Dramas and movies centered around food, restaurants, cafes, bars, and cooking.  

Stories in which the ML and his brother are both in love with and/or romantically involved with the FL.

Unconventional MLs on the gray side - villains, antiheros, playboys, bad boys with a heart of gold, and more.

Dramas and movies set in or with flashbacks to times less commonly shown such as Qing, Goryeo, Silla, Manchu War, etc.

Pairings where the characters are emotional opposites, one cold and one warm or one introvert and one extrovert.

Actors and actresses I really enjoy watching. 

Dramas and movies with characters who are doctors, nurses, paramedics, or firefighters.

Age gap romances of all sorts and varying sizes - main and secondary couples. Immortal characters are included only if he/she was  older/younger…

Thrillers, crime, procedurals, legal, and mysteries. 

Couples with large height differences, guaranteed to make the heart flutter!

Romances between an employer and their employee or master and their servant (excluding bodyguards).

Dramas and movies involving people entering or coming from video games, VR, books, tv shows, manga, or dreams, or set within those worlds with…

Dramas and movies featuring characters who are outside the law and/or have criminal records - assassins, bandits, thieves, spies, mafia, criminals,…

Dramas and movies with beautiful and/or unusual/unique aesthetics relating to costumes, sets, lighting, or cinematography.

MLs who are weak or powerless in some way and usually fight/accomplish their plans using their intelligence or other skills .

Dramas and movies that only feature platonic relationships.

Main characters who are bodyguards, featuring romances and bromances.

Too good, too pure. Green flag MLs.

When childhood connections and true love are not enough for peak romance - dramas and movies in which the characters are true soulmates, connected…

Dramas and movies featuring the relationship dynamic of both leads being damaged, traumatized, deeply lonely, or otherwise wounded by life,…

Most of the to time when the FL is in disguise as a boy, the ML finds out and then falls in love. This is for the rare and wonderful times when…

Dramas and movies set in the country and small towns, for when you want to get away from it all.

Dramas with beautiful soundtracks (my favorites from each included).

Dramas and movies with robots, human clones, and/or dystopian settings.

Short little films, all under an hour.

Stories featuring character(s) who have a human parent and a non human one, or are of human/non human DNA due to a scientist.

Japanese Dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.

Dramas and movies featured reversed stereotypical gender roles including domineering or strong FL/weak ML, matriarchal husbands, reversed societies,…

Dramas in which the leads live together before being in a relationship or live in the same apartment building next door to each other.  Excludes…

When you want something very different from the usual - bizarre concepts, unique plots, and unconventional pairings.

Dramas I loved that I rarely see mentioned/recommended or are very unpopular. Full length dramas only because literally all mini dramas are…

Dramas and movies with dragon characters.

Dramas and movies in which characters are humans with some magical power or they gain power from a magical object they possess.

Stories in which a prince or princess is raised as a commoner outside the palace, often unaware of their own identity, for some reason.

Slice of life dramas and movies.

Dramas and movies with a love story between a non-human lead and a human lead.

Dramas and movies in which the main characters have a pet (not just dogs or cats!) that features in the story. 

Dramas where one or both of the leads fall hard at their first meeting.

Dramas and movies in which a main character travels to or from a different country.

People with pretty and unique voices that I enjoy listening to.

Stories with religious elements - characters who are pastors, priests, Catholic history, etc.

Dramas and movies in which the lead(s) work as matchmakers.

Dramas structured as tragedies with a surprise happy ending for the leads in which they are alive and together.

A completely subjective list of dramas I've finished that disappointed me like no other - dramas that started well and fell off a cliff, dramas…

Dramas that have two or more different endings, either alternate (one tragic, one happy), bonus epilogues/extra episodes set after the drama,…

Korean dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.

Dramas and movies about ghosts.

My very favorite Asian movies.

Stories in which one of the leads was raised as a weapon, assassin/killer, and/or tool by someone who planned to use them for some purpose.…

Stories in which the ML's romantic rival is himself due to time travel, magic, reincarnation, or a split personality.