Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is all about celebrating everything that makes us special – and what brings us together as a community. From heartfelt dramas to thrilling adventures, explore even more must-watch Asian shows and movies that highlight the richness of our cultures and experiences. Whether you're watching by yourself or with family and friends, keep the celebration going with a great watch.

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

When strong-willed orphan Fely (Sandrinna Michelle) receives a scholarship to a top school, she enters a whole new world – one that's ruled by the "Four Prince" gang consisting of four popular brothers: Raga (Junior Roberts), Jordan (Fattah Syach), Helga (Arya Mohan), and Naviro (Harry Vaughan). Never one to shy away from injustice, Fely disrupts the status quo by speaking up against them, but doing so puts a target on her own back. In an even more complicated turn of events, the boys' father decides to adopt Fely, bringing her into their home life as well. While this introduces new tension among the schoolmates-turned-siblings, they begin to form unexpected new bonds – and Raga in particular begins seeing Fely in a new light. This drama was based on the novel of the same title by Caroline Puspojudo.

Private Bodyguard

TVING

Despite Youn Ga Min's (Hwang Min Hyun) natural gift in martial arts, he dreams of academic success. However, the school he attends is notoriously attended by troubled students, making it difficult to succeed, and carries dark secrets – including a past teacher's murder. Determined to boost his grades, Ga Min forms a study group with Kim Se Hyun (Lee Jong Hyun) and other like-minded students, but the group soon finds itself targeted by bullies, led by Pi Han Ul (Cha Woo Min). Ga Min refuses to let his study group get beaten down, unleashing his fighting skills to defend them. Idealistic teacher Han Kyeong​ (Han Ji Eun), Ga Min's former tutor, also wants the school to do better, but she harbors some secrets of her own. Can Ga Min and Han Kyeong help this disastrous school?

Study Group

📝  The Diligent  📚  team

TV producer Nam Ji Ah (Jo Bo Ah) believes that Korean stories of the nine-tailed fox, a creature that seduces the innocent to satisfy its craving for human flesh, are not mere folk tales. And she has made it her personal mission to prove it! But this puts her on a collision course with Lee Yeon (Lee Dong Wook), a handsome and intelligent man – and a secret nine-tailed fox! When his bloodthirsty step-brother Lee Rang (Kim Bum) appears on the scene, hungry for mayhem – Yeon is forced into action. Can he save Ji Ah from doom? And could this cunning fox find love in the process? This 2020 South Korean drama series was directed by Kang Shin Hyo.

Tale of the Nine-Tailed

❤️ The Storytailers ❤️ Team

The year is 2007 and two recent graduates – the talented and idealistic Zhou Shui (Wang An Yu) and the resolutely loyal and passionate Da Ji (Wang Yu Wen) – have fallen in love. Determined to realize their big dreams, they move to Beijing, where they rent a small room together. However, life in the capital proves to be full of challenges for Zhou Shui and Da Ji. And as reality starts to collide with their hopes, the future begins to feel increasingly uncertain. Their devotion toward one another remains strong, but pressures continue to mount. Over the years, unexpected difficulties, secret doubts, and the passage of time threaten to drive a wedge between them. Can love help them pull through – and achieve the dreams they still hold dear?

Such a Good Love

A Love to Remember Team♥️

In this poignant exploration of love and missed connections, Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), childhood friends from South Korea, are reunited in New York after 24 years apart. Their unexpected encounter brings to light the complex emotions of what could have been, as Nora, now married to Arthur (John Magaro), navigates the delicate balance between her past and present. As they spend a week together, they delve into their shared history, cultural identity, and the profound impact of their interrupted relationship. Their reunion becomes a tender meditation on fate, immigration, and the paths not taken. This is a 2023 American romantic drama film written and directed by Celine Song, exploring the nuanced landscape of love across time and continents.

Past Lives

Tencent Video

Xiao Qiao (Song Zu Er), a clever woman from the Qiao family, is arranged to be married to Wei Shao (Liu Yu Ning), the head of the Wei family, in order to create a strategic alliance between the two feuding clans. Initially, they struggle to lower their guards around each other due to years of bad blood between their families, but gradually begin to trust each other as they face issues that require working together. Over time, their opinions of each other start to shift – and before they know it, Xiao Qiao and Wei Shao begin to develop genuine feelings for each other. Will they form a lasting connection despite their early relationship qualms? This drama was adapted from the web novel "Zhe Yao" by Peng Lai Ke.

The Prisoner of Beauty

🔗Prisoners of Love ❤️

Prosecutor Haruto Tateishi (Yusei Yagi) just wanted to take a normal bus ride in peace... until he's mistaken as a groper on a crowded bus by Sakura Miyashita (Kyoko Saito), resulting in a humiliating incident for everyone. Haruto later encounters Sakura again, this time she's in the middle of dumping her unfaithful boyfriend, and the two end up spending an impulsive, drunken night out together. Unfortunately (or not), that's not the last time they meet: several days later, Sakura, an aspiring attorney, shows up for job training – at Haruto's office! Forced to work together despite their awkward past, Haruto tries to keep things professional, but can't help but feel drawn to Sakura. Was their chaotic first meeting really a sign of fate at work? This drama was adapted from the 2017 South Korean drama of the same name.

Suspicious Partner

Love & Lawsuits

When his older brother is poisoned to death, Crown Prince Lee Hwan (Park Hyung Sik) becomes the prime suspect in his murder. To make matters worse, he receives a cursed letter containing a prophecy concerning his death. With his future looking grim, Lee Hwan finds a glimmer of hope in Min Jae Yi (Jeon So Nee), a noblewoman accused of murdering her family days before her wedding. Agreeing to help her if she agrees to help him find a way to break the curse, the two set out on an unexpected path toward love. Directed by Lee Jong Jae, this 2023 South Korean historical romance drama is as full of mystery as love.

Our Blooming Youth

🌸Blooming Love of Youth🌸

Kang Ji Yun (Han Ji Min) is the confident and accomplished CEO of a leading headhunting firm. Despite working in a fiercely competitive industry, Ji Yun thrives and dedicates herself fully to her work. However, she's completely lost with even the simplest daily task outside of work. This is where her secretary Yu Eun Ho (Lee Jun Hyuk) shines: he's an extremely capable worker, and raising his six-year-old child alone helped him further develop life skills that transfer seamlessly to organizing Ji Yun's life. But as the line between their professional and personal relationship begins to blur, something else seems to spark between them!

Love Scout

🎯Heart Headhunters💘

Fuji TV

Kanoko Urabe (Honoka Matsumoto) lives in a rural village with her mother in early Showa-era Japan. However, Kanoko's uncanny ability to detect lies has made her an outcast, resulting in her decision to leave to avoid further burdening her mother. Kanoko finds her way to the town of Tsukumoya, where she meets Soma Iwai (Ouji Suzuka), a young, debt-stricken detective who rescues her after she collapses from hunger. To Kanoko's surprise, Soma finds her lie-detecting skills impressive and useful, and he offers her a job as his assistant. Combining Soma's deductive reasoning skills and Kanoko's abilities, they begin investigating strange incidents and solving crimes – but as they spend more time together, they might develop a personal relationship, too. This drama was adapted from the manga series of the same name by Ritsu Miyako.

Usotoki Rhetoric

JTBC

Despite not being biologically related, Kim Sanha (Hwang In Youp), Yoon Juwon (Jung Chaeyeon), and Kang Haejun (Bae Hyeonseong) share a close bond with each other. The trio spent their adolescence raised by Juwon's father Jeongjae (Choi Won Young) and Sanha's father Daeuk (Choi Moo Sung), who did their best to give them a happy childhood as they healed from past trauma. Upon reaching adulthood, however, Sanha and Haejun sought out their biological families, leaving Juwon behind. Ten years later, the five members of their found family reunite, but things aren't the same as they used to be – Juwon holds some resentment after feeling abandoned by Sanha and Haejun, while the two boys are struggling with new romantic feelings for Juwon and their own familial issues. Can these chosen siblings work out their feelings with each other, and will romance form between them? This drama was adapted from the 2020 Chinese drama "Go Ahead."

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