The dime store romance novels of the drama world with a few real gems, lol. For regular mini dramas, check out my list here: https://mydramalist.com/list/4YWDPEvL
Arranged marriages, forced marriages, fake relationships, and contract relationships of all sorts that ultimately lead to love.
My favorite sort of happy ending stories - the leads are together and parents (adopted/biological child/children and/or pregnancy). Also included…
One or both of the leads are a parent and don't know it. Includes the FL concealing her pregnancy intentionally or unintentionally from the…
plost centered around or leads whose careers are in the arts - painting, music, writing, dance, theatre, entertainment, etc..
Romances between an employer and their employee or master and their servant (excluding bodyguards).
Nostalgic dramas and movies partially or entirely set in the 1980s or 1990s.
ML and his brother are both in love with and/or romantically involved with the FL.
characters appear to be someone other than who they truly are due to body/face swaps, power swaps, identity swaps, false identities, hidden…
characters who are humans with some magical power or who gain power from a magical object they possess.
Chinese and Taiwanese dramas that are short length/mini dramas (usually >15 mins per episode). For vertical dramas check out my list here:…
Most of the to time when the FL is in disguise as a boy, the ML finds out and then falls in love. This is for the rare and wonderful times when…
Age gap romances of all sorts and varying sizes - main and secondary couples. Immortal characters are included only if he/she was older/younger…
the leads are in an established romantic relationship and then break up, divorce, or plan to divorce only to fall in love all over again.
plots driven by FL's/ML's quest for revenge for something that happened to them or their family.
Childhood connections, childhood and earlier meetings, separations during and toward the end, basically any stories that ultimately feature…
main characters who are doctors, nurses, paramedics, or firefighters.
Both leads are damaged, traumatized, deeply lonely, or otherwise wounded by life, fall in love, and try to heal together. AKA my favorite romantic…
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…
youth drama, school settings, & main characters who are students or teachers
Couples with large height differences, guaranteed to make the heart flutter!
The delightful or not so delightful trope! At least one of the leads loses their memory at least once.
MLs with that supernatural white, bright, or unusual hair colors at some point, just because it's pretty. ;)
people entering or coming from video games, VR, books, tv shows, manga, or dreams, or set within those worlds with self aware characters.
Plots centered around food, restaurants, cafes, bars, and cooking and/or characters who are chefs/cooks.
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…
endgame pairing isn't the usual "met as children and loved forever" - the leads have romantic relationships and even marriage with…
characters who transform into both humans and animals (includes nine tailed foxes).
Korean dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.
Pairings where the characters are emotional opposites, one cold and one warm or one introvert and one extrovert.
characters with mental or physical disabilities, mental illness, chronic illnesses, and more.
the leads are more than star-crossed lovers - there is bad blood between them. Includes blood feuds in which the lead or their family harmed/killed…
Dramas and movies set in or with flashbacks to times less commonly shown such as Qing, Goryeo, Silla, Manchu War, etc.
Thrillers, crime, procedurals, legal, and mysteries.
Unconventional MLs on the gray side - villains, antiheros, playboys, red flags, and bad boys with a heart of gold.
Because the number of episodes of most Chinese dramas can be daunting, these are full length but shorter than average dramas (20 or fewer episodes).…
When you need romance with a bit more fire - particularly sizzling chemistry, yearning/UST, scenes that makes you wonder where exactly the censors…
one or both of the leads dislikes/hates/is annoyed by the other when they first meet, but the two later fall in love.
the leads live together before being in a relationship or live in the same apartment building next door to each other. Excludes contract…