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Plot Summary:
The satirical comedy takes place in a four-story apartment building in the suburbs of Seoul inhabited by a number of professionals: doctors, judges, prosecutors, professors, and their wives. The wives are from prestigious and highly educated backgrounds, and part of the plot will feature their efforts to get their children admitted into universities. Some grew up in families with multiple generations of doctors or lawyers, and their ambitions will be depicted with realism and comedy.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, dorama, emotional, dark comedy, humorous, light, entertaining
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Heaven's Promise (2016)
Plot Summary:
Na-Yeon is a bright woman. She supports her boyfriend Tae-Joon, who is from a poor background, and has even given up entering a university. But Tae-Joon dumps her for his success and goes with Se-Jin, who is a granddaughter of Baekdoo Company president. Do-Hee is Na-Yeon’s twin sister. She is arrogant and tough. Do-Hee works as a reporter at a weekly magazine. After Na-Yeon’s death, Do-Hee decides to take revenge. She takes on the identity of her sister Na-Yeon. Do-Hee then meets Hwi-Kyung, who is successor of Baekdoo Company.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, realistic, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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School 2013 (1999)
Plot Summary:
School 2013 is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Jang Nara, Choi Daniel, Lee Jong-suk and Kim Woo-bin. The teen drama depicts the struggles and dilemmas that modern-day Korean youth face, such as bullying, student suicides, school violence, deteriorating teacher-student relations, private tutoring and other real-life high school issues, all within the confines of one small classroom at Seung Ri High School. It is the fifth installment of KBS's "School" series which aired from 1999 through 2002. It aired on KBS2 from December 3, 2012 to January 28, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama
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Orphan Black (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sara Aoyama, a broke and desperate single mother who wishes to live with her daughter Moe in peace, witnesses the shocking suicide of a woman who looks just like her. When she decides to steal the woman’s identity to run away from her problems, she unlocks a world of secrets and a whole heap of trouble. Sara discovers she doesn’t just look like this woman, she’s genetically identical: a clone – and she’s not the only one. As she finds more clones just like her, she comes to see them as a family. Sara must protect them, and herself – because someone is trying to kill them, one by one.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Hold Me Tight (2018)
Plot Summary:
A married couple faces a crisis involving death. They look back at their past together and recognize the importance of love between them and their family. Nam Hyun-Joo (Han Hye-Jin) married her university senior Kim Do-Young (Yoon Sang-Hyun). They live a happy life as a husband and wife. Kim Do-Young works as an architect and was once thought of as a genius in his field. His refusal to make compromises and stickto his style has caused difficulties with his job. One day, Nam Hyun-Joo asks for a divorce and Kim Do-Young's first love Shin Da-Hye (Yu In-Young) appears.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, heartbreaking, emotional
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49 Days (2011)
Plot Summary:
Shin Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to marry her fiancé, Kang Min Ho, but her perfect life is shattered when she gets into a car accident that leaves her in a coma. She is given a second chance at life by a reaper, but it comes with a condition: she has to find three people outside of her family who would cry genuine tears for her. In order to do this, she borrows the body of Yi Kyung, a part-time employee at a convenience store for 49 days. 49 Days is a 2011 South Korean television drama series, starring Lee Yo-won, Jo Hyun-jae, Jung Il-woo, Bae Soo-bin, Nam Gyu-ri and Seo Ji-hye. It aired on SBS from March 16 to May 19, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: emotional, semi serious, humorous, dorama, sentimental, suspenseful, soap opera, touching, witty
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My Rosy Life (2005)
Plot Summary:
Maeng Soon-yi has sacrificed everything in her life for the sake of others. She missed out on her youth because she was too busy taking care of her father, who started drinking heavily after her mother abandoned them when Soon-yi was 10 years old. Soon-yi gave up on her own education so that she could earn the money to pay for her younger siblings' tuition. Soon-yi's younger sister Young-yi, is now a successful career woman. She is having an affair with a married man, Lee Jung-do. Jung-do was Young-yi's first love, but he broke up with her for the sake of his career. While younger brother Chul-soo has settled down in the United States where he's earning his doctorate degree, completely ignoring his responsibilities at home. Soon-yi perseveres despite the constant hardships that life throws at her. Until one day, she is jolted when Ban Sung-moon , her husband with whom she has two daughters, tells her that he has fallen in love with another woman and demands a divorce. Worse, she is diagnosed with stomach cancer shortly after. Abandoned by everyone around her, all those who she has worked so hard to make happy her entire life, Soon-yi decides that it's never too late to start living the life you want, and begins to be a little selfish and find some true happiness. When they find out about her disease, her family finally realizes what she means to them. And her husband Sung-moon also rethinks his actions and finally shows her the genuine meaning of marital love.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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The Lady in Dignity (2017)
Plot Summary:
Woo Ah-Jin lives a luxurious life due to her wealthy father-in-law, but her father-in-law's finances become decimated and her husband betrays her. Woo Ah-Jin's life hits rock bottom. Park Bok-Ja is a mysterious woman and she hides her heartbreaking story. She brings about fierce hardship on Woo Ah-Jin.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet
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Who Are You: School 2015 (2015)
Plot Summary:
After losing her memory in an accident, a bullied high school orphan finds herself in the place of an identical-looking girl who's gone missing.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, sincere, sentimental, light, visually appealing, romantic, heartfelt
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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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True Dare Kiss (2007)
Plot Summary:
True Dare Kiss is a British television drama produced for BBC One. It is written by Debbie Horsfield and produced by Marcus Wilson and features Dervla Kirwan, David Bradley and Lorraine Ashbourne. It concerns the reunion of four sisters and a brother following the death of their estranged father, uncovering the truth, hiding secrets, and a cataclysmic event in the past. The series, set in the city of Manchester in the North-West of England, was aired in six parts from 28 June 2007. Filming for the series began on 8 January 2007.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, bleak, realistic, saga
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The Suspicious Housekeeper (2013)
Plot Summary:
Eun Sang-Chul (Lee Sung-Jae) and his four children encounter difficulties after the sudden death of his wife. Then, a suspicious housekeeper named Park Bok-Nyeo (Choi Ji-Woo) appears. Because of the housekeeper, Eun Sang-Chul and his children faces various cases and family members who hate each other begin to experience love and reconciliation.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Revolutionary Sisters (2021)
Plot Summary:
While in the process of filing for a divorce, a mother is murdered. All of her immediate family members are potential suspects.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, humorous, captivating, suspense
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Class of Lies (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ki Moo-Hyeok, a lawyer with a high winning rate, only cares about money. Due to a murder case at a high school which he deals with, his reputation as a lawyer hits rock bottom. To regain his good name as a lawyer, he sneaks into the high school and work as a temporary teacher. He tries to reveal a secret which the students have, and gets involved with Teacher Ha So-Hyun, a P.E. teacher who loves her students. They then face the students'secret.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, tense, slasher, suspense
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Miss Mermaid (2002)
Plot Summary:
《인어 아가씨》는 MBC에서 2002년 6월 24일부터 2003년 6월 27일까지 246부작으로 방영되었던 드라마이다.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Penthouse: War in Life (2020)
Plot Summary:
A woman puts everything on the line to achieve her goal of being able to move into a luxury penthouse in the Gangnam District. In the process, she gradually finds herself turning into a monster.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, uplifting, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, entertaining
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An Ordinary Woman (2018)
Plot Summary:
Marina is in her late 30s, she has a successful business and a close-knit family. Her husband is a surgeon and her daughters study at fancy establishments. To everybody her life seems perfect. Though, it is all just a facade concealing the real problems: her husband has a mistress, her elder daughter is a slacker and drug-dealer, her youngest is a sociopath. Well, Marina herself is not really a flower-lady, but a brothel-keeper who is hiding her dark business from everyone. The truth may come out when a girl of Marina’s is found dead.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 875
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: disturbing, captivating, talky, suspense, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Ice Adonis (2012)
Plot Summary:
"Yellow Boots" is a drama about the revenge of a woman who lost everything after being framed for a crime.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, compassionate
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The Debut (2021)
Plot Summary:
Fame decides to audition for the famous idol group "Newtype" to find the truth about the death of her sister Farn, a former member of the group. She need to change herself from a rock girl to fit into Newtype, with the help of Kla. Her investigation led her to witness that many members of the group have violated their own rules. This entire experience also created a conflict with her rocker boyfriend Ble, who does not like the fact that they are in a secret relationship What will Fame do? And what will she choose between her relationship and finding out the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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The Ending Planner (2012)
Plot Summary:
Saikō no Jinsei no Owarikata: Ending Planner is a Japanese television drama series. It premiered on TBS on January 12, 2012. The drama revolves around the members of the Ihara family who operate a funeral parlor in Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, dorama
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Tempted (2018)
Plot Summary:
Love is just a game for a chaebol heir who agrees to a petty bet with his friends to seduce a college student — until he starts to fall for her.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 32 min
Plot tags: dorama, sincere, tense, romantic, thought provoking
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Pinocchio (2014)
Plot Summary:
Amidst a sea of young news reporters competing for the next scoop, Choi In Ha finds herself in a tricky position, as she cannot tell a lie without a dead giveaway: breaking into a violent hiccup. Meanwhile, first-year reporter Choi Dal Po proves his remarkable memory and communication skills by downplaying his good looks with a dumpy veneer of bad hair and clothing. But in a world where hard facts rule, how far can you get by lying?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, touching, sentimental, funny, exciting, romantic drama
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Beautiful World (2019)
Plot Summary:
This drama tells the story of a boy who becomes critically injured due to an incident of school violence and his family who seeks the truth and fights for justice in his name.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tear jerker, tearjerker
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House of Hancock (2015)
Plot Summary:
House of Hancock tells the epic true story of the Hancock dynasty and the bizarre love triangle that emerged between Lang, his daughter Gina, and his beautiful Filipina housekeeper Rose.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, epic, saga
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Solomon's Perjury (2016)
Plot Summary:
A male student's body is found at school. Authorities assume that the student killed himself in a fall. Other students at the school hold a trial to uncover the truth behind his death.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Family Affairs (1997)
Plot Summary:
Focuses on the lives of residents in the fictional London suburb of Charnham.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, melancholic, sincere
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King Of Duval County (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Black Family a once powerful respected family has lost power in the city of Jacksonville.11 years has past and now the city is controlled by 4 family's.Young Antonio must return to the city and reclaim the Black family's respect and power.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, bleak, disturbing
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Innocent Days (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sasaki Shinichi looks at his childhood friend Tanaka Yukino in court. Yukino is sentenced to death. She went to her ex-boyfriend’s apartment and caused his wife and child to burn to death. Shinichi knows his childhood friend and perceives that she is innocent. He wants to save Yukino and meets people who knew her including her sister and former classmates. ~~Based on the novel "Innocent Days" by Kazumasa Hayami.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Justice (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lee Tae Kyung is a star lawyer with the best win rate. He is able to win cases by using his sharp logic and intelligent speeches. He amasses power and wealth by dealing with clients who are part of the elite class. His cases are usually referred from Song Woo Yong who is the owner of a construction company. Lee Tae Kyung gets these high class criminals acquitted or at minimum receive probation. He first became a lawyer to get revenge for his younger sister, but has since become focused on money. He changes when he deals with a series of cases involving missing actresses. Meanwhile, Song Woo Yong has grown his construction company by funneling criminal cases involving wealthy people to Lee Tae Kyung. For his family, he desires even more power. He comes into conflict with Lee Tae Kyung over the cases involving missing actresses.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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If Tomorrow Comes (1986)
Plot Summary:
This mini-series focuses on two people, Tracy Whitney and Jeff Stevens. In the beginning, Tracy was an innocent, who was in love and pregnant, with the son of an affluent family. Obviously her family did not approve of her. She would sent ot prison for a crime she didn't commit. Eventually, she got released. She then set out to get back at the people who framed her. She would try to rebuild her life but her prison record would always be a hindrance. She would be offered a job, stealing jewelry. Jeff is con-man who thought he found true love, but when he learned that his wife did not feel about him as he did, decided to con some of her friends and divorce her. Their paths would cross when Tracy after stealing what she was contracted to, meets up with some policemen, one of whom is Jeff. Apparently her boss tried to double cross her but she manages to outwit them.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 304 min
Plot tags: romantic, entertaining, tense, sexy, thought provoking, feel good, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, sincere
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Desperate Housewives (2004)
Plot Summary:
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama-mystery series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired Sundays at 9 P.M. Eastern/8 P.M. Central, on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012. Executive producer Cherry served as showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee, Joey Murphy, David Grossman, and Larry Shaw. The main setting of the show was Wisteria Lane, a street in the fictional American town of 'Fairview' in the fictional 'Eagle State'. The show followed the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of a dead neighbor who committed suicide in the very first episode. The storyline covers thirteen years of the women's lives over eight seasons, set between the years 2004–2008, and later 2013–2017. They worked through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their — at the surface — beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood. The show featured an ensemble cast, headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp, and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis. Brenda Strong narrated the show as the deceased Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: witty, humorous, sexy, soap opera, sexual, stylized, exciting, cynical, biting, cliffhanger