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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1. Blossom
Chinese Drama - 2024, 34 episodes
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.
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2. Chicago Typewriter
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
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.
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3. Crash Landing on You
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
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.
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4. Doom at Your Service
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
hot take: this is who goblin (2016) WISHES she wa-- (gets shot).
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5. Ghost Doctor
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
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.
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6. Her Private Life
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
where's the green flag guy on tiktok? he would be waving it for ryan gold.
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7. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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.
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8. Hospital Playlist
Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
i'm about to be their sixth friend just so i can get some health insurance.
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9. Hotel del Luna
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
"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?
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10. It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
live, laugh, love, gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss.
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11. Lawless Lawyer
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
that's MY powerhouse couple frfr.
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12. Lovely Runner
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
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.
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13. Memorist
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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.
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14. The Prisoner of Beauty
Chinese Drama - 2025, 36 episodes
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.
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15. Through the Darkness
Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
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.
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16. Vincenzo
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
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.
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17. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
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.
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18. When Life Gives You Tangerines
Korean Drama - 2025, 16 episodes
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?
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19. Youth of May
Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
lee do hyun and go min si understand that when the chemistry is chemistrying, you have GOT to keep being in dramas together.