Lakorns available on youtube with Eng subs

Highly recommended. Strong women characters, great melodrama pacing, romance between men, family politics. Set in the 1950s. one31. (Still the best-crafted lakorn I've seen and very satisfying.)

Romance between men, family politics. Let's call it lakorn-light. Set in 1927 or so. Uncut version via Youku, cut televised version from one 31. Both are online I think.

Starts as a light lakorn BL that tries to be a bit of everything, which makes for a bit of a mess but becomes progressively more substantial. Chinese magic, family, some humour, some violence, some historical, most not.

On one31 but only the first two episodes are currently subbed.

Gay romance lakorn, and it's definitely lakorn because otherwise it's a genre-defying exaggerated mess which will give you whiplash from the tone shifts. One ML is working class and very earnest. The other ML isn't. There's a lot of beating other people up. There's a lot of spelled out very clearly in the dialogue moralising. Probably best to binge so the energy carries it. Just don't think about it too much. one31

Pacing in this isn't great. The beginning is crammed full of tropes, which are fun, but the middle drags and the later episodes are very violent and high stress. That will appeal to others.

Nod towards "strong" women characters, often working together, a cute kid and a feisty gran are the highlights.

High production values carry it over the many plot holes but how the amount of abusive male bs didn't trigger me I don't know. The ending felt a let down, though some of that was because I only had auto-generated translations of auto-generated Thai subs for the final episode. Mixed feelings over all.

Fairytale set in a fictional state in India named after a four star Pattaya resort where everyone including rural children speaks fluent Thai and English is the stand in for the written language. The commitment to this alternate reality by all involved make this work. There's a ghost, magic spiders, a critique of corrupt capitalists exploiting a nation woven in, and one of the best Why they can't be together and how it's resolved. For all the exaggeration and nonsense they use to get there, the emotions are strong and true.
Highly recommended. one31. All eps are Eng subbed but it drops out at times during the last three. Aside from one very important moment, everything was developed well enough I could get by on vibes until the subs started again.

8.1 rating, Tor Thanapob ML, Matalada's grandpa, comment says healthier lakorn couple

long episodes (2 hr+)

(remake of 1979 series, adapted from a novel) one31

short episodes (1 hr 7 min)

mixed comments/reviews, but Xiang in support role, one31 w/ subs, 12 x 1 hr 32 mins

Accidentally watched the 1st episode thinking it was something else. Was enough fun I decided I'd happily restart it in 2025 for next year's watch challenge :)

high rating on MDL one31, 8 ep x 58 mins

On-hold/dropped for me after two episodes. It's well enough made but there is so much violence and sexual exploitation of women. Leaning heavily into all of that for thrills whilst nominally criticising past versions of theses things doesn't sit well with me.

youth, LGBTQ+, rated all ages, later episodes might not be subbed one31

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7 x 1 hr 30 mins; fits LOTS of watch challenge categories, revenge adultery :(, i'm sure it included someone's favorites actor(s) and actress(es)

reviews seem mixed. some are excellent, but from others i think i might hate it
eng subs

davika hoorne, historical fiction, haven't checked for subs yet

rated highly, haven't checked if it's on youtube or with eng subs. one of the writers wrote Rhythm of Life

on youtube but only auto-gen Thai subs so far, 37 eps x 45 min