Romance
Every now and again I fall in love with romance themed dramas, even though I am more of a fantasy type person! here is my personal list of amazing romance dramas!
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1. Love in the Moonlight
Korean Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
Hong Ra On disguises herself as a man and counsels men on dating. Due to a love letter she wrote for a client, she meets Crown Prince Hyo Myeong. Ra On is unaware that he is the Crown Prince and Hyo Myeong is unaware that Ra On is a woman. The Crown Prince becomes interested in Ra On. His eunuchs become aware of this and attempt to get Ra On to become one of them.
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2. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
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 barely acknowledges the people around him. Lee Young Joon has a capable and patient secretary in Kim Mi So who has remained by his side and worked diligently for 9 years without any romantic involvement. However, Mi So now want to set her life & focus on herself so when she decides to resign from her job, hilarious misunderstandings ensue. After 9 years of their strictly-workplace relationship, can it now develop in something more?
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3. Shopping King Louie
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
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4. Bromance
Taiwanese Drama - 2015, 18 episodes
Because of one simple word from a soothsayer, Pi Ya Nuo has been raised as a boy all her life. By chance she saves underworld mob boss Du Zi Feng and his sister. His sister falls in love with Pi Ya Nuo at first sight. Things gets complicated when the she becomes "sworn brothers" with the mob boss, just as her 26th birthday comes closer, and with it her chance to finally live as a woman. As her 26th birthday approaches, she must decide if she wants to return to a woman or continue to be Du Zi Feng's best pal.
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5. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
Do Bong Soon is a petite, unemployed woman who is honest and kind. She appears little and sweet on the outside, but she is in fact very, very strong. In her family, for generations the women have been gifted Herculean strength to use for the greater good. If abused, however, their power will be taken away. Whilst standing up for herself after gang members bully her, she finds herself approached by Ahn Min Hyuk, the handsome and somewhat childish CEO of Ainsoft, a gaming company. Ahn Min Hyuk, who holds a great distrust towards the police, witnessed the whole exchange of Bong Soon's superhuman strength, and now wants to employ her as a bodyguard after being threatened by an unknown enemy. Min Hyuk falls in love with super-strong Bong Soon at first sight, but there's a catch. Bong Soon has eyes for someone else; police officer and childhood friend, In Guk Doo, whom she has known since high school. When chaos ensues after a series of kidnappings in Do Bong Soon's hometown of Dobong-dong, Dobong-gu, Bong Soon must decide whether to use her strength and stand up to evil, or play it safe and keep her powers hidden from the world. Combined with the love triangle she faces between In Guk Doo and Ahn Min Hyuk, as well as having to keep Min Hyuk safe, Bong Soon's life is thrown into turmoil. Can she use her strength for the greater good, or will it prove in the end to be too much?
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6. Wonderful Nightmare
Korean Movie - 2015
Due to a mistake from heaven, Yeon Woo, a female attorney, dies. Before she is able to return to her normal self, she must live as an ordinary housewife for a month. She begins her temporary new life with her new husband, Sung Hwan , son Ha Roo and daughter, Ha Neul.
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7. Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung
Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
The story takes place at the beginning of the 19th century. Goo Hae Ryung is an intern to become a palace historian. However, it was not acceptable for women to write historical records at that time. She takes one step at a time to create her own destiny in Joseon, where the Confucius ideas are deeply rooted.
She wants to fulfill her duties as a historian and prove to the world thateveryone is equal. Along with the fight of the female palace historians, the drama will tell her romance with Prince Lee Rim who has a secret of his own. -
8. Suspicious Partner
Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
Noh Ji Wook is a unique prosecutor. He is handsome, hard-headed and intelligent who strives hard to be successful. He is the perfect example of what a prosecutor should be. Later, he becomes a lawyer.
Eun Bong Hee is a prosecutor trainee. Once a former taekwondo instructor, she trained to become a lawyer. She is confident and strong, but naive. She is assigned to work under Ji Wook.
They work together on a mysterious case involving a sly psychopath murderer. As they're working as a team, they develop affection between them. -
9. Noble, My Love
Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
Kang Hoon is a CEO of world's largest company D.O.L's Korean branch. One day, he is kidnapped and dramatically escapes from the bad guys, but he bleeds so much that he blackouts in front of an animal hospital. Yoon Seo, a veterinarian, finds him and cures him.
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10. Be With You
Korean Movie - 2018
Soo Ah, before passing away makes an unbelievable promise to her husband, Woo Jin, to return one year later on a rainy day. Miraculously, she keeps the promise and reappears before her husband and son but all her memories have disappeared. Tragically, the relief at their reunion is short-lived, because it turns out that Soo Ah has to leave her family once again.
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11. The Dark Lord
Chinese Drama - 2018, 48 episodes
Ye Xiao Tian is working as a prison guard at the Ministry of Justice of the Ming dynasty. Upon receiving a testament, he leaves the capital and travels to Huguang province. Due to a freak combination of factors, he ends up pretending to be a government official, but takes his “position” seriously and fights for justice, gaining the love of the people.
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12. Clean with Passion for Now
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
Jang Sun Gyeol has wealth and good looks but suffers from severe mysophobia. He is obsessed with cleaning and even owns his own cleaning company. However, he meets a carefree and untidy girl named Gil Oh Sol after she enters his company as a new employee.
Oh Sol has worked all sorts of part-time jobs while striving for a full-time job and does not have the luxury to date or be clean. She gave up on being neat after facing the tough reality of the world and is known for always wearing her trademark tracksuit. But she has a bright personality and does not mind getting dirty. With the help of Oh Sol, Sun Gyeol faces his mysophobia and also falls in love with her. -
13. The Painter of the Wind
Korean Drama - 2008, 20 episodes
Shin Yoon Bok is a talented painter who disguises herself as a boy to search for her father's murderer and meets a master painter who guides her into being a great painter. Kim Hong Do is the man who teaches Yoon Bok how to paint, and they develop a strong friendship of mentor and disciple.
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14. Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes
Kim Yun Hee is a smart, responsible young woman with an independent drive. Since her father passed away she has worked to support her family, but also managed to do well in her studies. When her younger brother's illness worsens and their family is in danger of being evicted from their house for lack of money. In her desperation to support him, Kim Yoon Hee decides to take the men's only nationalexam under her younger brother's name and disguises herself as a boy. On the day of the exam, Kim Yun Hee meets Lee Seon Joon and becomes friends. Lee Seon Joon comes from a privileged background and also possesses good looks. He is also arrogant. They both pass the national exam and she has to share a room together with him at Sungkyunkwan University, while hiding her true nature. There, she becomes friends with the playboy Goo Yong Ha and rebellious Moon Jae Shin.
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15. Moon Embracing the Sun
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
Thirteen-year-old Heo Yeon Woo, the daughter of a high-ranking official, accompanies her mother to the royal palace to attend her brother, Heo Yeom's civil service examination congratulatory ceremony. By chance, she comes across Crown Prince Lee Hwon. They fall in love and Yeon Woo is chosen as the Crown Princess of Joseon.
Before they can marry, however, the Dowager Queen secretly orders her death, in order to install Yoon Bo Gyeong, the daughter of a family clan, as Crown Princess, thus securing more power for herself. She orders head shaman to cast a spell on Yeon Woo to stricken her with an unknown sickness. After dying, Yeon Woo is resurrected from her grave, but loses her memories. All believe her to be dead, including the Crown Prince Lee Hwon, who refuses to love another. Eight years later, Yeon Woo returns as a shaman named Wol (meaning moon). Meanwhile the young king begins to investigate the death of his love after seeing the grown up Wol. But he is fighting against time, because the queen's powerful political clan wants him removed from power. -
16. My Secret Romance
Korean Drama - 2017, 13 episodes
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17. Protect the Boss
Korean Drama - 2011, 18 episodes
No Eun Seol finally gets a job as a secretary at a law firm after struggling with unemployment, only to have her boss, Cha Ji Heon, the immature youngest son of a chaebol family, fall in love with her.
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18. To the Beautiful You
Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
Tae Joon became Jae Hee’s strength during her toughest time, and she leaves the US for Korea to enroll in a men’s physical education high school to help Tae Joon restart his high jump career.
Tae Joon announces his retirement from the high jump national team and closes his heart, but his closed heart begins to open after meeting Jae Hee.
Eun Gyul is confused about his sexual orientation as he falls in love with Jae Hee who is masquerading as a man. The student-athletes have a fun time training with each other and are not tied down to setting a record or competition. -
19. That Man Oh Soo
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
Oh Soo is an IT company technician who belongs to a family which takes care of a magical tree. Reluctantly he takes care of his family cafe as well as he is the future guardian of the tree. Oh Soo can detect people's unseen emotions and uses his magical tree's pollen to make people fall in love. However, he himself has a lonely heart and has no love life.
All that is about to change, as the cupid succumbs to the power of love when he meets Seo Yoo Ri, a policewoman who is dumped by her boyfriend. -
20. Somehow 18
Korean Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
28-year-old Gyung Hwi is a resident at a university hospital. He was bullied in high school. He made a suicide attempt, but Han Na Bi, a mysterious girl that transferred to his school early that semester, prevented him from dying. However, after telling him to live, she had suddenly committed suicide. Gyung Hwi couldn’t forget about her for the past decade and one day wakes up to find himself in his old self 10 years ago. It’s a week before Na Bi committed suicide.
He is the 18-year-old loser he used to be, but he can’t miss this opportunity. He has to find out what happened to Na Bi, why she killed herself, and stop her from doing so. Gyung Hwi goes through his life as an 18-year-old with the experience of a 28-year-old, changing his gloomy past as he goes.
Will Gyung Hwi, who went back to the time he was an outcast, be able to save his first love and have a happy ending? -
21. Long for You
Chinese Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
Xue Ji is an immortal girl. Rescued by alien powers, she has been traversing the earth for centuries. Desensitized, frosty and indifferent in the inside, despite the bright smiles that play on her lips, she only lives with the goal of finding her first love from a thousand years ago… Finally she meets Gu Shi Yi, a man carrying her love’s face, but his love is different than that of the former, rekindling her passion and enthusiasm for life, and perhaps unraveling the knot from many centuries ago.
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22. Doctor Stranger
Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
As a child, Park Hoon and his father were kidnapped by North Korea. In North Korea, Park Hoon was trained to become a doctor by his father who was already a doctor. Park Hoon became a genius like chest surgeon. He then flees to South Korea. Park Hoon begins to work as a doctor in South Korea's top hospital Myeongwoo University Hospital, but he feels like a complete outsider. To bring his love from North Korea, he does anything to make money.
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23. Coffee Prince
Korean Drama - 2007, 17 episodes
A tomboy is mistaken for a young man, but maintains the deception for the sake of employment. The situation becomes complicated when her male boss begins to develop feelings for this "boy" and vice versa
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24. Momo Salon
Korean Drama - 2014, 6 episodes
An aspiring hair designer named Hye Ni and an unemployed candidate named Chang Gyoon have a chance meeting at the newly opened “Momo Salon!”
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25. The Boy Next Door
Korean Drama - 2017, 15 episodes
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26. Walk Into Your Memory
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
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27. The Tale of Nokdu
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
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28. My Classmate from Far Far Away
Chinese Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
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29. Dr. Cutie
Chinese Drama - 2020, 28 episodes
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30. My Lonely Planet
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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31. Well Dominated Love
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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32. In a Class of Her Own
Chinese Drama - 2020, 36 episodes
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33. It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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34. Mystic Pop-Up Bar
Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
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35. Faith
Korean Drama - 2012, 24 episodes
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36. Rooftop Prince
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
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37. Oh! My Emperor
Chinese Drama - 2018, 21 episodes
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38. Oh! My Emperor Season 2
Chinese Drama - 2018, 21 episodes
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39. The Heiress
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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40. The Romance of Hua Rong
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
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41. Fighter of the Destiny
Chinese Drama - 2017, 52 episodes
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42. The Chang'an Youth
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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43. Dear Herbal Lord
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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44. Good Bye, My Princess
Chinese Drama - 2019, 52 episodes
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45. I've Fallen for You
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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46. Love and Redemption
Chinese Drama - 2020, 59 episodes
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47. Dance of the Phoenix
Chinese Drama - 2020, 30 episodes
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48. Love a Lifetime
Chinese Drama - 2020, 45 episodes
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49. My Unicorn Girl
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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50. Oh My General
Chinese Drama - 2017, 60 episodes
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51. Tang Dynasty Tour
Chinese Drama - 2018, 36 episodes
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52. Crash Landing on You
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
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53. Nirvana in Fire
Chinese Drama - 2015, 54 episodes
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54. Arang and the Magistrate
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
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55. Ashes of Love
Chinese Drama - 2018, 63 episodes
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56. While You Were Sleeping
Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
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57. Maiden Holmes
Chinese Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
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58. A Journey to Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes
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59. Abyss
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
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60. Goblin
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
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61. Who Rules the World
Chinese Drama - 2022, 40 episodes
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62. Hidden Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes
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63. My Demon
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
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64. The King's Affection
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
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65. Word of Honor
Chinese Drama - 2021, 36 episodes
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66. Blossoms in Adversity
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
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67. Vincenzo
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
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68. Fighting for Love
Chinese Drama - 2024, 36 episodes
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69. Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1
Chinese Drama - 2022, 27 episodes
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70. Till the End of the Moon
Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes
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71. Only for Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 36 episodes
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72. Unforgettable Love
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes