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Loving Strangers (2026)
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Original name: 秋雪漫过的冬天
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Jiang Jiaqi, nearing forty, struggles with a failing marriage and workplace oppression. His life becomes more complicated when he is implicated in a bribery case with his subordinate, Liang Zhi'an, a twenty-year-old woman burdened by her parents' death and caring for her paralyzed grandmother. Despite their different lives, Liang’s presence reignites Jiang's spirit, and as they connect with supportive figures around them, they find warmth, encouragement, and healing in each other amidst their struggles.
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
family drama, loneliness, second chance, urban, office politics, social realism, moral ambiguity, forbidden romance
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, tense and suspense films and TV series with plots about urban, family drama, moral ambiguity, second chance, bittersweet, betrayal and slice of life mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Loving Strangers: My Brother (2025), Hope All Is Well With Us (2019), Ripple (2025), Adrift in Love (2025), Eight Hours are Not a Day (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 476 min.
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A sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic look at domestic relationships and labour relationships, with particular focus on skilled worker Jochen and his new girlfriend, Marion.
Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
suspense
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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melancholic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
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44%
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Time:
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Style:
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Audience:
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