyone knows opposites always find a way to attract. Can the poker-faced boss with zero emotions and the hot-tempered game developer really find love when they can’t even agree on a way to save their dying company?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Welcome (2020)
Plot Summary:
What if your cat was capable of turning into a charming boy? After taking time off, Sol Ah returns to school as she finds herself a place to live alone. Per her friend’s favor, Sol Ah takes in a cat named Hong Jo, and a story of the life of two housemates unfolds. However, Sol Ah is not aware that the cat, Hong Jo, has the ability to shapeshift into a human. Sol Ah’s friends start to notice weird things about Hong Jo whenever they run into his human form. Things are about to change around the peaceful single-resident complex, and Hong Jo finds it difficult just being a mere cat whenever Sol Ah is too busy with her life to pay attention to him. Will Sol Ah be able to recognize Hong Jo in his human form? Sol Ah and Hong Jo “Welcome!” you into their romance fantasy story.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, dorama
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Be Arrogant (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hong Hara is a bright, energetic girl with a positive outlook on life. She is a sweet girl who believes that every time she falls in love, it would last forever. Hong Hara is in a relationship with No Cheol, a man no one cannot seem to resist, though he is not mature all the time. He is also the ex-boyfriend of Do Ra Hee, a girl who has spent the last ten years in the fashion business. After dating No Cheol for six years, she is now sick of men and her number one goal is to gain more money. Somehow Hong Hara ends up living and working with Do Ra Hee. The two women decide to launch their own online shopping mall. After struggling to make a living at the fast fashion mecca of Korea, Dongdaemun, they realize the potential in online shopping malls. However, the industry is filled with competitors, and the business partners soon learn about the challenges of running a small business.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, light, dorama, touching, humorous, romantic comedy
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The King of Dramas (2012)
Plot Summary:
A satirical dramedy about what goes on behind the scenes in making a TV drama.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, feel good, humorous, entertaining, parody
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Meloholic (2017)
Plot Summary:
Yoo Eun-Ho has a special ability which allows him to read the minds of other people when he places his hand on them. Due to his special ability, he can't open his mind to anyone. One day, he meets Choo Ji-Eun. He is able to discern that what she says is actually what she thinks, but he also learns that she has two different personalities.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful
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Shining For One Thing (2022)
Plot Summary:
Lin Bei Xing, an "experienced girl" who is about to enter her 30s, missed out on achieving her dream of love as her boyfriend, Zhan Yu, breaks the contract, and her life and work have become a mess. However, not sure if this is the God playing tricks on her, Lin Bei Xing returned to the age of eighteen. The third year of high school is a nightmare, but Lin Bei Xing decided to retake the college entrance examination and get rid of Zhan Yu, to live anew for herself. However, Lin Bei Xing's sweet dream was dashed by a boy called Zhang Wan Sen. The accidental encounter of Zhang Wan Sen after the college entrance examination became the switch to end Lin Bei Xing's time and space journey.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, suspense
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The Light in Your Eyes (2019)
Plot Summary:
Time manipulation comes with a steep price for a young woman, who becomes 78 years old overnight after using a mysterious watch.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, dorama
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Sea of Souls (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sea of Souls follows para-psychologist Monaghan and his two sidekicks from a fictitious Scottish University that investigates paranormal activity.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective, mystical