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Plot Summary:
Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.
IMDB Rating: 9.1
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, surreal, captivating, offbeat, humorous, parody, satirical, absurd, witty
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HaShir Shelanu is an Israeli daily comical musical drama that had finished its 4th season airing on the yes-5 Israeli Movie Channel and repeating on Channel 2. The last episode aired in April 2007.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, postmodern, telenovela
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Daphne and Gabriel cross paths again, 15 years after being separated by a frame from her grandfather. The rapprochement, however, jeopardizes the plans of the shrew, Judith.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, soap opera, telenovela
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Plot Summary:
Fernando Lascurain is a wealthy businessman and recent widower, attempting to raise his seven unruly children. He seeks the assistance of a new nanny. He hires and falls in love with Ana Leal, a struggling exotic dancer who tries to hide her double life. Although Ana lacks experience and a refined education, she quickly bonds with the Lascurain children. Ana dreams of being a mother, but when her home is destroyed following an accident, she must borrow money from her ruthless boss at "Chicago", the night club where she is secretly employed. When Fernando simultaneously falls for Ana and Isabela, an economist and sophisticated woman who is trained by her mother to marry a millionaire, he must choose between both women.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, novela, emotional, realistic, slapstick, telenovela
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Jang Yoon-Ha is the youngest daughter of a chaebol. Even though her family is extremely wealthy, she holds a part-time job at a food market. She hides her background as an heiress and attempts to find a man that loves her for herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, emotional, intense, semi serious
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A new adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding of the life, loves and adventures of the charming rascal Tom Jones. A foundling child born of a serving wench but allowed to grow up in the privileged surroundings of Squire Allworthy's household. This position allows him to grow up with, make the acquaintance of and eventually fall in love with the beautiful daughter of his wealthy neighbour, Sophia Western. However, the path to true love rarely runs smooth and family pressure, the difference in their parentage and 18th century social custom prevent the young lovers from being together. Eventually both are forced out of their gentile, protected surroundings and into the great wide world to see what adventures real life might bring.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 314 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, witty, period piece, costume drama, period drama
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This is one of the five brothers, not like in the slightest way to another.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
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Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
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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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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 32 min
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 284
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 333
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 223
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IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 235
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
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Plot Summary:
Bittersweet comedy about a 61-year-old former model trying to cope with life in London.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 317
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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IMDB Votes: 619
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min
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Plot Summary:
Five different girls live together. Each day they face challenges, sadness, and happiness together. They love each other and they're basically a family.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Comedy
Country: Syria
Duration:
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Plot Summary:
North & South is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in four episodes on BBC One in November and December 2004. It follows the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman from southern England who has to move to the North after her father decides to leave the clergy. The family struggles to adjust itself to the industrial town's customs, especially after meeting the Thorntons, a proud family of cotton mill owners who seem to despise their social inferiors. The story explores the issues of class and gender, as Margaret's sympathy for the town mill workers conflicts with her growing attraction to John Thornton. The serial is based on the 1855 Victorian novel North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was adapted for television by Sandy Welch and directed by Brian Percival.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 235 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, sincere, captivating, costume drama, period piece, romantic, historical drama, romantic drama, heartbreaking
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min
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