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Plot Summary:
The King 2 Hearts is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Ha Ji-won and Lee Seung-gi in the leading roles. It is about a South Korean crown prince who falls in love with a North Korean special agent. It aired on MBC from March 21 to May 24, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, emotional, romantic, dorama, crying, tense
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Hotel King (2014)
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This drama portrays the story of a heiress, Ah Mo Ne who lives a sheltered life like a princess but a catastrophe pushes her to do all she can to protect her hotel. She and the general manager of the hotel, Cha Jae Wan who appears cold on the outside but carries emotional baggage, fall in love. Cha Jae Wan and his mother were abandoned by his father. As an adult, he begins to work at a hotel and becomes an enemy to his father who abandoned him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, emotional, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Moorim School (2016)
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The Moorim School isn't focused solely on high academic scores. The school teaches its students virtues including honesty, faith, sacrifice and communication. The teachers and students at the school come from different countries and each have their own stories.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: light, captivating, dorama
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Just Between Lovers (2017)
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Two survivors of a building collapse discover support and love in each other as they overcome the pain of loss and reconstruct a hopeful future.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, romantic, romantic drama, tear jerker, tearjerker
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7th Grade Civil Servant (2013)
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Love and espionage collide in this drama of the National Intelligence Service’s rookie agents. Han Gil Ro realizes his dream of becoming an international man of mystery, after a childhood spent pouring over James Bond films. Kim Seo Won spices things up as a goofy, yet determined agent, but it's not all 007 glamor. Both Gil Ro and Seo Won must learn what it takes to uphold their sworn duty, even at the sacrifice of their happiness - and lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Action, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, romantic, touching, emotional
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Queen of the Night (2016)
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Kartal is an orphan who is raised by Aziz the man who killed his father. Kartal married Aziz's daughter Esra but falls to Selin and feels obligated to leaves her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, emotional, captivating, sentimental, disturbing
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Her Legend (2013)
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Despite her poverty and lack of education or connections, bright and plucky Eun Jung-soo works her way up in the luxury handbag industry based on sheer talent alone. She encounters Do Jin-hoo, the smart and handsome chaebol heir of a fashion company, and Kim Seo-hyun who has to hide her true identity in order to achieve her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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When I Was the Most Beautiful (2020)
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Oh Ye Ji is an art student who dreams of becoming a ceramic artist. She heads to school in Yangpyeong as both a student and a teacher, where she meets brothers Seo Hwan and Seo Jin. Hwan, who is Ye Ji’s student, falls in love with her and takes her to his father’s workshop to confess his feelings. However, at the workshop, Ye Ji meets Jin. Although Jin is aware of Hwan’s feelings toward Ye Ji, Jin does not hesitate to win over Ye Ji’s heart and eventually gets engaged to her. Overnight, those who are meant to be each other’s strongest supporters end up becoming the worst enemies thanks to a twist of fate. Straddling desire and love, the three struggle to figure out what’s right during the most beautiful time of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, talky
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Su Baek-hyang, the King's Daughter (2013)
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This is the story of Su Baek-hyang, born as the elder daughter of King Mu-ryeong but unable to retain her title of princess due to her ambitious younger sister, Sol-hui. Humble and hard-working, she was taught never to want or to desire beyond what she has, but the fate given to her is one that will affect not only her life and her family's lives, but the entire nation as she struggles to find her place in life and fight for love.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, touching, captivating, political, harsh, costume drama
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The Great Seer (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Great Seer is a 2012 South Korean historical television series, starring Ji Sung, Ji Jin-hee, Song Chang-eui, Kim So-yeon and Lee Yoon-ji. Set during the turbulent decline of Goryeo, it is about practicers of divination and the power that they hold over the fate of the country. It aired on SBS from October 10, 2012 to February 7, 2013 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 35 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Action, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, touching, family saga, crying
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Kim Soo Ro (2010)
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This drama charts the life of Kim Soo Ro, legendary founder of Geumgwan Gaya, the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy, which dominated sea trade and iron working during the Three Kingdoms Period. Kim Soo Ro's fiery temperament, charisma and intelligence are his only defense in the extended political struggle, with competition for the throne from his half-brother and lifelong rival, Ijinashi, his former friend Suk Tal Hae, and the dangerous ambitions of Shin Kwi Gan.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, family saga, costume drama, period drama
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The Princess' Man (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Princess' Man is a 2011 South Korean television series, starring Park Si-hoo, Moon Chae-won, Kim Yeong-cheol, Song Jong-ho, Hong Soo-hyun, and Lee Soon-jae. It is a period drama about the forbidden romance between the daughter of King Sejo and the son of Sejo's political opponent Kim Jong-seo. It aired on KBS2 from July 20 to October 6, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 627
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, dorama, sageuk, historical drama
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Poongsan (2011)
Plot Summary:
Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean defector, into the South, the damsel and rescuer fall in love instead.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense, romantic, touching, serious
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The King in Love (2017)
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Set during the Goryeo dynasty, Won, crown prince, has a sweet appearance hiding a lust for conquest. He is best friends with Rin, an elegant man of royal descent and Won's bodyguard. When beautiful San, the sole daughter of the wealthiest man in the nation, enters the lives of the two young men, the three at first become friends but a tragic romance ensues afterwards. Based on the novel of the same name by Kim Yi-Ryung.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, romantic, touching, captivating, disturbing, historical drama
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All In (2003)
Plot Summary:
All In is a 2003 South Korean television drama series that aired on SBS from January 15 to April 3, 2003 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Inspired by the life of professional poker player Jimmy Cha, it starred Lee Byung-hun and Song Hye-kyo in a story about one's man's rise through the fiercely competitive world of casino gambling as he clashes with his rivals over money, success, and love. The drama was a ratings success in South Korea, with its final episode reaching a peak viewership rating of 47.7%, which is the 42nd highest-rated Korean drama episode of all time. It also won several awards, notably the Grand Prize for Lee Byung-hun at the 2003 SBS Drama Awards.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental, exciting, clever, serious
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Missing You (2012)
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High school sweethearts Jung-woo and Soo-yeon were separated in a horrifying tragedy that continues to weigh down on them as adults. Now a guilt-ridden detective, Jung-woo has been desperately searching for Soo-yeon for years, but when he crosses paths with her again, she has already become someone else with a new identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 911
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, emotional, suspense, sad, soap opera, romantic drama, detective
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IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, political, tear jerker, romantic drama
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, exciting, suspense, psychological, disturbing, dorama, medical drama, suspenseful
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Are You Human? (2018)
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Nam Shin is a son from a family who runs a large company. After an unexpected accident, he falls into a coma. His mother Oh Ro-Ra is an authority on brain science and artificial intelligence. She creates an android named Nam Shin III which looks like just like her son Nam Shin. The android pretends to be Nam Shin and he has a bodyguard So-Bong.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: South Korea
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A wealthy man and a poor stunt girl fall in love. But things get complicated when their souls become inexplicably swapped and dark secrets surface.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
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Plot Summary:
Romance is sweet and bitter — and life riddled with ups and downs — in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju island.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
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Contract worker Lee Yeon Seo daydreams about teaching her manager a lesson, but accidentally acts out her fantasy on none other than top Hallyu star Kang Joon Hyuk. Thinking she killed him but afraid to be labeled a murderer, she takes him home and prepares to get rid of the body. But Joon Hyuk wakes up and seeing her preparations thinks he has been kidnapped by a murderous psychopath. Seeing no other option, she keeps him hostage so he doesn't turn her in to the police. How long can she keep him hidden and can she ever convince him she's not an evil person?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Plot Summary:
A warm-hearted family drama about a three-generation family and their noodle factory that they operate in the outskirts of Seoul.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Plot Summary:
Brought together by meaningful meals in the past and present, a doctor and a chef are reacquainted when they begin working at a hospice ward.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, romantic drama
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
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Veering off course from his preset path, a track star follows his own pace and heart for the first time after a film translator steps into his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
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A drama about the love of people who get closer as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times and sacrifices made by people who throw themselves into natural disasters.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 21000
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 261
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Country: South Korea
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Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: South Korea
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Plot Summary:
Explore the relationship of two people as they go from being “just acquaintances” to “a genuine couple” — Yoon Jin Ah, a coffee shop supervisor in her 30s, and Seo Joon Hee, a designer at a video game company who has just returned from working abroad.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
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