My argument for K-Drama to those who haven't ever tried it is that the shows only last 16-20 episodes, so they are able to tell a full story pretty concisely and it's not often that the writers have to "fill" episodes with little movement of the plot. They also don't have to try to extend the story beyond the original concept (e.g., there is a Korean adaptation of Suits, so once they discover that he does not have a degree or license to practice law and solve the problem, the show is over! No contrived continuation of the story! That devolves into tired and cheap plot devices! To artificially extend the tension!). You get some cheesiness and not-so-subtle product placement, but it's part of the charm. Anyway, I'll get off of my soapbox, now.
Ratings System
❤ Overall rating based on storytelling (plot, original concept, memorability)π₯ Chemistry between the leads
π Did I laugh out loud while watching?
π¦ The male lead is particularly attractive (this is important to know)
*TW* trigger warning
x[?] I have re-watched this drama; the number is the total number of times I have watched it including the first time
It might be important to note that I enjoy romantic comedies a lot, so fluffy dramas are some of my favourites and that I find historical dramas hard to get into. I'm also not a fan of makjang/melodramas.
Some of my all-time favourites include Because This is My First Life, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, Coffee Prince, Chicago Typewriter, Fight My Way, Another Oh Hae Young, Melo is My Nature, Crash Landing Into You, Hotel Del Luna, and The Big Boss.
x[?] I have re-watched this drama; the number is the total number of times I have watched it including the first time
It might be important to note that I enjoy romantic comedies a lot, so fluffy dramas are some of my favourites and that I find historical dramas hard to get into. I'm also not a fan of makjang/melodramas.
Some of my all-time favourites include Because This is My First Life, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, Coffee Prince, Chicago Typewriter, Fight My Way, Another Oh Hae Young, Melo is My Nature, Crash Landing Into You, Hotel Del Luna, and The Big Boss.
**Note: Netflix and other streaming services occasionally change the names that were used for translations of older series.
Falling for Innocence ❤
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo ❤❤
Age of Youth/Hello My Twenties ❤
One More Happy Ending ❤
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon ❤❤❤ π¦ x2
Oh My Ghostess ❤ x2
Descendants of the Sun
My Only Love Song
Noble, My Love
Enemies in Law (film)
Love for Ten: Generation of Youth❤❤
My Runway
Oh My Venus ❤
Smile, You
Cyrano: Dating Agency (film)
Coffee Prince ❤❤❤❤π₯π₯π¦
The Heirs
Bride of the Water God
Goblin: The Lonely and Great God ❤❤❤π₯
Big π¦
My Introverted Boss ❤❤❤π₯x2
Cheese in the Trap
A Werewolf Boy (film)
My Love from Another Star (Jun Ji Hyun) ❤π
Shopping King Louis ❤❤
Love Forecast (film)
Secret Garden
Scarlet Heart: Ryeoπ¦
Cinderella and the Four Knights ❤
A Divorce Lawyer in Love
Healer ❤❤π₯π₯π¦
Another Oh Hae Young ❤❤π₯π₯π₯ x2
Thumping Spike 2
Legend of the Blue Seaπ¦
The K2π¦
Marriage, Not Dating ❤
Watcha wearin'? (film) π₯π₯
Penny Pinchers (film) π¦
Suspicious Partnerπ₯π₯π¦
She Was Pretty ❤
Persevere Goo Hae Ra
Because this is my first life ❤❤❤❤π x4
Hwarang π¦
Fight My Way ❤❤❤π₯π¦x2
Finding Mr. Destiny (film)
Hot and Sweet (web series)
Spellbound (film)
Splash Splash Love (short)
A Witch's Romance❤π₯π₯π¦
Lucky Romance
Because it's the first time
Two Lights (film) ❤π¦
Moonlight Drawn by Clouds
Pinocchio
Meloholic
Dear Fair Lady κ³΅μ¬ ❤
Falling for Challenge
Just Between Lovers
νμ κΈ° ❤π₯π₯
W ❤π¦
Romantic Comedy Drama Specials: The Great Gye Choon Bin
I am not a robot ❤π₯
Jugglers ❤❤π₯
Sassy Go Go
Manhole ❤
Wednesday 3:30pm (web series)
My Princess
It's Okay, That's Love❤❤π₯π₯
Birth of a Beauty
Radio Romance ❤
Let's Eat
Choco Bank (web series)
You're Beautiful π¦- unfinished
Surplus Princess - only parts
Let's Eat 2
Nice Witch
Page Turners ❤
Tempted - unfinished
My Husband, Oh Jak Do ❤
Reply 1997 π₯π¦
Switch: Change the World ❤
Judge vs Judge
Reply 1988 - unfinished
Sunny π
You Drive Me Crazy
Chicago Typewriter ❤❤❤π₯π¦
Squad 38 ❤π¦
Secret Affair π¦π₯π₯π₯π₯ - unfinished
Lawless Lawyer ❤
Rich Man Poor Woman
To the Beautiful You
About Time
The Time I've Loved You π₯
The Undateables
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim?π₯π₯π₯π¦
9 end 2 out ❤
My Secret Hotel - unfinished
Hogu's Love/Fool's Love ❤❤π¦π
Wok of Love π¦π₯π₯
Long Time No Seeπ₯
Ex-Girlfriend Club
The Lover
Let's Eat 3
Witch's Love
Scandal Makers (film) ❤
Master's Sun ❤
Your Honor ❤π¦
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes π₯π₯π₯π¦
Cunning Single Lady
The Star Next Door (film)
Father is Strange ❤❤
My ID is Gangnam Beautyπ
Fantastic
1% of Something π₯
Thirty but Seventeen ❤π
Search: WWW ❤❤
Melo is my Nature ❤❤π
Witch's Court ❤
Bel Ami
Miss Hammurabiπ¦π
My First, First Love
Crash Landing Into You ❤❤❤❤ππ¦
Romance is a Bonus Book ❤❤ππ¦
Welcome to Waikiki
Itaewon Class ❤❤π¦ *TW* gratuitous depictions of a hit-and-run collision in the early episodes and as flashbacks and gratuitous depictions of violence
Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food/Something in the Rain (Netflix) - unfinished π₯
Personal Taste π¦
My Lovely Sam Soon ❤❤ππ¦
The Producers ❤❤
Korean:
Man to Man ❤ x2Falling for Innocence ❤
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo ❤❤
Age of Youth/Hello My Twenties ❤
One More Happy Ending ❤
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon ❤❤❤ π¦ x2
Oh My Ghostess ❤ x2
Descendants of the Sun
My Only Love Song
Noble, My Love
Enemies in Law (film)
Love for Ten: Generation of Youth❤❤
My Runway
Oh My Venus ❤
Smile, You
Cyrano: Dating Agency (film)
Coffee Prince ❤❤❤❤π₯π₯π¦
The Heirs
Bride of the Water God
Goblin: The Lonely and Great God ❤❤❤π₯
Big π¦
My Introverted Boss ❤❤❤π₯x2
Cheese in the Trap
A Werewolf Boy (film)
My Love from Another Star (Jun Ji Hyun) ❤π
Shopping King Louis ❤❤
Love Forecast (film)
Secret Garden
Scarlet Heart: Ryeoπ¦
Cinderella and the Four Knights ❤
A Divorce Lawyer in Love
Healer ❤❤π₯π₯π¦
Another Oh Hae Young ❤❤π₯π₯π₯ x2
Thumping Spike 2
Legend of the Blue Seaπ¦
The K2π¦
Marriage, Not Dating ❤
Watcha wearin'? (film) π₯π₯
Penny Pinchers (film) π¦
Suspicious Partnerπ₯π₯π¦
She Was Pretty ❤
Persevere Goo Hae Ra
Because this is my first life ❤❤❤❤π x4
Hwarang π¦
Fight My Way ❤❤❤π₯π¦x2
Finding Mr. Destiny (film)
Hot and Sweet (web series)
Spellbound (film)
Splash Splash Love (short)
A Witch's Romance❤π₯π₯π¦
Lucky Romance
Because it's the first time
Two Lights (film) ❤π¦
Moonlight Drawn by Clouds
Pinocchio
Meloholic
Dear Fair Lady κ³΅μ¬ ❤
Falling for Challenge
Just Between Lovers
νμ κΈ° ❤π₯π₯
W ❤π¦
Romantic Comedy Drama Specials: The Great Gye Choon Bin
I am not a robot ❤π₯
Jugglers ❤❤π₯
Sassy Go Go
Manhole ❤
Wednesday 3:30pm (web series)
My Princess
It's Okay, That's Love❤❤π₯π₯
Birth of a Beauty
Radio Romance ❤
Let's Eat
Choco Bank (web series)
You're Beautiful π¦- unfinished
Surplus Princess - only parts
Let's Eat 2
Nice Witch
Page Turners ❤
Tempted - unfinished
My Husband, Oh Jak Do ❤
Reply 1997 π₯π¦
Switch: Change the World ❤
Judge vs Judge
Reply 1988 - unfinished
Sunny π
You Drive Me Crazy
Chicago Typewriter ❤❤❤π₯π¦
Squad 38 ❤π¦
Secret Affair π¦π₯π₯π₯π₯ - unfinished
Lawless Lawyer ❤
Rich Man Poor Woman
To the Beautiful You
About Time
The Time I've Loved You π₯
The Undateables
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim?π₯π₯π₯π¦
9 end 2 out ❤
My Secret Hotel - unfinished
Hogu's Love/Fool's Love ❤❤π¦π
Wok of Love π¦π₯π₯
Long Time No Seeπ₯
Ex-Girlfriend Club
The Lover
Let's Eat 3
Witch's Love
Scandal Makers (film) ❤
Master's Sun ❤
Your Honor ❤π¦
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes π₯π₯π₯π¦
Cunning Single Lady
The Star Next Door (film)
Father is Strange ❤❤
My ID is Gangnam Beautyπ
Fantastic
1% of Something π₯
Thirty but Seventeen ❤π
Search: WWW ❤❤
Melo is my Nature ❤❤π
Witch's Court ❤
Bel Ami
Miss Hammurabiπ¦π
My First, First Love
Crash Landing Into You ❤❤❤❤ππ¦
Romance is a Bonus Book ❤❤ππ¦
Welcome to Waikiki
Itaewon Class ❤❤π¦ *TW* gratuitous depictions of a hit-and-run collision in the early episodes and as flashbacks and gratuitous depictions of violence
Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food/Something in the Rain (Netflix) - unfinished π₯
Personal Taste π¦
My Lovely Sam Soon ❤❤ππ¦
The Producers ❤❤
Little Forest (film)
Tune in for Love (film)
Legal High - unfinished
Tune in for Love (film)
Legal High - unfinished
Parasite (film) - ❤❤❤
Mad for Each Other - ❤ππ
Hospital Playlist - ❤❤ *TW* cancer
Hotel Del Luna - ❤❤❤ ππ¦(I have a massive crush on IU tbh).
It's Okay to Not Be Okay - ❤❤❤ππ¦Our Beloved Summer ❤❤❤ππ¦
Hometown Cha Cha Cha - ❤❤πππ¦π¦
Business Proposal - ❤ππ
That Winter the Wind Blows
When the Camellia Blooms - unfinished
Record of Youth - unfinished
Taxi Driver (film about the Gwanju uprisings) - ❤❤
Extraordinary Attorney Woo Young Woo ❤❤π
Twenty Five Twenty One - unfinished because it seemed like it was going to be a sad ending and I couldn't handle it. The lead couple were adorable. Very funny. Can't give it a fair rating.
Thirty Nine - unfinished *TW* cancer. ❤❤π₯π₯ (I have like one episode left and I just can't bring myself to watch it).
Our Blues - unfinished (lots of cheating/dishonesty that I couldn't get into)
Taiwanese/Chinese:
Fall in Love with Me TooMurphy's Law of Love ❤❤
When I See You Again
So I married my anti-fan
It's Not Easy Being King
A Love So Beautiful ❤❤π¦
The Perfect Match ❤
Lion Pride
When a Woman Chases a Man
The Big Boss ❤❤❤ππ¦
Iron Ladies ❤π₯
My Dear Boy ❤
My Little Princess
HIStory 1
HIStory 2π¦π₯
Addicted/Heroin ❤❤
Love and Pi
HIStory 3 - *TW & SPOILER* one of the lead characters dies in a collision
Instead of Tipsy Why Not Get Drunk π¦
Single Ladies Senior
Emily's 5 Things
Science & Sensibility
Japanese:
You're my Pet - Kim wa petto ❤
Overprotected Kahoko ❤
Thai:
Theory of Love ❤
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