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Romantic yearning

Romantic yearning TV Series

The will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 422 series

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422 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Normal People

★ 8.4
117K 12 2020–2020
Romantic yearning · Love story
10/10

One Day

★ 8.0
67K 14 2024–2024
Bittersweet · Romantic yearning
10/10

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

★ 8.5
30K 43 2019–2023
Witty banter · Romantic yearning
10/10

The Thorn Birds

★ 7.9
11K 4 1983–1983
Romantic yearning · Love story
10/10

First Love

★ 8.4
7K 9 2022–2022
Romantic yearning · Love story
10/10

Museum of Innocence

★ 7.3
6K 9 2026–2026
Romantic yearning · Melancholic
10/10

I Told Sunset About You

★ 8.7
5K 10 2020–2022
Queer stories · Romantic yearning
10/10

How I Met Your Mother

★ 8.3
784K 208 2005–2014
Friendship · Witty banter
9/10

Bridgerton

★ 7.5
230K 41 2020–present
Love story · Period piece
9/10

Heated Rivalry

★ 8.7
110K 7 2025–present
Queer stories · Love story
9/10

Pride and Prejudice

★ 8.8
104K 6 1995–1995
Love story · Period piece
9/10

The Summer I Turned Pretty

★ 7.2
75K 26 2022–2025
Young adult · Love story
9/10

Crash Landing on You

★ 8.7
59K 19 2019–2020
K-drama · Love story
9/10

Your Lie in April

★ 8.6
52K 23 2014–2015
Music scene · Tearjerker
9/10

Dawson's Creek

★ 6.8
49K 128 1998–2003
Coming of age · Romantic yearning
9/10

Daisy Jones & The Six

★ 8.1
46K 10 2023–2023
Music scene · Romantic yearning
9/10

North & South

★ 8.5
38K 4 2004–2004
Period piece · Class divide
9/10

Moonlighting

★ 7.6
27K 65 1985–1989
Witty banter · Banter chemistry
9/10

Maxton Hall: The World Between Us

★ 7.5
25K 13 2024–2026
Love story · Young adult
9/10

Jane Eyre

★ 8.3
24K 4 2006–2006
Romantic yearning · Love story
9/10

Toradora!

★ 7.9
23K 25 2008–2009
Romantic yearning · Anime
9/10

My So-Called Life

★ 8.4
23K 19 1994–1995
Coming of age · Romantic yearning
9/10

Twenty Five Twenty One

★ 8.6
23K 16 2022–2022
K-drama · Nostalgic · Bittersweet
9/10

Fellow Travelers

★ 8.2
19K 8 2023–2023
Queer stories · Love story
9/10