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1. Supernatural (2005–2020)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Votes: 484,068
2. Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Robert Carlyle
Votes: 237,324
3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll and he has burned through eight of his nine lives, he launches an epic journey to restore them by finding the mythical Last Wish.
Directors: Joel Crawford, Januel Mercado | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh
Votes: 176,351 | Gross: $168.46M
4. Gravity Falls (2012–2016)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle's tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.
Stars: Jason Ritter, Alex Hirsch, Kristen Schaal, Linda Cardellini
Votes: 136,080
5. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013)
TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
This incarnation finds Scooby and the gang living in Crystal Cove, a small town with a long history of ghost sightings, monster tales and other mysteries ripe for the sleuths to solve once and for all.
Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 17,824
6. Amphibia (2019–2022)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ordinary Anne Boonchuy, 13, finds a music box that sends her to Amphibia, a world full of frogs, toads, and giant insects. With help from Sprig, she must adjust to life in Amphibia and discover the first true friendship in her life.
Stars: Brenda Song, Justin Felbinger, Bill Farmer, Amanda Leighton
Votes: 9,074
7. 18 Again (2020)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A 37-year-old man on the verge of being divorced from his wife suddenly finds himself inside his 18-year-old body. He starts living a new life under a new name to get closer to his children and protect them.
Stars: Kim Ha-neul, Yoon Sang-Hyun, Lee Do-hyun, No Jeong-ee
Votes: 3,191
8. Infinity Train (I) (2019–2021)
TV-PG | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action
Various people get trapped on a mysterious train with an endless number of cars, each one being its own universe, and they must resolve their psychological trauma and emotional issues in order to get home in this animated anthology series.
Stars: Ashley Johnson, Owen Dennis, Jeremy Crutchley, Kirby
Votes: 9,680
9. 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: 9,784
10. Price of Passion (2017–2018)
140 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A doctor who has devoted herself to healing others encounters a cold-blooded killer with a wounded past. What happens when the woman who saves lives is captured by the man who takes them?
Stars: Ibrahim Celikkol, Birce Akalay, Muhammet Uzuner, Cahit Gök
Votes: 8,280
11. Dream High (2011–2012)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The story of six students at Kirin Art High School who work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry. Along the way, they discover the true meaning of friendship, love and life.
Stars: J.Y. Park, Bae Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun, IU
Votes: 3,577
12. Kabir Singh (2019)
Not Rated | 173 min | Action, Drama, Romance
An exalted but short-fused surgeon plunges into a spiral of drugs, alcohol and rage after his intense relationship with his girlfriend turbulently ends.
Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Nikita Dutta, Soham Majumdar
Votes: 40,448
13. 6Teen (2004–2010)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Set in a giant shopping mall, this show follows the after-school lives of six 16-year-olds.
Stars: Christian Potenza, Jess Mal Gibbons, Brooke D'Orsay, Terry McGurrin
Votes: 6,128
14. F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers (2021–2022)
TV-14 | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ordinary, poor girl, Gorya, stands up to and through a series of mishaps and conflicts, falls in love with Thyme, the leader of the F4, the most powerful young men in Thailand.
Stars: Vachirawit Chivaaree, Metawin Opas-Iamkajorn, Jirawat Sutivanisak, Hirunkit Changkham
Votes: 3,059
15. Sound! Euphonium (2015– )
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Kumiko, a girl with absolutely no ambition, decides to change herself now that she has started her high school life and try to leave her hobby, playing euphonium in orchestra aside but she totally cannot forget it anyway.
Stars: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota, Chika Anzai
Votes: 1,450
16. Nowhere Boys (2013–2018)
26 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Four teenage boys, after getting lost in the forest, return to a parallel reality where they were never born, compelling them to navigate this alternate world.
Stars: Darci McDonald, Nicholas Coghlan, Matt Testro, Dougie Baldwin
Votes: 2,549
17. To My Star (2021–2022)
Short, Drama, Romance
After his career takes a turn for the worse, superstar actor Kang Seo Joon is afraid he's hit rock bottom. But after a chance meeting brings the talented chef Han Ji Woo into his life, Seo Joon is certain his luck is about to change.
Stars: Son Woo-Hyun, Kim Kang-min, Jeon Jae-yeong, Jin Kwon Kim
Votes: 2,283
18. Reset (2022)
45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A video game architect and a college girl's life are keep being reset after encountering a bus-bomb explosion. During each reset, they worked together with the police to find the truth and try to save the innocent people.
Stars: Jingting Bai, Jinmai Zhao, Yijun Liu, Tao Liu
Votes: 1,488
19. Arjun Reddy (2017)
Not Rated | 182 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Arjun Reddy, a short-tempered house surgeon, gets used to drugs and drinks when his girlfriend is forced to marry another person.
Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga | Stars: Vijay Deverakonda, Shalini Pandey, Jia Sharma, Kanchana
Votes: 27,741
20. Kamisama no Ekohiiki (2022)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Amano Yashiro has a crush on his best friend, Nanahara Kenta. Yashiro died in a car accident after being rejected by Kenta. However, due to God's favoritism, Yashiro was reborn as a female student called Tendo Kagura, and lives a new life.
Stars: Hiyori Sakurada, Taiyu Fujiwara, Airu Kubozuka, Myra Meadows
Votes: 112
21. Autumn in My Heart (2000)
53 min | Drama, Romance
The story is about two childhood friends, Joon-suh and Eun-suh, who grew up together but were forced to part ways when Eun-suh's family moved away. Many years later, they meet again by chance and rekindle their friendship.
Stars: Kim Hae-sook, Song Seung-heon, Song Hye-kyo, Won Bin
Votes: 1,432
22. Simmba (2018)
Not Rated | 158 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simmba enjoys all the perks of being an amoral and unethical police officer until a life-changing event forces him to choose the righteous path.
Director: Rohit Shetty | Stars: Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan, Sonu Sood, Ashutosh Rana
Votes: 22,049 | Gross: $5.08M
23. A Little Thing Called First Love (2019)
TV-PG | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of an ordinary girl who falls head over heels for the most popular guy in school.
Stars: Jinmai Zhao, Runze Wang, Kuan-lin Lai, Bowen Wang
Votes: 571
24. If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student. (2022)
54 min | Drama, Family
a husband and his daughter, who lost their beloved wife 10 years ago and lost the meaning of life, unexpectedly reunited with their wife. As his wife is reborn as a 10-year-old elementary school student, the family is reborn.
Stars: Aju Makita, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yoh Yoshida, Misato Morita
Votes: 125
25. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Beginning your journey as a new Kindred, you must choose your path to follow the high class Vampire Society, or the lawbreaking group of Anarchs as you find your place in this new world.
Directors: Jason Anderson, Leonard Boyarsky | Stars: André Sogliuzzo, Andy Milder, Armando Valdes-Kennedy, Courtenay Taylor
Votes: 1,991
26. The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006)
45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
From his humble beginnings, the street wise Yang Guo (Xiaoming Huang) gets passed around from one prestigious master to another but none of them will teach him any kung fu. While escaping ... See full summary »
Stars: Liu Yifei, Xiaoming Huang, Lin Kong, Zihan Chen
Votes: 781
27. Destined (2023)
45 min | Drama, Romance
Liu Yuru has suffered in her family; her only hope is to marry her crush, but fateful events force her to marry a rumored playboy from a rich family, Gu Jiusi. She then learns business from her mother-in-law and turns her fate for good.
Stars: Jingting Bai, Yi Song, Xueyi Liu, Haowei Zhang
Votes: 137
28. Go (2001)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Sugihara, born in Japan but with North Korean parents, falls in love with a Japanese girl after changing from a North Korean school to a Japanese school. His boxer dad teaches him boxing - skills used a lot.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Kô Shibasaki, Tarô Yamamoto, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 3,024
29. L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties 2 (2020)
Animation, Action, Adventure
In order to complete the lash wish of Duke VI, Yin Chen (Silver), Qi Ling (Asval), Tianshu You Hua (Princess Kira) and the others decide to embark on a journey together to save the ... See full summary »
Director: Jingming Guo | Stars: William Chan, Cheney Chen, Amber Kuo, Yun Lin
Votes: 328
30. Heroes (2022– )
Action, Adventure, History
The kind Wang leaves the mountain for the first time. He encounters Wen, Bai and Su who become his lifelong friends. In the capital city, he experiences brotherhood and romance and transforms from inexperienced youth to responsible hero.
Stars: Chu-Ho Chen, Fan Ge, Yuning Liu, Gallen Lo
Votes: 64
31. Skate Into Love (2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hockey player clashes with an abrasive peer. Years later, they meet up again in college and encourage each other to continue in the sport.
Stars: Qian Wu, Steven Zhang, Chuyue Chen, Bo Cao
Votes: 677
32. Falling high school girl and Irresponsible teacher (2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Following a rejection from her first love, Ochiai Mikoto is about to jump off the rooftop of her high school building when she is suddenly.
Stars: Ryô Hashimoto, Akari Takaishi, Kairu Tamura, Maju Ozawa
Votes: 130
33. Hikaru no Go (2020)
50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sport
While looting his grandfather's attic, Shi Guang discovers an old Go board manifesting the spirit of Chu Ying, an ancient Go master. Together, they enter the world of Go with a newfound passion, encountering many lessons and friendships.
Stars: Chao Zhang, Ning Chen, Xianxu Hu, Fushen Hao
Votes: 231
34. Todome no seppun (2018)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A man's past has made him detest love and human relationships. He has become single-mindedly materialistic and greedy for power. This jerk is faced with a woman who literally possesses a ... See full summary »
Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Mackenyu, Masaki Suda, Yûko Araki
Votes: 709
35. Kinou nani tabeta? (2019– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Kakei Shiro is a 45 year old lawyer who works at a small law firm. His partner, Yabuki Kenji, is an affable hairdresser in his 40s. They have been together for three years yet Shiro has never told anyone that Kenji is his partner.
Stars: Meiko Kaji, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yurika Nakamura, Hayato Isomura
Votes: 637
36. Different Princess (2024)
30 min | Fantasy, History, Mystery
An author of web novels gets sucked into her historical fiction after comments flood her webpage not to get the main protagonists killed by the third prince of Liang, Ji Chu. She wakes up as Hua Qing Ge, the murdered wife of Ji Chu.
Stars: Yiren Song, Kris Sun Zu Jun, Ze Chen, Zhu Rongjun
Votes: 26
37. Beautiful Mind (2016)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Lee Young-O is an excellent neurosurgeon with zero sympathy. One day, he becomes involved in bizarre patient deaths. He also falls in love and recovers his humanity.
Stars: Jang Hyuk, Park So-dam, Huh Joon-ho, Yoon Hyun-min
Votes: 894
38. I Have Not Done My Best Yet (2022)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Nam Geum Pil is a 44-year-old man who lives with his father and daughter. One day, he decides to quit his job in order to follow his dream: becoming a webtoonist.
Stars: Ahn So-yo, Lee Sang-Jin, Jun-Hyung Kim, Jeong Ae-yeon
Votes: 34
39. Double Mints (2017)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When one Mitsuo Ichikawa hears from another Mitsuo Ichikawa, who was a school-mate of his and also a senior and a mentor he learns that the caller is not only a thug, but has also murdered ... See full summary »
Director: Eiji Uchida | Stars: Yasushi Fuchikami, Wataru Ichinose, Shunpei Kawagoishi, Shigemitsu Ogi
Votes: 257
40. Dear Missy (2020–2021)
Drama, Romance
Story of the two women Lu Ke and Shen Si Yi, who despite having contrasting personalities are each other's closest friend. Their relationship broke down during graduation but nine years ... See full summary »
Stars: Yitong Li, Chen Jin, Haolan Chen, Huan Li
Votes: 35
41. Restart After Come Back Home (2020)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Mitsuomi Kozuka quits his job in Tokyo to return to his rural hometown for the first time in a decade. There, he meets Yamato Kumai, who convinces him to help out on his farm, where their relationship grows and changes them both.
Director: Ryûta Inoue | Stars: Yûki Furukawa, Yukijirô Hotaru, Masahiro Kômoto, Eri Murakawa
Votes: 625
42. Long Vacation (1996)
45 min | Drama, Music
A group of friends do their best to handle life's daily struggles. Two of them, an ambitious musician and a struggling model, are drawn to each other.
Stars: Takuya Kimura, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yutaka Takenouchi, Izumi Inamori
Votes: 1,369
43. From Now On, Showtime! (2022– )
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Cha Cha Woong is a popular TV magician with a taste for the spectacular. His path crosses with that of Go Seul Hae, a young and passionate police officer. She convinces him to join the police force in its efforts to catch criminals.
Stars: Park Hae-jin, Jin Ki-joo, Jeong Jun-ho, Kim Won-hae
Votes: 653
44. Detentionaire (2011–2014)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When 10th-grader Lee Ping sneaks out of detention to find out who framed him for a major prank, he slowly uncovers a massive conspiracy that encompasses his entire school and will determine the fate of the human race.
Stars: Jonathan Tan, Zachary Bennett, Fab Filippo, Ryan Belleville
Votes: 548
45. Blueming (2022)
14 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Siwon has worked hard and diligently to raise his popularity in college after being a victim of childhood bullying. But will he lose his composure once he meets Daun, who was born with the popularity Siwon has worked so hard to attain?
Stars: Hyuk-Joon Jo, Eun-bin Kang, Kim Seon-hwa, Jang Yoon-jung
Votes: 1,242
46. Nobuta wo produce (2005)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
A popular high schooler and his oddball friend help a shy girl get rid of her bullies by attempting to make her the most popular girl in school.
Stars: Kazuya Kamenashi, Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Natsuna
Votes: 2,475
47. One Room Angel (2023– )
TV-MA | 25 min | Romance
No hobbies, no friends, no lover. There are a lot of things that Kouki doesn't have. The story begins when Kouki, an apathetic convenience store worker who struggles to find meaning in his ... See full summary »
Stars: Shûhei Uesugi, Takuya Nishimura, Oideyasu Oda, Kazushige Komatsu
Votes: 91
48. Old Fashion Cupcake (2022– )
Not Rated | 25 min | Drama, Romance
39-year old Nozue is facing a mid-life existential crisis. Can Togawa, his reliable, younger subordinate, come up with a plan to help him out? With the aid of lunch, dessert and a little love, there may yet be hope.
Stars: Kôhei Takeda, Tatsunari Kimura, Atom Mizuishi, Momoka Ayukawa
Votes: 923
49. The World of My 17 (2020–2022)
Comedy
It tells the heartfelt story of friendship and growth in high school, where friends make up the entirety of one's world.
Stars: Arin, Kim Min-ah, Kim Do-ah, Han Chae-Kyeong
Votes: 11
50. Princess and I (2012–2013)
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Areeyah, heiress to the throne of Yangdon, grows up in the Philippines as Mikaella after being saved from an accident. Her life takes a turn when she wins a trip to Yangdon.
Stars: Gretchen Barretto, Kathryn Bernardo, Albert Martinez, Khalil Ramos
Votes: 107