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Plot Summary:
Mia Kurihara works in the public relations department of a company. She falls in love with Kairi Miyoshi. He is the vice president of the company, but he is also married.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Chushingura: A 48th Loyal Retainer in Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Edo period, a story revolves around Kiyo, a woman who strives to overcome status differences of those days. When she pledges to live for love, a knife attack occurs at Edo castle. And as a 48th loyal retainer, her fate changes after a raid on Kira: she is determined to serve at the inner palace of Edo Castle called "Ooku".
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, period drama
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Rinko-san Wants to Try (2021)
Plot Summary:
Rinko Amaki is a successful 27-year-old woman who works at a busy wedding planning agency. She excels at her job to such an extent that she is promoted to lead her unit. She is popular, beautiful, and hard-working, but there is just one thing that frustrates her: Despite being surrounded by loved-up couples and romance all day at work for years, she is still single. And on top of that, she has never made love. She wants to lose her virginity, but has never found the right man. In a twist of fate, her male co-worker Gen Kamisaka, another wildly successful wedding planner is in the exact same predicament. Also aged 27, he has never had any intimate relations with a woman. The duo, having discovered they share the same “problem,” decides to do something about it. But they soon discover that work and physical intimacy are not easy to balance. And while they might have initially envisaged a quick and fuss-free fling, Cupid might have other plans for them.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Waking Up with You (2016)
Plot Summary:
Destiny brings two youngsters together in the middle of a flower show whose love story begins as soon as they meet. Maia and Pablo come from different social classes: Maia is Othón’s daughter, one of the most important entrepreneurs in the flower growing industry, while Pablo belongs to the bodyguard squad escorting Antonia, Othón’s biggest opponent… two people holding a lot of grudge. Antonia and Othón met at a young age and they don’t miss any chance to hurt each other, so when the confusing encounter between Maia and Pablo takes place, Antonia uses that ‘holy gift’ to fool the girl by telling her Pablo is one of the most important flower-growers in the country... a lie that is not intended to hurt Maia, to whom is irrelevant whether Pablo has money or not, but Othón instead, a nouveau riche with no class who wants his daughter to marry a wealthy man and would be ov.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, telenovela
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Is this Love Checkmate!? (2018)
Plot Summary:
A love story between a 24-year-old office worker who has neither love experience nor communication skills and a 32-year-old female shōgi player he meets on his daily commute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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My Sunshine (2015)
Plot Summary:
While studying at university, Zhao Mosheng fell in love at first sight with law student He Yichen. Through various incidents where Mosheng "stalked" Yichen on campus, Mosheng's cheerful personality charmed Yichen, and they gradually became college sweethearts. When Yichen's foster sister Yimei challenged Mosheng for Yichen's attention, Mosheng turned directly to Yichen for clarification, but did not expect to receive a cold response from him. Mistaking that Yichen and Yimei are a couple, Mosheng followed her father's arrangements and moved to the United States to continue her studies. Seven years later, Mosheng - who is now a professional photographer - returns to China, and coincidentally bumps into the unforgettable Yichen.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, romantic, emotional, romantic drama
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Servet (2018)
Plot Summary:
The only thing that can be called real fortune in the world where everybody's fortune is pursuing is; A story about love. Ferah Feza was one of the thousands of young people who had to fill the age of 18 every year and have to leave their dorm. But there was an important difference from the others, she was not alone. She had a great family, yet she did not even know it, and she was so rich she could not even imagine. Can Yigit was 29 years old. Just like Ferah, he had lost his parents. He grew up like a child, but under the wings of an important business man around the country, he was able to do whatever he wanted, no matter what his son was like. In this age there was a man and money that no one could easily have, and this great family ruled. Can and Ferah stayed in the middle of a fight made for a huge fortune that can not be shared.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Vineyard Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Vineyard Man is a 2006 South Korean television series that aired on KBS2. It was adapted from Kim Rang's bestselling book of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Paanch Phoron (2019)
Plot Summary:
Five directors come together to narrate five different romantic tales, with one common ingredient - "Love".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Material Queen (2011)
Plot Summary:
Material Queen is a Taiwanese romance drama co-production between Next TV's producer Chen Yu San and CTS. It stars Vanness Wu as the male lead and Lynn Hung as the female lead, it is scheduled to premiere on June 17, 2011 on CTS. The drama was filmed with locations in Taiwan and France.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Love Is Science? (2021)
Plot Summary:
Yan Fei is the CEO of the Love Science Marriage Agency. She uses Big Data to help countless singles find a well-suited life partner. Fei reunites with a friend whom she has always seen like a brother, while he’s been pining after her for years. His timing could not be the worse, as Fei’s handsome ex-husband arrives unannounced, seeking reconciliation. Is China big enough for the two of them? According to Big Data’s analysis, just who might be the right guy for Fei? Will she bravely choose her brotherly friend next door, who makes her feel beloved, or will she opt for her ex-husband, who is quite temperamental ? May the most romantic and healing relationship be the beginning of love’s redemption.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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The Secret Message (2015)
Plot Summary:
Woo-Hyun is Korean man and Haruka is Japanese woman. They live different lives, but they both carry emotional scars from their first love. Woo-Hyun has yet to get over his first love, but he still wants to believe in true love. Haruka is a woman wants answers relating to love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Parasite in Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young man named Kengo Kosaka suffers from extreme mysophobia. Due to his compulsive disorder, he is unable to maintain a relationship with anyone. Kengo Kosaka is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has scopophobia. Because of her fear of being stared at, she refuses to go to school. Both Kengo Kosaka and Hijiri Sanagi do not expect to find love with another person, but they meet and fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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The Rational Life (2021)
Plot Summary:
Shen Ruo Xin is a thirty-something professional who decides to take a stand against unfair societal expectations At her workplace she finds herself drawn to two different men - one her trusted, younger assistant, the other her bachelor boss. Knowing she is considered a 'leftover woman' weighs heavily on her. Will she opt to marry the man society deems appropriate, or will she listen to her heart and screw up the courage to pursue a romance with the younger man?.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama, inspirational, emotional, witty
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Hotelier (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hotelier is a 2001 South Korean television drama series set in Seoul Hotel, a fictional five-star hotel undergoing an expensive expansion and renovation. The word "hotelier" means "a person who owns or runs a hotel." Starring Bae Yong-joon, Song Yun-ah, Kim Seung-woo and Song Hye-kyo, it aired on MBC from April 4 to July 7, 2001 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. A Japanese remake later aired on TV Asahi in 2007.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Devilish Joy (2018)
Plot Summary:
The strange but beautiful love story of a genius doctor who suffers from "Cinderella Memory Disorder" in which the memories of the previous day disappear at twelve o'clock and a washed-up actress.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Driven (2018)
Plot Summary:
Colton Donavan lives on that razor-thin edge toward out of control. Whether it's on the track or off of it, everything he wants is at his fingertips: success, willing women, media attention. Everything that is, but Rylee. She's the exception this reckless bad boy can't seem to win over. Her heart is healing. His soul is damaged. They both know the two of them could never work. But he crashes into her life without apology-disrupting her world, testing her boundaries, and uncovering the darkness of her past. Their chemistry is undeniable. Their attraction is magnetic. Their ability to help each other heal obvious. And even though he won't let her in, there's something about Colton she can't walk away from. This is the beginning of their story. Their fight. Their perfectly imperfect love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, erotic, sensual
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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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A Trick of Fate (2022)
Plot Summary:
After spending ten years wrongfully imprisoned for the death of his girlfriend Elisa, the illusionist Davi returns to the farm that belongs to his girlfriend’s family under another identity and discovers that her younger sister, Isadora, has become exactly like Elisa. The two fall madly in love, but they will have to fight against nasty Joaquim and other external factors that threaten this great passion.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disturbing, novela
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Just You (2013)
Plot Summary:
After paying her rent 6 months in advance, Liang Liang Chen (Guo Xue Fu) receives a court notification that her home will be seized. New owner Yi Chi (Aaron Yan) doesn't make it any easier when he holds her house deed hostage and practically threatens her to move out. As if things couldn't get any worse, Liang Liang's new boss steps into the office, and declares a ban on office romance. Who would’ve guessed that the new boss is none other than her newest enemy, Yi Chi? Now the distant and evil landlord is promoted to an insufferable boss who is persecuting love! It's a full on war both on and off the clock as Liang Liang is determined to change Yi Chi's ways.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Fall in Love (2022)
Plot Summary:
Fu Ze Yi, the young and promising heir of Fu's Anju Group, developed an alternate personality because of his childhood kidnapping experience. He is handsome but indifferent. Fu Ze Yi's alter, "Ge Lin" he is completely opposite to Fu Ze Yi. He has a melancholy personality, likes the violin, but he also likes Jing Zhi Xia and wants to control Fu Ze Yi's body. After meeting Jing Zhi Xia again, his consciousness gradually awakened. Taking advantage of the short time that occasionally flashes, he uses Fu Ze Yi's body to help Jing Zhi Xia tide over the difficulties, but he also watches and comes to realize that Jing Zhi Xia is falling in love with Fu Ze Yi.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Summer Scent (2003)
Plot Summary:
Three year's previously Min-woo lost his first love in a tragic accident. As he struggles on with life he meets Hae-won who reminds him of his lost love but is racked with emotion and confusion as his feelings for these two women become intertwined. Unbeknownst to the florist Hae-won she has received her heart transplant and a second chance at life from Min-woo's first love. When the two cross paths Hae-won notices her unusual heart beat. Nobody knew it was her heart that remembered and beats strong for her lost love Min-woo. As Hae-won starts falling in love with Min-woo soon the conflict erupts between the lovely florist and her fiance Jung-jae.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Perfect Crime (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kaori (Reina Triendl) works as an interior designer for a housing manufacturer. She has been in a secret relationship with her boss Fuyuki (Hidekazu Mashima) for years. Fuyuki is a married man and Kaori can't see a future with him, but she still loves him and continues their relationship. One day, Haruto (Dori Sakurada) appears in front of her. Haruto is a young interior designer who was just transferred from a New York office. Haruto happens to see Kaori and Fuyuki having an affair. Meanwhile, Kaori and Haruto begin to work together as partners at work. Through meeting Haruto, Kaori's fate begins to change.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama
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Momo Love (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a family of six children, Tao-Hua (Cyndi Wang) is both the youngest and only girl! Her four eldest brothers, Chen Chi (Ken Zhu), Chen Cheng (Chun-Tian Lan), Chen Chuan (Sphinx Ting) and Chen He (Godfrey Gao), attempt to smother any chance she has at a love life by setting impossible rules with respect to suitable men. One rainy day, Tao-Hua encounters Shih Lang (Jiro Wang) and immediately falls for him. Despite Shih Lang's above-average academic standards and high-quality character, Tao-Hua's brothers only tighten their grip. To add to her woes, she must also compete with Kung Hui-Chi (Chia-ying Lee) for Shih Lang's affection. Will Tao-Hua win her independence and the heart of Shih Lang?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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In-House Marriage Honey (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young couple got married almost immediately after meeting each other through a dating app and did not realised that they were working for the same company. They decided to keep their marriage a secret from their company and friends. At first, both parties thought it's okay to get married without love but they gradually got attracted to each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Color of Romance (2021)
Plot Summary:
One day, Anzu went to a drinking party with her best friend Yuka. Anzu got really drunk and saw a handsome man before she left in a hurry. However, fate appears when Anzu reunites with the handsome guy who is one of the two new employees in the company.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating
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Individualist Ms. Ji-Young (2017)
Plot Summary:
This is a short drama about an individualist, Ji Young, who avoids relationships with others, meets Byuk Soo, who can’t live without having relationships.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, romantic comedy, romantic drama
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My Love Patzzi (2002)
Plot Summary:
My Love, Patji, alternative title "My Love Cindy", alternative title "My Feisty Girl". Written by Kim Yi-young, and produced by Lee Jin-suk.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Just One Love (2006)
Plot Summary:
In Yokohama a modern port city, Hiroto Kanzaki works hard in a ship repair factory, supporting his sick mother and younger brother. Tsukioka Nao is the rich daughter of a jewelry shop owner, and studies at an upscale college. This drama is about their love, and all he obstacles they encounter because of their different social backgrounds.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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I'm Taking the Day Off (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hanae Aoishi is set to turn 30. She works for a general trading company and has never taken a day off or been late for work. She dresses pleasantly plain and has zero dating experience. She attends a company party and drinks with part-time employee Yuto Tanokura. He is a handsome university student. Through the evening, Hanae becomes drunk and passes out. When she wakes up, Hanae finds Yuto Tanokura sleeping next to her and he is naked. She becomes confused about what happened and takes the day off from work for the first time. To come out of her shell, Hanae decides to date Yuto Tanokura who is 9 years younger than her. At this time Yu Asao, the CEO of a food company located in the same building as her company, begins to have feelings for Hanae.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Love of My Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
Gokce, is turning 30 and still doesn't have any man in her life. She just watches as her other friends get married. She works in an advertisement company called 275. And suddenly she decides to get in love with her boss 'Demir ' . Demir is the dream of every girl, as he is such a handsome and rich man. So can Gokce make Demir fall in love with her?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious