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, the ever-failing businessman, and her stepmom. Tired of putting up with them, she leaves home. Feeling down on her luck, she climbs up a mountain. There, Dan Dan runs into Young Guk, who is hiking while dressed in a suit. Young Guk is the capable chairman of a corporation, as well as a widower with three kids. By chance, Dan Dan becomes a live-in tutor at Young Guk's house. As they start to live together and look after Young Guk's kids, they find themselves in situations of conflict, both small and large. Despite their 14-year age difference, they start to grow fond of one another. With the help of Dan Dan, will Young Guk be able to overcome his grief and grow closer to his kids?

Young Lady and Gentleman

Looking for my Gentleman Team

Oh Woori (Im Soo Hyang) is the assistant writer of a popular drama series. She has vowed to remain a virgin until she marries, and has shied away from romantic relationships in a bid to remain chaste until she marries. She is dating the devoted police officer Lee Kang Jae (Shin Dong Wook). But when she attends a routine medical exam, a terrible mixup takes place and she is accidentally artificially inseminated. She later discovers her pregnancy, and demands the hospital gets to the bottom of the case.

Eventually she discovers that the donor whose child she is now pregnant with is none other than the CEO of a notable cosmetics firm named Diamond Cosmetics. This CEO, named Raphael (Sung Hoon), is going through a messy divorce with his wife Lee Ma Ri (Hong Ji Yoon), a beautiful woman who does not want to split for her husband, chiefly for financial reasons. But when Raphael learns he is to be a father, things get very complicated – particularly after her realizes that there is a secret past connection that links him to Oh Woori!

This drama 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” is a 2022 South Korean drama series that was directed by Jung Jung Hwa.

Woori the Virgin

😲The Unexpected Surprise🎁 

JTBC

This is a story of Kang Mi Rae (Im Soo Hyang), a girl once bullied for her looks. Mi Rae decides she wants a fresh start and gets plastic surgery to transform her face. When she becomes a college student, she meets Do Kyung Suk (Cha Eun Woo) from their middle school days, who sees people for what they are on the inside and not on the outside; he then becomes attracted to Kang Mi Rae. As Mi Rae begins to get teased once more and labeled as a "Gangnam Beauty" for getting plastic surgery, Kyung Suk becomes the one person that stands up for her. In the process, Mi Rae begins to recover her lost confidence and discovers that true beauty is not about what's on the outside.

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 🐇

GMM One

As both a highly praised jewelry designer and a talented race car driver, Ratti (Thanapat Kawila) has made quite a name for himself. Known for his impeccable work and undeniable skill, Ratti loathes anyone who coasts through life on lies and schemes, rather than talent and hard work.&nbsp;

More than a little snobbish, Ratti takes a tremendous amount of pleasure in putting loathsome liars, cheats, and thieves in their place. So when he catches Chomjan (Bifern Anchasa Mongkhonsamai) in the act of selling fake jewelry, he wastes no time reporting her to the authorities. Happy to see Chomjan arrested, Ratti continues on with his day, not knowing that fate is about to deal him a very cruel hand.

Soon after his run-in with Chomjan, Ratti catches his girlfriend cheating on him with his stepbrother. Fleeing to Italy to nurse his broken heart, Ratti is forced to return when his stepmother threatens to sell one of his late mother’s favorite necklaces. Driven by rage, Ratti storms his ex’s wedding and steals the necklace, only to have his escape cut short. Quickly caught by a security guard, Ratti finds himself cuffed to an innocent and bewildered Chomjan. With no other choice, Ratti must rely on Chomjan’s help to escape but what could possibly persuade her to help the man who once had her thrown in jail?

A delightful romantic romp, “My Lucky Star” is a 2023 Thai action romance drama directed by Pook Pantham Thongsang.

My Lucky Star

Twinkle twinkle little star✨

Fuji TV TWO

A girl with average looks and poor grades sees a boy on the first day of high school and falls head-over-heels in love with him. Kotoko (Honoka Miki) admires Naoki (Yuki Furukawa), the most handsome and smartest boy in school, from afar for three years. But fate throws them together under one household when her family home is struck by a falling meteor and destroyed. During her home’s reconstruction, Kotoko’s family stays with her father’s childhood friend, who just happens to be Naoki’s father. Despite living under one roof, can Kotoko possibly get Naoki to think of her as more than just a nuisance? “Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo,” also known as “Playful Kiss: Love in Tokyo,” is a 2013 Japanese drama series. This is the fifth television adaptation of the Japanese manga “Itazura Na Kiss” by Tada Kaoru, following the original Japanese series “Itazura Na Kiss” (1996), the Taiwanese series “It Started With a Kiss” (2005) and its sequel “They Kiss Again” (2007), and the Korean series “Playful Kiss” (2010).

Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO

Mischievous Kisser Team

Fuji TV

Will life be one of married bliss for Naoki and Kotoko? In one of the most-anticipated sequels, the unlikely couple of the average Kotoko (Honoka Miki) and the brilliant Naoki (Yuki Furukawa) from “Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO” returns for a second season! After the original series ended with the wedding of Naoki and Kotoko, the special episode “Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in Okinawa” follows Naoki and Kotoko on their honeymoon, where a strange couple turns up and meddles in their romantic getaway. As they settle back in their new lives after the honeymoon, can Naoki and Kotoko handle the pressures of marriage and their careers? “Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in TOKYO” is the sequel to the popular “Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO” (2013). It is the fifth live adaptation of the popular Japanese manga “Itazura na Kiss,” following the original in 1996, Taiwan’s “It Started With a Kiss” (2005) and “They Kiss Again (2007), and Korea’s “Playful Kiss” (2010).

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🌠

Lin Xi (Lu Yu Xiao) and Ji Jun Xing (Wu Jun Ting) are school classmates – and although their personalities are very different, they find themselves drawn together. The horror movie-loving Lin Xi is outwardly tough, but positive, clever, somewhat stubborn, and full of joy. She is also a lover of justice – and always does her best to stand up to bullies who pick on weaker schoolmates. Ji Jun Xing, meanwhile, appears to be cold, frank, and introverted. Computer programming is his forte. But while he seems very aloof and standoffish to those who don’t know him well, he is actually full of warmth – and just doesn’t really know how to express his emotions.

As the end of their high school days approaches, they must prepare to take their college entry examinations – knowing that failing to achieve the grades they need could set them back a year. And that could mean that they would be separated – with one in the academic year above the other. As they attempt to make their dreams of college life come true, romance could well spark between them. But will fate ultimately bring them together – or tear them apart?

This drama series was based on an online novel by Jiang Mu Tong.

“Time and Him Are Just Right” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that 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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