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Plot Summary:
Can't Lose is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Choi Ji-woo and Yoon Sang-hyun, who play two bickering, married divorce lawyers who take out their frustrations on each other in and out of the courtroom. It aired on MBC from August 24 to October 20, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. It is a remake of the 2008 Japanese drama The Sasaki Couple's Merciless Battle.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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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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Like for Likes (2016)
Plot Summary:
A notoriously shrewish TV drama writer and a Korean wave star who fight like cats and dogs every time they meet; a spinster flight attendant landlady and a nosy chef tenant who build a sense of camaraderie; a genius relationship-virgin composer who harbors a secret admiration for a scatterbrained producer. As they crash-land into each other's lives, will there be love?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, emotional, entertaining, stylized
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Rich Man (2018)
Plot Summary:
A man who can’t distinguish faces meets a woman who is unforgettable. Lee Yoo Chan is the founder and CEO of the IT company Next One, which has become the most desirable place to work. He suffers from a condition where he can’t recognize faces, and this makes him very guarded and mistrustful of most people. Kim Bo Ra is the pride of her hometown on Jeju Island who came to Seoul to attend college. With her imminent graduation, her dream is to work for Next One. When Bo Ra meets Yoo Chan, will both their lives change in unexpected ways?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 860
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, captivating, romantic drama
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Flower Boy Ramyun Shop (2011)
Plot Summary:
This romantic comedy deals with "pretty boys," who with good looks and individuality, operate a ramen shop with lively college girls and experience the happenings of daily life. Yang Eun-bi (Lee Chung-ah) is a university student in her mid-20s, preparing for her civil service exam with the dream of being a high school teacher. She accidentally encounters Cha Chi-soo (Jung Il-woo), the arrogant heir to the biggest food conglomerate in South Korea. Cha Chi-soo, newly homed after a failed attempt to attend school in New York City, fascinates women with his good looks and easy charm. Eun-bi was initially attracted to him, until she found out that he was only a high school senior, and thus 6 years younger than her. However, her student-teaching assignment finds her not only working at the high school that Chi-soo's family owns, but teaching his homeroom class. She grows to dislike him for his arrogance and lack of empathy. He, on the other hand, becomes fascinated with her because she is outspoken and athletic, unlike the other women he knows. Yet, he does not interpret the fascination as romantic interest, as he was out of her league and he usually only dates pretty, self-interested girls like Yoon So-yi - a ballet student now dating Chi-soo's rebellious classmate, Kim Ba-wool. Eun-bi resists her attraction in turn, believing Chi-soo is only toying with her. Eun-bi was looking for a more serious relationship, after being dumped by a cheating ex-boyfriend while waiting for him to complete his mandatory military service. She frequently turns to her dating-savvy roommate/ex-high school volleyball teammate Kang Dong-joo for advice. After Eun-bi's father (Jung In-gi) passes away, she is surprised to find out that he left the ramen restaurant he owned to Choi Kang-hyuk (Lee Ki-woo), whom he had helped when Kang-hyuk was a troubled youth, instead of to her. It is soon revealed that Eun-bi's father did this in hope that Kang-hyuk and Eun-bi would marry. Eun-bi, after losing her student-teaching assignment because of her conflicts with Chi-soo, starts to work at the ramen shop, along with homeless fellow students Kim Ba-wool (Park Min-woo) and Woo Hyun-woo (Cho Yoon-woo). Chi-soo wants to work at the restaurant as well, in order to get over his growing obsession with Eun-bi. Kang-hyuk, who knows that he and Chi-soo actually have the same mother, allows him to join the shop out of concern for his cold half-brother. Kang-hyuk quickly develops feelings for Eun-bi, but she finds herself more attracted to the passionate Chi-soo. Chi-soo, after many misunderstandings, realizes that his obsession with Eun-bi was actually attraction, and actively competes for Eun-bi's affections with Kang-hyuk. However, Chi-soo's father (Joo Hyun) disapproves. Chi-soo's (and Kang-hyuk's) mother had also been an average (not rich) woman, and Chi-soo's father believes that difference was one of the reasons for their separation several years ago. Chi-soo's father's company is planning to redevelop the area in which the ramen shop is located, and Chi-soo's father tries to use the possible destruction of the ramen shop as leverage to keep Eun-bi and Chi-soo apart. Chi-soo has become attached to the ramen shop and is also afraid of being disowned, and so he initially chooses to stay with his father. Eun-bi realizes, however, that she wants to try dating him seriously; she storms to his family's apartment to claim him from his father, and they leave together. The ramen shop is forced to close, but its workers accept this development without complaint. Chi-soo's father disinherits him and has his U.S. citizenship revoked, so that Chi-soo is now subject to the South Korean military draft. The show ends with Chi-soo visiting Eun-bi after he has completed his two-year service in the South Korean Army without contacting her; they kiss as the camera pans over the neighborhood where they first met.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 822
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: humorous, sincere, dorama, captivating, light, feel good, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious
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Love with Flaws (2019)
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A romantic comedy about a woman that hates men with pretty face, a man that is obsessed with his looks, and how the people with flaws get over their prejudice! Lee Kang-Woo has strikingly good looks and thinks the world revolves around him. He is obsessed with his looks and enjoys it when people stare at him. He was dumped because he was ugly and gets mysophobia with appearance ever since. On the other hand, Joo Seo-Yeon grew up with three good-looking brothers and hates men with pretty face. The man of her dreams is “A man that isn’t handsome”. This TV series depicts in a pleasant way of how a woman who fought against the irrationality of lookism changes when she meets a man obsessed with his looks.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 584
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, inspirational, humorous, sweet, romantic comedy
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Flower Boy Next Door (2013)
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Go Dok Mi doesn't spend all day dreaming about her knight in shining armor — she’s too busy spying on her neighbors who all happen to be hot, "flower-boy" types, including cartoon artist Oh Jin Rak. But when Enrique Geum, the new pretty boy next door, catches her, Dok Mi is finally forced to face the consequences - without the safety of binoculars and curtains. Will he be able to convince this “urban Rapunzel” to let her hair down? Whether you’re a lover or a fighter, this sensitive man will captivate your sensibilities.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, light, romantic, humorous, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, novela, romantic comedy
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Let's Eat (2013)
Plot Summary:
What do a group of foodies and a murder have in common? Lee Soo Kyung is a 33-year-old divorcee who is a composed, confident woman who is happy to be living alone after marrying way too early in life. But the only thing that can make her lose her cool composure is great food. Living next door is another foodie, Goo Dae Young, a single man who loves surrounding himself with gourmet food but hates being asked if he is dining alone at great restaurants. When a strange murder occurs in their neighborhood, how will their lives be intertwined?.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dorama, funny, light, humorous, sweet, semi serious
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Still 17 (2018)
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Gong Woo-Jin is a 30-year-old single man and he works as a set designer. Due to a trauma he experienced 13 years ago, he does not want to have a relationship with others. When Woo Seo-Ri was 17, she fell into a coma. 13 years later, she wakes up from her coma. Her mental age is still that of a 17-year-old, but she is now 30-years-old. Gong Woo-Jin and Woo Seo-Ri get involved with each other and fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, touching, sweet, romantic drama
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Fated to Love You (2014)
Plot Summary:
The hard working, kind and timid Kim Mi Young has little in the way of education, beauty or wealth, but all that changes after a fateful night of accidental passion with the spoiled, rich heir of a family company, Lee Gun. Her insignificant existence completely transforms when she finds out she is pregnant and must tie her life to his in a shot-gun wedding. The couple decides to make the best of a bad situation, but just when Lee Gun begins to show his growing affection for Kim Mi Young, his first love re-enters the picture to stake her claim.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, sweet, funny, light, feel good, sentimental
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Clean with Passion for Now (2017)
Plot Summary:
Gil Oh-so, an employee at a cleaning company, meets Jang Seon-gyul, the boss of the company. The two are diametric opposite when it comes to cleanliness. With the help of Oh-sol, Seon-gyul faces his mysophobia and falls in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, light, touching
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Shopping King Louie (2016)
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A romance takes place between Kang Ji-Sung aka Louie and Ko Bok-Sil. Louie is from a rich family, but he has lost his memory. Ko Bok-Sil is a woman with a heart like an angel. Louie learns about true love after meeting Ko Bok-Sil.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, feel good, captivating, humorous, romantic, light, romantic drama
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Wok of Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
It's a love story hotter than the boiling oil in a sizzling hot wok. Across the street of the 6-star Hotel Giant, there stands a small, shabby Chinese restaurant, Hungry Wok. Chil Seong, the owner of the restaurant, originally took over the restaurant in order to provide a place to work for his former prison mates. One day, a man and a woman whose lives turned upside down overnight come visit Chil Seong. A former star chef, Seo Poong, and a broke heiress, Sae Woo, are in need of Chil Seong's help so that they can get back on their feet. Tune in to Wok of Love and learn about the passion and love that can be found in the hectic working environment of a kitchen.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: captivating, dorama, light, sincere, humorous, entertaining, romantic
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Full House (2004)
Plot Summary:
Han Ji-eun is a naive writer who got swindled out of everything she owned including her house by her best friends. Stranded in China, She managed to borrow money from an actor Lee Young-jae to return to Korea. On her return, she found out that her house was bought by Lee Young-jae. In an attempt to get her possessions back, she entered in a contract marriage with Young-jae for one year. In spite of losing all, Ji-eun manages to be cheerful and takes things in strike and the business relationship between the two becomes personal as they start to rely and care for each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, dorama, romantic, sitcom, romantic drama, touching, feel good
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My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018)
Plot Summary:
This romantic comedy chronicles the life of Mirae, who has always believed that her life would be better if she were born more beautiful. After she goes under the knife, she comes out looking like the beautiful woman she has always dreamed of becoming. She feels ready to take on the world for the first time, and she falls madly in love with Seok, the perfect man. Except Seok hates people who get plastic surgery.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, exciting, romantic, romantic drama, psychological, romantic comedy, light, not serious, uplifting
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Fight For My Way (2017)
Plot Summary:
Drama tells the story of Ko Dong-Man and Choi Ae-Ra. In their school days, Ko Dong-Man took part in taekwondo. Now, he makes a living by working as a contract employee and also goes after the UFC title. Choi Ae-Ra hoped to become an announcer, but she gave up her dream. Now, she works at the information desk of a department store.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: uplifting, light, sincere, dorama, captivating, exciting, romantic, romantic drama
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Marriage, Not Dating (2014)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy about a man who doesn't want to get married and a woman who has no luck in marriage prospect. Gong Ki Tae is a successful bachelor who keeps getting pressured by his family to settle down. He then comes up with a plan to introduce Joo Jang Mi, whom he thinks will never be approved by his family.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, sincere, touching, feel good, captivating, romantic drama
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Princess Hours (2006)
Plot Summary:
Princess Hours is a 2006 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Yoon Eun-hye, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Jeong-hoon and Song Ji-hyo. It is based on Korean manhwa Goong by Park So-hee. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from January 11 to March 30, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Princess Hours was one of MBC's most popular dramas of 2006, second only to Jumong. Overall, the show was the tenth most popular drama of 2006, according to TNS Media. Due to its success, a spin-off series, Goong S, was broadcast on January 10, 2007.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, dorama, semi serious, light, sweet, novela, sentimental, humorous, realistic, romantic drama
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Soulmate (2006)
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Dong-wook, a playboy who no one can even dare to follow.“My boyfriend of 5 years!! He is definitely my soulmate!!”Soo-kyung, a girl who only looks at one man like a sunflower; a perfect, pure hearted character.Two people who have never seen each other, and who live on the opposite sides of the world from each other live and love in their own way, but from some point on they start to move towards the same dream and feel the same physiological feelings.Two people who have met by fate in a world full of mixed up fates.Now, the most amazing things, which no one could have ever thought of, start to unfold between the two.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, sitcom, semi serious, dorama
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Cinderella and the Four Knights (2016)
Plot Summary:
Eun Ha-Won is a college student. She is a bright girl who wants to be a veterinarian, but at home she is lonely. She is isolated from her family members. Eun Ha-Won lives with father, step-mother and step-sister after her mother died in a car accident. One day, she helps a mysterious old man. The old man suggests to her to live in a mansion and pursue her dream of becoming a veterinarian. Since than, she moves into the mansion and lives with three cousins Kang Ji-Woon, Kang Hyun-Min, Kang Seo-Woo and their bodyguard Lee Yoon-Sung.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, touching, sincere, captivating, dorama, novela, romantic comedy
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Something About 1% (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lee Jae-In possesses a good appearance, he is smart and comes from a wealthy family, but he is also arrogant. His grandfather orders Jae-In to enter into a 10 month contract engagement with a female school teacher that he has never met in his life. Lee Jae-In slowly falls in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, entertaining, romantic, humorous, captivating
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Her Private Life (2019)
Plot Summary:
An art curator's life unravels, as she tries to keep her pastime as a die-hard K-pop fan secret from her gallery's new director.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, touching, captivating, entertaining, sentimental, feel good, romantic comedy
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One More Happy Ending (2016)
Plot Summary:
Drama series depicts the story of marriage, remarriage and divorce. Han Mi Mo was once an idol group member, but she now works as a representative of a remarriage consulting business. She gives honest answers to her customers who hope to remarry. Song Soo Hyuk is a divorced man in his thirties with an 11-year-old son. He is a good-looking gossip reporter who looks like he is still in his twenties. He is very good at his job, because his looks and smiles melt the hearts of his interview subjects, and they are very willing to disclose even the deepest secrets. “One More Happy Ending” will deal with the stories of the divorced, who dream of becoming happy one more time.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Don't Dare to Dream (2016)
Plot Summary:
Depicts the fierce competition at a broadcasting station and the love between anchor Lee Hwa-Shin and weather caster Pyo Na-Ri.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, dorama, romantic comedy
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Playful Kiss (2010)
Plot Summary:
Playful Kiss is a 2010 South Korean romantic-comedy television series, starring Jung So-min and Kim Hyun-joong. It aired on MBC from September 1 to October 21, 2010 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. It is based on the Japanese manga Itazura Na Kiss written by Tada Kaoru. The Korean series is the third television adaptation of the manga following the Taiwanese It Started With a Kiss in 2005, and its sequel They Kiss Again in 2007. Though Playful Kiss received low ratings in South Korea in the five to seven percent range, it was sold to 12 countries in Asia. Due to its international popularity, a short special edition was aired on YouTube after the series finale.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, semi serious, dorama, captivating, anime, romantic drama, touching, realistic, romantic comedy
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Touch Your Heart (2019)
Plot Summary:
A legal romance drama about the love of a successful lawyer and his secretary, who is actually a fallen top Hallyu actress in disguise. It depicts the success and happiness of two formidable people.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, light, captivating, entertaining
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Handsome Guy and Jung-Eum (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hoon-Nam knows about love theoretically, but he rejects falling in love. Jung-Eum wants to fall in love, but, due to her difficult situation, she gives up on finding love. Hoon-Nam and Jung-Eum meet and develop a relationship romantically.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, feel good, sweet, semi serious
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Birth of a Beauty (2014)
Plot Summary:
As the heir to a large company, Han Tae Hee has everything he could possibly want - except for his long lost love. But instead of nursing his heartache like a sensible person, Tae Hee enlists Sa Geum Ran, whom he transforms from an overweight ugly duckling to a gorgeous bombshell named Sara. In the process of falling in love with his "creation" he discovers that even though it appears that money can buy just about everything, it can't buy love or heal emotional scars.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, light
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Radiant Office (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ho Won is a young woman who struggles to find a steady job. Tired and hopeless, she attempted suicide. Hospital check-up discovers she might have terminal illness. Soon after, a furniture company accepts her as a contract worker. Faced with a possibility of dying, Ho Won decides to just let herself loose. Her newfound bold attitude puts her at odds with her workaholic manager Woo Jin.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, satirical, semi serious
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Drinking Solo (2016)
Plot Summary:
Story depicts people drinking alcohol alone for different reasons and the romance between Jung-Suk and Shin-Ib. Jung-Suk is an arrogant, but popular instructor and Shin-Ib is a rookie instructor. She struggles to survive in the private institute world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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She Was Pretty (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ji Sung Joon has a crush on the most beautiful girl in town, Kim Hye Jin - the only problem is, he's unattractive and lacks self-esteem. As fate would have it, years later Sung Joon grows up to be not only successful, but extremely attractive. However, when he runs into his first love Hye Jin, she has become unattractive and poor. Can their love transcend the vanity they both associated with each other?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, dorama, romantic, sweet, sincere, feel good, funny, captivating, satirical