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Looking for a Korean drama to watch or wanting to try out Korean dramas for the first time? Let us know what you are looking for as well as what you’ve enjoyed in the past and let our community of drama lovers suggest Korean dramas for you to watch!


Looking for a Korean drama to watch or wanting to try out Korean dramas for the first time? Let us know what you are looking for as well as what you’ve enjoyed in the past and let our community of drama lovers suggest Korean dramas for you to watch!


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Dramas where the FL has a trauma/disease/disability and the ML helps her recover/comforts her.

I have watched quite a few KDramas where the ML has a trauma and the FL helps him recover (most prevalent in Boss-Employee dramas like King the Land and Business Proposal), so it would be interesting to see the opposite of it. I want to watch dramas where the FL has a trauma from her childhood or has a disease and the ML helps her recover by being by her side and helping her. Furthermore, I don't mind if the ML has a trauma too. Also, the ML doesn't necessarily need to be younger/a ray of sunshine/goofy, he can be a mature and serious guy. His personality or kindness could make the FL attracted to him.

I have already watched 'What's Wrong With Secretary Kim?' and 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo', and 'Extraordinary You' is on my watch list. I think the FL in Queen of Tears also has a disease, but I don't know if it will have a satisfying ending this weekend, also its runtime is putting me off from watching it. Below is the list of dramas I enjoyed:

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim?- 10/10

Business Proposal- 9.5/10

King the Land- 8/10

True Beauty- 9/10

My Demon- 10/10

Extraordinary Attorney Woo- 10/10

Strong girl Do Bong Soon- 8/10

My ID is Gangnam Beauty- 9/10

My Man is Cupid- 9/10

Soundtrack #1- 10/10

Doctor Slump- 7/10

A Good Day to be a Dog- 6/10

Soundtrack #2- 7/10

Strong girl Kang Namsoon- 7.5/10

Sweet Home- 10/10

Pyramid Game- 10/10

Wedding Impossible- 8/10

Love Alarm- 5/10

The Heirs- 8.5/10

Wonderful World- 10/10

Our Love Triangle- 7.5/10

Nevertheless- 9/10

Thank you in advance!

5 Comments
2024/04/29
09:08 UTC

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Kdramas similar to 20th Century Girl?

I've dabbled here and there in Korean films and shows (I've seen the popular ones Train to Busan, Parasite, Squid Game, and Oldboy) but I just recently watched 20th Century Girl on a whim and absolutely loved it. I was wondering if I could get some recommendations similar to it or just some all time classic Kdrama romances? It can be a limited series, film, etc. I would love to get into it more, but as someone who hasn't watched much it's very daunting.

Thanks in advance!

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2024/04/29
07:42 UTC

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Trashy dumpster fire Kdrama similar to the anime/manga Domestic Girlfriend

I have never watched a single Korean drama in my life, and I’m looking for something similar to Domestic Girlfriend. I’ve watched several anime that were recommended but nothing really scratched the same itch, so I’m here looking for new shows.

A quick plot summary, our main character has a one night stand with a random girl he met at a mixer, he also has a crush on his female highschool teacher. His father decides to remarry after the decease of his mother, and the woman his father chose has two daughters, which turn out to be his teacher and the girl he slept with. So now they’re all living under the same roof, and the drama love triangle begins.

I want a dumpster fire show that makes me scream “OH SH*T” at the screen from all the twists and drama that happens.

0 Comments
2024/04/29
07:31 UTC

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a drama where leads are exes

these past few days i've been wanting to watch a drama with this kind of plot: both leads are exes, but the ML suddenly leaves the FL behind without notice to pursue his career abroad. suddenly, he comes back after a few years or so but FL is still mad at him after what he did. little did she know, he has a reason for leaving. so she tries everything in her power to avoid the ML and showing him how much she hates him. meanwhile, the ML still has feelings for her and tries to get close with her.

I'm looking for a drama with a similar plot. it doesn't have to be exactly the same; but you get the idea.

i really love slow burn and angst, but not too much on the pushing and pulling between leads.

some slow burn/angsty dramas that i've watched:

  • my liberation notes
  • our blues
  • summer strike
  • w: two worlds
  • scarlet heart
  • uncontrollably fond
  • my ahjussi
  • tell me that you love me
  • when the camellia blooms
  • call it love
  • be melodramatic
  • missing
  • come and hug me
  • the red sleeve
  • just between lovers
  • the smile has left your eyes
  • lost
  • angel's last mission: love
  • curtain call
  • recipe for farewell 
  • daily dose of sunshine
  • move to heaven
  • thirty-nine
  • do you like brahms
  • snowdrop
  • youth of may
  • hymn of death
  • chicago typewriter
  • tomorrow with you
  • kill me heal me
  • doom at your service
  • twenty-five twenty-one
  • it's okay not to be okay
  • tempted
  • doctor john
  • healer
  • while you were sleeping
  • flower of evil

dramas that portray the leads as exes that i've watched:

  • our beloved summer
  • go back couple
  • the law cafe
  • my secret hotel
  • emergency couple
  • the ghost doctor
  • welcome to samdalri
  • the good bad mother

i think watching queen of tears made me want to watch more angst. i would really appreciate some suggestions. thank you!

0 Comments
2024/04/29
06:15 UTC

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Recommend me dramas or movies based on what I like

My favorite dramas/movies are Extraordinary You, Twinkling Watermelon, Our Secret Diary, Blue Birthday, Someday or One Day, W: Two Worlds, Sweet Home, Weak Hero Class 1, and All of Us Are Dead.

I’m in the mood to watch more lighthearted stuff right now, so I would like to avoid watching things that contain lots of heavy topics, investigation, politics, etc. Recommendations can be non-Korean.

Dramas/movies I have already seen: Death’s Game, 365: Repeat the Year, One Week Friends, Mouse, Tomorrow, 20th Century Girl, Orange, Mission 1: Possible, Splash Splash Love, The Sound of Magic, Liar Game, Sweet Revenge, Thirty but Seventeen, Bloodhounds, Gaus Electronics, The King’s Avatar, Vigilante, A Business Proposal, A Familiar Stranger, A Little Thing Called First Love, Do You Like Brahms, Even if This Love Disappears From the World Tonight, Extracurriculars, First Love: Hatsukoi, Flower of Evil, Kieta Hatsukoi, Legend of Yun Xi, Love for Love’s Sake, Moment at Eighteen, Mother, Night Has Come, Night of Love With You, Oh No! Here Comes Trouble, Better Days, The Untamed, Our Beloved Summer, Our Secret, Reset, Seasons of Blossom, Switched, Imawa no Kuni no Alice, The Romance of Tiger and Rose, True Beauty, When I Fly Towards You, Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru, and Yumi’s Cells.

5 Comments
2024/04/29
03:31 UTC

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homoerotic thrillers?

I've just noticed a pattern in my taste in kdramas. My top three rotate between Beyond Evil, The Devil Judge and Strangers From Hell. I love a thriller that's strangely very gay, especially if the interactions are a bit unhinged. I also liked The Guest, and I enjoyed the movie Merciless.

Are there any other homoerotic kdramas? Not really bromance, as those are usually more funny and feel good, and I'm looking more for toxic mutual obsessions. Also, are there any newer bromance kdramas? I'm a bit of a connoisseur of the niche and have watched most kdrama released pre-2023 that's even mildly bromantic. My newest addition has been Bloodhounds.
This is my full list, so I don'tget recommended one I've already watched.

  • The Devil Judge
  • The Guest
  • Merciless
  • Beyond Evil
  • Strangers From Hell/Hell Is Other People
  • Bloodhounds
  • My Country The New Age
  • School 2013
  • Prison Playlist
  • Bad And Crazy
  • Goblin
  • Good Manager
  • At a Distance Spring is Green
  • D.P
  • Kingdom
  • Weak Hero Class One
18 Comments
2024/04/29
01:35 UTC

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Shows like True Beauty

I'd like to watch some more shows like TB, if there is any, I'm missing a show like that.

I'm talking specifically about the FL having a secret identity from all of the people around her and people finding out eventually and seeing the MC finding out, keeping the secret, protecting the FL, stopping others from finding out and sticking up for her when they do. If the MC can have deep and sad pasts, like TB, even better.

I've seen My ID is Gangnam Beauty, which I thought was OK and I've seen A Good Day to Be a Dog, which I think is quite bad in some ways.

6 Comments
2024/04/28
21:17 UTC

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Dramas where the Female Lead chases the Male Lead

The only one i know or remember out of the dramas I've watched is It's Okay to Not Be Okay😭 But if I'm being honest, PERSONALLY, her approach was a bit strong and confident (great nonetheless) but I want some dramas where the FL chases the ML in the cutesy way if ykwim??? Im suddenly craving for that kind of dramas😭

Im more into thriller and action kinda stuff but I want good and cute rom coms to watch😭😭 the few that I've watched are-

Weightlifting fairy KBJ (LOVED IT SM.)

Welcome to Samdalri

Hometown Cha Cha Cha

Fight for my way

Crash landing on you

Legend of the blue sea

Buisness proposal

True beauty

DOTS

If anywhere the FL did chase the ML in these....then idk I must've not felt so😭

5 Comments
2024/04/28
19:02 UTC

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I don't know what K-Drama to watch next! Please recommend me some based on what I loved!

Hello! I am looking for some K-dramas (can also be C-drama but it would be my first) to watch but I don't know which to watch next.. I like K-drama with romance with a side of something else interesting. Thank you so much! >_<

Here is what I've watched and loved:

W: Two Worlds (my first and favorite K-drama), Moon lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (very good drama), Moving, The Penthouse (all seasons), Flower of Evil, My Love From The Star, Crash Landing on you, Squid Game, True Beauty, Itaewon Class, My Roommate is a Gumiho, Moving, Weak Hero Class 1, All of Us Are Dead, Death's Game, My Name, The Glory, Extraordinary you, See you in my 19th life, 18 Again, Sweet home, My Demon, Pyramid Game, Alice in borderland (isn't k-drama but I enjoyed), Train to Busan, Remember: War of the Son

Dramas dropped (dropped because I got bored of it):

Vincenzo (dropped after episode 3), Reborn Rich (dropped after episode 4), Happiness (episode 3?), Tale of the Nine tailed (forgot which ep i was on but dropped), Again my life (forgot what ep i was on), Start up, Love alarm (?), Descendant of the Sun, The Silent Sea, Kingdom, Goblin

Currently watching: Queen of tears (LOVE IT, EXCITED FOR THE FINAL EPISODE)

Edit: forgot to add “remember” to my list

61 Comments
2024/04/28
05:24 UTC

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What to watch after True Beauty

TO SEE MY LIST OF WHAT IVE WATCHED, i made a post here previously***

Ok. So True Beauty absolutely floored me with how invested and PAINED I was watching through the storyline. Particularly, Seo Jun had me unable to look away or think about anything else until I binged through the entire show. I felt like the relationships between Su Ho and Seo Jun with Jugyeong were masterfully written, which is not always easy to come by. It sucked me in just like my favorites on the list linked above.

SO, WHAT NOW? Does anything fit the gut-wrenching type of love triangle that’s in this show? Specifically, I’m looking for a newer show, perhaps something 2018+. The older ones don’t seem to hook me as much. ANY streaming service or platform is fine. Obviously Viki is usually my goto.

PS- I’m watching My Lovely Runner actively as well, and I adore it. But since it’s a weekly episode type beat, it’s hard to be binge worthy. 🥲

TIA!!

26 Comments
2024/04/28
00:48 UTC

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KDramas where exes reconnect?

Can anyone recommend a KDrama to me where the leads are exes who get back together? I’m looking for something where they were more than childhood friends with crushes. I want them to have actually acted on their “first love” (although I don’t actually care if they were first loves, lol).

I can’t think of anything I’ve watched that meets this request and I’m not necessarily looking for anything similar to what I’ve already watched, but some of my favorites have been:

Fight For My Way, Into the Ring, Hometown Cha Cha Cha, Goblin, Crash Landing on You

Here is a link to my MyDramaList.

23 Comments
2024/04/27
15:40 UTC

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Continue with Vincenzo?

Does this show improve at all please? The FL is unbearable and excruciatingly bad as are most of the tenants. I've only watched the first episode but I'm ready to drop it as she is so atrocious with her hand movements and screeching and the rest isn't making up for it.

Can anyone please advise whether the silly parts become a bit less slapstick and whether the FL becomes more bearable please?

I love the humour in the Reply series and also Prison Playbook which is my favourite of all time and whilst I do sometimes like silly humour (Behind Your Touch, Suspicious Partner etc) I dropped Welcome to Waikiki and Gaus Electronics because of the aforementioned reasons. Hope this helps narrow down whether I should continue!

Thanks in advance!

Edit: thank you for the responses, I should add that I'm not a fan of sitcoms at all which meant I got 15 minutes in WtW before I gave up but I've heard such great things about Vincenzo that I thought I should give it another go. However, the main problem is the FL and the duration of the episodes, it becomes a bit of a slog but I will give it one more episode tonight and if I'm feeling the same, I think I will say bye!

2nd edit: 2nd episode wasn't much better but I persevered and watched the 3rd one also which was better and had a dramatic ending. Therefore I'll try the 4th one and see if it continues to improve on me :)

Thanks again!

168 Comments
2024/04/27
13:16 UTC

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Fantasy

I am looking for some fantasy kdrama, similar to Alchemy of Souls, but I couldnt find anything as good so far ☹️ I like the serious & funny & romance vibe. Maybe except for My demon, but I’ve already seen it. Any recommendations? ❤️

5 Comments
2024/04/27
09:05 UTC

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Great Sageuk longer than 30 episodes

I've watched Dae Jang Guem (A Jewel in the Palace) and Dong Yi and absolutely loved both of them. Need help with finding more of the sort which have great plots, dramas, superb acting etc.

Edit: Thanks so much y'all!

21 Comments
2024/04/27
06:12 UTC

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Slump after finishing Like Flowers in Sand. Help with choosing my next drama!

Hello, all!

I’ve most recently finished When the Camellia Blooms and felt unsure of what to watch next! I really enjoyed and loved that show for so many different reasons.

I read a previous post where someone requested a ML with similar vibes as ML from WtCB, and it led me to Like Flowers in Sand.

I LOVED LFiS! It was such a fantastic show all around. Now, I’m really feeling lost as to what to pick up next. I’m someone who only watches one show at a time! The genre isn’t extremely important; I like a good mix!

Below is a list of dramas I’ve watched and really enjoyed! You may see a lot of “5s,” and that’s because they hold a special place in my heart for one reason or another, and not because I give my 5s out lightly!

It’s Okay Not To Be Okay 5/5 — Love each relationship dynamic/depth.

Thirty-Nine 5/5 — Cried like a baby, loved the relationships between main characters.

Crash Course In Romance 5/5 — Loved the sweetness and mystery.

Crash Landing On You 5/5 — Need I say more?

Because This Is My First Life 5/5 — Loved the “quiet” love and affection. It shattered me.

Bloodhounds 5/5 — The brotherhood built was so amazing.

When the Camellia Blooms 5/5 — Loved the FL + ML’s relationship + the mystery!

Like Flowers in Sand 5/5 — Another small-town one that I loved! ML + FL had great chemistry in my opinion.

Hometown Cha Cha 5/5 — Adored the small town and relationships built!

One Spring Night 5/5 — This was a different one for me! Something about this show felt very human.

King the Land 4/5 — Loved the FL + ML’s relationship growth over time.

Sell Your Haunted House 4/5 — Loved the paranormal aspect of this show! Characters were done well, too!

Business Proposal 3/5 — This was okay and cute, but wasn’t as deeply emotional as I would’ve liked.

Thank you in advance!!

P.S. I don’t normally make my own posts to ask for requests, so if there’s anything I can add to make it more helpful for you folks, please let me know!

EDIT: !!! Thank you all so, so much for taking the time to read and respond !!! I sincerely appreciate these recommendations and have added all of them to my list!!

30 Comments
2024/04/27
00:03 UTC

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Slice of life romantic comedy drama recommendations

I just started Queen of Tears and im so so so so so stressed about it. I cant wait to finish it this weekend and cheer myself up with a relaxing slice of life romcom with no horrible villain or character.

I only began watching kdrama last month so trust me i havent watched a lot haha

Im looking for a chill vibe like WFKBK, Business Proposal, Fight for My Way.

I do love hometown chachacha but it got me very emotional. So maybe that type of kdrama but with less drama if yk what i mean TvT something that isnt very serious but involves a cute love story.

Anyway I appreciate your help!

37 Comments
2024/04/26
16:14 UTC

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Heartbreaking kdrama recommendations

Just as the title says, I'm looking for a really sad show to watch. I've seen most of the recommended ones here, listed below. Focused on romances with sad endings and not interested in fantasy. (*) are in my Top 10 which had me crying, most of the others weren't sad enough.

EDIT: only interested shows with romance as main theme

Already watched:

  • Historical: Red Sleeve*, My Dearest*, Moon Lovers, Mr. Sunshine, Hymn of Death
  • Romance: Uncontrollably Fond*, My Love from the Star, Our Beloved Summer, Scent of a Woman, Autumn Tale, Winter Sonata, Encounter, Stairway to Heaven, Snowdrop, When My Love Blooms, One Spring Night, While You Were Sleeping, Just Between Lovers, Youth of May, Smile Has Left Your Eyes, Call it Love
  • Life: Reply 1988*, Mother*, 2521, My Liberation Notes, The Good Bad Mother, My Mister, Move to Heaven
  • Action/Thriller: Flower of Evil
  • Fantasy (fine with this amount): Goblin*, Death's Game
  • Dropped: I'm Sorry I Love You, Winter the Wind Blows, Light in Your Eyes, Be Melodramatic

TLDR: Mydramalist

102 Comments
2024/04/26
13:32 UTC

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Dramas where a rich kid goes to a poor school/countryside?

Can someone recommend me korean dramas where a rich or naive kid goes to a poorer school or something similar to that? One that focuses on how they struggle to fit in or learn to change for the better. It doesn’t necessarily have to be about school either, I’d also love to watch one where a rich or spoiled adult that also moves to the countryside or something. I haven’t watched korean dramas with that sort of plot line, so I’m not sure what i should write about the things I’ve seen, but here’s my list just in case: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/licxtt. I’m rather picky, but I can still enjoy a dumb plot as ling as the acting or directing is good, like the first season of penthouse for example, but generally dislike things with bad acting or poor writing when it comes to serious or dark issues like mental health (like save me for example)

55 Comments
2024/04/26
13:08 UTC

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K dramas that are romantic and funny?

I absolutely fell in love with Marry my husband and business proposal. Also liked king the land. I’m looking for something along those lines. Honestly my next choice would be what’s wrong with secretary kim but it’s only available on Viki and I don’t have or plan to get that streaming service for many reasons, one being that it’s only 1080p streaming. Also, I already pay for and use prime and Netflix.

Please any recommendations along those lines?

I’ve tried watching Destined with you but it didn’t seem funny so I haven’t gotten past ep 1.

Thanks in advance

26 Comments
2024/04/26
11:00 UTC

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KDR Updates: April 2024

Hello r/kdramarecommends members,

We are here to announce some major changes to our Rules and Policies. These are already live on our official Rules and Policies wiki page and moderation according to them will start as of 2024.04.25 KST AKA now. We are summarizing the amendments below, for full text of the amended Rules and Policies, check the links above (best viewed on desktop browser).

Users have been calling for us to be stricter on post requirements for years now and we’ve held back, but what worked when we were under 10k users and getting a few posts a week is very different to what works when we are at around 150k users getting 100s of posts a week. It’s time to tighten our restrictions and get some better quality posts and in turn better recommendations for you all.

The remainder of the updates are mostly edits to clear up wording and updates in accordance with changes that we have made on r/KDRAMA.

Once the subreddit opens back up, we will be manually reveiwing all posts for at least two weeks and see how we go from there. During this time and at any time in the future do not submit multiple posts to the mod-queue or harass us via modmail regarding the status of your post. There is no need to contact us unless your post hasn't been actioned for over 24 hours.

While the primary purpose of this post is to announce the amendments, if you have any questions or feedback for the mod team, please leave a comment. We will be monitoring this post for the next two weeks or so.


#Amendments to Rules Summarized

No longer accepting recommendations as self-posts

We have decided to no longer accept recommendations as self-posts. While these posts have been valuable to our community, the majority of submissions in this category failed to fulfill our posting requirements. Removing them will help unify the purpose of our subreddit as the three remaining post types are all question based.

For those who love to write recommendations, as always there is the option to post recommendations in our weekly post “Thursday Therapy”, in response to other users' posts, and later this year we will be starting an update of our community recommendations with KDR 7.0.

On our sister sub r/KDRAMA, we have a recurring post series “Spotlight On” which is an excellent place to share recommendations for dramas of various genres.


Changes to Recommendation Requests

  • Minimum requirements introduced
  • Posts simply asking for actors/characters/scenes are not allowed, all requests must be explicitly for Korean dramas to watch.

Minimum Requirements for Recommendation Requests

Title:

  • Concise and Descriptive of request
  • Follows our title rules

Post Body:

  • A detailed, explicit recommendation request (what you are looking for)
  • A detailed watch history (what you have already seen, plus notes on what you liked and disliked relevant to the request)

Changes to Specific Kdrama Evaluation Requests (Worth Watching)

  • Minimum Requirements Introduced
  • Requests for currently airing/unfinished Dramas are not allowed
  • Users may only inquire about one drama at a time
  • Plot questions are not allowed unless relevant to the request

Minimum Requirements for Specific Kdrama Evaluation Requests (Worth Watching):

Title:

Post Body:

  • Why you are interested
  • Why you are hesitant (to start/continue)
  • A detailed watch history (what you have already seen, plus notes on what you liked and disliked relevant to the request).

Changes to Content and Trigger Warning Requests

  • Minimum Requirements Introduced
  • Requests for currently airing/unfinished Dramas are not allowed
  • Users may only inquire about one drama at a time

Minimum Requirements for Content and Trigger Warning Requests:

Title:

Post Body:

  • Specific content you are wondering if the drama contains
  • Watch history relevant to the request
  • If the request is about the level of horror/gore/etc, user must provide other dramas/movies as a point of reference

Commenting on r/kdramarecommends

We have updated our rules section on giving recommendations to include commenting in general on r/kdrama recommends. It covers basic etiquette such as:

  • Taking care when reading users posts and respecting their requests e.g if they ask for no spoilers/if they ask for detailed responses/If they ask for only Korean dramas

  • Please use spoiler tags as per our spoiler tag style guide as users other than the intended reader may be spoiled.

  • If you do not have a recommendation to give, move along. It is unnecessary to make judgement on other's posts, we are not here to judge other people's preferences and tastes.


Moratoriums

Last year we formally added moratoriums. This year we have added more details.

At times certain topics or dramas will be placed under a moratorium due to various reasons including - excessive posts on the topic, the contentious nature of the topic, conduct of users discussing the topic, timeliness of events such as scandals, deaths, and dramas ending their run. If you attempt to post about one of these topics/dramas your post will be removed and you will be instructed to search existing posts. If you continue to attempt to post about it after being made aware of the moratorium you will receive a ban.


New Ban Tiers for Mention/Linking of Illegal Sources

We are committed to promoting use of legal streaming sources (even if we will rant about their pricing and regional availability like the rest of you). We have updated our ban tiers as follows:

  • Any mention of an illegal source (without linking to external website) will result in the removal of the post or comment and a ban of 7 days for the first offense. A second offense will result in a permanent ban.

  • Any linking of an illegal source will result in the removal of the post or comment and a ban of 30 days for the first offense. A second offense will result in a permanent ban.

  • Any attempts to circumvent our Automod filters for illegal sources (such as through breaking the link into chunks or obfuscating letters) will result in the removal of the post or comment and a ban of 50 days for the first offense. A second offense will result in a permanent ban.

If you don't want to get caught in an illegal source ban (which is not appealable), read our guide on How To Determine Legality of Streaming Source.


Edit: updated phrasing

16 Comments
2024/04/25
06:47 UTC

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Thursday Therapy - [2024/04/25]

Thursday Therapy, is r/kdramarecommends’ weekly community chat. A place in which Korean drama addicts both recent and those moving towards recovery can freely discuss anything and everything!

You may want to:

  • Introduce yourself or remain anonymous (share your My Drama List page or similar)
  • Share what you’ve been watching and whether you love or hate it (it doesn’t have to be a Korean drama)
  • Ask for recommendations unrelated to Korean dramas (books, movies, podcasts, other country’s television series, etc)
  • Share a great recommendation thread you found whilst digging through the archives
  • Talk about what is coming out on [insert drama service name]
  • Give thanks to the community for helping you find your new favourite drama

Please remember to use spoiler tags when discussing major plot points or anything you think should be redacted. If you are unsure of how to use spoiler tags here is r/KDRAMA’s easy to follow guide.

16 Comments
2024/04/25
06:00 UTC

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Romance dramas with deep emotional bond between the leads?

Been in a slump for a couple of years, and honestly all new dramas don't interest me anymore, and I don't feel any emotional bonding between the leads.

So I'm probably looking for something like kill me heal me, scarlet heart Ryeo, flower of evil, that winter the wind blows, I'm not a robot, fated to love you, My gf is a gumiho, and It's ok that's love.

64 Comments
2024/04/24
19:33 UTC

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Other wordly ML or FL and no sad ending

straight to the point i have watched

  1. Celebrity
  2. Business proposal
  3. King the land
  4. My secret Romance
  5. It's okay to be not okay
  6. crash landing on you
  7. Eve
  8. Hotel del luna
  9. My demon
  10. My man is a cupid
  11. the king eternal monarch

I really loved 8,9 and 10's genre and 2,3,5,6 i don't have to talk about it they are on their own level, so i want something like that and please no sad endings like eve i can't handle them :)

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2024/04/24
16:47 UTC

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what to watch while waiting for lovely runner?

i’ve been watching lovely runner and i’m in love with the main leads 😭 first watched kim hye yoon on sky castle and then extraordinary you and now im finding out about about byeon woo seok— im a sucker for romcom dramas/movies, can y’all recommend some while im waiting for lovely runner to finish?

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2024/04/24
14:04 UTC

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Need a kdrama recommendation with the same feels as Twinkling Watermelon(2023) or Moving(2023)

I need a recommendation which has emotional depth in the characters and in the story and if it's high school leads and funny, much better. I still can't get over the emotional scenes in Twinkling Watermelon and its music, i love every lead character especially choi hyun wook. In Moving, I felt the story was amazing as well as the characters with great chemistry among all the couples. Both of them have apt OST for them.

Therefore I need a show which gives me similar kind of feels with

  1. great story
  2. emotional scenes between leads along with character development
  3. preferably high school, funny and good OST
  4. if possible, cute female leads 😉

Also does 18 again give those feels? (PS: I loved 2521 too)

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2024/04/24
11:31 UTC

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Looking for dramas set in a lot of rain, mist and fog

Please recommend your favourite Kdramas, which have a lot of rainy, foggy, gloomy weather, like the first episode of Stranger S2.

I'd love to watch something that is primarily set in the rain, mist, or fog.

KDramas I watched in which the weather played a role to some extent, were Broadcasting Weather and Love, Jirisan, Stranger S2, and Revenant had a fantastic scene in the rain.

Ideally, I'd love to watch something where it rains/ it is misty etc. ALL THE TIME haha, but I don't know if that exists. Or at least a drama in which the bad weather holds some significance for the plot.

Many thanks!

3 Comments
2024/04/24
10:38 UTC

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Recommended insanely good kdramas

I have watched 60+ kdramas till now but from some time I'm in a kdrams slump and nothing really makes me hooked onto anything . Plz recommend me some really good kdramas masterpieces My fav kdramas are:- Crash landing on you Moving Welcome to Samdalri Weak hero class 1 Happiness Reply 1988

17 Comments
2024/04/24
08:58 UTC

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Programmes similar to My Name and Bloodhounds

So normally I love things with a bit of a fantasy/supernatural theme, like Sell your haunted house, Tale of the nine tailed, Tomorrow etc…but the other day I randomly started watching Bloodhounds and My Name and thought they were amazing, the fight scenes and acting were brilliant and I was completely hooked. Can anyone recommend anything similar where there’s some next level fighting? I’ve also watched moving which was a perfect combo of epic fighting and fantasy! 🙌🏻

39 Comments
2024/04/24
06:48 UTC

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Any City hunter like k drama recommendations

I recently finished watching the city hunter k drama. I basically only watched it because it was related to city hunter and even though it basically had nothing to do with city hunter I absolutely loved it. I was hoping for some recommendations for something similar. I heard there aren't many action k drama's but I'm also open to any basic recommendations you would for someone who's new to k dramas.

40 Comments
2024/04/24
00:17 UTC

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Kdramas that are happy?

I’ve just watched a lot of heavy english shows recently and now I want to watch a drama that is easy going and happy and cheerful - like weightlifting fairy / reply 1988 / strong woman!

50 Comments
2024/04/23
22:25 UTC

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