Last edited: 11/15/2021
It’s no secret that I’m an Asian drama addict, so I thought I’d share a master list of all the Asian dramas I’ve ever watched (I’m probably missing a lot since I did watch quite a few growing up).
You’ll notice that next to the drama/movie I’ll indicate how I watched it and how much I liked it. I don’t like wasting my time on ones that I don’t enjoy so I do drop ones that I’ve lost interest in. If I decided to discontinue watching one before reaching the 5th episode I won’t have a rating because I think that’s unfair. So one’s with a [dropped] indication and a rating means I watched at least 5 episodes. All ratings are out of 10 and asterisks (*) by the rating means it’s an absolute all time favorite. And here’s a legend to make it easier to understand what each status means:
[Completed} – I watched the drama/movie in its full entirety, no skimming or skipping
[Dropped] – I stopped watching
[Skim Completed] – I finished but I skipped around scenes in the episodes
[Skipped Completed] – I reached the final episode or end, but skipped full episodes to get there
I also differentiate which version I saw (Chinese/Korean/Japanese/Taiwanese or drama/movie), but to eliminate confusion I’ve also linked the title of the dramas/movies to Asian wiki or general wikipedia because some movies (especially the period/historical/wuxia dramas) will have several adaptations from different years.
And though I have this list in alphabetical order, keep in mind that a lot of these dramas have multiple names. I’d advise using the Ctrl + F (for PCs) or Command + F (for Macs).
Lastly, I’m sort of a harsh critic when it comes to dramas just because I’ve seen so many. Therefore, the fact that I dropped or rated one low doesn’t mean you wouldn’t like it!
Edit 5/23/17: I ended up deciding to also include related links below the dramas that I talk about in blog posts. Usually in those posts, I include a mini review or first impressions of that drama. Feel free to take a look!
A –
- A Gentleman’s Dignity (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- A Millionaire’s First Love (Korean movie) – 4.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- A Thousand Kisses (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Absolute Boyfriend (Japanese drama) – 3/10 [Dropped]
- Age Harassment (Japanese drama) – 4/10 [Dropped]
- Always (Korean movie) – 10/10* [Completed]
- And the Winner is Love (Chinese drama) – 5.5/10 [Completed]
- Arang and the Magistrate (Korean drama) – 3.5/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: October 2016
- Arsenal Military Academy (Chinese drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Ashes of Love (Chinese drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Asuko March (Japanese drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
B –
- Backstreet Rookie (Korean drama) – 4/10 [Skim Completed]
- Beautiful Gong Shim (Korean drama) – 3.5/10 [Dropped]
- Because of You (Chinese drama) – 6.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Behind Your Smile (Taiwanese drama) – 4.5/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2017
- Boss and Me (Chinese drama) – 2/10 [Dropped]
- Boys Over Flowers (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Bloody Romance (Chinese drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Blue Spring Ride (Japanese movie) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- Bride of Habaek, The (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
C –
- Cheese in the Trap (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Cheongdamdong Alice (Korean drama) – 3/10 [Dropped]
- Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (Japanese movie) – 7.5/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2016
- Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku (Japanese movie) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: October 2016
- Chinese Paladin (Chinese drama) – 6.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Chinese Paladin 3 (Chinese drama) – 4/10 [Dropped]
- City Hunter (Korean drama) – 8/10* [Completed]
- Close Range Love (Japanese movie) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2017
- Closest Love to Heaven – 4/10 [Skim Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2017
- Clover (Japanese movie) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Coffee Prince (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- Crash Landing on You (Korean drama) – 9/10* [Completed]
D –
- Daytime Shooting Star (Japanese movie) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: November 2017
- Dear Translator (Chinese drama) – 2.5/10 [Dropped]
- Descendants of the Sun (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Dropped]
- Detective vs. Detectives (Japanese drama) – 4.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Devil Beside You (Taiwanese drama) – 4.5/10 [Completed]
- Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (Korean drama) – 2/10 [Dropped]
- Doom at Your Service (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Skim Completed]
- Do You Like Brahms? (Korean drama) – 3.5/10 [Dropped]
- Doctor Jin (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Doctors’ Affairs (Japanese drama) – 5.5/10 [Completed]
- Doctors (Korean drama) – 5.5/10 [Skip Completed]
- Doctor-X (Japanese drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- Dong Yi (Korean drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Dream High (Korean drama) – 4/10 [Completed]
- Dream High 2 (Korean drama) – 4.5/10 [Skip Completed]
- Drowning Love (Japanese movie) – 2.5/10 [Completed]
E –
- Empress Ki (Korean drama) – 8/10* [Completed]
- Emergency Couple (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Eternal Love, The – 8/10* [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2017
F –
- Faith (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Fall in Love With Me (Taiwanese drama) – 4/10 [Dropped]
- Fated to Love You (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Fated to Love You (Taiwanese drama) – 5.5/10 [Completed]
- Fighter of the Destiny (Chinese drama) – 4/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: June 2017
- Find Me in Your Memory (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Dropped]
- Flame’s Daughter, The (Chinese drama) – 3/10 [Dropped]
- Flower Boy Next Door (Korean drama) – 3/10 [Skim Completed]
- Flower Boy Ramen Shop (Korean drama) – 3/10 [Dropped]
- From 5 to 9 (Japanese drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2016
- Full House 2 (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- Full Throttle Girl (Japanese drama) – 4/10 [Skim Completed]
G –
- Good Morning Call (Japanese drama) – 2/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2016
- Goblin (Korean drama) – 8.5/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2017
- Goodbye My Princess – 5/10 [Dropped]
H –
- Hana Kimi (Japanese drama) – 10/10* [Completed]
- Hana Kimi (Taiwanese drama) – 5.5/10 [Completed]
- Hapi Mari (Japanese drama) – 3.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: February 2017
- Healer (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Heartbroken Chocolatier (Japanese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2017
- Heartstrings (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber (Chinese drama) – 5/10 [Completed]
- Heirs, The (Korean drama) – 5.5/10 [Completed]
- Her Private Life (Korean drama) – 7/10 [Dropped]
- Heroine Disqualified (Japanese movie) – 4/10 [Completed]
- High School Debut (Japanese move) – 3/10 [Completed]
- Hotel del Luna (Korean drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- House of the Flying Daggers (Chinese movie) – 9/10* [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: October 2016
I –
- I’m Your Destiny (Japanese drama) – 4/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: May 2017
- Related: Summing It Up: June 2017
- I Can Hear Your Voice (Korean drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- I Cannot Hug You (Chinese drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- I Cannot Hug You 2 (Chinese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2018
- I Don’t Love You Yet (Japanese drama) = 7/10 [Completed]
- I Need Romance 2 (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
- I Need Romance 3 (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Completed]
- I Give My First Love to You (Japanese movie) – 7.5/10 [Completed]
- I Will Never Let You Go (Chinese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- If Cats Disappeared from the World (Japanese movie) – 8.5/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: November 2016
- Imperial Coroner, The (Chinese drama) – 6/10 [Dropped]
- Imperial Doctress, The (Chinese drama) – 4/10 [Skip Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2016
- Innocent Steps (Korean movie) – 7/10 [Completed]
- It’s Not Easy Being King – 2/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2017
- It’s Okay, That’s Love (Korean drama) – 10/10* [Completed]
- Related: It’s Okay, That’s Love [Drama Review]
- It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- Itzura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo (Japanese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (Japanese movie) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: January 2018
J –
- Jang Ok Jung, Living by Love (Korean drama) – 4.5/10 [Dropped]
- Jealousy Incarnate (Korean drama) – 3/10 [Dropped]
- Journey of the Flower, The (Chinese drama) – 9/10* [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: November 2017
- Journey to the West (Chinese drama) – 10/10* [Completed]
- Just You (Taiwanese drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
K –
- Kodai Family, The (Japanese movie) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2017
- Koizora (Japanese drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Koizora (Japanese movie) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Kill Me, Heal Me (Korean drama) – 7.5/10 [Completed]
- Kimi ni Todoke (Japanese movie) – 7.5/10 [Completed]
- Kimi wa Petto (Japanese drama) – 4/10 [Skim Completed]
- King in Love, The (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- King is Not Easy (Chinese drama) – 3/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: April – July 2018
- King 2 Hearts, The (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- King’s Woman, The (Chinese drama) – 5/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: August 2017
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2017
- Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai (Japanese drama) – 4.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2016
- K2, The (Korean drama) – 4/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: May 2017
L –
- Last Cinderalla (Japanese drama) – 2.5/10 [Dropped]
- Legend of Chusen (Chinese drama) – 3/10 [Skip Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: October 2017
- Related: Summing It Up: November 2017
- Legend of Fuyao (Chinese drama) – 7/10 [Dropped]
- Legend and the Hero, The (Chinese drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Legend of Haolan (Chinese drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- Legend of the Ancient Sword (Chinese drama) – 6/10 [Skim Completed]
- Legend of the Blue Sea, The (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: November 2016
- Legend of the Condor Heroes, The (Chinese drama) – 10/10* [Completed]
- Legend of Fei (Chinese drama) – 5.5/10 [Completed]
- Legend of Yunxi (Chinese drama) – 6/10 [Dropped]
- Legend of Zu Mountain (Chinese drama) – 3.5/10 [Skip Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: November 2017
- Liar and His Lover, The (Japanese movie) – 9/10* [Completed]
- Lie to Me (Korean drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Little Fairy, The (Chinese drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Long Vacation (Japanese drama) – 4.5/10 [Skipped Completed]
- Lost Love in Times (Chinese drama) – 4/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: August 2017
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2017
- Love and Destiny (Chinese drama) – 7.5/10 [Completed]
- Love and Redemption (Chinese drama) – 4/10 [Dropped]
- Love Around (Taiwanese drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- Love by Hypnotic, The (Chinese drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Love Designer (Chinese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Love For Beginners (Japanese movie) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Love is in the Air (Chinese drama) – 5/10 [Dropped]
- Love is Sweet (Chinese drama) – 6.5/10 [Dropped]
- Love Last Two Minds, The (Chinese Drama) – 2/10 [Skip Completed]
- Love Me If You Dare (Chinese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Love Me Not (Korean movie) – 5/10 [Completed]
- Love, Now (Taiwanese drama) – 5.5/10 [Completed]
- Love Rain (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Love Weaves Through a Millennium (Chinese drama) – 5/10 [Dropped]
- Love 020 (Chinese drama) – 8/10* [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2016
- Love 020 (Chinese movie) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2017
- Love 911 (Korean movie) – 6/10 [Completed]
M –
- Mary Stayed Out All Night (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Skim Completed]
- Master’s Sun (Korean drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Mischievous Kiss (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Completed]
- Miss Truth (Chinese drama) – 4/10 [Dropped]
- Monstar (Korean drama) – 3/10 [Skip Completed]
- Moon Embracing the Sun (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Completed]
- Moonlight Drawn by Clouds (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Dropped]
- Mr. Swimmer (Chinese drama) – 3/10 [Dropped]
- Mulan (Chinese movie) – 5/10 [Skim Completed]
- My Amazing Boyfriend (Chinese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- My Girlfriend is a Gumiho (Korean drama) – 8.5/10* [Completed]
- My Little Bride (Korean movie) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- My Little Princess (Chinese drama) – 5/10 [Skim Completed]
- My Love from Another Star (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Dropped]
- My Princess (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- My Sassy Girl (Korean movie) – 6/10 [Skim Completed]
- My Secret Romance (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: April 2017
- My Sunshine (Chinese drama) – 6.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: November 2016
N –
- Nirvana in Fire (Chinese drama) – 10/10* [Completed]
- Related: Summing it Up: December 2016
- Related: Nirvana in Fire [Drama Review]
- Nodama Cantabile (Japanese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Nobuta wo Produce (Japanese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
O –
- Oh My Ghostess (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Oh My Venus (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Once Upon a Time – 5.5/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2017
- One Week Friends (Japanese movie) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Otomen (Japanese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Our Meal for Tomorrow (Japanese movie) – 7.5/10 [Completed]
- Ouran Highschool Host Club (Japanese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
P –
- Palace (Chinese drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Peach Girl (Japanese movie) – 5/10 [Completed]
- Perfect Couple (Chinese drama) – 8/10* [Completed]
- Perfect World (Japanese movie) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Personal Taste (Korean drama) – 8.5/10 [Completed]
- Policeman and Me – 4/10 [Skim Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2017
- Poseidon (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Pretty Li Hui Zhen (Chinese drama) – 3/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: April 2017
- Prince of Lan Ling (Chinese drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Princess Agents (Chinese drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Princess Pearl (Chinese drama) – 9/10 [Completed]
- Princess Weiyoung (Chinese drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: November 2016
- Related: Summing it Up: December 2016
- Related: Princess Weiyoung [Drama Review]
- Princess Silver (Chinese drama) – 3/10 [Skim Completed]
- Prosecutor Princess (Korean drama) – 2/10 [Completed]
- Protect the Boss (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
Q –
- Queen Dugu (Chinese drama) – 4/10 [Skip Completed]
- Queen In-hyun’s Man (Korean drama) – 4.5/10 [Completed]
- Queen of SOP (Chinese-Taiwanese drama) – 7.5/10 [Completed]
R –
- Rebel Princess – 3/10 [Skip Completed]
- ReLife – 4.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2017
- Reply 1997 (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Dropped]
- Rich Man, Poor Woman (Japanese drama) – 2/10 [Dropped]
- Romance of the Condor Heroes, The (Chinese drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: December 2017
- Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: October 2017
- Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim 2 (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Royal Nirvana (Chinese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Rooftop Prince (Korean drama) – 7.5/10 [Completed]
- Ruler: Master of the Mask (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Rurouni Kenshin (Japanese movie) – 10/10* [Completed]
- Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (Japanese movie) – 9/10* [Completed]
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Japanese movie) – 9/10* [Completed]
S –
- Scarlet Heart (Chinese drama) – 10/10* [Completed]
- Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2016
- Scholar Who Walks the Night (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Dropped]
- Scum’s Wish (Japanese drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: February 2017
- Second Love (Japanese drama) – 5.5/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2017
- Secret (Taiwanese movie) – 10/10* [Completed]
- Secret Garden (Korean drama) – 10/10* [Completed]
- Seisei Suruhodo, Aishiteru (Japanese drama) – 2/10 [Skim Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: October 2016
- Sex is Zero (Korean drama) – 0.5/10 [Dropped]
- Shark (Korean drama) – 3/10 [Dropped]
- She’s on Duty (Korean film) – 3.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- She Was Pretty (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Skim Completed]
- Shut Up Flower Boy Band (Korean drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- Siege in Fog (Chinese drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: April – July 2018
- Signal (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Six Flying Dragons (Korean drama) – 7/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: May 2017
- Skip Beat (Taiwanese drama) – 4/10 [Completed]
- Smiling Pasta (Taiwanese drama) – 4.5/10 [Completed]
- Song of Glory (Chinese drama) – 4/10 [Dropped]
- Sound of the Desert (Chinese drama) – 7.5/10 [Completed]
- Sprout (Japanese drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Stairway to Heaven (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Skip Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: April 2017
- Story of Minglan – 9/10 [Completed]
- Strobe Edge (Japanese movie) – 4.5/10 [Completed]
- Suddenly Seventeen (Chinese movie) – 6/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2017
- Sukinahito ga Iru Koto (Japanese drama) – 5.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2016
- Sungkyunkwan Scandal (Korean drama) – 9/10* [Completed]
- Suspicious Partner (Korean drama) – 7/10 [Dropped]
- Related: Summing It Up: May 2017
- Related: Summing It Up: June 2017
- Related: Summing It Up: July 2017 (Thank Your for 1K Followers!)
- Switch Girl (Japanese drama) – 2/10 [Dropped]
T –
- That Winter, the Wind Blows (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- To the Beautiful You (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Completed]
- Tomorrow With You (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Dropped]
- Touch Your Heart (Korean drama) – 8.5/10 [Completed]
- True Beauty (Korean drama) – 5/10 [Dropped]
U –
- Uncontrollably Fond (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Untouchable Lovers (Chinese drama) – 4/10 [Skip Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: February 2018
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2018
- Related: Summing It Up: April – July 2018
V –
- Vigilantes in Masks, The (Chinese drama) – 9/10* [Completed]
W –
- W: Two Worlds (Korean drama) – 6.5/10 [Completed]
- Wallflower, The (Japanese drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
- We Married as a Job (Japanese drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: April 2017
- When a Man Loves (Korean drama) – 2/10 [Dropped]
- When Love Walked In (Chinese-Taiwanese drama) – 3/10 [Completed]
- When the Camellia Blooms (Korean drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- When the Weather is Fine (Korean drama) – ?/10 [Dropped]
- Witch’s Romance (Korean drama) – 6/10 [Completed]
X –
- Xuan Yuan Sword 3: Rift of the Sky (Chinese drama) – 2.5/10 [Dropped]
Y –
- Yae’s Sakura (Japanese drama) – 5/10 [Skip Completed]
- You’re Beautiful (Korean drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- You Taught Me All the Precious Things (Japanese drama) – 8/10 [Completed]
- Youth Never Returns (Chinese movie) – 1/10 [Completed]
Z –
# –
- 1 Liter of Tears (Japanese drama) – 7.5/10 [Completed]
- 100 Days of Mr. Arrogant (Korean movie) – 5/10 [Skim Completed]
- 100th Love with You, The – 6/10 [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: September 2017
- 200 Pounds of Beauty (Korean movie) – 2.5/10 [Skim Completed]
- 3 Lives, 3 Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms (Chinese drama) – 9/10* [Completed]
- Related: Summing It Up: February 2017
- Related: Summing It Up: March 2017
- 30-sai no Hoke Taiiku (Japanese drama) – 7/10 [Completed]
- 8 Year Engagement, The (Japanese movie) – 7/10 [Completed]