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K-drama

K-drama TV Series

Korean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 227 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince

★ 8.1
8K votes 17 episodes 2007–2007
K-drama · Love story
10/10

Queen of Tears

★ 5.5
8K votes 7 episodes 2025–2025
K-drama · Love story · Tearjerker
10/10

She Was Pretty

★ 7.5
8K votes 16 episodes 2015–2015
K-drama · Love story
10/10

The Good Bad Mother

★ 8.4
8K votes 14 episodes 2023–2023
K-drama · Sentimental · Tearjerker
10/10

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth

★ 8.0
8K votes 20 episodes 2016–2017
K-drama · Period piece
10/10

Kill Me, Heal Me

★ 8.3
7K votes 20 episodes 2015–2015
K-drama · Love story
10/10

Crash Course in Romance

★ 7.7
7K votes 16 episodes 2023–2023
K-drama · Love story
10/10

Cinderella and the Four Knights

★ 7.4
7K votes 16 episodes 2016–2016
K-drama · Love story
10/10

The Master's Sun

★ 8.0
7K votes 17 episodes 2013–2013
K-drama · Love story
10/10

You Are Beautiful

★ 7.6
6K votes 16 episodes 2009–2009
K-drama · Love story · Music scene
10/10

Our Unwritten Seoul

★ 7.9
6K votes 12 episodes 2025–2025
K-drama · Female perspective
10/10

Love in the Moonlight

★ 7.8
6K votes 18 episodes 2016–2016
K-drama · Love story
10/10

I Hear Your Voice

★ 8.0
6K votes 18 episodes 2013–2013
K-drama · Legal · Love story
10/10

It's Okay, That's Love

★ 8.2
5K votes 16 episodes 2014–2014
Mental health · K-drama
10/10

Uncontrollably Fond

★ 7.7
5K votes 20 episodes 2016–2016
K-drama · Love story · Tearjerker
10/10

100 Days My Prince

★ 7.8
5K votes 16 episodes 2018–2018
K-drama · Love story
10/10

Angel's Last Mission: Love

★ 7.7
5K votes 32 episodes 2019–2019
K-drama · Love story · Sentimental
10/10

Record of Youth

★ 7.2
5K votes 16 episodes 2020–2020
K-drama · Love story
10/10

My Holo Love

★ 7.6
5K votes 12 episodes 2020–2020
K-drama · Love story
10/10

Doctor Stranger

★ 7.5
5K votes 20 episodes 2014–2014
K-drama · Medical · Love story
10/10

Full House

★ 7.8
4K votes 16 episodes 2004–2004
K-drama · Love story
10/10

Dream High

★ 7.6
4K votes 33 episodes 2011–2012
K-drama · Music scene
10/10

The Moon Embracing the Sun

★ 7.9
4K votes 20 episodes 2012–2012
K-drama · Romantic yearning
10/10

Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung

★ 8.1
4K votes 40 episodes 2019–2019
K-drama · Period piece
10/10
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