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Plot Summary:
Haruhiko Kuzumi is a university student. One day, he causes a bicycle accident. The accident causes novelist Rio Kijima to break his arm. Haruhiko doesn't have insurance or money to pay Rio for his injury. Rio asks Haruhiko to transcribe a story he is writing. Haruhiko is surprised to learn the story is obscene.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 769
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, crying
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7th Grade Civil Servant (2013)
Plot Summary:
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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Tinted With You (2021)
Plot Summary:
In Korea’s feudal past, the deposed Crown Prince Lee Heon has been forced into a lonely exile by his cruel older brother, who has usurped the throne. Lee Heon fears for his life at every moment, as his brother plans to secure his place on the royal seat by killing him. Assassins and other schemes are a constant threat for Lee Heon, whose only true ally is his faithful and kind-hearted bodyguard Geum. Meanwhile, in modern times, a high school student named Eun Ho loves paintings. In fact, art is his whole world. And when he is tasked with completing a mysterious painting, he is unexpectedly drawn back into the distant past, where he meets Lee Heon. The duo starts to form a close, romantic, and tender bond. But as the acting king grows restless, hoping to kill the exiled Crown Prince as soon as possible, Eun Ho begins to understand that he may be Lee Heon’s best – or perhaps only – chance of survival.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, historical drama, historical romance
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My Gear and Your Gown (2020)
Plot Summary:
Pai is a clever medical student. He goes from being the thick glasses president of his school's academic club to a college freshmen regarded as the beau of the faculty of medicine. He has never been confident about how he looks. He has never believed in love. Itt is a handsome engineering student who is an ex-president of his school's sports club. He has always been in a spotlight. Fate brings him back to his enemy who always wears a dust grey medical gown earring.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, talky
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Present Perfect: Thai Film (2017)
Plot Summary:
Following a painful breakup, Toey decides to heal his broken heart in Higashikawa town where he meets Oat, who is on his bachelor finale trip. From stranger to friends, romance spark off between the two. Before returning to the "real" world, they have to pick up their broken pieces and rebuild it. Join us for a heartwarming journey as we follow the simple pursuit of love. This is the simple story of Present Perfect.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand, Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, sincere, sexy, contemplative, unusual plot structure, gay cinema
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The Many Faces of Ito (2017)
Plot Summary:
A jaded rom-com screenwriter in her 30s mines four love-sick women for their stories under the guise of providing them with romantic advice.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, humorous, emotional, talky
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The Diary of the 38-year-old Divorcee who has tried a Dating App (2020)
Plot Summary:
Matsumoto Chiaki is a 38-year-old woman who got married at 24 and divorced at 35. As she's almost 40, she decides to try a dating app and meet various types of men to recover the youth she lost from her early marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, melancholic, talky
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How Are You Bread (2020)
Plot Summary:
A love story between Ha Do-woo, a genius patissier, and Noh Mi-rae, a variety show writer. Han Do-Woo is a mysterious and excellent pastry chef. Every morning at a mysterious bakery, he makes bread to grant wishes. To have Han Do-Woo make an appearance on a TV show, screenwriter No Mi-Rae infiltrates the bakery.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, disturbing, talky
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What She Likes (2021)
Plot Summary:
An emotional coming-of-age drama centered around Andou Jun, a gay student who is not out. He accepts a confession from his fujoshi classmate Miura Sae and they start dating. However, Jun is also seeing Makoto, but fails to tell Sae about his male lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, sweet
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Count Your Lucky Stars (2020)
Plot Summary:
Lu Xingcheng was used to having the world at his feet until he lost everything in an instant. Tong Xiaoyou used to be eternally jinxed until the day she became famous overnight. CHIC editor Lu Xingcheng has a haughty personality and a sharp tongue. In the fashion world, he is a legendary figure and famous for being lucky. Tong Xiaoyou is an unknown designer who is unlucky in everything that she does. An accident causes their lucks to be interchanged and their lives take a drastic turn. As Tong Xiaoyou gets to know Lu Xingcheng, she gradually learns about his hidden past and discovers a man who yearns for family despite his arrogant facade. Tong Xiaoyou wants to help her idol return to his former glory, but his egotistic tendencies can be hard to deal with.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, romantic, emotional, melancholic, talky
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Here Comes Your Man (2021)
Plot Summary:
After agreeing on an evening ‘date’, Jordan turns up to Aaron’s place and the two handsome men set eyes on each other for the first time. Although awkward at first, a margarita puts both men at ease, and it’s soon clear that this may not be your ordinary one night stand. But turning one night in to forever is never easy- as Jordan and Aaron are about to discover.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, talky
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My Goddess (2018)
Plot Summary:
Yan Dong Ming used to be on the top of his career, a well-established music producer that's known for his love songs. However, the public has now completely lost interest in him. To extend his music dream, he ends up in Yun Hai Village under strange circumstances, a land isolated from the city and there, he met the "Planting Goddess" Tian Li Yun. Yan Dong Ming, a neat freak and a guy that has "city cancer" – obsessed with city living can't get used to the natural habitat of Yun Hai Village. However, under the guidance of Li Yun, not only he fell in love with this self-sufficient cute village, he also fell in love with the strong and determined Li Yun. When faced with the crisis of eradication of the village, will Dong Min choose to stand by Li Yun or will he return to the city and regain his long-lost music dream? How will Plant Goddess Li Yun defend her village and her beloved man?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, touching, talky
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Ru: Taiwan Express (2020)
Plot Summary:
In 1999, a general trading company in Tokyo celebrates because Shinkansen of Japan wins priority negotiating rights for the Taiwan High Speed Rail. Haruka Tada (Haru) has been working at the general trading company for 4 years and she is sent to Taiwan for work. When Haruka Tada was a university student, she visited Taiwan for the first time during the summer. During that time, she happened to meet young Taiwanese man Eric and he showed her Taiwan for a day. She lost contact with him after that and she could not find him again. She then sealed away her thoughts about him in her mind. 6 years later, Haruka Tada arrives in Taiwan again.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan, Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, melancholic, talky
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Perfect Partner (2020)
Plot Summary:
A story about public relation officers who start out looking out for themselves and gradually learn to fight side by side to overcome many obstacles. Wei Zhe (Huang Xuan) has received many awards as the most valuable independent public relations officer in the field. He has many connections, resources and methods to become the best of the best. Jiang Dalin (Tong Liya) is a rookie with a lot of potential. She is upright, competent and has a way with words. The two form a partnership in a race against time.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, emotional, talky
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Make It Right The Series (2016)
Plot Summary:
Follows the adventures and love lives of high school students. Fuse is a gentle and sensitive boy who is heartbroken because of his girlfriend who cheated on him, so he tries to get over her by getting drunk with his friends at a party. There he meets his friend, Tee and ends up sleeping with him that night. How is he going to cope with his new feelings for another boy and just how many boys who struggle with the same feelings are there at his school? • Adapted from the novel with the same title.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, yaoi, unusual plot structure, gay cinema
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My Engineer (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Bon the popular engineering students start a revenge plan on Duen The innocent first year medical students slowly their feelings start to grow through roses that Duen Have to buy for Bon every day for a month. The series bring out the different side of each couple and their journey with friends and relationship. Join us and see how their feelings slowly evolved with each other through the 4 couples.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, talky
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The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (2020)
Plot Summary:
Due to his indecise nature, Kyoichi, an advertising company employee, repeatedly cheats on his wife. One day, he meets Wataru, an old classmate from university. Wataru reveals that Kyoichi's wife hired him to investigate whether Kyoichi is having an affair. Wataru, who has liked Kyoichi for the past 7 years, takes advantage of the situation and blackmails the salaryman: if he accepts to have a sexual relationship with him, he won't tell his wife about his infidelity.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, talky
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Weakest Beast (2018)
Plot Summary:
Seemingly perfect from the outside, Shinkai Akira was exhausted from worrying too much about how to be perfect. Nemoto Kousei is amicable and popular with women, but he trusts no one and views everything with a cold heart. The two of them, who became unable to live instinctively like animals, meet by chance at a craft beer bar after work and gradually become close enough to fight and tell each other how they really feel. Due to their encounter, even while getting hurt, they begin to try to be themselves and start taking a step forward.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, touching, emotional, talky
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Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ren Takahashi and Aoi Sonoda were both born in 1989. They met for the first time at the age of 13 and became each other's first love, but they separated. At the age of 21, they met again. They were unable to undo their past. Now, they are 31 years old.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, talky
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Cheetah in August (2015)
Plot Summary:
Cheetah in August is a riveting story about a former high school track athlete who's distorted views on love, negatively affects the people closest to him. The journey of the main character, August, from his high school years into adult life is extremely interesting and current to the times of today. Sexuality, love, religion, psychology, and self-hate are all themes that are touched on throughout this series and it definitely raises awareness to societal issues that are often swept under the rug.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, unusual plot structure
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The Way We Were (2018)
Plot Summary:
Xiao Qing is an exchange student in the US. The daughter of a heroic prosecutor back home, she takes extreme pride in her father’s work. Her dad is an incorruptible arbiter of justice, and Xiao Qing lives her life with the same principles. Shu Che is Xiao Qing’s classmate. Unlike Xiao Qing's father, Shu Che’s dad is a little less pure. As a government official, Shu Che’s dad has taken part in quite a few shady deals. With these deals, he has opened many doors for his son. But Shu Che doesn’t want any part of that. When Xiao Qing and Shu Che meet, they fall in love. But when their fathers clash in a legal battle, the lovers’ relationship is forever changed. As they struggle between their duty and their love, the two realize that they can never again be the way they once were.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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I Picked Up a Star on the Road (2018)
Plot Summary:
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:
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Forest (2020)
Plot Summary:
Kang San-Hyeok is a member of the 119 special rescue team. He is handsome and smart, but he does not remember his childhood. Jung Young-Jae is an enthusiastic surgical resident. Kang San-Hyeok and Jung Young-Jae meet at a mysterious forest. Even though they do not want to, they must live together in the mysterious forest. Living there, they discover small pleasures. Kang San-Hyeok and Jung Young-Jae soon uncover a secret about themselves and the forest.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, talky, dorama
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The Third Charm (2018)
Plot Summary:
The twelve-year love story of two individuals with completely opposite personalities who unexpectedly met on a group blind date.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, humorous, emotional, talky, dorama
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Dark Blue Kiss (2019)
Plot Summary:
The continuation of Kao, Pete, Sun and Mork's story. Kao and Pete being in a blissful romance, have grown closer. But with Kao being closeted from his mother, he fears the dreaded thought of her finding out. His mother then introduces Non, a son of a colleague, as he requires tutoring from Kao. With Non constantly giving off 'iffy' vibes towards Kao, it only fuels Pete's jealousy. Their relationship is put in strain, but through this, they must ultimately overcome each other's flaws. They both blossom in their youthfulness coated by their everlasting fondness for one another. Surrounded by the wonder of dark blue, Pete and Kao surrender to their feelings. Sun starts taking hints from his unrequited love and slowly gives up on Kao. Through this Mork happened to possibly comfort him. Whilst Sun pushes Rain to stay away from Mork, the younger man's uncontrollable behaviour brings him in. As his wildness is intriguing, Sun's seriousness holds Mork down somewhat. Underneath it all, the two start to care for each other. However, with Mork's dangerous life, he can't shake who he is. But maybe he can for someone like Sun.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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A Man Who Defies the World of BL (2021)
Plot Summary:
One day, the protagonist realizes that he lives inside a "world of BL." As he likes girls, he fights back against any hot guys that might draw near, but this is a "world of BL"... he's still assailed with the sight of people in lovey-dovey situations one after another!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, semi serious, parody, dorama
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Pornographer The Movie Playback (2021)
Plot Summary:
Novel writer Rio Kijima and university student Haruhiko Kuzumi are in a romantic relationship. Even after Rio Kijima returned to his hometown, they maintained their relationship by corresponding with each other. Haruhiko Kuzumi recently got a job and their relationship has not been the same. One day, Rio Kijima injures his arm. He meets Shizuo Akemi. Rio Kijima asks Shizuo Akemi to transcribe a story he is writing. This causes Rio Kijima to remember when he and Haruhiko Kuzumi first became interested in each other. Around this time, Haruhiko Kuzumi comes to Rio Kijima.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Tonhon Chonlatee (2020)
Plot Summary:
Chonlatee, a shy kind hearted boy, has secretly had a crush on Tonhon, the guy next door, since he was a kid. P‘Ton has always taken care of him as if they were real brothers. But Chonlatee can only watch P‘Ton and his girlfriend from afar. That is until fortune favors him and P‘Ton updates his status to single. Chonlatee then decides to change his look to win P‘Ton‘s heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Gabriel's Rapture (2021)
Plot Summary:
4th installment Based on the best selling novel from by Sylvain Reynard.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Theory of Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Third is a filmology major and a member of the Savage team along with his best friends Too, Bone, and Kai, but he has a secret. Third has been secretly in love with his Kai for years. For three years he has kept his….
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sexy, dorama, psychological, sentimental, sincere, romantic, touching, melancholic
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After Louie (2017)
Plot Summary:
As an AIDS activist and member of ACT UP in the 1980s and 90s, Sam witnessed the deaths of too many friends and lovers. Battlewounded and struggling with survivor's guilt, Sam now resents the complacency of his former comrades and derides what he sees as the younger generation's indifference to the politics of sex, and of death. An unexpected intimacy with a much younger man challenges Sam's understanding of contemporary gay life. Through this unconventional romance, he is forced to deal with the trauma that so informs his past, their present, and an unknown future.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, queer cinema