Vibe: Moody, Melancholic, Drmatic
For dramas that have a moody, dramatic, melancholic aesthetic. Usually darker stories with more moral ambiguity and/or injustice and a mellow, intimate aesthetic.
For me these sort of titles usually have a couple of things in common:
- Dark, close, bleak, mellow but still stunning cinematography
- Slightly melodramatic
- Very character-focused
- Trauma/disability representation
- Intimate storytelling and intimate character dynamics
- Darker tones all around
- Winter setting
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1. A Dream like the True Love
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
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2. A Familiar Stranger
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
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3. Assassin Academy
Chinese Drama - 2021, 18 episodes
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4. Beyond the Dream
Hong Kong Movie - 2019
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5. Cliff Walkers
Chinese Movie - 2021
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6. Dong Lan Xue
Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes
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7. Enigma
Thai Drama - 2023, 4 episodes
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8. Flower of Evil
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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9. Kingdom
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
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10. Memorist
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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11. Nobody Knows
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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12. Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition
Chinese Movie - 2020
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13. Ripe Town
Chinese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
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14. Scent of New Dawn
Chinese Drama - 2025, 28 episodes
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15. Secrets of the Shadow Sect
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
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16. Shijukara
Japanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
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17. The Embers
Chinese Drama - 2025, 28 episodes
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18. The Night Owl
Korean Movie - 2022
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19. Wuliang
Chinese Movie - 2020
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20. Yume de Mita Ano Ko no Tame ni
Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes