asian director born 1990s bullied high schooler short film 2018-2020 Movies & TV Series

When high school swim team captain Aidan Crew loses his essential after-school job due to his rich bully Will Harrison standing up for him to his boss, he has no idea how he's going to pay his mother's substantial medical bills and rebuild his college fund, until Will offers Aidan a humiliating, but lucrative job as his pool boy. Aidan reluctantly takes the gig and the two start to fall for one another, but they must navigate the hatred between their families and vicious school bullies, while protecting the secret of Aidan's pool boy gig and the feelings building between them.

Once an heir to a wealthy family, a genius boy went missing and was picked up by another family, where he was forced into servitude and endured abuse. However, his four powerful aunts—each a legend in her field, from a warrior to a movie star, a divine doctor, and a business mogul—found him and showered him with love, exposing the fake heir and turning the tables!

After dying on a night shift, nurse Sophia wakes up as the wife of a top tycoon. But she's immediately accused of being a mistress by the original wife's bitter ex, who even threatens her life. The husband, Spencer, is rich, handsome, and heirless, so Sophia decides to charm him into securing her future. To her surprise, this cold, woman-hating man turns into a loving, doting husband who can't get enough of her.

Joyce Pike takes her mother-in-law, Grace, to her husband's fancy restaurant invested by her, only to discover they serve pre-made meals. Seeking justice, she faces humiliation from her husband's mistress. But Joyce is ready to fight back.

Nancy Morgan had it all—wealth, status, the perfect life. But when her boyfriend Hank was left deaf and mute after a terrible accident, she gave everything up. Defying her father, Zack Morgan, she ran away from home, pretended to be muted herself just to stay by Hank’s side. For three long years, she worked odd jobs, scrimped and saved, all to pay for his treatments. Then, the unthinkable happened—Hank recovered. But instead of gratitude, he was ashamed of his past, and ashamed of Nancy playing the "poor mute girl." He started chasing after Yana, a woman who only wanted him for his newfound charm, while pushing Nancy away with cruel words and cold shoulders. Finally, enough was enough. Broken but not defeated, Nancy walked away. She returned to her family, moved abroad, and slowly rebuilt her life. And there, she found something unexpected—real love with Noah Vince, a man who cherished her for who she truly was. No disguises, no sacrifices. Just happiness, the way it was always meant to be.

Born in a rural area, Bella's mom suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Bella faced workplace bully as she was broke, making it difficult for her to become a regular employee. When her mom was about to forget her, she met George Hawthorne. After having one-night stand with him, she received a notice of becoming a regular employee. She hated herself for selling her body to get this and began avoiding him. However, her entanglement with him became deeper. After learning that Bella was pregnant, he took her home and began pampering his little wife.

To save her dying mother, Lily Bennett faked an affair to dump her trust-fund kid boyfriend, Carter Hayes. Three years later, she is forced to work as a maid for the Hayes family, only to find Carter is now the wealthiest man in Southridge with a fiancée. Worse still, the mastermind behind her misery is her former best friend. A tragic romance of betrayal, misunderstanding, and redemption unfolds between lies and the truth.

After leaving the army, Joseph and his fellow veterans start a produce business to build an honest life. When their late comrade's widow and daughter are harassed by an evil manager backed by a powerful tycoon, Joseph steps in only to have their company sabotaged. Cornered and humiliated, the veterans refuse to bow. With an unexpected ally exposing the corruption, they fight back and reclaim their dignity and their future.

Everyone makes fun of her because her husband is a "knucklehead", but they have no idea it is all just a show he's been putting on!

When lawyer Chloe used her boss as a cover to pretend to confess her love during a blind date, she was overheard by her boss Vincent. After a misunderstanding leading to flash marriage, she married rich. From setting boundaries to gradually getting closer, through high tension flirting and office romance, she managed to flirt the cold-faced boss out of control and also reaped a unique love that was favored and firmly protected.

Sylvia, born with an irresistible charm, seemed to have it all as a glamorous CEO wife, but her jealous cousin kills her. Reborn on her wedding day, Sylvia lets her cousin switch grooms and marries the short-lived William Zimmer instead. But William not only survives, he thrives, and the Zimmer family prospers like never before. Meanwhile, Sylvia's ex loses everything without her, and her cousin suffers a far worse fate than before.