Movies and TV shows like Birth of a Beauty

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Birth of a Beauty (2014)
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Birth of a Beauty (2014)
Original name: 미녀의 탄생
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As the heir to a large company, Han Tae Hee has everything he could possibly want - except for his long lost love. But instead of nursing his heartache like a sensible person, Tae Hee enlists Sa Geum Ran, whom he transforms from an overweight ugly duckling to a gorgeous bombshell named Sara. In the process of falling in love with his "creation" he discovers that even though it appears that money can buy just about everything, it can't buy love or heal emotional scars.
Style: romantic, dorama, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, light
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: personality change, physical appearance, adultery, love and romance, changing lives, lifestyle change, revenge, impersonation, adulterous husband, fat girl, romanticism, friends, long distance relationship, romance, tv show
Time: contemporary
Place: korea, south korea
Keyword: korean, change

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic, dorama, captivating and light films and TV series with plots about love and romance, asian, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship and couples mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Birth of a Beauty: Oh My Venus (2015), She Was Pretty (2015), My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018), Touch Your Heart (2019), My Secret Romance (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
Style: dorama, light, captivating, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: weight loss, destiny, rise to the top, female protagonist, lifestyle, dream, couple relations, friends, trip, friendship, travel, society ...
Place: korea
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93%
She Was Pretty (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Ji Sung Joon has a crush on the most beautiful girl in town, Kim Hye Jin - the only problem is, he's unattractive and lacks self-esteem. As fate would have it, years later Sung Joon grows up to be not only successful, but extremely attractive. ...
Style: light, humorous, dorama, romantic, sweet ...
Plot: childhood friend, opposites attract, love and romance, romantic triangle, lie, unrequited love, fashion magazine, fashion, love affair, love story, romantic relationship, relationships ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: This romantic comedy chronicles the life of Mirae, who has always believed that her life would be better if she were born more beautiful. After she goes under the knife, she comes out looking like the beautiful woman she has always dreamed of ...
Style: dorama, romantic, exciting, romantic drama, psychological ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: plastic surgery, youth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, dishonesty, rivalry, university, friendship, unrequited love, hopes, mentor, frame up ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Touch Your Heart (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A legal romance drama about the love of a successful lawyer and his secretary, who is actually a fallen top Hallyu actress in disguise. It depicts the success and happiness of two formidable people.
Style: romantic, dorama, light, entertaining, captivating
Plot: lawyer, assistant, couple relations, romantic relationship, love and romance, love affair, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, movie actress, love story, fake identity, pretense ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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My Secret Romance (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: After sharing a night with Jin Wook, Yoo Mi departs, never to see him again. Three years later, she achieves her goal of becoming a nutritionist.
Style: dorama, light, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: love and romance, couples, love affair, love, workplace romance, employee employee relationship, love interest, romantic obsession, boss and employee, chance meeting, unfulfilled love, employer employee relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Do Min-Ik works as a director of the mobile media 1 team at T&T. He is smart and excellent at his job. His secretary is Jung Gal-Hee. Do Min-Ik often does childish things like calling Jung Gal-Hee continually. Jung Gal-Hee carries out Do ...
Style: dorama, feel good, touching, funny, light ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: romantic relationship, boss, relationships, office, secretary, employer employee relationship, love, love and romance, love affair, old friend, love interest, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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 ⇓
50%
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Fall in Love at First Kiss (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After an earthquake destroys Xiang Qin's house, she and her father move in with the family of her father's college buddy. To her surprise, her new kind and amicable aunt and uncle are the parents of her cold and distant schoolmate, Jiang ...
Style: dorama, romantic, sweet, touching, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: unrequited love, love and romance, first love, love, romanticism, couple relations, arrogance, male female relationship, living together, teenage protagonist, first date, broken heart ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Madame Antoine (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A famous fortune teller who claims to be spiritually linked to Marie Antoinette and calls herself 'Madame Antoine' goes head-to-head with a cold psychotherapist who runs a clinic also by the name 'Madame Antoine' and aims to ...
Style: feel good, sweet, intellectual, romantic, light ...
Plot: opposites attract, love and romance, teaching the ways of the world, psychology, male objectification, workplace, mentor, manipulation, fall in love, cons and scams, love story, looking for love ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Fantasy Couple (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: The arrogant, spoiled heiress Anna Jo and the brazen, no-nonsense handyman Jang Chul-soo find their paths crossing as an accident causes Anna to lose her memory. Will the unlikely pair learn to get along?
Style: dorama, entertaining, light, captivating, funny ...
Plot: rich and poor, amnesia, heiress, relationships, deception, memory loss, male female relationship, lifestyle change, love story, love and romance, memory lapse, couple relations ...
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36%
Something About 1% (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Lee Jae-In possesses a good appearance, he is smart and comes from a wealthy family, but he is also arrogant. His grandfather orders Jae-In to enter into a 10 month contract engagement with a female school teacher that he has never met in his life. ...
Style: dorama, light, entertaining, romantic, humorous ...
Plot: couples, initially antagonists, dating, school, love and romance, male female relationship, romantic relationship, inheritance, grandfather grandson relationship, love affair, unlikely couple, heiress ...
Place: korea
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34%
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Wok of Love (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: It's a love story hotter than the boiling oil in a sizzling hot wok. Across the street of the 6-star Hotel Giant, there stands a small, shabby Chinese restaurant, Hungry Wok. Chil Seong, the owner of the restaurant, originally took over the ...
Style: captivating, dorama, light, sincere, humorous ...
Plot: love triangle, restaurant, food, fall in love, chef, popularity, friendship, workplace, revenge, rivalry, entrepreneurship, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Heart to Heart (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Cha Hong Do suffers from social phobia and has a problem with severe blushing. She does have a strong sense of curiosity and learns from books and the internet. One day, Cha Hong Do's grandmother dies. Her grandmother was her only contact to ...
Style: dorama, light, captivating, funny, romantic ...
Plot: unrequited love, crush, love story, love and romance, shyness, shy girl, romantic relationship, love affair, male female relationship, fall in love, couple relations, relationships ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
You Are the Best! (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: The drama 'You Are The Best' transfers the message of consolation, hope and healing to those of us suffering from this competitive society. This is a humanistic drama that makes us realize that happiness cannot be felt just from ...
Style: satirical, semi serious, disturbing, captivating, romantic
Plot: death of father, love and romance, changing lives, coping, love story, love affair, romantic relationship, satire, lifestyle change, relationships, life, male female relationship ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Wonderful Life (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Han Seung Wan and Jung Se Jin bumps into each other at the airport and accidentally take each other's passports. They meet again and Seung Wan and Se Jin end up spending the day together. Both having to deal with love complications, they end up ...
Style: funny, romantic, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Plot: love and romance, parents and children, relationships, family relations, love story, male female relationship, relationship problems, humour, love interest, couple relations, love affair, romantic relationship ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
33%
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Vincenzo (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: Vincenzo Cassano is an Italian lawyer and Mafia consigliere who moves back to Korea due to a conflict within his organization. He ends up crossing paths with a sharp-tongued lawyer named Cha-young, and the two join forces in using villainous methods ...
Style: romantic, anime, dorama, captivating, black comedy ...
Plot: italian mafia, mafia, lawyer, mafioso, gang, gang war, love and romance, criminal gang, criminal, homecoming, romantic relationship, humour ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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I Hear You (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story: Bei Er Duo, a girl from an ordinary family, dreams about studying in Japan to be a professional voice actor. However, her mother wants her to marry rich whilst she is young, leading to continuous blind dates which irritate Bei Er Duo. In her ...
Style: touching, captivating, sentimental, suspenseful, romantic
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: girl, love affair, couple relations, love, true love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, idol, love at first sight, fall in love, male female relationship, young love, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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 ⇓
33%
Legend of Hyang Dan (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Legend of Hyang Dan was a 2-episode Korean TV drama that first aired on September 3, 2007 on MBC.
Style: psychological, thrilling, romantic, romantic drama, captivating ...
Plot: couple relations, relationships, love affair, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love interest, love and romance, love story, satire
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Fall In Love With Me (2014)
Genre: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Lu Tian Xing is a prodigy in Asia's advertising field. Rich, famous, and mightily successful, he suddenly announces during a press conference that he will be taking a three-month break from the advertising life. With a simple disguise, he ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, romantic, light, dorama
Audience: teens
Plot: hidden identity, secret identity, new identity, impersonation, love and romance, relationship vs career, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, business, businessman, duplicity, personality change, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Sweet 18 (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story: Kwon Hyuk Joon's grandfather, the head of the traditional Kwon family agrees to an arranged marriage between his grandson, Hyuk Joon, and Yoon Jung Sook when Yoon Jung Sook is born. Eventually, the two families lose contact with each other, ...
Style: light, captivating, entertaining, romantic, dorama
Plot: unlikely couple, couple relations, love affair, romantic relationship, relationships, love and romance, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, chance meeting, marriage of convenience, forced marriage, asian
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Shopping King Louie (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A romance takes place between Kang Ji-Sung aka Louie and Ko Bok-Sil. Louie is from a rich family, but he has lost his memory. Ko Bok-Sil is a woman with a heart like an angel. Louie learns about true love after meeting Ko Bok-Sil.
Style: dorama, feel good, captivating, humorous, romantic ...
Plot: shopping, memory loss, love, fashion, rich, fall in love, heir, adaptation, social differences, dishonesty, wealth, stereotypes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
My Unfortunate Boyfriend (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Yoo Ji Na is a budding career woman who has absolutely no issues with lying to get what she wants. But when she falls for the innocent and naive Yoon Tae Woon, who is truthful to a fault, their budding romance becomes a liability for Ji Na's ...
Style: funny, captivating, romantic, light, entertaining
Plot: love and romance, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, relationship vs career, truth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, deception, male female relationship, in love, lovers, love affair ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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My Fair Lady (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Of the high-rolling top 'hot celebrities' of the wealthy upper class in Korea's high society, Kang Hye Na is the one desired by the men, feared and hated by the women. Being the only successor to the largest conglomerate company, Kang ...
Style: thrilling, satirical, captivating, semi serious, dorama
Plot: love, satire, male female relationship, love story, re-education, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, rich woman, love interest, asian, femdom
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Don't Dare to Dream (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
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 ...
Plot: couples, friendship, coworker relationship, coworker, relationship vs career, employee employee relationship, co worker co worker relationship, ambition, journalism, rivalry, kindness, workplace ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Rooftop Prince (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Rooftop Prince is a 2012 South Korean fantasy romantic comedy television drama, starring Park Yuchun, Han Ji-min, Jeong Yu-mi, Lee Tae-sung, Lee Min-ho, Jung Suk-won and Choi Woo-shik. It is about a Joseon crown prince who, after his wife dies ...
Style: sincere, touching, semi serious, romantic, captivating ...
Plot: time travel, friendship, tragic love, sister sister relationship, self sacrifice, memory loss, time jump, time warp, heir, murder mystery, tradition versus modernity, traditional versus modern ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Cunning Single Lady (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Ae-Ra is focused on her appearance as she believes it will lead her to a better life. She then meets Jung-Woo who studied engineering. They eventually get married, but they also get divorced. After their divorce, Ae-Ra goes through difficult times. ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, captivating, novela
Plot: ex husband ex wife relationship, relationship problems, rich and poor, relationships, ex couple relations, money problems, troubled marriage, satire, ex husband, rich man, husband wife relationship, financial problem ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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