my top rated dramas of all time

giving a 10/10 rating is incredibly rare for me, but these dramas did it. i would change zero things about these dramas and i will fight you on this. these are the hills i'm dying on.

in alphabetical order - because how can you make me rank my children?

also, see my rankings for the 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 dramas i've watched!

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  • Blossom

    1. Blossom

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 34 episodes

    10

    song mo, i support your rights and your wrongs. i need me a man like him - down bad for his baddie, down to kill some baddies.

  • Chicago Typewriter

    2. Chicago Typewriter

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes

    10

    seeing yoo ah in with the long hair did something to me. you get it. i don't need to elaborate nor will i elaborate.

  • Crash Landing on You

    3. Crash Landing on You

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    10

    this is the definition of a k-drama, ya know? like this is soo *k-drama* (complimentary). i sobbed, i laughed, i screamed, i fell in love. and then son ye jin and hyun bin fell in love in real life and got married and truly cemented this drama as legendary status.

  • Doom at Your Service

    4. Doom at Your Service

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

    10

    hot take: this is who goblin (2016) WISHES she wa-- (gets shot).

  • Ghost Doctor

    5. Ghost Doctor

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes

    10

    this one took me by surprise with how much i loved it, but what's not to love? excellent cast, great hatable side characters, funny, romantic, and an ending that doesn't throw away 16 episodes of character growth and development? i'm afraid i have to stan.

  • Her Private Life

    6. Her Private Life

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    10

    where's the green flag guy on tiktok? he would be waving it for ryan gold. 

  • Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

    7. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

    10

    easily the one i've rewatched the most because i've subjected my sister and my two best friends to watch this with me - and each time, i've SOBBED and every person i've watched this with has ended up SOBBING to the point where we've stopped the episode, gone to the bathroom so we could blow our nose, and literally take a breather. it's a great bonding experience.

  • Hospital Playlist

    8. Hospital Playlist

    Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes

    10

    i'm about to be their sixth friend just so i can get some health insurance.

  • Hotel del Luna

    9. Hotel del Luna

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    10

    "bring back male yearning, bring back male yearning" they say. oh okay, how about someone who reincarnated as a firefly and turned down going to the afterlife because they loved you and wanted to stay by your side for centuries no matter the form? 

  • It's Okay to Not Be Okay

    10. It's Okay to Not Be Okay

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes

    10

    live, laugh, love, gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss.

  • Lawless Lawyer

    11. Lawless Lawyer

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

    10

    that's MY powerhouse couple frfr.

  • Lovely Runner

    12. Lovely Runner

    Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes

    10

    kim hye soon did THAT in the first episode and i knew this was going to be one for the books. also sun jae is a 193 cm loser for im sol and i want him.

  • Memorist

    13. Memorist

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes

    10

    i have never been more stressed watching a drama than this one. i think this gave me heart palpitations. i'm never rewatching this drama, but it's so fucking good.

  • The Prisoner of Beauty

    14. The Prisoner of Beauty

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 36 episodes

    10

    when i say i want an enemies-to-lovers slowburn drama, THIS is what i mean! this reminds me of the cdramas i used to love (pre-40 episode cap), and for achieving that, she deserves all the stars.

  • Through the Darkness

    15. Through the Darkness

    Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    10

    a slower-paced drama that is incredibly realistic but still thrilling and gripping. ha young, you would make spencer reid, aaron hotch, and the rest of the BAU from criminal minds proud.

  • Vincenzo

    16. Vincenzo

    Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes

    10

    8-episode drama this, 12-episode drama that -- this is a 20-episode drama that knows what she's doing and did not lose my attention one bit and so i just want to say to netflix, fuck you for what you've done in introducing seasons and shorter episodes in k-dramas.

  • What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    17. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

    10

    she's the icon, the blueprint, the queen of workplace k-drama of the late 2010s. i love her and nothing anyone will say can change that.

  • When Life Gives You Tangerines

    18. When Life Gives You Tangerines

    Korean Drama - 2025, 16 episodes

    10

    don't watch this if you're a daughter (especially the eldest) and you love your parents and feel so grateful and so sorry and so burdened and so appreciative and so so happy that they're your parents. because when life gives you tangerines, you sob, and laugh. but mostly, i sobbed. how do i give this drama more than ten stars? 

  • Youth of May

    19. Youth of May

    Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes

    10

    lee do hyun and go min si understand that when the chemistry is chemistrying, you have GOT to keep being in dramas together.

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