Best tv shows like Lie to Me
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Plot Summary:
Gong Ah-jung, a level 5 Ministry of Culture official, gets entangled in a web of lies when she mistakenly lies that she's married to Hyun Ki-joon, a hotel manager from an affluent family. Their relationship is further complicated when Ki-joon's ex-fiancée and a close friend of his brother's, Oh Yoon-joo, reappears in his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, novela, romantic comedy
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The King of Dramas (2012)
Plot Summary:
A satirical dramedy about what goes on behind the scenes in making a TV drama.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, feel good, humorous, entertaining, parody
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Princess Hours (2006)
Plot Summary:
Princess Hours is a 2006 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Yoon Eun-hye, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Jeong-hoon and Song Ji-hyo. It is based on Korean manhwa Goong by Park So-hee. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from January 11 to March 30, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Princess Hours was one of MBC's most popular dramas of 2006, second only to Jumong. Overall, the show was the tenth most popular drama of 2006, according to TNS Media. Due to its success, a spin-off series, Goong S, was broadcast on January 10, 2007.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, dorama, semi serious, light, sweet, novela, sentimental, humorous, realistic, romantic drama
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Put Your Head on My Shoulder (2019)
Plot Summary:
As Si Tu Mo's graduation is nearing, she is confused about her future plans. Her ordinary days are suddenly shaken up when the genius Physics student Gu Wei Yi appears in her life. The two accidentally end up living together and chaos begins.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, touching, sweet, humorous, captivating, entertaining, visually appealing, romantic
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My Story For You (2018)
Plot Summary:
It’s 1998, and Zhang Chang Gong gets his first taste of success as a developer in an IT company. At the same time, he meets and falls in love with Li Mu Zi, a kind and intelligent university student. Unfortunately the IT bubble soon bursts, and Zhang Chang Gong is left unemployed. With the help of his friends and family, Chang Gong faces the challenges head on, and eventually becomes a top-selling author.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, inspirational, romantic comedy
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My Lovely Sam-Soon (2005)
Plot Summary:
Kim Sam Soon is a baker who has a talent in making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she caught her boyfriend, Min Hyun Woo, cheating on her and breaks up. On that same night, she accidentally went into the men's restroom and met Hyun Jin Hun. By sheer coincidence, Jin Hun needs a baker for his restaurant Bon Appetit and Sam Soon is unemployed. Sam Soon is hired as the restaurant's chief baker and the two fight like cat and dog.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 960 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating, entertaining, novela
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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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Hooray for Love (2011)
Plot Summary:
Hooray for Love is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Lee Bo-young, Lee Tae-sung and Jin Yi-han. It aired on MBC from July 16, 2011 to January 29, 2012 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 57 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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More Than Friends (2020)
Plot Summary:
Due to a misunderstanding, Lee Soo and Kyung Woo Yeon have held a crush on each other for over 10 years. Lee Soo works as a photographer and he is attractive. He is also mistaken for a model many times. Kyung Woo Yeon works as a calligrapher. She has had a crush on Lee Soo for the past 10 years, since she was 18 years old.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Art in Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tao Yufei is a perfectionist artist, who is introverted, sensitive, and cold. His personality is challenged by the fearless Li Chenyin who isn’t afraid of anything. They get to know each other in college and have been clashing since then. When given the chance to pursue further education in arts, Tao Yufei chooses to follow his dream and study abroad, sacrificing the budding romance. Seven years later, he returns home and meets Chenyin again, but throughout the years, she has been protected by a handsome basketball player Qiu Jiawu.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: China
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Lovestruck in the City (2020)
Plot Summary:
Heart stolen by a free-spirited woman after a beachside romance, a passionate architect sets out to reunite with her on the streets of Seoul.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, psychological, light, sincere, captivating, entertaining
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Wonderful Days (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dong-Suk grew up as a smart young boy, but came from a poor family background. He is now a successful prosecutor and comes back to his hometown for the first time in 14 years. There, he happens to meet his first love Hae-Won and falls in love with her all over again.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Here to Heart (2018)
Plot Summary:
She has more than work on her mind. Wen Nuan decides to quit her high-paying job in England to work as an executive assistant to the founder of a high-tech company in China. Zhan Nan Xian started the company with his classmates and used his financial savvy to weather the economic downturn and keep the company successful. It turns out that Wen Nuan and Nan Xian were in a relationship in the past. Can Wen Nuan make herself indispensable to Nan Xian in both his work and his life?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, dorama, entertaining
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Something About 1% (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lee Jae-In possesses a good appearance, he is smart and comes from a wealthy family, but he is also arrogant. His grandfather orders Jae-In to enter into a 10 month contract engagement with a female school teacher that he has never met in his life. Lee Jae-In slowly falls in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, entertaining, romantic, humorous, captivating
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I Need Romance (2011)
Plot Summary:
I Need Romance is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy series starring Jo Yeo-jeong, Kim Jeong-hoon, Choi Yeo-jin, Choi Song-hyun and Choi Jin-hyuk. It aired on tvN from June 13 to August 2, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 for 16 episodes. The cable drama revolves around three thirty-something career women and their complicated love lives. It was popular with female viewers in their 20s and 30s for depicting contemporary women in a realistic way.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, captivating, romantic comedy
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First Love Again (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lee Ha Jin (Myung Se Bin) is a woman who had forgotten memories of her first love. Meanwhile, Cha Do Yoon (Kim Seung Soo) is a man who is trapped in the memories of his first love. Two of them meet again after 8 years.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Ex-Girlfriend Club (2015)
Plot Summary:
A popular webtoon writer writes about his ex-girlfriends. While his webtoon is being made into a movie, he meets a female film producer.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007)
Plot Summary:
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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You are My Glory (2021)
Plot Summary:
A story that follows an aerospace engineer Yu Tu and the shining star Qiao Jing Jing. Qiao Jingjing and Yu Tu were high school classmates. Qiao Jingjing confessed to Yu Tu twice, but was rejected both times. Ten years later, Qiao Jingjing becomes a top celebrity. She wants to become the endorser of a video game, but was exposed that her gaming skills are super bad. By chance, she meets Yu Tu, who is now an aerospace engineer and currently feeling lost about his career. Under Qiao Jingjing's set-up, Yu Tu becomes her gaming coach. They slowly fall in love over time. ~~ Adapted from the web novel "You’re My Glory" (你是我的荣耀) by Gu Man (顾漫).
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating
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Crazy Love (2022)
Plot Summary:
No Go Jin is the most popular mathematics instructor in the private education field and the CEO of GOTOP Education. Even though he has only a high school level education, he has achieved all of his success due to his extreme intelligence. He seems like a perfect man with a handsome appearance, high IQ, and wealth. He is also narcissistic. One day, he is suddenly warned that he will be murdered. Lee Shin A works as No Go Jin’s secretary. She is a diligent and responsible employee. Due to her quiet and introverted personality, she has little presence with her boss No Go Jin and her colleagues at work. Her colleagues begin to recognize her, because she has worked for the notorious No Go Jin for more than 1 year. She then learns that she does not have much time left to live.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, romantic
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The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019)
Plot Summary:
Do Min-Ik works as a director of the mobile media 1 team at T&T. He is smart and excellent at his job. His secretary is Jung Gal-Hee. Do Min-Ik often does childish things like calling Jung Gal-Hee continually. Jung Gal-Hee carries out Do Min-Ik's orders without complaints. She looks soft, but she hides her tough side.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: dorama, feel good, funny, light, romantic, touching, captivating, sentimental, humorous, entertaining
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The Time We Were Not in Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jang Ha Na and Choi Won are incredibly close platonic friends: throughout 20 years, they've braved it all through thick and thin. As Ha Na's 30th birthday approaches, Won extols the virtues of aging as a man—like a wine—while explaining that women are like grapes that shrivel into raisins. Determined to prove him wrong, Ha Na strikes a bet on which of the two will marry before turning 35. Can these two friends make the ultimate leap?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Warm and Cozy (2015)
Plot Summary:
A workaholic with a rage problem and a laid-back guy from a wealthy family meet at a restaurant named "Warm and Cozy" on the beautiful island of Jeju.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021)
Plot Summary:
A professional woman leaves her dental practice in Seoul and moves to a seaside village. There she meets a local resident who is unemployed but seems to do everything around town, from helping those in need to being a part of everyone's life. The two become interested in each other despite their differences.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, smart, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, romantic, epic, feel good, romantic comedy
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Wonderful Life (2005)
Plot Summary:
Han Seung Wan and Jung Se Jin bumps into each other at the airport and accidentally take each other's passports. They meet again and Seung Wan and Se Jin end up spending the day together. Both having to deal with love complications, they end up drunk and having a one night stand. Back in Korea, Se Jin discovers she is pregnant and leaves to have the baby alone. A year later, Se Jin's clueless sister ends up spilling the secret to Seung-Wan at his engagement party, showing up with his baby daughter. Seung-wan and Se Jin are then forced to marry by their respective families. Complicated love takes place between Do Hyun, Se Jin, Chae Young and Seung-Wan. The rest of the story revolves around the family's journey in learning to take responsibility, and learning to love each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, romantic, entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, dorama, novela
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Touch Your Heart (2019)
Plot Summary:
A legal romance drama about the love of a successful lawyer and his secretary, who is actually a fallen top Hallyu actress in disguise. It depicts the success and happiness of two formidable people.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, light, captivating, entertaining
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What's Wrong With Secretary Kim (2018)
Plot Summary:
Lee Young-Joon's family runs a large company and he works as the vice-president of the company. He is smart, rich and handsome, but he is arrogant. His secretary is Kim Mi-So. She has worked for him for years and she is perfect for him, but Kim Mi-So decides to quit her job.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: affectionate, light, sweet, romantic, funny, feel good, entertaining, captivating, romantic drama, dorama
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EXO Next Door (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ji Yeon-hee is an extremely shy, introverted 23-year-old girl with zero dating experience and a tendency to blush when talking to someone she likes. One day, four young men move into the house right next door to Yeon-hee's home, and to her surprise, they turn out to be Chanyeol, D.O, Baekhyun, and Sehun from her favorite boy band EXO, who are looking to lay low for a while. They hire her to clean their house part-time during the winter vacation and that's when Yeon-hee found out that Chanyeol was her long lost childhood friend and crush "Chan" and is the grandson of the house owner. As the story goes on, Yeon-hee soon becomes involved in a love triangle with Chanyeol and D.O.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, humorous, touching, feel good, romantic, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Sweet Stranger and Me (2016)
Plot Summary:
Hong Na-Ri works as a flight attendant. Her mother passed away 3 years ago and she doesn't have any other immediate family members. Hong Na-Ri returns to her hometown to visit her mother's grave during her death anniversary. There, she sees a young man at her mother's grave. The man, Go Nan-Gil, introduces himself as her father. Before Hong Na-Ri's mother died, she married Go Nan-Gil. He now lives at her mother's house and runs the small dumpling restaurant that her mother ran.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Crazy Romance (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jae-hoon recently breaks up with his girlfriend and he still cannot give her up. Whenever he gets drunk, it has become a daily routine to call her and act out of drunkenness. On the other hand, Sun-young also decides to break up with his boyfriend. But she holds a grudge against him. For them, it seems that the beginning and the end of a love affair are both difficult. Can they overcome from the previous romance and start the new one?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, sincere, humorous, romantic
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Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang (2005)
Plot Summary:
Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang is a 2005 South Korean television series starring Han Chae-young, Jae Hee, Uhm Tae-woong and Park Si-eun. It aired on KBS2 from January 3 to March 1, 2005 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 17 episodes. A modern retelling of the classic Korean folktale Chunhyangjeon, the romantic comedy series was called "fusion-style" for, among others, mixing rap with pansori in the background music. This is the first Korean drama written by Hong Jung-eun and Hong Mi-ran, and remains the highest-rated in their filmography, with a peak viewership rating of 32.2%. The story begins when Lee Mong-ryong is transferred from Seoul to a high school in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. Chun-hyang does her best to help Mong-ryong, her first love and the son of the Namwon Police Station chief, to enter a prestigious university. However, after meeting with Mong-ryong’s first love, Chae-rin, Mong-ryong’s love toward Chun-hyang is shattered, although Chun-hyang’s love remains unwavering. One day, Byeon Hak-do, CEO of a famous entertainment company, appears in her life. He exudes confidence that he can make any woman fall for him. But as Chun-hyang shows no interest in him, his self-esteem is damaged profoundly. Byeon Hak-do is determined to make her love him.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, romantic drama