Help me clean my PTW list (Kdrama edition)
If you want to help me prioritize and prune my list, you can vote for the dramas you think I should definitely absolutely keep. In other words, vote for the dramas you consider a "must watch" or at least very worth watching. If you came away thinking, “it was fine” or “I enjoyed it but won’t remember it in two months” don’t vote for those dramas.
How my system works: I keep a shorter list of dramas I’m sure I want to watch on My Watchlist. This is an extended list that also includes dramas I’m interested in but still on the fence about. The idea is that some of the additional dramas I have here will eventually make it onto the official list or alternatively get thrown out. I will update the contents of this list as I watch these dramas, find new dramas to add, or decide I’m no longer interested and am ready to delete a title.
FYI, the dramas at the very top of this list are already "safe" on my PTW list. I'm not saying don't vote for them if you loved them, but it's mostly the dramas further down the list that I'm still deciding on.
xinya Jun 5, 2026
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![Thirty-Nine]()
Leaning on each other through thick and thin, a trio of best friends stand together as they experience life, love and loss on the brink of turning 40. Cha Mi Jo is ...more -
![Lovers of the Red Sky]()
During the Joseon Dynasty, Hong Chun Ki, a blind woman who miraculously gained sight, becomes a rare female painter and is accepted to the top art college. She meets Ha Ram, a ...more -
![Captivating the King]()
Prince Yi In, held hostage by the Qing Dynasty, is betrayed by his brother, King Yi Seon, who once cherished him. Heartbroken, Yi In endures emotional torment. He encounters an enigmatic baduk ...more -
![Doubt]()
Jang Tae Su is a legendary criminal profiler in Korea. He was one of the first in his field and paved the way for criminal behavior analysts in the country. He has ...more -
![Flower Boy Ramen Shop]()
Yang Eun Bi is a university student preparing for her civil service exam with the dream of being a high school teacher. She accidentally encounters Cha Chi Su, the arrogant son of ...more -
![Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy]()
Na Bo Ri is a 25-year-old woman who desperately wants to be a teacher at the high school she was kicked out of due to a misunderstanding with her teachers over injuring ...more -
![The Judge Returns]()
Despite coming from a lower-income family and attending a non-prestigious university, Lee Han Yeong longed to rise in the judicial ranks. When he married the daughter of Haenal Law Firm's CEO, he ...more -
![Work Later, Drink Now]()
Ahn So Hee, Han Ji Yeon, and Kang Ji Gu enjoy hanging out after work and drinking together. The three women are single and in their 30s. As for their jobs, So ...more -
![If You Wish Upon Me]()
Yoon Kyeo Re, a man plagued by a life of abuse, orphanages, juvenile detention, and prison, faces the brink of despair. However, his court-ordered community service at a terminally ill care facility ...more -
![Shut Up: Flower Boy Band]()
Byeong Hui is the crazy, free-spirited leader and vocalist of the popular underground rock group, Eye Candy. Joining him are mood-maker Ji Hyeok, chic Hyeon Su, playboy Ha Jin, silent Do Il ...more -
![My Father Is Strange]()
The story is about a family that lives on the outskirts of Seoul. Byeon Han Su is the father, and his wife, Na Yeong Sil is a dedicated, responsible mother to his ...more -
![Bread, Love and Dreams]()
Kim Tak Goo is the eldest son of Goo In Jong, the president of Geosung Enterprise, a legend in the baking industry. Although he is an extremely talented baker and seemed destined ...more -
![Tomorrow with You]()
Yoo So Joon is the successful CEO of a real estate company who has the ability to time travel when he takes the subway. Going back and forth in time, he sees ...more -
![Bulgasal: Immortal Souls]()
The series tells the story of a man-turned-immortal, Bulgasal, who wants revenge from a woman with a mysterious past and present, who he deems responsible for his immortality and miseries from the ...more -
![Oh My Ghost Clients]()
He thought getting a certification would be his ticket to a whole new life. But No Mu Jin, a labor attorney, is barely scraping by, worrying about the rent. While snooping around ...more -
![Wonderful World]()
Psychology professor and famous author Eun Soo Hyun's life unravels when her son falls victim to an injustice that goes unpunished by the legal system. Having lost faith in the world, she ...more -
![Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun]()
117. Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes291 points by 4 votersIt depicts the story of what happens in Arth approximately a decade later. Over the course of more than eight years, Arthdal succeeded in suppressing the massive rebellion of the tribes slaughtered ...more -
![Alone in Love]()
Lee Dong Jin and Yoo Eun Ho divorced two years ago but continue meeting for various reasons, often at the donut shop where they once dated. They check in on each other's ...more -
![Buried Hearts]()
A man hacks into a 2 trillion won political slush fund to survive, but is killed by a powerful figure who doesn't realize he's been hacked, losing everything in the process. Seo ...more -
![Song of the Bandits]()
An action melodrama in which the people who have been deprived of their livelihoods blow a refreshing shot for their family and colleagues, set in the 1920s during the Japanese colonial period. ...more -
![Time Between Dog and Wolf]()
After his mother is brutally murdered in front of him by the Thai criminal syndicate Cheongbang, Lee Soo Hyun is adopted into NIS agent Kang Jung Ho's family. Together with Kang Min ...more -
![Thank You]()
Dr. Min Ki Seo went to Blue Island to fulfill his deceased girlfriend's last wish to find the single mother and her little girl who was infected by HIV and to apologize ...more -
![Recipe for Farewell]()
Chang Wook is in his 40's. He works as a translator and a humanities instructor. His wife suffers from terminal bowel cancer. She also has difficulties eating, because of digestive problem. She ...more -
![Curtain Call]()
Ja Geum Soon was born in 1930 in what is now North Korea. When the Korean War broke out in the 1950s, she escaped to what is now South Korea – and ...more -
![The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won]()
A work that sheds new light on the figure of Lee Bang Won, a leader who took the lead in the founding of the nation. (Source: Naver) -
![Connection]()
Detective Jang Jae Gyeong of Ahnhyeon's narcotics unit is forcibly addicted to a mysterious drug. As his body deteriorates, reporter O Yun Jin, his former high school friend, investigates a drug-related death ...more -
![Star in My Heart]()
Lee Yun Hee is an orphan who is adopted into a hostile family environment. She harbors an undiscovered artistic talent, which helps to catapult her into the lives of two men: a ...more -
![Spring Waltz]()
To escape debt, Lee Su Ho's father fled to a remote island where he met a friend with a young daughter, Eun Yeong, the same age as Su Ho. After being abandoned ...more -
![Heavenly Ever After]()
It tells the story of an old woman, Hae Suk, who lived a happy life with her husband until she died. Her husband loved her so much and always admired her beauty, ...more -
![The Snow Queen]()
At 17, Tae Ung, a mathematical genius, meets two people who will later become the people he loves. One becomes his best friend and the other his love. Tae Ung's best friend, ...more -
![Cain and Abel]()
Based on the biblical story of Adam and Eve's first two sons, Cain and Abel is about Cain's jealousy towards his brother Abel. Lee Cho In is a very gifted doctor who ...more -
![Bright Girl's Success]()
Cha Yang Sun is a cute and innocent country girl who often daydreams of rescuing her prince. One day, she meets Han Gi Tae, who accidentally falls into her bathtub while she ...more -
![Hwang Jin Yi]()
This story is about the life of Joseon dancer, musician and poet, Hwang Jin Yi, who seeks perfection in her art relentlessly and the hardship facing women due to their lowly social ...more -
![Memory]()
Park Tae Suk is a lawyer who finds out that he has Alzheimer’s and puts his life on the line to fight one last case. The drama depicts his vigorous efforts trying ...more -
![Nine: Nine Times Time Travel]()
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 -
![The Land of Wind]()
The drama about the life of Jumong's grandson, Moo Hyul, who was born with a curse to kill his parent, siblings, son and destroy Goguryeo. (Source: DramaWiki) ~~ Adapted from the manhwa ...more -
![Lee San, Wind of the Palace]()
This drama details the life of King Jeong Jo, Joseon's 22nd monarch, who is remembered in Korean history as one of Korea's greatest kings, one who loved the people and reigned for ...more -
![Money Flower]()
Managing director Kang Pil Ju secretly plans to bring down the Chungah Group, using his position to manipulate the founding family. Initially plotting to make Mo Hyeon fall in love with Jang ...more -
![When the Devil Calls Your Name]()
To become a top songwriter, Ha Rip sacrificed his soul to the Devil, gaining fame and success in exchange for Kim I Gyeong’s talent and life. Ten years later, as the Devil ...more -
![Listen to My Heart]()
Family relationships can be complicated and tortured. Bong U Ri is a loving, dutiful daughter who does her best to accommodate the needs of her deaf mother and mentally challenged stepfather. After ...more -
![Moment at Eighteen]()
Transfer student Jun Woo arrives at school with a heavy past, having been expelled for his involvement in bullying. Class president Hui Yeong extends a warm welcome, but Jun Woo rebuffs his ...more -
![Beautiful World]()
A family searches for the truth after their son, Sun Ho, becomes brain dead from an accident at his new school. His father, Mu Jin, and mother, In Ha, consumed by guilt ...more -
![Last Summer]()
Baek Do Ha and Baek Do Yeong are twin brothers, but have lived apart since their parents' divorce when they were young. Younger brother Baek Do Ha lives in the United States, ...more -
![The Nice Guy]()
Depicts the story of Park Seok Cheol, the eldest grandson of a third-generation gangster family with an unexpectedly pure heart, and his first love Kang Mi Yeong, who dreams of becoming a ...more -
![Made in Korea]()
Set in the 1970s, Baek Gi Tae is an ambitious man who craves wealth and power. Jang Gun Yeong is a prosecutor with animalistic instinct and fearsome tenacity. Facing a major incident, ...more -
![Yonder]()
Set in the 2030s in the large city area of South Korea. It depicts the story of a man who lives in agony, unable to forget his wife who died of cancer. Then ...more -
![Bossam: Steal the Fate]()
Ba U, a degenerate man involved in gambling, stealing, and fighting, hides his true identity while making money through Bossam, a remarriage custom in Joseon where widows were kidnapped to marry. During ...more -
![Nobody Knows]()
Detective Young Jin, haunted by the unsolved murder of her friend by the 'Stigmata' serial killer 19 years ago, is determined to find the killer. Living a solitary life, her only connection ...more -
![What Comes after Love]()
Choi Hong is a Korean student studying in Japan. She meets Aoki Jungo, and they fall in love with each other. But, they break up due to different thoughts about love and ...more -
![Pachinko Season 2]()
Begins in Osaka in 1945 when World War II broke out, and tells the story of Sun Ja's struggles to protect her family, even making dangerous choices. The stories of Solomon, who ...more -
![The Whirlwind]()
Park Dong Ho is the prime minister of South Korea. He wants to punish the corrupt president, who colludes with powerful family-owned corporations called chaebols, and change the world of politics. Jung ...more -
![My Youth]()
Sunwoo Hae was a popular child actor who shone in his youth. Due to the greed of the adults around him, he lost his shining light. He barely made it through the ...more -
![Korea-Khitan War]()
A historical drama that deals with the second and third periods of the Goryeo-Khitan War. King Hyeon Jong of Goryeo and his political teacher, Commander-in-Chief Kang Gam Chan, united the people of ...more -
![Uncle Samsik]()
Set in 1960s South Korea. The series follows two men through their bromance and the obstacles they face during a turbulent time in the country’s history. It depicts the story of Park ...more -
![Sandglass]()
The Sandglass is a story of two men whose friendship is tested through the 1970s and 1980s, one of Korea's politically tumultuous periods. Park Tae Soo, tough and loyal, grows up to ...more -
![Notes from the Last Row]()
The story follows Heo Mun O, a failed writer and Korean literature professor who discovers the extraordinary talent of Lee Gang, a quiet boy sitting in the back row of his classroom. ...more -
![Loving You]()
Sun Hwa, class valedictorian, is an ordinary girl. One day, a handsome boy, Hyung Jun, is transferred to her class as a teacher's assistant. Sun Wha falls hopelessly in love with him. ...more -
![Into the Sunlight]()
Self-absorbed and rebellious, In Ha constantly knocks heads with his disapproving father and estranged brother Myung Ha, an angry gangster that has nothing but hate for the family he never knew. Lee ...more -
![Beautiful Days]()
Lee Min Chul returns from studying in the US, to take an active role in his father's prospering music business, Victory Records. It turns out that his father was involved in unethical ...more -
![Hotelier]()
Jin Young, an open-minded and energetic woman, works for the Seoul Hotel. Her ex-boyfriend Tae Joon resigned and left for Vegas three years earlier due to an accident with a guest. However, ...more -
![Piano]()
Han Eok Kwan is a gangster who, one day, discovers he has a hidden 10-year-old son named Jae Su. He meets Hae Lim and falls in love with her at first sight. ...more -
![Summer Scent]()
Three years after losing his first love in a tragic accident, Min Woo meets Hye Won, a florist who reminds him of her. As his feelings for both women become tangled, he ...more -
![Lovers in Paris]()
Tae Young lives in Paris and is working on a screenplay, she meets Gi Ju while working at a friend's stall and Soo Hyuk, when her bicycle breaks down. Soo Hyuk and ...more -
![Wonderful Life]()
Han Seung Wan and Jung Se Jin bump into each other at the airport and accidentally take each other's passports. They meet again and Seung Wan and Se Jin end up spending ...more -
![Still Shining]()
After falling in love as teenagers, Yeon Tae Seo and Mo Eun A drift apart, only to reunite ten years later as different people shaped by time and experience. Tae Seo, now ...more -
![My Rosy Life]()
Maeng Sun Yi sacrificed her childhood and youth to taking care of her father, who started drinking heavily after her mother abandoned them when she was 10, and her two younger siblings. ...more -
![Lovers in Prague]()
Jae Hee, a diplomat in Prague, who is getting over a break-up, meets police detective Sang Hyun and romance blossoms. Jae Hee is the daughter of the Korean President and has to ...more -
![Tree of Heaven]()
Hana is a bright young girl who lost her father at a young age. When her mother returns to Japan, she comes with her new Korean husband and his son Yunsuh. Yunsuh's ...more -
![Lovers]()
Ha Gang Jae is a wealthy businessman and gangster, and Yun Mi Ju is a plastic surgeon. These two meet after Mi Ju mistakes Gang Jae for being her sleazy brother-in-law. Gang ...more -
![Painter of the Wind]()
Sin Yun Bok is a talented painter who disguises herself as a boy to search for her father's murderer and meets a master painter who guides her into being a great painter. ...more -
![Swallow the Sun]()
This novel-based story revolves mainly around four people who are drawn to Seogwipo, Jeju for a project. Kim Jung Woo and Lee Soo Hyun first met when they were children but lost ...more -
![Kim Soo Ro]()
This drama charts the life of Kim Soo Ro, legendary founder of Geumgwan Gaya, the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy, which dominated sea trade and iron working during the Three Kingdoms ...more -
![Climax]()
In a desperate attempt to revitalize his stagnant career, prosecutor Bang Tae Seop hatches an absurd, but daring plan: take down the mayor of Seoul by exposing her corrupt ties to Lee ...more -
![Missing Crown Prince]()
A Joseon-era version of a romantic comedy about a crown prince who is mistakenly kidnapped by the family of the woman who he has been pledged to marry. While on the run ...more -
![The King's Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang]()
King Mu Ryeong was a Baekje king who oversaw a renaissance during his reign while also building his kingdom into a sea power. He had a hidden daughter called Soo Baek Hyang, ...more -
![Endless Love]()
A drama about Korean politics and financial situations in the 1970-1990s through the life of a woman. After a traumatic past of witnessing her mother's death, Seo In Ae grows up as ...more -
![Heard It through the Grapevine]()
Han Jeong Ho and Choi Yeon Hui are a wealthy couple from a prestigious family. Their reputation is suddenly turned upside down when their teenage son, Han In Sang, impregnates his girlfriend, ...more -
![Mask]()
Byeon Ji Suk, burdened by her father’s debts and relentless loan sharks, dreams of a better life. A twist of fate introduces her to Eun Ha, a wealthy woman who looks just ...more -
![Saimdang, Memoir of Colors]()
Seo Ji Yun, an art history lecturer aiming for a professorship, is assigned by her mentor, Min Jeong Hak, to write a thesis on a valuable painting, "An Gyeon’s Mount Geumgang." Her ...more -
![When I Was the Most Beautiful]()
Oh Ye Ji is a ceramic artist. She has a pure heart and relentless optimism and refuses to give up no matter the situation. She dreams of finding ordinary happiness but in ...more -
![Dr. Brain]()
An emotional journey that follows a brain scientist who is obsessive about figuring out new technologies to access the consciousness and memories of the brain. His life goes sideways when his family ...more -
![Lie after Lie]()
Ji Eun Su, seemingly living a perfect life, is sentenced to prison for her husband's murder. While incarcerated, she gives birth to a daughter, who is taken by foster parents. The girl's ...more -
![Maestra: Strings of Truth]()
Cha Se Eum used to be a violinist, but she is now a conductor of an orchestra. She has pursued her career boldly and with passion. She is now in a position ...more -
![Motel California]()
Ji Gang Hui grew up at Motel California because her father ran the motel in her rural hometown village. Her mother also came from a mixed-raced background. Due to Gang Hui's unusual ...more -
![My Girlfriend Is the Man!]()
Park Yun Jae is a university student studying astronomy. He met Kim Ji Eun on his first blind date while attending university. They fell in love and became boyfriend and girlfriend. One ...more -
![The Murky Stream]()
A gripping tale of twisted fates unfolds in lawless Joseon, where the once-pristine Gyeonggang River has turned into a murky stream. Jang Si Yul, a man who buries his past to survive ...more -
![The Dream Life of Mr. Kim]()
Following the story of a middle-aged man who loses everything he once valued. After a long journey, he finds his true self, no longer defined by his job as a manager at ...more -
![Pro Bono]()
Kang David, blinded by ambition and materialism, is a former judge turned dedicated public interest lawyer. Kang David is a legal influencer with a flawless work ethic and a clean-cut image, boasting ...more -
![Fifties Professionals]()
Three seemingly ordinary middle-aged men—behind their modest looks are the pro skills that made them legends in their fields. Now in their fifties, thinking their glory days are long gone, they are ...more -
![Agent Kim Reactivated]()
Manager Kim works at a small savings bank. He seems like an ordinary single father, raising his daughter Min Ji. He has a secret that he can't reveal, even to his own ...more
