ClaudiaK:
Thank you all for the many suggestions I feel like I have material to look for that will last for months!!! My favorite genres are rather dark themed dramas with gangsters and crime investigations etc but I do watch rom-com too and also BL from time to time when I would like something lighter and funny.
gangster/crime hmmmm let me think....Mafia Tee Rak, Nang Rai, Mafia Luerd Mongkorn series, The Sixth Sense/Rak Boon series, Cheewit Puer Kah Hua Jai Puer Tur, Cubic, Karn La Krang Neung Nai Hua Jai, Yok Luerd Munkorn, Lueat Tat Lueat, Tawan Tud Burapa
For lighter and funny and some BL - you can check out GMM TV on youtube - they actually put ENG subs on some of their series (Ugly Duckling, Kiss, Perfect Match, SOTUS etc)
Thai lakorns are usually spicier and saucier - there can be slap/kiss, forced intimacy (usually don't much more than light kissing - and then implied actions due to censorship rules) , you will usually really dislike the Nang' Rai (second female lead/usually evil), be flabbergasted by the good innocence of the Nang'ek (main female), want to hit the Pra'ek (male lead) until sense falls into his brain, ship the Pra Rong (second male lead) LOL .