7.31.2009

Drama List

Having watched a variety of dramas and will only screen more, we try our best to review what we see and recommend what we like. For your reference, here is the rating scale we’ll be using.

Although dependent on the genre and not completely perfect, these shows are the real sparkling gems in the vast ocean and can be labeled as “masterpieces”. The production has excellent cinematography and music, consists of solid casts and characters, and tells a story that captures the audience and is extremely engaging–exceeding viewers’ expectations every minute.
Dramas at this level or beyond are worthy of archiving and re-watching. These shows are only one step away from being stunning but they, nevertheless, deserve your time and obsession.
Shows here are well-scripted and well-executed with perhaps a few loopholes, but definitely still display a purpose and send a message. It is easy to get addicted and marathon these shows as they keep you wanting more. Memorable and recommended.
Good. Default score for shows that tried to be different but perhaps came out a bit short either in the script, acting, and/or directing.
Simply enjoyable but nowhere to the extent of gluing viewers to the television/computer screen for hours. Able to keep viewers until the end but cannot remain in their minds for years to come.
Pure definition of average. These dramas have everything any other decent dramas would have. Often clichéd, but acceptable and offer enough entertainment value to pass the time.
Minimal uniqueness. A burden to watch and a relief to finish. Maybe a funny or fascinating scene occurs now and then but nothing to get excited over. Not recommended.
For the most part, indifference is the feeling or lack of feeling with the completion of these shows. Viewers often don’t understand why/how they even managed to last till the end.
A waste of time. Strongly encouraged to stay far, far, far away. Not recommended with a passion.
Could it get any worse?

In case you’re interested, below is a list of dramas Annisa has completed over the years. XD

Top Favorite Dramas

  • Happy Ever After
  • Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum)
  • My Date with a Vampire I, II
  • Paradise
  • Princess Pearl I, II
  • Safe Guards
  • Stealing Dragon, Exchanging Phoenix
  • The Conqueror’s Story
  • The Good Old Days
  • The Monkey King
  • Virtues of Harmony I
Rating Drama Title Year
4 A Bride for a Ride 2009
A Case of Misadventure 2002
A Change of Destiny 2007
A Chinese Ghost Story 2003
7 A Chip Off the Old Block 2010
A Colorful Life 2001
A Great Way to Care 2009
A Handful of Love 2004
A Journey Called Life 2008
A Kindred Spirit 1995
A Matter of Customs 2000
A Pillow Case of Mystery 2006
A Recipe for the Heart 1997
A Step into the Past 2001
A Taste of Love 2001
3 A Watchdog’s Tale 2010
All About Boyz 2002
All About Eve 2000
Always Ready 2005
Angels of Mission 2004
Aqua Heroes 2003
Armed Reaction I 1997
Armed Reaction II 2000
Armed Reaction III 2001
Armed Reaction IV 2003
At the Threshold of an Era I 1999
At the Threshold of an Era II 2000
Awakening Story 2001
Bar Benders 2006
Battle Against Evil 2002
5 Beauty of the Game 2010
Better Halves 2003
5 Beyond the Realm of Conscience 2009
Bodyguards (Jade Dolls) 1995
Book and Sword: Gratitude and Revenge 2002
Burning Flame I 1998
Burning Flame II 2002
Buzzer Beat 2009
Catch Me Now 2008
Coffee Prince 2008
Cooking Master: The Perfect Banquet 2004
Country Spirit 2001
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2001
Dance of Passion 2007
Death Investigation Extension 2008
Death Investigation Extension Again 2009
Detective Investigation Files I 1995
Detective Investigation Files II 1996
Detective Investigation Files III 1997
Devil Beside You 2005
Devil’s Disciple 2007
Down Memory Lane 1995
Dragon Love 1999
Dream of Colours 2004
Emergency Unit 2009
Eternal Happiness 2002
Face to Fate 2006
Fairy of the Chalice 2006
Family Man 2002
Fang De and Miao Cui Hua 2005
Fantasy Hotel 2005
Fate Twisters 2003
Feel 100% 2002
Field of Dreams 2002
Fire General 2002
Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain 1999
Forensic Heroes 2006
Full House 2004
Funniest Story of the Ming Royalists 2001
Golden Faith 2002
Good Against Evil 2002
Good Lover Bad Partner 1998
Greatness of a Hero 2009
Greed Mask 2003
Guts of Man 2005
Hana Yori Dango 2005
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2007
Hap Hak Hang 1989
8 Happy Ever After 1999
Happy Flying Dragon 1998
Hard Fate 2004
Healing Hands I 1998
Healing Hands II 2000
Healing Hands III 2005
Hearts of Fencing 2003
Heartstrings 1994
Heavenly Sword Dragon Sabre 2003
Heavenly Sword Dragon Sabre 2000
Heroine of the Yang 1998
Hidden Treasures 2004
Honey! Watch Out 2003
Hotelier 2001
Hua Gu Zi 2004
I Have a Date with Spring 1995
In the Chamber of Bliss 2009
Into Thin Air 2005
Invisibile Journey 2002
It Started with a Kiss 2005
Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum) 2003
Journey of Love 1995
Journey to the West I 1996
Journey to the West II 1997
Just Love 2005
Just Love II 2009
King of Yesterday and Tomorrow 2003
Kung Fu Master 2000
Kung Fu Soccer 2004
La Femme Desperado 2006
Lady Fan 2004
Lady Flower Fist 1997
Lady Warriors of the Yang 2001
Legend of a Chinese Hero 1998
Legend of Chor Lau Heung 2000
Legend of Dagger Lee 1999
Legend of Heaven and Earth, the Mermaid 2001
Legend of Lady Yang 2000
Legend of Love 2003
Legend of the Butterfly Lovers 2000
Legend of the Condor Heroes 1994
Legend of the Demigods 2008
Legend of the Magic Mirror 2005
Legendary Four Aces 2000
Legendary Siblings 1999
Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion 2006
Let’s Face It 2002
Life Made Simple 2005
Lofty Water Verdant Bow 2003
Lost in the Chamber of Love 2004
Love and Again 2003
Love Bond 2005
Love is Beautiful 2001
Love of Generations 1996
Man in Charge 2009
Meteor Garden 2001
Miracle Healers 2004
Misleading Track 2005
Mission in Trouble 2002
Moon Fairy 2003
Moonlight Resonance 2008
My Date with a Vampire I 1998
My Date with a Vampire II 2000
My Date with a Vampire III 2004
My Family 2005
My Older Sister (Noona) 2006
Net Deception 2004
No Turning Back 2006
Nodame Cantabile 2006
Nodame Cantabile in Europe 2008
Not Just a Pretty Face 2003
Old House Has Joy 1999
Old Time Buddy I 1997
Old Time Buddy II 1998
On Air 2008
On the Track or Off 2001
Original Scent of Summer 2003
Pages of Treasures 2008
Palm of Ru Lai 2002
Paradise 2004
Perish in the Name of Love 2003
Permutation 2005
Placebo Cure 2004
Plain Love I 1995
Plain Love II 1999
Point of No Return 2003
Police Station No. 7 2002
Present 2004
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon 2004
Princess Pearl I 1998
Princess Pearl II 1999
Princess Pearl III 2003
Queen of Cake 2002
Reaching Out 2001
Real Kung Fu 2005
Return of the Condor Heroes 1998
Return of the Condor Heroes (Savior of the Soul) 2006
Return of the Cuckoo 2000
Revolving Doors of Vengeance 2005
Riches and Stiches 2004
Romance in the Rain 2001
Rosy Business 2009
Safe Guards 2006
Scavenger’s Paradise 2005
Seed of Hope 2003
Seven Sisters 2001
Shaolin Seven 1999
Shine on You 2004
Slim Chances 2002
Smart Kid 2000
Southern Shaolin 2002
Split Second 2004
Square Pegs 2003
Stamp of Love 2002
Stealing Dragon Exchanging Phoenix I 2001
Stealing Dragon Exchanging Phoenix II 2002
Steps 2007
Summer Heat 2004
Sunshine Heartbeat 2004
Survivor’s Law I 2003
Survivor’s Law II 2008
Sweetness in the Salt 2009
Swordsman I 1999
Swordsman II 1999
Swordsman III 1999
Taiji Prodigy 2000
Take My Word for It 2002
Tears in Heaven 1997
Ten Brothers 2007
Ten Tigers of Guangdong 1999
The Academy 2005
The Biter Bitten 2006
The Blind Detective 2006
The Charm Beneath 2005
8 The Ching Emperor 1994
The Conqueror’s Story 2004
The Crimson Sabre 2000
The Driving Power 2003
The Duke of Mount Deer 2000
The Duke of Mount Deer 1998
The Family Link 2007
The Four 2008
The Gateau Affairs 2005
The Gentle Crackdown 2005
The Good Old Days 1996
The Green Grass of Home 2007
The Green Hope 2000
The Herbalist’s Manual 2005
The King of Snooker 2009
The Last Breakthrough 2004
The Luckiest Man 2003
The Master of Tai Chi 1997
The Monkey King 1982
The Monkey King (Quest for the Sutra) 2000
The Price of Greed 2006
The Prince’s Shadow 2005
The Righteous Guards 1998
The Seventh Day 2008
The Silver Chambers of Sorrow 2008
The Snow is Red 1996
The Stew of Life 2009
The Threshold of a Persona 2009
The Vampire Returns 1993
The W Files 2003
The White Flame 2002
The Winter Melon Tale 2009
Time Before Time 1997
To Catch the Uncatchable 2004
To Get Unstuck in Time 2004
To Grow with Love 2006
To Love with no Regrets 2004
Tough Side of a Lady 1997
Treasure Basin 2004
Treasure Raiders 2002
Treasure Venture 2000
Trimming Success 2006
Triumph in the Skies 2003
Twin of Brothers 2004
Ultra Protection 1999
Under the Canopy of Love 2006
Unnatural Born Killer 1996
Untraceable Evidence I 1998
Untraceable Evidence II 1999
Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love 2002
Vagabond Vigilante 2006
Vigilante Force 2003
Vigilante in the Mask 2003
Virtues of Harmony I 2001
Virtues of Harmony II 2003
War and Beauty 2004
War and Destiny 2007
War of the Genders 2000
War of the In-Laws I 2005
War of the In-Laws II 2008
Web of Love 2000
Whatever It Takes 2002
When Dreams Come True 2002
When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West 2008
When Rules Turn Loose 2005
Where the Legend Begins 2002
Winter Sonata 2002
Witness to a Prosecution I 2000
Witness to a Prosecution II 2002
Wong Fei Hung (Master of Kung Fu) 2004
World’s Finest 2005
You’re Hired 2009
Yummy Yummy (Food for Life) 2005

 

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