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The Dream Maker (2026)
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Original name: 小城大事
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
It tells the story of Li Qiuping, Zheng Decheng and other grassroots cadres from Donggang Town leading the local farmers and people to work together to build a prosperous and harmonious modern city on the beach.
Style:
inspirational
Plot:
teamwork, urbanization, aspiration, coastal town, humanist, biopic, urban planning
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to The Dream Maker
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out inspirational, captivating, emotional and psychological films and TV series with plots about teamwork, ambition, friendship, coming of age, resilience, perseverance and urban mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Dream Maker: Faith Makes Great (2021), Feather Flies to the Sky (2017), Ping Pong (2021), All Rise (2025), New Generation (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
This series consists of 40 separate stories which introduce different groups of persons that lead Chinese people to struggle for better life during the 100 years history of CCP.
Style:
patriotic, historical drama, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
propaganda, biopic, communist party, national identity, chinese culture, society, lifestyle, social issues, fighting the system, political intrigue, political unrest, social problems ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Chen Jianghe is an orphan, picked up and taken home by Chen Jinshui. While growing up, he picked up various business strategies from the adults around him. Now an adult, he nurtures this business acumen by travelling throughout China. It is during ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, family saga, inspirational, period drama
Plot:
generation gap, business, rags to riches, entrepreneurship, lifestyle, society, high society, social relations, disagreement, ambition, perseverance, work ethic ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Endless competitions take place on the ping pong tables with two young men at the center. Xu Tan is physically weak but strongly passionate and Yu Kenan is unruly but talented. Despite their opposite personalities, Xu Tan and Yu Kenan's mirror ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, motivational, inspirational
Plot:
coming of age, table tennis, ping pong, rivalry, tournament, contests and competitions, athlete's life, professional rivalry, direction and purpose, sport team, ambitious, career ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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A group of law interns compete in a high-stakes "top offer" challenge, where the fierce competition forces them to navigate intense workplace dynamics. Along the way, each of them discovers an opportunity that could change their lives and ...
Style:
inspirational, tense
Plot:
law firm, workplace, internship, competition, office politics, determination, ambition, friendship, rivalry, resilience, urban, coming of age ...
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A six-unit story about the dedication and sacrifice of young citizens in different industries.
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, anthology
Plot:
youth, patriotism, dedication, sacrifice, duty, public service, community service, resilience, heroism, progress, communist party, city life ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Bright Future tells the story of county party secretary Mei Xiaoge (played by Hu Ge) and the reforms he and his colleagues introduce to bring about much needed change and development to the lives of the people of Guangming county. Given the subject, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, inspirational, educational
Plot:
politics, coworker, workplace situations, social problems, employer employee relationship, political campaign, social issues, workplace, lifestyle, ambition, political activism, teamwork ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
It is an anthology drama about the lives of eight legendary figures in China: Yu Min: Involvement in national defence and security from his youth until he reached his middle age. Shen Jilan: Advocating "equal pay for men and women" and her ...
Style:
anthology, inspirational, patriotic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
chinese history, biopic, tribute, multiple storylines, strongman, historical figure, chinese culture, historical character, legacy, realism, role model, space program ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
china
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Story of Li Xi Cheng who join with the firefighter team with the aura of a hero but hit with ruthless reality. Deputy captain Ye Qiheng made a special training plan to hone these new team members into real “special service elites.” After facing ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, thrilling, action packed, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teamwork, fire brigade, firefighting, fireman, firefighter, fire department, workplace, job, firefight, forest fire, fire, saving a life ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Soldiers Sortie is a 2007 Chinese TV drama based on a novel by Lan Xiaolong. It was co-produced by the 8-1 Film Studio, Chengdu Military Region Television Arts Center, Huayi Brothers Film Investment Co. Ltd., and Yunnan TV Station. The production ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, inspirational
Plot:
personal growth, camaraderie, teamwork, soldier, military life, wartime life, military, war, fight, friendship, boot camp, brotherhood ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
A story revolving around a debate club that is about to disband, and how its members try to revive it.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
competition, teamwork, relationships, rivalry, debate, grownups, school club, couple relations, conversation, adolescence vs adulthood, student, female student ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Story of two doctors, cold and arrogant Bai Shu and "fox beauty" Xiao Yan; who work in the emergency rescue department, saving lives and creating miracles.
Style:
medical drama, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
doctor, hospital, death, medical, teamwork, life & death, rescue, grief, treatment, nurse, healing, heroism ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Made in Finland is a reality-based drama about telecommunication company Nokia's first steps towards global success. Who were the young and resourceful lawyers, the brilliant engineers and the and the forward-thinking director whose courage ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, inspirational, historical drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
leadership, business, rise and fall, big business, lawyer, mobile phone, ceo, engineer, innovation, technology, corporation, hi-tech ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
finland
Similarity:
50%
280
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Ye Shi Lan, a pediatrician at Taoyuan Village Clinic, starts off on the wrong foot with the new director Lu Zhao Xi due to a misunderstanding. By chance, she becomes his assistant. In solving many problems around running the place and patient ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic comedy, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love hate relationship, misunderstanding, medical, healing, compassion, workplace romance, enemies to lovers, male doctor, relationships, male female relationship, couples, pediatrician ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
Ai Qing (Li Yi Tong) – also known by her gaming handle Appledog – is one of the top robot combat players in the land. A model professional, smart, and friendly, she has no shortage of fans. And chief among them is Wu Bai (Hu Yi Tian) – also ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, romantic drama, motivational ...
Plot:
competition, robotics, friendship, secret relationship, ambition, robot, relationships, direction and purpose, dream, couple relations, male female relationship, technology ...
Similarity:
48%
354
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows a pioneer of Italian cardiology and a specialist who returns from America and has to struggle with male stereotypes. The challenge of research and above all the fervent and driving atmosphere of the progressive Italy of the sixties.
Style:
medical drama, psychological, captivating, tension, period piece ...
Plot:
hospital, heart transplant, ambition, love affair, heart surgery, cardiologist, relationships, male female relationship, workplace, doctors and patients, physician, medicine ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
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Story:
RK Multispeciality Hospital is a beacon of hope and healing. Its doctors are resilient even when they have to deal with medical and personal challenges.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, tension, inspirational, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, doctor, teamwork, compassion, healing, humanity, resilience, conflict, urban, slice of life, professional rivalry, loyalty
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
In a Girls' Vocational High School in Geoje, six students dream to win a dance sports competition.
Style:
dramatic, entertaining, exciting, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot:
dance, coming of age, female friendship, dance club, high school, friendship, dancing, school, friends, girlfriend, shared dream, girls' school ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Two old friends go into business together – one's a master communicator, and the other's a great engineer. Their goal? To make a trillion dollars.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tension, fast paced, motivational ...
Plot:
business, investments, businessman, ambition, friendship, entrepreneur, programmer, student, entrepreneurship, aspiration, teamwork, ambitious man ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
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Story:
Feli, Lucie, Klara, Ben and Nils join Stage School Hamburg, one of Germany's most prestigious art schools. These young talents are ready to make any sacrifice to realize their dream: to perform on stage.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, emotional, inspirational, intense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
ambition, dancer, love, art school, coming of age, backstage, personal growth, aspiration, direction and purpose, dancer's life, dancehall girl, couple relations ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
hamburg germany
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
When Tang Chen's career was booming, he had to declare bankruptcy when he was "sold out" by his girlfriend Shuo Bing. But soon he withdrew from the swamp of failure and actively devoted himself to a second venture. Sha Zhou, a good ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, betrayal, business competition, cheating girlfriend, urban, startup, entrepreneurship, public relations, cheating, businessman, life is a bitch, resilience ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
It tells the story of villagers from Ningxia who migrated and built Minning Town from scratch.
The government wants to build the rural housing land and encourages the farmers of Xiji Country to migrate or relocate. However, the conditions of the ...
Style:
inspirational, historical drama, educational
Audience:
adult
Plot:
poverty, social realism, perseverance, migration, sacrifice, bureaucracy
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
Qiao Nuo, a fresh graduate, comes across an unexpected opportunity to become an intern for the city court. Because of her lack of knowledge for what the work entails, her abilities are questioned by the judge. Qiao Nuo witnesses the intense ...
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom, judge, ambition, trial, prosecutor, law, legal action, advocate, court, courtroom drama, lawyer, lawsuit ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
Amid the upheaval of Chiang Kai-shek’s 1927 coup, young revolutionary Xi Zhongxun defies political terror and emerges as a leader. Inspired by Liu Zhidan’s uprising, he joins forces to establish the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army. During the ...
Style:
historical drama, heroic, inspirational, period drama
Plot:
chinese civil war, communist party, guerilla warfare, revolutionary, chinese history
Time:
1920s
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Jiang Wen Jing's dream is to become a prosecutor. She successfully gets accepted into the public prosecutor's office and under the guidance of fellow colleagues Yin Chuan and Yu Kai Yin, takes on many difficult cases that help her grow ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, exciting, clever ...
Plot:
prosecutor, courtroom, ambition, workplace, revenge, law firm, dream, court case, career, success, career woman, rise to the top ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Preyed upon due to socio-economic discrimination, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a young boy from a poor family, strives for basic human rights and equality for all.
Style:
historical drama, serious, inspirational, period piece, dramatic ...
Plot:
human rights, biopic, equality, discrimination, social justice, indian history, activism, perseverance, resilience, political leader, empowerment, emancipation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 35 min.
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Story:
An aspirational tale of three engineer friends, Akshay, Piyu and Papdya, who go on a journey from being 'be rojgaar' to creating 'rojgaar' by stumbling on a start-up idea and going back to their roots.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, thrilling, realistic, humorous
Plot:
startup, friendship, ambition, engineer, entrepreneurship, friends, engineering, unemployment, determination, innovation, middle class, slice of life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
In the mid and late 1980s, elites from different backgrounds and personalities, such as Xiao Zhan and Cong Xiaoqing and Cindy played by Zina Blahusova, known for her dramatic and action roles in Khepri Cockroach Tide (2020), Unstoppable (2022), The ...
Style:
inspirational, intercultural, serious, realistic, dramatic ...
Plot:
friendship, married life, life lesson, love triangle, hardship, resilience, perseverance, american dream, immigration, friends, male female relationship, relationships ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Story:
Set in the privileged and picturesque world of Malibu, California, Pretty Tough centers on Charlie and Krista Brown, two sisters at opposite ends of the popularity spectrum, who must learn to play together on the sports field and in life.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, lighthearted
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
family drama, sibling rivalry, coming of age, teenage girl, teamwork, friendship, competition, high school, rivalry, soccer, youth culture, high school life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
malibu california, california
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Su Xiao, a female construction cost engineer, adheres to the professional belief of "clean cost table". However, she was dismissed as a scapegoat. After a series of career downturns, She will rush to the peak of career all the way.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
construction, workplace, engineer, architecture, female protagonist, intrigue, workplace situations, career, corporation, civil engineer, relationship vs career, job ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
In the late 1990s, Liu Jun returned to Donghai after studying in Germany. He aimed to transform his father's old machinery factory into a modern, technologically advanced facility. Despite facing challenges in technology, funding, and ...
Style:
inspirational, period drama
Plot:
perseverance, determination, entrepreneurship, work ethic, leadership, ambition, friendship, problem solving, business
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
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