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Plot Summary:
When five college students share a house, they also share their experiences with life and love. Han Yi Tong, Ni Jin, Chen Chen Chen, Lin Xiao Chun and Zhang Sheng Nan are roommates who share a house while attending the same university. Can they support each other through the many challenges they face?.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama
Country: China
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If There Is No Tomorrow (2020)
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I Am Yu Huanshui is a story for the underdogs about a man who tolerates as much as he can, yet things change when he discovers that he is terminal ill.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Puck! (2016)
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Due to his ex-wife’s debt, Joon-Man (Lee Kwang-Soo) had no choice but to work for a gang boss. Even though he has a warm personality, he works as a loan shark. To get debt from an ice hockey coach, Joon-Man joins the ice hockey team.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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First Love (2022)
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Lu Wanwan is a sophomore student in the Clinical Department of Tsingyao University School of Medicine. After getting drunk she got into a scandal with Ren Chu, a bright student of the same school. To curb the raging scandal, the two agreed to a strategy to eliminate the gossips. In the process they discover each other's shining points and gradually developed a good impression of each other. With the help and guidance of Ren Chu, Lu Wanwan overcame her timid personality, and strived to become a qualified medical student. Unconsciously, the two influenced each other and became their better selves.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (2022)
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Ryota Moriyama, a senior at Kyoritsu University, receives a job offer at a first-rate company but gets dumped by Saki Nishino. His professor tells him that he can graduate on the condition that he joins the sumo club and competes in at least one match. With only a single member, Honoka Oba, for the past two years, the sumo club is on the brink of collapse. In order to graduate, Ryota endures Honoka’s strict training methods and starts to recruit other members.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
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Nearly Famous (2007)
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Nearly Famous is a television drama mini-series about a group of British teenagers at a top London school of the performing arts. It is shown in the UK and Ireland on E4. The show has been compared to other teen drama series such as The OC and Skins. The show debuted on E4 on 8 November 2007 and ended its run on the 13th of December 2007. It is filmed in Kent, England. There are no plans to continue into a second series, but the series has been left open so that a second series could be made on demand. The series ends with Owen leaving school, and his devastated friends, after being kicked out. Although it was virtually ignored, it gained a large fanbase between 13-20-year olds. It had many story lines which related well to this target market, including drinking, drugs, money, sex and virginity.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light
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The Lover’s Lies (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young woman who has had a tough life tries to find happiness with the man she loves. Are the ill-fated lovers destined to be apart?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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If Time Flows Back (2020)
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Stand by Me (2016)
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
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Love Yourself (2020)
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Television reporter Sun Yihe, corporate manager Ren Ran, the optimistic Dingding and single mother Xue Kairui are all on the cusp of turning thirty and have reached career bottlenecks. Their love lives don’t go too smoothly either, as all sorts of conflicts and problems start to surface when they begin dating.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Northwood (1991)
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Northwood is a Canadian drama television series which aired on CBC Television from 1991 to 1994 about the lives of teenagers living in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The series was created and produced by Nick Orchard.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min
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Memory of Encaustic Tile (2022)
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Inside the Beijing hutongs where professionals who engage in art conservation and restoration live is a story between a museum conservator and a translator. Shao Xue, Zheng Sunian, and Zhang Qi are children of museum conservators. They share many experiences growing up having lived through the SARS epidemic, the death of their loved ones, and the old city being demolished to forge a deep friendship with each other. As they grow up, everyone starts to choose different paths. Influenced by Zheng Sunian's mother, Shao Xue is unwilling to give up the infinite possibilities of the future for the sake of love and leaves home to search for greener pastures. Zheng Sunian inherits the legacy left by his mother to become a conservator-restorer and finds meaning through the preservation of cultural artifacts. Zhang Qi earns the opportunity to study abroad due to his mathematical skills. Before leaving, he decides to bury his feelings for Shao Xue.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
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Lighter and Princess (2022)
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As soon as Zhu Yun started college life, the world was completely turned upside down by the intrusion of "bad boy" Li Xun. He was regarded by Zhu Yun as a rich, ignorant and incompetent son, but his real identity was actually a special admissions student who was admitted by the school, and a rare programming genius. After several confrontations, the two have some appreciation for each other. The senior Fang Zhijing made things difficult for Zhu Yun many times, Li Xun took action to protect Zhu Yun, and invited her to join the preparation team he set up to win a major programming competition on behalf of the school.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
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So Young (2016)
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Unrequited Love (2017)
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At a university football team reunion, former team manager Mitsuki Hiura confesses that she killed a person to quarterback Tetsuro Nishiwaki. She also reveals that as a result of a gender identity disorder, she is now living as a man. Tetsuro and his friends were puzzled by the events leading to her behaviour. They try to protect their old friend as they gradually discover the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
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Ruri's Island (2005)
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Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for. Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
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dele (2018)
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Freelance programmer Sakagami is paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele.LIFE in partnership with a law firm established by his late father. At the request of clients, Sakagami works together with a freelance jack-of-all-trades Mashiba to delete all unfavorable digital records of their clients left in their computers and smartphones after they die. They are not supposed to see inside the files but when they feel something strange in the client’s death, they cannot help getting involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Hard to Say I Love You (2010)
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Nakajima looks up to his father, who was a war photographer, but can only get a job as an assistant for gravure magazines. Mizuno is a provisional high school teacher, currently on probation. Nishimura is Mizuno's best friend, whose boyfriend has been avoiding her since she discovered she was pregnant. Ichihara works at a magazine where he is being blackmailed into sexual favours by his chief editor. Park, on Twitter, takes on the persona of a doctor, when he is actually working at a company that sells medical equipment to disinterested doctors, and at the same time, trying to take care of his younger sister. This is a story about the blossoming friendship of five young people who were brought together by Twitter, and their journey to finding honesty with each other and with themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: shoujo
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When I Fly Towards You (2023)
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Set off by a sweet chance encounter, 16-year-old Su Zaizai finds herself helplessly drawn to Zhang Lurang — her smart, charming yet distant schoolmate.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 841
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Twenty Your Life On (2020)
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Being someone with no power nor looks nor money, Jiang Xiaoguo has always envied her three roommates. Duan Jiabao who comes from a wealthy family has simple desires. She is carefree and only cares about chasing after celebrities and eating good food. Luo Yan may despise her mother's tendency to become too overbearing, but at least she can rest assured that her future is in good hands. Liang Shuang is beautiful and a go-getter. Even though she is only a college senior, she has already proven herself more than capable to adapt to society. However, she does not know that every person will have their own crosses to bear. Duang Jiabao gets a taste of first love only to realize that she and her friend have fallen for the same man. In trying to understand her mother, Luo Yan learns her mother's long-kept secret. Meanwhile, Liang Shuang still needs to learn how not to hurt the people who care for her. In one year, the four ladies gradually become closer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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Just Dance (2018)
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In a Girls' Vocational High School in Geoje, six students dream to win a dance sports competition.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
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One of the Boys (2023)
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The socially awkward Lau goes on the traditional Man Camp with the provincial town boys to prove that he's a "real man". But, things get tricky when he develops feelings for another boy on the trip.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration:
Plot tags: queer cinema
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In Youth (2019)
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Li Zi Yu is a simple, kind-hearted and righteous girl. She starts working at a public relationships company, but unfortunately meets a difficult boss. The boss Fan Shu Chen is a talented hidden rich heir who is very hostile towards Zi Yu, making Zi Yu tremble with fear every day. What she doesn’t know is that company secrets have been leaked since the day she started working and Shu Chen is thus heavily suspecting her. But gradually, the two start to appreciate and admire each other. However, Shu Chen’s three best friends each have their theory on Zi Yu’s identity, making Shu Chen all confused. When Shu Chen’s rival Luo Zong Liang appears, it becomes known that Zong Liang and Zi Yu have some sort of relationship which anew arouses suspicion that Zi Yu could be a spy sent by Zong Liang. What is the truth behind everything? And will Zi Yu and Shu Chen’s love-hate relationship have a happy end?.
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Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Another Me (2019)
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Best friends An Sheng and Qi Yue enjoy a friendship that they think will last forever. But when the dashing Su Jiaming appears on the scene, their lives are thrown into turmoil, with both women falling for him. When An Sheng realizes that Su Jiaming prefers her best friend, she decides to break off all contact with Su Jiaming and Qi Yue. Instead, she decides to strike up an ill-fated relationship with a rock musician, following him out of town, and – so she thinks – out of both Su Jiaming’s and Qi Yue’s lives forever. An Sheng and the musician soon part ways, and it soon turns out that her efforts to play Cupid did not go as smoothly as she had hoped. Qi Yue and Su Jiaming have agreed to marry, but he keeps delaying... Could he be seeing An Sheng behind her back? And what other dark secrets are the trio hiding from each other?.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspense, suspenseful, dorama
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Thunder in My Heart (2021)
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22-year-old Sigrid - nicknamed Sigge - and her group of friends are confronted with the unexpected demands of adulthood as they attempt to come to terms with their own identities, their passions, and the past.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Quarterlife (2007)
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A group of twenty-something artists are coming of age in the digital generation.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, captivating, gloomy
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The Best Years (2007)
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The Best Years is a Canadian teen drama series set in Boston, Massachusetts. The series was created by producer and writer of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Aaron Martin. The first season was shown on Global in Canada and The N in the United States. The second season was shown in the U.S. on The N and in Canada on E!, CanWest's secondary network.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, sincere, touching, sexual, sexy
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Class of '96 (1993)
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Class of '96 is an American drama series that aired on Fox from January to May 1993. The series was created by John Romano and filmed mostly at the University of Toronto.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic
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2 Friends (1986)
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Two girls, at 15; Louise, in a prestigious girls' high school, and Kelly, who was admitted but forbidden by her father to attend. This is the end of their friendship, and from here the film progresses in a backwards time line to a final freeze frame of the girls at the peak of their closeness.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, surreal, non-linear
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Grown-ish (2018)
Plot Summary:
Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, sweet, emotional, sitcom
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Love That Boy (2003)
Plot Summary:
Love That Boy is the story of Phoebe, a socially inept overachiever, unrecognized in a world run by C students. Phoebe’s life is totally dominated by her “To Do Before Graduation” list. When Phoebe’s best friend Robyn dumps Phoebe two weeks before college graduation, Robyn points out that Phoebe’s list is missing one essential thing - a boyfriend. Not wanting to be alone at graduation, the most important day of her life, Phoebe begins an ill-fated quest to find a boyfriend. After the demise of her first relationship - her “boyfriend” didn’t even know that they were going out - Phoebe inadvertently falls in love. The only problem is, he’s fourteen.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, atmospheric, captivating, light, touching, realistic, semi serious