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Plot Summary:
What happens when an encounter between a man and woman who seem to have nothing in common develops into a complicated love story? Cha Soo Hyun is a woman and daughter of a politician who lives a life where she is unable to choose her own path. After graduating from college, she entered into a loveless marriage with the son to a wealthy conglomerate, a marriage only beneficial to her politican father. After having a child, she was obliged to divorce. Her life is changed when she meets simple and kind Kim Jin Hyuk. Kim Jin Hyuk is ordinary and innocent, a young man who enjoys life and finds happiness in the smaller things. He works various part-time jobs to earn a living, but is looking for a regular job. One day, he decides to take a trip abroad, where he meets Cha Soo Hyun.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, sentimental, thought provoking, touching, entertaining
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Road to Destiny (2016)
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Luisa Fernanda Pérez, a beautiful, 18-year-old student, has two passions: mastering the violin and gardening, a skill she learned from her father, Pedro, the former groundskeeper of the wealthy Altamirano family’s estate. A chance encounter with destiny alters her life after she is injured in a car accident caused by Luis (her biological father), a playboy lawyer and falls for his stepson, Carlos, an attractive, young doctor treating her at the local hospital.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, touching, emotional, novela, telenovela
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Find Yourself (2020)
Plot Summary:
A determined entrepreneur navigates a love triangle between a young charmer and an older executive, leading her down an unconventional path to love.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, feel good, semi serious, dorama, scenic
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Just Between Lovers (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two survivors of a building collapse discover support and love in each other as they overcome the pain of loss and reconstruct a hopeful future.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, romantic, romantic drama, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Dark Days (2017)
Plot Summary:
The plot brings fiction and reality together to show how a country's political context affects the lives, dreams and paths of ordinary people.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 37 min
Plot tags: psychological, novela, tense, sentimental, sexy, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative
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Her Legend (2013)
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Despite her poverty and lack of education or connections, bright and plucky Eun Jung-soo works her way up in the luxury handbag industry based on sheer talent alone. She encounters Do Jin-hoo, the smart and handsome chaebol heir of a fashion company, and Kim Seo-hyun who has to hide her true identity in order to achieve her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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When I Was the Most Beautiful (2020)
Plot Summary:
Oh Ye Ji is an art student who dreams of becoming a ceramic artist. She heads to school in Yangpyeong as both a student and a teacher, where she meets brothers Seo Hwan and Seo Jin. Hwan, who is Ye Ji’s student, falls in love with her and takes her to his father’s workshop to confess his feelings. However, at the workshop, Ye Ji meets Jin. Although Jin is aware of Hwan’s feelings toward Ye Ji, Jin does not hesitate to win over Ye Ji’s heart and eventually gets engaged to her. Overnight, those who are meant to be each other’s strongest supporters end up becoming the worst enemies thanks to a twist of fate. Straddling desire and love, the three struggle to figure out what’s right during the most beautiful time of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, talky
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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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Inconstant Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
The hatred of Miran Aslanbey against the man guilty of the death of his parents unleashes his desire for revenge by taking him to seduce his daughter Reyyan. Reyyan falls madly in love in Miran's arms. But what will happen when he finds out the truth? What is stronger love or revenge?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, sweet, romantic
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Blessing of the Sea (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sim Chung-Yi has an absolute sense of sight which allows her to identify thousands of colors. She also has a bright personality. Sim Chung-Yi meets Ma Poong-Do who is a pianist. He is highly skilled on the piano, but he receives criticism that he has lack of sensibility. Sim Chung-Yi and Ma Poong-Do develop romantically. Sim Chung-Yi also tries to find a secret of her father.
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, suspenseful
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Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)
Plot Summary:
Scarlet Heart: Ryeo is the remake of Chinese drama Bu Bu Jing Xin that stars IU as a woman who gets time-warped back to the Goryeo dynasty, and becomes involved with a very large family of princes, some of whom are vying for the throne, or her affections, or both.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, romantic, dorama, sageuk, sweet, harsh, gothic, sad, suspenseful
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Radio Romance (2018)
Plot Summary:
Song Geurim is a radio program writer who isn't exactly talented in writing. She's got the passion, initiative, and drive, but due to her lack of writing skills, she still remains an assistant writer. When she was young, the radio was the only thing in the world that she could share with her blind mother. She was consoled by the sounds of the radio and loved it more than anything, so she became a writer. When her radio program is on the verge of cancellation, she succeeds in casting a top actor Ji Suho, who can't do anything without a script.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, sweet, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama
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I Picked Up a Star on the Road (2018)
Plot Summary:
Contract worker Lee Yeon Seo daydreams about teaching her manager a lesson, but accidentally acts out her fantasy on none other than top Hallyu star Kang Joon Hyuk. Thinking she killed him but afraid to be labeled a murderer, she takes him home and prepares to get rid of the body. But Joon Hyuk wakes up and seeing her preparations thinks he has been kidnapped by a murderous psychopath. Seeing no other option, she keeps him hostage so he doesn't turn her in to the police. How long can she keep him hidden and can she ever convince him she's not an evil person?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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The Beauty Inside (2018)
Plot Summary:
It is a love story of Han Se-gye who is an A-list actress. She is known as a troublemaker and the object of many rumors. Her life is a mystery, but, in reality, she suffers from an unusual phenomenon. At a certain point every month, her appearance changes to a different person. She lives one week out of every month with a different appearance, and Seo Do-jae who is an executive director of an airline company. He seems perfect with an attractive appearance and intelligence but, he suffers from prosopagnosia. He hides this disability and tries hard to memorize people by their habits and mannerisms. The only face that he is able to recognize is Han Se-gye’s.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, light, feel good, sweet, romantic drama
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Hundred Year Inheritance (2013)
Plot Summary:
A warm-hearted family drama about a three-generation family and their noodle factory that they operate in the outskirts of Seoul.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional
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Chocolate (2019)
Plot Summary:
Brought together by meaningful meals in the past and present, a doctor and a chef are reacquainted when they begin working at a hospice ward.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, romantic drama
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My First First Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Due to various personal reasons, a group of Yun Tae-o’s friends move into his house, where they experience love, friendship, and everything in between.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dorama, humorous, sincere, romantic, touching, sweet, captivating
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Run On (2020)
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Veering off course from his preset path, a track star follows his own pace and heart for the first time after a film translator steps into his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, talky
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Love O2O (2016)
Plot Summary:
What is it that makes a man fall in love with a woman at first sight? Appearance? Aura? Wealth? NO, when campus prince and gaming expert, student Xiao Nai first saw Bei Wei Wei, what made him fall in love was not her extraordinary beauty, but her slim and slender fingers that were flying across the keyboard and her calm and composed manner!!! Embarrassing, no? At the same time, gaming expert Bei Wei Wei, at this time and place is on the computer, methodically commanding a guild war, and won a perfect and glorious victory despite being at a disadvantage, and was completely unaware that cupid is nearby. Soon after basketball player, swimmer, all-around excellent student, and game company president, Xiao Nai, uses both tactics on and off-line to take this beauty’s heart. Therefore this romance slowly bloomed. ~~ Drama adapted from the novel by Gu Man.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting, sweet, romantic drama, dorama, scenic
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Romance is a Bonus Book (2019)
Plot Summary:
Cha Eun Ho is a genius writer and the youngest chief editor ever at his publishing company. He is smart and handsome. He is also even tempered at work, but he has a warm heart and a reasonable personality. Kang Da Ni used to be a popular copywriter, but she is not anymore. She is now broke and unemployed. Even though she tries to find a job, due to her impressive career and excellent educational background, she is unable to find a new job. Finally, Kang Da Ni gets a job at a publishing company by lying about her background. Cha Eun Ho is the chief editor at that publishing company. They begin to develop romantic feelings for each other.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: dorama, feel good, sentimental, uplifting, touching, sweet, romantic, suspenseful
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Because This Is My First Life (2017)
Plot Summary:
Nam Se-Hee is a single man in his early 30's. He has chosen to not marry. He owns his home, but he owes a lot on his mortgage. Yoon Ji-Ho is a single woman in her early 30's. She does not own a home and envies those that do. She has given up on dating due to her financial struggles. Yoon Ji-Ho begins to live at Nam Se-Hee’s house. They become housemates.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, captivating, romantic drama, humorous
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To the Beautiful You (2012)
Plot Summary:
To The Beautiful You is a 2012 South Korean television drama series starring f(x)'s Sulli, Shinee's Minho, and Lee Hyun-woo. It aired on SBS from August 15 to October 4, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. It is based on the Japanese shōjo manga series, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, written by Hisaya Nakajo. The Korean series is the fourth television adaptation of the manga following the Taiwanese Hanazakarino Kimitachihe in 2006, the Japanese Hanazakari no Kimitachi e in 2007 and its remake Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching, twist ending
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Love Rain (2012)
Plot Summary:
Love Rain is a 2012 South Korean television series directed by Yoon Seok-ho. It aired on KBS2 from March 26 to May 29, 2012 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Set in the seventies and the present day, it tells a heartrending love story over two generations, with Jang Keun-suk and Im Yoona playing dual roles.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: romantic, entertaining, dorama, psychological, sincere, touching, humorous, captivating, emotional, disturbing
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The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007)
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Han-gyeol is a smart young man who hates to be tied down to one career in his life. Abhorring the idea of joining the family business, he is ordered by his grandmother to manage a cafe. Unable to disobey his grandmother, he reluctantly takes over the responsibility of running a cafe and begins to immerse himself in the gourmet coffee business. One day, he meets Eun-chan, whom he mistakes as a boy, and learns the meaning of true love.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, feel good, inspirational, touching, captivating, entertaining, emotional, novela, romantic drama
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Velvet (2013)
Plot Summary:
In 1950s Spain, the heir to a fashion house romances a beautiful seamstress who works for the company, despite the objections of his family.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, stylized, sincere, emotional, costume drama, historical drama, period drama, telenovela
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Intense Love (2020)
Plot Summary:
A love story between a genius doctor and an actress who are two people who both refuse to have their marriage arranged by their parents, yet realize that love is destined.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, light, romantic, captivating, melancholic, disturbing, dorama
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Cry Me a Sad River (2018)
Plot Summary:
Qi Ming is a handsome boy and he is also a top student at school, but Yi Yao is a so-called bitch on everyone’s lips. Qi and Yi grew up together and they have been maintaining a good relationship. However, everything is interrupted and changed by Tang Xiaomi. Rumors have become a sharp weapon to destroy people. Yi Yao's life falls into darkness, and she suffers all kinds of cruel bullying at school.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, sentimental, thought provoking, touching, unusual plot structure
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Sungkyunkwan Scandal (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sungkyunkwan Scandal is a 2010 South Korean fusion historical drama about a girl who disguises herself as a boy while attending Sungkyunkwan, the Joseon Dynasty's highest educational institute, where no women were allowed. Directed by Kim Won-seok and written by Kim Tae-hee based on Jung Eun-gwol's bestselling 2007 novel The Lives of Sungkyunkwan Confucian Scholars, it stars Park Min-young, Park Yuchun, Yoo Ah-in, and Song Joong-ki. It aired on KBS2 from August 30 to November 2, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, exciting, humorous, inspirational, dorama, sageuk, romantic comedy
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Boys Over Flowers (2009)
Plot Summary:
A working class girl winds up at an exclusive prep school. Unassuming high school girl Jan Di stands up to -- and eventually falls for -- a spoiled rich kid who belongs to the school's most powerfu clique.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, sentimental, romantic, sincere, anime, novela, romantic drama, humorous, realistic
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Something in the Rain (2018)
Plot Summary:
Explore the relationship of two people as they go from being “just acquaintances” to “a genuine couple” — Yoon Jin Ah, a coffee shop supervisor in her 30s, and Seo Joon Hee, a designer at a video game company who has just returned from working abroad.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: dorama, sweet, sentimental, romantic, light, feel good, romantic drama, affectionate