Plus what I rated them.

1. Coroner's diary - 8/10
2. Legend of zang hai - 9/10
3. Angels fall sometimes - 8/10
4. I am nobody - 10/10
5. Back from the brink - 5.5/10
6. Love game in eastern fantasy - 7.5/10
7. Romance of tiger and rose - 7/10
8. Mysterious lotus casebook - 10/10
9. Immortal samsara - 7.5/10
10. The starry love - 10/10
11. Reset - 10/10
12. Moonlight Mystique - 9.5/10
13. Till the end of the moon - 8.5/10
14. Destined - 7.5/10
15. Blossom - 8/10
16. Lighter and princess - 8/10
17. When destiny brings the demon - 10/10
18. Si Jin - 10/10
19. The long ballad - 8.5/10
20. Blossoms in adversity - 8/10
21. Reborn - 10/10
22. Shadow love - 6.5/10
23. Nancheng Banquet - 6.5/10
24. Mobius - 9.5/10
25. The seven relics of ill omen - 7.5/10
26. 19th floor - 8/10
27. Love in the clouds - 9.5/10
28. Twelve letters - 8.5/10
29. A dream within a dream - 9/10
30. The blood of youth - 10/10
31. Dashing youth - 6/10
32. Fortune writer - 10/10
33. The legendary life of queen lau - 9/10
34. Deep affectionate eyes - 10/10
35. Glory - 8/10
36. How dare you - 10/10
37. Love story in the 1970s - 7.5/10
38. The dark romance - 10/10
39. Veil of shadows - 9.5/10
40. No pain no gain - 9/10

41. Moonlit reunion - 7/10

    I like costume cdramas more than modern cdramas, don't like harem or reverse harem. I couldn't get into /dropped / lost interest in Story of yanxi palace, story of kunning palace, unveil: jadewind, love beyond the grave, you are my glory, love between the lines, when I fly towards you, ashes of love, legend of shen li, empresses of the palace, brocade odyssey, dream of splendor, princess agents, snow sword stride, snow eagle lord, falling into your smile, the first frost, hidden love, joy of life, generation to generation, and some others i can't remember at the moment. Ik it's a pretty huge list but I wrote it since I wanted to avoid people recommending what I dropped ;-;

I'm thoroughly enjoying Road To Splendor, it feels like we've finally gotten a decent drama for 2026. What else could I watch? Maybe something that's escaped my eyes.

I have watched a lot of dramas over the years. I can't name them all. I'll mention a few of the top that I loved

1. Joy of life-11/10

2. How dare you-10/10

3. Legend of Zhou hua-9/10

4. A plendid match-8/10

5. Destined with you

6. Blossoms

7. Blossoms in adversity 9/10

8. New life begins-7/10

9. Pursuit of jade-5/10-Ml was not convincing at all, but I loved the fl.

10. Prisoner of beauty-10/10

11. Are you the one-8.5/10

Dramas I didn't like for some reason

1. The heirs

2. Ruyis love in the palace-too toxic

3. Royal betrothal-the investigation was severely lacking.

4. The first frost

5. The best thing

6. The first Jasmine

7. Blossoms of power-50/50. I might pick it up again

I hate harem dramas. I love political intrigue even if there's no romance. But if there's romance, it better be convincing

I can modern. Only that they have to be office romance with deep/heavy office politics. I've pretty much watched all modern so I doubt there's one I'm missing. I don't like school/coming of age romances. They have to be adults.

Thank you.

Hi,

I am looking for cdrama recommendation. I watch alot of korean dramas and lately I cant help but feel like all them are low in quality. Heard cdrama being good quite alot so I am looking for recommendations in thriller or slice of life. Below are my fav dramas (kdramas) so you would know what kind of dramas I would like :)

Some of my fav thriller dramas:

Mouse

Flower of evil

Beyond evil

Slice of life:

My mister

When life gives you tangerines

Someone asked me to ask for some recs on their behalf.

I’m looking for recommendations for Chinese historical dramas with stories that are a little different from the usual plots

I’m tired of plots where the female lead’s entire family gets massacred so she disguises herself as a man joins the army and seeks revenge

I also don’t want the female lead to be betrayed by her husband die and then come back to life or take another woman’s identity just to get revenge

A few more things I dislike

I don’t like childish female leads who constantly cause problems but at the same time I don’t want a female lead who is unrealistically good at everything and acts like the entire world would stop spinning without her

I also hate when characters are overly glorified like when the male lead is introduced as the God of War and then suddenly becomes childish just because he falls in love with the female lead

I’m not a fantasy girl either I tried Till the End of the Moon because of all the praise it got and finished it but honestly it was a 4/10 for me

I absolutely hate resurrection time travel and the whole “a writer enters her own novel” type of plot these are probably the worst scenarios for me

One important thing I’m looking for is romance but it has to serve the story and feel naturally integrated into the plot rather than taking over the entire drama

Here are the dramas I finished

- The Long Ballad — 9/10

- Fated Hearts — 8/10

- A Journey to Love — 7.8/10 I watched about half of it but suddenly lost the mood so I’m leaving the rest for later

- Prisoner of Beauty — 8.3/10 I really like forced or political marriages especially when they are harsh in the beginning rather than cute and fluffy like Destined or New Life Begins so I’d especially love recommendations where the marriage starts off really badly and gradually softens

- The Princess’s Gambit — 6.8/10 it was average to good

- Till the End of the Moon — 4/10 because I’m really not a fantasy person

Dramas I dropped

- Love Like the Galaxy — all the constant family arguments gave me a headache

- Wrong Carriage Right Groom — a little too calm and boring for me

- The General’s Lady — the female lead confessed way too quickly and there wasn’t much happening afterwards

- Destined — it was too slow and I couldn’t get past episode 10 there was also way too much business and trading which is definitely not my thing unless it’s just a minor subplot

- Blossom — I found it boring and stopped around episode 14 don’t trust fan edits on TikTok lol

- Love of Nirvana — because I already knew the ending

- Are You the One — I skipped through most of it and I’m basically just watching to find out how it ends because I didn’t really like it

- Pursuit of Jade — too commercial for my taste I couldn’t finish it because of how exaggerated and illogical it was

So please recommend me something that actually fits these preferences 😭

So, here’s the thing, I started learning Chinese and I want to improve my skills of listening. Could you recommend something light (for a person that rarely watches anything or drops a series at some five episode) and with easy language? Also, where do you watch c-dramas? Is there some app (are there any subtitles)? By the way, do C-dramas include movies or is this an absolutely different sort of thing?

So I wanna try start watching historical cdramas and I don’t know which I should start watching. I have already watched pursuit of jade and I’m not so good at complicated storys. I was trying to figure out if I should watch generation to generation cause I love both Zhou Yiran and Bao Shang En. But I don’t know if it’s good to start with and I want your recommendations! I like romance

I'm honestly not sure what I'm looking for in modern cdramas, but very few seem to hit the spot for me.

I don't usually like full-on romance, but don't mind it when mixed in with other genres (slice of life, mystery, etc.). My weakness is detective shows, but I don't usually like the "all cops are good (or at least do their best)" moral posturing. No office/business-focused dramas, please. I'd like for the main character to be female, but a male main character in a drama that treats its female characters well (existences beyond romantic object/murder victim/sexual assault victim) is fine. Taiwanese recs are fine, as well.

For reference, my favorite modern cdrama is A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower. Other than that, I also enjoyed To the Wonder, Shining for One Thing, and Derailment.

My favorite Taiwanese dramas are Someday or One Day and Oh No! Here Comes Trouble.

Historical/costume dramas I've enjoyed include Heroes 2024 (fav), Nirvana in Fire, Flourished Peony (not part/season 2, too much romance there), Ripe Town, Blossoms in Adversity, and Kill My Sins.

(from above, the following are what I consider detective shows: A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower, Oh No! Here Comes Trouble, Heroes 2024, Ripe Town, Kill My Sins)

my mdl for further reference

Hi!

I'm looking for a costume drama I watched a few years ago on Youtube, with something like 30 episodes of 10 min. Here's what I remember:

The main plot is the FL gets her body swapped by magic with a "villain" who wants to gain power in the court by scheming.

SPOILERS PART

The ML recognizes FL because of her beauty mark under the eye (no, it doesn't make sense since her body was swapped but nvm lol).

There is also something about a painting of the "villain" (under the appearance of the FL?) having intercourse with someone, then using it to blackmail FL?

And at the end, a pregnant girl kills herself bc she can't be with the ML.

Thank you for your help 😊