Favorite dramas without romance

Apr 10, 2022 04:30 pm

What are some of you all time favorite dramas without romance? I am going through a not in the mood for romance phase right now and would love some recs. My absolute favorites that I have seen: Sweet Home, Kingdom seasons 1 and 2 (just finished both seasons and I LOVED it), The Uncanny Encounter, Train, and School Nurse Files (I guess there's a hint of romance in the last two but not much). I am more in the mood for sci-fi, thriller, action, fantasy type dramas as opposed to slice of life dramas. Dropped All of Us Are Dead and Happiness and saving Squid Game to watch with my friend. Thank you ahead of time!

kardasx

Apr 10, 2022 05:55 pm

I looked to my wachlist and found, that from korean dramas I mostly watched only those with romance. But I found few with no romance:

Nightmare Teacher - this is quite good mystery horror
The Guardians - this is also good action, thriller, crime drama

But my favourites would be rather these japanese dramas:
Hello Harinezumi - mystery comedy. It has romance, but it is not main focus
Limit - thriller, survival, psychological
The Werewolf Game: The Beast Side - this is not drama, but series of 8 movies, this one is 2nd in that series and I like it the most. It is about a death game.

And then some others, but they are mostly only comedies or romcoms.

mjf314

Apr 10, 2022 06:01 pm

Suika - It's a slice-of-life drama with no romance. It's about 4 women who live together in a boarding house.

Edit: Sorry, I didn't notice that this was the K-drama forum. I hope you don't mind a J-drama recommendation.

kura2ninja

Apr 11, 2022 01:42 am

The Cursed (horror, thriller)

If you don't mind older dramas:

The End of the World (2013, zombie apocalypse medical-action drama with a very slight romance)
Secret Investigation Record (2010, fantasy-sci fi period drama)

sjay

Apr 11, 2022 03:43 am

1. The whole Lost Tomb series

2. Midnight runners

3. The Untamed

4. Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu and Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu Season 2

loladesu

Apr 11, 2022 04:17 am

Have you watched Sell Your Haunted House? It was one of my favourite k-dramas of 2021. Narrative stayed pretty tight throughout, the leads had more of a sibling/bff/buddy cop energy, and it has a strong supporting cast. Plus, it was pretty refreshing to see Jang Nara play a completely different character to normal.

Lou

Apr 11, 2022 10:02 am

Inspector Koo,

Watcher,

Signal and

Move to Heaven

are my top favorite dramas without romance. Though only Signal can be seen as a suoernatural drama.

itsmeash

Apr 17, 2022 12:09 am

Zombie Detective

ArniA

Apr 17, 2022 06:42 am

Designated Survivor: 60 Days (political action thriller)

Vagabond (action thriller)

Sunny_Day

Apr 19, 2022 03:52 am

The Veil and Law School

Wish Upon A Star

Apr 22, 2022 03:27 pm

ArniA:
Designated Survivor: 60 Days (political action thriller)
Vagabond (action thriller)

i second ArniA's recommendations above. Designated Survivor: 60 days is a SKorean remake of an American series, and many said it was a better series. Vagabond is a netflix original kdrama with Hollywood stunts, and a very gripping plot.

elpis

Apr 23, 2022 09:34 am

Here's a list based on my watchlist:

https://mydramalist.com/list/LAlaMWw1

unterwegsimkoreanischenD

Apr 23, 2022 02:19 pm

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