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Plot Summary:
Eighteen Springs (also known as Affair of Half a Lifetime) is a 2003 drama-romance TV series based on the novel of the same name by Chinese author Eileen Chang. The series stars Ruby Lin, Patrick Tam, Jiang Qinqin and Li Liqun. It had the most simultaneous broadcasts on China cable/satellite TVs during 2004. The series was filmed in Shanghai and Taiwan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Serbia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera
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Gumus (2005)
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After the apparent death of his girlfriend, Mehmet Sadoglu is encouraged by his parents to marry Gümüs, a simple girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating
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Phoenix (2004)
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Love is timing. Love needs just the "right time". It's not because you loved him or her less that you parted. Heaven brings you your soul mate when the time is just "right". "Phoenix" shows you this heaven's work. There is a young couple who desperately fell in love but who couldn't be together because the time wasn't just right for them. Years pass by and these two meet again. And the trick of fortune switches their situation and environments. A daughter of a millionaire has now become an helper suffering from the grim realities of life. On the other hand, an orphan self-supporting student is now an accomplished wealthy businessman. Now these two people are looking at the world with different eyes. The childlike girl has finally learned the harshness of the world and the guy with once twisted mind has learned to enjoy the latitude of mind. In the end, these two start to understand each other, thus arriving at the "right time".
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Someone Like You (2015)
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A man loses everything in one day in a tragic car accident. Fang Zhan Cheng lost his fiancée, Liang Luo Han, but he also lost his own eyesight. Devastated by the loss of his fiancée, Zhan Cheng is inconsolable and even refuses a corneal transplant that could restore his vision. But his life takes an unexpected turn when Wang Yu Xi, who looks exactly like his fiancée, is hired to become Zhan Cheng’s day nurse. Another young woman, Xu Ya Ti, receives Luo Han’s heart in a transplant and begins to exhibit many of Luo Han’s mannerisms and personality. Caught between a woman who looks exactly like his beloved dead fiancée and another woman who behaves just like her, what will Zhan Cheng do?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, disturbing, entertaining
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IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 954
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 616
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Country: South Korea
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 701
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera
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Cha Kang Jin grows up in a poor family who is constantly on the move. After relocating to his mother's hometown when Kang Jin is a teenager, his mother falls back into her old ways, opening a bar that draws a group of undesirable men. Kang Jin is forced to watch helplessly from the sidelines, getting into fights with other high school students to protect her honor. When he meets Han Ji Wan at school, sparks fly immediately, but tragedy soon strikes when Ji Wan suddenly must leave town. Eight years later, Kang Jin finally finds her again—at her engagement party. Never able to forget the girl he loved and hurt so badly, Kang Jin has trouble accepting the loss of his love, and after discovering that Ji Wan's fiancée is his co-worker, the three soon become hopelessly entangled in each other's lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Amir loses his heart to another girl, contrary to the promises he made with his cousin. The revelation of this love has made Amir's family move and.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 266
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Drama, Romance
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Drama, Romance
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Drama, Romance
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 441
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Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama, Romance
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 741
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Country: USA, Colombia
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 42 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 342
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 155
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 771
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Duration: 24 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 200
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 104
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 31
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Goodbye Solo (2006)
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 682
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Duration:
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Young people who migrated from the provinces to Istanbul and tried to survive alone; it is the story of the conflict between their conscience and their love.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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365 Days (2015)
Plot Summary:
This film tracks a hasty marriage through its first 365 days.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing