Dramas and Drama Specials where the female lead is married off by means of force, threats, family pressure, coercion, deception, blackmail, etc. If you know of a title that's missing from this list (even if it's not found on MyDramaList) please let me know, and I'll add it! 1. My Husband in Law 2. For Married Doctress 3. Siege in Fog 4.
This show is quite different compared to other K-dramas set in school, where romance is the main plot point. Even in the absence of romantic love, the show still delivers on high emotions, wholesomeness, and mother-daughter affection.
MARRIAGE CONTRACT This drama is sad but heartwarming. A young widow (Hye Soo) and her little daughter meet the owner (Ji Hoon) of a restaurant where Hye Soo starts working. There she finds out that Ji Hoon is looking for a liver donor for his mother and is willing to marry a stranger in order to get it.
Top 10: Dramas with Contracted Relationships 1 PRIDE 2 MARRIAGE CONTRACT 3 MARRIAGE NOT DATING 4 DELIGHTFUL GIRL, CHOON HYANG 5 FATED TO LOVE YOU (Korean) 6 GOONG 7 MARY STAYED OUT ALL NIGHT 8 SUNNY HAPPINESS 9 FULL HOUSE 10 SMILING PASTA
This drama is sad but heartwarming. A young widow (Hye Soo) and her little daughter meet the owner (Ji Hoon) of a restaurant where Hye Soo starts working. There she finds out that Ji Hoon is looking for a liver donor for his mother and is willing to marry a stranger in order to get it. Hye Soo also finds that out that she has a brain tumor and little chances of surviving, so she decides to enter a contracted marriage with Ji Hoon. In this drama, they actually sign a contract stating the conditions of the marriage.
But because of his parents' pressuring, he enters a contracted relationship with Jang Mi. Ki Tae tells his parents that if they want him to marry they'll have to accept the girl he chooses, otherwise he'll never marry anyone. This drama makes you laugh in almost every episode and is full of unexpected plot twists.
Full House is about a writer, Ji Eun, who lives in a house designed by her dead father. One day, she finds out her friends sold her house to a very famous actor, Yeong Jae.
One day, she decides to go to a hockey game. There she meets Haru, the team's ace, and enters a contracted relationship with him.
Fated to Love You was originally a Taiwanese drama, but I prefer the Korean remake and this is mainly related to the male lead character. The Korean character is way kinder to the female lead, unlike the Taiwanese version where he acts like a jerk.
DELIGHTFUL GIRL, CHOON HYANG. This is an old drama (2005) but the story still works. It's one of the first dramas made by the Hong Sisters and is based on an old Korean folktale. Choon Hyang and Mong Ryong are two high school students that end up spending a night together (nothing happens between them).
Love triangles in K-dramas are one of the biggest tropes in the genre and sometimes the main source of the drama in the series. In almost every K-drama, there is a new character who comes in, even if it's for one episode, to confess their love to one of the main characters, causing drama before they disappear again.
Two characters fight for the love and attention of the main character. K-dramas have a way of nailing this theme. It's a tug and war of the heart when it comes to the moment the main character realizes their true feelings. For fans looking for this type of drama, there are more than enough popular shows to get hooked on.
Heirs, much like Boys Over Flowers, is an iconic drama that features a love triangle that had fans rooting for both of the boys. Cha Eun Sang was a normal girl who got to attend a super-rich school. Her main love interest, Kim Tan, loved her a lot and tried to help her fit in, but it didn't always work out so well.
She Was Pretty is a K-drama that will have viewers dying of laughter while also having their hearts ache from the romance. It all started when she backed out of meeting her childhood friend due to him becoming gorgeous and her inheriting her father's frizzy hair and red cheeks.
Boys Over Flowers is a popular K-drama from 2009 that still manages to make viewers' hearts leap over the riveting love triangle. Based on a Japanese manga, it follows a young woman who gets mixed into the wealthy lives of a group of young men at school.
This drama, based on a popular webtoon, features a fairly complex love triangle that raised a lot of eyebrows. Lee Hye Yeong is in love with Kim Jo Jo and has been for some time now. He wants to confess to her but also enjoys just watching and helping her from afar, acknowledging that he doesn't want to make her life messy. However, everything changes when Hye Yeong's best friend comes back and learns about his crush.
Close friends Choi Taek and Kim Jung Hwan both like their friend Sung Deok Sun, who is pretty naive and likes both of them at different points in the series. This drama focuses on the consequences of waiting too long and how showing your affection for someone is the best course of action when competing for love.