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Plot Summary:
Onodera Yumeko may look smart on the outside, but at home, she is a complete mess in terms of housework and fashion. Yumeko is particularly clumsy in romance and always dream about her first love in high school who she still thinks is her ideal man. Somehow, Yumeko keeps experiencing trouble one after another. Her boyfriend whom she thought would propose to her ended up breaking up with her, and her junior colleague at work betrayed her. Yumeko becomes heartbroken but she suddenly meets a young man who is the spitting image of her first love and her daily life changes like a roller coaster.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
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No Regrets In Life (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 60 min
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Stand by Me (2016)
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
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Nurses (2019)
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A story of women in which María Clara, the main character, is responsible for driving the main plot: a love story full of ups and downs. A failed marriage, a divorce, raising her two children and falling in love again with a man younger than her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia
Duration:
Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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Strula (2021)
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Follow Ella and Nadia who are in high school. They get to know different circles of friends, are faced with different dilemmas of love and the pressure to be able to stand up to peer pressure.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
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Lighter and Princess (2022)
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As soon as Zhu Yun started college life, the world was completely turned upside down by the intrusion of "bad boy" Li Xun. He was regarded by Zhu Yun as a rich, ignorant and incompetent son, but his real identity was actually a special admissions student who was admitted by the school, and a rare programming genius. After several confrontations, the two have some appreciation for each other. The senior Fang Zhijing made things difficult for Zhu Yun many times, Li Xun took action to protect Zhu Yun, and invited her to join the preparation team he set up to win a major programming competition on behalf of the school.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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When the Weather Is Fine (2020)
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After a series of unfortunate events, Mok Hae-won quits her job in Seoul and goes back to Bookhyun Village, in Gangwon Province, where she briefly lived when she was in high school. There, she meets again her former classmate and neighbor, Im Eun-seob. He also came back to Bookhyun after leaving the village for a few years and now owns a bookstore.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic drama, sincere, touching, contemplative, emotional, romantic
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A bitter love story depicting the realities of love between a female college students who earn money as a stand-in girlfriend, and men attracted to them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
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Yakuza Lover (2022)
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When feisty college student Yuri is attacked at a party, she's saved by Oya Toshiomi, the underboss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself that she's not in the market for a bad boy type. But when they meet again, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him—kicking off a steamy and dangerous love affair that threatens to consume her, body and soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
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Another Self (2022)
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Three friends arrive in a seaside town, where they connect with their spiritual selves and suddenly face unresolved trauma from their families' pasts.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, spiritual
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Dear Missy (2020)
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Story of two best friends Lu Ke and Shen Si Yi, who has contrasting personalities but are each other's closest friends. Their relationship broke down during graduation but nine years later they meet and reconcile. The two encouraged each other, faced difficulties, and overcome the setbacks in work and life together.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
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From secrets and lies to jealousy and control, four stories in this anthology film explore the darker, deceptive sides of love.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, anthology
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Just Between Lovers (2017)
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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
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Mother and Lover (2004)
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Shingo Okazaki is a young man devoted to his mother to a degree that's rare in Japan. He's a young fellow who treats his mother with respect, but his tendency to overdo it makes his filial devotion look more like a little fault to those around him. Then, a young woman falls in love with him. She finds it very admirable that he takes such good care of his mother, but is also a bit confused by this fellow who seems to care more for his mother than for his girlfriend.
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
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L.O.V.E. (2013)
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Azra and Kerem is a couple who meets Sebnem, however Sebnem doesn't know they're together. Sebnem has cancer, the doctor said she will die soon. Sebnem is in love with Kerem. Kerem and Azra decides to get Kerem in a relationship with Sebnem.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min
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Precious Youth tells of the love and friendship between academically motivated student Liu Ting and the problematic yet passionate Xiao Xiaojun from their college days in 1997 to current times.
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Bagels & Bubbels (2015)
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Bagels & Bubbels follows the impossible love story of two young people with a completely different life who meet each other by destiny. What happens when a simple baker's boy falls in love with an international superstar?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
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Lucky's First Love (2019)
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A story about first love and romances from the perspective of three couples in the workplace. It follows an independent young woman brimming with potential who crosses paths with a black-bellied boss. Because of the prosperous meaning behind her name, Xing Yun is recruited by Xia Ke to work at his gaming company. He is determined and headstrong, a son who refused to take over the family business and chose to make it on his own. In her journey from a sketch artist to a gaming designer, she experiences many extremes and jumps many hurdles in dealing with her black-bellied boss. Their continuous bickering brings them closer and the girl who has never been in love before finds that the last hurdle is love.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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First Love (2022)
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Young, free and madly in love. As teenagers, the world was their oyster—but, as adults, their lives seem dimmer, like a very important piece is missing.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: touching
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Band of Sisters (2017)
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Kang Ha-Ri, with her bright personality, works part-time at a stationary store and a nail shop. Min Deul-Re was a popular actress, but she isn't so popular these days. Kim Eun-Hyang worked as a secretary prior to the birth of her daughter, but she now focuses on raising her daughter. These three women lose their most loved ones around the same time. Even though they are not related, they rely on each other to get through the tough times.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Since high school, Sang Zhi has had a crush on Duan Jiaxu. When fate brings them together again, they find a chance to embark on a sweet relationship.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Screw-Up Adults' Sharehouse (2019)
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I never thought I would see him again. Aki Terada said goodbye to her first love long ago. When her current boyfriend is caught cheating on her, Aki moves out of her apartment and into a sharehouse, where she's reuinted with her first love. When things get heated between them, he drops a major bomb … Heart and body and everything in between intersect in this fresh new adult love story.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
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Son Moo-Han works as a managing director of an advertising company. An Soon-Jin lost her daughter unexpectedly and she works as a flight attendant. Eun Kyung-Soo is An Soon-Jin’s ex-husband and he is now married to Baek Ji-Min.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
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Happy Sisters (2017)
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Yoon Ye Eun has been married for 7 years. She is a housewife and works hard taking care of the family on her husband, Lee Jin Sup's side. Her in-laws though give her a hard time, but she is positive and happy. Her husband's business is doing well and they move into a new house. However, she then finds out her husband is having an affair. Yoon Sang Eun is single and runs a small piano institute. While running her piano institute, she has fallen into debt. She meets Choi Jae Woong through a matchmaking agency. Choi Jae Woong proposes to enter into a contract marriage with Yoon Sang Eun and in return he will pay off her debts.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Aoi Miura (Sota Fukushi) was born and grew up in Toyama Prefecture. He has an indecisive personality and does not like summer. He was the focal member of the high school swimming team, but he now works as an assistant at a small architectural office in Tokyo. One summer day, he meets his childhood friend and first love Akari Serizawa. During their school days they spent everyday hanging out together until the fireworks night in their 3rd year of high school. That night, Akari suddenly disappeared. Now, Akari has a man named Aoi.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, romantic drama
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Thirtysomething (1987)
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Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, clever, touching, serious, realistic, talky, stylized, telenovela
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Destiny-Like Love (2016)
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During their childhood, a little girl and a boy made a pledge to meet again. Now at the age of 45, the girl, Kasumi, is now a divorced mother of a son of high school age. She works as hard as she can at a laundry delivery shop for the wealthy, in order to make a living. Then one day, Kasumi encounters a young male designer, Yuri, who has attracted international attention. He is somehow far too familiar with her and pokes his nose into her affairs. Kasumi is initially wary, but she soon learns that he has a pure heart and starts to get drawn to him. These two people with different backgrounds fall in love. Why did Yuri appear before her? Could he be the boy from that time?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing
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Beautiful Love (2010)
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A lonely rich tycoon and a struggling writer fall in love despite their different ethnicities.
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
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Fishbowl Wives (2022)
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Due to an accident, Sakura Hiraga gave up on her dream. She is now married and her husband runs a hair salon. They live in a luxurious penthouse apartment. Her life seems glamorous and she is envied by everyone. What everyone does not know is that Sakura Hiraga is abused physically and verbally by her husband. She is unable to leave her situation. Sakura Hiraga considers herself a goldfish in a fishbowl. One day, due to a goldfish, she meets a man.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Horimiya (2021)
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Although admired at school for her amiability and academic prowess, high school student Kyouko Hori has been hiding another side of her. With her parents often away from home due to work, Hori has to look after her younger brother and do the housework, leaving no chance to socialize away from school. Meanwhile, Izumi Miyamura is seen as a brooding, glasses-wearing otaku. However, in reality, he is a gentle person inept at studying. Furthermore, he has nine piercings hidden behind his long hair and a tattoo along his back and left shoulder. By sheer chance, Hori and Miyamura cross paths outside of school—neither looking as the other expects. These seemingly polar opposites become friends, sharing with each other a side they have never shown to anyone else.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
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