Best Vietnamese romance movies

Văn comes back to Saigon from the US with his boyfriend Ian to visit his mother. Being the male heir of the family, everyone expects him to take a wife soon. And to top it all, his grandmother, who has Alzheimer, mistakes Ian for her grandson.

When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the vengeful ghost of his dead wife... who is out for blood.

When a struggling single mother falls for a wealthy heartbreaker, their risky romance could just turn their lives around — or tear their worlds apart.

The story of the one-sided love of Ngan for Ha Lan — his childhood friend.

Trinh, a mercenary, must complete a series of organized crime jobs for her boss in order to win the release of her kidnapped daughter. She hires several mercenaries to help, including Quan, who she becomes attracted to. Trinh and Quan's relationship becomes complicated as it becomes evident that their motivations are not the same.

This is a psychological film exploring the love story revolving around two beautiful women - Thien Kim and Bao Nhi. Face to face in a game where only one person wins, when the happiness of a small home is about to be swept away by a storm, who will fiercely fight for what they want and who will resign to keep peaceful?

Hoang asked his two closest friends, Thy and Long, to help him fulfill his final wish: to become a man before he dies. Through the efforts of his friends and family, Hoang comes to realize that his greatest happiness doesn’t lie in “becoming a man,” but in living alongside the incredible people who love and support him unconditionally.

The film is about a Vietnamese expatriate who spends his two-week vacation visiting his home country which has undergone remarkable economic reforms. His journey to discover his home country and reestablish his roots is met with obstacles that change his life.

"The Trophy Wife" is a comedy-drama about Tú Lạc (Uyển Ân), a pretentious young woman who fakes wealth and sophistication to win the heart of rich heir Bảo Hoàng. However, to marry him, she must face his mother, bà Phượng (Thu Trang), who values status and detests everything Tú Lạc represents. Determined to secure her dream life, Tú Lạc ropes her family into a grand scheme to deceive their way into the elite world.

"Ngày Xưa Có Một Chuyện Tình" revolves around the intertwined friendship and love story of two boys and a girl from childhood to adulthood, as they face the challenges of fate. Spanning four stages from 1987 to 2000, the three friends—Vinh, Miền, and Phúc—grow up together, experiencing the innocence of love, life's struggles, and personal growth along the way.

The film revolve around the affection of Hieu and Mai Ngoc, their concerns, gender "boundaries" between instinct and reason, between curiosity about the age of adolescence and early vibrations. What difficulties, "temptations" will be for both, how to keep a beautiful spring love and sweet memories?

In the heart of Saigon, Thai and Linh are getting married. But the wedding is suddenly cut short when four other brides show up – threatening to take the groom's life. It turns out that Thai is the biggest player in the city, and has been dating all five women at the same time up until the day of his wedding. Trang is an overly jealous flight attendant, Mai Chau is a doctor who loves to party, Quyen is a sexually aggressive chef while Huynh Phuong is one fiery actress.

A romantic movie revolving around the story of three best friends Quynh, Tuan and Thanh, from they were at school. When Tuan and Quynh found out the importance of each other, Tuan suddenly passed away. Four years later, Quynh became the artist manager of Tuan - who has become a famous actor. When Tuan and Quynh started love each other, it was also Tuan suddenly coming back. How will this love triangle go and whom will Quynh choose?

An indie musical film about two young people in Saigon.

Adapted from the famous folk chamber sòng with the same name, “Dạ Cổ Hoài Lang” revolves around the life of Mr. Tu and Mr. Nam, two close childhood friends, once two rivals in love, and now a pair of neighbors in the same situation in America. Will the beautiful memories of the past and the love between two old men be enough to withstand adversity and reconnect their children far from home to their roots?

The life of fame is suddenly a series of bad luck that makes Ms Q face many challenges if she wants to regain her position. At the same time, Jack - a young apprentice appeared and Ms Q was "drunk". Will Ms Q save his career? What is Jack's real identity?

After a missed flight, an absent-minded scientist must catch a cab to make his marriage proposal but a stern driver veers him further off-course.

Cot is an employee of Ten's house, both have arguments, but despite Ten's strong personality, he ends up arousing feelings for Cot... how will it end?

Summer in Closed Eyes is the journey of the girl named Ha (Summer), played by Phuong Anh Dao. The story begins when Ha is coming to the town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan to find her father (Cong Ninh). She explored the snow-capped region in summer, where her father lived for a long time and here she met the Japanese guy – Akira (Takafumi Akutsu)

A teenage boy causes problems on an everyday basis. He falls in love with a transfer student and becomes close to her, but he keeps thinking about his first love from early childhood that he couldn't confess his feelings to.

In a near future Vietnam where global warming and rising seawater levels have forced cultivation to be done on floating farms, a strong-willed woman has to make a critical decision about her ex-lover, a suspect of her husband's murder.

This short film from Nguyen Tran Trung Quan and Denis Dang tells the complicated love triangle of King Vu Linh (Denis Dang), his concubine Lam Ngọc (Phurong Gian) and personal guard Hắc Thiên (The Thinh).

Huy is a Sagittarius playboy, fun-loving and always surrounded by short-term girlfriends, one of whom is Chi, an aggressive Leo who always tries her best to get what she wants. Then My, an innocent and gentle Pisces, comes into his life, taking his breath away despite their opposing zodiac sign combination. Hence, Huy devises five steps to capturing My's heart. Coupling smart storytelling and clever inserts of the zodiac signs, the movie will lead its audience from one surprise to another as it uncovers Huy, My, and Chi's love triangle and their fight for love and friendship.

A neurotic fashion designer from New York, who discovers her fiancee working overseas in Vietnam may be having an affair with a Vietnamese supermodel. With jealousy burning and their wedding date on the horizon, she conjures up a scheme to infiltrate the high fashion world of Saigon in order to catch him in the act. But her plan backfires when she befriends the supermodels and discovers there is much more to life than living it through a series of checklists.

The film is set in the winter-spring battle that lasted 60 days and nights from late 1946 to early 1947 in Hanoi, the story follows the militiaman Van Dan and his love story with the piano-loving lady Thuc Huong. When others had evacuated to the war zone, they decided to defend the capital that had been devastated by bombs and bullets, despite the dangers that awaited them.

High schooler Ha Vy falls in love with a Teacher's College student doing his final internship at her school.

Thai (Thai Hoa) is a die-hard fan of the famous singer Gia Nghi (Johnny Tri Nguyen). He is so obsessed with Gia Nghi that he neglects his personal life. When the singer encounters trouble, Thai agrees to travel back in time to help his idol. However, the more Thai tries to help, the more he messes things up!

A successful and beautiful woman has always said no to marriage. Upon turning 30, she discovers she has a rare disease which will soon cause ovarian failure. How will she find a way to get pregnant before she can no longer have a child?

A story about the intimated friendship of four ladies in their twenties. While the other three friends have it all: beauty, money and love, My Phuong is less fortunate. After being rejected by the 100th guy, My Phuong is struck by lightning and hospitalized. She wakes up and her lives and the lives of her three best friends are changed forever in the most unexpected way.

The dynamics of a Vietnamese rural village change when an urban woman returns to the village she originally belonged to and begins a love triangle.

Trung is a prisoner, guilty for robbery and murder. On the way to a new camp, he plots to escape. He robbed a gun to escape before the police chase. In desperation, Trung jumps into Kim's car. Kim is a solid, beautiful nurse who lives on an isolated farm, owned by a Vietnamese man living overseas. The farm is set up for his son, Hai, a 20-year-old boy who has a particular illness. Kim is responsible for taking care of Hai. Kim drives to the farm, unknowingly carrying Trung. Then a relationship forms between these three strange people. Both Kim and Hai have fallen in love with Trung with all joy, anger, and happiness.

The film revolves around iconic musician Trịnh Công Sơn and the muses that have come and gone in his life, from his passionate youth in the 1960s to his later middle-aged 1990s.

In early 20th century Vietnam, a nobleman scorns everything Western after his beautiful fiance dies in an auto wreck and forces the poor villagers to destroy all their "modern" possessions. Loosely based on the novel "Chùa Đàn" by Nguyễn Tuân

Businessman Lucky Loc has finally gained a respectable position in society. However, his winning streak comes to a sudden halt when he pays with "funny money" to an unsuspecting salesgirl, Quyen. Believing it to be his lucky charm, he's convinced giving away the bill caused his misfortune. At the same time, Quyen's fortune plummets and she blames the cursed "funny money" for it. When Lucky tries to retrieve the bill and Queyen holds it for ransom, Lucky must do his best to survive this increasingly materialistic world, while keeping his soul and sanity intact.

LOVE explores the relationship between friends, family, and lovers. This story begins with the origins of a blossoming friendship between two 10-year-old girls. Unfortunately, the childhood friends are suddenly separated due to the death of one of their brothers, then later reunited as young adults. Nhi is now a university student and the lead singer of a girl band. She has a handsome but uptight boyfriend, Hoang. On the other hand, Tu comes from a family whose father is struggling with depression and whose mother is working very long hours just to make ends meet. Tu is secretly loved by Mien, a colleague of Nhi. As the story progresses, the girls soon discover feelings that they did not know they had. They must decide if their feelings for one another are just as friends, or perhaps something more.

Released during the 2013 Lunar New Year, this heartwarming comedy features a beloved cast including Đan Trường, Miu Lê, Hiếu Hiền, Nam Cường, and Trấn Thành. Overflowing with charming, relatable moments, the film delivers hearty laughter to its audience. The story follows a sweet romance between two university classmates. He’s a poor but kind-hearted student who sells ice cream to pay his tuition. His sincerity and perseverance gradually win over the heart of a pretty girl in his class. Just as their feelings blossom, they face a major hurdle: her family disapproves of his humble background. Their love must overcome numerous obstacles, family prejudice, and a series of humorous, bittersweet situations.

Tri, a romantic and idealistic music producer, finds himself in a talent raising competition against Minh, an aggressive and pragmatic producer. During this race, Tri falls in love with Linh, his singer and only ticket to dreamland.

Nhan Duyen: The lover of a previous life revolves around a love lasting many lives between a love-love boy Tran Nhat and Quynh Mai, a beautiful, gentle girl. Just because he did not want to forget his unfinished love with Mai from his previous life, Tran Nhat was determined to oppose the law of reincarnation, volunteering to be by Mai's side like an invisible shadow to protect her from the waves of life. After all, will this previous life relationship overcome all the obstacles to be together?

The story tells of Đình Phong and his friends: Ngo Kien Ha, Pham Quynh Bang, Sky - a funny Korean girl, and manager Lam - a greedy guy. The screenplay is based on the book Bắt đầu từ một kết thúc, an autobiography about the life of the ill-fated singer Wanbi Tuấn Anh.

Doanh (Mỹ Tâm) - a beautiful and talented business woman who want to save her family business. And the only way to do it is becoming an assistant for a "playboy" guy.

‘Falling in Love with Your Best Friend’ is about the love between two best friends of the opposite sex, An (Kaity Nguyen) and Toan (Tran Ngoc Vang), who always miss opportunities to be together. The film's scenery stretches across Vietnam from North to South, accompanied by famous landscapes and landmarks.

　　Under the drizzling rain of the bustling Saigon city, a dreamy musician and a hard-headed realistic girl stumble across each other and fall in love. In the face of economic, social, familial, and romantic adversity, they are yet to answer their own questions on how to have a happy life.

Devastated by the loss of both parents to cancer, a medical student drops out of school and meets a firebrand photographer with a lust for life.

When a ghost-fearing magician falls for his staffer, who happens to be haunted by her dead best friend, he must face his fears while convincing her he'd make an excellent boyfriend.

Thuy is a country girl. She met Hoang, who is photographer for a fashion company. Thuy entered the fashion field. Thuy's older sister protested so Thuy left home. In fierce competition, Thuy accepted a date with a famous photographer to become a vedette.

Typically you know what you are getting into when you go see a movie billed as "romantic comedy." And often they lack romance or comedy and sometimes both. Not to mention that the simplicity of the characters often make the movie very predictable. That said, romantic comedies often don't work overall and viewers are left with a few good moments here or there. All that is said to explain what you won't find in "Fool For Love." That is because the two main characters, in particular Dustin Nguyen's character "Dung" have a complexity to them that creates a real life foundation from which the romance and comedy can be built.

"Duyen Ma" originates from the strange fate of Minh (Kieu Minh Tuan) when he became a ghost for no reason and met Ngoc (Ngoc Trinh). Everything would be nothing special if Ngoc didn't see Minh and along with the "three cadas of 3 ghosts" who were mischievous but kind enough to help him from the homeless spirit gradually get used to ghost making. However, the magic nature is not equal to the love nature, Ngoc and Minh fall in love with each other. From here, it has "triggered" so many troubles, especially when there is the appearance of the mysterious ghost Bach Cat.

She's the Boss follows two co-workers whose secret relationship could compromise their jobs. Both want marriage, but neither want to quit, they comically try to sabotage one another into leaving their job.

The story is part travelogue, part romance, and part coming of age adventure set in the vibrant industrializing backdrop of Saigon, Vietnam.

Story about twins: The Son is a superstar and The Tung is a farmer. They changed position. "Super Star Super Silly" is a comedy that earned revenues over VND100 billion ($4.3 million). Actor Truong Giang plays the role of twin brothers with opposite characters.

The film revolves around two main characters are the Lam (Ngan Khanh) and Thố (Duc Thinh). They have nothing in common but ironic fate binds them together. Lam is a lady with successful career, happily living with Vinh (Dung Ha). One day, her perfect life was muddled because of the arrival of Ma Dai, a strange ghost. To get rid of him, Lam must help him complete the unfinished wishes, leading to many unfortunate situations.

Within 3 days, Du must kiss An and take away her soul, or he'll face the most terrifying curse against Deaths. However, the naive Prince of Death was wooed by the hot-headed yet flirtatious An into saving her life multiple times. While trying to stay alive, An found something more important than life itself - love.

Linh, an art student, moves to a new house where she encounters a ghost. She helps him to uncover the mysterious cause of his death realizing what’s important in her life.

The fearsome quartet, including Chét-Xi-Cà, Dì Bốn, Cậu Mười Một, and Con Kiều, make their grand entrance with a legendary scheme. Rumor has it their next mission is in Đà Lạt—just how wildly will these troublemakers stir up the Tet festivities?

They - girls who have just experienced a beautiful youth are standing at the crossroads of the age of 30, carrying a lot of worries and confiding.

Hoài and Vận fall in love during the war against the French. Vận fought as a guerrilla and Vận ferried guerrillas across the river. When peace comes, Vietnam is divided in two across the Bến Hải River, leaving them separated.

A family caught in the middle of a jewelry store robbery is chased all over Saigon. They bond and become closer through their hilarious caper.

Tue Lam (Midu) is a young artist manager with a burning passion for her music group - The Air. However, a major incident occurred causing all plans for the group to be delayed. What will Tue Lam do to launch her group? With the story of the people behind the artist's aura, when Ta Hai Lam will have any more surprises besides the confusing combination of Midu and Le Duong Bao Lam?

The story revolves around Vân, a bread seller who accidentally encounters two young men in a minor accident. What happens when love at first sight strikes all three of them simultaneously? Between a mature, manly guy and a slightly rebellious, cool one, who will win the "Nụ Hôn Bạc Tỷ of the beautiful girl?

A renovation of the Winx Club series that explores the deterritorialized flows of desires in a digital age of technology. Also, something about gay rights

In post-war Vietnam, a talented piano student and doctor in training begin a doomed love affair.