Best tv shows like My True Friend
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Plot Summary:
A modern drama focusing on the relationship between real estate agents and customers wanting to find the perfect home in a growing property market.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like My True Friend (2019):
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Something Just Like This (2020)
Plot Summary:
Qian Xi Xi grew up living with Duan Ran, a second-generation heir of a rich family. The two childhood sweethearts are inseparable even after they enter the work force as e-commerce entrepreneurs. They experience ups and downs, obstacles and complications that are beyond what they had imagined. But throughout the process, they made friends with people who share similar ambitions and together, they carve out their own path. Follow their journey of discovering true love and fulfilling their dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, sweet
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Perfect World (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tsugumi, who works at an interior design firm, has an unexpected encounter with her first love from high school, Itsuki, at a dinner with her client’s whole comp any, an architectural firm. Seeing Itsuki, who is a registered architect with a first-class license and is quite charming, brings back the faint memories from high school. In the middle of dinner, he quietly slips away and begins to head home, getting into a wheelchair. “You didn’t know? Itsuki was in an accident in college, and he can’t walk.” Tsugumi, her pulse racing, takes a step back and thinks to herself, “I can’t love someone in a wheelchair. It’s just not possible to date someone like that.” But when she accepts the reality of the situation and interacts with Itsuki, who struggles but fights to survive each day, she becomes overwhelmed with emotions that she has kept since her youth.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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The Gravity of a Rainbow (2019)
Plot Summary:
A story about three modern-day women who make different decisions, how it affects them in the workplace and changes their friendship and how they find love.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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My Shining Girl (2012)
Plot Summary:
The drama is about the events that happen in a broadcasting company. This drama also focus on the love triangel between the three main characters, Kang Min (Kim Hyung Joon), a top star in the Korean entertainment buisness who a is bit temperametal. No Yong Woo (Park Kwang Hyun), a well know producer. and Jun Ji Hyun (So E Hyun), a newly minted scriptwritter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing
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Lucky's First Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
A story about first love and romances from the perspective of three couples in the workplace. It follows an independent young woman brimming with potential who crosses paths with a black-bellied boss. Because of the prosperous meaning behind her name, Xing Yun is recruited by Xia Ke to work at his gaming company. He is determined and headstrong, a son who refused to take over the family business and chose to make it on his own. In her journey from a sketch artist to a gaming designer, she experiences many extremes and jumps many hurdles in dealing with her black-bellied boss. Their continuous bickering brings them closer and the girl who has never been in love before finds that the last hurdle is love.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Face Off (2017)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from comic 'Please! Make Me Beautiful!'. The candid and straightforward Chen Zhen works as a salesgirl for cosmetics. She meets Wang Yi, a leading prosthetic makeup artist, at a fashion show by chance. And thus, commences her pursuit in the field of prosthetic makeup, while romance blossoms between the two.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Princess Silver (2019)
Plot Summary:
Rong Le, a princess of the royal family of the Xiqi Kingdom who wakes up one day to find that she has lost her memory. She is ordered to marry Wu You, seventh prince of the neighboring Beilin Kingdom, though her husband-to-be refuses to let her inside his manor. Unable to return home, Rong Le settles down in Beilin and opens a teahouse under the alias of Man Yao. It is rumored that the Qin family has misplaced an extraordinary tome that will supposedly usher in a time of prosperity for all the kingdoms, and Man Yao embarks on a journey to find the book. Man Yao and Wu You meet and fall in love without realizing each other's true identity, though they are forced to separate when Rong Le's brother Rong Qi orders her to marry the powerful General Fu Chou.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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When the Camellia Blooms (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dongbaek is a single mother. When a potential new love enters her life, she finds ways to defy the social stigmas surrounding her.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, romantic comedy
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Should We Kiss First (2018)
Plot Summary:
Son Moo-Han works as a managing director of an advertising company. An Soon-Jin lost her daughter unexpectedly and she works as a flight attendant. Eun Kyung-Soo is An Soon-Jin’s ex-husband and he is now married to Baek Ji-Min.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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Best Friends in Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
Aoi Miura (Sota Fukushi) was born and grew up in Toyama Prefecture. He has an indecisive personality and does not like summer. He was the focal member of the high school swimming team, but he now works as an assistant at a small architectural office in Tokyo. One summer day, he meets his childhood friend and first love Akari Serizawa. During their school days they spent everyday hanging out together until the fireworks night in their 3rd year of high school. That night, Akari suddenly disappeared. Now, Akari has a man named Aoi.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, romantic drama
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The Best of You in My Mind (2020)
Plot Summary:
A story follows two childhood friends, a young woman from a broken family and a conceited archer, as they fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, dorama
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Go Go Squid! (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tong Nian is a genius 19-year-old student with high IQ and low EQ, who is also a famous anime cosplay person and sings well. She’s falls in love at first sight with Han Shang Yan, who is a game genius in the e-sports world and never pays attention to the girls.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, romantic drama
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Blossom in Heart (2019)
Plot Summary:
Romance between a girl who wants to seek revenge for her father, and the second son of the Yue family who owns a rogue manufacturing factory.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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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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My Little Princess (2016)
Plot Summary:
Should some places be off limits to the poor? The Si Ye Art Institute is an elite arts high school for the children of wealthy families whose students go on to attend the most exclusive universities. Jiang Yu Nian is one of the most popular boys at the school, but he is cold and emotionally distant after the death of his sister. The exclusive school and its privileged students are turned upside down when Lin Xing Chen, a talented art student from a poor background, is admitted. Xing Chen faces immediate bullying from the other rich students, but will Yu Nian try to protect the kindhearted new student?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, touching, suspenseful, dorama
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Humsafar (2011)
Plot Summary:
Khirad and Ashar's marriage is a bad match in the eyes of Ashar's mother. She plots successfully to discredit Khirad in Ashar's eyes, and he distances himself from Khirad despite her repeated pleas of innocence. Their time apart is hard for both with Ashar trying desperately to forget his love for Khirad, and Khirad hardened towards Ashar for mistreating her. Their daughter's illness brings them reluctantly together, reigniting Ashar's longing for Khirad and him offering her his forgiveness. She is appalled and leaves. In his distraught state, Ashar finds out the truth about Khirad's innocence and asks her forgiveness, which she hesitantly gives.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating, cult classic
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Destiny-Like Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
During their childhood, a little girl and a boy made a pledge to meet again. Now at the age of 45, the girl, Kasumi, is now a divorced mother of a son of high school age. She works as hard as she can at a laundry delivery shop for the wealthy, in order to make a living. Then one day, Kasumi encounters a young male designer, Yuri, who has attracted international attention. He is somehow far too familiar with her and pokes his nose into her affairs. Kasumi is initially wary, but she soon learns that he has a pure heart and starts to get drawn to him. These two people with different backgrounds fall in love. Why did Yuri appear before her? Could he be the boy from that time?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Great Craftsman (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1920s, it revolves around aspiring architects and their contributions to the country.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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You Always Haunt My Heart (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kyoko Ogawa is a woman in her 20's and she works at an underwear company. Because of her mother, Kyoko Ogawa has suffered from low self-esteem since she was a child. She is also shaken by two men: Kojiro Yoshizaki and Ren Hoshina. Kojiro Yoshizaki works as an editor for a manga magazine. He is bright, funny and a nice person. Ren Hoshina is a guy that Kyoko Ogawa dated when she attended college. Ren Hoshina was able to see her weakness and was controlling over her. At her job at the underwear company, Ren Hoshina appears in front of her as her boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Best Chicken (2019)
Plot Summary:
One day, Park Choi Go, decides to quit his job at a big company and open up his own chicken restaurant at what used to be a bathhouse. Meanwhile, Seo Bo Ah, an aspiring webtoon writer who secludes herself in the bathhouse, can’t accept that the building she inherited from her grandfather is turning into a chicken restaurant. To take her inheritance back, she becomes Park Choi Go’s employee along with Andrew Kang, a once promising chef who is now homeless. Can Park Choi Go become the ultimate chicken master and achieve his dream?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Over The Sea I Come to You (2019)
Plot Summary:
A story of laughter and tears that surrounds three different families in the journey of sending their children to study abroad. Huang Cheng Dong is forced to accompany his only son Huang Xiao Dong to study in the US after his wife's visa was rejected. In his travels, he meets Lin Sa, a high ranking executive who gives up her career to marry into a rich family and accompanies her new stepdaughter Wu Dan Dan to study abroad. After a series of hilarious mishaps, Huang Cheng Dong learns that Liu Ruo Yu who was supposed to act as his son's guardian has run into troubles of her own leaving him no choice but to find a way to stay in the US. Three families of different backgrounds cross paths in a foreign country and experience many trials that test their relationships with their loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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No Secrets (2019)
Plot Summary:
A story about a young man who can read people's minds and a meritless lawyer who come to protect each other. A tragic case from the past revolving around a car accident connects the lives of Lin Xing Ran and Jiang Xia. After 10 years, the young man who can read minds and the impulsive public defender meet again. Meanwhile, Zhang Xiao Yang is Lin Xing Ran's boss who has a reputation for never having lost a single case while Gu Si Yu is a colleague who becomes a bitter rival.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: China
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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Sleeping Jukujo (2012)
Plot Summary:
Aizawa Senba's husband asks her to get divorced after he meets his first love through facebook and wants to marry her. In order for her to get custody of her son, she decides to work at a luxurious hotel, and there she meets the young heir of the hotel, Takaoka Yuusuke, and starts to have feelings for him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing
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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.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, suspenseful
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Pasta (2010)
Plot Summary:
Pasta follows the dreams and successes of a young woman who aspires to become an elite chef at La Sfera Italian restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, suspenseful
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Chocolate (2019)
Plot Summary:
Brought together by meaningful meals in the past and present, a doctor and a chef are reacquainted when they begin working at a hospice ward.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, romantic drama
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My First First Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Due to various personal reasons, a group of Yun Tae-o’s friends move into his house, where they experience love, friendship, and everything in between.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dorama, humorous, sincere, romantic, touching, sweet, captivating