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For when you're in the mood for screaming at your screen after it goes black. Cliffhangers for second seasons that never happened, endings up…
Chinese and Taiwanese dramas that are short length/mini dramas (usually >15 mins per episode).
Thrillers, crime, procedurals, legal, and mysteries.
characters with mental or physical disabilities, mental illness, chronic illnesses, and more.
Dramas and movies I loved and would very much recommend! If there's more than one season/movie, only the first is listed.
Both leads are damaged, traumatized, deeply lonely, or otherwise wounded by life, fall in love, and try to heal together. AKA my favorite romantic…
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…
people entering or coming from video games, VR, books, tv shows, manga, dreams, or parallel worlds, or set within those worlds with self aware…
When you want something very different from the usual - bizarre concepts, fresh/unique plots, and unconventional pairings.
angels, gods, grim reapers, goblins, genies, fairies, demons. AKA a lot of xianxia here.
My favorite sort of happy ending stories - the leads are together and parents (adopted/biological child/children and/or pregnancy). Also included…
Unconventional MLs on the gray side - villains, antiheros, playboys, red flags, and bad boys with a heart of gold.
Childhood connections, childhood and earlier meetings, separations during and toward the end, basically any stories that ultimately feature…
school settings, youth dramas, & main characters who are students or teachers
The delightful or not so delightful trope! At least one of the leads loses their memory at least once.
Romances between a supernatural non-human lead and a human lead.
Pairings where the characters are emotional opposites, one cold and one warm or one introvert and one extrovert.
main characters with scars, particularly those that are significant to the plot or the romance.
characters appear to be someone other than who they truly are due to body/face swaps, power swaps, identity swaps, false identities, hidden…
plots driven by FL's/ML's quest for revenge for something that happened to them or their family.
Arranged marriages, forced marriages, fake relationships, and contract relationships of all sorts that ultimately lead to love.
instead of an enemies to lovers arc, the leads go back and forth between hatred and love in their relationship.
ML or FL gives up their royal titles, quest for revenge, wealth, or something similar.
plost centered around or leads who are involved in the arts - painting, music, writing, dance, theatre, stage magicians, entertainment, etc..
Princes or princesses who are raised as a commoner outside the palace, and may or may not be unaware of their own identity.
endgame pairing isn't the usual "met as children and loved forever" - the leads have romantic relationships and even marriage with…
Age gap romances of all sorts and varying sizes - main and secondary couples. Immortal characters are included only if he/she was older/younger…
pretty and/or unusual/unique aesthetics relating to costumes, sets, lighting, or cinematography.
One or both of the leads are a parent and don't know it. Includes the FL concealing her pregnancy intentionally or unintentionally from the…
reversed stereotypical gender roles including domineering or strong FL/weak ML, matriarchal husbands, reversed societies, mpreg, characters…
characters who are humans with some magical power or who gain power from a magical object they possess.
Romances between step family, in-laws or adopted (not blood related) siblings, and the occasional related one.
two brothers are both romantically involved and/or in a love triangle with the FL.
