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Plot Summary:
Joo Joong-won is the arrogant, greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a supermall and a hotel. "Ghost whisperer” Tae Gong-shil, is a misunderstood outcast who can't keep a boyfriend or a job since a near death experience left her seeing needy ghosts. She feels compelled to help them resolve their earthly issues so they can move on to the afterlife... and he feels compelled to think she's crazy. Soon their lives merge into a complicated web of hijinx, misunderstandings, and... yes, love.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: captivating, emotional, romantic, dorama, semi serious, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like Master's Sun (2013):
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High School King of Savvy (2014)
Plot Summary:
Lee Min Suk is just a normal high school hockey player - until he's forced to take his brother's place as the director for a major company. Now he's forced to balance school work, hockey practice, and making multi-million dollar decisions. No big deal?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, romantic
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From Now On, Showtime! (2022)
Plot Summary:
In addition to the romance between Cha Cha-woong, a magician and employer who handles and manages ghosts, and a passionate female police officer with occult powers, the characters will have to solve a case they coincidentally get swept up in by cooperating with ghosts to uncover clues.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Queen In Hyun's Man (2012)
Plot Summary:
Kim Boong Do is a scholar who had supported the reinstatement of Queen In Hyun when Jang heebin's schemes resulted in her being deposed and replaced as King Sukjong's queen consort. He travels 300 years into the future of modern Seoul and meets Choi Hee Jin, a no-name actress who is expecting a career renaissance through her role as Queen In Hyun in a TV drama.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating, suspenseful, semi serious, novela, romantic drama, period drama
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Spellbound (2011)
Plot Summary:
A magician meets a weird girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: romantic, semi serious, stylized, captivating, touching, romantic comedy, horror comedy, cult classic, offbeat, crying
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Bring It On, Ghost (2016)
Plot Summary:
Hyun-Ji studied for her 19 years before she died in an accident. She is now a ghost and has wandered around the world for several years. Hyun-Ji then meets exorcist Park Bong-Pal. Hyun-Ji and Bong-Pal listens to various stories from ghosts and sends them to the otherworld.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: mystical, romantic, dorama, humorous, tense, captivating, dark, mysterious, suspenseful, scenic
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Sell Your Haunted House (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of a real estate agent who performs exorcism on real estates where ghosts appear or people die in and makes them clean items.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, suspense, contemplative, spooky
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I Hear Your Voice (2013)
Plot Summary:
An action-packed drama of the events that occur when materialistic government tax lawyer Jung Hye-sung meets Park Suha, who has the ability to read people's thoughts.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating, exciting, dorama, semi serious, tense, novela
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Mystic Pop-up Bar (2020)
Plot Summary:
At this mysterious late-night food cart run by an equally mysterious woman and her part-timer, customers are provided a space for respite and counseling through their dreams. But most importantly, everyone here is treated equally—living or dead.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, captivating, emotional, semi serious, romantic
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While You Were Sleeping (2017)
Plot Summary:
A supernatural romance about a woman who can see the future in her dreams, and a prosecutor who fights to stop these future events from happening. The heroine has dreams about unfortunate events that will happen to other people, and the hero is a prosecutor who runs around trying to prevent her tragic visions from coming true.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dorama, humorous, exciting, tense, sincere, romantic
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Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020)
Plot Summary:
A nine-tailed fox settles down in the city. A female television PD chases after the nine-tailed fox.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Fantasy, History, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, dorama, anime, mythical, urban fantasy
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Gu Family Book (2013)
Plot Summary:
Gu Family Book is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Seung-gi and Suzy. The fusion martial arts action historical drama is about a half man-half monster who is searching for a centuries-old book that according to gumiho legend, contains the secret to becoming human. It aired on MBC from April 8 to June 25, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, light, humorous, dorama, sageuk, romantic comedy
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Secret Garden (2010)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy man and a poor stunt girl fall in love. But things get complicated when their souls become inexplicably swapped and dark secrets surface.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, dorama, touching, semi serious, sweet, novela, romantic drama, realistic
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The Greatest Love (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Greatest Love is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy television series about true love in the fake world of entertainment. Starring Cha Seung-won, Gong Hyo-jin, Yoon Kye-sang and Yoo In-na, it aired on MBC from May 4 to June 23, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, dorama, emotional, romantic, novela
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Chicago Typewriter (2017)
Plot Summary:
Writers that lived under Japanese rule in the 1930's are reincarnated into a bestselling writer who is in a slump, a mysterious ghostwriter and an anti-fan of the bestselling writer.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, dorama, psychological, romantic, rough, captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jang Jae-yeol is a writer of bestselling mystery novels and a radio DJ. Playful and a bit arrogant, he also suffers from obsessive–compulsive disorder. Ji Hae-soo is a psychiatrist on her first year of fellowship. Driven and ambitious with her career yet compassionate towards her patients, Hae-soo has a negative attitude towards love and relationships in her personal life. Once Jae-yeol and Hae-soo meet, there is much contention between them caused by their strong personalities and refusal to give in to each other. But slowly their bickering turns into love and they begin to learn how compatible they are. Jae-yeol and Hae-soo attempt to heal each other's deep-seated wounds, but their fledgling relationship takes a blow when they learn that Jae-yeol's mental health issues are more serious than they initially suspected.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, romantic, dorama, semi serious, sincere, captivating, suspenseful, romantic drama, medical drama
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Oh My Ghost (2015)
Plot Summary:
Na Bong Sun may be a skilled sous chef, but she lacks the self-esteem to shine professionally and socially. Beyond her cooking talents, however, is an uncanny ability to communicate with ghosts. One day, her mystic senses go out of control when the seductive ghost of Shin Soon Ae possesses her. Imbued with a fiery new "personality," Bong Sun starts turning heads, including that of Kang Sun Woo, the hottest chef in town and Bong Sun's secret crush!.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, touching, dorama, romantic, entertaining, sweet, romantic drama, humorous
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A Korean Odyssey (2017)
Plot Summary:
A self-serving mythical creature's bid for invincibility backfires when he finds himself at the mercy of a woman who can see otherworldly beings.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, funny, captivating, light, dorama, dark fantasy, anime, romantic drama, urban fantasy
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Cinderella and the Four Knights (2016)
Plot Summary:
Eun Ha-Won is a college student. She is a bright girl who wants to be a veterinarian, but at home she is lonely. She is isolated from her family members. Eun Ha-Won lives with father, step-mother and step-sister after her mother died in a car accident. One day, she helps a mysterious old man. The old man suggests to her to live in a mansion and pursue her dream of becoming a veterinarian. Since than, she moves into the mansion and lives with three cousins Kang Ji-Woon, Kang Hyun-Min, Kang Seo-Woo and their bodyguard Lee Yoon-Sung.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, touching, sincere, captivating, dorama, novela, romantic comedy
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Marry Him If You Dare (2013)
Plot Summary:
Set in the world of television broadcasting, Na Mi-rae travels back in time to prevent her 32-year-old self from marrying news anchor Kim Shin, thus sending her past self down a different path and enabling her to pursue the things she really wanted in life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Ghost Doctor (2022)
Plot Summary:
A genius doctor who's the star doctor at a hospital falls into a coma. As his spirit leaves the body, he meets a 20-year old ghost doctor with great skills who once helped him process a surgery.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, entertaining, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, medical drama
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My Love From Another Star (2013)
Plot Summary:
Do Min Joon is an otherworldly beauty, literally. After crash landing on Earth 400 years ago, Min Joon has diligently observed humans for centuries, ultimately coming to cynical conclusions. On top of being a super babe, Min Joon's got enhanced vision, hearing and agility — all the more reason to believe he's superior to everyone on Earth. That is, until he pursues the beautiful actress Cheon Song Yi for a romance out of this world.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, dorama, romantic, semi serious, offbeat, sitcom, anime, romantic drama, humorous
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The Day of Becoming You (2021)
Plot Summary:
The leader of a boyband and an entertainment reporter are forced into many outrageous situations after they switched bodies. Jiang Yi is a big star in the entertainment industry. He is the cold and distant leader of a popular boy band. In reality, he's simply not good at expressing himself ever since his parents divorced when he was young. Meanwhile, Yu Sheng Sheng has become an entertainment reporter who keeps running up against a stone wall at work. Their lives were not meant to intersect, but an accident results in the two exchanging bodies on their birthday which happens to fall on the same day. The sudden change catch them off guard and with only each other to turn to for support in the days and nights that followed, Jiang Yi and Yu Sheng Sheng gradually fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Spirited (2010)
Plot Summary:
Spirited is an Australian television drama series made for subscription television channel W that aired for two seasons, 2010 and 2011. The series stars Claudia Karvan, as dentist Suzy Darling, who walks away from a loveless marriage and into an old apartment block that is inhabited by the ghost of a 1980s English rock star, Henry Mallet, played by Matt King. Suzy had been married to Steve Darling, played by Rodger Corser, for 15 years, and they have two children, Elvis, 13, played by Louis Fowler, and Verity, 8, played by Charlie Hancock. Belinda Bromilow plays Suzy’s sister Jonquil.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, sincere, offbeat
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Ghosts (2021)
Plot Summary:
Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom, psychological, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, funny
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Hotel Del Luna (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Hotel Del Luna, located in Seoul, is not like any other hotel: its client are all ghosts. Jang Man-Wol, stuck in the hotel for the past millennium, meets Koo Chan-Sung, the new manager.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: emotional, captivating, touching, dorama, semi serious, romantic drama, entertaining
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Good Omens (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 2019 the world is on the brink of an apocalypse as humanity prepares for a final judgment. But follies ensue — Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a demon aren’t enthusiastic about the end of the world, and can’t seem to find the Antichrist.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: exciting, witty, atmospheric, captivating, apocalyptic, emotional, supernatural thriller, offbeat, satanic, sitcom
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Goblin (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kim Shin is an immortal “goblin,” and has the rather honorable title of being the Protector of Souls. His roommate Wang Yeo also happens to have the equally lofty, if thoroughly opposing, title of Angel of Death, and he acts as the storied grim reaper that claims souls. However, both these devilishly handsome angels have a problem: Wang Yeo has amnesia and Kim Shin wants to end his own (immortal) life. Unfortunately for goblins, the only way to defeat immortality is to marry a human bride. For that purpose, Kim Shin decides to win over Ji Eun Tak an optimistic high school girl who he thinks will be the priestess that ends his cursed existence. Now, once responsible for protecting souls and watching them pass, Kim Shin now tries to send his own to the afterlife. But when a slightly complicated method of suicide starts turning into true love, will our immortal goblin begin to regret his decision--where acting on that very love ultimately means the end of his life?.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, mysterious, emotional, humorous, dorama, romantic drama, anime, tear jerker, heartfelt, tearjerker
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My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho (2010)
Plot Summary:
Cha Dae-woong (Lee Seung Gi) accidentally releases a troublesome gumiho, a legendary fox with nine tails, sealed inside a painting by Grandma Samshin . Fleeing the scene, Dae-woong suffers a life-threatening fall and is only saved by the gumiho giving him her "fox bead". When Dae-woong awakes and meets a mysterious pretty girl, he initially treats her as eccentric or mentally ill, before fully understanding she is a gumiho in disguise-at which point he tries to research gumihos, but fails to find correct information in the library or on the internet. He agrees to stay with her and he tries to keep her happy, while hiding her true identity as a gumiho from all others by introducing her as his friend, Mi Ho. Slowly, however, he becomes less scared of her and more protective of her-finally admitting to himself and to her that he loves her. As the story unfolds, Mi Ho (Shin Min Ah) pursues her goal of becoming human, with the half-human, half-supernatural Park Dong Joo, who has a career.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, sincere, feel good, dorama, sentimental, offbeat, romantic drama, semi serious, humorous
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Oh My Venus (2015)
Plot Summary:
Kim Young Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. Even though he comes from a wealthy family background, he suffered a devastating injury during his childhood days. Now, he overcomes his problems with patience and stubbornness. Meanwhile, Kang Joo Eun is 33-years-old lawyer. She has struggled to support her family. Now, she is overweight and challenge her-selves for a diet.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, dorama, humorous, romantic, romantic drama, exciting
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Kill Me, Heal Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
Cha Do Hyun is a rich heir to a family company with one major problem. Due to suppressed childhood trauma, he suffers from dissociative identity disorder manifested in 7 unique personalities who are out of his control. In order to overcome this disorder in secret, he hires a first year medical resident to help him heal by killing off each personality one by one.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, sentimental, light, dorama, psychological, romantic drama, medical drama, humorous