Best tv shows like Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan
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Plot Summary:
Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan is a drama serial made in Pakistan based on a novel written by Umera Ahmad. It is an emotional story of a girl named Saba and her daughter Sara. The drama became very popular upon its release. The serial featured a huge ensemble cast consisting of Samia Mumtaz, Samina Peerzada, Sarwat Gillani, Mehreen Raheel, Ismat Zaidi, Faisal Qureshi, Adnan Siddiqui, Khayam Sarhadi, Shakeel, Imran Abbas, Rashid Farooqui, Humayun Saeed, Shehryar Zaidi, Zeba Ali and Lubna Aslam.
IMDB Rating: 9.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, exciting, contemplative
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La vie quand même (LIFE AFTER ALL) is another film in a series collectively called 'Tales from the Orphanage'. The story is simple on the surface (children coping with the sudden loss of parents), but in the hands of writer Sophie Tasma and director Olivier Péray this storyline unfolds a tale of brotherly love that is well worth watching.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crying
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The story of a powerful family of the Chilean high aristocracy in the decade of the 50's. A clan led by the fearsome Armando Quiroga, where intrigue, suspense and romance build a story of passion in times of hypocrisy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 60 min
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Watch Over Me (2006)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, telenovela
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A Married Man (1983)
Plot Summary:
British television movie in which a married lawyer's excursion into adultery leads to murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 240 min
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Though Mi Soo received treatment for her brain tumor three years ago, it’s back. Soon, she becomes a terminally ill patient. After her parents divorced, her mother remarried and her father passed away from a car accident. Her aunt raised her, but they’re on bad terms. She’s single and without any close friends, so there’s no one to arrange a funeral for her. Mi Soo decides to find someone who can make arrangements after her death. She runs into Dong Soo who becomes obsessed with her, constantly following her everywhere she goes like a stalker. Ten years ago, Dong Soo fell hard for Mi Soo but now has miraculously crossed paths with her again.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 5
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 66 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: period drama
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This Life (2015)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Drama
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Duration:
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Killing the Father (2018)
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Through a portrait of this family, we witness the profound changes that have shaken Spanish society between the 1990s and the present, with the advent of the economic and political crises in the background.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration:
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The Politician's Wife (1995)
Plot Summary:
A woman's life is turned upside down when it is revealed that her husband, a member of the British Parliament, has been having an affair with a former prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 542
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Duration: 185 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 131
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Country: USA
Duration:
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 746
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 183
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Duration:
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Before We Get Married (2019)
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 320
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 235
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IMDB Votes: 85
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IMDB Votes: 28000
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IMDB Votes: 138
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IMDB Votes: 728
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 500
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 938
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 598
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IMDB Votes: 100
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IMDB Votes: 23000
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 150
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IMDB Votes: 105
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 128
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