Cover: Dark Colors
Help each other out and add titles where they have dark colors on the cover. Use of lighter colors on the cover is allowed but about 80% of the cover should be from the dark part of the color chart, bottom often having hex codes starting with numbers below 5 such as black, burgundy and dark blue... If it looks dark in your eyes, you may use it for this Essential. Feel free to send us a link of your own list with titles that fit the description to this Essential
Note: Covers sometimes change, it is enough to know that there is a cover to the title that has dark shades on it at one point, but if you want to be on the safe side, you can add a picture.
MDL Watch Challenge 2026 Dec 12, 2022
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![Reborn Rich]()
Yoon Hyun Woo is a devoted, hard-working, and loyal secretary to the Soonyang chaebol family, which runs the lucrative Soonyang Group business empire, founded by Jin Yang Cheol. During a power struggle ...more -
![Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow]()
2. Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow
Korean Drama - 2022, 10 episodes299 points by 3 votersJang Uk returns from death, and three years later, the story of the mages unfolds anew. Jang Uk becomes a hunter of the soul-shifters when a young woman, a prisoner in her ...more -
![The Glory]()
A high school student dreams of becoming an architect. However, she had to drop out of school after suffering from brutal school violence. Years later, the perpetrator gets married and has a ...more -
![Through the Darkness]()
In 1990s Seoul, a mysterious killer known as 'Red Cap' terrorizes the city with brutal, random attacks on women, leaving detectives powerless. To catch him, Kook Yeong Su, head of the Criminal ...more -
![Why Her?]()
The youngest partner at one of the nation’s most prestigious law offices, Oh Soo Jae, has already proven she has what it takes to be one of the country’s best lawyers. Driven ...more -
![The Man from Nowhere]()
Cha Tae Shik leads a quiet life running a pawnshop. His only friend is a little girl, So Mi, who lives next door. So Mi's mother, Hyo Jeong, is a heroin addict. ...more -
![The Handmaiden]()
During 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, Sook Hee is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with ...more -
![Sell Your Haunted House]()
Ji Ah, a woman who has inherited exorcism abilities from her mother, is the owner of Daebak Realty, a company that specializes in selling haunted houses. Ji Ah looks perfect and is ...more -
![Old Boy]()
Oh Dae Soo was imprisoned in a cell which resembled a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae Soo finds himself still trapped ...more -
![Memorist]()
Dong Baek possesses an extraordinary gift - the ability to delve into the memories of those he touches. His remarkable talent, striking appearance, and no-nonsense approach have made him a world-renowned detective. ...more -
![Where Stars Land]()
Where Stars Land follows the lives of workers at Incheon Airport, and in particular, the interactions between a clumsy, yet bubbly, woman named Han Yeo Reum and a prickly and mysterious man ...more -
![Big Mouth]()
Park Chang Ho has been known since his school days as "Big Mouth" because he talks big and promises big things but can not follow through. He is also an infamous lawyer ...more -
![The Sealer]()
A beheaded man’s corpse is discovered in Tokyo, cut with an impossibly sharp blade but mysteriously bloodless. Young reporter Sanjo Mio, investigating the case, witnesses a plume of black dust erupting from ...more -
![Hua Jai Sila]()
Tor is the love child of a mistress and a wealthy hi-so man. After his mother dies from neglect, Tor is forced to live with his father’s family. Abused by his stepmother ...more -
![One Spring Night]()
Feeling trapped in a stale four-year relationship and reluctant to take the next step into marriage, Lee Jeong In stumbles into Yoo Ji Ho's pharmacy one morning, nursing a hangover after a ...more -
![Not Me]()
Black and White are twins with a powerful connection. After their parents' separation, though, White’s father took him abroad, and their family effectively severed in two. It isn’t until fifteen years have ...more -
![Island]()
Won Mi Ho is the only daughter of her father who runs Daehan Group. Her arrogant and selfish attitude causes her to make a big mistake that eventually angers her father into ...more -
![Hidden Blade]()
Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on ...more -
![Strangers Again]()
Divorce lawyer Oh Ha Ra, known as the “goddess of litigation,” unexpectedly reunites with her ex-husband and fellow lawyer, Goo Eun Beom, in court. Forced to work together, old conflicts resurface, creating ...more -
![Alice in Borderland Season 2]()
Arisu Ryohei and Usagi Yuzuha have been pursuing the mystery of “borderland”, risking their lives in games in order to survive and return to their world. The two of them encounter friends, ...more -
![Tunnel]()
In 1986, Park Gwang Ho works as an excellent and enthusiastic detective. His life changes when he’s pursuing leads in a serial homicide case and then passes through a time portal, which ...more -
![Midnight]()
A life-threatening hide-and-seek between a psychopathic killer and a deaf woman Kyeong Mi, a girl with hearing impairment lives with her mother. Working at the customer call center, one day she storms ...more -
![Cheers to Me]()
An ordinary single woman who enjoys cooking and dining alone in the evenings, Ra Yeo Joo is an editor at a publishing house where she’s worked for the past ten years, while ...more -
![Strangers from Hell]()
Yun Jong U is a young guy in his 20s who moves from the countryside to Seoul after his college friend, Jae Ho, offers him a job. While looking for a place ...more -
![Coroner's Diary]()
The story follows Shen Wan, the daughter of Shen Yi, a high-ranking official of the Supreme Court, whose entire family is massacred after being implicated in the Prince of Jin case. Shen ...more -
![My Name]()
After her father's murder, Yoon Ji Woo seeks revenge by infiltrating the police under the direction of Choi Moo Jin, the head of a powerful drug ring. As she goes undercover, she ...more -
![The Universe’s Star]()
Byul is a female Grim Reaper whose job is to guide dead souls to the afterworld. When she meets her favorite singer Woo Joo, who is expected to die soon, she decides ...more -
![Family Matters]()
A group of people possessing special abilities disguise themselves as a family to survive against heinous criminals. Han Yeong Su is a loving mother with a special ability. Baek Cheol Hui is ...more -
![Blind]()
Ryu Sung Joon, Ryu Sung Hoon, and Jo Eun Ki become involved in a serial murder case targeting jury members. Determined to uncover the truth, detective Ryu Sung Joon, his perfectionist judge ...more -
![Voice Season 2: Generation of Disgust]()
Voice profiler Kang Kwon Ju returns to the Emergency Call Center, using her exceptional hearing to save lives and catch criminals during critical “golden time.” Meanwhile, Do Kang U, a man with ...more -
![Tell Me What You Saw]()
Oh Hyun Jae, a former top criminal profiler, disappeared after a serial killer’s explosion killed his fiancé. Now living in seclusion, he is paired with rookie detective Cha Soo Young, who has ...more -
![Bad Girlfriend]()
Ji Soo, an advertising planner who is faithful to her desire to date someone she likes, is proud of her working abilities at her company. She is dating Tae Oh who is ...more -
![The Gifted Graduation]()
Two years have passed, and the new school year begins again. With it comes the resurrection of the Gifted program and a hidden threat from the Ministry led by Darin, a new ...more -
![Connect]()
A work that depicts the mysterious story of a man who has been deprived of a part of his body by organ hunters and becomes 'connected' with a person who has received ...more -
![The Silent Sea]()
Set in the future, when the planet suffers from a lack of water and food caused by desertification. Yoon Jae is a soldier for the space agency. He is selected for a ...more -
![Harbin]()
In 1905, Japan forced Korea to sign the Eulsa Treaty, stripping the nation of its diplomatic rights and reducing the entire peninsula to a Japanese colony. By 1909, when Harbin begins, Korea’s ...more -
![Dear Hongrang]()
In the late Joseon Dynasty, a family rises to wealth through the art trade. However, a mysterious event unfolds when the son, Hong Rang, returns after a decade-long disappearance with no memory ...more -
![The Witch's Diner]()
At 28, Jung Jin's perfect life crumbles as she loses her job, boyfriend, and direction. After a failed restaurant venture with her mother, Jin meets Cho Hui Ra, a sorceress who offers ...more -
![Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame]()
An exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu. -
![Up, Up and Away]()
“To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and must not fear darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.“ Tsz Chun is a shy ...more -
![No Other Choice]()
Man Su had it all: a loving wife, two talented children, and two happy dogs. He even bought the beautiful forest-enclosed house where he grew up. Then, after 25 years of dedicated ...more -
![Had I Not Seen the Sun Part 2]()
It delves into the years between 2014 and 2023, where Jen Yao, post-incarceration, rebuilds his life under a new identity in Taipei and encounters a blind woman resembling his past love, Chiang ...more -
![Lying]()
On a quest for vengeance, a young woman infiltrates a wealthy real estate family, plotting to destroy them as their wary matriarch grows suspicious. (Source: Netflix) -
![Vincenzo]()
At the age of eight, Park Joo Hyeong left for Italy after being adopted. Now an adult, he is known as Vincenzo Cassano and employed by a Mafia family as a consigliere. ...more -
![Nang Nak]()
Mak leaves for Bangkok and is seriously wounded in the Chiang Toong War. His wife Nak dies together along with her stillborn child. However, when Mak returns, they continue to live together, ...more -
![The Outlaws]()
A turf war erupts between a local gang in Garibong-dong, Seoul, and the Heuksapa gang from Yanbian, China, prompting police intervention. Jang Chen, a brutal loan shark from China, leads his violent ...more -
![Napat]()
This story reflects the fact that those on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum are still discriminated against on the basis of sex, whether it's about education, daily life or even the division of sexes ...more -
![Double Mints]()
"We can't live without each other. You're my other half." "I've killed a woman." The domineering voice on the phone was that of a high school classmate, Ichikawa Mitsuo. Buried memories from ...more -
![Bargain]()
No Hyeong Su visits a motel room to see Park Ju Yeong. He is pleased with her appearance and happy to pay for her services, but a surprise is waiting for No ...more -
![Because I Don't Want to Go Home]()
What's wrong with going on a trip alone with a friend of the opposite sex? Yoon Seul who doesn't want to go home and Han Bit who doesn't want to go to ...more -
![Original Sin]()
A lawyer who has been sentenced to jail becomes successful in business after serving time. A cop with a flourishing career solves case after case. The two people who are on opposite ...more -
![Fashion King]()
Great fashion has to start somewhere. And for aspiring designer Kang Yeong Geol, that somewhere is in a humble stall at the Dongdaemun Market, a crowded fashion district in Seoul known for ...more -
![Chaos]()
As "Chaos" begins, businessman Takayuki Komiyama is enjoying lunch with his wife. He soon returns to his office. Immediately, he receives a phone call informing him that she has been kidnapped. With ...more -
![Something in the Rain]()
Yun Jin A, a woman in her mid-30s, has never experienced a successful relationship. After being dumped countless times for her clumsy and reckless behavior, she is heartbroken when a man breaks ...more -
![The Elephant Joke]()
Ex-lovers Yeo Bin and Hae Kwang head to the promised place to send their cat for adoption. However, the place they arrive at is a sparsely populated reservoir. The promised adoptees are ...more -
![Crime Crackdown]()
Li Cheng Yang, a frontline police officer, is framed by evil forces and his own boss to prevent his investigation. Imprisoned, he regains his freedom with the help of the Chinese political ...more -
![The Lost Tomb]()
50 years ago, a group of Changsha grave robbers dug out manuscripts of the location of treasures from Warring states, but an encounter with an undead rendered almost the whole group dead. ...more -
![The Legends]()
After being ambushed by the ten immortal sects while trying to steal the Wanjun Sword, Lu Zhao Yao dies, believing her ally, Li Chen Lan, the demon king’s son, is responsible. Five ...more -
![Spider Lilies]()
Spider Lilies explores the ambiguous relationship between two women: Jade, an 18-year-old webcam model, and Takeko, a tattoo artist. When Jade visits Takeko’s studio, she is entranced by the image of the ...more -
![Had I Not Seen the Sun]()
It tells the story of 25-year-old Li Jen Yao, who turns himself in for a series of cold-blooded murders and admits to being the serial Rainstorm Killer, who once terrorized his high ...more -
![Study Group]()
Yun Ga Min, a student at the struggling Yusung Technical High School, is determined to go to college despite his poor grades and knack for fighting. He forms a study group but ...more -
![Deep in the Jungle]()
Nawin, an army secret service agent, decides to withdraw from a scientific investigation because of unlawful procedures involving International Forces. Although he has tried desperately to avoid the illegal acts of the ...more -
![Tale of the Nine-Tailed]()
The mythical nine-tailed fox, or gumiho, Lee Yeon had to settle in the city many centuries ago. Able to transform into human form, he eradicates supernatural beings that threaten the mortal world. ...more -
![Last Samurai Standing]()
The story begins in Kyoto, Japan in 1878, 10 years after the glory days of the samurai. Stripped of their identity and status and no longer permitted even to carry swords, the ...more -
![Tempted]()
Rich and privileged twenty-somethings uncover their true motives and reveal their depravity while playing a dark and dangerous game. Set on revenge, popular player Kwon Shi Hyun makes a bet with friends ...more -
![Big Bet]()
Cha Mu Sik runs a casino bar, only to flee to the Philippines due to a crackdown by the National Tax Service. He launches a full-fledged casino business and strategizes winning over ...more -
![Winter Begonia]()
A story that revolves around a Peking opera performer and a wealthy businessman who are brought together by their love for Peking opera. Set in the 1930's, it follows Shang Xi Rui, ...more -
![Taxi Driver Season 2]()
After disbanding, Do Gi and the Rainbow Deluxe Taxi crew reunite, unable to ignore their drive for justice. Joined by newcomer On Ha Jun, they take on more cases than ever, but ...more -
![Bridal Mask]()
Lee Gang To is an ambitious and callous Korean officer employed by the Japanese colonists. Despite his mother's disapproval of his work and his own brother's antagonistic history with the Japanese, Gang ...more -
![A Love to Kill]()
Kang Bok Gu, a tough K-1 fighter with a tragic past, falls in love with Cha Eun Seok, a TV talent and actress. His love is forbidden because of a misunderstanding that ...more -
![You Are My Glory]()
Qiao Jing Jing, a well-known celebrity, finds herself in hot water when a leaked video of her terrible gaming skills threatens her endorsement deal. To save her reputation, she jumps into a ...more -
![A Story about Love]()
Five years ago on a full moon night, Shen Si Wei got drunk and went into the wrong room. She had spent the night with the werewolf leader Pei Xing Ye and ...more -
![Rakshasa Street]()
Xia Ling, is a senior college student and looking for jobs. After a freak accident where she is the only survivor, she continues to live her life, however when many misfortunate events ...more -
![D.P. Season 2]()
This unfolding story ensues when military desertion arrest squad members (DP), Jun Ho and Ho Yeol, run across absurdities and unchangeable reality on a regular basis. (Source: Namuwiki; Edited by Krystale Mitaesa ...more -
![Sampat Ruttikan]()
Jan is a 19-year-old girl who was born with a special touch. She can see the death of every person she touches. Every touch and embrace is forbidden for her all her ...more -
![Cross Fire]()
In 2008, Xiao Feng is a dejected e-sports team leader barely keeping his team together. E-sports is still in its infancy, and there is little money to be earned. Xiao Feng's team ...more -
![Joy of Life Season 2]()
Fan Xian, the illegitimate son of the finance minister found love with Lin Wan Er, the daughter of the Princess Royal. They wanted to live peaceful lives, but a scheming prince plotted ...more -
![Remarriage and Desires]()
Through an exclusive matchmaking agency, women strive to marry a desirable bachelor and into the highest echelon of society. (Source: Netflix) -
![Defendant]()
Park Jeong U is a prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. One day, he wakes up and finds himself a convict on death row. Suffering from temporary amnesia, Jeong U ...more -
![Phone]()
After writing a series of articles about a pedophilia scandal, journalist Ji Won receives threatening calls on her cellular and subsequently changes her number. Her close friend Ho Jung, who is infertile, ...more -
![My Beautiful Man]()
Seventeen-year-old Hira, who is at the bottom of the class, tries to remain invisible at school, never wanting to open his mouth and expose his stuttering speech to his classmates. He views ...more -
![Love Scenery]()
Liang Chen is devoted to bringing good music works to the listeners, expressing the idea of being kind, real, and perfect. Lu Jing loves computers and big data research. He is highly ...more -
![Reign of Assassins]()
Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to their rightful ...more -
![The Price of Confession]()
An Yun Su works as an art teacher, living a peaceful, ordinary life, until it suddenly changes. Her husband is murdered, and she is accused of killing him. She struggles to clear ...more -
![Yukiguni]()
On a train bound for the snowy mountains of northwestern Japan, a writer named Shimamura notices two fellow-passengers: an ill man named Yukio and the young woman who attends him, Yoko. Gazing ...more -
![Original Sin]()
Yoo Han, a devout Christian, feels a desire against the Christian doctrine towards Joo Won, a newcomer at the church. He prays eagerly to try to deny the desire but cannot stop ...more -
![Nightmare Teacher]()
When a new teacher arrives, students' dreams begin to come true. Ye Rim, the class president, has to solve the bizarre and scary mystery before it's too late. -
![One Liter of Tears]()
15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya is an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. ...more -
![Taxi Driver Season 3]()
Ex-special forces operative Kim Do Gi suffered a tragic loss when his mother was murdered. At his lowest ebb, he met Jang Seong Cheol, the CEO of Rainbow Taxi, a vigilante organization ...more -
![High School Frenemy]()
When Siamwit School faces financial struggles, administrator Paphada decides to merge the Udon Phithak campus with the main campus, Thep Burapha, despite their long-standing rivalry. Saint, the apathetic leader of class M.5/2, ...more -
![V.I.P.]()
Inspector Chae I Do investigates a brutal serial murder case and suspects Kim Gwang Il, a wealthy North Korean defector. However, his government protects Gwang Il, and CIA-backed agent Jae Hyeok interferes ...more -
![Rugal]()
Kang Ki Beom is an elite police officer whose attempt to bring down Argos, a nationwide criminal organization, results in a group of masked assailants from Argos killing his beloved wife and ...more -
![Honey on the Edge of a Knife]()
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![The Veil]()
In this spy series, top NIS agent Ji Hyuk seeks to uncover a traitor, unveiling a larger threat. His memory loss leads him to a minor task team, where he meets Je ...more -
![Night Has Come]()
A class of second-year high school students at Yooil High School is forced to play a deadly mafia game during a field trip. As psychological warfare intensifies, Lee Yoon Seo, with her ...more -
![The End of the World with You]()
The world is thrown into chaos when the public learns that in just ten days’ time, a massive meteorite will hit the Earth, likely wiping out the entire human race. This horrific ...more -
![Giant]()
This drama tells the story of three siblings who grew up in the 1970s. Lee Gang Mo, his older brother Seong Mo and younger sister Mi Ju were separated at a young ...more -
![Manner of Death]()
Dr. Bunnakit, a provincial hospital medical examiner, suspects homicide in what appears to be a suicide case. His findings draw dangerous attention, and an intruder threatens him to alter his report. When ...more -
![The Judge Returns]()
Despite coming from a lower-income family and attending a non-prestigious university, Lee Han Yeong longed to rise in the judicial ranks. When he married the daughter of Haenal Law Firm's CEO, he ...more -
![Gannibal]()
When police officer Agawa Daigo, is posted to a remote village in the Japanese countryside, he comes to the terrifying realization that something is wrong with the village and the people who ...more
