Your K-drama taste, estimated from your 8 answers.
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K-dramas ranked by match
A chaebol heiress crash-lands in the North and falls for an officer — a love across the border.
A young man taking on a food giant — revenge and a rise on his convictions.
An immortal goblin and the girl said to be his bride — an aching love.
A soldier and a doctor bound at the front — a dramatic romance.
Five doctor friends of 20 years — a warm ensemble of daily life.
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Your K-drama taste profile
Your K-drama taste, estimated from your 8 answers.
Romance
Comedy
Suspense
Melodrama
Historical
Revenge
Youth
Fantasy & SF
It's only a guide — it can shift with your mood.
Match ranking
Crash Landing on You
2019
A chaebol heiress crash-lands in the North and falls for an officer — a love across the border.
A South Korean heiress crash-lands in North Korea and falls for the officer hiding her, in this 2019 mega-hit. Comedy and ache, for mainstream romance.
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Love across the border
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Cozy life in a Northern village
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A moving parting and reunion
Descendants of the Sun
2016
A soldier and a doctor bound at the front — a dramatic romance.
A special-forces soldier and a doctor fall in love on deployment, in this 2016 mega-hit. Scale and romance, for a dramatic love story.
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Love bound at the front
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A grand scale
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Two couples' stories
Winter Sonata
2002
First love and amnesia intertwined — the melodrama that founded the Korean Wave.
An aching fate around a first love that sparked the Korean Wave in Japan, in this 2002 classic. Beautiful snowscapes and pure love, for mainstream melodrama.
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An aching first-love fate
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Beautiful snowscapes
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The root of the Korean Wave
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
2018
A perfect heir and his capable secretary — a mainstream office romcom.
A self-assured vice-chairman tries to keep his capable secretary from quitting, in this 2018 hit. Brisk comedy and flutters, for a sweet office romance.
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A perfect heir's love
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Brisk comedy
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A sweet office romance
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
2021
A dentist and a handyman in a seaside village — a cozy healing romance.
A dentist who moves to a seaside village and a jack-of-all-trades fall in love, in this 2021 hit. Warm village warmth and a cozy romance, for comfort.
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Seaside village warmth
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A cozy romance
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A warm ensemble
Romance Is a Bonus Book
2019
A woman restarting at a publisher and the editor-in-chief — a grown-up workplace romance.
A woman hides her resume to start at a publisher and falls for her childhood-friend editor, in this 2019 hit. Publishing-world depiction and grown-up love, for a calm romance.
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A restart at a publisher
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Love with a childhood friend
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A calm grown-up romance
Encounter
2018
A woman of a political family and an ordinary young man — a delicate melodrama.
A divorced woman from a prominent family and a simple young man fall in love, in this 2018 hit. Delicate emotion and beautiful visuals, for an aching grown-up melodrama.
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An aching class-gap love
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Delicate emotion
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Beautiful visuals
Something in the Rain
2018
A delicate love of a younger man and an older woman — a grown-up melodrama.
An older woman falls for the now-grown younger brother of a friend, in this 2018 hit. Delicate emotion and beautiful visuals, for a mellow grown-up romance.
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An age-gap love
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Delicate emotion
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Beautiful visuals
Stairway to Heaven
2003
The tragic love of torn-apart lovers — a mainstream pure-love melodrama.
Childhood lovers torn apart by schemes reunite, in this 2003 hit. Amnesia and pure love at their most classic, for an all-out tearjerker.
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A love torn apart
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Classic amnesia
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An all-out tearjerker
Secret Garden
2010
Two who swap bodies — a comical romance fantasy.
A haughty chaebol heir and a stuntwoman swap bodies and fall in love, in this 2010 hit. A comical swap and class-gap romance, for a fun love story.
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A body-swap premise
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A class-gap love
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Comical banter
It's Okay to Not Be Okay
2020
Three wounded hearts healing each other — a beautiful romance of healing.
A children's-book author and brothers working at a psychiatric ward heal each other, in this 2020 hit. Beautiful visuals and healing of trauma, for a deeply affecting romance.
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Healing of the heart's wounds
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Beautiful visuals and fable
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A brothers' bond
Our Beloved Summer
2021
Ex-lovers reunited — a sweet-and-sour grown-up youth romance.
Two who dated and broke up in high school reunite for a documentary shoot, in this 2021 hit. Sweet-and-sour reunion and true-to-life feeling, for a stylish romance.
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Ex-lovers reunited
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True-to-life feeling
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Stylish visuals
Queen of Tears
2024
A jaded chaebol couple facing trials and each other — a laugh-and-cry romance.
A chaebol heiress and her live-in son-in-law husband, on the brink of divorce, rekindle love through hardship, in this 2024 mega-hit. Comedy and emotion, for a mainstream marriage romance.
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A jaded couple's renewal
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A swing of laughs and tears
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A chaebol-family tale
Crash Course in Romance
2023
A star instructor and a side-dish shop owner in love — a brisk romcom.
A celebrity exam instructor and an earnest side-dish shop owner fall in love, in this 2023 hit. Satire of exam fever and sweet romance, for brisk fun.
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A star instructor's love
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Satire of exam fever
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A sweet everyday romance
A Gentleman's Dignity
2012
The friendship and love of four men in their 40s — a grown-up romcom.
Four close friends entering middle age navigate love and life, in this 2012 hit. Grown-up friendship and romance comedy, for brisk fun.
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Friendship of men in their 40s
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Grown-up romance
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Brisk comedy
That Winter, the Wind Blows
2013
A conman and a blind heiress drawn together — an aching, beautiful melodrama.
A conman after an inheritance poses as a blind heiress's brother and truly falls in love, in this 2013 drama. An aching lie and pure love, for mainstream melodrama.
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A love that begins with a lie
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Pure love with a blind heiress
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Beautiful, aching visuals
Kill Me, Heal Me
2015
A chaebol heir with seven personalities and a psychiatrist in love — an unusual romance.
A chaebol heir with multiple personalities and his psychiatrist trainee fall in love, in this 2015 hit. The mystery of personalities and an aching past, for a unique romance.
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A seven-personality premise
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An aching past mystery
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A love that heals
I Need Romance
2011
The real love and friendship of women in their 30s — a grown-up romcom.
City-working women in their 30s navigate love and life true-to-life, in this 2011 hit series. Realistic views on love and comedy, for relatable grown-up romance.
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The reality of women in their 30s
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Honest views on love
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City friendship
Lovers in Paris
2004
A chaebol heir and a student meeting in Paris — a mainstream class-gap melodrama.
A chaebol heir and a struggling student fall in love in Paris, in this 2004 hit. An aching class-gap love, for mainstream melodrama.
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A meeting in Paris
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An aching class-gap love
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A glamorous world
Record of Youth
2020
Young people aiming from modeling to acting — a realistic youth drama.
Young people chasing dreams in showbiz face challenge and reality, in this 2020 drama. The reality of dreams and setbacks and romance, for true-to-life youth.
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Chasing a dream in showbiz
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The reality of dreams and setbacks
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A true-to-life romance
Goblin
2016
An immortal goblin and the girl said to be his bride — an aching love.
An immortal goblin who longs for death and the girl said to be his fated bride, in this acclaimed 2016 drama. Beautiful visuals and fantasy, for sinking into a world.
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An immortal goblin's fate
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Beautiful visuals
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An aching fated love
When the Camellia Blooms
2019
A single mother's love crossing the shadow of a serial killer — a moving suspense.
A single mother's love amid prejudice and a serial killer lurking in town, in this 2019 hit. Warmth and thrills, for both emotion and suspense.
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A single mother's love
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A killer in town
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A warm human drama
Mr. Sunshine
2018
A grand historical romance set in Korea's age of enlightenment.
A Korean-born U.S. soldier and a noblewoman fall in love amid turbulent times, in this 2018 epic. Lavish visuals and weighty history, for a large-scale romance.
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A turbulent enlightenment era
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Lavish visuals
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An aching historical romance
My Love from the Star
2013
An alien living on Earth and a top actress — a fantastical romance.
An alien who came to Earth 400 years ago falls for a haughty actress, in this 2013 mega-hit. Fantasy, comedy, and ache, for a heart-fluttering love.
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A love with an alien
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Comical banter
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An aching time limit
The Heirs
2013
A youth love story at an elite school of chaebol heirs.
A poor girl and a chaebol heir in a class-gap romance, in this 2013 hit. A glamorous school and aching love, for youth romance.
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A glamorous elite school
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A class-gap love
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An ensemble of heirs
Pinocchio
2014
Young reporters' love and growth questioning the truth of news — a youth social drama.
Young reporters, including a girl who hiccups when she lies, grow up, in this 2014 hit. Journalistic ethics and romance, for social youth drama.
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A question of news truth
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Young reporters' growth
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An aching past incident
W: Two Worlds
2016
A comic world and reality intersecting — a fresh fantasy thriller.
A webtoon protagonist meets a real doctor as their worlds intersect, in this 2016 hit. A fresh premise, thrills, and romance, for fantastical turns.
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Comic and reality intersecting
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A fresh premise
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Thrilling turns
Strong Woman Do Bong-soon
2017
A super-strong woman shining — a romcom that makes you laugh and swoon.
A woman born with super strength gets caught in a case and falls in love, in this 2017 hit. Exhilarating action, comedy, and romance, for bright fun.
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A super-strong heroine
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Exhilarating comedy
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A heart-fluttering love
Hotel del Luna
2019
The ghostly hotel's CEO and her human manager — a dreamlike romance.
The CEO of a hotel for the dead and her human manager fall in love, in this 2019 hit. A dreamlike world and ache, for fantastical romance.
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A hotel for ghosts
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Dreamlike visuals
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An aching long time
Start-Up
2020
Young people's dreams and love in startups — a fresh youth drama.
Young people chasing IT startups in a triangle of love, in this 2020 hit. Dream-chasing youth and aching romance, for an upbeat story.
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Youth taking on startups
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An aching triangle
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Fresh dream-chasing
Your K-drama taste profile
Your K-drama taste, estimated from your 8 answers.
Romance
Comedy
Suspense
Melodrama
Historical
Revenge
Youth
Fantasy & SF
It's only a guide — it can shift with your mood.
Match ranking
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
2018
A perfect heir and his capable secretary — a mainstream office romcom.
A self-assured vice-chairman tries to keep his capable secretary from quitting, in this 2018 hit. Brisk comedy and flutters, for a sweet office romance.
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Highlights
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A perfect heir's love
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Brisk comedy
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A sweet office romance
Secret Garden
2010
Two who swap bodies — a comical romance fantasy.
A haughty chaebol heir and a stuntwoman swap bodies and fall in love, in this 2010 hit. A comical swap and class-gap romance, for a fun love story.
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A body-swap premise
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A class-gap love
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Comical banter
Crash Course in Romance
2023
A star instructor and a side-dish shop owner in love — a brisk romcom.
A celebrity exam instructor and an earnest side-dish shop owner fall in love, in this 2023 hit. Satire of exam fever and sweet romance, for brisk fun.
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A star instructor's love
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Satire of exam fever
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A sweet everyday romance
A Gentleman's Dignity
2012
The friendship and love of four men in their 40s — a grown-up romcom.
Four close friends entering middle age navigate love and life, in this 2012 hit. Grown-up friendship and romance comedy, for brisk fun.
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Friendship of men in their 40s
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Grown-up romance
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Brisk comedy
I Need Romance
2011
The real love and friendship of women in their 30s — a grown-up romcom.
City-working women in their 30s navigate love and life true-to-life, in this 2011 hit series. Realistic views on love and comedy, for relatable grown-up romance.
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The reality of women in their 30s
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Honest views on love
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City friendship
Vincenzo
2021
A Korean mafia lawyer cutting down evil — an exhilarating dark-hero tale.
A mafia consigliere takes down a corrupt firm with underworld methods, in this 2021 hit. Black humor and satisfying justice, for a cathartic dark hero.
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Fighting evil with evil
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Black humor
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Distinctive villains
Strong Woman Do Bong-soon
2017
A super-strong woman shining — a romcom that makes you laugh and swoon.
A woman born with super strength gets caught in a case and falls in love, in this 2017 hit. Exhilarating action, comedy, and romance, for bright fun.
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A super-strong heroine
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Exhilarating comedy
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A heart-fluttering love
Coffee Prince
2007
A cross-dressing woman and a cafe heir in love — a fresh romcom.
A woman who cross-dresses to make a living falls for a cafe heir, in this 2007 classic. Fresh youth and comedy, for a breezy romance.
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A cross-dressing woman's love
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A cafe youth ensemble
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Fresh breeziness
You're Beautiful
2009
A novice nun cross-dresses into a band — a funny, fluttery music romcom.
A woman cross-dresses for her twin brother and joins a popular band, in this 2009 hit. Music, comedy, and aching love, for bright fun.
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Cross-dressing into a band
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Love with an idol
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Music and laughs
Love in the Moonlight
2016
A cross-dressing eunuch and a crown prince in love — a breezy period romcom.
A woman who cross-dresses as a eunuch falls for the crown prince, in this 2016 hit. Fresh youth and period comedy, for a bright court romance.
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A cross-dressing eunuch's love
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Fresh youth
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A gorgeous court
Goong
2006
A modern monarchy premise — a gorgeous class-gap romcom.
In a present where the monarchy survives, an ordinary high-schooler becomes crown princess, in this 2006 drama. A gorgeous court and comedy, for a dreamy class-gap romance.
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A surviving-monarchy premise
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A class-gap love
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Gorgeous court life
Reply 1997
2012
The love and friendship of Busan high-schoolers — a nostalgic youth ensemble.
The youth of 1997 high-schoolers obsessed with fandom, in this 2012 hit. A nostalgic era and fresh love, for nostalgic youth.
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1997 high-school life
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Fandom fervor
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A fresh first love
Reply 1994
2013
Provincial college students' boarding-house life — a warm youth ensemble.
The youth of provincial college students gathered in a Seoul boarding house, in this 2013 hit. A nostalgic era and warmth, for a warm ensemble.
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A boarding-house youth ensemble
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Provincial youth in the city
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Nostalgic period detail
Hospital Playlist
2020
Five doctor friends of 20 years — a warm ensemble of daily life.
The work and lives of five doctors who've been friends since university, in this 2020 hit. A cozy ensemble and music, for a soothing group drama.
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Five doctors' friendship
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A warm everyday
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Pleasant music
Crash Landing on You
2019
A chaebol heiress crash-lands in the North and falls for an officer — a love across the border.
A South Korean heiress crash-lands in North Korea and falls for the officer hiding her, in this 2019 mega-hit. Comedy and ache, for mainstream romance.
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Love across the border
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Cozy life in a Northern village
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A moving parting and reunion
Descendants of the Sun
2016
A soldier and a doctor bound at the front — a dramatic romance.
A special-forces soldier and a doctor fall in love on deployment, in this 2016 mega-hit. Scale and romance, for a dramatic love story.
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Love bound at the front
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A grand scale
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Two couples' stories
SKY Castle
2018
The madness of the rich obsessed with college entrance — a shocking satire.
The obsession of upper-class families with their children's elite-college admission, in this 2018 social hit. Sharp satire and suspense, for a tense drama.
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The madness of exam mania
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The dark side of the elite
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Sharp social satire
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
2022
A genius autistic attorney facing cases — a heartwarming courtroom drama.
The growth of a rookie attorney with autism and a prodigious memory, in this 2022 hit. Warm drama and episodic cases, for a gentle, upbeat watch.
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A genius attorney at work
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Warm human drama
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Self-contained cases
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
2021
A dentist and a handyman in a seaside village — a cozy healing romance.
A dentist who moves to a seaside village and a jack-of-all-trades fall in love, in this 2021 hit. Warm village warmth and a cozy romance, for comfort.
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Seaside village warmth
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A cozy romance
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A warm ensemble
Romance Is a Bonus Book
2019
A woman restarting at a publisher and the editor-in-chief — a grown-up workplace romance.
A woman hides her resume to start at a publisher and falls for her childhood-friend editor, in this 2019 hit. Publishing-world depiction and grown-up love, for a calm romance.
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A restart at a publisher
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Love with a childhood friend
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A calm grown-up romance
Our Blues
2022
The lives of people on Jeju Island, told as an ensemble — a warm, aching human drama.
Various lives on Jeju Island told in omnibus form, in this 2022 hit. A warm ensemble, for a deeply affecting human drama.
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The people of Jeju
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An omnibus ensemble
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Warm, aching lives
Reply 1988
2015
The warmth and youth of five families in an old neighborhood — a heartwarming nostalgia.
Bonds of five families and childhood romance in a 1988 Seoul alley, in this acclaimed 2015 drama. Nostalgia and warmth, for a warm, tearful ensemble.
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Old-neighborhood warmth
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The course of a childhood love
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Nostalgic period detail
It's Okay to Not Be Okay
2020
Three wounded hearts healing each other — a beautiful romance of healing.
A children's-book author and brothers working at a psychiatric ward heal each other, in this 2020 hit. Beautiful visuals and healing of trauma, for a deeply affecting romance.
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Healing of the heart's wounds
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Beautiful visuals and fable
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A brothers' bond
Our Beloved Summer
2021
Ex-lovers reunited — a sweet-and-sour grown-up youth romance.
Two who dated and broke up in high school reunite for a documentary shoot, in this 2021 hit. Sweet-and-sour reunion and true-to-life feeling, for a stylish romance.
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Ex-lovers reunited
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True-to-life feeling
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Stylish visuals
Big Mouth
2022
A lawyer framed for fraud taking on power — a tense revenge suspense.
A lawyer mistaken for a genius conman survives prison and challenges the powerful, in this 2022 hit. Twisting turns and revenge, for tense suspense.
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A counterattack from a frame-up
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Twisting turns
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A fight against power
Reborn Rich
2022
A man reborn as a chaebol's youngest son taking revenge — an exhilarating reincarnation revenge.
A murdered secretary is reborn as a chaebol's youngest son and takes revenge, in this 2022 hit. A reincarnation premise and satisfying revenge, for a cathartic reversal.
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Reincarnation revenge on a chaebol
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A satisfying reversal
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A clan's power struggle
Queen of Tears
2024
A jaded chaebol couple facing trials and each other — a laugh-and-cry romance.
A chaebol heiress and her live-in son-in-law husband, on the brink of divorce, rekindle love through hardship, in this 2024 mega-hit. Comedy and emotion, for a mainstream marriage romance.
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A jaded couple's renewal
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A swing of laughs and tears
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A chaebol-family tale
Live
2018
The daily life and reality of local police — a realistic human drama.
Rookie officers at a local station struggle and grow, in this acclaimed 2018 drama. Work reality and warmth, for a relatable ensemble.
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The reality of local police
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Rookies' growth
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Warm human feeling
Kill Me, Heal Me
2015
A chaebol heir with seven personalities and a psychiatrist in love — an unusual romance.
A chaebol heir with multiple personalities and his psychiatrist trainee fall in love, in this 2015 hit. The mystery of personalities and an aching past, for a unique romance.
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Highlights
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A seven-personality premise
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An aching past mystery
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A love that heals
Lovers in Paris
2004
A chaebol heir and a student meeting in Paris — a mainstream class-gap melodrama.
A chaebol heir and a struggling student fall in love in Paris, in this 2004 hit. An aching class-gap love, for mainstream melodrama.
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A meeting in Paris
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An aching class-gap love
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A glamorous world
Who it's for
Anyone deciding what Korean drama to watch next by mood.
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge needed. 8 questions, about two minutes.
What the result looks like
We compute the match for all 100 titles and show your top 30 by match.
FAQ
How many questions is it?
Eight. You can answer in about two minutes on gut feel.
How many titles is it choosing from?
A pool of 100 Korean dramas — talked-about hits and classics — ranked to give you the best-matching top 30.
Is the result free?
Yes — no sign-up, free to the result.
How is the match decided?
From your answers on 8 taste axes (romance, comedy, suspense, melodrama, historical, revenge, youth, fantasy/SF), each title is scored and ranked highest-first.
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