Best tv shows like The World That They Live In
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Plot Summary:
Song Hye Gyo plays a PD Joo Joon Young who has bold and unstoppable personality. Hyun Bin also plays a promising drama PD Jung Ji Oh. This drama focuses on TV stations by portraying the love and struggle of these 2 PDs during filming their respective projects as well as unfolding male and female staffs' love stories and marriages.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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King Maker: The Change of Destiny (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the late 19th century, the Joseon Dynasty is in peril because the Kim Family abuses power. The king's power has already weakened, and the people are suffering famine and hardship. Choi Chon-joong is Joseon's best fortune teller and physiognomist, who lost people he loves to Kim Family. He swore to overthrow the Kims and reform the country. He read the hunger to power in Lee Ha-eung, a humble-looking member of the royal family, and decides to help him to set his son on the throne. Meanwhile, the Kims also find the heir to the throne, using Bong-ryun's special gift. Bong-ryun, the daughter of the current king, has the power of psychometry. While the royals and powerful politicians are making and breaking alliances to get ahold of the thrones, Chon-joong focuses on kingmaking that can bring Chosun a new era.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Summer Heat (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of young adults working at a paradisiac resort live an unforgettable summer as they discover love, true friendships and devastating secrets.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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A Thousand Days' Promise (2011)
Plot Summary:
A Thousand Days' Promise is a 2011 South Korean traditional melodrama about a woman who is losing her memory and the loving man who stands by her side. Written by famed drama writer Kim Soo-hyun, it aired on SBS from October 17 to December 20, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Now, We Are Breaking Up (2021)
Plot Summary:
Will tell stories of emotional love and breakups. Ha Young-eun, a manager of the design team at a fashion label who is a trendy and intelligent realist. Yoon Jae-guk, a wealthy and popular freelancer photographer who also has the brains and looks. Hwang Chi-sook is a director of the fashion label’s design team who attended high school with Ha Young-eun and Seok Do-hoon is a skilled PR company CEO.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Traces of the Hand (2017)
Plot Summary:
Is there an app to help you get the woman you love? Kim Hong Sik is a shy young man who returns to college after serving his mandatory military service. He discovers an app called T-Scope that helps him to see other people’s secret messages. Can he use it to help him capture the heart of the “Queen of the Engineering College”, whom he has secretly loved for years?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 7 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Blow Breeze (2016)
Plot Summary:
The romance between a bright woman, Mi-Poong, who defected from North Korea and a man, Jang-Go, in Seoul who is a stickler for the rules. Conflicts also arise over a 100 billion won inheritance.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Confess (2017)
Plot Summary:
Auburn Reed is determined to put her challenging past behind her and get her future on track. Now in her mid-twenties and struggling to fund her custody battle for her only son, she stumbles upon the art studio of the talented and charming artist, Owen Gentry. The two wrestle with their developing romance and the secrets they're both keeping until they realize they may risk their future if they don't reveal their pasts to each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Spring Waltz (2006)
Plot Summary:
Will the tragedy of spring be repeated years later? To escape debt, Lee Su Ho's father escaped to a remote island where his friend has a young daughter Eun Young, who is the same age as Su Ho. After being abandoned by his father, Su Ho sought to leave, but his mind changed after being touched by Eun Young's pure heart. A series of unfortunate events ensue, and Su Ho disappears, while Eun Young is sick in the hospital. Years later, while travelling in Austria, Eun Young meets the talented pianist Jae Ha, a man with a cold exterior with a few words, who bears a resemblance to Su Ho. As their love starts to develop, the truth unfolds... Can their love endure the harsh spring tragedy many years ago?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama, novela
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Snow In Sea Breeze (2015)
Plot Summary:
On a snowy night, little Seon-mi is diagnosed with hemopoietic dysplasia. Years pass and Seon-mi, who has now become an adult, has overcome her pain and is adjusting to the adult world. Having decided to use her talent to become a perfumer, she travels to many different places to collect various scents and spices to help people with their inner pains. She meets Sang-woo at an aquarium and is strongly drawn to his scent which reminds her of her father.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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She Would Never Know (2021)
Plot Summary:
It is an office romance about female senior who doesn’t want to catch feelings for younger men and male junior who are handsome, sexy and has a straightforward style.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Good Time (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two successful professionals in a complicated relationship have no use for marriage. But through times thick and thin, their attitudes change.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Bad Romeo (2022)
Plot Summary:
A story of a lonely girl who falls in love with a man that claims to be from another time period.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Que Sera, Sera (2007)
Plot Summary:
Que Sera, Sera is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Eric Mun, Jung Yoo-mi, Lee Kyu-han, and Yoon Ji-hye. It aired on MBC from March 17 to May 13, 2007 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:40 for 17 episodes. It is a passionate, violent and twisted drama about emotional abuse, the notion that love is a zero-sum game, and that sometimes, you can even buy love.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Red Scarf (2011)
Plot Summary:
Al Yazmalım was a Turkish television series based on the novel The Red Scarf by Chinghiz Aitmatov and 1978 Turkish romantic drama film The Girl with the Red Scarf.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, soap opera
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Wonderful Days (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dong-Suk grew up as a smart young boy, but came from a poor family background. He is now a successful prosecutor and comes back to his hometown for the first time in 14 years. There, he happens to meet his first love Hae-Won and falls in love with her all over again.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Negotiator (2017)
Plot Summary:
Dou Qiao is a genius negotiator who is the star of the US-China Business Council. Male lead Xie Xiaofei also works as a negotiator, but is actually the sole heir of a wealthy Chinese-American corporation who wants nothing to do with the family business. He vents his frustrations on Dou Qiao, though their bickering relationship soon takes a romantic turn. The couple separates after Dou Qiao discovers the Xie Family had a hand in her parents’ deaths, only to meet several years later as negotiators of rival firms.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Love from the Hood (2015)
Plot Summary:
Living and working in the colorful neighborhood, La Lagunilla, two friends, Paloma and Laura, long for respective boyfriends and true love. Paloma, a law student and waitress, falls for Daniel, a wealthy doctor with a manipulative mother and a family filled with secrets. Laura finds love with Daniel's cousin, Raul, a business manager with his own complicated past.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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The Story of a Noble Family (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Story of a Noble Family (Chinese: 金粉世家) is a 2003 Chinese television series based on Zhang Henshui's novel Jinfen Shijia, directed by Li Dawei. The series was first broadcast in 2003 on China Central Television in mainland China.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Eva Luna (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young woman’s quest for happiness is marred by the secrets and deceptions perpetuated by an evil family. Eva González (Blanca Soto) came to Los Angeles with her father and sister in search of a better life. She goes to work as the personal attendant to Julio Arismendi, the ailing founder of Publicidad Arismendi, unknowingly becoming a pawn to kill him by his wife, Marcela (Susana Dosamantes). When the beautiful Eva catches the eye of Julio’s son, Leonardo Arismendi (Julian Gil), and his best friend, Daniel Villanueva (Guy Ecker), she becomes the target of Victoria (Vanessa Villela), who is Leonardo’s sister and Daniel’s girlfriend. But Daniel leaves Victoria for Eva, and on the day of Eva and Daniel’s wedding, Eva’s father is killed in a hit-and-run accident. Can her future husband be responsible? “Eva Luna” is a 2010 telenovela produced by Venevisión International in collaboration with Univision Studios. It is a remake of the 1997 Telemundo telenovela “Aquamarina.”.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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The Snow Queen (2006)
Plot Summary:
A boxer who was previously a genius, and a rich girl who has a serious illness. Despite appearing not to have any connection, they are similar. Nothing can melt their heart of ice. What is the sunlight that can melt their frozen heart? If the answer is love, is it too cliché? Tae Woong`s love melted the heart of the ice princess, Bo Ra. Although this winter will be very cold and scary, winter is not the end of the seasons, but the beginning of the hope for a greater love.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Glory Jane (2011)
Plot Summary:
The series follows the romantic and professional trials of an aspiring nurse and two baseball players as they strive for their love and dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Golden Pouch (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Han Suk-Hoon was little, he was adopted by a family in the United States. He returns to Korea as an adult and works as an excellent surgeon, but he falls into a bottomless pit. He succeeds as a dumpling master.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Bridal Material (2018)
Plot Summary:
A free-spirited girl who wants to live life on her own terms, Meera values her uniqueness and is in search of a suitor who will accept her for the person she truly is.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Goodbye Solo (2006)
Plot Summary:
Goodbye Solo is a 2006 South Korean television series starring Chun Jung-myung, Yoon So-yi, Kim Min-hee, Bae Jong-ok, Lee Jae-ryong, Kim Nam-gil, and Na Moon-hee. It aired on KBS2 from March 1 to April 20, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. In the urban melodrama, seven lead characters of different generations and backgrounds are all haunted by loneliness; they gradually interact and form a "family" borne out of emotional connection and mutual understanding. Renowned for her in-depth, realistic portrayals of ordinary lives, writer Noh Hee-kyung said that the drama's theme is that all human beings are beautiful just the way they are, simply by existing in the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Bachelor's Vegetable Store (2011)
Plot Summary:
The true story of a young man who turned a tiny vegetable store into a nationwide franchise. Based on a book published in 2003 about Lee Young Suk's life. He started his vegetable stand in 1998 and eventually expanded it to 33 stores around South Korea.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Individualist Ms. Ji-Young (2017)
Plot Summary:
This is a short drama about an individualist, Ji Young, who avoids relationships with others, meets Byuk Soo, who can’t live without having relationships.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, romantic comedy, romantic drama
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My Love Patzzi (2002)
Plot Summary:
My Love, Patji, alternative title "My Love Cindy", alternative title "My Feisty Girl". Written by Kim Yi-young, and produced by Lee Jin-suk.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin (2020)
Plot Summary:
Virat sacrifices his love to honour the promise he made to a dying man. Trapped between the past and the present, will he find love beyond the chains of duty?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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My Girl (2020)
Plot Summary:
One day, they came across each other again when Meng Hui, now a makeup artist, meets Shen Yi whom she thought was a junior staff of the cosmetics company LS, but in reality, is the president of the company. Unexpectedly provoked by something, Meng Hui suddenly declares herself as the president's girlfriend due to a delusional attack caused by her disorder. In order to get the formula of her self-made foundation liquid, Shen Yi pretends to be her boyfriend. Regardless of the roles Meng Hui wants to become, Shen Yi will not give up trying to cooperate. When Meng Hui learned that he was the one who injured her long ago, how should the wounds between them be healed?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Man Who Can't Get Married (2009)
Plot Summary:
Cho Jae Hee is a man in his 40s who is very stubborn and hasn't gotten married yet. His personality is so unbearable that women don't find him attractable nor a good candidate for marriage. However, Jae Hee, is perfect in everything that he does. His life will be surrounded by three different women. Jang Moon Jung is a doctor that he meets one day, Jung Yoo Jin is his neighbor whom he meets due to a disturbance, and Yoon Ki Ran is his colleague at work.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing