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Plot Summary:
A cute and bubbly divorced mom faces life's challenges head on and works hard to turn her dreams into reality. She meets a single dad, thus beginning a story about two families coming together.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Tian Mimi (2007)
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
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The Love You Give Me (2023)
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Many years ago, a young woman named Min Hui fell for a young man named Xin Qi. They dreamed of spending the rest of their lives together and had even planned to marry. But things between them became complicated. Xin Qi suffered from a dangerous and potentially life-threatening heart condition. And a misunderstanding between them led them to split acrimoniously. Now, years later, they are reunited at a business event. Min Hui has risen to become an R&D director at a tech firm and Xin Qi has also made a name for himself in the business world. Deciding that “fate” has brought them back into contact for a reason, they start to talk. But Min Hui reveals that she has a son. What is more, a paternity test appears to show that the child is Xin Qi’s! Xin Qi reacts by taking on the role of the boy’s father – much to the child’s delight. But will this lead them back down the path to romance? Or has their love ship already sailed?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
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Modern People (2011)
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A modern inspirational drama based on the fashion industry, it tells of eight young adults and their experiences with love in the workplace. Their stories get intertwined, and love triangles form as they face difficulties on the way of pursuing their dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
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Romantic Princess (2007)
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Adopted by middle classed parents, Xiao Mai has always had a dream to be an heiress. Who knew that one day this dream would come true. Xiao Mai's biological grandfather is the head of a prestigous aristocratic family and after many years of searching, he finally finds his long lost granddaughter. As she starts her life as an heiress, everyday is filled with excitement, however, everything seems a bit different from what she had imagined them to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 72 min
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Swan Dive for Love (2015)
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The play tells the story of the wedding planning director Wang Mao and the career rookie Huang Yi Ran, after experiencing various contradictions and hardships, they decided to join hands in this life.
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Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
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All Out of Love (2018)
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Can you fight through your emotions when you know something is wrong? Jiang Sheng and Liang Sheng are half-siblings who grew up through a difficult childhood with only each other to rely on. When their feelings for each other turn into more than just brother and sister, they both try to suppress their feelings because they know that it’s wrong. Years later, Liang Sheng gets into a car accident and disappears without a trace. With the help of Cheng Tian You, Jiang Sheng looks for Liang Sheng without any luck. Tian You falls in love with Jiang Sheng, and the two get married. But when Liang Sheng reappears, what difficult choices will Jiang Sheng have to make?.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
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A Girl Like Me (2021)
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The beautiful baroness, duchess, princess (She gets promoted a lot!) Ban Hua has skirted marital bliss three times. Her straight-shooting manner and explosive temper ensured that each relationship ended in disaster – for the potential grooms! Despite her awful reputation, she is quite well-meaning and thoughtful deep down.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: costume drama
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Be Yourself (2021)
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Four young women begin life at university. Although they are firm friends, they are very different in almost every regard.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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My Heroic Husband (2021)
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Heroine Ning Yi one's background is slightly cold, however from beginning to end positive enterprising, from compose poem, from business, to learn martial arts, Qi, from the initial ease to spend the tauntuse, gradually assume more responsibility, help Su Tan son to start a business together, the friends and relatives who help the side again realized respective ideal, aid people hardship, grant a person to fish. After the face of domestic affairs, Ning Yi and a group of people repeatedly in danger, but ultimately rely on courage and wisdom to protect the city of Lin An. Just as the saying goes, "a small verbous husband is a big world", Ning Yi has grown from a verbous husband who just wants to do things by himself to a person with a real mind for the world. The other characters also have their own growth, and finally contribute their own strength to the big situation.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, costume drama, heroic
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When I Fly Towards You (2023)
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Set off by a sweet chance encounter, 16-year-old Su Zaizai finds herself helplessly drawn to Zhang Lurang — her smart, charming yet distant schoolmate.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 841
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Be With You (2020)
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A young cartoonist intentionally gets near Ji Yan Xin, a cold and arrogant professor. Qi Nian, a girl with a straightforward personality hopes that interacting with Ji Yan Xin would give her inspiration and creative materials for her comic plot. Coincidentally Ji Yan Xin’s younger brother Ji Si Qi becomes Qi Nian’s assistant and a catalyst for their relationship to progress and blossom.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tsundere
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Moonlight (2021)
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After graduating from university, with a passion for publishing, Chu Li successfully entered her dream company, Yuan Yue Publishing House. However, a challenging path lies ahead of her. She was shocked to find out that the publishing industry at this time has undergone huge changes. With her sincerity and professionalism, she earned the respect of renowned authors and became their exclusive editor. Chu Li overcomes the obstacles in her career and finally becomes an established editor. Renowned author Zhou Chuan is said to be gentle as a jade when he’s really not. The two are immediately at odds but Zhou Chuan later discovers that Chu Li is his online friend Monkey. She also discovers that her close online friend, "L Jun" is Zhou Chuan.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: tsundere
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My Dear Lady (2020)
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After getting a divorce from her husband, Ling Xunxun decides to celebrate her singlehood. However on her way to a party, her car collided with a luxurious car on the roadside. The owner of the car Cheng Li, a young man who appears to be a university graduate, asked her for a huge amount of compensation. What makes the situation worse is that the he also turns out to be the boss of her new company.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, humorous, emotional, talky
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All I Want for Love is You (2019)
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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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Love in Time (2020)
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Two former enemies from high school whose lives keep intersecting end up in a contract marriage with each other as adults. Xu Jian'an is an unknown author whose family is in a tough spot. To alleviate her situation, she has no choice but to agree to enter into a contract marriage with Lu Boyan. Lu Boyan has become a guru in the world of investments. The two people who have very different temperaments are also at odds due to a childhood misunderstanding, yet they must know to learn to live together. A sweet cohabitation war under the same roof ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, humorous, emotional, talky
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A Little Thing Called First Love (2019)
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An ordinary girl falls head over heels for the most popular boy in school. Xia Miaomiao is a shy, artistic student who develops a crush on a handsome, talented classmate and embarks on a journey of self-discovery through college. Because of Liang Younian, Xia Miaomiao decides to make a change. Through the help of her friends, she starts to learn about fashion, join school clubs, and studies hard to raise her grades. Her ordinary life becoming more colorful by the day.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
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Plot tags: dorama, light, romantic, affectionate, teen comedy
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Put Your Head on My Shoulder (2019)
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As Si Tu Mo's graduation is nearing, she is confused about her future plans. Her ordinary days are suddenly shaken up when the genius Physics student Gu Wei Yi appears in her life. The two accidentally end up living together and chaos begins.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, touching, sweet, humorous, captivating, entertaining, visually appealing, romantic
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My Story For You (2018)
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It’s 1998, and Zhang Chang Gong gets his first taste of success as a developer in an IT company. At the same time, he meets and falls in love with Li Mu Zi, a kind and intelligent university student. Unfortunately the IT bubble soon bursts, and Zhang Chang Gong is left unemployed. With the help of his friends and family, Chang Gong faces the challenges head on, and eventually becomes a top-selling author.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, inspirational, romantic comedy
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Crocodile and the Plover Bird (2019)
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A story about young people hoping to pioneer architectural improvements that will benefit the generations to come. A stone-faced genius meets his opposite and they clash from the start. Hate turns to love between these two people who first meet at the animal research society. Li Na Nen is a young woman from a small town who has always been passionate about Chinese culture and traditional architecture. After graduating, she heads to Bordeaux University to pursue her studies in the field. She somehow ends up joining the animal research society where she meets Zhou Er Wen. He is a young man who advocates ecological preservation. Given his interest in modern architecture, he is devoted to finding synergies in both. Li Na Nen and Zhou Er Wen start out at odds with each other and Gao Mu finds himself to be the constant mediator. Their experiences bring them together as they strive to bring to fruition a project referred to as the hanging garden.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Love The Way You Are (2019)
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Zhen Yuan Yuan is a plump girl who fell in love with her high school senior named Ruan Dong Shen but they were separated due to some misunderstanding. Many years later they were once again reunited in their adulthood. Now Yuan Yuan had slim down and became a fashion model with the stage name Eva while Dong Shen became a successful entrepreneur and chef. They began an incredibly miraculous journey of love together but.....it may not be as he planned.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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Love Actually (2017)
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It’s a story about the eras of the 70s, 80s and 90s; about the rapid development of the great era of love and how to deal with the success and failure of life, self-growth and self-transformation. It’s a drama genre of modern day city life; about singles’ rigid pursuit of love; about the lives of a group of ordinary people. It avoids dramatic negative energy. Instead, it’ll bring forth positive energy to encourage men and women to move positively forward in life and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Begin Again (2020)
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It tells the story of a domineering female CEO and a warm doctor who turn a fake relationship into reality due to practical reasons. Having exchanged their 'I do's', they start on a new chapter of their lives as they learn to fall in love. Lu Fangning is the general manager of Luning Group, a large corporation in the business of home furniture. Lu Fangning is a woman who has it all - talented, beautiful and rich. Nearing her thirties, Lu Fangning succumbs to family pressures and decides that she urgently needs a husband with whom she will have a child. Coincidentally, surgeon Ling Rui appears in front of her. Ling Rui is not only blessed with good looks but also has an angelic heart, which makes him the perfect candidate in the eyes of Lu Fangning. She schemes her way to his life and they finally become husband and wife. Lu Fangning eventually realizes the error in her ways and strives to be better. However, keeping a marriage is not as easy as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Cupid's Kitchen (2022)
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Lin Kesong has an acute sense of taste. To pursue the guy that she likes, she came to America. There, she meets renowned Michelin-certified chef Jiang Qianfan, who takes her in as a disciple and teaches her cooking skills. Together, they prepare for the cooking competition three months later. However, despite having an acute sense of taste, Lin Kesong does not have any talent in cooking.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, captivating, romantic, dramatic
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A Servant of Two Masters (2014)
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A middle-aged single father Yang is conservative, lives with and raises his daughter alone. He works as driver of aloof hostess Tang and meets young Miss Gu who looks like his ex-wife. Both two women fall in love with Yang.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Love Stories in the Countryside (2006)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
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Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating
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Please Feel At Ease Mr. Ling (2021)
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A story of how the 'rabbit' brings home a 'big bad wolf' follows a young woman named Gu An Xin who chances upon the hotshot executive Ling Yue after he encountered an accident. Gu An Xin picked up a man. At first, she thought he was stupid, but after a few days of interaction, he proves himself to be a genius. As it turns out, Ling Yue got into an accident after being caught in the ugly fight for succession of a powerful conglomerate. With two people so different from each other living together, what kind of relationship will it bring? (Source: ChineseDrama.info) ~~ Adapted from the novel "I Accidentally Picked Up Love" by Chun Feng.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating
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Intense Love (2020)
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A love story between a genius doctor and an actress who are two people who both refuse to have their marriage arranged by their parents, yet realize that love is destined.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, light, romantic, captivating, melancholic, disturbing, dorama
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Use for My Talent (2021)
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Because of his incomplete family, Gu Ren Qi has a closed up personality and mysophobia. Shuang Jiao used to have a happy family, but later lost her mother in a car accident, and became a slovenly person. The two became acquainted when Shuang Jiao becomes an employee in Gu Ren Qi's cleaning company. The two became closer as they get to know each other. Under each other's influence, they began to heal from their wounds.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic
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Dating in the Kitchen (2020)
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Working as an assistant chef at the Zijing Hotel, Gu Sheng Nan was a woman well on her way to making her dreams come true. Well situated, in a job that she loved, she was free to express herself through her food, as she sharpened her skills as a chef. In addition to having a great job, she was happily settled in her secret relationship with the hotel’s head chef. Convinced they were destined to build a beautiful life together, Sheng Nan was devastated the day she caught her boyfriend cheating. As if breaking up with her boyfriend wasn’t bad enough, Sheng Nan soon learns that she may soon be out of a job, thanks to the hotel’s impending acquisition. To make matters worse, an unfortunate misunderstanding lands her on the wrong side of her soon-to-be boss, the sharp-tongued CEO, Lu Jin.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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My Girl (2020)
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One day, they came across each other again when Meng Hui, now a makeup artist, meets Shen Yi whom she thought was a junior staff of the cosmetics company LS, but in reality, is the president of the company. Unexpectedly provoked by something, Meng Hui suddenly declares herself as the president's girlfriend due to a delusional attack caused by her disorder. In order to get the formula of her self-made foundation liquid, Shen Yi pretends to be her boyfriend. Regardless of the roles Meng Hui wants to become, Shen Yi will not give up trying to cooperate. When Meng Hui learned that he was the one who injured her long ago, how should the wounds between them be healed?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, entertaining, satirical, semi serious