unexpectedly i loved these dramas
vote the dramas which you had low expectations, but you unexpectedly loved it.
OliviaW Oct 16, 2024
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![The Rise of Ning]()
Despite being the first-born daughter of an official, Luo Yi Ning grew up being mistreated by her father's concubine. With help from Luo Shen Yuan, Yi Ning's estranged half-brother, she moves back ...more -
![Melody of Golden Age]()
Yan Xing, a concubine’s daughter from the Yan family, was trained from a young age by the Ministry of Justice’s chief inspector, acquiring exceptional investigative skills and the ability to find answers ...more -
![Douluo Continent]()
Having lost his mother at a very young age, Tang San grew up relying on his father just as much as his father relied upon him. Meticulous and mature for his age, ...more -
![The Blood of Youth]()
As a disciple of the Lei Clan, Lei Wu Jie can't wait to prove his worth as a hero, but as a novice who has only just entered the martial arts world, ...more -
![Love Scenery]()
Liang Chen is devoted to bringing good music works to the listeners, expressing the idea of being kind, real, and perfect. Lu Jing loves computers and big data research. He is highly ...more -
![Dashing Youth]()
Baili Dong Jun, the young master of the Marquis of Zhenxi's mansion, has been mischievous since childhood. He is not interested in poetry, books, military strategies, or martial arts, but he excels ...more -
![True Beauty]()
"True Beauty" is a romantic comedy about a high school girl, Lim Ju Gyeong, who rises to pretty girl fame after she masters the art of make-up from YouTube. She turns into ...more -
![When I Fly Towards You]()
In the autumn of 2012, Su Zai Zai transfers to Yucai High School and immediately falls for the aloof Zhang Lu Rang. Despite his impressive academic success and privileged background, Zhang Lu ...more -
![So I Married an Anti-Fan]()
Hoo Joon is a top star and Geun Young is a magazine reporter who both attend a club’s opening night. There, Young witnesses Joon's violent behavior and accidentally vomits on him. Young ...more -
![F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers]()
Gorya is a simple girl who works at a flower shop. She passes an exam and gets accepted into a prestigious and luxurious school attended by the wealthy. The school is ruled ...more -
![Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo]()
When a total eclipse of the sun takes place, Go Ha Jin is transported back in time to the start of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea during King Taejo's rule. She wakes ...more -
![The Bride of Habaek]()
What would you do if you had to continue a strange family legacy? Yoon So Ah is a pragmatic neuropsychiatrist who carries a tremendous financial burden to run her own practice. Her ...more -
![Forecasting Love and Weather]()
A romance drama about the work and love in the office of National Weather Service, hotter than tropical nights and more unpredictable than localized heavy rains. Jin Ha Kyung is an intelligent ...more -
![Alchemy of Souls]()
In the fictional country of Daeho, young mages struggle to overcome twisted fates caused by the forbidden "alchemy of souls," a spell that swaps souls between bodies. Naksu, an elite assassin, finds ...more -
![Are You the One]()
The clever and decisive Liu Mian Tang, as the first lord of Yang Shan, led the people of Yang Shan to punish the wicked, promote goodness, and uphold justice. However, she suffered ...more -
![Twinkling Watermelon]()
In 2023, high school student Eun Gyeol, a CODA with a passion for music, leads a double life as a model pupil by day and a guitarist by night. When he discovers ...more -
![Lovely Runner]()
In the glitzy realm of stardom, Ryu Seon Jae shines as a top-tier celebrity, captivating the spotlight since his debut. Despite the facade of a perfect life, the demanding nature of the ...more -
![When the Phone Rings]()
Baek Sa Eon, the youngest presidential spokesman in Korea, comes from a prestigious political family. His background includes roles as a war correspondent, hostage negotiator, and news anchor. Three years ago, he ...more -
![Crash Landing on You]()
After getting into a paragliding accident, South Korean heiress Yoon Se Ri crash lands in North Korea. There, she meets North Korean army officer Ri Jung Hyuk, who agrees to help her ...more -
![Business Proposal]()
Shin Ha Ri, a single woman, has a crush on her male friend, but is heartbroken to learn he has a girlfriend. She meets her friend Jin Young Seo, the daughter of ...more -
![It's Okay to Not Be Okay]()
Moon Gang Tae is a community health worker at a psychiatric ward who was blessed with everything including a great body, smarts, ability to sympathize with others, patience, ability to react quickly, ...more -
![SKZ Flix]()
It is a continuation of the On Track Universe storyline started in 2020, as it portrays the return of the film club project, and it is tied to the release of the ...more -
![Begins Youth]()
The drama follows seven boys navigating school and personal growth, each facing challenges like family struggles, loss, poverty, and rejection. After returning to Songju-si, Kim Hwan meets six boys who initially view ...more -
![Goblin]()
Kim Sin was once an unbeatable general in Goryeo's military who died tragically. He now possesses immortality but is tired of living while everyone else around him dies. For 900 years, Kim ...more -
![Strong Woman Do Bong Soon]()
Do Bong Sun is a petite, unemployed woman who is honest and kind. She appears little and sweet on the outside, but she is, in fact, very, very strong. For generations in ...more -
![Descendants of the Sun]()
A love story that develops between a surgeon and a special forces officer. Kang Mo Yeon is a pretty and assertive woman who works as a cardiothoracic surgeon at Haesung Hospital. She ...more -
![What's Wrong with Secretary Kim]()
The series revolves around the narcissistic Lee Young Joon, the vice president of a company run by his family. He is very self-absorbed and thinks highly of himself, so much that he ...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 -
![Hotel del Luna]()
In the heart of Seoul stands a mysterious, ancient hotel, managed by the greedy and resentful Jang Man Wol, who has spent a thousand years running it. Bound by a deity to ...more -
![Vincenzo]()
At the age of eight, Park Joo Hyeong left for Italy after being adopted. Now an adult, he is known as Vincenzo Cassano and employed by a Mafia family as a consigliere. ...more -
![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 -
![Playful Kiss]()
Oh Ha Ni is a clumsy high school student who falls for perfectionist Baek Seung Jo. However, Seung Jo is indifferent towards her and rejects her love. When Ha Ni's house collapses, ...more -
![The Heirs]()
Kim Tan is the heir to Empire Group who has been sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home schemes ...more -
![Flower of Evil]()
Although Baek Hui Seong is hiding a dark secret surrounding his true identity, he has established a happy family life and a successful career. He is a loving husband and a doting ...more -
![Itaewon Class]()
Park Saeroyi's life has been turned upside down after he gets expelled from school for punching a bully and his father is killed in an accident. Following his father's steps, he opens ...more -
![The Legend of the Blue Sea]()
Shim Chung, a mermaid from the Joseon era, follows her true love, nobleman’s son Kim Ryung, to modern-day Seoul. Ryung’s doppelgänger, Heo Joon Jae, is a skilled scam artist who becomes intrigued ...more -
![King the Land]()
Heir Goo Won, known for his brilliance and charm, despises fake smiles but is captivated by Cheon Sa Rang’s genuine one. As they bond over their shared desire for true happiness, Goo ...more -
![Weak Hero Class 1]()
Yeon Shi Eun is a model student who ranks at the top of his high school. Physically, Yeon Shi Eun appears weak, but by using his wits and psychology, he fights against ...more -
![The Glory]()
A high school student dreams of becoming an architect. However, she had to drop out of school after suffering from brutal school violence. Years later, the perpetrator gets married and has a ...more -
![Mother]()
Realizing one of her students is being abused, school teacher and bird researcher Soo Jin impulsively kidnaps the girl and acts as a substitute mother in an attempt to take care of ...more -
![Dr. Romantic]()
Kim Sa Bu was once a famous surgeon at the peak of his career at a major hospital. But he suddenly gives it all up one day to live in seclusion and ...more -
![Dr. Romantic Season 2]()
At Doldam Hospital, a small, humble medical facility, Kim Sa Bu, a once-renowned surgeon, finds a new purpose as its chief. After a successful operation on Chairman Shin, he gains support to ...more -
![Dr. Romantic Season 3]()
At Doldam Hospital, Dr. Kim Sa Bu and his team are committed to saving lives. After three years, a state-of-the-art trauma centre is set to open, equipped with the latest in medical ...more -
![Queen of Tears]()
Baek Hyun Woo, who is the pride of the village of Yongduri, is the legal director of the conglomerate Queens Group, while chaebol heiress Hong Hae In is the “queen” of Queens ...more -
![Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha]()
After a conflict with her boss, dentist Yoon Hye Jin escapes the city to a seaside village where she'd vacationed to before as a little girl. When she learns the village is ...more -
![Family by Choice]()
Ten years after being raised together by their fathers, Kim San Ha, Yun Ju Won, and Kang Hae Jun reunite, but tensions have built up. San Ha and Hae Jun, who sought ...more -
![A Time Called You]()
Han Jun Hee's boyfriend Koo Yeon Jun died one year ago. She still hasn't gotten over his death and misses him a lot. One day, she somehow travels back in time to ...more -
![Mr. Plankton]()
Hae Jo, ostracized due to his unknown parentage, sets out to find his real father after life-changing news. Jo Jae Mi, longing for a family, joins him despite being engaged to Eo ...more -
![The Master's Sun]()
Joo Joong Won is the stingy and greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a major department store and hotel. He meets the gloomy Tae Gong Shil, who started seeing ghosts ...more -
![Doctor John]()
"Doctor John" is a medical drama centered on pain management specialists. It offers a unique perspective, treating the doctors' quest for the source of their patients' enigmatic pain as an exhilarating pursuit, ...more -
![Fight for My Way]()
Can you still go after your dreams without the right background? Ko Dong Man has always dreamed of becoming famous as a taekwondo athlete but now works as a contract employee in ...more -
![Doom at Your Service]()
Tak Dong Kyung has been working hard ever since her parents passed away. Her life seemed more stable after working as a web novel editor for 6 years, but then she gets ...more -
![Thirty but Seventeen]()
Woo Seo Ri, a violin prodigy at seventeen who was about to study in Germany, got into a bus accident and fell into a coma, waking up thirteen years later. Mentally, she ...more -
![Mr. Queen]()
Jang Bong Hwan, a South Korean chef, ends up in the body of Queen Kim So Yong after a serious accident, transporting him to Korea’s past. Queen So Yong’s husband, King Cheol ...more -
![Moon Embracing the Sun]()
Thirteen-year-old Heo Yeon Woo, the daughter of a high-ranking official, meets Crown Prince Lee Hwon at her brother's civil service exam celebration and they fall in love. Yeon Woo is chosen as ...more -
![Snowdrop]()
In 1987, a bloody man jumps into a women’s university dormitory in Seoul. Young Ro, a female university student who falls in love with him at first sight on a group blind ...more -
![Hwarang]()
The names of just a few Hwarangs are recorded in history. Not many people these days truly know about Hwarangs. How did they start? How did beautiful looking young men become at ...more -
![High School Frenemy]()
When Siamwit School faces financial struggles, administrator Paphada decides to merge the Udon Phithak campus with the main campus, Thep Burapha, despite their long-standing rivalry. Saint, the apathetic leader of class M.5/2, ...more -
![Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto]()
Sakurai Misaki is a pastry chef who dreams of someday working for a renowned Patisserie overseas; she has prioritised work to the extent that she has forgotten how to kiss. When she ...more -
![Blossom]()
After losing her mother, Dou Zhao became disillusioned with love and family, retreating to a remote village to study and protect her estate. One stormy night, she helped Song Mo, disguised as ...more -
![Pinocchio]()
The idealistic Choi In Ha has her work cut out for her when she becomes a broadcast reporter, especially when she suffers from a condition known as “Pinocchio syndrome,” which makes her ...more -
![Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo]()
Bok Joo is a weightlifter who is pursuing her dream of winning the gold medal but she then finds romance for the first time in her life. While she is a woman ...more -
![While You Were Sleeping]()
Nam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee events, resides with her widowed mother who runs a small restaurant. Despite her gift, she often finds herself powerless to change the outcomes. ...more -
![W]()
Oh Sung Moo, the father of cardiothoracic surgeon Oh Yeon Joo, mysteriously goes missing while writing the last chapter of his webtoon "W". Yeon Joo goes to his office looking, but a ...more -
![Prison Playbook]()
Kim Je Hyuk, a famous baseball player, is arrested after using excessive force while chasing a man trying to sexually assault his sister. Shockingly to him and the rest of the nation, ...more -
![Hospital Playlist]()
The stories of people going through their days are seemingly ordinary but actually special at the hospital, a place known as the microcosm of life, where someone is being born and someone's ...more -
![Under the Queen's Umbrella]()
Within the palace exist troublemaking princes who cause nothing but headaches for the royal family and are about to be turned into proper crown princes. Their mother, Im Hwa Ryeong, is the wife ...more -
![Love Next Door]()
Choi Seung Hyo is the most noteworthy young architect in Korea, and he runs the architecture firm "Atelier In." Not only is he nearly perfect as an architect, but he is also ...more -
![She Was Pretty]()
As a young girl, Hye Jin was impossibly cute and lived a comfortable life with her wealthy parents. Since entering her teens, both her looks and fortunes have drastically changed. She currently ...more -
![Her Private Life]()
Seong Deok Mi, a dedicated art gallery curator, is exceptional at her job but harbors a secret: she is a devoted fangirl of Cha Si An, managing his fansite. This obsession is ...more -
![Ready, Set, Love]()
In a parallel universe, female newborns vastly outnumber their male counterparts due to an inexplicable pandemic. As men become rarer, they're hailed as "national treasures," and women must win their affections in ...more -
![I'm Not a Robot]()
Kim Min Kyu is the largest shareholder of a financial company. He suffers from a "human allergy", preventing him from normal interactions with other people. He becomes interested in a robotic project ...more -
![Barakamon]()
Handa Seishu is a 23-year-old who, despite his young age, is a professional calligrapher. He’s young, handsome, and talented but happens to be quite the narcissist. When an elderly curator criticises his ...more -
![Don't Leave After School]()
Fang Xue and Wei Lai may attend the same school, but the two students couldn’t be more different. Coming from entirely different backgrounds, the only thing Fang Xue and Wei Lai have ...more -
![Suspicious Partner]()
Noh Ji Wook is a brainiac prosecutor and Eun Bong Hee is a rookie justice department intern, who always seems to find herself in the most unfortunate and embarrassing situations. Bong Hee ...more -
![Oh My Ghost]()
Bong Sun, a shy and insecure young woman, is possessed by the ghost of a lustful virgin. She struggles with low self-esteem and feels out of place at her job as a ...more -
![Oh My Venus]()
Kim Yeong Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. He reluctantly comes back to Korea to face his family after a scandal with an actress. Even though he comes from a ...more -
![Extraordinary Attorney Woo]()
Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, 27-year-old Woo Young Woo graduated at the top of her class from the prestigious Seoul National University for both college and law school due to her high ...more -
![Extraordinary You]()
Eun Dan Oh, a 17-year-old high schooler with a heart condition, discovers she's actually a character in a Korean webtoon – and a minor one at that. After realizing her life is ...more -
![Reply 1988]()
Five childhood friends, who all live in the same Ssangmundong neighborhood of Seoul, lean on each other to survive their challenging teen years and set a path for their futures. Sung Deok ...more -
![Reply 1997]()
Set in the 1990s, the drama centers around a female high school student Shi Won, who idolizes boyband H.O.T, and her 5 high school friends in Busan. As the timeline moves back ...more -
![Reply 1994]()
Set in 1994, six university students from various provincial areas live together at a boarding house in Sinchon, Seoul, which is run by a couple with a daughter named Na Jung. The ...more -
![Healer]()
Seo Jung Hoo is a special kind of night courier, known only as "Healer" by his clients. For the right price and with the help of a genius hacker, he gets his ...more -
![Kill Me, Heal Me]()
A traumatic childhood experience leaves Cha Do Hyeon, suffering from memory loss and dissociation. The latter has resulted in the creation of seven distinct personalities. Wanting to regain control over his life, ...more -
![Squid Game]()
After a failed business venture, the debt-ridden chauffeur Seong Gi Hun lives his life gambling away the money he mooches off his elderly mother while failing to provide for her and his ...more
