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Plot Summary:
A suspicious business that offers the services of a purportedly all-knowing shaman catches the attention of a tenacious police inspector.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: dorama
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The Eccentric Daughter-in-Law (2015)
Plot Summary:
In an attempt to regain her popularity, former idol star In Young goes on a TV Show where she clashes with her on-screen mother-in-law, Yang Choon Ja. However, the tension is increasingly worse off-set when In Young starts dating Choon Ja's real son!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama
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It's Okay to Be Sensitive (2018)
Plot Summary:
A webdrama focusing on feminism and gender issues. The main audience are women in their 20s and 30s and the drama is mainly focused on radical feminism in Korea.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama
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Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022)
Plot Summary:
Eun Gye-hoon, a famous chef, opens a restaurant in a town he lived when he was a little kid. In the past, he had a twin sister. But after a traumatic incident tat the hometown, the family lost her. He used to have a strong emotional link to his sister, able to synchronize with any kinds of feelings she was having. When Noh Da-hyun, a young woman in need of help, visits him one day, Gye-hoon starts to feel that strong link again.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, captivating, disturbing, anime
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Unasked Family (2019)
Plot Summary:
When Kang Yeo-Won was a university student, she dreamed of becoming a reporter. An unexpected pregnancy, caused her to change that dream. She is now a housewife and she is busy taking care of her troublemaker in-laws, raising her child and managing her family's finances. Her husband gets into an accident and her life changes. Meanwhile, Bong Chun-Dong grew up in an orphanage with his younger sister. He had a heart disease, but he was able to get an operation due to Hwang Byung-Rae. He is now a grown man. Bong Chun-Dong passes his bar exam, but he works for Hwang Byung-Rae.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama
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Frank Riva (2003)
Plot Summary:
After 25 years in exile, undercover cop Frank Riva comes back in Paris. He faces mob boss Norbert Loggia and his son Maxime, who put a bounty on his head during the French Connection days.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 285 min
Plot tags:
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Payback (2023)
Plot Summary:
Eun Yong, a money business titan and an affluent financial capitalist, has been living a life of a recluse in the pastures of Mongolia. Eun returns to Korea when his nephew Tae-chun and his late benefactor's daughter Joon-gyeong enlists his help. He prepares for war against corrupt powers to protect his beloved family and to avenge the death of a dear old friend.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Resurrection (2005)
Plot Summary:
Yu Gang Hyuk was only 7 years old when his father was murdered in a car "accident" and separated from his identical twin, Yu Shin Hyuk. He forgot his name and family and given the name Suh Ha Eun by his adopted father Suh Jae Soo. He falls in love with his adopted sister, Eun Ha and tried to be very honorable about it. He was led to become a cop because of his father's badge. While investigating an alleged case of suicide, he eventually learns of his twin brother. Against the warnings of his peers, Ha Eun becomes more and more involved in this suspicious case. As a part of a larger scheme, Ha Eun is targeted for a hit by unknown individuals. And when Ha Eun and Shin Hyuk finally meet for the first time in twenty years, the murderers kill Shin Hyuk accidentally mistaken him for Ha Eun. As a result, Ha Eun vows to get revenge by giving his enemies psychological torture and takes on his brother's persona as an undercover cop and that is where the drama begins.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama
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Mad for Each Other (2021)
Plot Summary:
Bothered to realize they are next-door neighbors and share a psychiatrist, a man and a woman find it's impossible to stay out of each other's way.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic
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The Fiery Priest (2019)
Plot Summary:
People commit variety of ugly crimes these days. However, they forgive themselves by giving testimony every week. They believe that they can repent just by having faith. But the truth is that they have faith to repeat the sins again and again without remorse. These people atone for their evil deeds just to feel comfortable and carefree. It is not about the victims who are suffering because of them. They say every people are equal before the religions. But it is time to discriminate people who only uses them for their interest. Screening if they are really good people, punishing if they deserve to be punished, and defending justice is needed for modern day religion. A priest with this sense of justice teams up with a detective and a prosecutor. They try to solve the mysterious death of an elderly priest and serve justice.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: dorama, captivating, tense, humorous, satirical, semi serious, detective
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The Bad Guy (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of Nino Scotellaro, a Sicilian public prosecutor who devoted his entire life to fighting against the mafia and is suddenly accused of being one of the very men he has always fought against. After being condemned, and with nothing left to lose, Nino decides to pull off a Machiavellian revenge plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Wired (2008)
Plot Summary:
Louise Evans is a single mother who works as a customer advisor for big bucks investors at a slick, pin-striped bank. On a night out with her best friend Anna (Charlie Brooks) she’s introduced to Anna’s slippery new boyfriend Phillip (Laurence Fox). Phillip makes Louise an indecent proposal: accept a briefcase full of money in return for helping him to defraud one of the bank’s richest clients.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags:
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Wanted (2016)
Plot Summary:
One of Korea's top actresses has her son kidnapped. She struggles to carry out a mission on a live reality show following the kidnapper's demands.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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Squad 38 (2016)
Plot Summary:
As a reference to Article 38 which pertains to tax payments, this special police unit utilizes the criminals' own tactics of scams and deceit to catch rich tax cheats.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, detective
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NCS: Manhunt (2002)
Plot Summary:
NCS: Manhunt is a British crime drama television series starring David Suchet, and based on the National Crime Squad. Created by Malcolm McKay, the first series premiered with two episodes on BBC One on 26—27 March 2001. The second series debuted on 4 March 2002, and concluded its six episode run on 19 March 2002.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration:
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Riptide (2022)
Plot Summary:
Alison has just married Australian Sean Weston. Both of their children struggle with the new family situation, and Alison's former husband wants her back. When Sean disappears during a morning surf, it is not clear if he got caught up in a rip tide or if there is more to his disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
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Live (2018)
Plot Summary:
The police officers at South Korea's busiest patrol division toil day and night as keepers of law and peace -- but the reality is far from orderly.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, dorama, sincere, tense, captivating, realistic
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Police and Prosecutor (2020)
Plot Summary:
An ex-gymnastic teacher working as a police detective and a super-elite Tokyo University graduate prosecutor are to become a bizarre buddy. They always clash head-on, but eventually they find themselves sharing the same chemistry within themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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365: Repeat the Year (2020)
Plot Summary:
A story where ten people get the chance to go back in time by one year, but unexpectedly mysterious situations start to arise when their fates are changed and twisted in the process. Ji Hyung Joo is a detective in the violent crimes division. He used to be part of the traffic police but was promoted when he arrested a wanted criminal. It's been seven years since the change, and he's a talented individual who always knows how to relax. Though he is happy at first to have the chance to go back in time by one year and "reset" his life, he begins to search for the truth when a series of mysterious events befall on the group of people he goes back in time with. Based on the Japanese novel, "Repeat".
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 945
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, intense, dorama
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Class of Lies (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ki Moo-Hyeok, a lawyer with a high winning rate, only cares about money. Due to a murder case at a high school which he deals with, his reputation as a lawyer hits rock bottom. To regain his good name as a lawyer, he sneaks into the high school and work as a temporary teacher. He tries to reveal a secret which the students have, and gets involved with Teacher Ha So-Hyun, a P.E. teacher who loves her students. They then face the students'secret.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, tense, slasher, suspense
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A Model Family (2022)
Plot Summary:
After unwittingly stealing money from a cartel, a cash-strapped professor finds the only way to save his broken family is by working as a drug courier.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspense
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The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018)
Plot Summary:
A detective thinks about quitting his job. He takes on a female university student murder case that was disguised as a suicide. The detective becomes obsessed with solving the case. He has a young sister and she meets a man. The man does not remember when he was little. He is not a good person, but she has sympathy for him. The detective tries to push the man away from his younger sister. The detective suspects that the man is somehow involved in the female university student murder case. The man and the detective's younger sister fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, romantic, dorama, detective
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While You Were Sleeping (2017)
Plot Summary:
A supernatural romance about a woman who can see the future in her dreams, and a prosecutor who fights to stop these future events from happening. The heroine has dreams about unfortunate events that will happen to other people, and the hero is a prosecutor who runs around trying to prevent her tragic visions from coming true.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dorama, humorous, exciting, tense, sincere, romantic
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Bad and Crazy (2021)
Plot Summary:
A superhero drama about Soo Yeol who has lived his whole life as a materialistic police detective, but changes into a champion for justice and fights against police corruption when a hidden persona called “K” awakens inside him.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, action thriller
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Suspicious Partner (2017)
Plot Summary:
Noh Ji Wook is a prosecutor in the Central District Prosecutors’ Office who ends up switching professions to a private attorney. He harbors a trauma stemming from an event in his childhood involving his parents and his first love. Eun Bong Hee, a Taekwondo athlete in her youth, is a prosecutor trainee who has become a murder suspect. Eun Bong Hee and Noh Ji Wook both find themselves being the focus of a killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sweet, exciting, romantic, thought provoking, humorous, tear jerker, romantic drama, dorama, teen comedy
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Virgin (2022)
Plot Summary:
When the popular girl at school mysteriously dies, a schoolmate asks her friends’ help to create a documentary as a way into her dream school.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags:
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Suspect (2022)
Plot Summary:
A Veteran detective is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she apparently took her own life, Frater sets out to discover the truth about her death.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: thrilling
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Prosecution Elite (2023)
Plot Summary:
An Ni, a prosecutor of the Jiangcheng Procuratorate, was assigned by Chief Prosecutor Xu Ailin to handle the case investigating a missing college student who jumped off into a lake. She started with Zhao Jikai, the General Manager of Huiquan Games, and found connection between him and overseas organizations that promote bullying, leading to the arrest of the crime perpetrators. While Huiquan Games’ stocks price plummeted, Yin Huiquan donates to Jiangxiao Academy which would in turn corrupt minors in the guise of charity. The student Li Xiaowen and other victims come forward, publicly denouncing the unorthodox means of Jiangxiao Academy to control youngsters. An Ni presents solid evidences in the court, leading to the academy’s shut down and punishment of those who were involved. Yan Qin, who took over the Huiquan Games, misappropriated the funds to invest in the development of a copper mine. However, this investment venture was a Ponzi scheme by an online financial fraud gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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Mad Dog (2017)
Plot Summary:
Choi Kang-Woo is a former detective, but he now works as a veteran insurance investigator. He leads a team that attempts to reveal insurance fraud cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 940
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Partners for Justice (2018)
Plot Summary:
Baek Beom has worked as a forensic doctor for 10 years. He has a bad personality, but he is excellent with his work. Baek Beom does not open his mind to other people. Eun Sol is a rookie prosecutor with a warm heart. She has a bright personality and she comes from wealth family background. The forensic doctor and prosecutor work together to solve cases.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, detective
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Healer (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kim Moon Ho is a successful reporter at a mainstream news station, but when he stumbles upon a 10-year-old mystery, he's forced to dive into a subversive underground news agency. On his journey to break open the case, Moon Ho teams up with Chae Young Shin, a second rate tabloid writer, and Healer, a mysterious internet-based journalist. With his career and his safety on the line, who can Moon Ho trust in a world full of unreliable sources?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, dorama, romantic, touching, humorous, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, romantic drama, suspense