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Plot Summary:
Based loosely on the story of a discredited Dongguk University professor who falsified her educational background, Miss Ripley is the story of orphan Jang Mi Ri who, like the Talented Mr. Ripley, lives her life from one lie to the next. At a job interview, she starts down her dark path in earnest, when she tells a simple lie about her education. From there, the tale of Miss Ripley weaves into the lives of two very important rivals: Jang Myung Hoon and Yutaka, both of whom are in the hotel industry and fall in love with the deceitful protagonist. To complicate things, Mi Ri's childhood acquaintance, Hee Joo, can see through all the lies.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Crime, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Cambrian Period (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tang Yin, a simple and kind-hearted girl who is full of hope for the future, sets foot on a southern island and gets accidentally involved in a gang's fight with the police.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Crime, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, detective
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H.I.T (2007)
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H.I.T, also known as Homicide Investigation Team, is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Go Hyun-jung, Ha Jung-woo, Kim Jung-min, and Yoon Ji-min. It aired on MBC from March 19 to May 22, 2007 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. A police procedural crime drama that integrated crime scene analysis with action, suspense, and romance, H.I.T represented a departure from the usual Korean drama subjects of love and relationships.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Big Man (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kim Ji Hyuk (Kang Ji Hwan) lives a hard knocked life, but when the orphan meets the modest restaurateur Hong Dal Sook (Song Ok Suk), he gains a mother figure and works hard to open his own restaurant one day. Then suddenly, the family behind Korea's most powerful corporation claims that he is their long lost son. When Ji Hyeok discovers the Hyunsung family's ulterior motives, he swears to bring down the company that destroyed the life he worked so hard to build.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Color of Woman (2011)
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Byun So Ra comes from an ordinary background, but she works very hard. She is then betrayed by her boyfriend and her dreams of becoming a professor fails. Byun So-Ra then joins a cosmetics company and she also meets a rival with whom she clashes in this cosmetics company.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Inspiring Generation (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based in the 1930's of Shanghai, China, this drama is a story about love, friendship, patriotism and desire. Shin Jung Tae (Kim Hyun Joong) is an outrageous and clumsy man, but has an unconditional love for his country and family. He was known as the best fighter in the alleys of Shanghai.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Queen's Flower (2015)
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Rena Jung is a beautiful, but ambitious star chef who hosts her own cooking show. Her husband, Park Min-Joon, is the first son of a family that runs a large company. Their relationship is not so good, but they try to show other people they are still in love. In the past, Rena Jung abandoned her daughter for a chance at success. Now, her daughter, Kang Yi Sol appears in front of her. Kang Yi Sol resents her mother for abandoning her. Park Jae Joon is the husband's younger brother. He is popular with women, but he is attracted to Kang Yi-Sol.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Seven Day Queen (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the Joseon period, a noblewoman from a powerful clan marries the Crown Prince but is deposed after only seven days as queen when he becomes king.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, political
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The Goddess of Fire (2013)
Plot Summary:
Goddess of Fire is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Moon Geun-young, Lee Sang-yoon, Kim Bum, Park Gun-hyung, Seo Hyun-jin, Jun Kwang-ryul, Jeong Bo-seok, Byun Hee-bong, Han Go-eun, and Lee Kwang-soo. It airs on MBC on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 32 episodes beginning July 1, 2013. The historical drama depicts the life and love of Yoo Jung, who is based on real-life 16th century historical figure Baek Pa-sun, renowned as the first female potter and porcelain artist in the Joseon Dynasty. Baek's glazing skills were so prized, she was appointed as a china maker for the royal family. But her fame also attracted the attention of foreign invaders, and during the Japanese invasion in 1592, she was among the Korean artisans captured and forcibly taken to Japan and made to continue their craft there. Under Toyotomi Hideyoshi's orders to enrich Japanese arts and culture, Baek helped the advancement of many new types of pottery that would be claimed as Japanese works of art. She became well-respected in Japan, and there exists a shrine in the city of Arita dedicated to her.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Glamorous Temptation (2015)
Plot Summary:
A story about a woman experiencing a harsh fate, a woman who is jealous of her and a man set out to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Good Wife (2013)
Plot Summary:
As her seemingly idyllic life begins to crumble, a lonely woman in a restrictive marriage starts an affair with a gentle bookstore owner.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Midas (2011)
Plot Summary:
A business drama about mergers and acquisitions between companies. When Kim Do Hyun passes the bar exam at the top of his class, he's offered a dream job as top aide to Yoo In Hye, daughter to one of the richest and most powerful men in South Korea. As he becomes more ambitious, Do Hyun is about to find out just how cut throat In Hye's world is, and also just how much he's about to lose, including his long-time girlfriend Lee Jung Yeon.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, dorama, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dating Agency: Cyrano (2013)
Plot Summary:
A team for hire helps those who are having troubles in their love lives. The team employs elaborate staging to help their clients snag the ones they love.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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May Queen (2012)
Plot Summary:
A woman overcomes the hardships in her life and experiences growth as an expert of the seas.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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You Are My Hero (2021)
Plot Summary:
A story that follows Mi Ka, a new resident at the hospital who meets special ops agent Xing Kelei during an emergency rescue training organized by the SWAT team. From their initial hostility arising out of a misunderstanding, repeated encounters through several operations lead them to see each other in a new light. With the sudden onslaught of a deadly earthquake, Mi Ka and Xing Kelei were ordered to travel to the disaster-stricken area to help with rescue operations. Xing Kelei is touched by Mi Ka's selflessness. A nation in Africa is thrown into turmoil, putting Mi Ka and the rest of the medical team in a dangerous situation. At this time, Xing Kelei arrives to ensure everyone's safety. One a policeman and one a doctor, the two are able-bodied and willing to devote everything for the sake of others.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Golden Rainbow (2013)
Plot Summary:
A drama about seven siblings, all of them are orphans and not blood-related, love each other more than real siblings. They will go through many hardships together. Baek Won is the leader of seven orphans who band together to make their own family. Meanwhile, Do Young is the prosecutor who falls in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Tainted Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Yasemin's story began in Germany and found itself in the ups and downs of life. However, she was not afraid to live and succeeded in entering the law school. Now she is both studying and working. Her sole purpose in life is to receive custody of her hearing-impaired brother, who has been growing up in the orphanage as their fathers are different. On the other hand, she is saving up money for her brother Murat's operation. Cem is the older of two children of a wealthy family. As a child, he has witnessed an incident that led his mother Belkis and his father apart and disrupted their lives. Successful, bright man in business. However, he is distant and insecure to women because of what happened in the past. Yasemin and Cem's life crossed in coincides with an event that happened on the night of the organization of Cem's company. Two broken hearts, two wounded souls. It is a pure love that tries to grow among the dark secrets, ambitions, intrigues. Love that will win the pride?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Gracious Revenge (2019)
Plot Summary:
Carrie Jung lost her husband and child. She now lives only take revenge on those responsible for their deaths. Carrie Jung raises Han Yoo Jin as a tool in her revenge plan. Han Yoo Jin is a smart and beautiful woman, but she falls in love with a man who she should not love.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, telenovela
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Ruthless (2020)
Plot Summary:
A spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, spiritual
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My Son-In-Law's Woman (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jin-sook used to hate her son-in-law Hyun-tae when her daughter died, but now Hyun-tae is like a real son to her. One day, Hyun-tae falls in love with a woman named Soo-kyung, and Jin-sook, who was unhappy with Soo-kyung, finds out that Soo-kyung is her real daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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All the Queen's Men (2021)
Plot Summary:
Marilyn "Madam" DeVille is at the top of her game in the Atlanta nightclub industry, and she won't let anyone or anything stand her in way as she rules a crew of male exotic dancers.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Cold Courage (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two young Finnish women in London are drawn inexorably together via the Studio - a clandestine group dedicated to bringing justice to those beyond the law. But, as their battle against exploitation, violence and corporate greed intensifies, will the Studio's ends continue to justify its means?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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Glory Jane (2011)
Plot Summary:
The series follows the romantic and professional trials of an aspiring nurse and two baseball players as they strive for their love and dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Broken Marriage Vow (2022)
Plot Summary:
It is about a married couple whose family is rocked by her husband’s affair.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, psychological thriller, captivating, suspense, disturbing, thought provoking
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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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Drinking Solo (2016)
Plot Summary:
Story depicts people drinking alcohol alone for different reasons and the romance between Jung-Suk and Shin-Ib. Jung-Suk is an arrogant, but popular instructor and Shin-Ib is a rookie instructor. She struggles to survive in the private institute world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Less than Evil (2018)
Plot Summary:
Woo Tae Suk is an experienced and well-established detective with a long professional career, but in spite of everything he is a lonely and bitter human being. It all has to do with him only focusing on solving cases, while his actions are completely controversial because it crosses the line between good and evil. Woo Tae Suk crosses paths with a psychopath, but he cannot arrest her because of lack of evidence. The woman eventually decides to help Woo Tae Suk solve other cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Hello! Miss (2007)
Plot Summary:
Hello! Miss is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Lee Da-hae, Lee Ji-hoon, Ha Seok-jin and Yeon Mi-joo. Based on Lee Ji-wan's novel Five Kimchi Mandu, the series aired on KBS2 from March 19 to May 8, 2007 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, novela, romantic comedy
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