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[flash viego]

Not that I'm a soap opera person or anything, but there have been so many references to K-Dramas here, and it seems like a big part of the culture.

I'm curious, and would like to watch one or 2.

If you had to recommend 2 K-Dramas, Series, or even episodes, which one's would they be? I think I can find them once I have some names.

[andrewchon]

Start with the most famous one: Winter Sonata. This one made the male protagonist a sex-symbol in Japan. Made Chinese women romanticising about Korea. After all these years, it still is the standard bearer of Hallyu.

[almosthome]

Lie to Me is a fun K-dramedy; that would be my recommendation for a first-timer.

Although Winter Sonata is famous (and was shot in beautiful locations), it is wicked sad and serious. In fact, after the huge blow in episode 3(?) I asked myself, "Why the $*%$ do Koreans willingly subject themselves to this?" and stopped watching completely. A few months later I decided to give it another go. It does get better, but you can fast forward through a lot of the second half's slow melodrama. If you want something similar but less depressing, try Spring Waltz.

[flash viego]

Cool. I'm going to check them both out. I guess if there were one's that give you a sense of real life in Korea, that would be really cool as well.

I'm guessing subtitles are on all these.

[Norn Iron]

[andrewchon]

Yes, they both are posted with sub-titles.

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[Jyang486]

My favorite dramas from the last two years is Gentleman's Dignity and All My Love. While GD is funny, it's not completely a comedy like All My Love. Both were really good. When I downloaded these two dramas, the subbing was terrible so I watched without subs. Lucky for me I understood most of it, and when I didn't I wrote it down and I asked my Korean friends.

But my two favorite of all time were All In and Happy Together, if you can find some place to watch them with a good set of subs, you won't be disappointed.

[almosthome]

If you watch through DramaFever or Netflix the subtitles are usually good. (Hulu streams content from DramaFever, too.)

[nicwr2002]

I would start with Chuno (Slave Hunters). It's a very good period drama and you can find it on Hulu I think if you have a proxy service or crunchyroll.

[overdrive2023x]

1. IRIS
2. A Gentleman's Dignity


A Gentleman's dignity is hailed as a Korean "Sex & the City" for guys. Very new. Shows current Korean styles. And pretty good story. 4 Guys that have been best friends since High school, now each 40, and trying to lock down a woman in their life.

IRIS, was just badass. At that time, the most expensive Korean drama ever filmed with the superstars Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae Hee. It's a spy espionage drama. Really effing good.

[spaceman82]