My favourite BL series & movies

This is my favourite romance series. Simple and common story but so well-made and making every scene count. It feels very real and raw, beautiful and heart fluttering. Great acting. This is a must watch.

A largly unknown series and therefore very underrated. Great love story, beautiful and romantic. Different story for a BL, time-travel and historical. A must watch.

No kisses because of censorship and this is still one of the most romantic series, if not the most romantic series. I root for this couple the most. They really showed the couples love and need of each other, in all the ways they could think of and they could get away with. It’s shown through the characters actions, big and smal, looks and smiles, their words, sacrifices, support, different treatment and behavior around each other, symbolism, the music, the way of filming… This is a must watch.

This is my feel-good show and the one I have watched the most. I just love how we get to see them just having a nice time together and how they truly care about each other. One of them knows what he feels but is happy with just being in the life of the man he loves in any way he can. The other man is feeling down so he does what he can to make him happy. Very sweet. It is an office romance but even more so a food romance.

Two great couples. They are very mature despite their age and super supportive. Life is not simple but they are there for each other. Loved their storylines.

Peaceful, made me smile. I didn't like that it had a time-jump at the end, I wanted to see the reactions and interactions to the time-travel.

Entertaining and cute office romance with boss-employee dynamic and the grumpy/sunshine trope. A little warning, you can see the power imbalance and abuse of power in this, but give it a try if you like these tropes and you are looking for something light and positive. I really enjoy it.

Deep and dark but positive and hopeful. A series that shows how a person can change how you feel about life, but therapy can still be needed and with it you can learn to live again. This is a must watch.

A light, sweet office romance only focused on the couple with a lot of cute scenes and kisses.

A slice of life series that is light, really heartwarming and sweet. It has the found family trope. :)

This movie is filled with desperation, regret, longing and deep love. I love this movie. Sometimes people take a long time to accept themselves (if they ever do) and you would hope that they, when they do accept themselves, could find the love that they previously denied themselves of. A man is trying to do just that in this movie, he wants his old love back but a long time has passed and he himself now has a child and he is in a custody battle with his ex-wife. Can he have it all? He is willing to try. This is a must watch.

A feel-good countryside, farmlife romance movie. This movie has many of the themes I love, the found family trope, the grumpy x sunshine trope, the sunshine x sunshine protector trope and it is about finding your place and people that you can be yourself with, that value you. It also has the fish out of water trope, for anyone who loves that trope.

A feel good series with the grumpy x sunshine trope and the fish out of water trope.

If you love The untamed then you need to watch this series, it is very similar.

Strong, likable characters and two nice couples, with interesting dynamics and chemistry. Pushing and supporting each other. Interesting plot. Their way of showing the struggle of coming out was great. Good emotional scenes and great acting. However, I hated how the show handled the subject of being outed.

The best tension and sensual moments. Interesting couple and characters. Warning: the couple is toxic, both of them have things they need to work on, but they do grow and you do root for them as a couple.

It has the rich/poor trope.

mafia member x civilian. Hurt/comfort. 

This sounded like it would not be my thing, with it having a couple consisting of a college student/babysitter and his teacher who is the father of the child that the student is babysitting. They also have a big age-gap. I actually found them very wholesome and sweet together, so give it a try if you can.

A feel-good food romance with the close proximity trope. Couple: an office worker (advertising designer) and his new neighbour who owns a new restaurant. The restaurant owner likes the neighbour and tries to win him over by having him over for dinner. Very sweet.

Very sweet. Loved it. Celebrity romance. A writer and an actor.

The first movie/seasons plot sounds like wattpad come to life but it is well made and leaves you with a good feeling. The second movie/season has a different feel... It feels more real and impactful, the first movie/season doesn't make my favourite BL-series list but the second movie/season does.

Entertaining plot,  but you have to suspend your disbelief. I love that we have two strong and confident main characters that are comfortable in their interest in each other and know that they both share that interest. You also get to see them being a healthy domestic couple and it isn't boring or lacking spark. Among the best kissing scenes I have seen and they have great chemistry.

A gay reality dating show, it was a surtain couple in it that really was so cute.

A gay reality dating show. I was rooting for a surtain couple in it...

Sweet teenage love story.

One of them is really dedicated to his love and truly spellbound by him and the other clearly feels something but he tries to ignore his feelings. This is a relationship with a big age-gap.

A funny, innocent and sweet feel-good series. Loved it for the likable characters, nice and relatable friendship dynamics and the super cute story of first love. Few and very innocent kissing scenes but it suited the characters and it felt realistic. There was some toxicity, with denial and jealousy from one character but… that can be true to life and the way they did it made it funny to me… sorry :S Great acting and chemistry.

Season 1 of Love class is good but only season 2 makes it onto my list of favourites. The couples in season 2 are really sweet and they have really good chemistry. They really make or break this kind of show, a show with a simple story. The second season is not really connected to season 1 so you can start with season 2.

Light, sweet and feel-good office romance. It has the grumpy x sunshine trope and the boss x employee dynamic.

A sweet office romance. Couple: they are designers at the same company, one of them is the top-designer at the company and the other is new there. They once were close friends but one of them left.

A sweet office romance with a fantasy element (reading minds). There are two couples in it but I only enjoy one of them, however I enjoy that couple very much. The couple in question: they are coworkers at an office, the popular guy at work has a crush on the shy one. Note/spoiler: They didn't show any physical contact worth mentioning in season 1 or in the movie and they built it up like they would and then told us they did... I felt frustrated. However I really loved everything else about it.

A series that handles an important subject matter and has very real conflicts, it made me cry and that usually only happens for me when someone dies. Everything the series included felt like it served a purpose. I have seen many people say that this show feels like it´s a show by gay people for gay people. This show is a must-watch, ignore the shaky acting in a few scenes and the inevitable impact that the lower budget has on the series, the script is so good. (It has the forced close proximity (roommates) trope.)

It has the forced close proximity (roommates) trope and marriage pact trope.

If you watch the movie "His" on this list and you like that then you should try "Life: Love on the line". There are many similarites and both are really good, I prefer His. 

Great series, story and characters. Very dark, many trigger warnings! Two very fucked up, hurt, main characters. One of them does really awful things to the other, who in turn just takes it. The series does not paint what he does as hot or cool. The series shows us his backstory and from that you can understand that he is damaged and wants to have the control that was taken from him, hurt people hurt people. The other man is also damaged and he sees something in the other man, who shows him glimpses of pure feelings. The main characters go through healing journeys, as they get closer and care for each other when no one else does.

Similar to The untamed or Word of honor, but this one is not censored, however I don't find the story as good and I don’t like the non-consent.

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This series sounded cringy to me but it was actually really well made, sweet and funny. It has the forced close proximity (roommates) trope, the hurt/comfort trope and a fantasy element (animal to human transformation). Two great couples.

This is the type of series that you can only enjoy if you turn of your brain and just fantasise, if you do then it's a deep and romantic series. One of the couples in it are pseudo-brothers and they have an age-gap, one of them basically acting as a parent. As it was depicted in the story it did not feel problematic (in real life that would not be the case). I did enjoy the series and their relationship, their love and longing for each other. I could not get into the other couple since she was so mutch younger then him when they first met and still felt very young from how she acted. The story had good pacing, I did not have to fast forward.

Good chemistry, tension building and cute scenes. Cute series. Could have left out some scenes that felt random or unnecessary (fewer flash-backs). It was quite fast paced in the beginning but it got slower as the story progressed, eventually it got to slow, the last episode had me skipping big portions. I also would have liked some other obsticles in the series. The crying was not belivable in some parts but otherwise good acting. A few scenes had me thinking that a different, more impactful soundtrack would have made the scenes better.

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sweet love story between a singer and a part time worker at a café/bar

The original series is thai, I prefer the south korean version, it is shorter and less messy.

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Couple: A wedding planner and his customer, a groom-to-be