2020 Watch Challenge

Watch a short drama. (15 minutes per episode or less) . | 8 episodes of 10 minutes.

Watch a web series. | 6 episodes of 15 minutes.

Watch a drama special. (Not the behind-the-scenes episodes or the interviews or extra scenes)  | 2 episodes, 60 min.

Watch an award-winning drama/movie. | Parasite won the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It was the first South Korean film to do so, as well as the first film to win with a unanimous vote since 2013's Blue Is the Warmest Colour. At the 77th Golden Globe Awards, the film won Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the first-ever Korean film to achieve the feat.

Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director. | CinemAsia Film Festival, 55th Grand Bell Awards & 18th Director's Cut Awards  Best Director: Jang Joon-Hwan

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Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed genres under your profile stats. | Political.

Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director. | 35th Hochi Film Awards & 34th Japan Academy Prize :: Tetsuya Nakashima 

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Award-winning screenplay. | 34th Japan Academy Prize :: Tetsuya Nakashima 

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Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website. (It will generate 5 dates, choose any year you want.) | Years generated: 1997, 1998, 2006, 2007 & (Wednesday, June 9) 2010.

Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL. | Year 2018

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Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning director. [Kim Kyu-tae :: 2006 & 2013 | 42/49 Baeksang Arts Awards, 2010 3rd Korea Drama Awards]

Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter. | [2019] 55th Baeksang Arts Awards, Best Screenplay: Park Hae-young.

Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning screenwriter.

Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actor. | 54th Baeksang Arts Awards  :: Cho Seung-woo.

Watch a drama/movie from an award-winning actress. | 6th APAN Star Awards [2018] Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries: Jung Kyung-ho.

Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actors.  | Yoon Hyun Min

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Watch a drama/movie from South Korea.  

Watch a drama/movie that has one of your favorite actresses. | Seo Ye Ji.

Watch a drama/movie by the same director as one of your favorite dramas/movies. | Kim Hong Seon who also directed some of my favorite dramas: Voice, Black and The Guest.

Watch a drama/movie by the same writer as one of your favorite dramas/movies. | Park Ji Eun (Rewatched the first four episodes as per the rules). 

 Watch a drama/movie by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before |  Director: Kim Sung Soo.

Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year the user above/below you joined MDL. |  Cheyface, joined January 18 2017.

Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website. (It will generate 5 dates, choose any year you want.) | Years generated: 1997, 1998, 2006, 2007 & (Wednesday, June 9) 2010.

Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered in one of the years generated by this website. (It will generate 5 dates, choose any year you want.)  [2010]

Watch a drama/movie that started airing the same year you joined MDL.  [2018]

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Watch a drama/movie about School, Life, or Youth. 

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Watch a drama/movie with students or children as the main cast. 

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Bonus: Watch a drama/movie adapted from a manga.

Watch a drama/movie that began airing/premiered this year. 

Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2000 to 2005.  | 2004

Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2006 to 2010. 

Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015.  | 2012

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Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed genres under your profile stats. [Political]

Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2011 to 2015.

Watch a drama/movie which began airing/premiered between 2016 to 2019. 

Watch a drama/movie with students or children as the main cast.

Watch a drama/movie with adults as the main cast 

Watch a drama/movie that focuses on non-romantic relationships.

Watch a drama/movie that focuses on a couple with a romantic relationship. 

Watch a drama/movie with a non-human main character. 

Watch a drama/movie about Food, Music, Art, or Animals. 

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Watch a drama/movie from an actor/actress who has 5 or fewer credits to their name. | Kim Da Mi (FL) has 6 credits by the time of watching. But one of them is for a role in a 2020 movie.

Watch a drama/movie about School, Life, or Youth. 

Watch a Historical, Political, War, or Military drama/movie. 

Watch a Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Supernatural drama/movie. 

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Watch a drama/movie adapted from a novel or webtoon.

Watch a Horror, Vampire, or Zombie drama/movie. 

Watch a Mystery, Thriller, or Psychological drama/movie. 

Watch a Tokusatsu or Wuxia drama/movie. 

Watch a Crime, Investigation, or Detective drama/movie

Watch a Sports or Martial Arts drama/movie. 

 Watch a Tokusatsu or Wuxia drama/movie. 

Watch a Medical drama/movie, or one that focuses on doctors, surgeons, or nurses.

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Bonus: Watch a drama/movie where the lead actor/actress has less than 500 hearts on their MDL page. | Kim Ah Joong (FL) 368 <3 @ the time of watching.

Watch a Law or Business drama/movie.

Watch a Documentary, autobiography, or biographical drama/movie.

Watch a Comedy drama/movie or a sitcom. 

Watch a Mature (or sexual content), LGBTQ+, or any 18+ drama/movie.

 Watch a drama/movie tagged with 5 or more genres.

Watch a drama/movie that combines one of your favorite and least favorite genres. 

Watch a drama/movie from Thailand.  

Watch a drama/movie from Japan. 

Watch a drama/movie from South Korea.  

Watch a drama/movie from the Philippines. 

Watch a drama/movie from China. 

Watch a drama/movie from Hong Kong. 

Watch a drama/movie from Taiwan. 

Watch a Slice of Life drama/movie. 

Watch a complete season of a variety show (it must be a season you have not yet watched before.

Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)   | G.

Watch a drama/movie with a Bromance/Sismance vibe. 

Watch a drama/movie with a score of 7.0 or below.

Watch a drama/movie ranked more than 2000.

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Watch a drama/movie with a score of 7.0 or below.

Watch a drama/movie ranked more than 2000.

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Bonus: Lead Actress has less than 500 hearts.

Watch a drama/movie with less than 1000 completed members. | Completed by 304 people by the time I watched it (Finished watching: 1/10/2020).

Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same first letter as your username. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)   | G.

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Bonus: Watch a drama/movie adapted from a novel or webtoon.  | Watch a Reverse Harem/Harem drama/movie. 

Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same last letter as your username. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)  | The only letter in my username... is G -_-

Watch a drama/movie that starts with the same last letter as your username. (Only letters. Exclude any numbers and/or special characters)  | The only letter in my username... is G -_-

Watch a drama/movie from an actor/actress who has 5 or fewer credits to their name. | Moon Jung Gi playing Kwon Woon Jang  (support role). [1 credit]

Watch a drama/movie that begins with one of the following letters: (Generate 3 from this site and choose one.) | B, K & E

Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed genres under your profile stats. [Political, By the time of watching] 

Watch a drama/movie on your Recommendations page. 

Watch a highly rated and completed drama/movie from another challenger who posted on the same page you signed up on. (rated 10, 9 or 8 by the user, not overall)  | Both Iguten_tagl & TaemonRebel rated this movie with a 9.

Watch a drama set in a different country to the one in which it was aired.  | The drama was filmed overseas in Brunei. 

Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index.  | List selected: https://mydramalist.com/list/W47xQ9v1 (Top 25 Non Romance K-Dramas).

Watch a drama that was added to a popular voted list in the list index. [List Selected: Dramas Having the Best OST]

Watch a drama/movie from your least viewed tags under your profile stats. | Betrayal.

Bonus: Watch a Reverse Harem/Harem drama/movie. 

Bonus:  Watch a drama/movie less than 100 people have watched. | At the time of watching (1/17/20) only 5 people have completed it & 56 have it on their PTWL. 

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Bonus: Watch a drama/movie that was mentioned in an article on MDL. [Link to Article.]

 Watch a Crime, Investigation, or Detective drama/movie.