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Playful Kiss (2010)
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Playful Kiss (2010)
Original name: 장난스런 키스
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
TV show
Story: Playful Kiss is a 2010 South Korean romantic-comedy television series, starring Jung So-min and Kim Hyun-joong. It aired on MBC from September 1 to October 21, 2010 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. It is based on the Japanese manga Itazura Na Kiss written by Tada Kaoru. The Korean series is the third television adaptation of the manga following the Taiwanese It Started With a Kiss in 2005, and its sequel They Kiss Again in 2007. Though Playful Kiss received low ratings in South Korea in the five to seven percent range, it was sold to 12 countries in Asia. Due to its international popularity, a short special edition was aired on YouTube after the series finale.
Style: feel good, light, semi serious, dorama, captivating, anime, romantic drama, touching, realistic, romantic comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: teenage love, unlikely couple, first love, school, teenage life, unfulfilled love, love and romance, japanese teenager, opposites attract, fall in love, brother brother relationship, youth, high school, teenager, teen romance, living together, relationships, schoolboy, teenage girl, destiny, schoolgirl, in love, teenage boy, relationship problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: korea
Keyword: korean

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic, dorama, humorous and semi serious films and TV series with plots about love and romance, teenage life, youth, fall in love, love triangle, love and teenage love mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Playful Kiss: Good Morning Call (2016), Boys Over Flowers (2009), An Incurable Case of Love (2020), Princess Hours (2006), Boys Over Flowers (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
Plot: arrogance, unrequited love, fall in love, opposites attract, first love, love and romance, teenage love, coming of age, teenage life, youth, love triangle, unlikely couple ...
Place: tokyo, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Good Morning Call (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: A high school girl finally gets her own apartment, but she has to share it with the most popular boy in school. No one can know they're living together.
Style: dorama, entertaining, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: couples, friendship, high school, love triangle, love, teenager, teenage life, girl next door, romantic friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, friends ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Boys Over Flowers (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A working class girl winds up at an exclusive prep school. Unassuming high school girl Jan Di stands up to -- and eventually falls for -- a spoiled rich kid who belongs to the school's most powerfu clique.
Style: dorama, touching, sentimental, romantic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, opposites attract, cinderella story, teenage life, teenage love, friendship, love triangle, school, high school hunk, rich man poor woman, teen romance, social differences ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
An Incurable Case of Love (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Nanase Sakura is a 23-year-old rookie nurse. She met Doctor Kairi Tendo several years ago and fell in love with him. To meet him again, she studied hard and became a nurse. After 5 years, she finally meets Kairi Tendo again, but he has a totally ...
Style: feel good, light, medical drama, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: hospital, unrequited love, doctor, first love, arrogance, love and romance, unlikely couple, coworker relationship, doctors and patients, unfulfilled love, youth, medical profession ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Princess Hours (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Princess Hours is a 2006 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Yoon Eun-hye, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Jeong-hoon and Song Ji-hyo. It is based on Korean manhwa Goong by Park So-hee. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from January ...
Style: feel good, dorama, semi serious, light, sweet ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: arranged marriage, initially antagonists, princess, youth, friendship, lifestyle change, couple relations, society, social differences, family life, royal family, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, seoul, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
The Black Devil and the White Prince (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Yu Akahane moves to a dormitory room after her father's transfer from work. She is excited that she will live in the same dorm as Takumi Shirakawa aka "White Prince." Yet, Haruto Kurosaki aka "Black Devil" kisses her as ...
Style: sentimental, light, suspenseful, disturbing
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, dormitory, unrequited love, old friend, romantic relationship, adolescence, teenage boy, couple relations, friendship between girls, teen romance, love and romance, first love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Boys Over Flowers (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Hana Yori Dango is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS in 2005. It is based on Japanese shōjo manga series, Boys Over Flowers, written by Yoko Kamio. The series is the third television adaptation of the manga following Meteor ...
Style: touching, dorama, humorous, semi serious, sweet ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: high school, youth, opposites attract, rich man poor woman, teenage love, cinderella story, rich and poor, love and romance, social differences, friendship, teenage life, heir ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Mischievous Kiss (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A live-action television adaptation of the Japanese manga series Itazura na Kiss written by Kaoru Tada.
Style: sincere, humorous, captivating, romantic comedy
Plot: high school, love affair, romantic relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, teenage life, relationships, in love, teenager, teenage love, love story, high school sweetheart ...
Place: taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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A Love So Beautiful (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Love is as tough as it is sweet for a lovestruck teenager, whose relationship with her next-door neighbor transforms as they grow into adulthood.
Style: romantic, entertaining, captivating
Plot: classmate classmate relationship, teenager, romantic friendship, love and romance, love triangle, teen romance, teenage love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic triangle, love affair, couple relations, classmate ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Full House (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Han Ji-eun is a naive writer who got swindled out of everything she owned including her house by her best friends. Stranded in China, She managed to borrow money from an actor Lee Young-jae to return to Korea. On her return, she found out that her ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, dorama, romantic ...
Plot: initially antagonists, family values, inheritance, up and down relationship, love and romance, couples, media industry, writers, asian, ordinary person, unlikely couple, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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The Heirs (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Heirs follows a group of privileged, elite high school students as they are groomed to take over their families' business empires. These wealthy students seem to have everything under control–except their love lives. Kim Tan is heir to the ...
Style: dorama, semi serious, social, uplifting, intense ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: high school, rich and poor, love and romance, teenage love, heir, family business, social differences, rich man poor woman, high school life, bullying, poverty, love triangle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Personal Taste is a 2010 South Korean television series, starring Son Ye-jin and Lee Min-ho. It is adapted from Lee Se-in's 2007 novel of the same name about a furniture designer, Park Kae-in, who lives together with architect Jeon Jin-ho under ...
Style: touching, dorama, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Style: feel good, romantic, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 122 min.
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Style: dorama, romantic, sweet, touching, feel good ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Adult Trainee (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Three different coming-of-age stories from the point of view of the protagonists about how they deal with their realities in high school at the end of their teenage period as Gen Z.
Style: entertaining, semi serious, psychological, captivating, dorama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mischievous Kiss the Movie Part 1: High School (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on a popular manga series of the same name, this Japanese romantic comedy follows the lives of two high school students, Kotoko, a bubbly girl who’s hopeless in school, and Naoki, her smart and handsome senior. Although Kotoko gathers up the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, light, humorous, touching ...
Plot: unrequited love, first love, opposites attract, love and romance, school, unfulfilled love, teenage love, unlikely couple, fall in love, high school, teenage life, grownups ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A spunky female weightlifter and free-spirited male swimmer meet on campus, only to find out their pasts may be intertwined.
Style: dorama, romantic, touching, sweet, humorous ...
Plot: weightlifting, friendship, childhood friend, college, teen romance, dream, friends, direction and purpose, teenager, teenage life, adolescence, follow your dream ...
Place: korea, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son ...
Style: romantic, humorous, dorama, light, visually appealing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mermaid, past life, erased memory, embezzler, sea, rebirth, supernatural, star crossed lovers, love, destiny, male female relationship, relationships ...
Place: korea, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Flipped (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, romantic, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: first love, fall in love, childhood, love and romance, young love, adolescence, teen romance, childhood sweetheart, school, teenage love, neighbor, unrequited love ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, 1950s, year 1957, year 1963 ...
Place: usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
I Am Not a Robot (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Inevitably, everybody gets hurt at some point in their lives. There are different remedies for different types of wounds, and as time elapses, these remedies start to become less effective. This is a story about a man who created a shield for his ...
Style: feel good, light, funny, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: couples, happy ending, fall in love, company, youth, robot, rich man poor woman, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, secret, illness, humanoid robot ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
The Kissing Booth (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A high school student is forced to confront her secret crush at a kissing booth.
Style: romantic, feel good, sweet, light, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ...
Audience: teens
Plot: love triangle, superhuman powers, friendship, fall in love, investigation, police, couple relations, heroes, female bodyguard, kidnapping, danger, destiny ...
Place: korea, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
You Are Beautiful (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: You're Beautiful is a 2009 South Korean romantic comedy television drama series, starring Park Shin-hye, Jang Keun-suk, Lee Hong-ki of F.T. Island and Jung Yong-hwa of CN Blue. It is about a fictional boy band A.N.Jell and the relationship ...
Style: sentimental, dorama, humorous, novela, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: friendship, cross dressing, friends, love and romance, gender bending, fall in love, rising to stardom, music band, hidden identity, unrequited love, celebrity, singing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Fight For My Way (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Drama tells the story of Ko Dong-Man and Choi Ae-Ra. In their school days, Ko Dong-Man took part in taekwondo. Now, he makes a living by working as a contract employee and also goes after the UFC title. Choi Ae-Ra hoped to become an announcer, but ...
Style: uplifting, light, captivating, sincere, dorama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ambition, life is a bitch, friends, youth, couple relations, love and romance, friends to lovers, fall in love, rivalry, coming of age, adaptation, family relations ...
Place: korea, busan
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
My Love Mix-Up! (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, semi serious, satirical, romantic
Plot: lgbt, high school romance, high school life, first love, couple relations, love and romance, romantic relationship, fall in love, teenage life, love story, in love, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 62 min.
TV show
Story: Gorya is a low-class girl will accepted into a prestigious high school attended by the wealthy. The school is was ruled by an elite clique known as the F4, consisting of 4 rich, handsome, and spoiled boys. Gorya is was the only one that stands up to ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, anime
Plot: love triangle, in love, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high school life, teenage life, schoolgirl, love story, female protagonist, fall in love, school, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, ...
Style: romantic, romantic comedy, teen, rom com, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teenage life, teen romance, love and romance, initially antagonists, school, enemies to lovers ...
Time: year 1999, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.3
 14K
Geek Charming (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dylan Schoenfield is the pink princess of the upscale Los Angeles Woodlands Academy. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new it bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her Serge Sanchez bag into a ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, kids ...
Plot: high school, youth, teenage love, opposites attract, teenage life, love and romance, popularity, social relations, high school life, initially antagonists, friendship, friends ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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