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Plot Summary:
Brilliant strategist Bai Ping Ting and prince-general Chu Bei Jie of rival kingdoms find themselves torn between loyalty to the country and their passionate love for each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, costume drama, soap opera
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Startling by Each Step (2011)
Plot Summary:
Scarlet Heart, also known as Bubu Jingxin, is a Chinese television series based on the novel of the same Chinese title by Tong Hua. Filming for the series started on 6 December 2010 in Shanghai and ended on 22 March 2011. It first aired in China on the Hunan Broadcasting System on 10 September 2011. A sequel, Bubu Jingqing, officially began filming in Tianjin, China, on March 2013.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, sincere, feel good, captivating, melancholic, costume drama, historical drama
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Prince of Lan Ling (2013)
Plot Summary:
A prophecy foretold that victory goes to the one who has the priestess' blessing. Yang Xue Wu, the last priestess of her clan, unwittingly embroiled in a war between Northern Qi and Northern Zhou. Although she foresees the tragic fate of Lan Ling Wang, the general of Northern Qi, she nonetheless falls in love with him and helps him win the war against Yuwen Yong, the king of Northern Zhou. But destiny can not be altered.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China, Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: costume drama, romantic, atmospheric, scenic, stylized, intense
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#FriendButMarried 2 (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ayu's pregnancy completely changes her personality and requires Ditto to hold back and pretend not to be jealous of the attention Ayu gives to the fetus.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, sentimental, romantic, sweet
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Well-Intended Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
In order to receive a bone marrow transplant quicker and be able to continue her career as an actress, Xia Lin enters into a secret marriage with Ling Yi Zhou, the CEO of a company. Despite the conspiracies and misunderstandings they encounter, the two find true love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, sweet, dorama, captivating, romantic drama, romantic, melancholic, entertaining
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The Slave Isaura (2004)
Plot Summary:
Isaura was born in 1835, in the farm of Commender Almeida. She is the daughter of the slave Juliana and the tenant of the farm, Miguel. Juliana dies right after the birth, because she denied going to bed with the Commender. He whips her to death in revenge. So, Isaura is raised and educated by Gertrudes, wife of the Commender, who always wanted to have a daughter. In spite of her excellent education and the white skin, Isaura, as a daughter of a slave,will always be treated as a slave.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sexy, novela, sentimental, romantic, touching, suspense, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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Rush to the Dead Summer (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Li Xia and her best friend enroll into the arts specialized Qian Chuan secondary school, they meet the legendary Fu Xiao Si and Lu Zhi Ang. Together, the group of youths officially begin their beautiful high school life. After graduation, the friends part with everyone going their separate ways, but everyone continues to fight for their dreams. However, they're all gradually changing and thus become doubtful about the origin of their friendship. A span of ten years makes them realize that other than memories, nothing can be eternal, but they learnt to love and grow.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet
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Daffodils (2019)
Plot Summary:
A bittersweet love story told through enchanting re-imaginings of popular and iconic New Zealand songs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Biography, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, touching, sweet
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Overlord (2020)
Plot Summary:
During the late Tang Dynasty, the lives of people from different social classes never intersected, despite the fact that they lived side-by-side. With his keen sense and a thriving silk trade, Li Qing Liu had worked hard to become one of the most prominent leaders of the upper elite. At the same time, Long Ao Yi was using her quick wit and tenacity to climb her way through the ranks of the Longzhu Clan. Though living entirely different lives, Qing Liu and Ao Yi had both made a name for themselves as two of the strongest leaders of their respective classes.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, talky
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The Ambassador's Daughter (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sancar has always & Nare has always yearned for love. When they meet and fall in love as children, they know they are meant to be; they just have to wait to be old enough to marry. On the night of their wedding, a startling revelation by Nare forever changes their lives and puts their love on hold until the night of another wedding many years later.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, sentimental, romantic, sweet
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The Road to Calvary (2017)
Plot Summary:
Swept up in political unrest during World War I, two sisters in St. Petersburg cope with turbulent romances as Russian history is made around them.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 900
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching
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The Lady in Dignity (2017)
Plot Summary:
Woo Ah-Jin lives a luxurious life due to her wealthy father-in-law, but her father-in-law's finances become decimated and her husband betrays her. Woo Ah-Jin's life hits rock bottom. Park Bok-Ja is a mysterious woman and she hides her heartbreaking story. She brings about fierce hardship on Woo Ah-Jin.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet
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The King in Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set during the Goryeo dynasty, Won, crown prince, has a sweet appearance hiding a lust for conquest. He is best friends with Rin, an elegant man of royal descent and Won's bodyguard. When beautiful San, the sole daughter of the wealthiest man in the nation, enters the lives of the two young men, the three at first become friends but a tragic romance ensues afterwards. Based on the novel of the same name by Kim Yi-Ryung.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, romantic, touching, captivating, disturbing, historical drama
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Pretty Li Hui Zhen (2017)
Plot Summary:
Li Huizhen used to be gorgeous, but years of declining family fortune added much pain to her life, and her looks slowly drifted away. Her friend Bai Haoyu, on the other hand, was once an ordinary looking guy and grew up to be suave, successful, and immensely likable. So when she comes across him years later and witnesses their reversal of fortune, Li Huizhen is too embarrassed to even meet him and instead asks her stylish friend and roommate Xia Qiao to assume her identity. But when Huizhen lands an internship at a company that she has been trying to break into, she is shocked to find out that Haoyu is her new boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, feel good, sweet
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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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Cruel Romance (2015)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from a Republican-era novel called "The Fate of Jinxiu", Cruel Romance tells the story of Rong Jinxiu (Chen Qiao En, a country girl who travels to Shanghai in order to discover why her entire family was killed. Along the way, she meets triad leader Zuo Zhen (Huang Xiao Ming), and after a series of accidents and misunderstandings, the two fall in love. Also vying for Jinxiu's attention is businessman Xiang Yingdong, a businessman and close friend of Zuo Zhen. Ever protective of his woman, however, Zuo Zhen refuses to let other men even come close to Jinxiu – which ultimately pays off when a villainous Japanese man tries to finish off Jinxiu and her remaining family members.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, romantic, suspense, disturbing, costume drama
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Ruthless City (2019)
Plot Summary:
The life of a disabled guy changes dramatically after a family from a small town comes to Istanbul. How will Seher behave after she learns that her mother-in-law has agreed with Agah Karacay? What will Ceren do when she learns that she is supposed to get married to disabled Nedim instead of Cenk? Will Cemre manage to save Nedim’s life with her care and treatment? Will Seniz manage to keep her secrets? Will Ceren eventually fulfill her dreams of becoming rich? Will Cenk eventually find a true love? How will the life of Karacay family change after the arrival of Seher and her children? Will Nedim become healthy again?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sweet, uplifting, touching, sentimental, romantic
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Bad Boy (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kayla, at the age of seventeen, moves to a foreign city with her rich father, whom she saw for the first time in her life. Then she falls in love with a bad boy. Meriç is a child who chooses to live alone among solid walls and darkness. Kayla trusts a man for the first time. But there are different obstacles that are waiting for them among their pathway of love.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet
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Dreamfactory (2019)
Plot Summary:
A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by the construction of the Berlin Wall.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, sentimental
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The Way We Were (2018)
Plot Summary:
Xiao Qing is an exchange student in the US. The daughter of a heroic prosecutor back home, she takes extreme pride in her father’s work. Her dad is an incorruptible arbiter of justice, and Xiao Qing lives her life with the same principles. Shu Che is Xiao Qing’s classmate. Unlike Xiao Qing's father, Shu Che’s dad is a little less pure. As a government official, Shu Che’s dad has taken part in quite a few shady deals. With these deals, he has opened many doors for his son. But Shu Che doesn’t want any part of that. When Xiao Qing and Shu Che meet, they fall in love. But when their fathers clash in a legal battle, the lovers’ relationship is forever changed. As they struggle between their duty and their love, the two realize that they can never again be the way they once were.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Princess Agents (2017)
Plot Summary:
During the Warring Period, the Western Wei enslaved large numbers of civilians. The slave girl, Chu Qiao, is thrown into a forest along with other slaves and becomes the next hunting target for the rich lords. She is saved by the Prince of Northern Wei, Yan Xun. Afterwards, she is brought into a powerful family of Yuwen and witnesses their bloody power struggle. Seeing this, she swears to take her younger sister and flee from the situation. However, she catches the attention of Yuwen Yue, and undergoes strict training while building a sense of companionship with Yan Xun. Unfortunately, Western Wei goes into battle and Yan Xun’s family is slaughtered. After that incident, Yan Xun grows ambitious and cruel to avenge for the things and the people he lost. He doubts Chu Qiao and takes advantages of her loyalty and love many times, disregarding their relationship as well as the sacrifices he will have to make for power. Disappointed with the man she once loved, Chu Qiao eventually breaks off her relationship with Yan Xun and chooses to fight with Yuwen Yue, destroying Yan Xun’s plans of vengeance. She eventually convinces Yuwen to free the country from slavery, becoming a successful military strategist/female general in the people’s hearts.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful
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Love Alarm (2019)
Plot Summary:
Love Alarm is an app that tells you if someone within a 10-meter radius has a crush on you. It quickly becomes a social phenomenon. While everyone talks about it and uses it to test their love and popularity, Jojo is one of the few people who have yet to download the app. However, she soon faces a love triangle situation between Sun-oh whom she starts to have feelings for, and Hye-young, who has had a huge crush on her.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, sentimental, uplifting, feel good, dorama
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The Girl from the Song (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young musician travels to Burning Man, a psychedelic festival in the middle of the Nevada desert, in an attempt to get the impetuous girl he has fallen in love with.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet
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Eternal Love of Dream (2020)
Plot Summary:
Having been saved by Emperor Dong Hua from a vicious monster attack, Princess of Qingqiu, Bai Fengjiu becomes immensely indebted to him. To repay him, Fengjiu follows Donghua around on his adventures to eliminate evil but unwittingly realizes that her feelings of gratitude towards him has turned to romantic. However, after a hundred thousand years of fighting evil, Donghua has long forgotten the meaning of “love". To protect Fengjiu, Dong Hua sends her to the human world but accidentally causes the death of Fengjiu’s friend. Fengjiu enters the dream of Ah Lan Ruo to search for the fruit that will be able to resurrect her friend. However, Fengjiu ends up getting trapped in the dream. Dong Hua comes to rescue, and realizes he has fallen in love with Fengjiu….
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, romantic, captivating, disturbing, xianxia
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Narratage (2017)
Plot Summary:
During spring, 2nd year university student Izumi Kudo (Kasumi Arimura) receives a phone call from Takashi Hayama (Jun Matsumoto). Takashi Hayama was her adviser/teacher at her high school drama club. He asks her on the phone to take part in a graduation performance. Back in high school, Takashi Hayama helped her cope with her difficulties school life. She also held feelings for Takeshi, but tried to forget about him. Now, for the first time in a year they will meet again. Izumi still has feelings for him and Takashi also has mixed feelings for Izumi.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, captivating
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Love The Way You Are (2019)
Plot Summary:
Opposites clash when spunky girl next door Lin Lin meets eccentric nerd Yuke. Despite being neighbors and schoolmates since childhood, Lin Lin and Yuke barely know each other. When the pair are both admitted into the same university, Lin Lin discovers that Yuke harbors a secret crush for campus beauty, Ruting. Ever the busybody, Lin Lin decides to matchmake Yuke and Ruting, only to find herself gradually falling for Yuke.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, romantic, touching, sweet
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Endless Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
A famous and a wealthy doctor, falls in love with a poor housekeeper.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sexy, sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, beautiful
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For Both of Us (2016)
Plot Summary:
Çiçek is a girl who grew up in a small village. She has so many questions about her own life with no answers. And then her life is changed by Dogan, her literature teacher.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sincere, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet
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My One & Only (2019)
Plot Summary:
Contestants on the popular reality dating TV show "The One" try to determine if they're fated to be together. Meanwhile, sparks fly between the female contestant and the handsome ranch owner who acts as their guide.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet
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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. ~~ Movie adapted from the novel by Gu Man.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, feel good, sweet, scenic, romantic drama
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Half Girlfriend (2017)
Plot Summary:
Madhav Jha, a rustic boy from Bihar who is drawn to his college-mate, Riya Somani, an affluent English-speaking girl from Delhi. There’s just one hitch here. Riya is willing to go thus far and no further; Madhav continues being obsessed with her. Will the Bihar boy and the Delhi girl make it past the half-way mark?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sentimental, uplifting, touching, sweet, disturbing