A-Z Drama & Film Reviews 2019

We usually post our list of reviews of dramas and films towards the end of the year but it is a lot of hard work to collate and to go back to each and every drama and film.

So we shall start this list as a work in progress throughout the whole year.

For the complete list of all the dramas, we have reviewed click DRAMAS & FILMS.

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• Cdrama – Chinese Drama
• Dorama – Japanese Drama
• Kdrama – South Korean Drama
• Lakorn – Thai Drama
• Teleserye – Filipino Drama
• TwDrama – Taiwanese Drama

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Review 2019

A

• A Little Thing Called First Love is a drama remake of a Thai movie called A Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
• Abyss is a Kdrama about an alien orb that can bring the dead to life.
• Arsenal Military Academy (Cdrama 2019)
• Arthdal Chronicles is a Kdrama which is a Netflix original.  It is about an Igutu boy who was prophesied to bring chaos to the world.

B

• Beautiful World is a Kdrama about extreme school violence, its effect to the family and everyone involved.
• Before We Got Married (Twdrama 2019)
• Big Issue is a Kdrama about paparazzi
• Blowing in the Wind is a Chinese drama about mountaineering.
• Brave To Love (Twdrama 2019)

C

• Cheat My Boss (Cdrama 2019)
• Chasing Ball is a Chinese drama about ping pong.
• Coffee & Vanilla is a Japanese Live-Action manga about a 20 year old girl and a 30 year old businessman.

D

• Deep In My Heart is a Chinese drama about a heart transplant man who had gain superpower meets schizophrenic girl.
• Dive is a Chinese drama which also known as Plop Youth or Plop of Youth.  It is about the growth of a diving team in a university.
• Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty is another Chinese drama variation of Scarlet Heart.

E

• Emperors and Me is a Chinese drama about a couple who had been looking for each other through succeding dynasties.
• Extraordinary You is a Kdrama about a girl who found out that she was not human but a character from a comic book.

F

• Fall in Love (Cdrama 2019)

G

• Goodbye, My Princess is a Chinese drama about severe desolation that one needed the fountain of eternal forgetfulness to be able to go on living.
• Green Door (TwDrama 2019)
• Growing Pain is a Chinese drama about life of growing young adult and their parents while navigating the zigzag direction of life.

H

• Hello Again! is a Taiwanese drama about former high school mates who hated each other.  Then they meet again after ten years.
• Hello Debate Opponent (Cdrama 2019)
• Hot Blooded Youth is a Chinese Republican historical fiction drama starring Zitao and Sophie Zhang.
• Hotel de `Luna is a Kdrama about a hotel that caters for the dead in transit to the afterlife.

I

• I HEAR YOU is a Chinese drama starring my baby girl, Zhao Lisi and Riley Wang.  It is about a morose genius violinist falling in love with a feisty girl while pretending to be lovers during time together in a reality tv show.
• If I Can Love You So (Cdrama 2019)
• In Love with Eyes of an Ugly Girl (Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru) is a Japanese dorama about a voice-over superstar who fell and married a chubby girl with beautiful smiling eyes.
• Instead of Tipsy Why Not Get Drunk is a Chinese drama about a wine expert losing his sense of taste and smell to a girl he accidentally kissed.

 

J

• Joy of Life (Cdrama 2019)

K

• KILL IT is a Kdrama about a vet who used to be a paid killer meets a detective with a heart.
• KINGDOM is a South Korean Netflix original drama about zombies, starring two reliable actors in the lead: Joo Ji Hoon and Bae Doona.

L

• LE COUP DE FOUDRE is a Chinese autobiographical drama of author, Qiao Yi.  It is about her romance which started in high school with her husband.
• LEGEND OF HUA BU QI (I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO) is a Chinese historical/wuxia drama starring Ariel Lin and Zhang Bin Bin.
• LISTENING SNOW TOWER is a Chinese wuxia about the pugilistic world.
• Love is Deep (Cdrama 2019)
• Lucky’s First Love (Cdrama 2019)

M

• Miss Culinary is a Thai lakorn about a girl who has a natural aptitude for cooking.
• Mother of Mine is a kdrama about a mother? and her three beautiful adult daughters and their relationships.
• MY AMAZING BOYFRIEND 2 is a season 2 Chinese drama where a young actress is now pregnant with her immortal 8th boyfriend.
• My Girlfriend is an Alien is a Chinese drama about a girl, who is an alien and who ended up as a girlfriend of a cold CEO.
• MY TRUE FRIEND is a Chinese drama starring Angelababy, Deng Lun, and Zhu Yi Long.  It is a modern romance which was partly filmed abroad.

N

• Nine Kilometers of Love is a Chinese drama about young pilots, their love and dreams.
• NO MERCY is a South Korean film about a badass woman, out for revenge, in search of a missing sister
• No Secret is a Chinese version of Kdrama’s “I Can Hear Your Voice.”

O

• One Spring Night is a Kdrama about a woman who breaks up with a long time boyfriend to start a more exciting romance with a younger single father guy.

P

• Perfume is a Kdrama about a woman at the end of her tether, who had gotten hold of a magic perfume to turn her into her younger, slender self again, meets arrogant fashion designer.
• Perfect Crime is a Japanese drama about infidelity.
• `Princess Silver is a Chinese costume drama about an amnesiac princess sent to marry an unwilling prince.
• Prodigy Healer (Cdrama 2019)
• Pushing Hands is a Chinese drama.
• Put Your Head on my Shoulder is a Chinese drama which is a cousin of that very successful webdrama, A Love So Beautiful.  This drama is set in College.

Q

• Queen Dugu is a historical costume drama based on a real person.

R

• Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung is a historical costume Kdrama.
• Runway 24 is a Japanese dorama about a girl who wanted to emulate her legendary father who was a pilot.

S

• Someday or One Day (TwDrama 2019)
• Somewhere Only We Know is a Chinese youth drama.
• Song Dynasty Bei Duo Department is a Chinese drama about secret agents during the Song Dynasty.
• Stay Tuned is a Japanese drama set in a broadcasting television.
• Sweet Tai Chi is a Chinese youth drama about the arts and martial arts.

T

• The Best Partner (Cdrama 2019)
• THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY is a Chinese drama about the making of a CPOP star, starring Zitao and Wu Qian.
• THE EMERGENCE OF FIRST LOVE is a Chinese youth drama.  It is a love triangle between two football-playing heroes over a cute girl.
• THE FIERY PRIEST is a Kdrama about a vigilante priest.
• The Golden Eyes (Cdrama 2019)
• The Legend of Hao Lan (Cdrama 2019)
• THE LEGEND OF THE WHITE SNAKE (Cdrama 2019) is another version of the very popular Chinese folktale.
• The Lost Tomb 2: The Wrath of Sea (Cdrama 2019)
• The Next Top Star is a Chinese drama about the world of show business.
• THE SAND PRINCESS is a Thai lakorn about a love triangle between two brothers and an orphan girl.
• THE SECRET LIFE OF MY SECRETARY is a Kdrama about a CEO who had an accident which had to rely on his secretary for facial recognition. ****Rating
• This is Not a Business Expense (2019). is a Japanese drama about accounting starring Mikako Tabe
• To Get Her is a Chinese webdrama starring Daddi Tang
• Touch (Kdrama)
• TOUCH YOUR HEART is a Kdrama which sees the return of the popular tandem of Lee Dong Wook and Yoo In Na from Goblin.  She plays a popular actress in trouble and he is a grim prosecutor.

U

• Under the Power is a Chinese drama about policing in the Qing Dynasty.
• Unrequited Love (Cdrama 2019)

V

• VIP is a Kdrama starring Jang Na Ra and Lee Sang Yoon.  It is about a marriage in the brink of collapse due to adultery of the husband with one of his wife’s co-workers.

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W

• Want A Taste? is a Kdrama which is shown weekdays.  It is about an older woman who worked hard to send her husband to university but he ended up having an affair with a rich young woman.
• Watcher is a Kdrama starring three charismatic actors whose characters are bind by a crime that happend a few years ago.
• WELL INTENDED LOVE is a Chinese drama about a contract marriage between a CEO and a young actress who has leukaemia.
• When The Camelia Blooms (Kdrama 2019)
• While We’re Still Young is a Chinese drama.  A romance that ensued between a rich arrogant boss and a feisty employee.  Plenty of misunderstanding in between.

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X

Y

• You Are My Answer is a Chinese drama about an undercover policeman who had to protect a witness.
• Youth Fight Cdrama 2019

Z

• Zambi is a Japanese horror/zombie drama set in a girl’s school and dormitory.