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Plot Summary:
Mars is a Taiwanese drama starring Barbie Hsu and Vic Chou of F4. It is based on the Japanese shōjo manga series, Mars written by Fuyumi Soryo. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production and Chai Zhi Ping as producer and directed by Cai Yuexun. The series was broadcast in Taiwan in 2004 on free-to-air Chinese Television System and cable TV Gala Television Variety Show/CH 28. It was the 2005 Most Popular Drama of the Year at the 40th Golden Bell Awards, Taiwan.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: romantic, rough, suspenseful, brutal, bleak
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Last Friends (2008)
Plot Summary:
The series follow the life of Michiru Aida, a beauty parlor assistant who returns to Tokyo after 4 years. Bullied by her seniors at work and abused by her boyfriend, she is reunited with her best friend during high school, Ruka Kishimoto, a skilled motocross racer. Takeru, a make-up artist, is introduced to Ruka by her housemate, Eri and thus begin a journey of friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 932
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, dorama, entertaining
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At a Distance, Spring is Green (2021)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age story about young people in their twenties and the problems they face in university. Nam Soo-hyun and Yeon Joo, two boys with contrasting personalities, unexpectedly become friends when they work on a project together.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: romantic
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Silence (2006)
Plot Summary:
Silence is a 2006 Taiwanese drama starring Vic Chou of F4, Korean actress Park Eun-hye, Cantopop singer Andy Hui and Kingone Wang. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production and Chai Zhi Ping and Hsiao Yi as producers and directed by Zhang Zhong It was first boardcasted in Taiwan on free-to-air China Television from 21 May 2006 to 24 September 2006, on Sundays at 22:00. It was also shown on cable TV Eastern Television.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags:
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Never Let Me Go (2016)
Plot Summary:
30-year-old Kyoko has a "job". The story starts with her looking back 20 years to her boarding school of Yoko Gakuen in the mountains. Tomohiko, Miwa, and Kyoko are all in the same grade. Inspired by the educational philosophy of the principal - Emiko, teacher Tatsuko joins the boarding school staff, but soon finds the school rather strange.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: sentimental, suspense, melancholic, suspenseful
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Summer Desire (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two men both lost out on their chances to win over the woman they loved, but can they learn from their past mistakes? Yin Xia Mo and Luo Xi are both orphans who are adopted by the same family. Luo Xi is a cold, manipulative young man who lies and cheats and does whatever is necessary to get what he wants and achieve the success and fortune that he seeks. Ou Chen is a wealthy heir who dates Xia Mo during high school and is extremely protective of her and jealous of her closeness with Luo Xi. Both men will do anything to win Xia Mo’s heart, but their all-consuming war with each other results in both losing Xia Mo. Five years later, when the three meet again, will history repeat itself?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, sweet, semi serious
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Find Yourself (2020)
Plot Summary:
A determined entrepreneur navigates a love triangle between a young charmer and an older executive, leading her down an unconventional path to love.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, feel good, semi serious, dorama, scenic
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Never Gone (2018)
Plot Summary:
The romance between failing student Su Yun Jin and high school genius Cheng Zheng is broken apart due to clashing personalities and a huge difference in social status. Coincidentally, they meet each other again in the workforce, and get entangled in each other’s lives once again.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Just Between Lovers (2017)
Plot Summary:
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
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, romantic, romantic drama, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Queen of the Night (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kartal is an orphan who is raised by Aziz the man who killed his father. Kartal married Aziz's daughter Esra but falls to Selin and feels obligated to leaves her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, emotional, captivating, sentimental, disturbing
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High Society (2015)
Plot Summary:
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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Little Secrets (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story evolves around a group of school friends revealing school sterotypical girls and guys. The story is then taken to a next level after those students graduate and start experiencing real life with its problems and the daily routine of it to learn later how to keep up with life.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 827
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, witty, stylized, semi serious
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Love and Punishment (2010)
Plot Summary:
Aşk ve Ceza is a Turkish television drama series that aired in 2010-2011. Nunu Yeşilçay, Murat Yildirim and Feride Çetin starring, the series were shot in Van, Bodrum and Istanbul. In 2011, this series were broadcast also in Croatia in Nova TV. In Serbia, this series is airing from January 8, 2013 in 1PRVA. In Georgia TV Maestro started broadcasting this series on 15 April 2013.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, intense, exciting
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Screw-Up Adults' Sharehouse (2019)
Plot Summary:
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
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, romantic drama
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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 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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Professional Single (2020)
Plot Summary:
Single since birth, Yuan Qian and Qin Shen are two people who will probably end up being single for life because they want to. Set against the backdrop of an art school, the story follows students who overcome many difficulties to pursue their artistic ideals. Qin Shen is a student who dreams of becoming a sculptor. A freshman in their department, he is like a god-level existence in their school - cold, disciplined and a perfectionist. However, girls mean nothing to him and he finds dating to be a complete waste of time. Yuan Qian has the appearance of the cute girl next door but has a headstrong personality. She is eloquent and determined such that no one can stop her once she sets her mind to something. However, she has a tendency to pick at other people's shortcomings so much that no guy can impress her.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, touching, disturbing, tsundere
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All I Want for Love is You (2019)
Plot Summary:
A story full of laughs follows sanda fighter Gu Xiao Man and school genius Zuo An as they chase after love. Graduation is fast approaching for 3rd year high school student Gu Xiao Man. Unlike your average school girl, she is a sanda fighter who wins medals at the sport but not in class. Because she wants to continue to be schoolmates with her idol Zuo An, she decides to give the same effort to academics as she does to sanda. Her hard work combined with Zuo An's efforts to be her personal teacher pays off and they get into the same university. There's nothing sweeter than to have your crush crushing on you and their story continues on.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Meteor Garden (2001)
Plot Summary:
Shan Cai, whose parents are far from wealthy, attends Ying De University, the private school established exclusively for rich students. Besides being looked down by rich classmates, she has angered the leader of F4, Dao Ming Si.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, touching
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Devil Beside You (2005)
Plot Summary:
Devil Beside You is a 2005 Taiwanese drama starring Mike He, Rainie Yang and Kingone Wang. It is based on Japanese manga Akuma de Sourou, The Devil Does Exist, written by Mitsuba Takanashi. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production with Chai Zhi Ping as producer and directed by Lin He Long. The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air China Television from 26 June to 18 September 2005 and cable TV Eastern Television for 20 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, dorama, anime
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Grand Prince (2018)
Plot Summary:
Lee Kang is an ambitious prince. He falls in love with Sung Ja-Hyun. She is a beautiful woman from a prestigious family, but Lee Kang's younger brother Lee Hwi also loves her. To have Ja-Hyun, Lee Kang wants to become the King...even if he has to kill his younger brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Somewhere Only We Know (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ph.D. candidate in Physics Mu Cheng He catches a third-year student in English Xue Tong cheating on an exam. When he even becomes the substitute teacher in her elective course Russian and makes her study with him after classes, her hatred for him only grows. Over time, however, Xue Tong discovers Teacher Mu’s true character and comes to secretly love him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, romantic drama
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Close Range Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
In high school, Sakurai Haruka, Mirei and Kanata are good friends whom everyone envies. The three of them believed their relationship would remain like this forever. Then Haruka’s stepsister Ririko suddenly returns from overseas. After several years away, she has become beautiful to the extent that classmates call her “goddess”. Although Haruka has often built walls around other people, Ririko deliberately gets close to him. One night, she barges in all of a sudden and starts to cry against his chest. “I have no where to go. You’ll let me stay here, right?” Haruka is baffled by his pushy stepsister, Mirei secretly loves Haruka and Kanata has become aware of Mirei. The distance between Haruka, Mirei and Kanata who had taken it for granted that they would always be close, starts to change little by little.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, shoujo
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Honey and Clover (2008)
Plot Summary:
The series depicts the relationships and lives of a group of five art school students. This is a live-action television drama based on the manga and anime series with the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating
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Blessing of the Sea (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sim Chung-Yi has an absolute sense of sight which allows her to identify thousands of colors. She also has a bright personality. Sim Chung-Yi meets Ma Poong-Do who is a pianist. He is highly skilled on the piano, but he receives criticism that he has lack of sensibility. Sim Chung-Yi and Ma Poong-Do develop romantically. Sim Chung-Yi also tries to find a secret of her father.
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, suspenseful
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My Home My Destiny (2019)
Plot Summary:
The house where you were born even decides who you love and who you marry. First the mothers take the pen in his hand and start writing.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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The Empress Ki (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story of the woman that would become Empress Ki, and her struggles as she worked her way through war, political conspiracies, and the imperial palace to become Empress of China. This Korean Drama re-imagines the historical figure as a fierce, independent woman who goes to extreme lengths to protect those she loves.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: suspenseful, romantic, harsh, multicultural, semi serious, captivating, epic, sageuk, political, costume drama
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Forbidden Apple (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three things in life can not be hidden "love, smoke and lack of money". The social society and the events behind the business world are told.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, psychological, serious, realistic
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Love and Secrets (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sevda is a very beautiful and energetic girl who dreams of being a star. Ali has a mysterious past. Ali and Sevda's extraordinary love story.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Encounter (2018)
Plot Summary:
What happens when an encounter between a man and woman who seem to have nothing in common develops into a complicated love story? Cha Soo Hyun is a woman and daughter of a politician who lives a life where she is unable to choose her own path. After graduating from college, she entered into a loveless marriage with the son to a wealthy conglomerate, a marriage only beneficial to her politican father. After having a child, she was obliged to divorce. Her life is changed when she meets simple and kind Kim Jin Hyuk. Kim Jin Hyuk is ordinary and innocent, a young man who enjoys life and finds happiness in the smaller things. He works various part-time jobs to earn a living, but is looking for a regular job. One day, he decides to take a trip abroad, where he meets Cha Soo Hyun.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, sentimental, thought provoking, touching, entertaining
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Meteor Garden (2018)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary girl is admitted to the most prestigious school in the country where she encounters F4, an exclusive group comprised of the four wealthiest and handsomest boys in the school - Dao Ming Si, Hua Ze Lei, Xi Men and Mei Zuo.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sweet, dorama, romantic, light, sincere, lyrical, romantic drama, affectionate, student film