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Plot Summary:
A manga artist, He Jie has entered into his own manga “Crystal Love” and he must complete the mission of saving the evil second female lead, turning her into a better person before he can return back to the real world. He ended up having to keep on filling up the loopholes of his own manga again and again, forming a funny lovestory.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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609 Bedtime Story (2022)
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One day, a strange man is sleeping on Mum's bed, a playboy and the owner of room 609. They both have passionate sex the first time they meet and after that, mysterious things keep happening. Mum always dreams of a mysterious event and wakes up frightened in the middle of the night. Mum tries to forget the "feeling" with the young man by having sex with women. However, it even makes him think of the man of his dream more. Then, he connects the dots of the events and comes up with the theory of the reverse parallel universe. Finally, he meets Dew in real life. Though their first meeting is Dew's last day, it is also the beginning that both of them will help each other change the future!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration:
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To Get Her (2019)
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A famous idol gets trapped inside a video game and his girlfriend finds ways to bring him back. He becomes the 3rd prince who only cares about music and she becomes the 3rd princess with a mission to help him take the throne.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Music, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
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The Perfect Match (2017)
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What do netizens know? Ting En (Chris Wu) is a celebrated chef whose fine-dining restaurant is a destination for food lovers from all over the world. When Ting En stumbles upon comments on the Internet from people who can’t afford to eat at his high-priced restaurant, they blow his mind. Netizens claim that the culinary creations made by Fen Qing (Ivy Shao) at the night market are just as satisfying as Ting En’s Michelin-worthy food. Determined to debunk such preposterous claims, Ting En goes to the night market to find Fen Qing and show her what true culinary talent really is. Whose cuisine will reign supreme? “The Perfect Match” is a 2017 Taiwanese drama series.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
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The Longest Promise (2023)
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From the Kong Sang Continent comes the tale of the tumultuous love story of Princess Zhu Yan of the Chi Yi Tribe and Royal Prince Shi Ying, The framing of the Queen results in the Prince being banished to Jiu Yi Mountain to cultivate. Once solely focused on his tasks, he develops romantic feelings for his disciple Zhu Yan. But their student/teacher relationship prevents either from expressing their true feelings. Fate then works against them when they choose opposing sides in a political struggle of life and death proportions. Eventually, putting aside their issues, they pledge to protect their beloved Kong Sang Continent.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: xianxia
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A Viagem (1994)
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A Viagem is a Brazilian TV soap opera produced by Rede Globo. It was written by Ivani Ribeiro with the contribution of Solange Castro Neves, and directed by Wolf Maya,Ignácio Coqueiro e Andre Schultz. The soap first aired from April 11, 1994 until October 22 of the same year and includes 167 episodes. The twisted plot deals with the sorrows and hopes of ordinary people and their love or enmity with each other. Supernatural powers affect them until in the end peace and goodwill are restored.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, telenovela
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Meeting You Loving You (2021)
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A love story that is full of heartaches and heart-fluttering moments follows Su Zhi Nian and Song Qing Chun as two people who overcome a past heartbreak to be reunited once more.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: tsundere
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Lotus Lantern (2005)
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The story is based on the traditional Chinese folklore about a boy named Chenxiang. His mother, Sanshengmu, was a goddess and his father, Liu Yanchang, was a mortal. Since their marriage was forbidden, his maternal uncle, Erlang Shen, who was a god, punishes them by killing Liu Yanchang. Sanshengmu escapes and gives birth, but Chenxiang grows up without knowledge of his ancestry. Sanshengmu possesses a magical Lotus Lantern whose light can scare away evil. When Erlang Shen, a strict and powerful god, kidnaps Chenxiang, Sanshengmu fights to save him. Unfortunately, Erlang Shen is victorious and Chenxiang is forced to live in his palace on the sacred mountains. Erlang Shen then imprisons Sanshengmu beneath a mountain for her crimes. Although he is quite young, Chenxiang manages to escape from the palace, taking the magical lotus lantern that Sanshengmu lost during the battle. After surviving adventures with many beloved characters of Chinese mythology, Chenxiang finally matures into a courageous boy who must battle Erlang Shen to win Sanshengmu's freedom and fall in love at the same time.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: anime
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Dream Garden (2021)
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When it comes to matters of the heart, Xiao Xiao believes she is something of an expert. The blogger behind a popular social media account which addresses all sorts of relationship issues, Xiao Xiao has no shortage of experience when it comes to love. However, all of her experiences online can’t prepare her for her first encounter with Lin Shen, a professional psychological counselor, who sees the world in an entirely different way. After butting heads on a popular variety show, Xiao Xiao hoped that she would never have to deal with Lin Shen ever again. But fate, it would seem, had other plans. Hoping to improve her ability to analyze emotional problems by learning from a true professional, Xiao Xiao applies for a position as a professional psychologist’s assistant. Only too late does she realize that the professional she’s working for is none other than the cold-hearted Lin Shen.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
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Cinderella Chef (2018)
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Ye Jia Yao travels back in time to the ancient times, where she becomes the daughter of a magistrate with the name Ye Jin Xuan. When she wakes up she is suddenly kidnapped to Hei Fang Camp where she meets the leader of the bandits, Xia Chun Yu, the former young master of the Jing An Marquis manor. The two then get engaged in a fake marriage. Ye Jia Yao starts to win over hearts, including Xia Chun Yu's, with her superb cooking skills and modern street smarts.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, touching, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, romantic comedy
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My Eternal Star (2023)
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Lu Si Heng is the CEO of an IT company and is known as the "male god" of the industry. He was separated from his childhood playmate, and kept to himself ever since. He meets Lin Xiao Di, an news anchor who has to move in to his house due to problems with her property. After spending some time with her, he realizes that she is his long-lost childhood friend whom he has been searching for for fifteen years.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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Hua Xu Yin: City of Desperate Love (2015)
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Hua Xu Yin tells the story of a princess of a fallen kingdom who died to show her loyalty to her kingdom and becomes resurrected by the power of the Aqua Tear Pearl. She utilizes the power from the Pearl to weave a fulfilling dream for those who are willing to pay the price of death, using chords to guide the illusions. Through various encounters along her adventure she learns about the various kinds of love and weaknesses faced in love.
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Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, xianxia
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Love Better Than Immortality (2019)
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A woman from the future arrives at a fantasy-like universe to experience love for the first time. She goes by the name Chun Hua and falls into a complicated romance with two young men who are opposites like black and white.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: lyrical, touching, captivating, disturbing, xianxia
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The Blue Whisper (2022)
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An Oriental fairytale follows the romance between a demon master and a merman. Their relationship started from that of control and being controlled. After a series of conspiracies and misunderstandings, they break free of the barriers between their worlds to become each other's salvation. There are only four remaining places in existence where the use of the ability to control monsters is allowed by imperial rule. In a certain region in the South lives a woman named Ji Yunhe. She is the most powerful demon master with the ability to tame any demon. However, she falls in love with merman Chang Yi and sets him free even at the expense of deceiving him while she becomes imprisoned in endless darkness.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: xianxia
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Never Gone (2018)
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The romance between failing student Su Yun Jin and high school genius Cheng Zheng is broken apart due to clashing personalities and a huge difference in social status. Coincidentally, they meet each other again in the workforce, and get entangled in each other’s lives once again.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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The Little Fairy (2006)
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When Goddess Xiao Qi commits a major crime, she is stripped of her powers and banished to the mortal realm where she meets a mortal who helps her accomplish 100 charitable acts so she can regain her goddess status. The two fall in love, but when their forbidden love affair is discovered, heaven guards descend upon the mortal realm to separate the two lovers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: China, Singapore
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, costume drama
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Till The End of The Moon (2023)
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In an era when the demons are in power, they are the masters of the despicable cultivators and mortals. The cultivator elders deem it necessary to send someone back in time, to determine the origin of the demon lord and to prevent his awakening. Li Su Su accepts the mission, becoming the mortal Ye Xi Wu, General Ye's third daughter who is married to Tantai Jin, the hostage prince and future demon lord. She is determined to destroy Tantai Jin, who in the future will massacre many. But as a witness to Tantai Jin's past life and rise to power, an unexpected tale emerges, one complicating her quest.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: xianxia, costume drama, period drama
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First Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Zuo Zai Jun, Zheng Lei and Ning Xiao Meng were good friends in college. In fact, both Zai Jun and Lei were in love with Xiao Meng. But Xiao Meng left for the United States to further her studies, and Zai Jun and Lei lost touch with her for eight years. During that time, the men raised Xiao Meng’s daughter, Miao Miao, whom Xiao Meng left behind. But when Xiao Meng suddenly returns after eight years and wants her daughter back, will her reappearance reignite the the emotional rivaly between Zai Jun and Lei?.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Far Away Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
Meng Chu-Xia is a kind-hearted and optimistic single 28-year-old ‘shengnu’ (‘leftover woman’) who takes care of the son of her long lost sister. Shen An is a businessman who has returned to China from overseas to start a new company. When Shen An and Chu-Xia meet, they are both not expecting to find love. Shen An is engaged to be married and Chu-Xia is struggling to raise her teenage nephew.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Memories of Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young couple finds their love rekindled after being separated for ten years. Lu Fei, a seemingly perfect Prince Charming unexpectedly encounters the stubborn and rebellious young lady Xin Chen. Despite their clashing personalities, they find themselves drawn to one another and eventually fall in love. However, they later separate, and it is not until ten years later, when Lu Fei lets go of his newly burgeoning company overseas and returns to search for Xin Chen, that they rediscover the meaning of their love.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Be With You (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young cartoonist intentionally gets near Ji Yan Xin, a cold and arrogant professor. Qi Nian, a girl with a straightforward personality hopes that interacting with Ji Yan Xin would give her inspiration and creative materials for her comic plot. Coincidentally Ji Yan Xin’s younger brother Ji Si Qi becomes Qi Nian’s assistant and a catalyst for their relationship to progress and blossom.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tsundere
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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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Hidden Love (2023)
Plot Summary:
Since high school, Sang Zhi has had a crush on Duan Jiaxu. When fate brings them together again, they find a chance to embark on a sweet relationship.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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When One Day I Will Sleep (2019)
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Morino Hotaru is a second year high school student who has had an unrequited crush on Otaka Ren since junior high school. One day, while on a school trip with Ren and her good friend Yamamoto Shiori, their bus gets into an accident. When Hotaru wakes up, a young man who is dressed fully in black appears in front of her. He is Kuro, a grim reaper.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, captivating
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Miss the Dragon (2021)
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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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Consummation (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a VR game conjures up a realistic dream, youth restarts for a man who returns to his schooldays in a journey of self-healing. Ten years after high school, Lin Shang He, Cui Zhen Yan, and their close friends think of a way to help Xia Shi get over the psychological trauma that he continues to suffer from since Ye Sang Yu's accident. A game takes Xia Shi into the world of virtual reality back to the time when he was a student, thus allowing him to unravel the mystery through his memories to recover a friendship that has been lost.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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My Girlfriend Is an Alien (2019)
Plot Summary:
The alien girl Chai Xiaoqi tells the story of Fang Xiaoqi, the overbearing president of the alien girl who died from the "Cape Town Planet", who was suffering from the "rainy weather heterosexual amnesia". A high-energy hilarious and romantic cross-star love story. The female host Chai Xiaoqi is not only an alien, but also a true-handed witch. Once she inhales the hormones emitted by the males in the earth, she will fall into the "flowery state" and suffer from various diseases. The fun and ridiculously ridiculous romance will restore the singularity of the girl in the perfection of the girl. In order to survive on the human earth, Chai Xiaoqi will use his various super powers to solve one accident after another, like a roller coaster. The ups and downs will make the audience hooked. The male lord is cold and is an alternative overbearing president. When it rains, he will forget the opposite sex that appears around him. For this reason, he and the female host will launch various "fighting and fighting" laughter dramas. The experience of high sweetness and romance is expected to be Strongly slammed the girl's heart when it was broadcast.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, romantic, light, uplifting, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Sweet Dreams (2018)
Plot Summary:
A caring but apprehensive woman is transported into her crush's dreams. She feels she can finally express her love, but some dreams end in a rude awakening.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Starry Night, the Starry Sea (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young woman who moves away from the city to get it away from misery finds a life she didn’t expect. After the divorce of her parents, Shen Luo grew up being mistreated by her stepmother and stepbrother. To make a break from her difficult life, she moves out of the city to a small island cottage. One day, Luo finds an injured and unconscious Wu Ju Lan at her doorstep. As Luo nurses Ju Lan back to health, Ju Lan appears to Luo as a man without roots, a job or resources, but she can’t help falling in love with him. Ju Lan uses his mystical powers and intellect to try to make Luo’s life better. But when a nosy neighbor discovers Luo’s prized possession, a magical pearl, what sacrifices will Ju Lan have to make to save Luo’s life?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard (2021)
Plot Summary:
Gu Chuan is a passion-filled, vibrant young man with his whole life ahead of him – until his life is turned upside down by a sudden traffic accident. He suffers life-threatening injuries to his heart and surgeons are able to save him by giving him an emergency heart transplant.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Eternal Love of Dream (2020)
Plot Summary:
Having been saved by Emperor Dong Hua from a vicious monster attack, Princess of Qingqiu, Bai Fengjiu becomes immensely indebted to him. To repay him, Fengjiu follows Donghua around on his adventures to eliminate evil but unwittingly realizes that her feelings of gratitude towards him has turned to romantic. However, after a hundred thousand years of fighting evil, Donghua has long forgotten the meaning of “love". To protect Fengjiu, Dong Hua sends her to the human world but accidentally causes the death of Fengjiu’s friend. Fengjiu enters the dream of Ah Lan Ruo to search for the fruit that will be able to resurrect her friend. However, Fengjiu ends up getting trapped in the dream. Dong Hua comes to rescue, and realizes he has fallen in love with Fengjiu….
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, romantic, captivating, disturbing, xianxia