VOTE: 30 most underrated dramas with ratings below a 8.6!

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VOTE: Which dramas do you think is underrated on MyDramaList.com (not not in general)? You can only vote for dramas if the rating is below a 8.6 on MyDramaList.com. Unfortunately, people leave low ratings/reviews based upon the simple fact that they disliked the female/male lead didn't end up together or one of the leads died. What makes a drama worthy of high ratings? The storyline, the characters, the actors acting skills, and the visuals. For more information, visit this safe & virus free link: https://screencraft.org/2021/05/26/6-essential-traits-of-a-great-drama-screenplay/

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  • Voting starts 08-17-2021 
  • Voting ends 09-17-2021
TalkingWithYou Aug 17, 2021
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Top 30
  • Run On

    1. Run On

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.2
    25,996 points by 261 voters
    Ki Sun Gyeom is a sprinter on the national team who was forced to quit due to legal issues. Oh Mi Joo writes translated subtitles for movies. She was thrilled to see ...more
  • Extraordinary You

    2. Extraordinary You

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
    8.3
    19,396 points by 195 voters
    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
  • Search: WWW

    3. Search: WWW

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.3
    14,091 points by 142 voters
    This drama delves into the challenges and triumphs of modern women who have chosen career over traditional family roles. Bae Ta Mi, a competitive director at a major web portal company in ...more
  • Coffee Prince

    4. Coffee Prince

    Korean Drama - 2007, 17 episodes
    8.3
    14,031 points by 141 voters
    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
  • The Legend of the Blue Sea

    5. The Legend of the Blue Sea

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.3
    12,498 points by 126 voters
    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
  • One Spring Night

    6. One Spring Night

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
    8.3
    10,200 points by 103 voters
    Feeling trapped in a stale four-year relationship and reluctant to take the next step into marriage, Lee Jung In stumbles into Yu Ji Ho's pharmacy one morning, nursing a hangover after a ...more
  • Be Melodramatic

    7. Be Melodramatic

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.3
    9,823 points by 99 voters
    Im Jin Joo, Lee Eun Jung, and Hwang Han Joo are best friends who are 30-years-old. Hwang Han Joo is the head of a marketing team for a drama production company. She ...more
  • Another Miss Oh

    8. Another Miss Oh

    Korean Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
    8.2
    9,630 points by 97 voters
    Two women, both named O Hae Yeong, find themselves constantly mixed up in each other’s lives because of their shared name. From confusion over boys and grades in high school to ending ...more
  • True Beauty

    9. True Beauty

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.3
    8,613 points by 87 voters
    "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 the Weather Is Fine

    10. When the Weather Is Fine

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.2
    8,523 points by 86 voters
    Tired of life in Seoul, Hae Won, a cellist who has closed her heart due to past emotional wounds, returns to her hometown, Bookhyun Village. There, she meets Eun Seob, the owner ...more
  • Start-Up

    11. Start-Up

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.1
    8,017 points by 81 voters
    Set in one of the world’s most advanced tech sector, “Start Up” tells the tale of the razor-thin margins between ultimate success and abject failure. The story takes place in the fictional ...more
  • Tempted

    12. Tempted

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    7.5
    6,924 points by 70 voters
    Rich and privileged twenty-somethings uncover their true motives and reveal their depravity while playing a dark and dangerous game. Set on revenge, popular player Kwon Shi Hyun makes a bet with friends ...more
  • Into the Ring

    13. Into the Ring

    Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
    8.1
    5,746 points by 58 voters
    Seo Gong Myung is an efficient and hard-nosed elite civil servant who can multitask with ease and is titled the ‘Number One Handsome Man’ on the District People's Committee. However, he is ...more
  • Find Me in Your Memory

    14. Find Me in Your Memory

    Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
    8.2
    5,038 points by 51 voters
    The story centers on two individuals with contrasting memory conditions. Jeong Hoon, a charismatic news anchor, possesses hyperthymesia, enabling him to recall life's minutiae in exquisite detail. Haunted by the memory of ...more
  • Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

    15. Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
    8.5
    4,657 points by 47 voters
    Set in the ancient land of Arthdal, Eun Seom, born with a fate to bring disaster, and his mother endure hardships before fleeing to a new land. Though Eun Seom grows up ...more
  • The Bride of Habaek

    16. The Bride of Habaek

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    7.4
    4,255 points by 43 voters
    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
  • Kairos

    17. Kairos

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.5
    4,060 points by 41 voters
    Living a precarious life as a part-timer at a convenience store, Ae Ri strives to support her mother who is on a waiting list for a heart transplant. Unfortunately, her mother’s worsened ...more
  • My Lovely Sam Soon

    18. My Lovely Sam Soon

    Korean Drama - 2005, 16 episodes
    7.9
    3,865 points by 39 voters
    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
  • Cheese in the Trap

    19. Cheese in the Trap

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    7.4
    3,850 points by 39 voters
    Having returned to college after a year long break due to her family's poor background, Hong Seol, a hardworking over-achiever, inadvertently gets on the wrong side of her senior, Yoo Jung, who's ...more
  • The Princess Wei Young

    20. The Princess Wei Young

    Chinese Drama - 2016, 54 episodes
    8.3
    3,765 points by 38 voters
    The Northern Wei Dynasty was obliterated one night leaving behind the kindhearted Princess Feng Xin Er as an orphan. Although she escapes death, she accidentally enters her enemy's territory and she assumes ...more
  • You Are My Spring

    21. You Are My Spring

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    8.0
    3,258 points by 33 voters
    When Kang Da Jeong finds a job at a five-star hotel, she rises to the manager position faster than any of her fellow employees who were hired at the same time as ...more
  • Live Up to Your Name

    22. Live Up to Your Name

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.2
    3,169 points by 32 voters
    Heo Im, who is born in a concubine family in the Joseon era and has very outstanding medical skills, is frustrated about his career as he fails to climb to higher positions ...more
  • Black

    23. Black

    Korean Drama - 2017, 18 episodes
    8.0
    2,965 points by 30 voters
    Black is about a detective possessed by the Grim Reaper. Ha Ram can see shadows of death. These two struggle to save the lives of people, breaking the rules of heaven. (Source: ...more
  • Secret Love Affair

    24. Secret Love Affair

    Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
    7.7
    2,778 points by 28 voters
    Sun Jae, a twenty-year-old piano prodigy working as a delivery man due to his humble background, stumbles upon a concert hall one day. Upon playing the piano there, he captures the attention ...more
  • The School Nurse Files

    25. The School Nurse Files

    Korean Drama - 2020, 6 episodes
    7.2
    2,470 points by 25 voters
    An Eun Young is a new nurse teacher at school. She has a special ability to see jelly like monsters that are made from residue of human desire and she can also ...more
  • Cunning Single Lady

    26. Cunning Single Lady

    Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
    7.8
    1,677 points by 17 voters
    Na Ae Ra is the prettiest girl in her town. Many guys around her try to win her heart but she dreams of marrying a civil servant. One day, she meets dorky ...more
  • River Where the Moon Rises

    27. River Where the Moon Rises

    Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
    7.9
    1,581 points by 16 voters
    Born a princess and raised a soldier, Pyeong Gang is a woman with big dreams and limitless ambition. Determined to become the first Empress of Goguryeo, Pyeong Gang will stop at nothing ...more
  • Born Again

    28. Born Again

    Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
    7.3
    1,489 points by 15 voters
    Life, death and second chances take center stage in this story about three people whose intertwined destinies travel through space and time with haunting results. It’s the 1980s and Detective Cha Hyung ...more
  • My Wife’s Having an Affair This Week

    29. My Wife’s Having an Affair This Week

    Korean Drama - 2016, 12 episodes
    7.8
    1,485 points by 15 voters
    Hyun Woo fell in love with Soo Yeon at first sight in college and they have been married for 8 years. He thought he had the perfect family, with Soo Yeon, who ...more
  • Perfume

    30. Perfume

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
    7.7
    1,186 points by 12 voters
    Seo Yi Do is a top designer. Although he appears to be the perfect man on the outside, his personality leaves something to be desired. On top of that, he has about ...more

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