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Plot Summary:
Having lost his wife eleven years ago, Adnan devoted all his attention to his daughter Nihal and his son Bülent. Adnan, who lives in one of the most prominent mansions along the Bosporus in Istanbul with a relative's son Behlül, and his children's nanny, meets Bihter who is also a socialite couple's daughter she is very elegant and beautiful, everyone who meets her get stunned and jealous of her, and he falls in love with her. While searching for peace, safety and happiness in Adnan's mansion, Bihter meets passion. Behlül and Bihter fall completely into each other and become drowned by their infatuation with each other. Their secret love affair will soon affect every member of the family.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, tragic ending, suspense, tense, talky, soap opera, surprise ending, telenovela
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In the Name of Love (2008)
Plot Summary:
En Nombre Del Amor is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is a remake of Cadenas de Amargura. En Nombre Del Amor was produced by Carlos Moreno, and filming began on August 4, 2008. It premiered in the United States July 7, 2009 on Univision and ended its run on March 7, 2010 in a two-hour grand finale on a Sunday. Starring for Allison Lozz and Sebastián Zurita, as adult stars Victoria Ruffo, Arturo Peniche with Leticia Calderón as the villain protagonist and main villain, co-starring for Laura Flores, Alfredo Adame, Víctor Cámara, and the participation of Altair Jarabo as youth antagonist.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, romantic, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, entertaining, telenovela
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In the Name of Honour (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ilinca is the modern woman who dreams of a successful career in PR and never settles for what she has got. Yet, deep down, she still believes that true love can be found. And when least expected, Ilinca meets Amir, a charming, wealthy and attractive Sheikh who will change her destiny from the very first moment they meet. A new life begins for Amir, one worth fighting for even if it means to stand up to traditions and get over the memory of a past love. The world in which Amir has lived his life is marked by old written and unwritten traditions. In Beled el Noor (a fictional emirate), his homeland, it is accepted that a woman be killed in the name of honour for having disrespected the Islamic law. Marked by honour and love, the couple will write a story of forbidden love: the story of Ilinca and Amir - soulmates separated by a river of traditions, secrets, betrayal and religion.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sexy, romantic, captivating, emotional
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Black Heart (2016)
Plot Summary:
Blaming a crooked media mogul for the death of his journalist sister, a surgeon enlists the help of a beautiful psychologist to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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My Love, My Sin (2004)
Plot Summary:
Amarte es mi Pecado' is a Mexican telenovela that was transmitted in the year 2004. It is a production of Ernesto Alonso and the protagonists are Yadhira Carrillo, Alessandra Rosaldo and Sergio Sendel.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, soap opera, novela, entertaining, telenovela
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The Color of Passion (2014)
Plot Summary:
Rebeca murders her sister Adriana to end up with the man she loved, and becomes the step mother of her niece Lucía. Nora, Lucía's half sister and daughter of Rebeca, resents Lucía for the same reasons Rebeca hated Adriana, as history repeats itself.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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Terra esperanza (2002)
Plot Summary:
Esperança is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo between June 17, 2002 and February 15, 2003. With Reynaldo Gianecchini, Priscila Fantin, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Ana Paula Arósio, Raul Cortez, Antonio Fagundes, José Mayer and Fernanda Montenegro interpreted their main roles.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, telenovela
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Wooden Woman (2004)
Plot Summary:
Mujer de Madera is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 2004. One unusual feature of this telenovela is that the main character is played by different actresses before and after her stay in hospital due to a forest fire.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, soap opera, novela, telenovela
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Ask God For Forgiveness... Not Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story of Renata Flores del Angel, a young woman from a wealthy family who falls for Pablo Ramos, the foreman of her father's estate.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, soap opera, telenovela
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Wounded Past (2016)
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When she was a young girl, Heloisa was harshly torn apart from the love of her life: Pedro, a straightforward romantic young man whose powerful family strongly believes the ends always do justify the means. Because she comes from a very humble background, Pedro's parents set up all kinds of intrigues in order to prevent the couple from fulfilling their seemingly predestined love story. Twenty years later, all it takes is a casual encounter to spark that feeling again and have them fighting against not only Pedro's family tricks, but also Heloisa's mighty and unscrupulous husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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Fall Into Temptation (2017)
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Raquel and Damián are happily married with two children. Destiny leads Damián to meet Carolina and feels an undeniable attraction towards her. Damián did not know that Carolina was already married to Santiago Álvarado, a construction architect with whom she has two children. When Raquel drops off her son Fede at school, she accidentally backs her car to Santiago's truck, and they realize that their sons know each other. Raquel volunteers to pay for the damages but Santiago refuses. Raquel insists and goes to the Álvarado home with Damián. The two couples become great friends. But the desire between Damián and Carolina is stronger than their marriage commitment and both decide to deceive to their spouses. Damián and Carolina have a terrible car accident. Rescuers only find a seriously injured Damián, and Carolina has mysteriously disappeared from the scene. During the investigation by the police, Raquel and Santiago learn that their spouses are lovers.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, telenovela
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Pink Lipstick (2010)
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Yoo Ga Eun is a sweet-natured girl who dated and subsequently married her boyfriend, Park Jung Woo. However, she later discovers that her husband had an affair with her best friend, Mi Ran, and that their adopted daughter is actually Jung Woo and Mi Ran's lovechild. To get revenge on them, she marries Maeng Ho Geol, a wealthy clothing retailer, and carefully plots their downfall. At the same time, Ga Eun also meets Ha Jae Bum, the man who falls deeply in love with her and promises to support her by her side, no matter what she does.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Wings of Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
After divorcing, Leyla and her baby move to Turkey from Germany. She struggles to find a job and leave her family's house. She meets Hasmet through a job. Meanwhile Alper tries to keep up. His marriage and job are in trouble. Alper and Leyla meet unexpectedly through a sucker punch.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, captivating, emotional
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Fi (2017)
Plot Summary:
Can Manay (Ozan Güven) is a celebrated psychologist, famed for his expertise in his field. A consummate bachelor he beds women but rarely falls in love. And yet, following his first encounter with Duru (Serenay Sarikaya), he is immediately besotted, to the extent that he buys the house nextdoor to her’s, determined to get closer to her. Until her new neighbour moves in, Duru has lived happily with her musician boyfriend, Deniz (Mehmet Gunsur). Can’s mindgames ensure that she starts to question their relationship however, though she is not aware of the full extent of Can’s scheming. Meanwhile a cast of characters - Bilge, a student of Can’s; Özge (Berrak Tuzunatac), a journalist working on an exposé of the celebrity psychologist; and of course Deniz - will find their lives changed forever, by Manay’s crazed pursuit of love.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological thriller, sentimental, sincere, thought provoking, telenovela
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The World of the Married (2020)
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Ji Sun Woo is a family medicine doctor. She is married to Lee Tae Oh and they have a son. She seems to have everything, including a successful career and a happy family, but she is betrayed by her husband and others. Meanwhile, Lee Tae Oh dreams of becoming a famous movie director. He runs an entertainment business with the support of his wife Ji Sun Woo. Even though he loves his wife, Lee Tae Oh falls into a dangerous relationship.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, emotional, realistic
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Rebeca (2003)
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, soap opera, telenovela
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Dream of Love (2016)
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Esperanza Guerrero is a single mother working as a teacher at two schools, a state school and an elite school to provide for her two teenagers, Pedro and Patricia. Ricardo Alegría, a married father with two young children, works as an Interpol agent in Los Angeles. Seeking to capture a sleazy jewellery thief known as ‘La Sombra’, he infiltrates the private school where Esperanza is employed and masquerades as the teacher of the criminal’s son. Esperanza and Ricardo are reunited following a 20-year separation and fight to rekindle their love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, soap opera, entertaining, telenovela
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Woman (2017)
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The story of mother Bahar, who carries the weight and love of two children in their hearts with enthusiasm in their hearts. Bahar, abandoned by her mother when she was eight years old, later lost her grandma and her father. When she thinks she is all alone, she meets Sarp, whom she delicately loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Pasión de gavilanes 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Pasión de Gavilanes is a Colombian telenovela that ran for 188 episodes, from 2003 to 2004. Written by Julio Jiménez, it was produced by RTI Colombia in conjunction with the Telemundo network and with the participation of Caracol TV company. In Colombia, it was broadcast by Caracol TV. It is based on the 1994 telenovela Las aguas mansas, also written by Jiménez and produced by RTI, broadcast on Canal Uno.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, novela, soap opera, romantic, captivating, disturbing, sexual, sexy
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Sortilegio (2009)
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Sortilegio is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa and stars Jacqueline Bracamontes and William Levy. It is a remake of Tú o nadie. From October 6, 2009 to February 17, 2010, Univision broadcast Sortilegio weeknights at 9pm/8c. From July 30 to September 7, 2012, Univision broadcast 2 hour reruns of Sortilegio weekdays at 1pm/12c, replacing Corazón Apasionado. From September 10 to October 19, 2012, reruns of Sortilegio were broadcast at 2pm/1c.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, tense, romantic, captivating, soap opera, telenovela
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A Time to Love (2017)
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In 1927, the urgent and relentless love of Maria Vitória and Inácio is interrupted by the young man's decision to cross the Atlantic in search of work, and his promise to return. Pregnant, Maria Vitória faces the wrath of her father, who decides to send her to a convent while the baby goes for adoption. Filled with courage, she goes after Inácio, hoping that together they could get their daughter back, but the couple ends up following different paths and living new love stories. They will have to face personal obstacles and the deranged jealousy of Inácio's intended until the inevitable moment of their reencounter in this classic story of growth and the immeasurable force of love.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, romantic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, soap opera, entertaining, telenovela
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The Scent of Passion (2021)
Plot Summary:
Every year, Gaviota and her mother arrive at Hacienda Casablanca to pick up the coffee from the second harvest of the year, but they hope that their next visit will be their last, because from now on they will be owners of their own land. However, fate has other plans. Octavio Vallejo, the owner of the hacienda, has just died. Gaviota previously had saved him from a kidnapping. Octavio promised as a reward to give her one hectare of land so that she could grow her own coffee. Trying to get the Vallejo family to honor the agreement, Gaviota meets Sebastián, Octavio's son, and an irrepressible attraction is born between them, a heartbreaking, impossible love, becoming two lovers who belong to different worlds.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: soap opera, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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What Life Took From Me (2013)
Plot Summary:
"What Life Took From Me" is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa. It is a remake of Bodas de odio, produced by Ernesto Alonso in 1983. In 2003, "True Love", the first remake, was produced by Carla Estrada. Unlike Bodas de odio and "True Love", "What Life Took From Me" has been adapted to the present time.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, novela, romantic drama, telenovela
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One Warm Word (2013)
Plot Summary:
The drama explores the reality and complexities of married life. Eun-jin and Jae-hak, who are married to other people, find themselves attracted to each other. Their marriages become in danger of unraveling, as their affair disrupts the lives of family and friends around them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Red Scarf (2011)
Plot Summary:
Al Yazmalım was a Turkish television series based on the novel The Red Scarf by Chinghiz Aitmatov and 1978 Turkish romantic drama film The Girl with the Red Scarf.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, soap opera
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Endless Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two separate worlds lie on two sides of the road in a seaside town. Both too close and way too far from each other. What happens when two young people from these worlds fall in love? Kemal is one of the three children of a moderate family that lives in one of the inner neighborhoods of the town. His hand to mouth world has pinned all hopes on him. The motive of this world is not high aims, it’s to make a living and survive. It’s Kemal’s last year in mine engineering. His dreams are restricted with the truth and he doesn’t believe in miracles. Especially in miracles like love. Kemal is soon tested with his disbelief and Nihan hops into his monotonous life. After that day Kemal’s world turns upside down and he loses control. Nihan is the girl from the glamorous part of the town. She’s distant to the values of her environment; she’s actually distant to her own world. Kemal and Nihan’s love is as distant as a poor guy and a rich girl. But their love ignores the distance between them and they somehow manage to stay together until the day that Kemal has to leave Istanbul to work in a mine. That day will be a crossroad for Kemal and Nihan, a moment of a tough decision.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, suspenseful, touching, emotional, dramatic, disturbing, romantic, suspense, sexy, talky
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Hidden Truths (2015)
Plot Summary:
Intending to aid her family, a beautiful young girl accepts the job in a prominent model casting agency, only to discover their girls are also hired for something else.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sexy, exciting, captivating, thought provoking, soap opera, novela, erotic, sensual, erotic drama, suspenseful
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Kuzey Guney (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kuzey Güney is a spin-off Turkish television drama series of 1976 American television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. The scenarists are Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu. The series stars Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Kuzey Tekinoğlu, a restless son of an Istanbul baker, who comes back from prison four years after he admits to a crime his brother, Güney, committed. The series is broadcast in the Turkey on the popular Kanal D channel, and is produced by Ay Yapım. It premiered on September 7, 2011 and was among Turkey's four most popular TV shows, after Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Adını Feriha Koydum, Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki and Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? being the most successful one. Kuzey Güney has been aired every Wednesday evening at 8 pm on Kanal D. But starting from Episode 61, airs on the same day at 10 pm. After two long seasons and 80 episodes Kuzey Güney came to an end on 26 June.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, tense, surprise ending
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Delibal (2015)
Plot Summary:
A love story following two young people battling with their emotions and dreams, the pressures of career, family and not knowing what the future holds. Füsun is a brilliant student, destined for a successful career but can't help from falling for Baris, a musician who struggles with a psychological disorder. As the two grow closer they start to adopt each other's traits, but becoming increasingly dependent on one another proves damaging for their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: romantic, neurotic, emotional, captivating, touching, romantic drama, crying
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Queen of Hearts (2014)
Plot Summary:
Reina Ortiz will suffer an accident that will cause her to forget the last eight years of her life, in which she became the wife of tycoon Victor de Rosas, Clara's mother and the owner of the most famous bridal atelier in Las Vegas. She doesn’t even remember the happiest moment of her life; when she fell in love with Nicolas Nuñez. Now Reina, who feels she doesn’t belong to this world of luxury and power, will strive to discover her own truth. Meanwhile, Nicolas is working for the secret service under a new identity as Javier Bolivar, is seeking revenge after Estefania Perez made him believe Reina and Victor were responsible for his unjust imprisonment. Entangled in secrets, tricks and deceptions in a double life of gamble under the framework of gold and precious stones trafficking, Nicolas and Reina will fight for the only thing they cannot leave to chance, their love.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, telenovela
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Anna Karenina (1997)
Plot Summary:
Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: costume drama, romantic, psychological, atmospheric, emotional, romantic drama, sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic