If you like romantic melodramas like “Beauty and Mr. Romantic,” tune in to this collection of similarly themed shows and movies for more sweeping stories of love in the face of family secrets and endless drama.

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Dan Dan lives with her stepbrother, Dae Bum, a struggling businessman, and her stepmom. Tired of putting up with them, she leaves home. Feeling down on her luck, she climbs a mountain and runs into Young Guk, who is hiking in a suit. Young Guk, the capable chairman of a corporation and a widower with three kids, ends up hiring Dan Dan as a live-in tutor. As they start to live together and care for his children, they encounter various conflicts. Despite their 14-year age difference, they begin to grow fond of each other. With Dan Dan’s help, will Young Guk overcome his grief and grow closer to his kids?

Young Lady and Gentleman

Looking for my Gentleman Team

Oh Woo Ri (Im Soo Hyang) has vowed to remain a virgin until she marries her fiance, devoted police officer Lee Kang Jae (Shin Dong Wook). But disaster strikes when a terrible mixup turns her routine medical exam into an artificial insemination procedure! She later discovers that her baby’s biological father is Raphael (Sung Hoon), the CEO of a cosmetics firm, who's going through an acrimonious divorce with his wife. When Raphael learns he is to be a father, things get very complicated – particularly when he realizes he and Woo Ri have a past connection! Is there any way out of this mess? This 2022 South Korean drama series, directed by Jung Jung Hwa, is a remake of the 2014 American drama series “Jane the Virgin,” which was loosely based on the 2002 Venezuelan drama “Juana la Virgen.”

Woori the Virgin

😲The Unexpected Surprise🎁 

JTBC

Once bullied for her looks, Kang Mi Rae (Im Soo Hyang) undergoes a dramatic transformation through plastic surgery, only to face new challenges in college when people ridicule her for altering her appearance. Reconnecting with Do Kyung Suk (Cha Eun Woo), who values inner beauty over appearances, Mi Rae finds herself caught between external judgment and internal growth. As Kyung Suk stands up for her against harsh labels and superficial commentary, Mi Rae starts to reclaim her confidence and realizes that true beauty is about who you are on the inside… and starts to sense that she and Kyung Suk might become more than just friends. This 2018 Korean drama was adapted from the webtoon of the same name by Gi Maeng Gi and was directed by Choi Sung Bum.

My ID Is Gangnam Beauty

The Beauty Lovers

Xiang Yuan (Wu Qian) is given the difficult task of saving the Xi’an branch of her family's company from financial ruin. But when she starts the job, she is unexpectedly reunited with her childhood crush Xu Yan Shi (Vin Zhang), a budding navigation engineer. Meeting him again as an adult is awkward, considering the nature of her former one-sided adoration. But the duo tentatively starts to form an unexpected friendship. Can they help each other in their respective missions – and will they find love in the process? This 2023 Chinese romance drama was based on a novel by Er Dong Tu Zi and directed by Tien Jen Huang.

Here We Meet Again

🪐 My Orbit is You Team 💛

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Top model Donovan McDaniel (Luke Ishikawa Plowden) is always in demand, but hides a deep secret: there is a woman from his past that he just can’t let go of. In a bid to track her down, he moves from the United States to Thailand. Meanwhile, Pam (Namtan Tipnaree Weerawatnodom) has taken a job at Donovan’s talent agency to help pay for her sick grandfather’s medical bills. When Pam is charged with taking care of Donovan and translating for him, she learns of his secret. Could this discovery lead them to despair – or an unexpected romance? This 2022 Thai drama series was directed by Golf Sakon Wongsinwiset.

My Dear Donovan

💕For Love... This and More

When an embarrassing video leaks online showcasing top star Qiao Jing Jing's (Dilraba Dilmurat) gaming ineptitude, it threatens her lucrative contract with the game developer. She decides to hone her skills online and save the deal. This leads her to reunite with her former crush and classmate Yu Tu (Yang Yang), now an aerospace engineer and a proficient gamer, for help.... while concealing her identity. Can he help her win a competition that might save the contract? And will their reunion lead them into an unexpected romance? This 2021 Chinese drama series was directed by Wang Zhi.

You Are My Glory

🐇 Jade Rabbit Team 🐇

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Hardworking and upright jewelry designer and race car driver Ratti (Film Thanapat Kawila) hates liars, cheats, and thieves. So when he catches Chomjan (Bifern Anchasa Mongkhonsamai) selling fake jewelry, he takes great joy in reporting her to the authorities. But his happiness soon evaporates when he sees his girlfriend cheating on him with his stepbrother. Broken-hearted, he goes to Italy to try to forget her. His overseas adventures are cut short when his stepmother threatens to sell his late mother’s cherished necklace. Enraged, Ratti returns and crashes his ex’s wedding to steal the necklace. A security guard catches him and handcuffs Ratti to a homeless woman… who turns out to be Chomjan! Can Ratti convince the woman he once sent to prison to help him out of this mess? This 2023 Thai drama series was directed by Pook Pantham Thongsang.

My Lucky Star

Twinkle twinkle little star✨

Fuji TV TWO

Kotoko Aihara (Yahagi Honoka), an average girl with poor grades, falls head-over-heels for Naoki Irie (Yuki Furukawa), the smartest and most handsome boy in school. For three years, she admires him from afar, but fate intervenes when a meteorite destroys her home, forcing her family to stay with Naoki’s. Living under one roof, Kotoko seizes her chance to win Naoki’s heart. Can she convince him to see her as someone he truly cares for, or will her dreams of love remain unfulfilled? This 2013 Japanese drama, directed by Koto Nagata, Koji Kawano, and Masakazu Abe, is the fifth TV adaptation of Kaoru Tada’s manga series Itazura Na Kiss.

Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO

Mischievous Kisser Team

Fuji TV

Back in high school, a meteorite crashed into Kotoko (Honoka Yahagi)'s home, leaving her with no choice but to move in with classmate Naoki (Yuki Furukawa). For Kotoko, this was a dream come true, as she’d had a longstanding crush on Naoki. Despite his initial disdain for her, Naoki eventually fell for Kotoko, and they ended up getting married. However, married life may not be the sweet fantasy they’d dreamed it would be. Kotoko has decided to become a nurse, but her studies aren’t going well. Plus, having a charming, good-looking husband has its drawbacks – as Naoki seems to have no shortage of female admirers! Can they overcome these hurdles and ensure their love survives the test of time? This 2014 Japanese drama, based on the hit manga of the same name by Kaoru Tada, follows 2013’s Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO. It was directed by Kazuya Konaka and Takashi Ninomiya.

Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in TOKYO

Fans think top South Korean star Gong Tae Seong (Kim Young Dae) is as sweet and innocent as can be. But behind closed doors, he isn’t quite so angelic. His management company’s PR team ace Oh Han Byeol (Lee Sung Kyung) knows the real Tae Sung, as she's tasked with doing whatever it takes to hide his hot temper and competitive streak from the public. It’s a thankless job, and one that frequently puts her at odds with the temperamental celebrity. But as they spend more time together, might they eventually spend less time butting heads… and more time falling in love? This 2022 South Korean love-hate romantic comedy drama was directed by Lee Soo Hyun.

Sh**ting Stars

💕Love You to the Stars🌠

Classmates Lin Xi (Lu Yu Xiao) and Ji Jun Xing (Wu Jun Ting) are incredibly different: Lin Xi is optimistic, stubborn, and stands up to bullies, while Jun Xing is an aloof yet warm-hearted programming genius. Despite their differences, their contrasting personalities draw them together as they face the pressure of preparing for college entrance exams. Their budding friendship teeters on the brink of romance, but they risk being separated if they don’t meet their academic goals. Will they succeed in reaching their dreams and stay by each other’s side, or will life push them apart? This 2022 Chinese drama series was directed by Chen Rong Hui.

Time and Him Are Just Right

The Fox and the Rabbit Team

SAYON MEDIA

Internal medicine doctor In Ah believes hormones can control a person's health, personality, and even feelings of love. One day, the ideal research subject to test out her theory appears in front of her. That person is surgeon Seung Joo who was once the most excellent person in the world. But after suffering a car accident in which debris becomes lodged in his brain, he turns into an unforgivingly competitive person. After the accident, Seung Joo begins to obsess about only the success rate of his surgeries. The accident left him with abnormally high spatial perception, giving him the ability to simulate surgeries in his mind, and he becomes the star of his department. Meanwhile, after a misunderstanding causes Seung Joo to blame In Ah as the main culprit for having a ticking time bomb stuck in his head, he starts to torment her and ends up forcing her to leave the hospital.

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