Best tv shows like Thirty Nine
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Plot Summary:
Leaning on each other through thick and thin, a trio of best friends stand together as they experience life, love and loss on the brink of turning 40.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, sincere
Best tv shows and movies like Thirty Nine (2022):
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XX (2020)
Plot Summary:
The best bartender in the industry at SpeakEasy Bar overcomes his wound from past love while solving guests’ relationship problems.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Another Self (2022)
Plot Summary:
Three friends arrive in a seaside town, where they connect with their spiritual selves and suddenly face unresolved trauma from their families' pasts.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, spiritual
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Dear Missy (2020)
Plot Summary:
Story of two best friends Lu Ke and Shen Si Yi, who has contrasting personalities but are each other's closest friends. Their relationship broke down during graduation but nine years later they meet and reconcile. The two encouraged each other, faced difficulties, and overcome the setbacks in work and life together.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Unkind Ladies (2015)
Plot Summary:
This drama features the women of three generations and the people around them. Ma Ri grows up as a good teacher of this generation where there is no true mentor. Hyun Sook, who has been a troublemaker, realizes the love and support of her family. Kang Soon Ok regards herself as unlucky, but later on realizes how happy she has been. How can you hold up when your life gets tough? You will figure it out by holding up day by day, just like these women in the drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Tokyo Alice (2017)
Plot Summary:
Four former classmates share an apartment in Daikanyama, Tokyo and pursue their own happiness. Arisugawa Fuu works for a design production company and spends most of her salary on fashion, Hada Mizuhois a budding manga artist, Sakuragawa Rio practices psychosomatic medicine, and Enjoji Sayuri works for a Ginza art gallery.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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All Kinds of Daughters-in-Law (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hwang Eun Byul, a ghostwriter for a publishing company, and Hwang Geum Byul, a leader for the PR department at a fashion company, are fraternal twin sisters, but their mother has always favored Geum Byul. The sisters end up marrying into rivaling families, and the story follows them as they try to work through their conflicts with communication and a positive attitude.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Man Who Sets The Table (2017)
Plot Summary:
Lee Roo-Ri tries to get a job at big company, but she gives up. She doesn't have a good relationship with her strict father. Lee Roo-Ri decides to travel to a foreign country to get away. There, she meets Jung Tae-Yang who goes by the YOLO motto. He wanders around the world and places priority on his happiness, but he also carries an emotional wound.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Navillera (2021)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age drama about a 23-year-old ballerino and an old man who begins ballet at the age of 70.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, heartfelt
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Go! Mrs. Go! (2011)
Plot Summary:
Go Bong-sil is separated from her husband by death and almost comes to bankruptcy when she becomes a writer for the best seller.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing, touching
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Hear Me (2022)
Plot Summary:
The life of high school student Ekim, who lives in a humble neighborhood, is shaken by a tragic event that takes place in front of her eyes: her best friend Leyla is injured in a hit-and-run accident. The car disappears inside a prestigious private school, attended by the richest kids of the city. When the neighbors demand justice, the school tries to bury the news by giving scholarships to three studious teenagers from the neighborhood. Ekim, Bekir and Ayşe are chosen, but they soon realize that their life is about to get harder. Yet, Ekim has no intention of letting this go quietly, and there is one thing she is sure of: the criminal is one of the students. While she tries to uncover this dark secret and ensure justice, she will be troubled by her emotions as her heart is turned upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Dating Agency: Cyrano (2013)
Plot Summary:
A team for hire helps those who are having troubles in their love lives. The team employs elaborate staging to help their clients snag the ones they love.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Overcoming heartbreak (2020)
Plot Summary:
Four women of different ages and social strata are forced to live together under the same roof. At first, the coexistence between them is complicated and tense due to their different visions and ways of facing life, but little by little the sisterhood and solidarity prevail when realizing the peculiar bond that exists between them: each one has suffered, in one or otherwise, the absence and abandonment of their respective partners.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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Luna Park (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1960s Rome, a meeting between a free-spirited young woman who grew up in her family's circus and a girl of wealthy descent leads to secrets, intrigue, and unexpected loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 962
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Black Dog (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ko Ha-Neul dreamed of becoming a teacher, due to a teacher who helped her when she was young. Ko Ha-Neul now begins work as a temporary teacher at a private high school. While working there, she interacts with many people, including teachers Park Sung-Soon and Do Yeon-Woo. Both of whom are dedicated to their teaching jobs. Meanwhile, Ko Ha-Neul faces different problems at the school. As she works through those problems, Ko Ha-Neul grows as a person and a teacher.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, emotional, heartfelt
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The Legendary Witch (2014)
Plot Summary:
Orphan Moon Soo-in marries Ma Do-hyun, the eldest son of the chaebol family who owns bakery corporation Shinhwa Group. But when Do-hyun dies unexpectedly, the Ma family makes Soo-in take the fall for their illegal business practices and she ends up in jail for stock manipulation that she didn't commit. At Cheongju's Penitentiary for Women, her cellmates are kind-hearted Shim Bok-nyeo who was falsely accused of killing her husband and son; tough-as-nails, foul-mouthed Son Poong-geum who was convicted of fraud; and former model Seo Mi-oh who's been charged with the attempted murder of her boyfriend, Shinhwa Group's youngest son. The four women bond and become friends, particularly when they join the baking classes being taught by Nam Woo-suk, a hotel chef. Woo-suk is a widower who is raising his daughter alone after the death of his wife six years ago. At his father-in-law's suggestion, he became a volunteer at the local prison's vocational training center, where he meets Soo-in and begins to fall for her. Upon their discharge, the four women put the baking skills they learned in prison to use, opening up a bakery together. But they face stiff competition from the Shinhwa Group.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Village (2019)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to the Village, an apartment building in Brooklyn that appears like any other from the outside but is quite unique inside. The people who reside here have built a bonded family of friends and neighbors.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World (2017)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary middle-aged woman has devoted her life to her family. She is diagnosed with terminal cancer and must prepare her goodbye to her family.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, tear jerker, tearjerker
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My Liberation Notes (2022)
Plot Summary:
Three siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their unremarkable lives.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic
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Firefly Lane (2021)
Plot Summary:
For decades, childhood best friends Kate and Tully have weathered life's storms together -- until a betrayal threatens to break them apart for good.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic, romantic
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Meet (2021)
Plot Summary:
A remake of Zee Sarthak’s Sindura Bindu. Despite her efforts to provide for her family, Meets disregard for societal gender norms and her nonconformist job as a delivery agent make her an unsuitable girl in the eyes of her family.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Infidels (2009)
Plot Summary:
Following the lives of five young women in Barcelona. Close friends whose professional lives, friendships, love, passion and sense of humour make up a series of stories that revolve around self-assurance and loyalty to one's principles.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (2020)
Plot Summary:
A riches-to-rags pianist who loses everything but her smile is guided by twinkling little stars to a small town where she finds hope, home and love.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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For You (2022)
Plot Summary:
In the parish of Rio Meandro, two villages are at war over the construction of a dam that will submerge one of them: either Aldeia Velha or Aldeia Nova.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Cecilia (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of a woman whose world seemingly crumbles when she suffers a stroke. What at first seems like a tragedy ends up being an opportunity to reunite her family and rebuild her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Not Yet Thirty (2021)
Plot Summary:
“How to Be Thirty” will be a relatable romance centering around the work and love lives of women who have just entered their 30s. The drama follows the story that unfolds when 30-year-old webtoon author Seo Ji Won meets her publisher Lee Seung Yoo, who is also her first love from middle school.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: dorama, captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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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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Wang’s Family (2013)
Plot Summary:
Wang Subak, the eldest daughter of the Wang family, had married into a wealthy family. But after her husband Ko Minjung goes bankrupt, she and her family have to move back into her parents' home. Second daughter Hobak is also having financial difficulties with her jobless husband Heo Sedal, while third daughter Gwangbak suddenly decides to quit her stable job as a teacher to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. Navigating the pressures of their circumstances will test every member of the family as they struggle to find happiness and love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Class (2016)
Plot Summary:
What is happening in the class? Who are friends, who are enemies - and who has had a mishap? The pupils have yet another day ahead of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 10 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Work Later, Drink Now (2021)
Plot Summary:
Three single women in 30s gather and talk about everyday life from work to love. Nothing is more important to them than enjoying a drink after work.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Run the World (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of a group of Black women who work, live, and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. They're not only surviving – but thriving together.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious