Old but Gold: Must Watch Dramas from the 2000s
Poll Start Date: 20 April 2022
This is a spin-off from "Old but Gold: Must Watch Dramas Aired in 2013 and Before" to discover more hidden gems from the 2000s (2001-2010).
What are some older dramas that aired in the 2000s that you highly recommend and are must watch dramas that new viewers have been missing out on?
Recommend your "Old but Gold" dramas from the 2000s to fellow MDL users, so they don't miss a gem!
Note:
- Each user may list up to 5 dramas.
- Please only include dramas that are aired only in the 2000s (i.e. 2001-2010).
- There is a separate lists for dramas from the 1990s.
- Dramas that are not aired in the 2000s will be deleted from this list.
- You may also include in the comments why an older drama is a must watch.
Wish Upon A Star Apr 20, 2022
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![Coffee Prince]()
Choi Han Gyul is the grandson of chairwoman Bang of Dong-in Foods, a company that has a thriving coffee business. He has never had a job and does not care for responsibility. ...more -
![Secret Garden]()
The drama tells the story of Kim Joo Won, an arrogant and eccentric CEO who maintains the image of seeming perfection, and Gil Ra Im, a poor and humble stuntwoman whose beauty ...more -
![My Lovely Sam Soon]()
Kim Sam Sun is a baker who has a talent for making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she catches her boyfriend, Min Hyeon U, cheating on her and breaks up. On ...more -
![My Girl]()
When Gong Chan meets the lively and beautiful Yoo Rin, he finds out that she has connections to his missing cousin, whom his grandfather has been searching for. He asks Yoo Rin ...more -
![Jewel in the Palace]()
About 500 years ago during the time of Chosun Dynasty, Korea boasted a rigidly hierarchical and male dominated social structure. Based on a true story about a legendary girl, Jang Geum, who ...more -
![1 Litre no Namida]()
15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya is an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. ...more -
![Goong]()
Feisty, bubbly, and no-nonsense, Chae Gyeong is an ordinary high school student. Until one day when she receives some unexpected news. Because of her grandfather's will, she must marry the unendurable Crown ...more -
![Mars]()
Han Qi Luo, an extremely shy art student went to the same college as Chen Ling, a popular play boy. By chance one day they met at a park when Chen Ling ...more -
![Nodame Cantabile]()
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![Boys over Flowers]()
Geum Jan Di comes from a poor family who owns a dry-cleaning shop. One day, she visits Shinhwa High School, a prestigious school for the wealthy, and saves a student trying to ...more -
![Jumong]()
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![Nagareboshi]()
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![Full House]()
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![Pride]()
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![Sungkyunkwan Scandal]()
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![Hanazakari no Kimitachi e]()
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![My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho]()
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![Queen Seon Deok]()
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![Pasta]()
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![Alone in Love]()
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![Lucifer]()
When Homicide Detective Kang Oh Soo hit a dead end in his investigation of two seemly unrelated murders, except for the Tarot cards left behind at both crime scenes, he sought help ...more -
![Kimi wa Petto]()
In education, career, and appearance... Sumire is perfect, too perfect for even her boyfriend, who summarily dumps her. Also sexually harassed at work, Sumire takes matters into her own hands. Returning home ...more -
![Dong Yi]()
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![Kekkon Dekinai Otoko]()
Shinsuke Kuwano, a successful architect at 40, enjoys living by himself. He doesn't like people but somehow is able to design wonderful houses for them. He has a routine of making himself ...more -
![Winter Sonata]()
Joon Sang moves to a new high school in search of his biological father. Yu Jin and Sang Hyuk are close childhood friends, although Sang Hyuk wants to be more than a ...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 -
![Evasive Inquiry Agency]()
Moo Yeol, a taekwondo instructor, falls for Eun Jae at first sight when she comes to his agency and asks for help finding gold treasures. Hee Kyung is a tarot card master, ...more -
![Stairway to Heaven]()
The relationship of childhood sweethearts Cha Song Joo and Hang Jung Suh becomes complicated when Jung Suh's father remarries. Along with a new stepmother, Jung Suh also has a new introverted stepbrother, ...more -
![The Great White Tower]()
A striking drama of the amazingly gifted surgeon Zaizen Goro, caught up by his desire for power and fame, and his contemporary physician Satomi Shuji, who selflessly continues a quest to save ...more -
![Mary Stayed Out All Night]()
Wi Mae Ri is the cheerful, pragmatic daughter of a failed businessman who had grown used to being constantly on the move to escape from debtors. She becomes fast friends with the ...more -
![Dal Ja's Spring]()
The drama aims to comically and candidly portray the reality and undying pursuit of the romance of a thirty-something single woman. It also highlights the life and work of women in their ...more -
![My Fair Lady]()
Of the high-rolling top 'hot celebrities' of the wealthy upper class in Korea's high society, Kang Hye Na is the one desired by the men, feared and hated by the women. Being ...more -
![Save the Last Dance for Me]()
Eun Soo is a pure but unsophisticated woman who runs a small resort inn with her father. Eun Soo is just an ordinary girl, but her life changes when she meets a ...more -
![Ming Dynasty in 1566]()
Based on the events in the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty. -
![That Fool]()
Goo Dong Baek is an honest and good-hearted postman. One day, he encounters Han Ji Soo, a top actress. However, an ordinary man gets no chance to show his feelings to this ...more -
![Demi Gods & Semi Devils]()
The epic centers around the Beggar Leader Qiao Feng, the Dali Prince Duan Yu and the Shaolin Monk Xu Zhu. Each of their stories is interweaved throughout the show and finally clash ...more -
![Damo]()
This series and our heroine took place in the Joseon Dynasty. Chae Ok was separated from her brother when her father, a nobleman, was accused of treason. She managed to make her ...more -
![Master of Study]()
When scrappy and abrasive lawyer Kang Suk Ho is put in charge of the liquidating Byung Moon High School, he sees his own troubled past in the problematic students who live their ...more -
![Suika]()
34-year-old Motoko, an employee at a credit union, is stunned when she learns her best friend and co-worker, Mariko, has embezzled 300 million yen and disappeared. Motoko, still un-married, lives at home ...more -
![The Last Breakthrough]()
Dr. Albert Wong Fu Fun joins "Life Force", an international medical humanitarian organization, to carry out the unfulfilled wish of his deceased girlfriend, Ha Hiu Tung. He also set up "Lung Sing ...more -
![Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest]()
On her wedding day, Kim Eun Jae is left standing at the altar by her groom, Yoo Young Hoon, for wealthy Suh Woo Kyung. Her wedding photographer, Park Moo Yeol, is a ...more -
![All In]()
As a kid, all Kim In Ha ever did was follow his uncle around and help him cheat in gambling. As a high school student, he hung out with his friends at ...more -
![Duelist]()
In the late Joseon dynasty, counterfeits were circulating around. Detective Ahn of Left Security Station and a passionate newcomer, Nam Sun, try to trace the source of the counterfeiting. They chase the ...more -
![The Painter of the Wind]()
Shin Yoon 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 -
![The Legend of the Condor Heroes]()
The story is set in the middle of Song Dynasty and at the beginning of the Nuzhen Invasion of China. Two dedicated Song Dynasty young men, Yang Tie Xin and Guo Xiao ...more -
![Couple or Trouble]()
Anna Jo is a rude, feisty, and audacious American-bred heiress who can never be satisfied. She returns to Korea only to continue being a controlling wife to her already cowardly husband, Billy ...more -
![Where the Legend Begins]()
Based on a legend, this is a series about dominance, love, and betrayal, as each fights for either power or love, while one seeks for only peace and acquaintance. A love rectangle ...more -
![Ruler of Your Own World]()
Go Bok Su has had a difficult childhood and served time in prison for stealing. Jeon Kyung, a moody tomboy and a daughter of a rich family, plays the keyboard as a ...more -
![Powerful Opponents]()
Cha Young Jin is the first female to ever work as a bodyguard in the Presidential resident, Chungwadae. Young Jin and Yoo Gwang Pil work as bodyguards assigned to watch over the ...more -
![Memories of Matsuko]()
Sho, a young teenager that lives by himself in Tokyo, receives a surprise visit from his father. His father is carrying a white box, then he explains to his son, contains the ...more -
![Temptation of Wife]()
Dreaming of studying in France, Goo Eun, who majored in make-up at university, is taken advantage of one night while drunk. Discovering that she was pregnant, she marries her assailant Jung Gyo ...more -
![Return of the Condor Heroes]()
The story concerns the adventures of Yang Guo, an orphaned boy in a mid-13th Century China. From his humble beginnings, the street wise Yang Guo gets passed around from one prestigious master ...more -
![My Lucky Star]()
Like the boy who cried wolf, Xia Zhi Xing had lied one too many times. So when she did tell the truth, nobody believed her except for the most unlikely person, Zhong ...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 -
![Love Shuffle]()
Usami Kei is a salaryman who has risen in status due to his engagement with Mei, the wealthy daughter of his company's president. Shortly after she breaks off the engagement, a power ...more -
![Oh! Pil Seung And Bong Soon Young]()
Oh Pil Seung is a free-spirited, but somewhat lazy regular joe who suddenly finds himself heir apparent to a top-level logistics company! With rivals and detractors simply waiting for him to foul ...more -
![Wedding Dress]()
Seo Go Eun, a widow who works as a wedding dress designer, discovers that she has gastric cancer. With declining health and limited time, Go Eun tries to do as much as ...more -
![Hwang Jin Yi]()
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![Densha Otoko]()
Aoyama Saori, working as an office lady at an MNC, gets into trouble with a drunkard on a train. She's saved by Yamada Tsuyoshi. As a form of appreciation, she sends him ...more -
![The Slave Hunters]()
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![I'm Sorry, I Love You]()
Cha Moo Hyuk was adopted by an Australian family but was abused and left homeless at an early age. One day, he comes across Song Eun Chae, the coordinator for Choi Yune, ...more -
![We Are Dating Now]()
Ho Jung is a cute, naive girl who often falls head over heals with the wrong guys. Both Ho Jung and Kyu In, her neighbor, are idealistic about love. They start off ...more -
![The Good, the Bad, the Weird]()
The story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits. (Source: IMDb) ...more -
![Yi San]()
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![H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi]()
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