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Theory of Love

★ 7.7 6K votes 2019–2020 1 season · 13 episodes Ended ONE 31
Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 10/10Queer storiesLGBTQ+ lives and relationships at the center.This show: 9/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 9/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 7/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Gun Atthaphan PhunsawatOff Jumpol AdulkittipornWhite Nawat PhumphothingamMike Chinnarat SiriphongchawalitSara LeggeNeen Suwanamas
Starring
Gun Atthaphan PhunsawatOff Jumpol AdulkittipornWhite Nawat PhumphothingamMike Chinnarat SiriphongchawalitSara LeggeNeen Suwanamas
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A bittersweet study in unrequited devotion"

A Thai romance about Third, who has spent years quietly in love with his charming, oblivious best friend Khai, doing everything from writing his essays to bailing him out of trouble, all while telling himself it's just friendship. The show is slow, aching, and unusually melancholic for the genre, favoring lingering glances and unspoken longing over sweetness. It leans hard into the pain of one-sided devotion rather than easy fan-service romance, carried by its two leads' chemistry and a genuinely wistful mood that stays with you after it ends.

Watch it for

the raw, unusually melancholic take on one-sided love that avoids easy genre comfort.

Maybe skip if

you want a breezy, feel-good romance rather than a slow, emotionally heavy one.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12019
8.49K1310h 32m
Third is a filmology major and a member of the Savage Team along with his best friends Two, Bone, and Khai, but he has a secret. Third has been secretly in love with Khai for years. For three years he has kept his.
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78248 min
▶2Love Actually8.6
77645 min
▶3Friends with Benefits8.5
70848 min
▶4Crazy, Stupid, Love.8.7
68450 min
▶510 Things I Hate About You8.9
67747 min
▶6Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind8.8
72647 min
▶7Flipped8.9
65845 min
▶8The Proposal8.7
65048 min
▶9Love Triangle8.8
64947 min
▶10Begin Again8.9
64548 min
▶11He's Just Not That Into You9.1
65348 min
▶12My Dear9.2
67654 min
▶13Theory of Love: Stand by Me4.6
96757 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Gun Atthaphan Phunsawat Third
Off Jumpol Adulkittiporn Khai
White Nawat Phumphothingam Two
Mike Chinnarat Siriphongchawalit Bone
Sara Legge Pan
Neen Suwanamas Lynn
Earth Pirapat Watthanasetsiri Aun
Foei Patara Eksangkul Chaine
Thanaboon Wanlopsirinun Gab
Sureeyaret Yakaret Fahsai

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