Dramas I loved and would very much recommend!(if there's more than one season, only the first is listed)

Dramas and movies featuring umbrella scenes.

Childhood connections, childhood and earlier meetings, separations during and toward the end, basically any stories that ultimately feature…

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,…

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 and movies set in this time period.

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 in which the leads live together before being in a relationship or live in the same apartment building next door to each other.  Excludes…

Pairings where the characters are emotional opposites, one cold and one warm.

MLs with that supernatural white, bright, or unusual hair colors at some point, just because it's pretty. ;)

Dramas and movies with LGBTQ+ characters, including BLs, GLs, censored BLs, and dramas featuring supporting characters. 

Thai Dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.

My favorite sort of happy ending stories - the leads are together and parents (adopted/biological child/children and/or pregnancy). Also included…

Dramas and movies involving people entering or coming from video games, VR, books, tv shows, manga, or dreams, or set within those worlds with…

Romances between an employer and their employee or master and their servant (excluding bodyguards).

MLs and FLs who wear glasses at some point.

Dramas and movies in which three or more guys fall  in love with the FL during the course of the plot.

Dramas and movies in which the leads are outside the law and/or have criminal records - bandits, thieves, spies, mafia, criminals, or pirates.

Dramas and movies featuring characters with mental or physical disabilities, mental illness, chronic illnesses, and more. 

Dramas and movies with characters who are doctors, nurses, paramedics, or firefighters.

Romances between step family, in-laws or adopted (not blood related) siblings, and the occasional related one.

Stories where the endgame pairing isn't the usual "met as children and loved forever" -  the leads have romantic relationships and…

Dramas and movies with time travel or time loops.

Dramas and movies in which the main characters have a pet (not just dogs or cats!) that features in the story. 

Dramas and movies in which a storyline or all of the plot revolves around life inside the palace.

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 in which the leads are in an established romantic relationship and then break up, divorce, or plan to divorce only to fall…

Dramas and movies with plot centered around or leads whose careers are in the arts - painting, music, writing, dance, theatre, entertainment,…

The delightful or not so delightful trope! Dramas and movies where at least one of the leads loses their memory at least once.

Arranged marriages, forced marriages, fake relationships, and contract relationships of all sorts that ultimately lead to love.

Dramas and movies in which the same actor plays more than one role/person.

Stories in which the FL physically and/or emotionally saves the ML at least once.

Dramas and movies with a school setting or leads who are students or teachers.

Dramas that have two or more different endings, either alternate (one tragic, one happy), bonus epilogues/extra episodes set after the drama,…

Japanese Dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.

For when you just need a man or woman in armor or a historical uniform to save the day....leads who are generals, soldiers, or warlords, or…

Unconventional MLs on the gray side - villains, antiheros, playboys, bad boys with a heart of gold, and more.

Dramas and movies with a rich lead and a poor(er) lead in a romantic relationship.

Too good, too pure. Green flag MLs.

For when you're in the mood for screaming at your screen after it goes black. Cliffhangers for second seasons that never happened, endings up…

Dramas and movies with hidden and secret pregnancies and children, such as the FL conceals her pregnancy intentionally or unintentionally from…

Dramas and movies featuring phoenixes or characters with wings who are not angels.

For when you're tired of dramas in which the ML sacrifices everything and the FL doesn't seem to even love him as much. Here are FLs who definitely…

Serial killers, crime, procedurals, action, and mysteries. 

When you need romance with a bit more fire - particularly sizzling chemistry, yearning/UST, scenes that makes you wonder where exactly the censors…

Actors and actresses I really enjoy watching. 

Korean dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.

Romance dramas featuring a master/disciple or teacher/student relationship.

Age gap romances of all sorts and varying sizes - main and secondary couples. Immortal characters are included only if he/she was  older/younger…

Dramas and movies about ghosts.