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Title: Happiness (2021) Platform: Viki, Netflix, TVING MDL Rating: 8.8 Genre: Contemporary Thriller/Sci Fi Episode Count: 12 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: True to MA rating for gore, graphic violence, swearing, and more edgy illusions to intamacy. (Expect much gruesomeness a la zombie and adult themes-- Think Moving and Kingdom level). For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14979052/parentalguide/ Staring: Han Hyo Joo (W) Park Hyung Sik (Strong Woman Bong Soon) Jo Wo

Title: Alchemy of Souls (Season 1 and 2) Platform: Netflix MDL Rating: 9.1 Genre: Period Fantasy Romance/ Action Episode Count: 30 (20 in S1 and 10 in S2) Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Some violence, bloodshed, and scary images. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20859920/parentalguide/ Staring: Lee Jae Wook (Dear Hongrang) Jung So Min (Because This is My First Life) Hwang Min Hyun (Study Group) Go Young Jung (Moving) RBTS Rating: 4.1/5 Synopsis: In the fictional

Title: Spirit Finger (2025) Platform: Netflix, TVING MDL Rating: 8.4 Genre: Comedy, Youth, Friendship, Romance, Coming of Age Episode Count: 12 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Rating is accurate. There are a couple makeouts between adult characters and some random potty humor (more toward the begining). A character is shown twice side profile sitting on a toliet but nothing explicit is shown. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26773414/parentalguide/ Staring: Park

Title: When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025) Platform: Netflix MDL Rating: 9.3 (The highest rated show of any region on MDL) Genre: Period (1950's onward), Generational Family, Romance, Slice of Life Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Some minor suggestive material: Ep 13 has a drawn outline of an unclothed body in the background for a scene (ends 26:40-28:08) if that is a concern. There is swearing and a couple innuendo's at the beginning, smoking. For more

Title: Vincenzo (2021) Platform: Netflix, TVING MDL Rating: 8.9 Genre: Contemporary Thriller, Comedy, Mafia Episode Count: 20 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Fear, language, violence. On the more intense end of TV-14. I'd put it at TV-16, but not MA. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13433812/parentalguide/ Staring: Song Joon Ki (Descendants of the Sun) Jeon Yeo Been (Our Movie) Ok Taec Yeon (Heartbeat) RBTS Rating: 4.1/5 Synopsis: At the age of eight, Park Joo H

Title: Lovely Runner (2024) Platform: Viki, Apple TV MDL Rating: 9 Genre: Rom Com/Fantasy (Time Travel) Comedy Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Minor swearing (a couple F words), joke about condoms. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31324295/parentalguide/ Staring: Byeon Woo Seok (Perfect Crown) Kim Hye Yoon (Extraordinary You) Song Geon Hee (Missing: The Other Side) Lee Seung Hyub (Love Next Door) RBTS Rating: 4.15/5 Stars Synopsis: In the glitzy

Title: Fight For My Way (2017) Platform: Apple TV, Roku, Kocawa+ MDL Rating: 8.4 Genre: Rom Com/ Friendship Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Nothing explicit but an adult film actress's career is mentioned. There is a scene in the last few seconds of episode 14 that alludes to somone watching an adult film but nothing is shown. Some swearing (including a couple F words), but astrisks are used so it's not showing the whole word. For more info: https://www.im

Title: Legend of the Blue Sea (2016) Platform: Apple TV, Viki, Hulu MDL Rating: 8.3 Genre: Urban Fantasy/ Romance Episode Count: 20 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Some swearing and 2 minor innuendos. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5766194/parentalguide/ Staring: Jun Ji Hyun (Tempest) Lee Min Ho (Pachinko) Lee Hee Jun (Karma) Shin Won Ho (20th Centuary Boy and Girl ) RBTS Rating: 4.25/5 Stars Synopsis: Shim Chung, a mermaid from the Joseon era, follows her tru

Title: While You Were Sleeping Platform: Netflix, Apple TV, Kocowa MDL Rating: 8.7 Genre: Contemporary Mystery/Romance Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Minor swearing and violence. References suicide. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6256484/parentalguide/ Staring: Bae Suzy (Start Up) Lee Jong Suk(W) Lee Sang Yeob (Sh**ting star) Jung Hae In (Love Next Door) RBTS Rating: 4.25/5 Stars Synopsis: Nam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee even

Title: Queen of Tears Platform: Netflix, TVING MDL Rating: 8.7 Genre: Contemporary Romance/Melodrama/Comedy Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Minimal violence, some swearing. For more info: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/queen-of-tears Staring: Kim Soo Hyun (It's Okay Not to be Okay) Kim Ji Woon (Fight For My Way) Park Sung Hoon (The Glory) Kwak Dong Yeon (Gaus Electrics) RBTS Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Synopsis: Baek Hyeon U, who is the pride of the v

Title: The Tale of Nokdu Platform: Viki, Kocowa+ MDL Rating: 8.3 Genre: Period (Joseon), Romance, Action, Comedy Episode Count: 32 (Each episode is 30 minutes) Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Violence (nothing graphic) For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10808968/parentalguide/ Staring: Jang Dong Yoon (Daily Dose of Sunshine) Kim So Hyun (Love Alarm) Kang Tae Oh (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) Jung Joon Ho (True Beauty) RBTS Rating: 4.25/5 Synopsis: Jeon Nok Du lives o

Title: When the Weather is Fine (Also titled: I'll Go to You When the Weather is Nice) Platform: Viki (Search: I'll Go to You When The Weather is Nice) Netflix (Search: When the Weather is Fine) Iflix, Apple TV MDL Rating: 8.2 Genre: Contemporary Romance/Melodrama, Slice of Life (The Pace is sssllloooww) Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: MA on Netflix and PG-13 on Viki: Themes of suicide and domestic violence, and death. There are some intense moments but I don't

Title: The Light Shop Platform: Disney+, Hulu MDL Rating: 8.5 Genre: Contemporary Supernatural/Mystery/Horror Episode Count: 8 Parental Guidance Rating: MA: Swearing (F Words) and Horror elements /Scary Images (monstrous people and creepy shadows and things of that nature but really just for the first 4 eps) For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31014115/parentalguide/ Staring: Ju Ji Joon (Kingdom) Park Bo Young (Strong Woman Bong Soon) Kim Seol Hyun (Summer Strike) S

Title: Twinkling Watermelons Platform: Viki, TVING MDL Rating: 9.2 (The second highest rated show on MDL) Genre: Coming of Age, Youth, Time Travel Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Minor swearing and violence. I'd say on the lighter end of TV-14. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27446493/parentalguide/ Staring: Ryeo Un (Weak Hero Class 2) Choi Hyun Wook (Twenty One Twenty Five) Seor In A (Business Proposal) Shin Eun Soo (Light Shop) RBTS Rating:

Title: Crash Landing on You Platform: Netflix, TVING MDL Rating: 9 Genre: Rom Com Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Minor swearing, very minimal violence and blood, references suicide. For more info: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/crash-landing-on-you Staring: Hyun Bin (Memories of Alhambra) Son Yu Jin (Thiry-Nine) Seo Ji Hye (Kiss Sixth Sense) Kim Jung Hyun (Mr. Queen) RBTS Rating: 4.5/5 Synopsis: After getting into a paragliding accident, Sou

Title: Reply 1988 Platform: Netflix, Viki, Apple TV, Tubi, Prime Video MDL Rating: 9 Genre: Historical (late 80's) Family Comedy, Youth Drama, Slice of Life Episode Count: 20 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Swearing (quite a bit), smoking, and innuendos (more towards the start of the drama) For more info:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5182866/parentalguide/ Staring: Lee Hye Ri (My Roommate Is a Gumiho) Go Kyung Pyo (Chicago Typewriter) Ryu Jun Yeol (Lost) Park Bo Gum (When Li

Title: Our Beloved Summer Platform: Netflix, Wavve MDL Rating: 8.6 Genre: Rom Com, Reunited/Second Chance Romance, Slice of Life Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Minor language, fade to black scene (nothing explicit shown) For additional details: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15026724/parentalguide/ Staring: Choi Woo Shik (Melo Movie) Kim Da Mi (Itaewon Class) Kim Sung Cheol (Vincenzo) Roh Jeong Eui (18 Again) RBTS Rating: 4.6/5 Synopsis: Based on the webtoo

Title: Flower of Evil Platform: Wavve MDL Rating: 9 Genre: Contemporary Thriller/Crime Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Violence, swearing, scary images and intense sequences involving a serial killer. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691684/parentalguide/ Staring: Lee Joon Gi (MoonLovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo) Moon Chae Won (Good Doctor) Jang Hee Jin (Tower of Babel) Seo Hyeon Woo (Ms. Incognito) RBTS Rating: 4.65/5 Stars Synopsis: Although Baek

Title: My Dearest (Part 1 & 2) Platform: Kocowa, Wavve MDL Rating: 8.9 Genre: Period Melodrama/Romance Episode Count: 21 total (Part 1- 10 eps, Part 2-11) Parental Guidance Rating: TV-16 when it was on Viki and is MA on Kocawa-- Make of that what you will: Gruesome injuries (not really shown, but discussed), violence, bloodshed (not over the top), suicide. A bare behind of a man is briefly shown. The "edgier" content is there to provide historical context rather than to shoc

Title: Mr. Sunshine Platform: Netlfix MDL Rating: 8.8 Genre: Period (1870's) Melodrama, Romance Episode Count: 24 Parental Guidance Rating: MA: Graphic Violence (not on the level of dramas like Moving, Kingdom, or Happiness), smoking, and minor swearing. The violence is graphic for the most part because of all the blood being shown, but some people do get there throats slit and/or are shot. It does warrant the MA rating). It should be noted it would be hard to do this histo