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Reply 1988 (2015)
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Reply 1988 (2015)
Original name: 응답하라 1988
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the year 1988 at a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea. Five families live on the same alley road.
Style: dorama, light, sincere, touching, not serious, captivating, epic, anime, romantic comedy, romantic drama ...
Plot: friendship, school, fall in love, love, parents and children, teenage life, family problems, husband wife relationship, friends to lovers, lifestyle, drinking alcohol, storytelling, drinking, rich and poor, faith, asian, lovesick, buddy, best friends in love, love triangle, mother son relationship, nostalgia, coming of age, bromance, family relations ...
Time: 80s, year 1988
Place: korea, thailand, seoul
Keyword: korean

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dorama, captivating, humorous and romantic films and TV series with plots about friendship, love, family relations, love and romance, fall in love, couples and asian mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Reply 1988: Reply 1997 (2012), Father Is Strange (2017), Welcome to Waikiki (2018), Marriage, Not Dating (2014), Reply 1994 (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Reply 1997 (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the 1990's, the drama centers around a female high school student Shi Won, who idolizes boyband H.O.T and her 5 high school friends in Busan. As the timeline moves back and forth between their past as 18-year-old high schoolers in 1997 ...
Style: dorama, sincere, not serious, light, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, friends to lovers, first love, love, family relations, fall in love, ambition, teenage life, family problems, parents and children, lifestyle, past ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: seoul, thailand, busan
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Father Is Strange (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
TV show
Story: Mi Yeong, Hye Yeong, Ra Yeong, and Joon Yeong are the kids of Yeong Sil and Han Soo. They seem like the average Seoul family, with the typical Seoul problems, but that all changes when Jung Hui, an actor, and former K-Pop idol, ends up in their ...
Style: feel good, romantic, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: love and romance, family relations, father daughter relationship, parents and children, parent child relationship, friendship, teenager, siblings relations, siblings, adaptation, rivalry, kids and family ...
Place: east asia
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Welcome to Waikiki (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Kang Dong-Goo dreams of becoming a movie director, but he is cynical due to bad luck. Cheon Joon-Ki wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become an actor, but he is now just a minor actor. Bong-Doo-Sik came to Seoul to become a ...
Style: light, humorous, entertaining, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: friends, friendship, workplace, youth, buddies, family problems, multiple storylines, love, happy ending, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother sister relationship, parents and children ...
Place: south korea
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Marriage, Not Dating (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: A romantic comedy about a man who doesn't want to get married and a woman who has no luck in marriage prospect. Gong Ki Tae is a successful bachelor who keeps getting pressured by his family to settle down. He then comes up with a plan to ...
Style: dorama, romantic, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: pretend relationship, engagement, love and romance, escapades, rivalry, friendship, deception, parents and children, ambition, family relations, love triangle, fall in love ...
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Reply 1994 (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story: Generation Y, meet Generation X: on the heels of the success of Answer Me 1997, ‘90s nostalgia continues with a series set in 1994. Journey with a group of high schoolers as they discover the now legendary—then new—K-pop group Seo Taiji and ...
Style: dorama, humorous, disturbing, captivating
Plot: family problems, childhood memory, lifestyle, society, grownups, family life, social problems, adolescence vs adulthood, memories, family relations, unrequited love, friends to lovers ...
Time: 90s
Place: seoul
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My Mister (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: In a world that is less than kind, a young woman and a middle-aged man develop a sense of kinship as they find warmth and comfort in one another.
Style: dorama, thought provoking, sincere, psychological, suspense ...
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Time: 2010s
Place: east asia, thailand
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Don't Dare to Dream (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
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Story: Depicts the fierce competition at a broadcasting station and the love between anchor Lee Hwa-Shin and weather caster Pyo Na-Ri.
Style: romantic, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
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To the Beautiful You (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 64 min.
TV show
Story: To The Beautiful You is a 2012 South Korean television drama series starring f(x)'s Sulli, Shinee's Minho, and Lee Hyun-woo. It aired on SBS from August 15 to October 4, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. It is ...
Style: romantic, dorama, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: gender disguise, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friends, love and romance, couples, fall in love, couple relations, love, cross dressing, high school, happy ending ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, south korea
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The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
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Story: Han-gyeol is a smart young man who hates to be tied down to one career in his life. Abhorring the idea of joining the family business, he is ordered by his grandmother to manage a cafe. Unable to disobey his grandmother, he reluctantly takes over ...
Style: romantic, dorama, feel good, touching, inspirational ...
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Place: seoul, korea
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How to Be Indie (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: How to Be Indie was a Canadian television show on YTV. The main character is a 13-year-old Indian Canadian teenager named Indira "Indie" Mehta. The program is a single-camera series intended for a youth audience. The series was created by ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
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Age of Youth (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: University students Yoon Jin-Myung, Jung Ye-Eun, Song Ji-Won, Kang Yi-Na and Yoo Eun-Jae share a house. Jin-Myung is busy supporting herself financially and studying. She suffers from lack of sleep. Ye-Eun is devoted to her boyfriend, she is clear ...
Style: dorama, humorous, feel good, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: female friendship, youth, friendship, life lesson, house party, inferiority complex, love at first sight, friends who live together, love and romance, couples, female protagonist, entrepreneurship ...
Place: seoul
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Iron Lady Cha (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A drama about three generations of a family; parents in their 50s who sacrifice their lives to their children and their parents.
Style: light, sincere, touching, captivating, dorama
Plot: trial, friendship, parents and children, family problems, love, family relations, lifestyle, husband wife relationship
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Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Follow four people as they seek love and happiness: Kim Seol-A who once worked as an announcer and is now married to CEO Do Jin-Woo; Moon Tae-Rang, a chef and the oldest brother from a family of adoptees; and Moon Hae-Rang, Moon Tae-Rang's ...
Style: romantic, uplifting, sincere, captivating, touching ...
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Encounter (2018)
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Country: South Korea
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Together With Me (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: Song Geurim is a radio program writer who isn't exactly talented in writing. She's got the passion, initiative, and drive, but due to her lack of writing skills, she still remains an assistant writer. When she was young, the radio was the ...
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It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: 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 ...
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Oh My Venus (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Kim Young Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. Even though he comes from a wealthy family background, he suffered a devastating injury during his childhood days. Now, he overcomes his problems with patience and stubbornness. Meanwhile, Kang ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: 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.
Style: sincere, touching, captivating, funny, light ...
Plot: coming of age, friendship, first love, school, love at first sight, love and romance, male female relationship, youth, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, couples ...
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Nonstop (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Nonstop is a South Korean slice-of-life sitcom that broadcast its first season in 2000 on MBC. It continued with 5 more seasons. The series was popular for its cast of teen idols, many who debuted through the show..
Style: light, feel good, entertaining, sincere, humorous
Plot: friendship, love and romance, youth, family relations, love, best friend, multiple storylines, fall in love, escapades, brother brother relationship, misfit, coming of age ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Do Min Joon is an otherworldly beauty, literally. After crash landing on Earth 400 years ago, Min Joon has diligently observed humans for centuries, ultimately coming to cynical conclusions. On top of being a super babe, Min Joon's got enhanced ...
Style: exciting, captivating, dorama, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 17th century
Place: korea, thailand
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Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Kotoko Aihara, who isn't that smart, notices pretty boy Naoki Irie. She falls in love with him immediately. Kotoko initially doesn't express her feelings to him, but finally has a ...
Style: dorama, light, humorous, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: teens
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Place: tokyo, japan
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Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: 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. ...
Style: dorama, smart, sincere, captivating, humorous ...
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Meteor Garden (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Shan Cai, whose parents are far from wealthy, attends Ying De University, the private school established exclusively for rich students. Besides being looked down by rich classmates, she has angered the leader of F4, Dao Ming Si.
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching
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Place: thailand
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Love Rain is a 2012 South Korean television series directed by Yoon Seok-ho. It aired on KBS2 from March 26 to May 29, 2012 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Set in the seventies and the present day, it tells a heartrending love ...
Style: entertaining, romantic, dorama, emotional, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
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My Only One (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A woman's life gets twisted one day because of her biological father who shows up after 28 years of absence. He had been thoroughly hiding his identity, afraid that he might be an obstacle in his daughter's life. The father and daughter ...
Style: light, romantic, disturbing, captivating, dorama
Plot: biological father, couple relations, love, relationships, family relations, family problems, father daughter relationship, changing lives, parents and children, father and daughter, relationship problems, lifestyle change ...
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Burning Hearts (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Tancinha is a charming fruit seller known for her hot temper who gets torn between an explosive relationship with passionate truck driver Apolo, her neighbor and childhood sweetheart, and an irresistible attraction for Beto, a lady-killer who will ...
Style: novela, humorous, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, mother child relationship, father daughter relationship, teenager, love, family relations, friendship, jealousy, couples, male female relationship, youth, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 67 min.
TV show
Story: She is no ordinary woman. Do Bong Soon is a woman who possesses Herculean strength. She can crush objects in her bare hands when she holds them too tightly. Although Bong Soon longs to be a dainty, elegant woman that men fall in love with, she ...
Style: romantic, exciting, touching, sweet, dorama ...
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Place: korea, thailand
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Dear My Friends (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Life is ever-delightful — and ever-challenging — for a group of friends in their twilight years as they rediscover themselves through love and family.
Style: humorous, sincere, captivating, psychological, dorama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, friendship, family relations, mother son relationship, best friend, elderly woman, life, elderly, life philosophy, society, lifestyle, elderly man ...
Place: korea, thailand
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Hospital Playlist (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 84 min.
TV show
Story: Every day is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist.
Style: dorama, sincere, captivating, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: medical, medical profession, patient, surgeon, doctor, friendship, hospital, job, coworker relationship, medicine, doctors and patients, treatment ...
Place: korea, thailand
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