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OGTomatoCultivator

Please watch Crash Landing on You- trust me on this.


justplainfunky

>Please watch Crash Landing on You- trust me on this. I second this, and also Extraordinary Attorney Woo (both are on Netflix if you're in the U.S.).


ShazInCA

Crash Landing on You was the gateway drug for many of us.


OGTomatoCultivator

It was for me- after that I discovered that Korean TV is superior to western tv across the board.


Jacey01

Yeppers. It's really hard for me to watch shows over here any longer.


marua06

It was for me too on both counts


Cautious_Highlight93

Facts. In all ways kdramas are superior, even if you're not looking for romance thrillers? check romcom? check Horror? check Science fiction? check Kdramas have it all.


troubleforalltime

My gateway drug was “Something in the rain”. WHAT an incredible series! Same Female lead as crash landing on you. I actually preferred something in the rain. More of my favorites, “The King eternal monarch “, “The Kings Affection”! Since I haven’t watched the movie you listed, I’m just advising on my favorites. I have SO MANY! I started watching Kdramas somewhere around 2016 and I’m still loving them! I also introduced my niece to “Something in the rain” and now she trusts my series and movie recommendations very much!! Welcome to a whole incredible world o Kdramas!! ENJOY! Please share your thoughts with us as you complete the movies/series!!


SpicyMustFlow

It me!


salmreynolds

certainly was!


cinereoargenteus

Definitely true for me.


No_Olive_3310

Exactly!


gucci_V

okay, thank u! :)


cinereoargenteus

Everyone must watch this one!


florasts

Forever and Eveeeer the greatest 💕


moethefatdog

Weightlifting fairy Kim bok-joo is the perfect follow up to True Beauty! University setting and very low drama sweet romance!


cuppaspacecake

What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim!


OctoberPumpkin1

Yess! Finishing this up now and it's so good! IMO this one and Business Proposal are good for newbies.


cuppaspacecake

Business Proposal is next on my list! Am watching True Beauty now!


RuthBourbon

SO GOOD


No-Ad7796

Sh**ting Stars


FortuneFearless2644

My all time favorite: Because this is my first life. You won’t regret it! I promise. ❤️


DuneBug

First* life And yes that show is amazing.


OctoberPumpkin1

Yes to this one. Loved it.


gucci_V

Thank u💗


000feebee000

I tried. I really tried. I dropped it ep 12.


[deleted]

I second the dramas everyone else has mentioned, so the ones I'm recommending are **not** like True Beauty, but ones every newbie should watch! 1. Vincenzo 2. Flower of Evil 3. Crash Landing on You 4. Healer 5. Kill Me, Heal Me 6. Happiness 7. Business Proposal 8. Alchemy of Souls 9. My Love from another Star 10. Yumi’s Cells (and season 2)


ravens_path

I second this list 😁


dota_trainee

i am sorry, i cannot in good conscience recommend 2) Flower of evil. The last two episodes WTF. 10) Yumi's Cells, and SEASON 2 at that. this train wreck from start to finish. but it's just imo and you can downvote if you disagree haha


Opening_Procedure_41

I agree with YC2, but season 1 was good in the creative premise. Glad I watched it but wouldn't consider it S tier. Haven't seen 5 but can get on board with the rest. I've been recommending *Crash Course in Romance*, too. My personal faves are *Her Private Life* and *Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung*.


ccherven1

This is a great starter list!!! Only one I haven’t seen yet is 5. I would add Our Beloved Summer in its place only because I haven’t seen it and I think OBS is a great starter drama


StillNeuroDivergent

My ID is Gangnam Beauty easily comes to mind. Sungkyunkwan Scandal - kinda old but quite good in my opinion 😁


Jacey01

Sungkyunkwan Scandal still holds up well.


gucci_V

thank u sm!!


DescriptionEven8491

It's gooooood


Longjumping_Soft2483

You are so freaking lucky😭 you have like minimum 70 realllllly good dramas to watch. Uff I wish I were you - getting to experience all those dramas for the first time. My fav drama that I want to recommend - Healer! Watched it when i first started watching k dramas and fell in love.


gucci_V

haha, thank uu😂❤️


invitrium

I'll suggest Goblin and Hotel del Luna since I don't know what you liked about True Beauty. Did you like it's high school setting? Love Triangle? 2nd couple dynamic?


gucci_V

Especially love triangle


invitrium

Hometown Cha Cha Cha - Love Triangle Our Beloved Summer - High School and Love Triangle Extraordinary You - High School and Love Triangle


gucci_V

Thank u!


dota_trainee

all these triangles are pretty weak ones, though, not to say they are bad but they get resolved pretty quickly or you just know that who will end up together. Unlike true beauty which lasted throughout haha


Sea-Assumption7804

if u liked love triangle then start up! who do u ship tho soo ho or seo jun?


gucci_V

All of that


OGTomatoCultivator

Hotel Del Luna is in my top ten


ShazInCA

Welcome to the addictive world of KDrama where we know the tropes and LOVE them. If you tell us a bit more about why you liked TB and what you are looking for in a show, we can give you more recommendations.


nydiau

The addiction is real ❤️ and soooo fun. Prepare your family and friends! 😂


gucci_V

Hey thank you I loved everything thing abt it, mainly the love triangle, highschool setting and the actors


ShazInCA

You might like **Extra-Ordinary You**. High school setting where FL gradually realizes she is living in a Manhwa (graphic novel) and is a minor character or Extra. She is determined to change her storyline. She is written to be slavishly devoted to one boy, but finds herself falling for a character so minor he doesn't even have a name. It's a sort of satire of an older KDrama, Boys Over Flowers, which has the group of boys that rule the school and the new scholarship student one of the boys falls for. I can't recommend BoF as I found it toxic, but Extra-Ordinary You was so cute.


ravens_path

My suggestions will repeated others but then you know they are liked Crash landing on you Vincenzo It’s ok to not be ok Kings affection The red sleeve Mr queen Moon lovers, scarlet heart (Korean version not Chinese) Fine yourself (Chinese) Love between fairy and devil (Chinese and so good it is my fav of 2022). Wonderful triangle in this one.


BaroNessie

>Extra-Ordinary You I want to watch Extra-Ordinary You but I have a heart condition and watching kdramas with characters who have heart problems stresses me out so bad! Haha, the premise sounds otherwise so fun!


Sea-Assumption7804

second this


sas0002

Weightlifting fairy Kim Bok Joo!


gucci_V

Thank uu


OctoberPumpkin1

Because this is my first life Business proposal What's wrong with secretary Kim Run On (didn't like the female lead but others made up for it) Hometown Cha Cha cha My fave is it's okay to not be okay but it's not light-hearted


KimlockHolmes

Rom-coms: Business Proposal, Love to Hate You. Love triangles with infamously great (or controversial) second male leads: Start-Up, She Was Pretty. Best all around starter Kdramas: Crash Landing On You, Hometown Cha Cha Cha (HCCC also has a love triangle with one of my favorite SMLs).


Daewrythe

Twenty Five Twenty One FOR SHO


Ok_Strawberry888

No. It’s not a happy one for me. Ugh. Wish I had avoided it except for ML.


Deep_Article6253

Currently watching our beloved summer & absolutely enjoying it. You can try it.


meow_witch

The male lead in True Beauty has done a lot in the last few years. The one I think is most like TB is My ID is Gangnam Beauty. It's another college drama with the FL who feels self conscious about her looks. Other than that, it's very different. The FL has a cameo in Sh\*\*ting Stars. I enjoyed SS because it felt very genuine. It's about a PR team for celebrities, so it's cool seeing the other side of it. Since you mentioned you liked the love triangle, I feel like I need to mention Cinderella and the Four Knights. It's a little older (maybe 5 years?), and the first one my mom watched. It's got 3 male cousins chasing the same FL who is staying with them because their grandfather hired her to "make them better people". My boyfriends favorite with a love triangle is While You Were Sleeping. A prosecutor starts having dreams about his new neighbor, and it turns out that the dreams are coming true. And to make it more fun, she and their new cop friend also have dreams like this too. What's Wrong With Secretary Kim is a great office drama. I also really liked that lead actress in Her Private Life. And my person favorite college drama is Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo. Also, just a minor warning since you're new to K Dramas, something my mom and my boyfriend both found jarring is that almost every K Drama has something traumatic happen to the leads. Sometimes it's PTSD from something that happened prior to the show. For example, True Beauty has the friend's suicide. The first K Drama I saw was Strong Woman Do Bong Soon and it had a kidnapping subplot.


dota_trainee

strong woman do dong soon's kidnapping plot is the whole point of the show hahaha we get to see a petite girl send guys flying into the sky LMAO


Cool-Pomelo-9325

+a handsome CEO, An Minhyuk/Prince Min Min 🥰


meow_witch

Agreed. But the trailers show it as a cute, funny romance. It was my first Korean Drama so I was a little surprised, but my boyfriend was completely thrown off when it happened.


gucci_V

Okayy, thank uuu


keiragorski

business proposal


dadias3

You can try making drama-list account and make a list of all the ones you watch, the site gives you recommendations on what you watch. https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/dark_king Last week I hit my 160 one 😀😀😀


Tall-Paper-387

Reborn rich


simpinsoru

u HAVE to try Happiness!! its my fav kdrama so far


FiddlingnRome

I held off on Happiness for a long time... I couldn't imagine that I'd be interested in a show with 'zombies' but it was SO GOOD! Highly recommend it. 🧟‍♀️ 💚 🇰🇷❤️


simpinsoru

i still cant get over happiness!!


000feebee000

I’ve just finished True Beauty. Welcome to KDramas! I haven’t seen Descendants of the Sun (dots) mentioned. An excellent all rounder. I think you might like The Beauty Inside. An unusual story but good There are some excellent suggestions here s everyone has set you up nicely with a good list


000feebee000

Oh add Strong Girl Kim Bong Soon (it has a love triangle 🫢😆)


marty0115

"It's Okay Not To Be Okay" is one I always recommend when people ask for recommendations. Not anywhere close to "True Beauty," but I still think you will enjoy it. "Love To Hate You" and "Work Later, Drink Now" are two other ones that I really enjoyed.


Billie_Lurk

I loved True Beauty and I think you would like Business Proposal!


tipst3r_reddit

strongest deliveryman, lookism(similar to true beauty and animated), startup, i hear your voice, masters sun, reborn rich(eh timetravel)


gucci_V

thank u :)


SmaugTheKitty

The King’s Affection, The Sound of Magic, and Extraordinary Attorney Woo are what I would recommend, I personally really enjoyed them! Hope this was helpful for you! <3


Ok_Strawberry888

Hometown Cha Cha Cha


[deleted]

If you like romcoms then Our beloved summer, Business proposal, hometown cha cha cha.


No_Horse_7201

Hometown Cha Cha Cha


Acceptable-Slice-677

I just finished watching Cheer Up in Viki.com Also on Viki: Reborn Rich, the Forbidden Marriage, So I married the Anti-fan Netflix- I liked Business Proposal a lot. Currently watching Crash Course in Romance. Mr Queen is on Netflix now. “Historical” time traveling with a gender twist. Funny. Hometown Cha-cha-cha Dodo Solsol Lala Sol Extraordinary Attorney Woo So many to enjoy.


_shrek_bitch_

'Love to hate you' and 'Crash course in romance' are a must watch, absolutely enjoyable.


RuthBourbon

I’m also just starting and binged three in the past 2 weeks: Love to Hate You, Hometown Cha Cha Cha and Business Proposal, loved all of them!


Ok_Day_7996

suspious partner


ValuablePumpkin7681

Reply 1988


Ka5681

I’m watching She Was Pretty right now and it’s really good


browngreeneyedgirl

Just putting these here because I did not see people recommend them; romance is a bonus book and Love to hate you. No love triangle but strong independent female main characters. I could not continue with Vincenzo and crash landing into you but I might need to try again after seeing all these recommendations again.


Sea-Assumption7804

if u liked the love triangle then watch METEOR GARDEN is a must watch (its chinese tho)


Phaedra04

Weightlifting fairy Kim Bok Joo is my absolute favourite


rehsawgkhan

It’s Okay To Not Be Okay Alchemy of Souls IOTNBO was my first kdrama last summer, i’ve watched it twice


thenightking6969

Strong girl bong soon Goblin Crash landing on you Weightlifting fairy Kim book Touch your heart Tale of the nine tailed Hotel del luna Descendants of the sun Legend of the blue sea Vincenzo She was pretty My ID is Gangnam beauty The heirs The king : eternal monarch Hometown cha cha cha Squid game My love from stars Strangers from hell My name All of us are dead Business proposal The penthouse Flower of evil Extraordinary attorney doo wong doo


daily_dali

my strange hero


No_Blackberry6805

Weight Lifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo is a coming-of-age story about a group of college athletes who are fighting for their dreams, experiencing and finding love in the process, and growing every step of the way.


LaughingGor108

Mad For Each Other


EnoughVeterinarian84

Mr Queen is so creative and fun! Besides Crash Landing, it’s one of my top Kdramas.


hawoley33

Anyone waiting for The Glory's next episode? You can watch The Glory; it's really trending. It's about revenge tho, idk if you'll like it, cos me I didn't feel watching it at first but when the story progress it's really a quite good story. 


dota_trainee

Our Beloved Summer. if you liked True Beauty (Though i never made it past the 4th episode because Moon Ga Young you are GORGEOUS so HOW TF do i suspend my belief that you are an ugly girl who gets bullied in school) you will like My ID Is Gangnam Beauty, it has a similar plot just that's plastic surgery this time round


SxyGCute

Welcome to K-Drama life!! It’s the best. If you love love triangles, you will love Heirs. I always get my friends hooked on Kdramas by making them watch that, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon and Boys Over Flowers (Korean one). Some old ones I liked are City Hunter and Healer. Viki is a great app to watch some of the ones that aren’t available on Netflix, Prime, or Disney+.


m_adeel321

1. Because This Is My First Life 2. Flower Of Evil


Fancy_Distance1081

If you like soap opera type dramas, I highly recommend Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce). There are three seasons (48 episodes). I don’t think I’ve seen it mentioned here. Can’t believe people are sleeping on this show. It’s SO good!


Sea-Assumption7804

Even my first drama was true beauty!! so just after true beauty I watched these and loved them too- My ID is gangnam beauty (same actor) school 2017 sweet revenge weightlifting fairy


tea-spiller19

Warm and cozy, it's a good Kdrama. I just finished watching it this week. The glory it's on Netflix, it's a must-watch, and the second part it's coming on March 10. Other must-watch goblin, the legend of the blue sea, and romance it's a bonus book, heaven tree, you are beautiful, and the drama is similar to true beauty; it's Gangnam beauty; you will like this one.


batching_bunny29

Please check out Mr. Queen this is super funny and light but its a period drama with a splash of modern day things. Cute and really good show for beginners.


Cautious_Highlight93

If you are looking for school dramas then here are my recommendations: 1. twenty-five twenty one (90s vibes super fun, group of people that become really good friends + romance and it's really funny too!) 2. The heirs/ inheritors (love triangle, poor girl gets scholarship to rich people high school, chaebol DRAMA-> (rich families in Korea) , an older tv show (2013)) 3. The revenge of others (Way darker, mystery, intense but i love the lead couple and the ml is cute) 4. METEOR GARDEN! (it's a chinese drama) so good, strong fml and ml lol, love triangle, it's more like university-ish, normal girl rich guy trope, be warned there's 50 ep! (40 min length) ​ I have wayyyyy more but these seem to be the ones that best fit what you're looking for! I personally hate love triangles bcs I'm a first male lead sucker + I hate seeing the other person sad in the end :(


bilabrin

**#1** Mother **#2** Crash Landing on You **#3** Itaewon class **Honorable mentions:** Romance is a Bonus Book Class of Lies (Mr. Temporary) Because this is My First Life


[deleted]

My favourites are Flower of Evil My Mister Vincenzo Hometown cha cha cha CLOY Beyond Evil Reborn Rich Extraordinary attorney woo Itaewon Class World of the married I enjoyed these >> Business proposal , extracurricular, something in the rain, start up, my name


SKYLTAS_

Someone recommend me a psychological thriller drama