Love-able Dastardly Charlatans

In other words, shows with characters with less savory occupations that you can't help to love. Whether it be they are actually sweet hearts or the character is just that well written you like them even though you shouldn't. 

I'm going to mostly skip the actual antagonists, because if a villain is written correctly they should still have some "redeeming" quality to them... and mainly focus on main characters (This is a sub genre that I love >.<)

(Alphabetical order (excluding "the" and "a")

Related Lists
Villians, But Can't Help But Love

Villians, But Can't Help But Love = scarily good antagonists

B.A.P - "Badman"

Trinah101 Jul 7, 2020
20 Titles Love
0% Watched
Report
Sort By: Author's Order
Trinah101's Rating
Your Rating
  • My Boss, My Hero

    1. My Boss, My Hero

    Japanese Drama - 2006, 10 episodes

    9.0

    An 27 year-old aspiring Yakuza Boss goes back to high school as his Yakuza Boss father is disappointed in how dang dumb he is. Hilariousness ensues as he tries to fit in and hide his identity.

  • Dokgo Rewind

    2. Dokgo Rewind

    Korean Drama - 2018, 20 episodes

    9.5

    The kids in Dokdo Rewind run a very small line between delinquents and gansta... and it gets in the manwha this is the precursor for. This drama is great if your up for some fighting action.

  • Extracurricular

    3. Extracurricular

    Korean Drama - 2020, 10 episodes

    10

    If the kids in Dokdo Rewind were bad... these kids need help... PRONTO. They ain't just dabbling, they straight up running a pimping app I mean "security" app, but all the same you find yourself strangely hoping the "wolf who thinks himself a pup"(loosely quoted). Needless to say, this drama is dark.

  • Gokusen

    4. Gokusen

    Japanese Drama - 2002, 12 episodes

    7.5

    A new school teacher finds herself in charge of the most difficult class in the school, but she ain't frightened by it. Instead she needs to be more careful about letting out her secret. She's the next yakuza heir.

  • Healer

    5. Healer

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes

    10

    He will do anything (but kill!) for money, but all he wants is a beautiful secluded vacation home. When he gets a new job though, and goes undercover, he learns this one has some answers about his past.

  • Iljimae

    6. Iljimae

    Korean Drama - 2008, 20 episodes

    7.5

    It takes an annoying while for him to get there, but... Watch, as the village's love-able bumbling idiot, turns into the infamous phantom thief, Iljimae. Taking from the rich and giving to the poor.

  • Kill It

    7. Kill It

    Korean Drama - 2019, 12 episodes

    8.5

    He's a killer for hire, and he's d*** good at his job... and by the day he's a vet (though you may want a closer inspection of his I-can-be-a-vet "papers"). 'Course little does he know, this job is hitting close to home.

  • My Fellow Citizens!

    8. My Fellow Citizens!

    Korean Drama - 2019, 36 episodes

    9.5

    He a con-artist, from a long line of con-artists... except he fell in love, and married a cop. Not ony that, but due to past grieves, he's suddenly running for a national assembly seat. An extremely fun show, this one's got moments to make you laugh at the sheer absurdity of the situation they are put through.

  • Time Between Dog and Wolf

    9. Time Between Dog and Wolf

    Korean Drama - 2007, 16 episodes

    9.0

    Our main hero is part of a gang... but he's more like their scapegoat to the cops... but this time he's found something more important and will do anything he can to stay on the run and prove his innocence.

  • Hwayi: A Monster Boy

    10. Hwayi: A Monster Boy

    Korean Movie - 2013

    8.5

    He was raised by a group of murders he now calls father, and is taught how to himself be a killer, but this may just end up with him learning of his own past.

  • Lupin no Musume

    11. Lupin no Musume

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 11 episodes

    8.0

    She's a robber, from a family of thieves spanning generations, and she's in love with a cop... from a family of cops... spanning generations of cops... including their dog.
    (I haven't actually watched this yet but I planning to REALLY soon)

  • The Pirates

    12. The Pirates

    Korean Movie - 2014

    8.0

    A fierce pirate captain and her motely crew and a wild bandit chief and his merry band butt heads in their search for the royal seal that was swallowed by a whale.

  • Word of Honor

    13. Word of Honor

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 36 episodes

    10

    What do you get when you cross a leader of an assassin group turned ex-assassin and an infamous leader of mayhem makers and mass murders?  Why romance of course :D <3. I MEAN BROTHERHOOD. YES, BROTHERHOOD IS WHAT IT'S CALLED WHEN YOU QUOTE LOVE POETRY TO THE OTHER NONE STOP AND COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER'S FEATURES AND CALL EACH OTHER SOULMATES. CAUSE YOU ARE BROTHER SOULMATES, YEP >.> <.< >.> who would think otherwise?

    (apparently what they call each other isn't necessarily romantic (course neither is soulmate technically) it's just that 1/100000000 person who you connect with and can be yourself with and will always be there for(... which... is more romantic than anything else honestly lol)

  • Vincenzo

    14. Vincenzo

    Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes

    7.5

    Vincenzo is the consigliere for an Italian mafia. With gold in the basement on his mind, he leaves to Korea, and finds himself in the midst of a battle against a rising drug cartel, however this time he's on the good side, though that won't stop his mafia side from appearing... and fire.

    This show is VERY morally ambiguous. You aren't following heroes, you are definitely following anti-heroes that have their own sense of justice and rules they follow.

  • Prison Playbook

    15. Prison Playbook

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes

    8.5

    They're all crooks, and the drama makes sure you remember it... cause even though they all in prison, they and the viewer tends to forget >.<

  • Nisekoi

    16. Nisekoi

    Japanese Movie - 2018

    5.0
  • Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

    17. Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

    Korean Movie - 2016

    9.5
  • The Con-Heartist

    18. The Con-Heartist

    Thai Movie - 2020

    7.0
  • Twenty Hacker

    19. Twenty Hacker

    Korean Movie - 2021

    6.5
  • Pawn

    20. Pawn

    Korean Movie - 2020

    8.5

Trending