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Sad endings (my definition is the leads don't end up together due to death or separation) and happy endings for the main couple but are otherwise…
Dramas and movies with plot centered around or leads whose careers are in the arts - painting, music, writing, dance, theatre, entertainment,…
Dramas and movies with LGBTQ+ characters, including BLs, GLs, censored BLs, and dramas featuring supporting characters.
Because there are not enough positive platonic family relationships in dramas.
Childhood connections, childhood and earlier meetings, separations during and toward the end, basically any stories that ultimately feature…
Chinese dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes. Also includes Taiwanese…
Dramas and movies involving people entering or coming from video games, VR, books, tv shows, or manga, or set within those worlds with self…
Stories in which the FL physically and/or emotionally saves the ML at least once.
When you need romance with a bit more fire - particularly sizzling chemistry, yearning/UST, scenes that makes you wonder where exactly the censors…
Romances between step family, in-laws or adopted (not blood related) siblings, and the occasional related one.
Dramas and movies with a love story between a non-human lead and a human lead.
Dramas and movies with a school setting or leads who are students or teachers.
Dramas and movies with angels, demons, gods, grim reapers, goblins, or plant fairies.
Age gap romances of all sorts and varying sizes - older man/younger woman, older woman/younger man, older woman/younger woman, older man/younger…
Dramas and movies with characters who are doctors, nurses, paramedics, or firefighters.
My favorite sort of happy ending stories - the leads are together and parents (adopted/biological child/children and/or pregnancy). Also included…
Couples with large height differences, guaranteed to make the heart flutter!
FLs discover they're pregnant and others know but not the ML and/or give birth without the ML's knowledge and he finds out he's a father much…
Dramas and movies in which the characters appear to be someone other than who they truly are due to body/face swaps, power swaps, identity swaps,…
Arranged marriages, forced marriages, fake relationships, and contract relationships of all sorts that ultimately lead to love.
Unconventional MLs on the gray side - villains, antiheros, playboys, bad boys with a heart of gold, and more.
Dramas and movies featuring characters with mental or physical disabilities, mental illness, chronic illnesses, and more.
Dramas where instead of an enemies to lovers arc, the leads go back and forth between hatred and love in their relationship.
Stories where the endgame pairing isn't the usual "met as children and loved forever" - the leads have romantic relationships and…
Romances between an employer and their employee or master and their servant (excluding bodyguards).
Dramas and movies in which the leads are in an established romantic relationship and then break up, divorce, or plan to divorce only to fall…
The delightful or not so delightful trope! Dramas and movies where at least one of the leads loses their memory at least once.
Dramas and movies in which the lead(s) have scars, particularly those that are important in relationship to the other lead or to the plot at…
Dramas and movies in which the plot is driven by the FL or ML's quest for revenge for something that happened to them or their family.
Dramas in which the SFL/SML gives up on the ML/FL and finds love with someone else.
Dramas and movies in which at least one or both of the leads dislikes/hates/is annoyed by the other when they first meet, but the two later…
When childhood connections and true love are not enough for peak romance - dramas and movies in which the characters are connected in a magical…
Dramas and movies featuring interracial and intercultural relationships, either the leads or supporting characters.
Dramas and movies in which characters are humans with some magical power or they gain power from a magical object they possess.
Japanese Dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.
Dramas and movies in which the leads have a companion or pet that is CGI and adorable.
Dramas and movies in which a storyline or all of the plot revolves around life inside the palace.
Dramas and movies centered around food, restaurants, cafes, bars, and cooking.
Stories featuring character(s) who have a human parent and a non human one, or are of human/non human DNA due to a scientist.
Dramas and movies with beautiful and/or unusual/unique aesthetics relating to costumes, sets, lighting, or cinematography.
Serial killers, crime, procedurals, action, and mysteries.
Korean dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.
Dramas and movies set in or with flashbacks to times less commonly shown such as Qing, Goryeo, Silla, Manchu War, etc.
