weekend dramas

I'm relatively new to watching kdramas but have quickly become obsessed. I've recently started watching weekend dramas (50 episodes or more), and love the multiple characters / multiple story lines  that come with this genre. I've created this list of recommended lengthy dramas, and plan to dive in and watch as many as i can (without getting in trouble with my husband for ignoring him while I binge-watch). Hope to write a review for each one as I plow through them.

user236 Dec 31, 2023
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  • A Hundred Year's Inheritance

    1. A Hundred Year's Inheritance

    Korean Drama - 2013, 50 episodes

  • All about My Mom

    2. All about My Mom

    Korean Drama - 2015, 54 episodes

  • Bad Love

    3. Bad Love

    Korean Drama - 2019, 129 episodes

  • Band of Sisters

    4. Band of Sisters

    Korean Drama - 2017, 68 episodes

  • Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life

    5. Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life

    Korean Drama - 2019, 100 episodes

    8.5

    Worth watching? YES! This drama was far from perfect, but the good far outweighs the bad, in my opinion. 

    Full Review: https://mydramalist.com/profile/user236/reviews/329

  • Blow Breeze

    6. Blow Breeze

    Korean Drama - 2016, 53 episodes

  • Bravo, My Life

    7. Bravo, My Life

    Korean Drama - 2022, 120 episodes

    Worth Watching? I don't think so. Did not finish this drama (watched 55 of 120). The FL was just way too good to be true and it is hard to get invested in  someone without flaws. She is considered socially unacceptable because she is a single mother. Apart from the fact that the social stigma of single parenting doesn't resonate easily with a non-Korean, she is actually raising her nephew as her own child, so it's really just selfless virtue. I enjoy shows where people deal with moral gray areas, and  experience emotional growth. I thought the character development was very inconsistent here. People were evil, then not evil, then evil again, with no clear reason why.

    Review: https://mydramalist.com/profile/user236/reviews/339747

    In many instances the situations reminded me of other dramas where the plot and character development was so much better. 

  • Bride of the Century

    8. Bride of the Century

    Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes

    7.5
  • Brilliant Heritage

    9. Brilliant Heritage

    Korean Drama - 2020, 122 episodes

  • Come! Jang Bo Ri

    10. Come! Jang Bo Ri

    Korean Drama - 2014, 52 episodes

  • Daring Women

    11. Daring Women

    Korean Drama - 2010, 105 episodes

  • Empress Ki

    12. Empress Ki

    Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes

    8.5

    Worth Watching? YES!  It's a sanitized and dramatized version of the life of Empress Ki. Highly entertaining and the acting was superb. Tons of plot twists and evil-doers; the heroine outwits them all. Ji Chang Wook is  amazing in this. He was the only bright spot in Healer, and here he has a much better storyline.   Due credit to Ha Ji Won, I thought she was fantastic as well. If you like strong fearless women, this is for you.

  • Enemies from the Past

    13. Enemies from the Past

    Korean Drama - 2017, 123 episodes

  • Father, I’ll Take Care of You

    14. Father, I’ll Take Care of You

    Korean Drama - 2016, 50 episodes

  • First Wives Club

    15. First Wives Club

    Korean Drama - 2007, 104 episodes

  • Five Enough

    16. Five Enough

    Korean Drama - 2016, 54 episodes

    8.0
  • Golden Garden

    17. Golden Garden

    Korean Drama - 2019, 60 episodes

  • Gracious Revenge

    18. Gracious Revenge

    Korean Drama - 2019, 103 episodes

  • Happy Sisters

    19. Happy Sisters

    Korean Drama - 2017, 120 episodes

  • Home for Summer

    20. Home for Summer

    Korean Drama - 2019, 128 episodes

  • Homemade Love Story

    21. Homemade Love Story

    Korean Drama - 2020, 100 episodes

    6.5

    Worth Watching? NO. There is a lot of crying. Not much else happens. I dropped it.

  • I Have a Lover

    22. I Have a Lover

    Korean Drama - 2015, 50 episodes

    7.0
  • I Love You, Don't Cry

    23. I Love You, Don't Cry

    Korean Drama - 2008, 132 episodes

  • I'm Sorry Kang Nam Goo

    24. I'm Sorry Kang Nam Goo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 120 episodes

  • Jumong

    25. Jumong

    Korean Drama - 2006, 81 episodes

  • Legendary Witch

    26. Legendary Witch

    Korean Drama - 2014, 40 episodes

  • Love in Sadness

    27. Love in Sadness

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes

  • Love Is Drop by Drop

    28. Love Is Drop by Drop

    Korean Drama - 2016, 120 episodes

  • Love Returns

    29. Love Returns

    Korean Drama - 2017, 120 episodes

  • Lovers in Bloom

    30. Lovers in Bloom

    Korean Drama - 2017, 120 episodes

  • Marry Me Now?

    31. Marry Me Now?

    Korean Drama - 2018, 50 episodes

    6.5
  • Mother of Mine

    32. Mother of Mine

    Korean Drama - 2019, 108 episodes

  • My Daughter the Flower

    33. My Daughter the Flower

    Korean Drama - 2011, 131 episodes

  • My Father Is Strange

    34. My Father Is Strange

    Korean Drama - 2017, 52 episodes

    9.0

    Worth Watching? Yes! My first long form kdrama. The first few episodes had me wondering if I should persevere but I am glad I did. All the main characters have independent storylines that advance slowly.  By the end you love every character; even the ones you thought would be the villains.

  • My Golden Life

    35. My Golden Life

    Korean Drama - 2017, 52 episodes

  • My Husband Got a Family

    36. My Husband Got a Family

    Korean Drama - 2012, 58 episodes

  • My Only One

    37. My Only One

    Korean Drama - 2018, 106 episodes

  • Never Twice

    38. Never Twice

    Korean Drama - 2019, 72 episodes

  • New Tales of Gisaeng

    39. New Tales of Gisaeng

    Korean Drama - 2011, 52 episodes

  • Once Again

    40. Once Again

    Korean Drama - 2020, 100 episodes

    9.5

    Worth Watching? Yes!  This story revolves around the relationship woes of the Song family siblings and the street market where the father owns a chicken shop.  Throw in the father's long-lost sister and the mother's kooky sibling, and there are many stories to tell. Some of the stories dragged for me, but I gave this such a high rating due to my favorite couple of all time, Da Hee and Sae Juk. Such a mutually supportive and healthy relationship :)

  • Revolutionary Sisters

    41. Revolutionary Sisters

    Korean Drama - 2021, 50 episodes

  • Secrets of Women

    42. Secrets of Women

    Korean Drama - 2016, 104 episodes

  • Seo Yeong, My Daughter

    43. Seo Yeong, My Daughter

    Korean Drama - 2012, 50 episodes

  • Shady Mom-in-Law

    44. Shady Mom-in-Law

    Korean Drama - 2019, 123 episodes

  • Smile, You

    45. Smile, You

    Korean Drama - 2009, 45 episodes

  • Still You

    46. Still You

    Korean Drama - 2012, 124 episodes

  • Still You

    47. Still You

    Korean Drama - 2020, 5 episodes

  • Sweet Enemy

    48. Sweet Enemy

    Korean Drama - 2017, 124 episodes

  • The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop

    49. The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop

    Korean Drama - 2016, 54 episodes

  • The Kingdom of the Winds

    50. The Kingdom of the Winds

    Korean Drama - 2008, 36 episodes

  • The Last Empress

    51. The Last Empress

    Korean Drama - 2018, 52 episodes

  • The Real Has Come!

    52. The Real Has Come!

    Korean Drama - 2023, 50 episodes

    7.5

    Worth Watching? Not Really. I gave it a 7.5 rating because the first part of the series is over-the-top cray  cray, I couldn't stop watching, but the second half kind of unravels. Everything you think the story is building up to just kind of fizzles out.  The two main leads increasingly seemed to be physically repulsed by each other;, which isn't a good thing since they are supposed o be falling in love.

  • Ugly Alert

    53. Ugly Alert

    Korean Drama - 2013, 133 episodes

  • Unasked Family

    54. Unasked Family

    Korean Drama - 2019, 123 episodes

  • Unknown Woman

    55. Unknown Woman

    Korean Drama - 2017, 102 episodes

  • Wang's Family

    56. Wang's Family

    Korean Drama - 2013, 50 episodes

  • Want a Taste?

    57. Want a Taste?

    Korean Drama - 2019, 124 episodes

  • What Happens to My Family?

    58. What Happens to My Family?

    Korean Drama - 2014, 53 episodes

  • Witch's Castle

    59. Witch's Castle

    Korean Drama - 2015, 122 episodes

  • Wonderful Days

    60. Wonderful Days

    Korean Drama - 2014, 50 episodes

  • Yoo Na's Street

    61. Yoo Na's Street

    Korean Drama - 2014, 50 episodes

  • You Are a Gift

    62. You Are a Gift

    Korean Drama - 2016, 111 episodes

  • You Are the Best!

    63. You Are the Best!

    Korean Drama - 2013, 50 episodes

    5.0

    Worth Watching? No. The story is predictable and the dialogue is boring. I'm sad because  it has some great actors and they were given really boring roles.  I dropped it, but before doing so, I caught a few snippets of the later episodes and everything ended just as expected.

  • You Don't Know Women

    64. You Don't Know Women

    Korean Drama - 2010, 109 episodes

  • You're Too Much

    65. You're Too Much

    Korean Drama - 2017, 50 episodes

  • Young Lady and Gentleman

    66. Young Lady and Gentleman

    Korean Drama - 2021, 52 episodes

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