1. Through the Darkness & Forest of Secrets
2. Punch
3. Jejongwon and The Red Sleeve
4. Dear, My Friends
5. Hospital Playlist 1 and 2
6. Mr Sunshine
7. Princess Man
8. Queen For Seven Days
9. King 2 Hearts
10. Queen Maker

Oooh, my top ten dramas EVER will look very different from my top ten K-dramas, so I'll do K-dramas first.

I Can Hear Your Voice, because it changed everything - it changed how I view my own tastes, opened me up, wrecked me, put me back together again, and although it has fallen from my graces as rewatches exposed its flaws, it will always have a place here
Thirty But Seventeen, because it depicts a perfect world that washes me clean with every rewatch
Age of Youth 2, because it sees me
You're Beautiful, because it was my second K-drama and my actual first taste of what is special about Korean dramas, and caused a fiercely loyal love for Park Shin-hye that has never left me
Healer, because I've never seen a story about intergenerational trauma done to such pitch-perfect perfection, and these actors were born to play these characters
You From the Stars, because it did everything right at exactly the right time and I literally crave it every winter
Extraordinary You, because it made me fall in love with existential fiction and the meta of storytelling
Reply 1988, because it was the last drama I watched with my Mum, a masterpiece I will never be able to finish
Finally Shining Inheritance, because it's an amalgamation of everything I love about K-dramas, and stories in general

I had to cut out Go Back Couple and Live for this, which was beyond painful, but this feels right - my list is made up of the dramas that bring me the most comfort.

I’m glad you used that picture because that’s one of my new faves. My Top Ten list has not changed much but recent newcomers to the list are definitely CALL IT LOVE and pending the finale - don’t disappoint me!! - DR. CHA. Sorry to say that although there are many dramas I have enjoyed over the last couple of years, not many have touched my heart.

Looking at last year’s list…I would say nothing has changed yet.

1. Someday or One Day (Taiwanese)
2. King2Hearts (Korean)
3. Stranger (Korean)
4. Reply 1997/1988 (Korean)
5. Mare (Japanese)
6. Hormones (Thai)
7. It’s Okay Not to be Okay (Korean)
8. 1 Litre of Tears (Japanese)
9. Just Between Lovers (Korean)
10. Hospital Playlist (Korean)

The only two dramas I watched in the last year that came close to making it onto the list were Little Women(Korean) and Extraordinary Attorney Woo(Korean).

So I’ll try to do top 10 Kdramas instead:

1. King2Hearts
2. Stranger (Forest of Secrets)
3. Reply 1997/1988
4. It’s Okay Not to be Okay
5. Just Between Lovers
6. Hospital Playlist
7. Vincenzo
8. Extraordinary Attorney Woo
9. Our Beloved Summer
10. Move to Heaven

Honorable Mentions:
Life
Little Women
Signal
Awl

I haven’t been watching kdramas for long but so far my favorites:
1. Hospital playlist
2. Reply 1988
3. Startup
4. Hometown chachacha
5. Business proposal
6. Cinderella and the four knights
7. Doctor Cha
8. Abyss

I didn’t like the others so much, so there are only 8. Hopefully over the years the list will grow

This is really difficult because there are dramas that could be in this list (according to the grades I gave them or to how much I enjoyed watching them). Anyways, this is a list of some of my favorite k-dramas:

_ Prison Playbook.
_ Queen Seon Deok.
_ Flower Boy Next Door.
_ Misaeng.
_ Live up to your name.
_ Twenty-five twenty-one.
_ At a distance, spring is green.
_ Hospital Playlist.
_ The Nokdu Flower.
_ Start-up.

The only C-drama that could be in the list is Meet Yourself (but I have only watched two C-dramas so far).

I think that the time when you watch a drama really affects whether you like it or not. But here are ten of my favorites:
- Age of Youth
- Smart Prison Living
- Six Flying Dragons
- Life on Mars
- Because this is Our First Life
- Arang and the Magistrate
- My Mister
- Sky Castle
- Just Between Lovers
- Alchemy of Souls

Forest of Secrets (counting both seasons as one;
My Ahjusshi;
Misaeng;
A Piece of Your Mind;
Mother;
Hospital Playlist (both seasons);
Dong Yi;
Moonlight Drawn by Clouds;
Dae Jang Geum;
Jealousy Incarnate

In no particular order

Hospital Playlist 1&2
My Liberation Notes
Under The Queen's Umbrella
Her Private Life
Queen Seondeok
Call it Love?
Recipe for Farewell
Monthly Magazine Home
Bloody Heart
You Are My Spring

1. Because This Life Is Our First
2. Reply 1988
3. It’s Okay To Not Be Okay
4. Move To Heaven
5. Doctor Romantic / Hospital Playlist (tie for medical drama)
6. My Liberation Notes
7. Our Beloved Summer
8. Kingdom
9. Prison Playbook / D.P. (tie for drama with prison setting)
10. Birthcare Center / Search: WWW (tie for women-led drama)

Please excuse my lowkey cheating. 🤭

I've been reading and enjoying this site for a while, and this is my first post on Dramabeans. I just graduated with my PhD, and am enjoying my drama hobby before starting a new job in July. I watched my first drama in 2018, and got my mom into dramas a couple of years ago, so now it's a shared hobby! My current top ten dramas are:
1. Into the Ring/Memorials (I love the principled main leads, the unique cinematography, and that it's a true quirky rom-com while also being a political satire.)
2. Hello, Me! (I love the personal growth in confidence and self acceptance, and Kim Young Kwang as one of the sweetest chaebols ever.)
3. Thirty But Seventeen (watched while taking my 17 day comprehensive written exam last spring; so comforting and cathartic.)
4. The Best Hit (so heart-warming!)
5. Unlock My Boss (loved the relationships, and the nice and kind ML who positively influenced others.)
6. The Fiery Priest (so much fun, and such a wonderful cast of characters - every interaction was fascinating to watch.)
7. Bossam: Steal the Fate (Jung Il Woo & Kwon Yuri are magnetic. I listened to the instrumental OST on repeat while writing my dissertation.)
8. Pegasus Market (quirky, eccentric, warm, and utterly delightful.)
9. Moonshine (loved the ML's character and the cinematography style.)
10. The Tale of Nokdu (it has everything, including a great ending.)

1. My Mister
2. Stranger
3. Secret Love Affair
4. Meet Yourself (Cdrama)
5. Someday One day (Taiwanese)
6. In time with you (Taiwanese)
7. Kingdom
8. Coffee Prince
9. Hospital playlist Season 1
10. Reply 1997

This was painful. I thought of fifteen right off the bat, then for every one I axed, I thought of two more, but here's my final list.

Coffee Prince
Forest of Secrets
Nice Guy
Thank You
Healer
God's Gift: 14 Days
Mother
Ruler of Your Own World
I'm Sorry I Love You
My Ahjusshi

Queen In-hyun's Man
You From Another Star
Girl K
School 2015
Bring It On, Ghost
Signal
Master's Sun
Splash Splash Love
My Mister
Misaeng

Order is approximate. The top 8 are all shows that I have rewatched at least once.

Runners up include: Mystic Pop-up Bar, Pegasus Market, Gaus Electronics...

If non-K shows are permitted, then Mash, Doctor Who, Buffy, Firefly, Hill Street Blues...

Hospital Playlist - The main leads interactions and the patients’ stories
Prison Playbook - The cell crew and that everyone thought he was lacking in brains yet he had a proper understanding of the play, at all levels.
Reply 1988 - Just because….
Twenty Five, Twenty One - It’s the way this one made me feel
Be Melodramatic - so funny and yet so sad, I loved the Fab Four.
Yumi's Cells - The concept of the cell village, it was a joy to watch. Babi in real life was as gorgeous as I thought he would be.
Mr Queen - hysterically funny so I was able to cope with the palace politics.
Good Manager so much to love; the basement crew, the cleaner, the unspoken love that turned a cold hearted man into a bashful boy, Chief Kim’s interaction with the baddies. I laughed hysterically at least once every episode.
Jealousy Incarnate the friends’ battle on the beach
Salon de Nabi - new entry, well developed back stories for all the characters, great setting, sensitive issues handled well.

1. Weightlifting Fairy
2. Healer
3. Coffee Prince
4. Reply 1988
5. Misaeng
6. Fight My Way
7. My Lovely Sam-Soon
8. Shut Up Flower Boy Band
9. Into the Ring
10. Search: WWW

Honorable Mentions:
City Hall, True Beauty, Dream High, Reply 1997

I don't think I participated in that last year. But I definitely want to evaluate whether my list will remain the same next year:

1 - My ajhussi
2- Marriage not dating
3- Healer
4- Hospital playlist
5 - Jealousy incarnate
6 - Red Heart
7 - It's okay not to be okay
8 - Twenty-five Twenty-one
9 - Reply 88 and 97
10 - Another miss Oh

Honorable mentions
- You are my spring
- Hotel Del Luna
- Age of youth

Mine changed this year from last:

Goblin
Forest of SecRets
Moonlight Drawn By Clouds
Circle
Coffee Prince
My Ahjussi
Call it Love
My Country
Mr. Sunshine
Bossam

White Christmas got knocked off for Call it Love

Love seeing everyone top 10s! Some match mine and for the ones I haven't seen, many are on my list.

Started watching K Dramas in 2019 with BOF......right after finishing 2018 version of Meteor Garden. Dylan Wang was my first Drama crush but in BOF, Lee Min Ho was not my second, that went to Kim Hyun-joong….my first case of second lead syndrome.

Below in no order are my top 10.
1. Just Between Lovers aka Rain or shine
2. Call it Love
3. Mr. Sunshine
4. My Ajussi, aka My Mister
5. Coffee Prince
6. The Red Sleeve
7. Shut up Flower Boy Band
8. Fated to Love You
9. Secret Love Affair
10. Healer

HAVE to include some honourable mentions.
Fight for my Way
Weightlifting Fairy, Kim Bok-Joo
When the Weather Is Fine
Are you Human Too?
My Liberation Notes
Misaeng
Twenty Five, Twenty One

1.Mr Sunshine
2.Twenty Five Twenty One
3.Forest of Secrets
4.Reply 1988
5.Yumi's Cells
6.My Name
7.My Ahjussi
8.Chicago Typewriter
9.One Spring Night
10.Another Miss Oh

Honorable mentions:
Mother
Memorials

I didn’t have a full 10 last year because I was still too new to dramaland, and it’s changed a little – now I’m spoiled for choice! In alphabetical order, not ranking (which would be impossible):

• Alchemy of Souls, because it was such cracky, crazy fun and the best collective beanie watch
• Because This Life Is Our First for all the emotions of couplehood and Lee Min-ki’s second-best role – and that kiss.
• Beyond Evil for the mesmerizing, twisty plot and relationships, the atmospheric music, and most of all for the amazing pairing of Shin Ha-kyung and Yeo Jin-goo.
• Circle – did I say mesmerizing, twisty, and Jin-goo already?
• Extraordinary You for the meta-storytelling, gorgeous visuals, and fantastic young cast
• Healer for being Healer
• Just Between Lovers/Rain or Shine for the found family, heartbreak and recovery, perfect OST, and gritty/beautiful Busan
• My Liberation Notes for Lee Min-ki’s best role and its extraordinary writing and art direction
• Stove League for baseball, Park Eun-bin, Namgoong Min, the ensemble cast, and so much heart
• W - Two Worlds for the world-building, the layers of intricate clues and details, and Lee Jong-suk at his cockiest and coolest

Honorable mentions/tie for 10th:
• Chief Kim
• Crash Landing on You
• I’m Not a Robot
• Queen Inhyun’s Man/Queen and I

I’m in the middle of Stranger/Forest of Secrets right now; I completely expect this to break into the top 10.

1: Healer
2: I Am Not a Robot
3: Chicago Typewriter
4: Chief Kim
5: Reply 1997
6: Gaus Electronics
7: A Dream of Splendor
8: The Day of Becoming You
9: Fight For My Way
10: Melo Is My Nature

With honorary mentions to Vincenzo, Scripting Your Destiny and F4 Thailand.

I have an objective top 10 list, meaning show I thought amazing while watching, regardless of ever rewatching them or not, and a second list of top 10 shows I can rewatch and rewatch for ever.

The first list:

Nokdu Flower
Through The Darkness
Brain Works
W
Scent of a Woman
What's Up
Room no.9
Stove League
The Three Musketeers
Nine

And the second list, which all gets rewatched constantly:

Wild Romance
Accidental Couple
Train
Lookout
Wok of Love
Deserving of the Name
Chief Kim
Hyena
365 Days, Repeat the Year
Jealousy Incarnate

I am loving this and can see my top 25 is heading to top 50. What would be an interesting read would be dramas nearly dropped in first episode but then went on to love.

No particular order.

My Ahjussi
Queen Seondeok
Mr Queen
Heard It Through The Grapevine
Yoona’s Street
Go Back Couple
Let’s Eat
Reply 1997
Heartless City
Through The Darkness

These were the first 10 coming to my mind and me thinking absolutely.
(Of course very much my current mood dependent. 😁)

-On the Verge of Insanity
-Into the Ring
-Gaus Electronics
-Reply 1988
-Reset
-Five Enough
-When the Weather is Fine
-That Fool
-The Romance of Tiger and Rose
-My Name Is Kim Samsoon (because this is my Gateway Drama and will always be there 😊)

I love reading everyone's favorite dramas. This discussion is a gem of "database", as some beanies don't use the Dramabeans favorite drama option (I use it to add the dramas I specially enjoyed, at least the ones which have their own page here).

Not the 'best' or the 'greatest' but the ones I enjoyed watching most:
(in no particular order)

On The Verge of Insanity
Psychopath Diaries
Into The Ring
Sky Castle
Matrimonial Chaos
Do You Like Brahms?
My Ajusshi
Goblin
My Wife Is Having An Affair This Week
Misty

In a different mood I could write another ten that would included:
Secret Love Affair
A Wife's Credentials
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
etc.

1. Goblin
2. Crash Landing On You
3. My Ahjussi
4. Mother
5. The Red Sleeve Cuff
6. It's Okay To Not Be Okay
7. Inspector Koo
8. Through The Darkness.
9. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
10. I'll Find You On A Beautiful Day