Film

This is a list of asian movies and television shows I have watched in my lifetime. I am using this as an alternative to maintaining a list on some social media platform. I primarily only watch Chinese dramas nowdays and mainly with the intent of immersing in the language and understading mainland culture.

If you have any artistic movie recommendations from mainland China, feel free to email me.

Currently Watching

• Romance of Our Parents (China, 2014)

Completed

Dramas & TV

• Crash Landing on You (Korea, 2019) — 9.5/10
• Descendants of the Sun (Korea, 2016) — 8/10
• Dream High (Korea, 2011) — 6/10
• Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Korea, 2022) — 7.5/10 — started great and trailed off
• Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (Korea, 2016) — 9.5/10
• Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (Korea, 2021) — 7.5/10
• Hospital Playlist (Korea, 2020) — 9.5/10
• Hospital Playlist Season 2 (Korea, 2021) — 8.5/10 — rushed and unsatisfying ending
• Hotel del Luna (Korea, 2019) — 8.5/10
• It's Okay to Not Be Okay (Korea, 2020) — 9.5/10
• Itaewon Class (Korea, 2020) — 7.5/10
• Meet Yourself (China, 2023) — 8.5/10 — visually relaxing, slow paced drama set in rural yunnan
• Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (Korea, 2016) — 8.5/10
• Persona (Korea, 2019) — 2.5/10 — terrible
• Reply 1988 (Korea, 2015) — 10/10
• Reply 1997 (Korea, 2012) — 7/10
• SKY Castle (Korea, 2018) — 8.5/10
• Squid Game (Korea, 2021) — 4/10
• Strong Girl Bong Soon (Korea, 2017) — 4.5/10
• The Bond (China, 2021) — 8.5/10 — heartwarming family drama
• Twenty Five Twenty One (Korea, 2022) — 8/10
• What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (Korea, 2018) — 6/10
• When Life Gives You Tangerines (Korea, 2025) — 9.5/10
• While You Were Sleeping (Korea, 2017) — 6/10

Movies

• A Taxi Driver (Korea, 2017) — 8.5/10
• American Dreams in China (China, 2013) — 6/10
• Comrades: Almost a Love Story (China, 1996) — 7/10
• Goodbye Mr. Loser (China, 2015) — 7.5/10 — fun movie but don't expect anything special
• Little Forest (Korea, 2018) — 8/10
• Money (Korea, 2019) — 6.5/10
• Old Boy (Korea, 2003) — 7.5/10
• Parasite (Korea, 2019) — 8/10
• Special Delivery (Korea, 2022) — 6.5/10
• Suzhou River (China, 2000) — 5/10 — arthouse film with a weird plot, not that good
• Take Off 2 (Korea, 2016) — 7.5/10
• The Dumpling Queen (China, 2025) — 8/10 — best movie I have watched on an airplane
• The Handmaiden (Korea, 2016) — 7.5/10
• Warm Hug (China, 2020) — 6.5/10
• YOLO (China, 2024) — 7/10 — feel-good comedy

Plan to Watch

Dramas & TV

• Nirvana in Fire (2015), China
• The Story of Ming Lan (2018), China

Movies

• All About Lily Chou Chou (2001), Japan
• Better Days (2019), China
• Raise the Red Lantern (1991), China
• We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021), Japan