Dramas that make you feel vicariously in love

There’s a particular set of dramas (and some movies) where the lead couple loves so beautifully that they make me feel like I’m falling in love vicariously through them. I get butterflies and a similar rush as if I’m discovering that I’m crushing on someone in real life. This high follows me throughout the day, and I feel like I’m really in love myself.

The drama (or movie) itself isn’t always of top notch quality; this is only about how the lead couple (or the ML loving the FL) makes me feel in love .

Most romance dramas/movies actually doesn't manage to convey this feeling, so here I list those where I really got all giddy. Hoping to see recommendations for many more.

hiiyaa Oct 2, 2023

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1. In House Marriage Honey

Japanese Drama - 2020, 7 episodes

10

If I don’t have what they have I don’t want it.
2. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

9.0

Are you even alive if you didn’t screech like a banshee when they talked on the phone and Hong Banjang was like “… ani”??
3. First Love

Japanese Drama - 2022, 9 episodes

9.0

It’s the entire way their whole lives were a constant act of being in love. Not one moment went by where they were NOT.
4. Dating in the Kitchen

Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes

7.5

Uneven drama but the way he loved her was intense of the best kind.
5. The Date of Marriage

Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes

7.5

Especially in the first few eps where the ML was crushing so hard but just kept his composure.
6. From Me to You

Japanese Movie - 2010

7.0

Miura Haruma just loving her so earnestly... You’ll feel it.
7. She Was Pretty

Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

9.5

They were so good for each other and Sosuke’s brand of loving was so butterflies-inducing that Ai literally went weak in the knees and pooled on the floor at one point \{*____*}/
8. I Hear Your Voice

Korean Drama - 2013, 18 episodes

10

The way Soo Ha loves…
9. Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun

Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

7.0

One-track-minded people crushing is the best
10. Damo

Korean Drama - 2003, 14 episodes

8.0

The romance was epic at the time I watched.
11. Who Needs True Love?

Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes

8.0

I’m a sucker for playboy MLs falling hard
12. Liar x Liar

Japanese Movie - 2021

9.5

Playboy MLs falling hard, yada yada
13. Majo no Jouken

Japanese Drama - 1999, 11 episodes

7.0

Icky subject but the way they loved *__*
14. Mars

Taiwanese Drama - 2004, 13 episodes

7.0

Playboy MLs crushing and burning mmmmmmmmmm
15. My Husband Got a Family

Korean Drama - 2012, 58 episodes

7.0

The way Chun Jae Yong (a side character) loves one of the sisters was the cutest.
16. Promise Cinderella

Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

9.5

One-track-minded dudes crushing makes me giddy
17. Rich Man, Poor Woman

Japanese Drama - 2012, 11 episodes

9.0

These babies so so precious
18. My ID Is Gangnam Beauty

Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

7.5

The ultra-popular ML falling is another one of those awesome tropes I love.
19. Sh**ting Stars

Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes

9.5

Ultra-mega-popular guys falling is even better! (The way his hands are shaking when he has his real life kiss scene, I- I just.. *screaming cryig rolling on the fflooor*!!!)
20. Shut Up: Flower Boy Band

Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes

10

Romance wasn’t even the main focus but the butterflies prevailed
21. Summer Strike

Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

9.5

They were so honest and straightforward in their love.
22. Tamra, the Island

Korean Drama - 2009, 16 episodes

8.0

Watching Park Kyu fall in love was so beautiful. But the way they made him wrong in the drama is only rivalled by how the whole industry made Im Joo Hwan, the actor who played him, wrong.
23. Splash Splash Love

Korean Drama - 2015, 2 episodes

7.5

I hardly remember anything but know that Doojon did this good.
24. Duelist

Korean Movie - 2005

8.0

It was like Damo on speed. Romantic, haunting, beautifully shot speed. Oh, those wistful sad eyes..
25. Strong Girl Bong Soon

Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes

7.5

Ughh Park Hyung Shik just sauntering around and leaning at things and intensely loving this insanely strong woman.. yeah, that!