Massively Obsessive / Possessive Male Leads

When the first or second male lead displays evident signs of either healthy or unhealthy levels of romantic obsession and possessiveness towards the female lead. Due to his affection or desire to win her over, he is relentless in his pursuit and will stop at nothing to keep her at his side. 

Characteristics of 'yandere' may also manifest and gradually be apparent to viewers.

This list features dramas/movies I've seen from China, Korea & Japan. Do share what other similar dramas can be added to this list via comments below.

Red Raven Apr 6, 2020
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  • What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    1. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.5
    2,956 points by 30 voters
    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
  • Well-Intended Love

    2. Well-Intended Love

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 20 episodes
    7.5
    2,640 points by 27 voters
    Needing assistance with her treatment, a third-rate actress with leukemia becomes involved with a CEO. In order to receive a bone marrow transplant quickly in order to continue her career, Xia Lin ...more
  • Cheese in the Trap

    3. Cheese in the Trap

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    7.4
    2,252 points by 23 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
  • Boys over Flowers

    4. Boys over Flowers

    Korean Drama - 2009, 25 episodes
    7.5
    2,239 points by 23 voters
    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
  • Empress Ki

    5. Empress Ki

    Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
    8.6
    2,065 points by 21 voters
    Genghis Khan built an empire that spanned vast regions in East Asia and East Europe. And there was one woman who held immense power in the Yuan Dynasty, which Genghis Khan founded, ...more
  • The King's Woman

    6. The King's Woman

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 48 episodes
    7.8
    1,864 points by 19 voters
    Gong Sun Li is the granddaughter and disciple of military commander Gong Sun Yu. Jing Ke (first disciple) and Sun Li are childhood lovers and were forced to escape when Qin troops ...more
  • Secret Garden

    7. Secret Garden

    Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes
    8.2
    1,378 points by 14 voters
    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
  • Coffee & Vanilla

    8. Coffee & Vanilla

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    6.8
    1,242 points by 13 voters
    A love story between Risa Shiroki and Hiroto Fukami. Twenty year old Risa Shiroki comes to Tokyo from her hometown in the countryside to attend university. Pretty and popular with male students, ...more
  • Radio Romance

    9. Radio Romance

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    7.5
    854 points by 9 voters
    Song Geu Rim is a radio program writer who isn't exactly talented in writing. She's got the passion, initiative, and drive, but due to her lack of writing skills, she still remains ...more
  • Eternal Love of Dream

    10. Eternal Love of Dream

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 56 episodes
    8.5
    786 points by 8 voters
    Queen of Qing Qiu, Bai Feng Jiu, is the only red nine-tailed fox in the world. One day, Feng Jiu is attacked by a savage beast while seeking cultivation in the mountains ...more
  • Eternal Love

    11. Eternal Love

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 58 episodes
    8.8
    762 points by 8 voters
    The Nine-tailed Fox Bai Qian, the youngest daughter of the Fox King, is brought to Kunlun Mountain to become a disciple of the God of War, Mo Yuan. While studying there, a ...more
  • The Black Devil and the White Prince

    12. The Black Devil and the White Prince

    Japanese Movie - 2016
    7.6
    758 points by 8 voters
    Akabane Yu moves to a dormitory room after her father's transfer from work. She is excited that she will live in the same dorm as Shirakawa Takumi aka "White Prince." Yet, Kurosaki ...more
  • Boss & Me

    13. Boss & Me

    Chinese Drama - 2014, 34 episodes
    8.0
    752 points by 8 voters
    Big conglomerate president Feng Teng has a younger sister, with a very rare blood type, who needs a transfusion. He finds an employee at his company named Xue Shan Shan and asks ...more
  • My Secret Romance

    14. My Secret Romance

    Korean Drama - 2017, 13 episodes
    7.6
    671 points by 7 voters
    Cha Jin Wook is a son from a wealthy family who runs a large company. He usually only pursues short-term love, but when he meets Lee Yoo Mi, who has never had ...more
  • Missing You

    15. Missing You

    Korean Drama - 2012, 21 episodes
    7.9
    667 points by 7 voters
    15-year-old Soo Yeon is a victim of bullying at school. They target her because her father is a murderer. Soo Yeon has an ally named Jung Woo, who always protects her from ...more
  • 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made

    16. 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
    7.8
    663 points by 7 voters
    Sakuraba Junko, an English language school teacher, has had no boyfriend even before her 29th birthday and dreams of working in New York. But one day, she encounters a handsome monk in ...more
  • When a Man's in Love

    17. When a Man's in Love

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    6.8
    559 points by 6 voters
    Han Tae Sang is a successful businessman, who has a cold-blooded decisiveness and incredible drive. This has helped him attain his current status, as he started with nothing. He then meets a ...more
  • Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    18. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.7
    485 points by 5 voters
    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
  • Go Ho's Starry Night

    19. Go Ho's Starry Night

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.1
    464 points by 5 voters
    At twenty-nine-years-old, Go Ho faces the struggles of the modern-day woman, namely the struggles to succeed in work and romance in the 21st Century. An advertisement contractor who is unlucky in love, ...more
  • Obsessed

    20. Obsessed

    Korean Movie - 2014
    7.3
    389 points by 4 voters
    In 1969, Colonel Kim Jin Pyeong has returned to South Korea after fighting with valor in the Vietnam War. He is trusted by the Army Commander who is also his father-in-law and ...more
  • The Last Empress

    21. The Last Empress

    Korean Drama - 2018, 52 episodes
    7.9
    294 points by 3 voters
    Set in an alternate universe, in which Korea is a constitutional monarchy in 2018, Oh Sunny is a bright and vivacious musical actress who marries the emperor. She becomes involved in the ...more
  • Was It Love?

    22. Was It Love?

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    7.3
    273 points by 3 voters
    Noh Ae Jung is a single mother and works as a producer for a movie company. She has not had a boyfriend in the past 14 years, but 4 men appear in ...more
  • Devil Beside You

    23. Devil Beside You

    Taiwanese Drama - 2005, 20 episodes
    7.8
    266 points by 3 voters
    After finally getting the courage to confess her feelings, Qi Yue was handing her love letter to Yuan Yi, but by a stroke of bad luck, he did not see and walked ...more
  • Love Designer

    24. Love Designer

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 45 episodes
    7.8
    263 points by 3 voters
    Because of a lawsuit, fashion designer Zhou Fang meets Song Lin. They're mismatched from the start but forced to cooperate due to interdependence in their lives and work. Having two hard-headed people ...more
  • Jun Jiu Ling

    25. Jun Jiu Ling

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes
    8.2
    199 points by 2 voters
    Chu Jiu Ling is the daughter of the late emperor who discovers her uncle, the current emperor, to be responsible for her late father’s demise. Wishing to avenge his death, she chooses ...more
  • Fight for My Way

    26. Fight for My Way

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.5
    197 points by 2 voters
    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
  • Love in Sadness

    27. Love in Sadness

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    7.6
    196 points by 2 voters
    “Love in Sadness” is a love story that encapsulates the mythical-like fate of love that is so coveted that it ignores all bounds. In it, love outweighs what the world thinks, ignores ...more
  • Secret

    28. Secret

    Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
    8.3
    196 points by 2 voters
    A man who does not believe in love, falls for a woman who has been hurt by it. Min Hyuk is wealthy, with everything but a good personality, He’s been enraged and ...more
  • Dinner Mate

    29. Dinner Mate

    Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
    8.0
    180 points by 2 voters
    A young woman going through a rough breakup with a long-time boyfriend and a man who had a painful first love, meet unexpectedly on Jeju Island. Upon their return to Seoul they ...more
  • Dong Lan Xue

    30. Dong Lan Xue

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes
    7.8
    100 points by 1 voters
    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
  • Born Again

    31. Born Again

    Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
    7.3
    100 points by 1 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
  • Reflection of You

    32. Reflection of You

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    7.4
    100 points by 1 voters
    The story of love, betrayal, corruption, and revenge that takes place within the life of a woman who briefly leaves behind her picture-perfect lifestyle to give in to her desires, and another ...more
  • Till the End of the Moon

    33. Till the End of the Moon

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes
    8.6
    99 points by 1 voters
    In an era when demons have dominion over cultivators and mortals, the cultivator elders believe it is imperative to send someone back in time to discover the origin of the demon lord ...more
  • My Lady General

    34. My Lady General

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 23 episodes
    7.5
    98 points by 1 voters
    In order to redress the injustice of late Crown Prince, Wei Lin, the Chief Commander of Zhangluan Army, a rough and illiterate female general, marries Gu Ming Zhu, the handsome sickly son ...more
  • Before We Get Married

    35. Before We Get Married

    Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 13 episodes
    8.0
    98 points by 1 voters
    Zhou Wei Wei is about to marry her successful, devoted fiancé. And Chu Ke Huan's girlfriend of ten years is hoping to tie the knot with him. There’s just one hitch, Wei ...more
  • Kill Me, Heal Me

    36. Kill Me, Heal Me

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    8.7
    95 points by 1 voters
    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
  • Ashes of Love

    37. Ashes of Love

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 63 episodes
    8.5
    77 points by 1 voters
    Zi Fen, the Flower Deity, dies after giving birth to a daughter, Jin Mi. Before her death, Zi Fen foresaw that Jin Mi would encounter a fatal love trial and fed her ...more
  • Queen of Tears

    38. Queen of Tears

    Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
    8.8
    76 points by 1 voters
    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

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