Romance: from 'enemies' (or strangers) to lovers
by ni-sp | created - 22 Apr 2022 | updated - 2 weeks ago | PublicNice stories of opposing characters growing towards each other
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1. Secret Garden (2010–2011)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A rich young CEO falls for a poor stuntwoman despite class differences, cultural traditions and the man's firmly objecting mother.
Stars: Ha Ji-Won, Hyun Bin, Yoon Sang-Hyun, Kim Sa-rang
Votes: 7,656
2. Crazy Love (2022)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Noh Gojin, a genius who runs a private education company is conceited because of his many struggles while his current secretary, Lee Sina, who has lasted longer than anyone before, decides to get back at her boss.
Stars: Kim Jae-Wook, Krystal Jung, Ha Jun, Yoo In-young
Votes: 1,622
3. The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two enamoured strangers look for a warm place in a cold world.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph
Votes: 14,947 | Gross: $0.87M
4. Jab We Met (2007)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A depressed wealthy businessman finds his life changing after he meets a spunky and care-free young woman.
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Tarun Arora, Dara Singh Randhawa
Votes: 58,844 | Gross: $0.41M
5. In July (2000)
99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A young, insecure teacher embarks on a journey through Europe to Turkey, where he wants to see a woman again whom he believes to be his fate.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus, Idil Üner
Votes: 22,846
6. The Saint (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Simon "The Saint" Templar (Val Kilmer), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Valeriy Nikolaev
Votes: 72,276 | Gross: $61.36M
7. Love Me If You Dare (2003)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.
Director: Yann Samuell | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Thibault Verhaeghe, Joséphine Lebas-Joly
Votes: 72,463 | Gross: $0.55M
8. Man Up (I) (2015)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A single woman takes the place of a stranger's blind date and finds the perfect man for her.
Director: Ben Palmer | Stars: Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear, Ken Stott, Harriet Walter
Votes: 56,469
9. Band Baaja Baaraat (2010)
Not Rated | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shruti and Bittoo become partners in their very own "Wedding planning ka bijness" in Delhi and in the process discover friendship, love and one another.
Director: Maneesh Sharma | Stars: Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Ranjit Batra, Satender Bhardwaj
Votes: 18,119
10. Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Prem and his oversized wife Sandhya are supposed to spend a lifetime together. Will a regular arranged marriage turn out to be a perfect mismatch?
Director: Sharat Katariya | Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, Sheeba Chaddha, Sanjay Mishra
Votes: 21,103
11. Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014)
136 min | Comedy, Romance
A spirited young girl would stop at nothing to get the first love of her life, even if it takes seven years and several heartbreaks.
Director: Jude Anthany Joseph | Stars: Nazriya Nazim, Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese, Vineeth Sreenivasan
Votes: 6,233
12. Because This Is My First Life (2017)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ji Ho is a single woman. She's a writing assistant of dramas. She's a strong and determined woman. Unfortunately, she has to leave her house and seeks other place to live. Her friends help her to find a roommate. That roommate is Se Hee.
Stars: Jung So-min, Lee Min-ki, Esom, Park Byeong-eun
Votes: 7,659
13. Mr. Sunshine (2018)
TV-MA | 80 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young boy who ends up in the U.S. after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to Korea at a historical turning point and falls for a noblewoman.
Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-ri, Yoo Yeon-Seok, Byun Yo-han
Votes: 10,284
14. It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love story between a psychiatrist named Ji Hae Soo and an author who had schizophrenia named Jang Jae Yeol.
Stars: Sung Dong-il, Lee Kwang-soo, Jin Kyung, Zo In-sung
Votes: 4,586
15. Go Back Couple (2017)
70 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Having married young, when frustration with their lives make Choi Ban Doo and Ma Jin Joo regret their marriage of 18 years, a strange occurrence has them traveling back in time to the day before they met and into their younger selves.
Stars: Jang Na-ra, Son Ho-joon, Jang Ki-Yong, Heo Jeong-min
Votes: 1,641
16. Into the Ring (2020)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A dirt-born character chooses to join politics over getting a job and punishing rogue politicians with an elite official.
Stars: Im Jin-Ah, Park Sung-hoon, Ahn Nae-sang, Yoo Da-in
Votes: 382
17. Mad for Each Other (2021– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bothered to realize they are next-door neighbors and share a psychiatrist, a man and a woman find it's impossible to stay out of each other's way.
Stars: Jung Woo, Oh Yeon-Seo, Lee Gyu-Hyun, Hye Eun Lee
Votes: 2,783
18. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021– )
TV-14 | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A big-city dentist opens up a practice in a close-knit seaside village, home to a charming jack-of-all-trades who is her polar opposite in every way.
Stars: Shin Min-a, Kim Seon-ho, Gina Su, Judy Alice Lee
Votes: 20,092
19. Full House (2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Romance
In a bid to reacquire her childhood home, a free-spirited woman agrees to a sham-marriage with a selfish actor. Their daily lives are complicated by overlapping love triangles and comic misadventures.
Stars: Song Hye-kyo, Rain, Han Eun-jeong, Kim Seong-su
Votes: 3,836
20. Mai geol (2005–2006)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With a perpetually indebted father, Joo Yoo Rin learned to lie on the spot and get herself out of tricky situations, which gets Seol Gong Chan, a rich heir to a company, to hire her to impersonate his long lost cousin.
Stars: Lee Da-hae, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Joon-gi, Park Si-yeon
Votes: 1,748
21. The Full Throttle Girl (2011– )
54 min | Comedy, Romance
Ayukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. She lands a job at an international law firm, but to her disappointment, the first prestigious assignment that is given to her is to babysit the boss' 5 year old daughter, Hinata.
Stars: Yui Aragaki, Ryô Nishikido, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Misako Renbutsu
Votes: 215
22. Hi My Sweetheart (2009–2010)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
Hsueh Hai (Show Lo) was a certifiable dork who comes from a very wealthy family and has been protected by his oldest sister since young, until he is 20 years old. One day, he decided to ... See full summary »
Stars: Rainie Yang, Show Lo, Wei Lee, Maggie Wu
Votes: 244
23. Shining Inheritance (2009)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After losing her father Go Eun-sung's stepmother kicks her and her autistic brother out of the house. Shortly after her brother is kidnapped. Eun-sung now has to look for her brother while also trying to find a job in order to survive.
Stars: Han Hyo-joo, Lee Seung-gi, Moon Chae-won, Bae Soo-bin
Votes: 987
24. Gaus Electronics (2022)
50 min | Comedy
Marketing team members at Gaus Electronics multinational navigate corporate politics, interpersonal dynamics and life events while maintaining camaraderie.
Stars: Kwak Dong-yeon, Kang Min-ah, Ko Sung-hee, Bae Hyun-Sung
Votes: 639
25. What's with This Family (2014–2015)
65 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cha Soon-bong wants to share a loving bond with his family but his selfish children make it difficult. Things take a turn when their father gets fed up with their behavior.
Stars: Yoo Dong-geun, Kim Hyun-joo, Bak Yoon, Park Hyung-sik
Votes: 415
26. Hello Stranger (2010)
130 min | Comedy, Romance
A couple meet in South Korea. They have fun together, but when they fall in love, everything changes.
Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun | Stars: Chantavit Dhanasevi, Nuengthida Sophon
Votes: 3,136
27. Yuttakarn Prab Nang Marn (2018–2019)
Drama, Romance
Rampapat has to take her father's place as the executive producer of a film production company. Her name that means angel but everyone looks at her as the devil. She will can hit everyone ... See full summary »
Stars: Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul, Tao Sattaphong Phiangphor, Nara Thepnupha, Laphasrada Chuaykua
Votes: 9
28. Dêto: Koi towa donnamono kashira (2015– )
54 min | Comedy, Romance
Yoriko is a hard-working and rigid young woman and Takumi is an unemployed young man. They believe that they are unsuited for love, think of marriage as a contract and and start dating with the goal of getting married.
Stars: Anne Watanabe, Hiroki Hasegawa, Ryôko Kuninaka, Yûto Nakajima
Votes: 215
29. He Who Can't Marry (2006– )
45 min | Comedy, Drama
A 40-year-old gifted architect enjoys living alone and doesn't communicate well with people. He has three female friends. Will he ever marry?
Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Takashi Tsukamoto, Mitsuko Kusabue, Rieko Miura
Votes: 1,212
30. Compartment Number 6 (2021)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance
As a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Seidi Haarla, Yura Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug
Votes: 15,459
31. The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007)
55 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A tomboy, mistaken for a lad, maintains the deception for the sake of employment. The situation becomes complicated when her male boss begins to develop feelings for this "boy."
Stars: Gong Yoo, Yoon Eun-hye, Lee Sun-kyun, Chae Jeong-an
Votes: 6,538
32. Love to Hate You (2023)
TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Romance
For an attorney who despises losing to men and an A-list actor who distrusts women, love means nothing - until they're forced to date each other.
Stars: Kim Ok-bin, Teo Yoo, Kim Ji-hoon, Go Won-Hee
Votes: 5,226
33. Love for Rent (2015–2017)
120 min | Comedy, Romance
When Defne's brother gets into debt and is held captive, Defne is forced to accept an offer in exchange for the money. She has to make Omer, a wealthy shoe designer who owns a company, fall in love with her and marry her.
Stars: Elçin Sangu, Baris Arduç, Salih Bademci, Nergis Kumbasar
Votes: 9,756
34. Bas Belasi (2021)
130 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A story about a young female psychologist who once had a beautiful family and a young male police officer. They met and decided to solve cases together.
Stars: Irem Helvacioglu, Seçkin Özdemir, Dilara Aksüyek, Bülent Düzgünoglu
Votes: 989
35. Golden Boy (2022– )
120 min | Drama, Romance
Halis Aga, the pillar of one of Gaziantep's well-established families, decides to marry off his unruly grandson Ferit to bring him into line.
Stars: Afra Saraçoglu, Mert Ramazan Demir, Gülçin Santircioglu, Emre Altug
Votes: 5,179
(warning: multiple scene's depict excessive domestic violence)
36. Be My Sunshine (2021)
Comedy, Romance
The paths of city businesswoman Haziran and Poyraz, a handsome and helpful young man, intersect on Swallow Island, and love arises from the disagreements of these two opposite characters.
Stars: Ayça Aysin Turan, Alp Navruz, Nihan Büyükagaç, Ipek Tenolcay
Votes: 2,733
37. Love 911 (2012)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a doctor gets sued for misdiagnosing a patient, she reaches out to a dedicated firefighter to be a character witness for her. An unlikely romance sparks between the two of them.
Director: Gi-hoon Jeong | Stars: Lee Dong-kyu, Ma Dong-seok, Han Hyo-joo, Jung Jin-young
Votes: 3,023
38. Twist of Fate (2021)
Comedy, Drama
Ada grew up among women who believe they will be happy marrying the first men with whom they fall in love. But when her love interest Rüzgar abandons her, a challenging, romantic journey between love and destiny awaits her.
Stars: Aytaç Sasmaz, Cemre Baysel, Idris Nebi Taskan, Asli Sümen
Votes: 2,641
39. Black Money Love (2014–2015)
TV-MA | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Omar is a police officer. After the death of his fiancé he suffers great pain. Sibel, Omar's fiancée's body was found on the top of a cliff, in a car next to a fairly old, rich business man. After the shock of her sudden death and the accusations of his love cheating on him, Omar realizes that there is more behind her suspicious murder.
Stars: Tuba Büyüküstün, Engin Akyürek, Burak Tamdogan, Bedia Ener
Votes: 7,628
40. My Perfect Stranger (2023– )
70 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A drama about a strange and beautiful time travel between a news anchor and an ordinary office worker trapped in 1987.
Stars: Kim Dong-wook, Jin Ki-joo, Seo Ji-Hye, Lee Won-jung
Votes: 858
41. Ne Gemiler Yaktim (2023–2024)
Drama
The intersection of Yasemin and Fidan's paths, who have no common ground except motherhood, marks the beginning of their struggle for survival, supporting each other in life.
Stars: Deniz Baysal, Devrim Özkan, Berk Hakman, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil
Votes: 233
42. Ruhun Duymaz (2023)
Comedy, Drama
An agent who sees nothing but his job with the eyes of honor; Ece, on the other hand, is a dazzling professional thief with a thousand and one skills.
Stars: Burcu Özberk, Sükrü Özyildiz, Tugrul Tulek, Asli Sümen
Votes: 1,299
43. Flower Boy Next Door (2013)
Comedy, Romance
The shy shut-in Dok-mi must come out of her shell when she gets caught spying on her handsome neighbor by his famous houseguest.
Stars: Park Shin-hye, Kim Ji-hoon, Kim Yoon-hye, Go Kyung-pyo
Votes: 1,887
44. Ricchiman Puauman (2012)
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hyuga Toru who run an internet website from his small room and doesn't like to socialize makes a lot of money. He then meets Sawaki Chihiro, a hardworking student who by an unexpected occurrence begins to work for Toru.
Stars: Shun Oguri, Satomi Ishihara, Saki Aibu, Arata Iura
Votes: 1,086
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