Tearjerkers
Sad endings (my definition is the leads don't end up together due to death or separation) and happy endings for the main couple but are otherwise tragedies. Ending explained in comments so major spoilers ahead!
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1. 20th Century Girl
Korean Movie - 2022
ML dies
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2. A Love Story of Oiled Paper Umbrella
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
ML dies (an illusion of the leads appears to give them a happy ending)
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3. A Poem in Love
Chinese Movie - 2024
leads go separate ways, ML ends up with someone else
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4. A Tale of Love and Loyalty
Chinese Drama - 2024, 20 episodes
both leads die
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5. Adventure for Love
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
leads separate
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6. AI
Chinese Movie - 2020
no one dies but it's an absolute tragedy anyway
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7. An Ancient Love Song
Chinese Drama - 2023, 14 episodes
the leads are separated by timelines that run backwards from each other (FL dies in one part of the timeline)
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8. As Gentle as You
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
the leads separate after the FL returns to her real body and the ML, believing her dead, fails to recognize her upon meeting her again
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9. As the Gods Will
Japanese Movie - 2014
FL dies
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10. Attack On! Princess
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
FL dies
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11. Autumn Fairy Tale
Chinese Movie - 2019
FL is terminally ill
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12. Back to Back
Chinese Movie - 2022
leads separate
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13. Battle of Changsha
Chinese Drama - 2014, 32 episodes
the leads get a happy ending but the drama is a tragedy (everyone else dies)
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14. Behind the Scenes
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
ML dies
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15. Beloved of a Lifetime
Chinese Drama - 2024, 26 episodes
FL dies
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16. Blind Woman
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
ML dies
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17. Brushes of Destiny
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
the leads are separated by time (FL returns to the present, ML remains in the past)
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18. Cheng Xi's Song
Chinese Drama - 2023, 33 episodes
the leads separate
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19. City of Life and Death
Chinese Movie - 2009
many characters die
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20. Colourful Bone
Chinese Drama - 2017, 54 episodes
there are two alternate endings, one tragic in which the ML dies, one happy in which he survives
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21. Consort Strategy Manual
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
leads separate
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22. Coroner's Time-Trial
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
leads are separated by time (FL returns to the present, ML stays in the past)
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23. Dear Diary
Thai Drama - 2025, 4 episodes
FL dies
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24. Dear Hongrang
Korean Drama - 2025, 11 episodes
ML dies
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25. Dear Mayang Street
Chinese Drama - 2020, 37 episodes
ML dies, FL ends up with the SML, so could be seen as bittersweet
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26. Deity of Love
Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes
both leads die
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27. Delete Your Past
Thai Drama - 2024, 3 episodes
the leads separate
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28. Destiny Switch
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
ML returns to his world
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29. Detective Qin Season 2
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
FL marries someone else
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30. Dominion and Devotion
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
ML dies
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31. Don’t Forget My Love
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
both leads die
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32. Drama Special Season 14: TV Cinema - Behind the Shadows
Korean Special - 2023, 1 episode
one of the MLs dies
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33. Drama Special Season 8: If We Were A Season
Korean Special - 2017, 1 episode
the leads separate
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34. Drawing Closer
Japanese Movie - 2024
both leads die
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35. Eternal Yesterday
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
ML dies/vanishes
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36. Falling for Divinity
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
leads separate and don't see each other again until ML is very old and FL is still young
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37. Fangs of Fortune
Chinese Drama - 2024, 34 episodes
ML and other supporting characters die
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38. Fighting for Love
Chinese Drama - 2024, 36 episodes
If you ship the main couple it's a sad ending as they separate. If you don't (like me), it's a mostly happy ending.
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39. For Married Doctress
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
FL dies
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40. Found & Lost
Chinese Drama - 2024, 23 episodes
ML dies
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41. Fox Spirit: God Lord's Love
Chinese Drama - 2022, 26 episodes
both leads die
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42. Girlfriend in the Men's Group
Korean Drama - 2021, 7 episodes
ML never confesses and FL marries someone else in the end
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43. Go Princess, Go!
Chinese Drama - 2015, 35 episodes
there are two alternate endings - a sad one in which both leads die and the soul in the FL's body returns to present day alone, and a happy one in which the leads survive, and the soul returns and finds the ML's reincarnation in present day
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44. Good and Evil
Chinese Drama - 2021, 32 episodes
FL dies
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45. Good Bye, My Princess
Chinese Drama - 2019, 52 episodes
FL dies
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46. Gray Shelter
Korean Drama - 2024, 5 episodes
the leads separate
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47. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
happy ending for both couples but a very sad drama
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48. Half Awake: Under the Mask
Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes
ML dies
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49. Hard to Find
Chinese Drama - 2024, 28 episodes
both leads die
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50. He Won't Kill, She Won't Die
Japanese Movie - 2019
ML dies
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51. Heart Medicine
Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes
ML dies
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52. Heartbeat
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
ML dies
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53. Her Disguise
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
ML dies
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54. His Little Heat
Chinese Drama - 2022, 15 episodes
ML dies
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55. Homme Fatale
Korean Movie - 2019
the leads separate
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56. House of the Disappeared
Korean Movie - 2017
FL dies
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57. I Found Love in a Book
Chinese Drama - 2024, 20 episodes
the leads separate (FL returns to the past, ML stays in the present)
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58. I Love You to the Moon and Back
Chinese Drama - 2023, 104 episodes
FL dies, ML seems to be planning suicide at the end
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59. Island Part 2
Korean Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
ML may or may not die, it's unclear and can be seen as open or tragic
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60. Kissable Lips
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
one of the MLs dies
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61. L.U.C.A.: The Beginning
Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
FL dies and their child is taken away
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62. Le Jun Kai
Chinese Drama - 2013, 9 episodes
ML dies
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63. Legend of Lin Ye
Chinese Drama - 2023, 34 episodes
one of the MLs appears to die (may be open, it's unclear)
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64. Lie Hen
Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes
FL dies
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65. Lock Her
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
ML dies
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66. Long Summer Wei Yang
Chinese Drama - 2023, 33 episodes
ML dies
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67. Love & Bid Farewell
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
both leads die
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68. Love and Lies
Japanese Movie - 2017
ML dies, FL appears to end up with SML in epilogue so could be seen as bittersweet
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69. Love at Second Sight
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
leads separate
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70. Love behind the Mask
Chinese Drama - 2025, 34 episodes
both leads die
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71. Love in a Dream
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
ML dies
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72. Love Rewritten
Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
ML dies
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73. Love through Time
Chinese Drama - 2025, 23 episodes
leads are separated in different worlds
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74. Love's Deception
Chinese Drama - 2023, 22 episodes
the leads separate
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75. Lovesickness
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
the leads separate (they exist in opposite moving timelines (early meetings for one are later for the other) and die in different times)
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76. Luminosity behind the Palace
Chinese Drama - 2025, 16 episodes
ML dies
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77. Maid's Revenge
Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes
ML appears to die (possibly open ending, it's unclear if he somehow survived or the other man just looks like him)
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78. Memories of the Sword
Korean Movie - 2015
many characters die
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79. Mirror of the Witch
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
FL dies
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80. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
the leads are separated by time (FL returns to the present, ML remains in the past)
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81. Mountains and Ocean
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
SML who the FL loved dies, it's an open ending whether the FL ends up with the ML or not
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82. Move to Heaven
Thai Movie - 2023
ghost!ML vanishes
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83. Mr. Sunshine
Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
ML dies
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84. My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy
Japanese Movie - 2021
ML dies
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85. My Charming Villainous Emperor
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
the leads are separated (FL returns to the real world, ML remains in the fictional)
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86. My Country: The New Age
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
both leads die
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87. My Fake Wife
Chinese Drama - 2023, 20 episodes
ML dies, FL is left alone with their baby
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88. My Superpowers Have No Sense of Existence
Chinese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
FL dies
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89. My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday
Japanese Movie - 2016
the leads are separated by time and space (FL returns to her parallel world, ML remains in his, both age at different rates)
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90. No One but You
Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes
ML dies
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91. Once Again
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
one of the MLs dies, leads appear to be trapped in an endless time loop that will always end tragically
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92. One and Only
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
both leads die
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93. One Room Angel
Japanese Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Angel!ML returns to heaven, other ML appears to die in the final scene
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94. Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition
Chinese Movie - 2020
FL and one of the MLs die
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95. Paper Bride
Chinese Movie - 2023
FL dies
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96. Part for Ever
Chinese Drama - 2024, 28 episodes
ML dies
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97. Peach of Time
Korean Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
Ghost!ML vanishes
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98. Please Remember Me
Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes
FL dies
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99. Please Say Sorry
Chinese Drama - 2023, 99 episodes
ML dies
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100. Princess Across Time
Chinese Drama - 2024, 27 episodes
the leads are separated (FL returns to the present, ML stays in the past)