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Plot Summary:
How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son of a nobleman from the Joseon Dynasty. But in the present time, Joon Jae works with Jo Nam Doo, a skilled conman who guides Joon Jae to become a genius scammer. But Joon Jae’s friend, Cha Shi Ah, who works as a researcher at KAIST, may be Chung’s only hope for surviving in her strange new world.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, dorama, light, visually appealing, romantic drama, entertaining
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My Roommate Is a Gumiho (2021)
Plot Summary:
To become a human, a 999-year-old Gumiho, Shin Woo-yeo needs to fill his fox bead with human energy before he turns 1,000 years old. One day, a college girl, Lee Dam accidentally swallows Woo-yeo's fox bead.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: captivating, dorama, entertaining
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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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Miss the Dragon (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young maidservant named Liu Ying saves a snake on behalf of her young mistress in a chance encounter. However, the snake turns out to be a thousand year ancient dragon named Yuchu Longyan, who now wants to marry her to repay her kindness. The two's lives then becomes entangled with each another as their love transcends over three lifetimes.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, xianxia
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Ashes of Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jin Mi is the daughter of a flower deity who is fed a pill that prevents her from feeling or expressing romantic love. She gets tangled in a love triangle with Heavenly Prince Xu Feng and the ambitious Night Deity Run Yu.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: scenic, exciting, stylized, xianxia, tear jerker, intense, sweet, tearjerker
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Bring It On, Ghost (2016)
Plot Summary:
Hyun-Ji studied for her 19 years before she died in an accident. She is now a ghost and has wandered around the world for several years. Hyun-Ji then meets exorcist Park Bong-Pal. Hyun-Ji and Bong-Pal listens to various stories from ghosts and sends them to the otherworld.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: mystical, romantic, dorama, humorous, tense, captivating, dark, mysterious, suspenseful, scenic
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I Hear Your Voice (2013)
Plot Summary:
An action-packed drama of the events that occur when materialistic government tax lawyer Jung Hye-sung meets Park Suha, who has the ability to read people's thoughts.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating, exciting, dorama, semi serious, tense, novela
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Eternal Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three hundred years ago, Bai Qian stood on the Zhu Xian Terrace, turned around and jumped off without regret. Ye Hua stood by the bronze mirror to witness with his own eyes her death. Three hundred years later, in the East Sea Dragon Palace, the two meet unexpectedly. Another lifetime another world, after suffering betrayal Bai Qian no longer feels anything, yet she can't seem to comprehend Ye Hua's actions. Three lives three worlds, her and him, are they fated to love again?.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: disturbing, romantic, touching, semi serious, dorama, romantic drama, xianxia, exciting
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While You Were Sleeping (2017)
Plot Summary:
A supernatural romance about a woman who can see the future in her dreams, and a prosecutor who fights to stop these future events from happening. The heroine has dreams about unfortunate events that will happen to other people, and the hero is a prosecutor who runs around trying to prevent her tragic visions from coming true.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dorama, humorous, exciting, tense, sincere, romantic
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Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020)
Plot Summary:
A nine-tailed fox settles down in the city. A female television PD chases after the nine-tailed fox.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Fantasy, History, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, dorama, anime, mythical, urban fantasy
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Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)
Plot Summary:
Scarlet Heart: Ryeo is the remake of Chinese drama Bu Bu Jing Xin that stars IU as a woman who gets time-warped back to the Goryeo dynasty, and becomes involved with a very large family of princes, some of whom are vying for the throne, or her affections, or both.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, romantic, dorama, sageuk, sweet, harsh, gothic, sad, suspenseful
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Gu Family Book (2013)
Plot Summary:
Gu Family Book is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Seung-gi and Suzy. The fusion martial arts action historical drama is about a half man-half monster who is searching for a centuries-old book that according to gumiho legend, contains the secret to becoming human. It aired on MBC from April 8 to June 25, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, light, humorous, dorama, sageuk, romantic comedy
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Suspicious Partner (2017)
Plot Summary:
Noh Ji Wook is a prosecutor in the Central District Prosecutors’ Office who ends up switching professions to a private attorney. He harbors a trauma stemming from an event in his childhood involving his parents and his first love. Eun Bong Hee, a Taekwondo athlete in her youth, is a prosecutor trainee who has become a murder suspect. Eun Bong Hee and Noh Ji Wook both find themselves being the focus of a killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sweet, exciting, romantic, thought provoking, humorous, tear jerker, romantic drama, dorama, teen comedy
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Descendants of the Sun (2016)
Plot Summary:
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
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, scenic, light, humorous, dorama, feel good, romantic drama, exciting, multicultural
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The Bride of the Water God (2017)
Plot Summary:
Yoon So Ah is a pragmatic neuropsychiatrist who carries a tremendous financial burden to run her own practice. Her family has been tasked with serving Ha Baek, a reincarnated water god, for many generations, and So Ah is forced to do the same. Ha Baek starts to develop feelings for So Ah, but he has competition for her heart from Hoo Ye, the CEO of a resort company, who clashes with So Ah over a piece of land but then falls in love with her. Can a relationship between a mortal female and a god have a future?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: exciting, dorama, romantic, enigmatic, sentimental, romantic drama, romantic comedy, humorous, teen comedy
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W: Two Worlds Apart (2016)
Plot Summary:
Han Hyo-joo plays a surgeon whose father is a famous comic book creator. One day Dad goes missing and she rushes to his workshop to look for him, and instead finds a strange man bathed in blood. She gets kidnapped by the bloody man, which is where their story begins. The drama takes place in 2016 Seoul, but in different dimensions that exist in parallel with one another. It’s described as a suspense romance melodrama about “a man and a woman who are living in the same time, but different worlds.”.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, captivating, exciting, sentimental, romantic drama, tense, comic
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A Korean Odyssey (2017)
Plot Summary:
A self-serving mythical creature's bid for invincibility backfires when he finds himself at the mercy of a woman who can see otherworldly beings.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, funny, captivating, light, dorama, dark fantasy, anime, romantic drama, urban fantasy
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My Love From Another Star (2013)
Plot Summary:
Do Min Joon is an otherworldly beauty, literally. After crash landing on Earth 400 years ago, Min Joon has diligently observed humans for centuries, ultimately coming to cynical conclusions. On top of being a super babe, Min Joon's got enhanced vision, hearing and agility — all the more reason to believe he's superior to everyone on Earth. That is, until he pursues the beautiful actress Cheon Song Yi for a romance out of this world.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, dorama, romantic, semi serious, offbeat, sitcom, anime, romantic drama, humorous
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Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017)
Plot Summary:
She is no ordinary woman. Do Bong Soon is a woman who possesses Herculean strength. She can crush objects in her bare hands when she holds them too tightly. Although Bong Soon longs to be a dainty, elegant woman that men fall in love with, she can’t deny her superhuman strength. Her special attribute allows her to get a job as a bodyguard for Ahn Min Hyuk, the chaebol heir with eccentric tendencies who runs a gaming company. Bong Soon’s childhood friend In Gook Doo has had a secret crush on her since elementary school. How will he react when sparks begin to fly between Bong Soon and her crazy boss?.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: exciting, romantic, touching, sweet, dorama, feel good, romantic drama, humorous
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Siren (2018)
Plot Summary:
The coastal town of Bristol Cove is known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn as these predatory beings return to reclaim their right to the ocean.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, grindhouse, bleak, queer cinema
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Mermaids (2003)
Plot Summary:
Mermaid sisters hunt down their father's human killer... and deal with their own personal relationships with the humans.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, captivating, suspense, psychotronic
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A Mermaid in Paris (2020)
Plot Summary:
A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sweet, unusual plot structure, light, captivating, disturbing, crying
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The Mermaid (2016)
Plot Summary:
A playboy business tycoon, Liu Xuan, purchases the Green Gulf, a wildlife reserve, for a sea reclamation project, and uses sonar technology to get rid of the sea life in the area. Unknown to him, the Green Gulf is the home of merpeople, and the sonar has caused many of them to succumb to illness or die. Xuan's business ventures in the area are threatened when he crosses paths with the mermaid, Shan, who is sent to avenge her people.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, funny, romantic, scenic
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The Moon Embracing the Sun (2012)
Plot Summary:
Moon Embracing the Sun is a 2012 South Korean historical television drama series, starring Kim Soo-hyun, Han Ga-in, Jung Il-woo and Kim Min-seo. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from January 4 to March 15, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. The series is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Jung Eun-gwol and directed by Kim Do-hoon and Lee Seong-jun. It tells of a secret, poignant love story between a fictional king of the Joseon Dynasty and a female shaman against the backdrop of Korean traditional palace; and the conflicts and conspiracy of vying political powers. This production marks Han Ga-in's first historial drama and return to television since Bad Guy in 2010. It also marks the second historial drama for Jung Il-woo following The Return of Iljimae in 2009. The series won for Best Drama and Best Actor in the television category at the 2012 Baeksang Arts Awards, and multiple awards at 2012 MBC Drama Awards, including Drama of the Year.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, stylized, emotional, dorama, romantic drama, epic
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The Heirs (2013)
Plot Summary:
Heirs follows a group of privileged, elite high school students as they are groomed to take over their families' business empires. These wealthy students seem to have everything under control–except their love lives. Kim Tan is heir to the Empire Group sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home schemes to takes over the family business. While in the States, Kim Tan bumps into Cha Eun Sung, who's arrived from Korea in search of her older sister. He feels himself falling for her, never realizing that she's the daughter of his family's housekeeper. When his fiancée Rachel Yoo arrives to bring him back to Korea, his heart is torn between love and duty. Meanwhile, Rachel's half-brother Choi Young Do develops his own crush on Eun Sung. Who said being a rich, beautiful high school student was easy?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: dorama, semi serious, social, uplifting, humorous, intense, sitcom, romantic drama, romantic, emotional
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A Discovery of Witches (2018)
Plot Summary:
Diana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 1107 min
Plot tags: stylized, romantic, captivating, scenic, costume drama, enigmatic, gothic, epic, sad, demonic
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Boys Over Flowers (2009)
Plot Summary:
A working class girl winds up at an exclusive prep school. Unassuming high school girl Jan Di stands up to -- and eventually falls for -- a spoiled rich kid who belongs to the school's most powerfu clique.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, sentimental, romantic, sincere, anime, novela, romantic drama, humorous, realistic
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Goblin (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kim Shin is an immortal “goblin,” and has the rather honorable title of being the Protector of Souls. His roommate Wang Yeo also happens to have the equally lofty, if thoroughly opposing, title of Angel of Death, and he acts as the storied grim reaper that claims souls. However, both these devilishly handsome angels have a problem: Wang Yeo has amnesia and Kim Shin wants to end his own (immortal) life. Unfortunately for goblins, the only way to defeat immortality is to marry a human bride. For that purpose, Kim Shin decides to win over Ji Eun Tak an optimistic high school girl who he thinks will be the priestess that ends his cursed existence. Now, once responsible for protecting souls and watching them pass, Kim Shin now tries to send his own to the afterlife. But when a slightly complicated method of suicide starts turning into true love, will our immortal goblin begin to regret his decision--where acting on that very love ultimately means the end of his life?.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, mysterious, emotional, humorous, dorama, romantic drama, anime, tear jerker, heartfelt, tearjerker
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Playful Kiss (2010)
Plot Summary:
Playful Kiss is a 2010 South Korean romantic-comedy television series, starring Jung So-min and Kim Hyun-joong. It aired on MBC from September 1 to October 21, 2010 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. It is based on the Japanese manga Itazura Na Kiss written by Tada Kaoru. The Korean series is the third television adaptation of the manga following the Taiwanese It Started With a Kiss in 2005, and its sequel They Kiss Again in 2007. Though Playful Kiss received low ratings in South Korea in the five to seven percent range, it was sold to 12 countries in Asia. Due to its international popularity, a short special edition was aired on YouTube after the series finale.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, semi serious, dorama, captivating, anime, romantic drama, touching, realistic, romantic comedy
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My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho (2010)
Plot Summary:
Cha Dae-woong (Lee Seung Gi) accidentally releases a troublesome gumiho, a legendary fox with nine tails, sealed inside a painting by Grandma Samshin . Fleeing the scene, Dae-woong suffers a life-threatening fall and is only saved by the gumiho giving him her "fox bead". When Dae-woong awakes and meets a mysterious pretty girl, he initially treats her as eccentric or mentally ill, before fully understanding she is a gumiho in disguise-at which point he tries to research gumihos, but fails to find correct information in the library or on the internet. He agrees to stay with her and he tries to keep her happy, while hiding her true identity as a gumiho from all others by introducing her as his friend, Mi Ho. Slowly, however, he becomes less scared of her and more protective of her-finally admitting to himself and to her that he loves her. As the story unfolds, Mi Ho (Shin Min Ah) pursues her goal of becoming human, with the half-human, half-supernatural Park Dong Joo, who has a career.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, sincere, feel good, dorama, sentimental, offbeat, romantic drama, semi serious, humorous
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My Secret Romance (2017)
Plot Summary:
After sharing a night with Jin Wook, Yoo Mi departs, never to see him again. Three years later, she achieves her goal of becoming a nutritionist.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, sweet, touching, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic drama