non slice-of-life dramas with an LGBTQ+ character
This is a list for the people that want representation but also an exciting plot. Action, fantasy, sci-fi, mystery.... as long as there's something more than romance! Movies are also allowed because why not.
- Arisu Ryohei—a listless, jobless and video-game-obsessed young man—suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive. ...more
- A hard-boiled investigative comedy drama that centers around the insurance investigator Koo Kyung Yi who investigates a murder case. Koo Kyung Yi, an intelligent woman who solves cold cases for the thrill of ...more
- Han Geu Roo is an autistic 20-year-old. He works for his father’s business “Move To Heaven,” a company that specializes in crime scene cleanup, where they also collect and arrange items left ...more
- 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
- During 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, Sook Hee is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with ...more
- A traditional same sex marriage between a human and a ghost. One day a police officer finds a red wedding envelope, only to find out that the owner of the red envelope ...more
- After the events at Changshui Village, A Ze and Zhao Yun decide to travel together for a while. Their journey takes some unexpected turns; however, the duo finds themselves digging deep into ...more
- Cultivator Jiang Zhao Yun's sword, Tange, leads her to Changshui Village, where a mysterious young woman, A Ze, has suddenly appeared. A Ze senses that something odd is going on in Changshui ...more
- The maid in charge, Shen Yan, has assisted the Seventh Prince Chu Ning Yuan in seizing the heir since she was a child. The two, who also had tragic experiences, became cold-hearted ...more
- Gil Bok Soon is a single mother. She is also a lethal killer, with a 100% success rate on contract killings. She works for M.K. Ent, which is run by Cha Min ...more
- Shin Jae Woo is haunted by painful memories, yearning to change his destiny and that of Kang Ji Hoon. In 2007, their paths crossed, and Shin Jae Woo fell for Kang Ji ...more
- In Korea’s feudal past, deposed Crown Prince Lee Heon is exiled after his cruel brother usurps the throne. With his life in constant danger, his only ally is his loyal guard, Geum. ...more
- Chae Yul is an exemplary student who has a genius brother who gets all the attention in her family, which makes her feel inferior. After failing to get into a highly-competitive, top-ranked ...more
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- Bai Chen, the young master of the fox clan in Qingqiu, received advice from his aunt, Bai Jiuyan, and learned that he had never been able to ascend to immortality because he ...more
- You Yi is a young, innocent, and kind-hearted socialite and a successful author, living with everyone's adoration and envy. Her perfect life is turned upside-down when she discovers a betrayal by the ...more
- Once a royal physician, Yoo Se Poong was ousted from the palace after his involvement in a conspiracy surrounding the royal family. With nowhere else to go, Se Poong eventually found himself ...more
- Dr. Bunnakit is a medical examiner based at a provincial hospital. One day, after carrying out an autopsy on the body of a woman who had seemingly hanged herself, Dr. Bunnakit rules ...more
- Thousands years ago, Shen Xi, the lord of the sea, was betrayed by the ancient tribes, and lost everything, including the Moonlight Gem, the holy relict of the Water Tribe. Holy Maiden ...more
- Third-year emergency medicine resident Tin has to cope with a deluge of different patients every day. Up until the eighteenth, that is. Tin's life is transformed when university student Tol's car is ...more
- 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