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Dramas and movies featuring characters who are gisaeng, courtesans, & geisha
Dramas and movies with characters who are doctors, nurses, paramedics, or firefighters.
Arranged marriages, forced marriages, fake relationships, and contract relationships of all sorts that ultimately lead to love.
Sad endings (my definition is the leads don't end up together due to death or separation) and happy endings for the main couple but are otherwise…
Dramas and movies featuring the relationship dynamic of both leads being damaged, traumatized, deeply lonely, or otherwise wounded by life,…
Stories in which the FL physically and/or emotionally saves the ML at least once.
Serial killers, crime, procedurals, action, and mysteries.
The hardest working guest star - the cliffs that everyone falls off. But never fear! If you're the FL or ML, you'll just come back after a while,…
Dramas and movies set in or with flashbacks to times less commonly shown such as Qing, Goryeo, Silla, Manchu War, etc.
Stories where the endgame pairing isn't the usual "met as children and loved forever" - the leads have romantic relationships and…
For when you're tired of dramas in which the ML sacrifices everything and the FL doesn't seem to even love him as much. Here are FLs who definitely…
Age gap romances of all sorts and varying sizes - older man/younger woman, older woman/younger man, older woman/younger woman, older man/younger…
Dramas and movies in which the leads are outside the law and/or have criminal records - bandits, thieves, mafia, criminals, or pirates.
Dramas and movies with a love story between a non-human lead and a human lead.
FLs discover they're pregnant and others know but not the ML and/or give birth without the ML's knowledge and he finds out he's a father much…
Dramas and movies set in the country, for when you want to get away from it all.
Dramas and movies with angels, demons, gods, grim reapers, goblins, or plant fairies.
Dramas and movies in which the characters have more than one lifetime.
Dramas where instead of an enemies to lovers arc, the leads go back and forth between hatred and love in their relationship.
Unconventional MLs on the gray side - villains, antiheros, playboys, bad boys with a heart of gold, and more.
Dramas and movies in which characters are humans with some magical power or they gain power from a magical object they possess.
For when you're in the mood for screaming at your screen after it goes black. Cliffhangers for second seasons that never happened, endings up…
Romances between an employer and their employee or master and their servant (excluding bodyguards).
Dramas and movies with a rich lead and a poor(er) lead in a romantic relationship.
Dramas in which the leads live together before being in a relationship or live in the same apartment building next door to each other. Excludes…
Dramas and movies in which a main character travels to or from a different country.
Dramas and movies that involve characters crossing over into a parallel world.
AKA that weird kdrama trend of having a random murderer/serial killer/etc. in the completely wrong genre or when it's not necessary to the plot.
Dramas and movies in which characters are able to transform into both humans and animals (includes nine tailed foxes).
Dramas and movies in which at least one or both of the leads dislikes/hates/is annoyed by the other when they first meet, but the two later…
Dramas and movies centered around food, restaurants, cafes, bars, and cooking.
Because there are not enough positive platonic family relationships in dramas.
MLs with that supernatural white, bright, or unusual hair colors at some point, just because it's pretty. ;)
Romance dramas featuring a master/disciple or teacher/student relationship.
Dramas and movies in which the leads are in an established romantic relationship and then break up, divorce, or plan to divorce only to fall…
Japanese Dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.
Dramas and movies in which the leads have a companion or pet that is CGI and adorable.
Korean dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.
Stories in which the ML or FL gives up their royal titles, quest for revenge, wealth, or something similar to be with and/or live a quiet life…
