Whether or not you have an IRL Valentine this year, we've got you covered with our collection of romantic dramas and movies to make sure you get a hefty dose of love!

Will You Be My Valentine?

Ayaka Haneda (Kanna Hashimoto)’s family is battling financial difficulties. When she takes a job at a wedding planning firm, the firm’s CEO Togo Nitta (Ryosuke Yamada) makes her a bold proposal: he will help solve her family’s problems if she agrees to marry him and help revive the firm. Faced with a choice between integrity and a loveless marriage of convenience, which will she choose? And if she says “I do,” might love unexpectedly blossom? This 2023 Japanese romantic comedy drama was based on a manga by Shiho Watanabe.

Kissing the Ring Finger

Marriage here, Love there

No Ji Wook (Ji Chang Wook) is a successful public prosecutor whose life changes suddenly after intern Eun Bong Hee (Nam Ji Hyun) joins his team. The duo becomes close, but things get chaotic when Bong Hee is wrongly accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend. Ji Wook pulls out all the stops to help Bong Hee – jeopardizing his stellar career in the process. Ji Wook and Bong Hee realize that the only way out of this mess for both of them is to track down the real killer. But will they close the net in time? And could they find love together as they hunt this cunning criminal?

Suspicious Partner

The Suspicious Team

After quitting his job, Gil Gu (Ahn Bo Hyun) lives a lonely, aimless life until aspiring pâtissier Jung Seon Ji (Lim Yoona) moves in to the same apartment building with her family. Seon Ji is beautiful and sweet, causing Gil Gu to fall in love at first sight. However, when he runs into Seon Ji at night, she's aggressive and terrifying, like a completely different person. Gil Gu soon learns from Seon Ji's father Sang Su (Sung Dong Il) that for her entire life, Seon Ji turns into a demon every night – and she has no idea that it's even happening. Recently injured and at his wit's end, Sang Su asks Gil Gu to watch over Seon Ji at night. Gil Gu agrees, oddly fascinated by Seon Ji's condition and secretly hoping that it might bring them closer together. Can Gil Gu find a way to help Seon Ji out?

Pretty Crazy

JTBC

While Sunwoo Hae (Song Joong Ki) originally found success as a child actor, he decided to quit acting after several negative experiences, eventually taking on a career as a florist and a writer under a pen name. He's uninterested in returning to the entertainment industry until he receives an unexpected visit from childhood friend Sung Je Yeon (Chun Woo Hee), now a manager at a talent agency. However, this isn't just a social call: a television producer is interested in finding Hae to film a documentary, and Je Yeon tracked Hae down through his flower shop. Hae initially turns down Je Yeon's request, but he later agrees after more consideration. As they begin to spend more time together, they begin to reckon with old, unaddressed feelings, past hurt and misunderstandings, and a possible way forward for them – together.

My Youth

✨Light Between Petals🌹

Channel 3

While seeking respite from his tumultuous family, eco-warrior and geologist Mueang (Mark Prin Suparat) runs into overworked architect View (Yaya Urassaya Sperbund), who's having a hard time due to a recent job loss and breakup. The two share an immediate connection and spend the night together, but View vanishes the following morning, much to Mueang's dismay. However, Mueang reunites with View sooner than he thought – when he finds out that she's arranged to marry his father, and her name is actually Apo. Mueang struggles to reconcile his new reality with his lingering feelings for Apo, especially when he finds out that Apo feels the same way towards him. Will Mueang be forced to accept Apo marrying his father, or can their forbidden romance find a way to succeed? This drama was adapted from the novel "Likhit Kammathep" by Arita.

Love at First Night

💑Like Father, Like Son💘

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💘

As a computer programming ace, Li Xun (Chen Fei Yu) tends to see life as a computer program. Aloof to life, he also sees love as an emotion that's beyond his understanding. But his world unexpectedly changes when he meets Zhu Yun (Zhang Jing Yi), an innocent and grounded lady that only sees Li Xun as a troublemaker. Despite their differences, the two are drawn to each other and sweet romance begins to blossom, until a life-altering incident threatens to tear them apart forever. Adapted from the novel by Twentine, which also spawned the hit animated series of the same name.

Lighter and Princess

Princess and King 👑

Kurumi Mashiba (Haruna Kawaguchi), a successful publicist, accidentally lets her apartment contract expire and moves in with her friend Kouko Saotome (Yui Natsukawa). She discovers Kouko's luxury apartment is shared with three unique individuals: Shun Fujino (Ryusei Yokohama), a minimalist chef, Haruto Terai (Ryuhei Maruyama), an online counselor, and Ayaka Hase (Anne Nakamura), an aspiring artist. As they navigate living together, each housemate experiences personal growth and unexpected connections. Kurumi's professional exterior gradually softens, making her vulnerable to the possibility of unexpected love. The shared living experience challenges her preconceived notions and opens her heart to new relationships and emotional experiences.

Why I Dress Up for Love

UNIQUE HOUSEMATES TEAM

Fuji TV

In 1936, Natsumi Sekiya (Kyoko Yoshine), the third daughter of her family, is suddenly told by her father she will marry Takimasa Ebata (Kyoya Honda), an imperial navy officer. However, she’s never met him before – and doesn’t even see him at their wedding ceremony, as he’s unable to attend due to his training schedule. When they finally meet for the first time, they struggle to connect due to his shy, stoic personality, but gradually grow to understand each other. This drama was based on the manga of the same name by Hachi Nishiga.

A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You

A Naval Knot of Fate

One31

Pharan (Aimm Sanpetch Kunakorn) and Napdao (Cherprang Areekul) have been close friends since they were kids, maintaining their friendship even as they've grown into adults. Pharan leans more introverted, while Napdao's bright energy and positive outlook balances them out, as they lean on each other through school, career issues, family problems, and more. Gradually, Pharan and Napdao's feelings for each other begin to change, but confessing romantic feelings would forever change their lifelong friendship with each other, and the timing never seems to quite line up. Will they ever manage to successfully change their relationship from friends to lovers – or could this end their friendship for good?

9 Years of You

🔮 Magic 🪄 9 Team 🎩

Publisher Joo Hyun Jin (Lim Soo Jung) is known for her essay series "Single in the City" – but secretly, she longs for a romance of her own. As she is working on a book about singletons, one of the writers on the project quits due to pregnancy, and Hyun Jin must search for a new writer to fill in the gap. Enter Park Young Ho (Lee Dong Wook), Hyun Jin's college senior, who's now a professor and online influencer who thoroughly enjoys the single lifestyle. Hyun Jin and Young Ho immediately clash over their different perspectives on love and relationships. However, Young Ho's dismissive attitude towards romance is just a cover for deep heartbreak after his past relationship with Hong Joo Ok (Esom) ended poorly. Will Hyun Jin and Young Ho find a way to work together – and will they meet in the middle in more ways than one?

Single in Seoul

During his childhood, Chen Chou Shi (Jiang Qi Ming) developed a strange ability: when he lays eyes on a potential girlfriend, he can see the exact length of their future relationship in the form of a timer that appears above the woman’s head. This bizarre timer is frighteningly precise, down to the exact second the relationship will end. He is unsure if this ability is a blessing or a curse when he meets and falls for Wen Qian (Zhang Yi Fan), and his ability shows him that they only have seven days together. However, as their love for one another grows, Chou Shi becomes determined to do whatever it takes to defy destiny. He tells Wen Qian about the timer, hoping that their shared efforts will help them ensure the relationship does not end before the seven days are up. Can they fight fate and ensure that their week-long romance turns into the love of a lifetime?

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