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Plot Summary:
In the early 1990s, the orphan Jane Xiaoai was forced to drop out of school due to her family’s poverty and moved to Guangzhou to work. In Guangzhou, she worked as a small restaurant worker and a tea girl in a foreign trade company. With her cleverness, kindness, and daring fighting spirit, she has grown into an excellent foreign trade merchandiser and business manager. But Jane Eyre is not satisfied with the identity leap that has been achieved. After several setbacks, she established her own foreign trade company. After experiencing the 1998 financial turmoil in Southeast Asia and the 2008 financial crisis, she relied on the results of China’s reform and opening up. China’s booming foreign trade trend eventually grew into the boss of a multinational.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
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A Man Who Went to Mars (2003)
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Little Seung-jae stays up all night and writes letters to So-hee, pretending to be her father in Mars. Leaving Seung-jae's innocent heart behind, So-hee leaves for a big city. Both grown up to be adults, Seung-jae is a postman who writes letters to So-hee's grandma - the letters that never came from So-hee. So-hee's heart hardens after hardships in life and she comes back to her hometown and Seung-jae's heart swells up again at seeing her again.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
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Irreplaceable Love (2020)
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After Li Chu Yao loses her younger brother Chu Chen to an accident, Li Luo Shu, the orphan who lives across the street, takes Chu Chen's place in the Li household to appease his mentally unstable mother. Years pass, and Luo Shu develops romantic feelings for his ‘older sister’, though decides to keep them hidden after Chu Yao falls in love with and gets engaged to Han Zi Mo. Unfortunately, Han Zi Mo goes on the run after loan sharks come knocking at his door, and Chu Yao is left with a mountain of debt. Luo Shu is gravely injured while trying to protect her, and Chu Yao eventually realizes who she truly loves. They promise to spend the rest of their lives together, yet are soon forced apart by reality.
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Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Innocent Love (2008)
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An arson took it all away from Akiyama Kanon seven years ago. Her parents died in that fire, her brother was arrested as the prime suspect and her carefree life disappeared from that instant. She was shunned by the town as the sister of a murderer, yet she believes in her brother's innocence and often pays him visits with words of encouragement. As life gets harder when nobody is willing to give her a job, Kanon decides to try her luck in the city and there she meets the man of her destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disclosure, entertaining
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Nature Boy (2000)
Plot Summary:
A sensitive young man who relishes time in nature is at odds with the rough urban culture in which he lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
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Evergreen (1985)
Plot Summary:
Based on the novel by Belva Plain, covering a time span from 1909 to 1959. The story begins in New York's Lower East Side with the arrival of Polish-Jewish immigrant Anna (Lesley Ann Warren). At first employed as a humble seamstress, Anna is whisked into a whole new world when she becomes the wife of the enterprising Joseph Friedman (Armand Assante), who eventually becomes a wealthy Westchester contractor. Even so, Anna's heart belongs to Paul Lerner (Ian Shane), the son of the prosperous Fifth Avenue family which employs her relatives. In 1918, Anna gives birth to Paul's daughter, allowing Joseph to believe that he is the father. The secret surrounding Anna's child will lead to a daunting and frequently heartbreaking chain of events, culminating decades later in the newly formed state of Israel, where Anna's grandson Eric hopes to "find himself" -- and ends up finding more than he bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 360 min
Plot tags: historical drama
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Gen Z (2023)
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Ren Xinzheng, a professor at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is dedicated to spreading Chinese medicine. He resigned to set up a traditional Chinese medicine inheritance class, hoping to train successors who can truly pass on the way of Chinese medicine. Unscrupulous Sun Toutou also accidentally joined the mentoring class, and he was at odds with Ren Xinzheng's son Ren Tianzhen, Yang Xiaohong, who had changed his career as a lawyer, Peng Shiyan, a pediatrician at a tertiary hospital, and Zhao Liquan, who wanted to become a famous doctor with the expectation of the whole village, and other students were also incompatible.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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Poor Anastasia (2003)
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Poor Nastya is a Russian telenovela originally aired from 31 October 2003 to 30 April 2004 on the STS. Based on the imperial setting of the 19th century, the series reached international success and was shown in Ukraine, China, Israel, Serbia, Georgia, Greece, Bulgaria and more than twenty countries worldwide. With the budget of $11,8million, it is the most expensive Russian television project of all time. The sequel was planned, but had not been made yet.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 722
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sincere, sentimental, telenovela
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All the Rivers Run (1983)
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Orphaned after a shipwreck off the Victorian coast of Australia, the beautiful and spirited Philadelphia Gordon finds both love and adventure aboard a paddle-steamer on the Murray River.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 702
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 400 min
Plot tags: period drama
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Contra viento y marea (2005)
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Contra viento y marea is a Mexican telenovela aired from April 25 until November 4, 2005. This was also the last acting role of Beatriz Sheridan, who died in 2006 of a heart attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, fairy tale, soap opera, novela, exciting, telenovela
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East of Eden (2008)
Plot Summary:
The fate of two brothers diverge after the murder of their coal miner father, with one joining the mob and the other becoming a successful lawyer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Musashi (2003)
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Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate duel at Ganryujima.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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One Fine Day (2006)
Plot Summary:
One Fine Day is a 2006 South Korean television drama series starring Gong Yoo, Sung Yu-ri, Namgoong Min and Lee Yeon-hee. It aired on MBC from May 31 to July 20, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama
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I'm Sorry, I Love You (2004)
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Cha Moo Hyuk is a man who was adopted by an Australian family but treated cruelly and then abandoned at a young age. By chance, he meets Song Eun Chae, a fashion coordinator dedicated to her employer, singer Choi Yune. Their meeting will have implications for the rest of Cha Moo Hyuk's life as a devastating turn of events leads him to delve into his past, and ultimately find happiness.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: rough, sad, psychological, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, soap opera, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Remi, Nobody's Boy (2016)
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Remi (played by Julian Ras) is a foundling, but apart from that he's just a normal boy, who lives an ordinary life together with Betty Barbarin, the mother who found him. Untill his eleventh birthday, when a big truck stops at their door and Betty's husband returns home after many years. Jerome thinks it's too much, two men under one roof. He takes Remi with him in his truck and abondons him at a gasstation.There Remi is found for the second time in his life. He travels with Vitalis and his animals in their old van. This is the beginning of an adventurous journey in which Remi makes and loses friends and through all the ups and downs finally finds his happiness.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 10 min
Plot tags:
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Lovebird (2013)
Plot Summary:
Tells the story of Feride, an orphaned young girl who is forced to attend a boarding school. While she visits her aunt during holidays, she falls in love with her cousin Kamran. Soon, their love grows to be mutual and intensifies.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, emotional, historical drama, uplifting, dramatic, realistic
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Fanny Hill (2007)
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Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits her as charmingly fresh enough to wait, in-living, on gentlemen.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: costume drama, touching, serious, sincere, romantic, erotic, realistic, biting, suspense, period drama
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Dr. Cutie (2020)
Plot Summary:
To seek revenge Tian Qi enters the palace disguised as a man. Due to her special abilities, she was taken to fancy by the Emperor and became his personal eunuch. As Tian Qi and the Emperor spend time together, the Emperor discovered that she is a girl. It turns out that Tian Qi is the daughter of Minister Ji Qingyun, named Ji Shao. Seven years ago, Ji Qingyun was framed by corrupted ministers and his family was sentenced to death. Only his daughter, Ji Shao survived. The Emperor, having fallen in love with Ji Shao, decides to make her his Empress. However, Ji Shao, who is burdened by her quest for revenge, begins to develop complicated and painful feelings for the Emperor.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, suspenseful, semi serious, costume drama
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My Daughter, Geum Sa-Wol (2015)
Plot Summary:
A family has been dismantled by revenge and hate, but Geum Sa-Wol (Baek Jin-Hee) attempts to build up a dream house for the dismantled family.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Golden Rainbow (2013)
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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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Don't mess with an angel (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cuidado Con El Ángel is a Telenovela distributed by Televisa starring Maite Perroni and William Levy. The telenovela, a production of Nathalie Lartilleux, premiered on June 9, 2008 and finished its broadcast March 6, 2009. It had millions of viewers worldwide, and broke records in America.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, soap opera, touching, emotional, novela, captivating, realistic, crying, telenovela
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Humble Maria (1995)
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María la del barrio, the third telenovela in the Las Tres Marías trilogy, is a Mexican telenovela starring Thalía, Fernando Colunga, Itatí Cantoral, Ricardo Blume, Irán Eory and the young actors Ludwika Paleta & Osvaldo Benavides. It was produced and broadcast on Televisa in 1995–1996. The series is a remake of Los Ricos También Lloran, which featured Verónica Castro, Rogelio Guerra and Rocío Banquells. María la del barrio is considered one of the most popular and successful telenovelas ever, having been broadcast in over 180 countries and watched by more than two billion people.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, hispanic, serious, emotional, realistic, telenovela
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You are My Destiny (2008)
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Jang Sae-byuk is a cheerful and grateful orphan who always tries her best. She dreams of one day becoming an interior designer, despite her lack of education and money. Because of an accident that happened before the story starts (about three years ago), she loses her sight and undergoes corneal transplant surgery. Different events unravel when she encounters the Kim family, who has lost a daughter in a horrible car crash, unbeknownst to everyone besides the father and older brother. The stories then intertwine when Sae-byuk meets the Kim's extended family and the son of a big interior design company, Lohas, in Korea.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama
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Ella (2010)
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Years ago, a late nurse's young daughter, Ella, was discredited with stepfather Norbert by his wicked daughter Clio and send off to and exploited by her aunt 'tarantula', her only comfort being the friendship of young Jens. Once 18, Ella leaves and ends up in Lier, where Dr. Norbert is running a private clinic owned by recluse Nicolas De Prins's family. Intrigues abound long before Ella meets and recognizes either relative, her mysterious dad or Jens, who ends up comatose after chasing her. Meanwhile Ella made new friends and moved in with a loony hairdresser and her gay deputy Anthony.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, telenovela
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When Hope Calls (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of sisters Lillian and Grace who open an orphanage in the 1916 Western town of Brookfield. Caught between the traditions of cattle ranchers and the ambitions of a growing town, they strive to find romance and happiness while overcoming the challenges of helping the children in their care.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: light, sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, period drama
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Great Expectations (1981)
Plot Summary:
Mini-series based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: period drama
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Surgeons (2017)
Plot Summary:
Renhe Hospital nurse Zhang Shumei is forced to resign after being suspected of accidentally killing a patient. Zhang Shumei’s 4 year old daughter is abducted, and she herself dies in a car accident a couple of years later. 30 years later, Zhang Shumei’s son Zhuang Shu returns to the hospital as a surgeon who is intent on unraveling the secret behind his family’s misfortune.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: medical drama, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Tangled Hearts (2013)
Plot Summary:
This Brazilian soap opera is about three orphans and a girl who spent part of their childhood together, reunite after years when they're already grown. Old feelings will arise and new discoveries will happen about these kids' pasts and futures.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, soap opera, telenovela
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Jane Eyre (1983)
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After living a miserable life with her aunt, orphaned Jane Eyre is sent to Lowood, a residential school for children of limited means. Jane takes the advice of her friend and over many years takes her studies seriously, eventually advertising for a position as a governess. She obtains a position in the home of Edward Rochester, where his ward, Adele, has recently come to live. She soon realizes that there is something odd in the house and she regularly sees shadowy figures in windows or hears voices. No one will admit to their being anyone else in the house, however. As she and her new employers develop a deep affection for one another, the secret of the Rochester household threatens to keep them apart.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 239 min
Plot tags: gothic, costume drama, sentimental, serious, period piece, historical drama, realistic, stylized, period drama
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Vanity Fair (1998)
Plot Summary:
This faithful BBC adaptation once again brings William Makepeace Thackeray's classic satirical novel to the screen. Becky Sharp (Natasha Little) is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at any cost. The Napoleonic Wars provide a dramatic backdrop as Becky sets out to manipulate various characters -- from London ballrooms to the battlefields of Waterloo.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: costume drama, historical drama, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, witty, stylized, period piece, period drama