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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!

emeraldarrows Jan 8, 2024
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  • 20th Century Girl

    1. 20th Century Girl

    Korean Movie - 2022

    8.5

    ML dies

  • A Love Story of Oiled Paper Umbrella

    2. A Love Story of Oiled Paper Umbrella

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    9.5

    ML dies (an illusion of the leads appears to give them a happy ending)

  • A Poem in Love

    3. A Poem in Love

    Chinese Movie - 2024

    7.0

    leads go separate ways, ML ends up with someone else

  • A Tale of Love and Loyalty

    4. A Tale of Love and Loyalty

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 20 episodes

    9.0

    both leads die

  • Adventure for Love

    5. Adventure for Love

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

    8.5

    leads separate

  • AI

    6. AI

    Chinese Movie - 2020

    10

    no one dies but it's an absolute tragedy anyway

  • An Ancient Love Song

    7. An Ancient Love Song

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 14 episodes

    10

    the leads are separated by timelines that run backwards from each other (FL dies in one part of the timeline)

  • As Gentle as You

    8. As Gentle as You

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes

    8.0

    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 

  • As the Gods Will

    9. As the Gods Will

    Japanese Movie - 2014

    8.0

    FL dies

  • Attack On! Princess

    10. Attack On! Princess

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

    8.5

    FL dies

  • Autumn Fairy Tale

    11. Autumn Fairy Tale

    Chinese Movie - 2019

    7.0

    FL is terminally ill

  • Back to Back

    12. Back to Back

    Chinese Movie - 2022

    8.0

    leads separate

  • Battle of Changsha

    13. Battle of Changsha

    Chinese Drama - 2014, 32 episodes

    10

    the leads get a happy ending but the drama is a tragedy (everyone else dies)

  • Behind the Scenes

    14. Behind the Scenes

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Beloved of a Lifetime

    15. Beloved of a Lifetime

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 26 episodes

    8.5

    FL dies

  • Blind Woman

    16. Blind Woman

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Brushes of Destiny

    17. Brushes of Destiny

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

    8.5

    the leads are separated by time (FL returns to the present, ML remains in the past)

  • Cheng Xi's Song

    18. Cheng Xi's Song

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 33 episodes

    8.5

    the leads separate

  • City of Life and Death

    19. City of Life and Death

    Chinese Movie - 2009

    9.0

    many characters die

  • Colourful Bone

    20. Colourful Bone

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 54 episodes

    10

    there are two alternate endings, one tragic in which the ML dies, one happy in which he survives

  • Consort Strategy Manual

    21. Consort Strategy Manual

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

    8.5

    leads separate

  • Coroner's Time-Trial

    22. Coroner's Time-Trial

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

    8.0

    leads are separated by time (FL returns to the present, ML stays in the past)

  • Dear Diary

    23. Dear Diary

    Thai Drama - 2025, 4 episodes

    7.0

    FL dies

  • Dear Hongrang

    24. Dear Hongrang

    Korean Drama - 2025, 11 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Dear Mayang Street

    25. Dear Mayang Street

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 37 episodes

    9.0

    ML dies, FL ends up with the SML, so could be seen as bittersweet

  • Deity of Love

    26. Deity of Love

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes

    8.0

    both leads die

  • Delete Your Past

    27. Delete Your Past

    Thai Drama - 2024, 3 episodes

    7.0

    the leads separate

  • Destiny Switch

    28. Destiny Switch

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

    6.0

    ML returns to his world

  • Detective Qin Season 2

    29. Detective Qin Season 2

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    8.5

    FL marries someone else

  • Dominion and Devotion

    30. Dominion and Devotion

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

    9.0

    ML dies

  • Don’t Forget My Love

    31. Don’t Forget My Love

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes

    8.0

    both leads die

  • Drama Special Season 14: TV Cinema - Behind the Shadows

    32. Drama Special Season 14: TV Cinema - Behind the Shadows

    Korean Special - 2023, 1 episode

    8.5

    one of the MLs dies

  • Drama Special Season 8: If We Were A Season

    33. Drama Special Season 8: If We Were A Season

    Korean Special - 2017, 1 episode

    8.5

    the leads separate

  • Drawing Closer

    34. Drawing Closer

    Japanese Movie - 2024

    8.5

    both leads die

  • Eternal Yesterday

    35. Eternal Yesterday

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies/vanishes

  • Falling for Divinity

    36. Falling for Divinity

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

    8.5

    leads separate and don't see each other again until ML is very old and FL is still young

  • Fangs of Fortune

    37. Fangs of Fortune

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 34 episodes

    7.5

    ML and other supporting characters die

  • Fighting for Love

    38. Fighting for Love

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 36 episodes

    6.0

    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.

  • For Married Doctress

    39. For Married Doctress

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes

    8.0

    FL dies

  • Found & Lost

    40. Found & Lost

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 23 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Fox Spirit: God Lord's Love

    41. Fox Spirit: God Lord's Love

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 26 episodes

    7.5

    both leads die

  • Girlfriend in the Men's Group

    42. Girlfriend in the Men's Group

    Korean Drama - 2021, 7 episodes

    8.5

    ML never confesses and FL marries someone else in the end

  • Go Princess, Go!

    43. Go Princess, Go!

    Chinese Drama - 2015, 35 episodes

    9.0

    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

  • Good and Evil

    44. Good and Evil

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 32 episodes

    8.0

    FL dies

  • Good Bye, My Princess

    45. Good Bye, My Princess

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 52 episodes

    8.5

    FL dies

  • Gray Shelter

    46. Gray Shelter

    Korean Drama - 2024, 5 episodes

    7.0

    the leads separate

  • Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

    47. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes

    10

    happy ending for both couples but a very sad drama

  • Half Awake: Under the Mask

    48. Half Awake: Under the Mask

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Hard to Find

    49. Hard to Find

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 28 episodes

    9.0

    both leads die

  • He Won't Kill, She Won't Die

    50. He Won't Kill, She Won't Die

    Japanese Movie - 2019

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Heart Medicine

    51. Heart Medicine

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Heartbeat

    52. Heartbeat

    Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Her Disguise

    53. Her Disguise

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • His Little Heat

    54. His Little Heat

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 15 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Homme Fatale

    55. Homme Fatale

    Korean Movie - 2019

    10

    the leads separate

  • House of the Disappeared

    56. House of the Disappeared

    Korean Movie - 2017

    10

    FL dies

  • I Found Love in a Book

    57. I Found Love in a Book

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 20 episodes

    8.0

    the leads separate (FL returns to the past, ML stays in the present)

  • I Love You to the Moon and Back

    58. I Love You to the Moon and Back

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 104 episodes

    7.5

    FL dies, ML seems to be planning suicide at the end

  • Island Part 2

    59. Island Part 2

    Korean Drama - 2023, 6 episodes

    10

    ML may or may not die, it's unclear and can be seen as open or tragic

  • Kissable Lips

    60. Kissable Lips

    Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

    8.0

    one of the MLs dies

  • L.U.C.A.: The Beginning

    61. L.U.C.A.: The Beginning

    Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes

    10

    FL dies and their child is taken away

  • Le Jun Kai

    62. Le Jun Kai

    Chinese Drama - 2013, 9 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Legend of Lin Ye

    63. Legend of Lin Ye

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 34 episodes

    10

    one of the MLs appears to die (may be open, it's unclear)

  • Lie Hen

    64. Lie Hen

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes

    8.5

    FL dies

  • Lock Her

    65. Lock Her

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Long Summer Wei Yang

    66. Long Summer Wei Yang

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 33 episodes

    9.0

    ML dies

  • Love & Bid Farewell

    67. Love & Bid Farewell

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    8.5

    both leads die

  • Love and Lies

    68. Love and Lies

    Japanese Movie - 2017

    7.5

    ML dies, FL appears to end up with SML in epilogue so could be seen as bittersweet

  • Love at Second Sight

    69. Love at Second Sight

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

    8.5

    leads separate

  • Love behind the Mask

    70. Love behind the Mask

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 34 episodes

    9.0

    both leads die

  • Love in a Dream

    71. Love in a Dream

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Love Rewritten

    72. Love Rewritten

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Love through Time

    73. Love through Time

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 23 episodes

    8.0

    leads are separated in different worlds

  • Love's Deception

    74. Love's Deception

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 22 episodes

    8.5

    the leads separate 

  • Lovesickness

    75. Lovesickness

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    7.0

    the leads separate (they exist in opposite moving timelines (early meetings for one are later for the other) and die in different times)

  • Luminosity behind the Palace

    76. Luminosity behind the Palace

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 16 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Maid's Revenge

    77. Maid's Revenge

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes

    10

    ML appears to die (possibly open ending, it's unclear if he somehow survived or the other man just looks like him)

  • Memories of the Sword

    78. Memories of the Sword

    Korean Movie - 2015

    8.0

    many characters die

  • Mirror of the Witch

    79. Mirror of the Witch

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes

    8.0

    FL dies

  • Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    80. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes

    10

    the leads are separated by time (FL returns to the present, ML remains in the past)

  • Mountains and Ocean

    81. Mountains and Ocean

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes

    9.0

    SML who the FL loved dies, it's an open ending whether the FL ends up with the ML or not

  • Move to Heaven

    82. Move to Heaven

    Thai Movie - 2023

    8.0

    ghost!ML vanishes

  • Mr. Sunshine

    83. Mr. Sunshine

    Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy

    84. My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy

    Japanese Movie - 2021

    9.0

    ML dies

  • My Charming Villainous Emperor

    85. My Charming Villainous Emperor

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

    8.5

    the leads are separated (FL returns to the real world, ML remains in the fictional) 

  • My Country: The New Age

    86. My Country: The New Age

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    6.5

    both leads die

  • My Fake Wife

    87. My Fake Wife

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 20 episodes

    7.0

    ML dies, FL is left alone with their baby

  • My Superpowers Have No Sense of Existence

    88. My Superpowers Have No Sense of Existence

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    8.0

    FL dies

  • My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

    89. My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

    Japanese Movie - 2016

    10

    the leads are separated by time and space (FL returns to her parallel world, ML remains in his, both age at different rates)

  • No One but You

    90. No One but You

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Once Again

    91. Once Again

    Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

    9.0

    one of the MLs dies, leads appear to be trapped in an endless time loop that will always end tragically

  • One and Only

    92. One and Only

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

    8.5

    both leads die 

  • One Room Angel

    93. One Room Angel

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 6 episodes

    8.5

    Angel!ML returns to heaven, other ML appears to die in the final scene

  • Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition

    94. Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition

    Chinese Movie - 2020

    10

    FL and one of the MLs die

  • Paper Bride

    95. Paper Bride

    Chinese Movie - 2023

    8.5

    FL dies

  • Part for Ever

    96. Part for Ever

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 28 episodes

    9.0

    ML dies

  • Peach of Time

    97. Peach of Time

    Korean Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

    8.5

    Ghost!ML vanishes

  • Please Remember Me

    98. Please Remember Me

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes

    9.0

    FL dies

  • Please Say Sorry

    99. Please Say Sorry

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 99 episodes

    6.0

    ML dies

  • Princess Across Time

    100. Princess Across Time

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 27 episodes

    8.0

    the leads are separated (FL returns to the present, ML stays in the past)

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