Help Me Choose: Must Watch in 2024

A significant part of my PTW list is made of dramas that have sat there since perhaps my early day of MDL. Due to various reasons, I have not picked them up yet. But since I was able to watch some of my most procrastination-affected shows this year and enjoyed the experience, I decided to compile some of the dramas that have been on my PTW for the longest into a voting list! The top 6 that your guys' votes create will be must watch for me in 2024. 

Voting is open until December 30.

Ineta Dec 24, 2023
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  • Empress Ki

    1. Empress Ki

    Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
    8.6
    969 points by 10 voters
    Genghis Khan built an empire that spanned vast regions in East Asia and East Europe. And there was one woman who held immense power in the Yuan Dynasty, which Genghis Khan founded, ...more
  • The Romance of Tiger and Rose

    2. The Romance of Tiger and Rose

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
    8.6
    965 points by 10 voters
    Having finally sold her TV series script, aspiring screenwriter Chen Xiao Qian soon falls under the scrutiny of the male lead, who refuses to act out the role. Vowing to make her ...more
  • Theory of Love

    3. Theory of Love

    Thai Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
    7.9
    784 points by 8 voters
    Third is a filmology major and a member of the Savage Team along with his best friends Two, Bone, and Khai, but he has a secret. Third has been secretly in love ...more
  • Oh My Venus

    4. Oh My Venus

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
    8.2
    752 points by 8 voters
    Kim Yeong Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. He reluctantly comes back to Korea to face his family after a scandal with an actress. Even though he comes from a ...more
  • Marriage Contract

    5. Marriage Contract

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.0
    590 points by 6 voters
    After being diagnosed with a possibly terminal brain tumor, Kang Hye Soo, a desperate single mother, agrees to be a liver donor for her new boss’ mother. In exchange, she will receive ...more
  • Cross Fire

    6. Cross Fire

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 36 episodes
    8.6
    573 points by 6 voters
    In 2008, Xiao Feng is a dejected e-sports team leader barely keeping his team together. E-sports is still in its infancy, and there is little money to be earned. Xiao Feng's team ...more
  • When a Snail Falls in Love

    7. When a Snail Falls in Love

    Chinese Drama - 2016, 21 episodes
    8.2
    566 points by 6 voters
    Detective Ji Bai has to train a new recruit, the criminal profiler Xu Xu. Although she is great at determining one's thoughts, she doesn't know how to interact well with people. But ...more
  • Falling for Innocence

    8. Falling for Innocence

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
    8.1
    485 points by 5 voters
    Min Ho is a cold-blooded investment banker at Gold Investments. As a cynical, defensive, suspicious sociopath, he wears people down with his tenacity, taking advantage of them using his delusions of grandeur. ...more
  • King2Hearts

    9. King2Hearts

    Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
    8.2
    390 points by 4 voters
    Kim Hang Ah is a legendary top female instructor working for North Korea’s elite special forces unit. With stamina, training tactics, and strength in all areas, she is the perfect female soldier; ...more
  • The Greatest Love

    10. The Greatest Love

    Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
    8.1
    385 points by 4 voters
    Gu Ae Jung was once the most popular member of the girl band, ‘The National Treasure Girls’. When the band broke up ten years ago, she received the bulk of the blame. ...more
  • Cruel Romance

    11. Cruel Romance

    Chinese Drama - 2015, 40 episodes
    7.6
    383 points by 4 voters
    “Cruel Romance” tells the story of Rong Jin Xiu, a country girl who travels to Shanghai in order to discover why her entire family was killed. Along the way, she meets triad ...more
  • Emergency Couple

    12. Emergency Couple

    Korean Drama - 2014, 21 episodes
    7.9
    378 points by 4 voters
    Jin Hee, a dietitian, had a satisfying life until she met medical student Chang Min. Despite his wealthy family's opposition, they married. Chang Min later became a pharmaceutical salesman, straining their relationship ...more
  • Where Stars Land

    13. Where Stars Land

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    7.9
    377 points by 4 voters
    Where Stars Land follows the lives of workers at Incheon Airport, and in particular, the interactions between a clumsy, yet bubbly, woman named Han Yeo Reum and a prickly and mysterious man ...more
  • Dream High Season 2

    14. Dream High Season 2

    Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
    6.9
    296 points by 3 voters
    In the second season, the high school goes into financial bankruptcy and is taken over by Oz Entertainment. The company transfers its young idols-in-training to satisfy a new law that requires underage ...more
  • Love Me If You Dare

    15. Love Me If You Dare

    Chinese Drama - 2015, 24 episodes
    8.3
    280 points by 3 voters
    Getting inside the head of a violent criminal is not easy. But Simon, Bo Jinyan, a brilliant criminal psychologist, has the ability to get into the minds of even the most mysterious ...more
  • Nine: Nine Times Time Travel

    16. Nine: Nine Times Time Travel

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    8.3
    186 points by 2 voters
    Park Sun Woo works as an anchorman at a TV broadcasting station. He is in love with news reporter Joo Min Young, who is bright and honest. Park Sun Woo then obtains ...more
  • Back to 1989

    17. Back to 1989

    Taiwanese Drama - 2016, 21 episodes
    8.1
    179 points by 2 voters
    A successful young man has always felt something missing in his life because he never knew his father. At 26, Che Chen is already a successful assistant manager for an investment trust. ...more
  • Dating in the Kitchen

    18. Dating in the Kitchen

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
    8.1
    177 points by 2 voters
    Working at the Zijing Hotel, Gu Sheng Nan was an underestimated commis inside the kitchen, but she was free to express herself through her food as she sharpened her skills as a ...more
  • Somehow 18

    19. Somehow 18

    Korean Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
    8.2
    168 points by 2 voters
    28-year-old Kyung Hwi is a resident at a university hospital. He was bullied in high school. He made a suicide attempt, but Han Na Bi, a mysterious girl that transferred to his ...more
  • Player

    20. Player

    Korean Drama - 2018, 14 episodes
    8.3
    168 points by 2 voters
    A police redemption team consisting of a swindler, a fighter, an elite hacker, and a talented driver is asked to take back property hidden away by criminals. The driver, Cha Ah Ryung, ...more
  • Tokyo Tarareba Musume

    21. Tokyo Tarareba Musume

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
    7.7
    99 points by 1 voters
    30-year-old Kamata Rinko is single and a struggling scriptwriter. She has no boyfriend and keeps having night outs at drinking spots with her girlfriends Kaori and Koyuki. “If I become beautiful, a ...more
  • Lady & Liar

    22. Lady & Liar

    Chinese Drama - 2015, 46 episodes
    7.6
    97 points by 1 voters
    Set in 1930's Shanghai, our protgaonist Jiang Xin is in search of her family. Originally the heiress of a well-off family, Jiang Xin went missing for years. When she is discovered and ...more
  • The Queen of SOP

    23. The Queen of SOP

    Chinese Drama - 2012, 33 episodes
    7.5
    95 points by 1 voters
    Lin Xiao Jie is a low level employee in the sales department of the mall. She has been working hard to achieve her dreams and met with Tom through the internet. The ...more
  • Crazy for You

    24. Crazy for You

    Korean Drama - 2007, 16 episodes
    7.5
    91 points by 1 voters
    Suh Jin Young is an aviation maintenance technician. Her fiance Jae Hoon passed away in a horrible traffic accident. Kim Chae Joon dreams of becoming an aviation maintenance technician, but he encounters ...more
  • Negotiator

    25. Negotiator

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 43 episodes
    7.4
    89 points by 1 voters
    Tong Wei is a genius negotiator who is the star of the US-China Business Council. Male lead Xie Xiao Fei is the sole heir of a wealthy Chinese-American corporation, but wants nothing ...more
  • Brain

    26. Brain

    Korean Drama - 2011, 20 episodes
    7.7
    84 points by 1 voters
    Lee Kang Hun, who graduated from the top medical school, works at the top hospital and is the top neurosurgeon around. He has ambitions to become the director at his university hospital. ...more
  • Pride and Prejudice

    27. Pride and Prejudice

    Korean Drama - 2014, 21 episodes
    7.5
    80 points by 1 voters
    A group of passionate prosecutors join forces to bring lawbreakers who spread corruption to justice. This is a story about prosecutors who wield law and principles to fight the bad and protect ...more
  • Fates & Furies

    28. Fates & Furies

    Korean Drama - 2018, 40 episodes
    7.4
    79 points by 1 voters
    Even though Goo Hae Ra is smart and beautiful, she is in a miserable situation because of her family. Her older sister attempted suicide and her father passed away. The only way ...more
  • Love Affairs in the Afternoon

    29. Love Affairs in the Afternoon

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    7.9
    75 points by 1 voters
    Son Ji Eun is a housewife who works part-time at a mart. She is quiet and sincere, even as she feels trapped in her unhappy life and lonely marriage. One day, she ...more
  • A Man's Story

    30. A Man's Story

    Korean Drama - 2009, 20 episodes
    7.7
    71 points by 1 voters
    In the blink of an eye, Kim Shin loses everything dear to him. His father's company goes bankrupt, his brother commits suicide, his girlfriend leaves him, and he himself ends up in ...more

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