Best tv shows like The Heights
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Plot Summary:
A groundbreaking serial about a community trying to protect its way of life, while under the constant threat of gentrification and the social stratification of its neighbourhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: soap opera
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RAN Remote Area Nurse (2006)
Plot Summary:
RAN is an Australian television program, filmed entirely on Masig Island in the tropical Torres Strait north of the Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost part of Australia, and the border with Papua New Guinea. This is an important series to Torres Strait Islanders, but also to the predominantly Anglo Australian community as it highlights the difference between Islanders and mainland Indigenous Australians and the interactions between Islander and Anglo culture. Islander actors and extras are extensively used. The series was released on DVD on 20 February 2006.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Rescue Special Ops (2009)
Plot Summary:
Rescue: Special Ops is an Australian television drama series that first screened on the Nine Network in 2009. Filmed in and around Sydney, the program is produced by Southern Star Group with the assistance of Screen Australia and the New South Wales Government. This drama series focuses on a team of experienced professional paramedics who specialise in rescue operations. It premiered on Sunday 2 August 2009, and the season finale of the first season aired on Sunday 25 October. A second season screened from 28 June 2010. The third and final season consisting of 22 episodes screened from 30 May 2011. The Nine Network has confirmed it will not be renewing Rescue Special Ops for a fourth season.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama
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Stay With Me (2023)
Plot Summary:
Su Yu, a high school student who lives a simple life with his father, faces a major change when his mother remarries a wealthy man, introducing him to his step-brother Wu Bi. Despite their initial differences-Wu Bi being a cold and arrogant top student, while Su Yu is an unreasonable underachiever-their relationship takes an unexpected turn after an accident. As they gradually warm up to each other, their bond grows stronger. However, when a heated fight arises, their true identities are revealed.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags:
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Victory! (2014)
Plot Summary:
The main story is about Artur (Bruno Ferrari), the rich young owner of Arminho Ranch, who holds a grudge against his alleged father Gregório (AntônioGrassi). At the age of twelve, Artur, who was baptized as Mossoró, became paraplegic after he fell off a horse given by his father Gregório, who never managed to cope with this tragedy and ended up rejecting Mossoró. Clarice (Beth Goulart) is Artur's mother, Gregório's first wife, and teaches at Priscila Schiller school. She can't live with the troubled relationship between her son and her husband and decides to run away with her first born to Curacao, hiding the secret of his father's identity for years, until, upon realizing Artur's thirst for vengeance, she reveals that Gregório is not his biological father. But this doesn't alleviate his hate, and he commits his mother to a psychiatric hospital so she won't get in the way of his revenge. Clarice eventually becomes addicted to medications. Dominated by his desire for vengeance, Artur.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: action adventure, soap opera
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Elite Short Stories: Patrick (2021)
Plot Summary:
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
Plot tags:
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Hustling (2011)
Plot Summary:
Since working as an adult film star and escort since his early twenties, Ryan Crosby, aka Rod Driver, has had a pretty easy life when you think about it. But what happens when you hit forty and the clients aren't calling as much as they used to and doing porn has, well... lost its appeal. Suddenly you begin to see things a bit clearer and you begin to ask yourself questions. What am I doing with my life? Is there something else I can do? What am I passionate about? You realize that you need to make a change. But how do you move forward from the life you no longer want? After an awkward meeting with a career counselor, who tries to extract information about his job history, Ryan heads home and the weight of his situation hits him hard.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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Triage (2022)
Plot Summary:
Tin is a third-year resident physician in emergency medicine who deals with a wide range of patients who circle the emergency room every day until the night of the 18th. His life changes when Tol, a male student who was pushed into the emergency room in a serious condition. That night wasn't just the the night that he couldn't save him. Because when he woke up, he found himself trapped in a time loop.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags:
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You Are My Boy (2021)
Plot Summary:
A story about the relationship from foe to love between two straight guys. It takes viewers through all levels of emotions thanks to the sweet details with romantic and dramatic twist. "Does anyone believe in the love of two boys?".
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama
Country: Vietnam
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart (2022)
Plot Summary:
A sweet love story of young doctor Kaufah who is stationed at a remote province hospital and the volunteer teacher with a bright personality, Prince.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags:
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The Men Who My Father Loved (2018)
Plot Summary:
A man returned to his home in Kyoto after being away for a year. As he works his way into film industry as a part-timer, his sister decides to sell their childhood home since both of their parents have passed away. One night, his recalls his father's favorite watch and looks for it, and he stumbles across a notebook titled "My Memories." He starts to read it and sees the words written on the first page saying "The men I loved who passed me by..." and is followed by a record of his father's love life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags:
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The Gods of Wheat Street (2013)
Plot Summary:
Head of the family before his time, Odin Freeburn is being pulled in all directions. Can he let go of his past in time to save the future?.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, sincere, captivating
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Land of Desire (2023)
Plot Summary:
The saga of a woman, guided by the power of love and moved by the desire for justice, who crosses paths with a family divided by ambition and many secrets.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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Mustangs FC (2017)
Plot Summary:
A goal kicking comedy drama about girls who are abandoning the sidelines and starting their local football club’s first all-female team. Against the odds, they’ll stand united and overcome any challenge the club, the boys or the opposition can throw at them, all while wrestling with what it means to be a girl today.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, children's program
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Our Skyy (2018)
Plot Summary:
A five-episode anthology that serves as a continuation of the stories of Pick and Rome (Secret Love: Puppy Honey), In and Sun (My Dear Loser), Tee and Mork ('Cause You're My Boy), Kao and Pete (Kiss Me Again), and Arthit and Kongpob (SOTUS).
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology
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Wonderland (2013)
Plot Summary:
Wonderland is a warm and engaging relationship drama revolving around four couples at very different stages of life – the star-crossed singles, blissful newlyweds, hot new lovers and long-term marrieds. We join them as they navigate the light-hearted and sometimes painful minefield of love and friendship. Set in Wonderland, an apartment building on the doorstep of one of Australia’s most beautiful beaches, the residents are an eclectic bunch, but they all have something essential in common: each of them reminds us of someone we know, or even ourselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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Open Bodies (1998)
Plot Summary:
Born to a North African father and a French mother, 18-year-old Parisian high school senior Rémi works part-time in an Arab grocery store while studying management and commerce. He responds to a school ad seeking subjects for a film, and Marc, who placed the ad, auditions Rémi by filming an interview with him. Rémi and Marc wind up in bed, and Rémi soon has other sexual experiences – with a guy in a men's room and with a young woman who grabs him while she's dancing in the street.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Prisma (2022)
Plot Summary:
An exploration of the relationships and identities of Marco and Andrea, 2 twins who look identical but approach life in a very different way. The twins begin a journey of discovery and transition from what they should be to what they want to be, which will also involve their group of friends, all united by the search for their place in the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags:
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After Forever (2018)
Plot Summary:
After Forever is the story of Brian and Jason, a 50-ish New York City gay couple, who have it all until they don't.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tear jerker, tearjerker
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Queers (2017)
Plot Summary:
Eight short monologues charting the UK gay experience and in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act, curated by Mark Gatiss. Each monologue is set in the same pub, taking place at various points in the last hundred years.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Proud (2018)
Plot Summary:
"Fiertés" retraces the fight for the rights of sexual minorities in France through the intimate story of three generations and three destinies of men.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, sexy, touching, melancholic, erotic
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Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Rasmus gets of the train at the Central Station in Stockholm in September 1982 he leaves the little city of Koppom behind, to never go back. Young and beautiful he throws himself out in the gay Stockholm. Benjamin is a Jehova'’s Witness. Eagerly he walks from door to door to tell about God. And nothing can disturb his faith. Not until he knocks on Paul’s door, one of the warmest, most funny and most bitchy gay person that God has ever created. And on Christmas Eve, Rasmus meets Benjamin at Paul’s and nothing ever becomes the same again. What is told in this series has happened. It’s happening in this city, in these quarters, amongst the people that live here. In a city where most people go on living as if nothing has happened when young men start to get sick, fade away and die.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland, Norway
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, thought provoking, realistic, retro, depressing, gloomy, queer cinema
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The Principal (2015)
Plot Summary:
When history teacher Matt Bashir is promoted to Principal of a notoriously violent Boys' school in Sydney's south-west, his radical approach brings him into conflict and leaves his personal life dangerously exposed. But just when he seems to be making progress, a 17-year-old student is found dead on school grounds.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, queer cinema
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High Heat (2022)
Plot Summary:
When clues to his brother's murder lead Poncho to a fire brigade, he joins it to investigate further and finds romance, family... and a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 774
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: serious, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful, harsh, sensual, soap opera, telenovela
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Queer as Folk (2022)
Plot Summary:
The lives of a diverse group of friends in New Orleans are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Tales of the City (2019)
Plot Summary:
Mary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is quickly drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal, her chosen family and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, sentimental, touching, erotic, feel good, saga, sensual, lgbt cinema, queer cinema
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Venice the Series (2009)
Plot Summary:
Venice: The Series is a web series co-produced by and starring American actress Crystal Chappell, and is inspired in part by the "Otalia" storyline on the daytime drama Guiding Light. The series has been broadcast since 2009, and is currently in its fourth season. Venice is described by Chappell as "a show about families, and life, and all the simplicity of it, and the turmoil of it. We're going to be following a character named Gina who is a designer, and she is a gay woman.".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere, serious, soap opera
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A Place to Call Home (2013)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious woman is perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia. A sweeping romantic drama set in 1950s rural Australia following the lives of the Blighs, a wealthy and complicated pastoralist family, who lives in Inverness, NSW.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: emotional, captivating, serious, stylized, realistic, saga, period drama
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Dynasty (2017)
Plot Summary:
The reboot follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children focusing on Fallon Carrington, the daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington, and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal, a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America’s most powerful class.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: artsy, captivating, soap opera, cynical
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The Secret Life of Us (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Secret Life of Us is an Australian television drama series about the lives of 20-30 somethings living in the early 2000s.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Butterfly (2018)
Plot Summary:
From a young age, 11-year-old, Max, has identified as a girl and as puberty looms, she begins to present increasing signs of gender variance. When Max was eight, her father, Stephen, left the family home. But as Max’s conviction that she’s in the wrong body intensifies, her distress escalates, and Stephen seizes the opportunity to return to live at the family home and support his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing