Movies and TV shows like Manpuku

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Manpuku (2018)
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Manpuku (2018)
Original name: まんぷく
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Based on true story of the wife of Ando Momofuku, the businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and the inventor of instant ramen, the 99th Asadora follows the life of Tachibana Fukuko, a young woman who tries to survive tough times in Osaka with her husband from before WWII to the rapid economic development era. Together they overcome various setbacks before they succeed in creating instant noodles. (Source: MDL)
Style: sincere, thought provoking, captivating, asadora
Plot: coping, family relations, supportive spouse, business, relationships, businessman, romantic relationship, family life, love and romance, changing lives, couples, love affair, direction and purpose, male female relationship, ambition, family business, aspiration, husband wife relationship, lifestyle, historical character, lifestyle change, love story, family, romance

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, romantic and sincere films and TV series with plots about love affair, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, romantic relationship and love story mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Manpuku: Pavitra Rishta (2009), Spring Has Come (2018), My Lecturer, My Husband (2020), Italian Bride (2014), Around 40 (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Pavitra Rishta (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Pavitra Rishta is an Indian soap opera that airs on Zee TV. It premiered on 1 June 2009 and airs weeknights. It is produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. Pavitra Rishta portrays the life of two common middle-class Maharashtrian families in the ...
Style: captivating, sincere, psychological, entertaining
Plot: relationships, coping, male female relationship, family problems, couple relations, love story, family relations, couples, family life, lifestyle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Spring Has Come (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Naoko Kishikawa is a 31 year-old single who works for the undergarment section at a departmental store. She lives with her parents and a younger sister. One day, she meets a Korean photographer, Lee Ji-won. Ji-won's presence gradually changes ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, romantic, shoujo
Plot: couple relations, romantic relationship, love affair, relationships, introspection, self discovery, lifestyle, love interest, lifestyle change, female protagonist, changing lives, in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
My Lecturer, My Husband (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Inggit's life is perfect with her 5 best friends, a lover named Tristan, and the love of her parents in Jogja. This perfection was reversed when Mr. Inggit was sick and matched him with Mr. Arya.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, indonesian
Plot: marriage, family problems, male female relationship, family relations, couple relations, father daughter relationship, parents and children, love and romance, romantic relationship, relationships, father and daughter, couples ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.2
 148
Italian Bride (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Muchacha italiana viene a casarse is a 1971 Mexican telenovela by Televisa produced by Ernesto Alonso and directed by Alfredo Saldaña, starring Angélica María and Ricardo Blume. Writing credits belong to Delia González Marquez, Fernanda Villeli, ...
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, telenovela
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, family relations, fall in love, marriage of convenience, couples, relationships, romantic relationship, sister sister relationship, changing lives, sisters, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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 6.8
 84
Around 40 (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Ogata Satoko is a 39 years-old woman. She is happily enjoying the single life. However, things change after an alumni reunion wher she's the last single and a meet with Okamura Keitaro.
Style: semi serious, romantic, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: relationships, middle aged woman, middle aged, love triangle, changing lives, social problems, love story, male female relationship, couple relations, female protagonist, romantic relationship, love interest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 5.5
 197
Eva Luna (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A young woman’s quest for happiness is marred by the secrets and deceptions perpetuated by an evil family. Eva González (Blanca Soto) came to Los Angeles with her father and sister in search of a better life. She goes to work as the personal ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, soap opera, telenovela
Plot: family relations, romantic relationship, relationships, male female relationship, family life, love story, love affair, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, love interest
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 7.5
 2K
Love Me (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Mathiesons, Clara (30s), Glen (60s) and Aaron (20s), find themselves at an emotional crossroads following an unexpected event that changes their lives forever.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: male female relationship, couple relations, love interest, love affair, marital problem, romantic relationship, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, lifestyle, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 7.0
 262
All For Love (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A penniless country boy goes in search of his runaway sister in Bogotá, where he falls for an aspiring singer, but gets tangled up in organized crime.
Style: disturbing, captivating, romantic, sincere
Plot: love, love and romance, love story, in love, love affair, follow your dream, direction and purpose, couple relations, couples, female singer, ambitious, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Tierra de Pasiones (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: In a beautiful valley where the most exquisite grapes are farmed, an intense and sizzling love story will flourish between Valeria San Roman, a beautiful woman with a strong character, which has given her the strength to face life's deceptions, ...
Style: novela, romantic, captivating, psychological, soap opera ...
Plot: fall in love, couples, love and romance, changing lives, loneliness, love affair, relationships, in love, love interest, couple relations, love story, coping ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Mother of Mine (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Story of a mother and three daughters living in modern day Korean society. The drama conveys a message about the low fertility rate, divorce rate, and the problems of the younger generation who are avoiding marriage.
Style: sincere, captivating
Plot: family problems, family relations, restaurant, family business, relationships, romantic relationship, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, business, love and romance, male female relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Give Love Away (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A heartwarming family drama centering on a couple’s remarriage in the twilight years of their lives, forcing two families of grown adult children to become one big family. This drama will describe how those grown-up children will re-act and deal ...
Style: romantic, captivating, light
Plot: family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, marriage, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, love story, romantic relationship, relationships, love affair, couple relations
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Our Sister's Soulmate (2020)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: 27 year old Adachi Momoko lost both her parents in an accident when she was in third year high school. She then gave up going to college and has been working at a home centre for the past nine years while supporting her three younger brothers who ...
Style: entertaining, sincere, romantic, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: slice of life, japanese woman, romantic relationship, lifestyle change, male female relationship, family problems, love and romance, fall in love, love story, relationships, lifestyle, couple relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Bir Küçük Gün Isigi (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
TV show
Story: Elif is very much in love with Hakan. The only thing missing from their marriage is a child. While Elif is thinking about starting the adoption procedure, she learns that Hakan had an accident. And his life begins to change irreversibly. Fırat, on ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: tragic love, couple relations, secret, relationship problems, relationships, romantic relationship, couples, mistress, changing lives, husband wife relationship, love interest, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
My Healing Love (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Im Chi-Woo never wanted to become a good daughter, a good daughter-in-law or a good wife, but she sacrifices herself to take care of her family. She is married to immature Park Wan-Seung and she works several part-time jobs to support her family. ...
Style: romantic, captivating
Plot: family relations, love and romance, love affair, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, love story, couple relations, memories, in love, dating show ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 98
A La Carte (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Although together they have been known as a legend in the world of gastronomy, András and Éva have recently divorced. After their marriage is over, Éva is about to keep their famous restaurant at the coast of Lake Balaton, "André". ...
Style: thrilling, romantic, captivating, psychological
Plot: male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, love story, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, couples, lifestyle, relationship problems, love interest
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.6
 468
Perfect Places (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
TV show
Story: The two main characters, Tobias (Gustav Giese) and Rose (Sara Hjort Ditlevsen), who in no way would swipe right in a Tinder app, if they saw each other's profiles, happen randomly on a summer day in Copenhagen. Two strange young people in the ...
Style: romantic, captivating, disturbing
Plot: romantic relationship, relationships, changing lives, in love, lifestyle change, couples, couple relations, male female relationship, love story, love affair, fall in love, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Passions of the Heart (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The saga of love between Patricia Campos Miranda, the granddaughter of a rich uncompromising farmer, and Armando Marcano, the poor foreman of the farm of Patricia's grandmother.
Style: romantic, captivating, light, telenovela
Plot: love story, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, rich and poor, family relations, romantic relationship, business, wealthy family, rich, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Zatima (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story: Zac and Fatima take a huge step to strengthen their bond, but new friends and past actions interfere with their blossoming relationship.
Style: romantic, semi serious, satirical, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: black cast, male female relationship, couple relations, couples, lifestyle, love affair, love and romance, race issues, marital problem, satire, family life, supportive spouse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: A bitter love story depicting the realities of love between a female college students who earn money as a stand-in girlfriend, and men attracted to them.
Style: romantic, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: couples, social problems, love affair, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love story, love interest, romantic friendship, family problems, life is a bitch, couple relations, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Love Stories in the Countryside (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Style: captivating, sincere, humorous
Plot: generation gap, love, village, family life, love affair, romantic relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family problems, couple relations, family relations, love story, relationship problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 8.1
 27
Golden Pouch (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: When Han Suk-Hoon was little, he was adopted by a family in the United States. He returns to Korea as an adult and works as an excellent surgeon, but he falls into a bottomless pit. He succeeds as a dumpling master.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: couple relations, chef, romantic relationship, love affair, love and romance, cooking, male female relationship, love story, relationships, lifestyle, older man younger woman relationship, love triangle ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Amsterdam Paradise (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
TV show
Story: In Amsterdam Paradise we're witnessing the development of the relationship between Adam and Eva and see how it’s continually influenced and affected by dozens of other stories set in the city. Amsterdam Paradise is a shimmering mosaic ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: marriage, love, city life, couples, family relations, relationships, family life, marital crisis, couple relations, marital problem, marriage crisis, husband wife relationship ...
Place: amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 484
Wild at Heart (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Corazón indomable is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux for Televisa. It is a remake of Marimar, produced in 1994, and starring Thalía and Eduardo Capetillo. Ana Brenda Contreras and Daniel Arenas star as the protagonists, while ...
Style: novela, captivating, romantic, telenovela
Plot: love and romance, character change, relationships, rich and poor, changing lives, businesswoman, couple relations, fall in love, tragic love, in love, love affair, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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My Heroic Husband (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Heroine Ning Yi one's background is slightly cold, however from beginning to end positive enterprising, from compose poem, from business, to learn martial arts, Qi, from the initial ease to spend the tauntuse, gradually assume more ...
Style: captivating, thought provoking, costume drama, heroic
Plot: rags to riches, family business, family life, direction and purpose, business, workplace situations, ambition, businessman, coping, travel, aspiration, rich and poor
Place: ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Generation 56K (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A chance encounter leads two 30-somethings to remember 1998, the year their teenage hormones kicked in — and the internet changed their lives forever.
Style: humorous, thought provoking, captivating, sincere, entertaining
Audience: adult
Plot: couples, internet, love and romance, romantic relationship, male female relationship, couple relations, relationships, love story, love affair, lifestyle, generation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Mother and Lover (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Shingo Okazaki is a young man devoted to his mother to a degree that's rare in Japan. He's a young fellow who treats his mother with respect, but his tendency to overdo it makes his filial devotion look more like a little fault to those ...
Style: exciting, sentimental, touching, light, entertaining ...
Plot: love, mother, mother and son, family relations, love affair, son, lifestyle, parent child relationship, youth, parents and children, mother son relationship, parenthood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
A Warmed Up Love (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Kiki Inoue could not fulfill her dream to become an idol and is currently working part-time at a convenience store. Takumi Asaba is the president of a convenience store chain and enjoys criticizing sweets on social media. One day, Takumi found a ...
Style: romantic, sincere, captivating
Plot: love and romance, criticism, love affair, romantic relationship, male female relationship, candy store, critic, business, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, couple relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.3
 116
Shooting Star (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Takenouchi plays an aquarium employee named Kengo, who seems ordinary at first glance but actually possesses a secret that he would sacrifice everything in order to protect. Meanwhile, Ueto plays Risa, a young woman working in the sex trade in order ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama
Plot: marriage of convenience, couple relations, changing lives, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, tragic love, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, marriage, couples, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Autumn's Concerto (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Autumn's Concerto is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Ady An, Vanness Wu of F4, and Tiffany Hsu. It was produced by Sanlih E-Television and directed by Chen Hui Ling. The drama started filming in June 2009 and was completed in December 2009. It ...
Style: captivating, sincere, psychological, romantic drama, tear jerker
Plot: romantic relationship, love story, love affair, love interest, family business, male female relationship, couples, couple relations, love and romance, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, businessman ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.1
 361
Just One Love (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: In Yokohama a modern port city, Hiroto Kanzaki works hard in a ship repair factory, supporting his sick mother and younger brother. Tsukioka Nao is the rich daughter of a jewelry shop owner, and studies at an upscale college. This drama is about ...
Style: sincere, captivating, disturbing, psychological, dorama
Plot: rich woman poor man, opposites attract, love and romance, love story, rich and poor, love interest, love, rich woman, relationship problems, couple relations, couples, life philosophy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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