Rom-com vs Rom-dram

Time travel-DRAM w/ com + rom
- Coming-of-age time travel story, family, self-discovery, music, dreams, friendship, disability & deaf community awareness
MDL: 9.2

Rom-DRAM
- Romantic melodrama with thriller elements, heartwarming family dynamics, some angst/suspense & mystery
- Evil: nature vs nurture, healing, love, shame, mental health, family, morals, character development
MDL: 9.1

Rom-DRAM-com
- Heartfelt humor, melo-dramatic elements, some action/suspense
- Friendship, love, rivalry, societal differences, love that transcends borders
Highlight of the show: first part set in North Korea & supporting characters
MDL: 9.0

Rom-DRAM-com
- Time travel, suicide, physical injury, first love, healing, quirky comedy, sweet romance
[Dropped - just not for me but still cute]
MDL: 9.0

DRAM-w/ rom
- ASD representation & stigmas in a legal setting, light & sweet romantic subplot
- Warm, uplifting, insightful
MDL: 8.9

Rom-EPIC DRAM
- An unforgettable epic w/ great cinematography and incredible performance by Namkoong Min
- Angst, unrequited love, war & survival, melodrama, a light sprinkling of k-drama clichés
'Ever changing layers of happiness and sadness, pain and survival."
MDL: 8.9

Rom-COM
- Light, cute, quirky, tropey
- Fake Dating, boss/employee
MDL: 8.7

Rom-DRAM-COM
- Heartwarming, semi-realistic, light melodrama, refreshing
- Touches on mental health, death, dysfunctional families, found family/close knit community, and more
MDL: 8.7

Rom-cozydram
- Heartwarming, fluffy, sweet, sensory delights (food, music, calming voices, etc)
- First love, age gap, healthy relationship, music composer FL x famous dubber/doctor ML
MDL: 8.5

Rom-DRAM-COM
- Fun & entertains, fluffy, good chemistry, LOTS of k-drama tropes & clichés
- Office romance, boss/employee, comedy, drama, mystery
MDL: 8.5

Rom-REVENGE-dram
- An easy to watch healing revenge drama with some comedy & thriller elements
- Time travel, revenge, toxic relationships, domestic violence, second chance, redemption
MDL: 8.5

Rom-MELODRAM
-Makjang/over the top soap opera
- Time travel, revenge, fake dating/contract marriage
[Dropped - I'm not a soap opera person but very fast paced & bingeable]
MDL: 8.5

Rom-cozydram
- Tender, cozy, slowburn - a bit underwhelming imo but still an enjoyable watch
- Sport/billards, love at first sight, winter/snowy setting, chasing a dream
MDL: 8.5

Rom-MYSTERY-dram
- Emotional & heart-felt, green flag romance
- Time travel, mystery, death, love, friendship, the butterfly effect
MDL: 8.4

Rom-COM-dram
- Quirky & light romantic comedy about mental health
MDL: 8.4

Rom-COM
- SUPER cringey cute, fluffy, & campy. Bubbly & childish FL x cold ML, age gap, hospital workplace romance
- Fast paced & easy to binge
MDL: 8.3

Rom-COM
- Quirky romance, crazy & funny, enemies to lovers, some dark humor
- Fast paced & easy to binge office romance
MDL: 8.2

Rom-DRAM-COM
- Light hearted, formulaic, playful
-Workplace romance, opposites attract
MDL: 8.2

Rom-DRAM
- Sci-fi romance, love & connection in the age of AI, loneliness & isolation, face blindness
- Light & easy to watch, very fresh & unique for a k-drama
MDL: 8.1

Rom-COM
- Enemies to lovers, antagonist FL & ML, set in a comic
- Light, fun, & fluffy mini series
MDL: 8.0

Rom-COM
- Lighthearted, quirky, & fun dystopian romcom
MDL: 7.8

Rom-quirkyCOM
-Weird, quirky, playful, light, heartwarming, fetish-y yet wholesome
- Workplace romance, hyperosmia, obsession [ML is obsessed with FL's scent], healthy relationship
MDL: 7.3

Rom-COM
- Lighthearted, charming, simple, and cute but incomplete
MDL: 7.0

MDL: 9.0

MDL: 9.0

MDL: 8.9

MDL: 8.9
rom-melodrama

MDL: 8.8

MDL: 8.8

MDL: 8.8

MDL: 8.8
Rom-dram
Healing, village setting

MDL: 8.7

MDL: 8.7

MDL: 8.7

MDL: 8.6

MDL: 8.6

MDL: 8.6
Return to hometown, healing

MDL: 8.6

MDL: 8.4
Looks like a rom-COM
Rivals to lovers

MDL: 8.5

MDL: 8.4
Looks like a rom-dram-com
Body swap

MDL: 8.4

MDL: 8.4

MDL: 8.4

MDL: 8.4

MDL: 8.4

MDL: 8.3
Looks like a rom-COM
enemies to lovers

MDL: 8.3
Looks like a rom-COM
Makeover transformation, love triangle, quirky FL x cold ML, rivalry, 

MDL: 8.3
Boss/employee

MDL: 8.3

MDL: 8.3

MDL: 8.3
Looks like a rom-COM
Silly & fun, opposites attract

MDL: 8.3

MDL: 8.3

MDL: 8.3

MDL: 8.2

MDL: 8.2
Time travel

MDL: 8.2

MDL: 8.2

MDL: 8.1

MDL: 8.1

MDL: 8.1

MDL: 8.0

MDL: 8.0

MDL: 8.0

MDL: 7.9

MDL: 7.8