ROMANCE | Strangers to Lovers

This list includes couples who don't know each other at the beginning of the drama - so there is no typical childhood connection. Strangers to Lovers is one of my favorite tropes. I really like it when the main characters have yet to really get to know each other. 

I only name dramas that I've already watched or am currently watching. 

I provide brief information about how the leads met.

The upper half of the list has dramas with straight couples and lower half with gay/lesbian couples.

Klementine Oct 14, 2024
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  • Rising With the Wind

    1. Rising With the Wind

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes

    9.5

    FL and ML meet at FL's father's company. Later ML becomes the investor for FL.

  • Stealth Walker

    2. Stealth Walker

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

    9.0

    FL and ML meet during an undercover mission. Later they sometimes work together or against each other.

  • Parallel World

    3. Parallel World

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 38 episodes

    10

    FL and ML meet at a shadow puppet show. Later they go on a mission into the desert.

  • The Rational Life

    4. The Rational Life

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 35 episodes

    9.5

    FL and ML meet in front of a supermarket. Later ML becomes FL's assistant.

  • Falling Into You

    5. Falling Into You

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 26 episodes

    7.0

    FL and ML meet at a sports competition. Later FL becomes ML's coach.

  • Reset

    6. Reset

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 15 episodes

    10

    ML and FL meet on the bus. They are trapped together in a time loop.

  • Mama Gogo

    7. Mama Gogo

    Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    10

    FL und ML meet in a clothing store. ML is a debt collector and wants the money back that was lent to FL.

  • Across the Sky

    8. Across the Sky

    Thai Drama - 2023, 14 episodes

    9.0

    FL and ML meet outside on their way to the academy. ML is a new student there.

  • Healer

    9. Healer

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes

    9.5

    FL and ML meet on the bus. Both become entangled in a big mystery that needs to be solved. ML has to investigate more about FL's life.

  • Dirty Laundry

    10. Dirty Laundry

    Thai Drama - 2023, 6 episodes

    10

    FL and ML meet at the laundromat. They both come into contact with gangsters and have to help each other.

  • Knight Flower

    11. Knight Flower

    Korean Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

    9.0

    FL and ML meet during a mission. After that, they often meet again due to other criminal cases and FL has to hide her identity.

  • Lighter & Princess

    12. Lighter & Princess

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 36 episodes

    7.0

    FL and ML meet on their first day of university. They have the same classes together.

  • Hoshi Furu Yoru ni

    13. Hoshi Furu Yoru ni

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 9 episodes

    8.5

    FL and ML meet on a starry night during camping. They then meet again by chance at a funeral.

  • Witch's Romance

    14. Witch's Romance

    Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes

    8.5

    FL and ML meet in front of an office building. Later they become neighbors.

  • The Judge from Hell

    15. The Judge from Hell

    Korean Drama - 2024, 14 episodes

    10

    FL and ML meet in the courtroom. FL is a judge and ML is a police officer. They meet again because of various criminal cases.

  • Lesson in Love

    16. Lesson in Love

    Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    9.5

    FL and ML meet on a sports field at the school. FL is a new teacher and ML is a student and troublemaker.

  • Pending Train: 8:23, Ashita Kimi to

    17. Pending Train: 8:23, Ashita Kimi to

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes

    9.0

    FL and ML meet on the train. After the accident they have to survive together with the others in the wilderness.

  • Promise Cinderella

    18. Promise Cinderella

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

    8.0

    FL and ML meet outside on the street. FL has lost her home and soon gets a room in ML's family house.

  • Tender Light

    19. Tender Light

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 28 episodes

    9.5

    FL and ML meet in the small town, in FL's store. They become entangled in a criminal case.

  • To the Moon and Back

    20. To the Moon and Back

    Thai Drama - 2023, 21 episodes

    9.5

    FL and ML meet on the street in front of garbage cans. They live close to each other and get to know each other better through baking.

  • The Story of Pearl Girl

    21. The Story of Pearl Girl

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes

    FL and ML meet during the dance of the pearl maidens in the cave. FL is a slave and pearl diver there. ML is a merchant.

  • A Tale of Thousand Stars

    22. A Tale of Thousand Stars

    Thai Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

    9.0

    ML1 and ML2 meet in the mountains. They live together in a village there for many weeks.

  • Ai Long Nhai

    23. Ai Long Nhai

    Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    7.0

    ML1 and ML2 meet at the university. ML1 has returned home after a stay abroad.

  • He's Coming to Me

    24. He's Coming to Me

    Thai Drama - 2019, 8 episodes

    9.5

    ML1 and ML2 meet in the cemetery. ML1 is a ghost and ML2 is a living person who can see him.

  • Happy of the End

    25. Happy of the End

    Japanese Drama - 2024, 8 episodes

    9.5

    ML1 and ML2 meet in a bar. Both have a tragic past and are trying to survive in their harsh reality.

  • I Feel You Linger in the Air: Uncut Version

    26. I Feel You Linger in the Air: Uncut Version

    Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes

    9.5

    ML1 and ML2 meet at the river. ML1 has had an accident and suddenly wakes up in another century, where ML2 lives.

  • I Will Knock You

    27. I Will Knock You

    Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    9.0

    ML1 and ML2 meet outside. Later ML1 becomes the tutor of ML2.

  • Knock Knock, Boys!

    28. Knock Knock, Boys!

    Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

    8.5

    ML1 + ML2 and ML3 + ML4 end up in a shared house and live together. ML1 + ML2 are students at the university and ML3 + ML4 are working adults.

  • Last Twilight

    29. Last Twilight

    Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes

    9.0

    ML1 and ML2 meet at an interview for a care worker. ML1 is almost blind and ML2 gets the job to take care of him.

  • Laws of Attraction

    30. Laws of Attraction

    Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes

    8.5

    ML1 and ML2 meet because of a criminal case. ML1 is a lawyer and starts helping ML2.

  • Moonlight Chicken

    31. Moonlight Chicken

    Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes

    8.5

    ML1 + ML2 meet at the chicken restaurant of ML1. 

  • Not Me

    32. Not Me

    Thai Drama - 2021, 14 episodes

    10

    ML1 + ML2 meet at the garage. ML1 is undercover to investigate the group that his twin brother and ML2 belong to.

  • Only Boo!

    33. Only Boo!

    Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

    10

    ML1 and ML2 meet at the restaurant of ML2's mother. ML1 is new in town.

  • Never Let Me Go

    34. Never Let Me Go

    Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    7.0

    ML1 and ML2 meet because ML1 needs ML2 as a bodyguard.

  • Rak Diao

    35. Rak Diao

    Thai Drama - 2022, 15 episodes

    10

    ML1 and ML2 meet on their way to the office. ML1 starts working with ML2 and soon they live next to each other.

  • Something in My Room

    36. Something in My Room

    Thai Drama - 2022, 10 episodes

    8.0

    ML1 and ML2 meet at ML1's new home. ML2 is a ghost who lives there too and has unfinished business.

  • Sotus

    37. Sotus

    Thai Drama - 2016, 15 episodes

    9.0

    ML1 and ML2 meet at the university. ML1 is a freshman and ML2 his senior.

  • Sugar Dog Life

    38. Sugar Dog Life

    Japanese Drama - 2024, 9 episodes

    9.0

    ML1 and ML2 meet at night. ML1 is slightly drunk and ML2 is a police officer who first thinks he's underage.

  • The Eclipse

    39. The Eclipse

    Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    9.0

    ML1 and ML2 meet in front of the school. ML1 is a new student and tries to find out more about the death of a loved one.

  • Unintentional Love Story

    40. Unintentional Love Story

    Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes

    8.0

    ML1 and ML2 meet in the pottery store. ML1 has the task to find out more about ML2's secret.

  • Wandee Goodday

    41. Wandee Goodday

    Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

    7.5

    ML1 and ML2 meet at the hospital. ML1 is a famous boxer and becomes a patient of ML2 who is a doctor. 

  • Kidnap

    42. Kidnap

    Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

    7.5

    ML1 and ML2 meet in front of a shopping mall. Later ML1 accepts a job to kidnap ML2.

  • Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart!

    43. Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart!

    Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

    ML1 and ML2 meet in a bar. ML1 is a thief and ML2 will become a debt collector.

  • Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo

    44. Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo

    Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes

    7.5

    ML1 and ML2 meet in front of a Taekwondo gym in a rural area.

  • Pluto

    45. Pluto

    Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

    FL1 and FL2 meet in the house of FL1. FL2 has a twin sister who is in the hospital. Then FL2 pretends to be her twin sister who is in a relationship with FL1.

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