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Sad endings (my definition is the leads don't end up together due to death or separation) and  happy endings for the main couple but are otherwise tragedies. Ending explained in comments so major spoilers ahead!

emeraldarrows jan 8, 2024
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  • A Mai Cong Jun

    1. A Mai Cong Jun

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 36 episodes

    6.0

    If you ship the main couple it's a sad ending as they separate. If you don't (like me), it's a mostly happy ending.

  • AI

    2. AI

    Chinese Movie - 2020

    10

    no one dies but it's an absolute tragedy anyway

  • Ai Shi Yi Chang Zai Jie Nan Tao

    3. Ai Shi Yi Chang Zai Jie Nan Tao

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 80 episodes

    7.0

    ML dies

  • As Gentle as You

    4. As Gentle as You

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes

    8.0

    the leads separate after the FL returns to her real body and the ML, believing her dead, fails to recognize her upon meeting her again 

  • Attack On! Princess

    5. Attack On! Princess

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

    8.5

    FL dies

  • Autumn Fairy Tale

    6. Autumn Fairy Tale

    Chinese Movie - 2019

    7.0

    FL is terminally ill

  • Back to Back

    7. Back to Back

    Chinese Movie - 2022

    8.0

    leads separate

  • Bai Ling Tan

    8. Bai Ling Tan

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 32 episodes

    8.0

    FL dies

  • Battle of Changsha

    9. Battle of Changsha

    Chinese Drama - 2014, 32 episodes

    9.5

    the leads get a happy ending but the drama is a tragedy (everyone else dies)

  • Behind the Scenes

    10. Behind the Scenes

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Bei Hou De Ta, Yan Qian De Wo

    11. Bei Hou De Ta, Yan Qian De Wo

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 18 episodes

    7.0

    ML dies

  • Chang Xia Wei Yang

    12. Chang Xia Wei Yang

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 33 episodes

    9.0

    ML dies

  • Cheng Xi's Song

    13. Cheng Xi's Song

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 33 episodes

    8.5

    the leads separate

  • Cheng Zhu Shi Wo De

    14. Cheng Zhu Shi Wo De

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

    8.5

    the leads separate (FL returns to the real world, ML remains in the novel)

  • City Of Life And Death

    15. City Of Life And Death

    Chinese Movie - 2009

    9.0

    many characters die

  • Colourful Bone

    16. Colourful Bone

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 54 episodes

    10

    there are two alternate endings, one tragic in which the ML dies, one happy in which he survives

  • Coming Back Again

    17. Coming Back Again

    Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

    9.0

    one of the MLs dies, leads appear to be trapped in an endless time loop that will always end tragically

  • Counter Attack Bestowed Favor

    18. Counter Attack Bestowed Favor

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 27 episodes

    8.0

    the leads are separated (FL returns to the present, ML stays in the past)

  • Dear Mayang Street

    19. Dear Mayang Street

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 37 episodes

    9.0

    ML dies, FL ends up with the SML, so could be seen as bittersweet

  • Deity of Love

    20. Deity of Love

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes

    8.0

    both leads die

  • Delete Your Past

    21. Delete Your Past

    Thai Drama - 2024, 3 episodes

    7.0

    the leads separate

  • Drama Special Season 14: TV Cinema - Shadow Confession

    22. Drama Special Season 14: TV Cinema - Shadow Confession

    Korean Special - 2023, 1 episode

    8.5

    one of the MLs dies

  • Drama Special Season 8: If We Were A Season

    23. Drama Special Season 8: If We Were A Season

    Korean Special - 2017, 1 episode

    8.5

    the leads separate

  • Dress Sleeved Red

    24. Dress Sleeved Red

    Korean Drama - 2021, 17 episodes

    9.0

    FL dies (possibly ML as well, it's unclear)

  • Du Qing Huan

    25. Du Qing Huan

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Eien no Kino

    26. Eien no Kino

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies/vanishes

  • Fei Ni Bu Ke

    27. Fei Ni Bu Ke

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 22 episodes

    8.5

    the leads separate 

  • Forgive Him 99 Times

    28. Forgive Him 99 Times

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 35 episodes

    6.5

    ML appears to die

  • Found & Lost

    29. Found & Lost

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 23 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Fu Hei Nv Yong

    30. Fu Hei Nv Yong

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 80 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies protecting the pregnant FL, she raises their daughter alone

  • Girlfriend In The Men's Group

    31. Girlfriend In The Men's Group

    Korean Drama - 2021, 7 episodes

    9.0

    ML never confesses and FL marries someone else in the end

  • Go Princess Go

    32. Go Princess Go

    Chinese Drama - 2015, 35 episodes

    9.0

    there are two alternate endings - a sad one in which both leads die and the soul in the FL's body returns to present day alone, and a happy one in which the leads survive, and the soul returns and finds the ML's reincarnation in present day

  • Gong Zi Mo Shang Xiang

    33. Gong Zi Mo Shang Xiang

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

    9.0

    the leads are separated by time (FL returns to the present, ML remains in the past)

  • Good Bye, My Princess

    34. Good Bye, My Princess

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 52 episodes

    8.5

    FL dies

  • Gray Currents

    35. Gray Currents

    Korean Drama - 2024, 5 episodes

    7.0

    the leads separate

  • Gu Si Xiang Qu

    36. Gu Si Xiang Qu

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 14 episodes

    10

    the leads are separated by timelines that run backwards from each other (FL dies in one part of the timeline)

  • Gui Fei Qi Ju Zhu

    37. Gui Fei Qi Ju Zhu

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Half Awake: Under the Mask

    38. Half Awake: Under the Mask

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Hard to Find

    39. Hard to Find

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 28 episodes

    9.0

    both leads die

  • Have Soft Spot For Her

    40. Have Soft Spot For Her

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 20 episodes

    9.0

    both leads die

  • Heart Medicine

    41. Heart Medicine

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • Hei Yue Guang Wen Na BE Ju Ben

    42. Hei Yue Guang Wen Na BE Ju Ben

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes

    9.0

    ML dies

  • Her Disguise

    43. Her Disguise

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • His Little Heat

    44. His Little Heat

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 15 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Homme Fatale

    45. Homme Fatale

    Korean Movie - 2019

    10

    the leads separate

  • House of the Disappeared

    46. House of the Disappeared

    Korean Movie - 2017

    10

    FL dies

  • I Love You to the Moon and Back

    47. I Love You to the Moon and Back

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 104 episodes

    7.5

    FL dies, ML seems to be planning suicide at the end

  • I Wanna Bite It

    48. I Wanna Bite It

    Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

    8.0

    one of the MLs dies

  • In Its Twilight I Heard That Love Is Already

    49. In Its Twilight I Heard That Love Is Already

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 79 episodes

    6.0

    FL, ML, and SML dies

  • Ireland: Season 2

    50. Ireland: Season 2

    Korean Drama - 2023, 6 episodes

    10

    ML may or may not die, it's unclear and can be seen as open or tragic

  • Ji Zong Nin De Ma Jia Ruo Diao Le

    51. Ji Zong Nin De Ma Jia Ruo Diao Le

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 83 episodes

    8.0

    FL is terminally ill

  • Kobold

    52. Kobold

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes

    10

    happy ending for both couples but a very sad drama

  • Kudake Chiru Tokoro wo Miseteageru

    53. Kudake Chiru Tokoro wo Miseteageru

    Japanese Movie - 2021

    9.0

    ML dies

  • Le Jun Kai

    54. Le Jun Kai

    Chinese Drama - 2013, 9 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • Legend of Lin Ye

    55. Legend of Lin Ye

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 34 episodes

    10

    one of the MLs appears to die (may be open, it's unclear)

  • Lie Hen

    56. Lie Hen

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes

    8.5

    FL dies

  • Love and Lies

    57. Love and Lies

    Japanese Movie - 2017

    7.5

    ML dies, FL appears to end up with SML in epilogue so could be seen as bittersweet

  • Love at Second Sight

    58. Love at Second Sight

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

    8.5

    leads separate

  • Love Your Bones Forever 2

    59. Love Your Bones Forever 2

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

    8.5

    both leads die 

  • LUCA

    60. LUCA

    Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes

    9.0

    FL dies and their child is taken away

  • Maid's Revenge

    61. Maid's Revenge

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes

    10

    ML appears to die (possibly open ending, it's unclear if he somehow survived or the other man just looks like him)

  • Memories of the Sword

    62. Memories of the Sword

    Korean Movie - 2015

    8.0

    many characters die

  • Mirror of the Witch

    63. Mirror of the Witch

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes

    8.0

    FL dies

  • Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    64. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes

    10

    the leads are separated by time (FL returns to the present, ML remains in the past)

  • Mountains and Ocean

    65. Mountains and Ocean

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes

    9.0

    SML who the FL loved dies, it's an open ending whether the FL ends up with the ML or not

  • Move to Heaven

    66. Move to Heaven

    Thai Movie - 2023

    8.0

    ghost!ML vanishes

  • Mr. Mu's Favourite Wife

    67. Mr. Mu's Favourite Wife

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 95 episodes

    7.0

    the leads separate

  • Mr. Sunshine

    68. Mr. Sunshine

    Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • My Charming Villainous Emperor

    69. My Charming Villainous Emperor

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

    8.5

    the leads are separated (FL returns to the real world, ML remains in the fictional) 

  • My Country: The New Age

    70. My Country: The New Age

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    6.5

    both leads die

  • My Heart Beats

    71. My Heart Beats

    Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • My Superpowers Have No Sense of Existence

    72. My Superpowers Have No Sense of Existence

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    8.0

    FL dies

  • Nv Wang Bi Xia, Yan Zong Qiu En Chong

    73. Nv Wang Bi Xia, Yan Zong Qiu En Chong

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 100 episodes

    7.0

    the leads become enemies and are separated by time (FL returns to the past, ML stays in the present)

  • One Room Angel

    74. One Room Angel

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 6 episodes

    8.5

    Angel!ML returns to heaven, other ML appears to die in the final scene

  • Others Are Hell

    75. Others Are Hell

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 60 episodes

    7.0

    ML dies

  • Painted Skin

    76. Painted Skin

    Chinese Movie - 2020

    10

    FL and one of the MLs die

  • Paper Bride

    77. Paper Bride

    Chinese Movie - 2023

    8.5

    FL dies

  • Peach of Time

    78. Peach of Time

    Korean Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

    8.5

    Ghost!ML vanishes

  • Please Remember Me

    79. Please Remember Me

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes

    9.0

    FL dies

  • Please Say Sorry

    80. Please Say Sorry

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 99 episodes

    6.0

    ML dies

  • Qing Jun Ru Meng

    81. Qing Jun Ru Meng

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 78 episodes

    7.5

    ML vanishes/dies?

  • Qing Palace Ci

    82. Qing Palace Ci

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 74 episodes

    7.0

    FL dies

  • Qiu Ai Wei Nu

    83. Qiu Ai Wei Nu

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 101 episodes

    7.0

    FL is terminally ill

  • Queen for Seven Days

    84. Queen for Seven Days

    Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes

    8.5

    the leads separate

  • Raise the Red Lantern

    85. Raise the Red Lantern

    Chinese Movie - 1991

    10

    FL becomes mentally ill and trapped in her life

  • Ran Dong

    86. Ran Dong

    Chinese Movie - 2023

    7.0

    ML is terminally ill, all three leads appear still as lost at the end as at the beginning

  • Remind

    87. Remind

    Thai Drama - 2024, 5 episodes

    8.5

    the leads separate

  • Rong Yao Zhi Xia

    88. Rong Yao Zhi Xia

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    8.5

    ML is either dead or critically wounded at the end, it's unclear

  • Ru Hua Ru Tu Season 2

    89. Ru Hua Ru Tu Season 2

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 21 episodes

    9.0

    ML dies

  • Ru Yue

    90. Ru Yue

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

    8.0

    ML dies

  • San Sheng Wu Shang

    91. San Sheng Wu Shang

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 26 episodes

    8.5

    FL dies

  • Seo Bok

    92. Seo Bok

    Korean Movie - 2021

    10

    one of the MLs dies, other is terminally ill

  • She Walked Through the Storm

    93. She Walked Through the Storm

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 71 episodes

    6.0

    FL dies

  • Shen Jun Jia De Xiao Bai Hu

    94. Shen Jun Jia De Xiao Bai Hu

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 26 episodes

    7.5

    both leads die

  • Sin Wife

    95. Sin Wife

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 100 episodes

    6.0

    FL dies

  • Spoil My Potter Girl

    96. Spoil My Potter Girl

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes

    8.0

    the leads are separated by time (FL returns to the present, ML remains in the past)

  • Stick to the Script!

    97. Stick to the Script!

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes

    10

    the leads are separated (FL returns to the real world, ML remains in the fictional one)

  • Stranger Lover

    98. Stranger Lover

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 22 episodes

    8.5

    ML dies

  • The Chinese Widow

    100. The Chinese Widow

    Chinese Movie - 2017

    8.0

    FL dies, ML is prevented from adopting/raising her child who he was attached to

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