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Plot Summary:
An enthralling journey begins as a man and a woman, trapped in May 1987, embark on their adventure.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: retro
Best tv shows and movies like My Perfect Stranger (2023):
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Not the End (2018)
Plot Summary:
Javier comes from the future to recover the lost love of María. Together they relive the magic of the first day they met and repeat the trip that took them from a sunrise in Madrid to a sunset on the Andalusian coast. Everything, to get Maria to be the full of life girl she once fell in love with.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Be with You (2005)
Plot Summary:
Yuuji is still a first-grade student, he is having a very hard time understanding what has happened to his mother and the fact that she won't be coming back. At the very beginning , the voice of the late mother is reading from a picture book that she wrote for Yuuji before she died. It is about a mother who dies, but promises to return when the rainy season comes. Yuuji believes in this story and thinks that his mother will come back when the rainy season comes. And surprisingly - she actually does. When it begins raining on a June morning, Yuuji runs out into the forest to the special place where he used to play with his mother. His father, Takumi chases after him to get him to go to school. When they arrive at the old ruined building where they used to play, Yuuji's mother, Mio is waiting there completely alive and healthy, but she has no memory of them or anything that occurred during her life.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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Crime (2021)
Plot Summary:
Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama, hardboiled detective, detective series
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Twisted Fate of Love (2020)
Plot Summary:
Pang Yu and Feng Xi were old friends who cared deeply for each other - one is refined and gentlemanly while the other is exceptionally talented but doesn't let it show. Because of Dong Yue's appearance, Pang Yu and Feng Xi eventually have a falling out and turn into enemies. Dong Yue encourages the two men to make peace as they face greater enemies in their efforts to assist Pang Yu to the throne.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Aporia (2023)
Plot Summary:
Since losing her husband, Sophie has struggled to manage grief, a full-time job, and parenting her devastated daughter, but when a former physicist reveals a secret time-bending machine, Sophie will be faced with an impossible choice.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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A Time Called You (2023)
Plot Summary:
Han Jun Hee's boyfriend Ko Yeon Jun died one year ago. She still hasn't gotten over his death and misses him a lot. One day, she somehow travels back in time to the year 1998 and finds herself as high school student Kwon Min Joo. There, she meets high school student Nam Si Heon. She is surprised to see how much Nam Si Heon resembles her late boyfriend Ko Yeon Jun.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: emotional, mysterious, romantic drama
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Queenie (1987)
Plot Summary:
A half-caste beauty emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie star while suppressing the truth of her heritage.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 233 min
Plot tags: multicultural
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Consummation (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a VR game conjures up a realistic dream, youth restarts for a man who returns to his schooldays in a journey of self-healing. Ten years after high school, Lin Shang He, Cui Zhen Yan, and their close friends think of a way to help Xia Shi get over the psychological trauma that he continues to suffer from since Ye Sang Yu's accident. A game takes Xia Shi into the world of virtual reality back to the time when he was a student, thus allowing him to unravel the mystery through his memories to recover a friendship that has been lost.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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Frozen Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
After being frozen for 33 years, Man Soo finds himself awake in a cold body but he has enormous love in his heart. He meets Ha Da, who has turned into a cold-hearted human being after living in the city. Now that Man Soo is awake from his slumber, he embarks on a search for his long-lost love through time while Ha Da, whom he encountered, is discovering warmth in her heart.Will either of them find love? This TV show aims to weave a beautiful story of romance to uplift viewers who are dealing with a depressed economy and dim job prospects in a harsh society of today. (Source: MBC).
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing
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5ive Days to Midnight (2004)
Plot Summary:
A physicist discovers a briefcase containing postdated documents and evidence which indicate he will die five days in the future.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, thinking
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Sijipeuseu: The Myth (2021)
Plot Summary:
An unfathomable incident introduces a genius engineer to dangerous secrets of the world — and to a woman from the future who's come looking for him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: suspense, dorama, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Children of A Lesser God (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kim Dan, a detective who can feel someone’s feelings, past memories and even their deepest secrets, partners with a genius detective Cheon Je-in to investigate a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, detective series
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Meet Me @1006 (2018)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer loses everything and moves into a low-budget apartment. Forming a supernatural connection with a mysterious woman was not part of the rental agreement.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: romantic drama
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Graceful Family (2019)
Plot Summary:
Mo Seok-hee is an only child and her father runs the large company MC Group. She is beautiful, smart and rich. Mo Seok-hee appears like she is arrogant, but she struggles over her mother’s death. Her mother was killed 15 years ago. Meanwhile, Heo Yoon-do is a lawyer, but he doesn’t even have an office. He solves small problems of neighborhood residents at a restaurant. He is full of love. Miraculously, Heo Yoon-do is headhunted to join the TOP team at MC Group. The TOP team manages the affairs of the family who runs the MC Group. Their job includes covering up immoral or illegal behaviors done by the family.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, suspense
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Durian's Affair (2023)
Plot Summary:
Two women from a noble family in Joseon Dynasty get to time-travel and meet some men living in 2023. An eclipse happens when the two women mysteriously show up at the grand party in the Dan family's vacation home. The two women's appearance leads the Dans into a strange yet beautiful story transcending time and space. Du Ri-an and So-jeo are pure and elegant women from Joseon, and they're mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Their story develops as they get to meet Baek Do-yi and rich men from the Dans. How will this unique time-traveling story unfold?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Wheel of Fortune (2018)
Plot Summary:
Shinozaki Ayumi receives a strange call telling her that an earthquake will occur one hour from now. She hangs up the phone thinking it was just a prank call. But one hour later, she feels herself sway a little. When she turns on the television, she realizes that what the caller said about the time and the epicenter was on the mark. After that, she receives another phone call from the same caller who identifies himself as Kazama. He says that he knows what will happen in the future because he went back to a certain spot from the future and made a fresh start in life. Calling this time travel “Repeat”, he invites Ayumi to be his guest. Besides Ayumi, Mori Keisuke and Tendo Taro are among the eight people who have been invited by Kazama to participate in “Repeat”. These eight people who are making a repeat as a result of past regrets, are hit with a series of unanticipated events.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags:
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Someday or One Day (2019)
Plot Summary:
Yu-Hsuan lost her boyfriend Chuan-Sheng in plane accident. She then discovered Chuan-Sheng and a girl look alike Yu-Hsuan both appeared in a photo taken in 1998. Accidentally, she had backed to 1998 and met a boy looked alike Chuan-Sheng.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Come and Hug Me (2018)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman who are emotionally scarred due to a murder case that took place in their past has their fates intertwined. Together, they try to overcome the inevitable challenges that life throws at them.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, dorama, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, romantic drama, detective, contemplative
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Sila (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's forced marriage to the agha of a tribe in Southeastern Turkey leads to tragedy and social change.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
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Alice (2020)
Plot Summary:
It’s the year 2050 and time travel exists thanks to Alice, the mechanism through which the intriguing practice is made possible. But a rumor based on a prophecy beings to spread about time travel coming to an end. When You Min Hyuk and Yoon Tae Yi are sent to the year 1992 to find out about the prophecy, Tae Yi realizes she’s pregnant and decides to stay in the past by herself. She changes her name to Park Sun Young and eventually gives birth to a beautiful son named Park Jin Gyeom, whose mental health suffers due to radiation exposure. Fast forward to the year 2010, and Sun Young is murdered by someone. 10 years after her death, her son Jin Gyeom is on a mission to find who is responsible for his mother’s death. But while searching, he runs into Yoon Tae Yi, a physics professor who looks exactly like this mother. What will become of these individuals caught tragically between time and space?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, intellectual, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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Riley Rewind (2013)
Plot Summary:
A high school girl named Riley has the ability to travel back in time and uses this power to save her friend who commits suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, offbeat
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Paper Girls (2022)
Plot Summary:
It's the day after Halloween in 1988 when four young friends accidentally stumble into an intergalactic battle and find themselves inexplicably transported to the year 2019. When they come face-to-face with their adult selves, each girl discovers her own strengths as together they try to find a way back to the past while saving the world of the future.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, exciting, thrilling, retro, queer cinema
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Somewhere Between (2017)
Plot Summary:
Laura Price, a local news producer in San Francisco, is helping the police to hunt down a serial killer. After the killer strikes close to home, a twist of fate allows a “Groundhog Day”-type reset, and Laura relives the week prior to the string of murders. Can she change fate and stop the killer?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, rough, disturbing, sitcom, thrilling
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Timeless (2016)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, exciting, light, entertaining, surprise ending, intellectual, spiritual, interesting
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11.22.63 (2016)
Plot Summary:
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, suspense, period piece, tense, light, emotional, intense, serious, suspenseful
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Shining Girls (2022)
Plot Summary:
Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault. She teams with veteran reporter Dan Velazquez to understand her ever-changing present—and confront her past.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, thrilling
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Life on Mars (2018)
Plot Summary:
While investigating a serial murder case, Han Tae Joo gets into an incident. When he wakes up, he finds himself back in 1987. To get back to his present world, he must solve the murder case.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, detective
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Time After Time (2017)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of young H.G. Wells and his time machine.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, exciting, suspense, intense, romantic, atmospheric
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Frequency (2016)
Plot Summary:
Detective Raimy Sullivan is stunned when a voice suddenly crackles through her father’s old, long-broken ham radio – it’s Frank Sullivan, somehow transmitting over the airwaves and through the decades from 1996. Separated by twenty years, father and daughter have reunited on a frequency only they can hear, but can they rewrite the story of their lives without risking everyone they love?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, detective, suspense, atmospheric, spiritual, sitcom
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Erased (2017)
Plot Summary:
After finding his mom killed, Satoru's time-traveling ability takes him back 18 years for a chance to prevent her death and those of three classmates.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, exciting, sad, manga, sitcom, psychological thriller