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Plot Summary:
“Tears on Fire” is a rare production featuring firefighting profession in Taiwan, which portrays the life stories of four firefighters. From their daily work, they have not only witnessed various spectrums of Taiwan’s society, but also been forced to face their own life lessons.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min
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I SWIM (2022)
Plot Summary:
This is a story of rivalry and friendship between two young swimmers; a tale of natural talent versus hard work. Talented swimmer Chung is a transfer student. In his new class, 4C, he meets a swim relay team led by Wing. Despite being proficient in all four styles, Wing is frustrated at his team’s losing streak to Class 4A. At his first swimming gala, Chung plans to show off his skills. Unfortunately, he shows his imperfect starting dives and lack of stamina instead. The mistake he makes in his starting dive even causes his team to lose. After the defeat, he decides to quit the relay match. However, after observing Chung’s freestyle performance, Wing starts teaching him techniques in starting dives and racing. Wing aims to beat Class 4A with the same team members, including Chung.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
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No Regrets In Life (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 60 min
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Classmates Minus (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of former high school pals see their friendship put to test amid their struggles with love, marriage and careers.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 122 min
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Prince of Wolf (2016)
Plot Summary:
A little boy, who was rescued by a pack of wolves after he was separated from his family on a camping trip, grew up to be the wolves' protector against poachers and other humans who invade their sanctuary.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, romantic, scenic
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Long Day's Journey into Light (2015)
Plot Summary:
A story about a group of funeral directors who will accompany the last few days of their clients' lives. It will use black humor to lighten up the topic of death and depict the departure stories of the deceased and their loved ones in a lighthearted yet respectable manner.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
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Crystal Boys (2003)
Plot Summary:
Based on the homonymous novel by Pai Hsien-yung, the story takes place in Taipei in the 1970s, and follows a short period in the life of a young man called Li-Qing (nicknamed A-Qing). When A-Qing is expelled from his school because of "scandalous relations" with classmate Zhao Ying, his father kicks him out of the family home. A-Qing begins to hang out at a park called New Park, a gay cruising area and hangout for gay men, where he meets the novel's other primary characters.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 55 min
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Elite Short Stories: Patrick (2021)
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Away from school, during the winter holidays, three new stories take place while the Las Encinas students celebrate Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 916
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 36 min
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The Teenage Psychic (2017)
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Xiao Zhen is a 16-year-old girl born with the ability to see spirits. As she uses her power to help the living deal with their loved ones on the other side, she must juggle the pressures of teenage life with the demands of the spirit world.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 60 min
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TEPPACHI! (2022)
Plot Summary:
The protagonist Hiroshi Kokusho was an ace rugby player in his high school days attracting national attention, but his forceful play led to an injury. Condemned by his teammates and becoming isolated, he retires. After graduation, he lives on his own but fails to get a regular job, living a dizzying, carefree, day-to-day life. One day, after getting involved in a fight leads to the point of getting the police involved, he is fired from his job at a construction site and is evicted from the apartment he lives in for nonpayment of rent, leaving him at complete loss. Then a man comes to him and says, “let me introduce a job that's perfect for you!” “A dormitory and three meals included! So perfect for your physical strength which you are so proud of!” The job is in fact at a “Ground Self-Defense Force” which protects the peace and security of the country….
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dramatic, exciting, serious
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Take Five: Should we Steal for Love? (2013)
Plot Summary:
Up till 20 years ago, together with his father and 3 other people, Homura Masayoshi was part of the legendary group of thieves that called themselves 「TAKE FIVE」. This group stole from the rich who had acquired their wealth through immoral means. Due to an incident, Masayoshi decided to retire from the group, and settled into his life as a professor of Psychology at a reputable university. One day, he runs into a mysterious homeless woman, who passes him a picture of a Leonardo Da Vinci's painting, which prompts him to re-enter the world of thievery and resurrect 「TAKE FIVE」. Sasahara Rui joined the Burglary Division in the footsteps of her father, who had died in an accident involving a burglary heist. She wows to take down 「TAKE FIVE」 and stop them from stealing again. What was the real reason for the disbanding of 「TAKE FIVE」 20 years ago? Who is the mysterious homeless woman and what is the significance of the Da Vinci picture she had given to Masayoshi? How did Rui's father really died?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
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A Borrowed Life (1994)
Plot Summary:
Sega's children, born into post-war Chinese rule, can't relate to their father's love for Japanese culture, having grown up under Japanese rule before WWII.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: family saga, period drama
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Mom, Don't Do That! (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min
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Befriend (2018)
Plot Summary:
Clumsy Kang Le-yo (Guo Shu Yao, Office Girls) wants to be rich. She crashes funerals to trap rich mourners, picks up cash she finds on the street, and misses no chance to make money the easy way. She is also indebted to a loan shark, and someone special is coming to collect her dues. Bumbling debt collector Chang Liang (Tsao Yu Ning) has terrible luck. His boss borrowed money and ran away, and now Chang Liang has to pay off the loan shark. The problem is, he is just too nice to shake people down. When he has to go collect money from Kang Le-yo, Chang Liang ends up falling for her instead. Ding Shao-en (Edison Wang) is Chang Liang’s best friend, but not one without grievances. He hates Chang Liang's lack of boundaries. Not only does Chang Liang refuse to stop calling him Ding-ding, but now, Ding Shao-en is caught in the middle of an annoying mess between his buddy and the money-hungry girl he likes. Chang Liang and Ding Shao-en know they need money to solve their problems. When they realize Chang Liang is really good at dealing with people, they open the Interpersonal Relationship Office. Together, they help people solve their problems with others. But first, they need to focus on solving their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Mirror (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the face of collusion between officials and businessmen and threats and temptations, journalists from "Firewire News" try to uphold justice, stick to their ideals, and write the most authentic and most emotional news reports.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
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Miss in Kiss (2016)
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After an earthquake destroyed Xiang Qin's house, she and her father moved in with the family of her father's college buddy, Uncle Ah Li. To her surprise, the kind and amicable aunt and uncle are the parents of her cold and distant schoolmate Jiang Zhi Shu, a genius with an IQ of 200 whom not too long ago rejected her endless crush on him. Will the close proximity give her a second chance to win Zhi Shu's heart? Or, will her love for him end under his cold words? What happens when there is competition for his heart?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, romantic comedy, entertaining
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Island Nation (2020)
Plot Summary:
Island Nation is a Taiwanese political drama based on Taiwan's transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy in the 1990s.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 48 min
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Gold Leaf (2021)
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In 1949, the only daughter of the largest tea factory in Taiwan was supposed to marry a man to take over her life and her father’s huge business. After she divorced, who was her own master became a question. To prove her worth, she intervenes in the family business that was in high debt. In an era when there was no "businesswoman", she led the crumbling tea factory to the world in the "tea wars”.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
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Trinity of Shadows (2021)
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The series is about a murder investigation which has similarities to a cold case from three years ago. During the investigation, the lead detective (Pinna), an up-and-coming public official (Chuang) and rookie policeman (Liu) are drawn together into a dark labyrinth of power play.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 60 min
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Shards of Her (2022)
Plot Summary:
Waking up from a coma, an accomplished headhunter finds herself in an alternate reality where she has to revisit an excruciating childhood trauma.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 45 min
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Naked Fireman (2017)
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Kang Chul Soo (Lee Joon Hyuk) is an enthusiastic fireman. He poses as a nude model to make money for his sick friend. He is then targeted as the criminal of an arson-murder case that took place 10 years. Kang Chul Soo and mysterious heiress Han Jin Ah (Jung In Sun) try to find the real culprit.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Sunny Happiness (2011)
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Xiang Yunjie is rich man who was once divorced, and unknowingly had an eight year old son. He is also a young owner of a hotel. Fang Yongyong is an orphan. She works as a housekeeper in the hotel that Xiang Yunjie owns. When one blackmails the other through a 'fake marriage', conflict occurs. Meanwhile, Xiang Yunchao, who has always lived in the shadow of his brother, forms a dramatic between Yunjie and Yongyong.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016)
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In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef cooks anything his customers want. Each episode is about different a different customer, as they find simple yet profound connections with one another based on their shared love of a particular dish.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sitcom, anthology
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Elite Short Stories: Samuel Omar (2021)
Plot Summary:
Away from school, during the winter holidays, three stories take place while the Las Encinas students celebrate Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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A Thousand Goodnights (2019)
Plot Summary:
To carry out her dad's wish and discover her roots, Dai Tian-qing embarks on a journey around Taiwan and finds love and redemption on the way.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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The World Between Us (2019)
Plot Summary:
A ten-part hour-long series that follows the aftermath of a mass-shooting where all parties involved - the killer, the victims, the victims’ families, the media and the defense teams, whose fates are all intertwined.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Wake Up (2015)
Plot Summary:
Cheng-Hsun, an overworked anesthetist, had involved in a medical incident. He tried to reveal the truth but no one trust him.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, meditative, disturbing
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Love, Now (2012)
Plot Summary:
Love, Now is a 72 episode Taiwanese idol romance drama television series created and developed by SETTV. It stars Annie Chen, George Hu as the main leads and Bobby Dou, Harry Chang from Taiwanese band Da Mouth and Vivi Lee as the supporting leads. The drama is set to debut on SETTV and ETTV on 31 October 2012. It ended its last episode on 5 March 2013 with 72 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating
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Inborn Pair (2011)
Plot Summary:
Betrothed while in utero, a resort group president enters into an arranged marriage with a legal assistant. Despite their bickering, love blooms.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Victims' Game (2020)
Plot Summary:
After discovering his estranged daughter's link to mysterious murders, a forensic detective with Asperger's syndrome risks everything to solve the case.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: detective, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, dark fantasy
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Taiwan Crime Stories (2023)
Plot Summary:
Anthology crime television series inspired by four real-life cold cases in Taiwan, exploring themes such as faith, temptation, redemption, and obligation through the eyes of the people of Taiwan.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, psychological thriller