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Plot Summary:
Dongbaek is a single mother. When a potential new love enters her life, she finds ways to defy the social stigmas surrounding her.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, romantic comedy
Best tv shows and movies like When the Camellia Blooms (2019):
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Princess Silver (2019)
Plot Summary:
Rong Le, a princess of the royal family of the Xiqi Kingdom who wakes up one day to find that she has lost her memory. She is ordered to marry Wu You, seventh prince of the neighboring Beilin Kingdom, though her husband-to-be refuses to let her inside his manor. Unable to return home, Rong Le settles down in Beilin and opens a teahouse under the alias of Man Yao. It is rumored that the Qin family has misplaced an extraordinary tome that will supposedly usher in a time of prosperity for all the kingdoms, and Man Yao embarks on a journey to find the book. Man Yao and Wu You meet and fall in love without realizing each other's true identity, though they are forced to separate when Rong Le's brother Rong Qi orders her to marry the powerful General Fu Chou.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Love Cells (2014)
Plot Summary:
A fantasy, romantic comedy about a ′love cell′ cat that looks like a human, Navi teaching love to Ma Dae Choong, who is determined to revive his dying love cells with an extraordinary romance, particularly with top star, Seo Rin.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, suspenseful, romantic comedy
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Once Again (2020)
Plot Summary:
A turbulent divorce story of the Song family that ends in the discovery of romance and familial love. The Song family includes a frugal father, a cute but materialistic mother, and four adult children with their own quirks and family troubles.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: light, touching, suspense, suspenseful, dorama
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Should We Kiss First (2018)
Plot Summary:
Son Moo-Han works as a managing director of an advertising company. An Soon-Jin lost her daughter unexpectedly and she works as a flight attendant. Eun Kyung-Soo is An Soon-Jin’s ex-husband and he is now married to Baek Ji-Min.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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My Absolute Boyfriend (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman works as a special makeup artist. Because her heart was broken in the past, she finds it hard to love again and has a cold heart full of sadness. She unexpectedly falls in love with a humanoid robot programmed to be the perfect boyfriend and all the while a top star is competing for her affections as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, dorama
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Best Friends in Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
Aoi Miura (Sota Fukushi) was born and grew up in Toyama Prefecture. He has an indecisive personality and does not like summer. He was the focal member of the high school swimming team, but he now works as an assistant at a small architectural office in Tokyo. One summer day, he meets his childhood friend and first love Akari Serizawa. During their school days they spent everyday hanging out together until the fireworks night in their 3rd year of high school. That night, Akari suddenly disappeared. Now, Akari has a man named Aoi.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, romantic drama
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My Little Princess (2016)
Plot Summary:
Should some places be off limits to the poor? The Si Ye Art Institute is an elite arts high school for the children of wealthy families whose students go on to attend the most exclusive universities. Jiang Yu Nian is one of the most popular boys at the school, but he is cold and emotionally distant after the death of his sister. The exclusive school and its privileged students are turned upside down when Lin Xing Chen, a talented art student from a poor background, is admitted. Xing Chen faces immediate bullying from the other rich students, but will Yu Nian try to protect the kindhearted new student?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, touching, suspenseful, dorama
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Humsafar (2011)
Plot Summary:
Khirad and Ashar's marriage is a bad match in the eyes of Ashar's mother. She plots successfully to discredit Khirad in Ashar's eyes, and he distances himself from Khirad despite her repeated pleas of innocence. Their time apart is hard for both with Ashar trying desperately to forget his love for Khirad, and Khirad hardened towards Ashar for mistreating her. Their daughter's illness brings them reluctantly together, reigniting Ashar's longing for Khirad and him offering her his forgiveness. She is appalled and leaves. In his distraught state, Ashar finds out the truth about Khirad's innocence and asks her forgiveness, which she hesitantly gives.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating, cult classic
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My True Friend (2019)
Plot Summary:
A modern drama focusing on the relationship between real estate agents and customers wanting to find the perfect home in a growing property market.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, suspenseful
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The Great Craftsman (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1920s, it revolves around aspiring architects and their contributions to the country.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Over The Sea I Come to You (2019)
Plot Summary:
A story of laughter and tears that surrounds three different families in the journey of sending their children to study abroad. Huang Cheng Dong is forced to accompany his only son Huang Xiao Dong to study in the US after his wife's visa was rejected. In his travels, he meets Lin Sa, a high ranking executive who gives up her career to marry into a rich family and accompanies her new stepdaughter Wu Dan Dan to study abroad. After a series of hilarious mishaps, Huang Cheng Dong learns that Liu Ruo Yu who was supposed to act as his son's guardian has run into troubles of her own leaving him no choice but to find a way to stay in the US. Three families of different backgrounds cross paths in a foreign country and experience many trials that test their relationships with their loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Blessing of the Sea (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sim Chung-Yi has an absolute sense of sight which allows her to identify thousands of colors. She also has a bright personality. Sim Chung-Yi meets Ma Poong-Do who is a pianist. He is highly skilled on the piano, but he receives criticism that he has lack of sensibility. Sim Chung-Yi and Ma Poong-Do develop romantically. Sim Chung-Yi also tries to find a secret of her father.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, suspenseful
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A Place in the Sun (2019)
Plot Summary:
When an orphan raised by foster parents has a near death experience, he changes his name and disappears from his life including his girlfriend. Attempting to cope, his girlfriend begins work at the conglomerate company Yangji Group where they meet again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Level Up (2019)
Plot Summary:
Cold and precise, An Dan-Te is the no-nonsense director of Yoo Seong CRC, a company which specializes in the restructuring and resurrecting of companies on the brink of failure. Sent to Joybuster, a game company on the brink of bankruptcy, Dan-Te takes on the role of CEO and wastes no time in trying to get this company back on its feet. As head of game development at Joybuster, Shin Yeon-Hwa teams up with her new CEO, in an attempt to save their dying company. Tasked with developing a new game which satisfies all of Dan-Te’s demands, Yeon-Hwa soon finds herself wavering somewhere between having a nervous breakdown and committing murder. Completely at odds with each other, Yeon-Hwa and Dan-Te never seem to stop fighting; but everyone knows opposites always find a way to attract. Can the poker-faced boss with zero emotions and the hot-tempered game developer really find love when they can’t even agree on a way to save their dying company?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Pasta (2010)
Plot Summary:
Pasta follows the dreams and successes of a young woman who aspires to become an elite chef at La Sfera Italian restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, suspenseful
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Be Arrogant (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hong Hara is a bright, energetic girl with a positive outlook on life. She is a sweet girl who believes that every time she falls in love, it would last forever. Hong Hara is in a relationship with No Cheol, a man no one cannot seem to resist, though he is not mature all the time. He is also the ex-boyfriend of Do Ra Hee, a girl who has spent the last ten years in the fashion business. After dating No Cheol for six years, she is now sick of men and her number one goal is to gain more money. Somehow Hong Hara ends up living and working with Do Ra Hee. The two women decide to launch their own online shopping mall. After struggling to make a living at the fast fashion mecca of Korea, Dongdaemun, they realize the potential in online shopping malls. However, the industry is filled with competitors, and the business partners soon learn about the challenges of running a small business.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, light, dorama, touching, humorous, romantic comedy
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The King of Dramas (2012)
Plot Summary:
A satirical dramedy about what goes on behind the scenes in making a TV drama.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, feel good, humorous, entertaining, parody
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My First First Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Due to various personal reasons, a group of Yun Tae-o’s friends move into his house, where they experience love, friendship, and everything in between.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dorama, humorous, sincere, romantic, touching, sweet, captivating
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Because This Is My First Life (2017)
Plot Summary:
Nam Se-Hee is a single man in his early 30's. He has chosen to not marry. He owns his home, but he owes a lot on his mortgage. Yoon Ji-Ho is a single woman in her early 30's. She does not own a home and envies those that do. She has given up on dating due to her financial struggles. Yoon Ji-Ho begins to live at Nam Se-Hee’s house. They become housemates.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, captivating, romantic drama, humorous
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It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jang Jae-yeol is a writer of bestselling mystery novels and a radio DJ. Playful and a bit arrogant, he also suffers from obsessive–compulsive disorder. Ji Hae-soo is a psychiatrist on her first year of fellowship. Driven and ambitious with her career yet compassionate towards her patients, Hae-soo has a negative attitude towards love and relationships in her personal life. Once Jae-yeol and Hae-soo meet, there is much contention between them caused by their strong personalities and refusal to give in to each other. But slowly their bickering turns into love and they begin to learn how compatible they are. Jae-yeol and Hae-soo attempt to heal each other's deep-seated wounds, but their fledgling relationship takes a blow when they learn that Jae-yeol's mental health issues are more serious than they initially suspected.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, romantic, dorama, semi serious, sincere, captivating, suspenseful, romantic drama, medical drama
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You Are My Spring (2021)
Plot Summary:
A hotel concierge and a psychiatrist with traumatic childhoods form a heartfelt bond when they become entangled in a perplexing local murder case.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 895
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, dorama, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Love Actually (2017)
Plot Summary:
It’s a story about the eras of the 70s, 80s and 90s; about the rapid development of the great era of love and how to deal with the success and failure of life, self-growth and self-transformation. It’s a drama genre of modern day city life; about singles’ rigid pursuit of love; about the lives of a group of ordinary people. It avoids dramatic negative energy. Instead, it’ll bring forth positive energy to encourage men and women to move positively forward in life and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Lie to Me (2011)
Plot Summary:
Gong Ah-jung, a level 5 Ministry of Culture official, gets entangled in a web of lies when she mistakenly lies that she's married to Hyun Ki-joon, a hotel manager from an affluent family. Their relationship is further complicated when Ki-joon's ex-fiancée and a close friend of his brother's, Oh Yoon-joo, reappears in his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, novela, romantic comedy
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I Need Romance (2011)
Plot Summary:
I Need Romance is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy series starring Jo Yeo-jeong, Kim Jeong-hoon, Choi Yeo-jin, Choi Song-hyun and Choi Jin-hyuk. It aired on tvN from June 13 to August 2, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 for 16 episodes. The cable drama revolves around three thirty-something career women and their complicated love lives. It was popular with female viewers in their 20s and 30s for depicting contemporary women in a realistic way.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, captivating, romantic comedy
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Don't Dare to Dream (2016)
Plot Summary:
Depicts the fierce competition at a broadcasting station and the love between anchor Lee Hwa-Shin and weather caster Pyo Na-Ri.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, dorama, romantic comedy
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The Light in Your Eyes (2019)
Plot Summary:
Time manipulation comes with a steep price for a young woman, who becomes 78 years old overnight after using a mysterious watch.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, dorama
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Five Children (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sang-Tae is left with his two children after his wife passes away. Since that time, he lives with his two kids and parents-in-law. He works as a marketing team leader for a fashion brand. Mi-Jung works as an assistant manager at the same fashion company. 3 years ago, her husband had an affair with her friend and left her. She couldn't tell her kids the truth about their father and lied that their father went to work in America. To this day, the children still believe that their father is in America. Sang-Tae and Mi-Jung never thought about falling in love again, but they fall in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dorama
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The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019)
Plot Summary:
Do Min-Ik works as a director of the mobile media 1 team at T&T. He is smart and excellent at his job. His secretary is Jung Gal-Hee. Do Min-Ik often does childish things like calling Jung Gal-Hee continually. Jung Gal-Hee carries out Do Min-Ik's orders without complaints. She looks soft, but she hides her tough side.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: dorama, feel good, funny, light, romantic, touching, captivating, sentimental, humorous, entertaining
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Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021)
Plot Summary:
A professional woman leaves her dental practice in Seoul and moves to a seaside village. There she meets a local resident who is unemployed but seems to do everything around town, from helping those in need to being a part of everyone's life. The two become interested in each other despite their differences.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, smart, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, romantic, epic, feel good, romantic comedy
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Can You Hear My Heart? (2011)
Plot Summary:
Can You Hear My Heart is a South Korean television drama broadcast by MBC starring Hwang Jung-eum, Kim Jae-won and Namgoong Min. It aired on MBC from April 2, 2011 to July 10, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 30 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful, romantic comedy, feel good