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It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
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It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
Original name: 사이코지만 괜찮아
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected—a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.
Style: dorama, romantic, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, feel good, dark fairy tale, fairy tale, psychological
Audience: teens
Plot: korean, anti social, mental health, psychiatric ward, healing, caregiver, psychological trauma, friendship, hospital, mental institution, death, countryside, male nurse, sibling relationship, nurse, madhouse, mental patient, eccentric woman, female writer, childhood trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, writers, artist, friends, couples ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic, dorama, humorous and touching films and TV series with plots about friendship, love and romance, love, korean, couples, family relations and youth mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like It's Okay to Not Be Okay: Soul Mechanic (2020), Kill Me, Heal Me (2015), I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006), Descendants of the Sun (2016), One the Woman (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Soul Mechanic (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: How do you deal with anger? Where does happiness actually come from? These questions are at the heart of Fix You, a touching drama about a quirky psychiatrist on a mission to help people heal, and a rising star whose emotional wounds run deep. Lee ...
Style: psychological, sincere, emotional, humorous, captivating
Plot: psychiatrist, mental health, psychiatry, healing, doctor patient relationship, hospital, psychiatric patient, doctors, doctors and patients, emotional manipulation, medical, korean ...
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Kill Me, Heal Me (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cha Do Hyun is a rich heir to a family company with one major problem. Due to suppressed childhood trauma, he suffers from dissociative identity disorder manifested in 7 unique personalities who are out of his control. In order to overcome this ...
Style: romantic, captivating, sentimental, light, psychological ...
Audience: teens
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Place: korea, south korea
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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another ...
Style: surreal, touching, psychological, emotional, sweet ...
Plot: mental illness, love story, surrealism, mental institution, psychology, escape from reality, androids and robots, love, relationships, mental disorder, misfit, antisocial behavior ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: india, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Descendants of the Sun (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A drama about the love of people who get closer as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times and sacrifices made by people who throw themselves into natural disasters.
Style: romantic, scenic, light, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: korean, medical, friendship, army, soldier, love, military, love affair, military officer, doctor, doctors, playing footsie ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
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One the Woman (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 69 min.
TV show
Story: A corruption inspector suddenly inherits a great fortune. In this mystery, she tries to regain her memory.
Style: entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, captivating, psychological
Plot: prosecutor, housewife, lifestyle change, changing lives, family relations, switching roles, female protagonist, memory lapse, new life, repressed memory, fish out of water, amnesiac ...
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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, parents and children, friendship, parent child relationship, father daughter relationship, siblings relations, teenager, kids and family, adaptation, rivalry, destiny ...
Place: korea
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Hospital Playlist (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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.
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Plot: medical, medical profession, patient, doctor, friendship, hospital, surgeon, job, coworker relationship, treatment, doctors and patients, colleague ...
Place: korea
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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: light, sincere, captivating, romantic, touching ...
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It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
Style: touching, sentimental, funny, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
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Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: The story takes place at the beginning of the 19th century. Goo Hae-Ryung is a historian who tries to fight gender stereotypes as her work is often looked down on. She meets Prince Yi Rim.
Style: political, captivating, emotional, touching, entertaining ...
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United States of Tara (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: United States of Tara is an American television comedy-drama created by Diablo Cody, which began airing on Showtime in 2009. The series follows the life of Tara, a suburban housewife and mother coping with dissociative identity disorder.
Style: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, anime ...
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100%
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Dream High (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Dream High is a South Korean television series broadcast by KBS in 2011. It features miss A's Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun, T-ara's Eunjung, IU and 2PM. The drama was popular among teenagers, and brought in viewership ratings in the 18 to 20 ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, romantic, realistic
Audience: teen drama
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Love From Another Star (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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, romantic, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience: teens
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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TV show
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Eccentric! Chef Moon (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Miss Hammurabi (2018)
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TV show
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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TV show
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)
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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: romantic, dorama, touching, sweet, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: South Korea
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 67 min.
TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Noh Ji Wook is a prosecutor in the Central District Prosecutors’ Office who ends up switching professions to a private attorney. He harbors a trauma stemming from an event in his childhood involving his parents and his first love. Eun Bong Hee, a ...
Style: sweet, exciting, romantic, thought provoking, humorous ...
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Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Her Private Life (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story: An art curator's life unravels, as she tries to keep her pastime as a die-hard K-pop fan secret from her gallery's new director.
Style: dorama, romantic, touching, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
A Little Thing Called First Love (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story: An ordinary girl falls head over heels for the most popular boy in school. Xia Miaomiao is a shy, artistic student who develops a crush on a handsome, talented classmate and embarks on a journey of self-discovery through college. Because of Liang ...
Style: dorama, light, romantic, affectionate, teen comedy
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: high school sweetheart, fashion, family relations, friends, rise to the top, high school life, declaration of love, love triangle, student, friendship, makeover, girl ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
My Mad Fat Diary (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend ...
Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
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Place: northern england, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Good Doctor (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: As a child, Park Shi On was sent to a specialized care center, where he discovered genius capacities for his autism. Coupled with an exceptional memory and keen spatial skills, the young savant eventually entered pediatric residency, where he ...
Style: medical drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%