Mr. Sunshine broke me, I cried so hard I couldn't breathe. All period dramas are inherently tragic especially if based on history, you know the good guys will die. I can't rewatch it, but if I could erase one drama from my memory to be able to relive it for the first time, it would be Mr. Sunshine.

Reply 1988 is the only time I cried because a character got rejected. I think I cried more for Junghwan's broken heart than my own...

I was so angry at Seven Days Queen for teasing me the way it did at the end. It was just plain mean. I will never forgive that drama.

Move to Heaven is the only drama that made me cry at almost every episode.

Not a kdrama but I did cry more than a litre of tears watching the Japanese drama 1 Litre of Tears. The fact that it is based on a true story...ouf.

The fact that I had a hard time racking my brain for an answer tells me I don't watch a lot of kdramas after all, lol. I guess the closest one would be Answer Me 1988's last few minutes. It triggered a huge wave of nostalgia in such a short moment. While the show never really made it into my top 5, I can't recall any other drama that had me in that much tears.

The one that immediately comes to mind is Fated to Love You. One scene in particular, where Jang Na-ra's character finds the secret room and watches the videos Jang Hyuk left for himself because of his condition. It flashing back to various scenes with her gaining context, and I still can't watch that scene without bawling. So good.

King2Hearts!! An otherwise meh drama made me fall freakin' head over heals for Jo Jung Suk's Eun Si Kyung. Scarred. Me. For. Life. To this day I think long and hard before I watch a drama live.

Almost all dramas made me cry, if not all, since I am such I cried at and for everything. The most memorable scenes that stuck with me are:

1) Lee Seunggi in My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho (his crying scene where Shin Min Ah disappeared)

2) Yoo Inna in My Queen In Hyeon (that crying scene in the rain)

3) IU in Ahjusshi. What a helpless and lonely life she was living.

Reply 1988 is my all time favorite! I think it is one of the best shows I have ever seen. It has so many emotional scenes but the one that wrecked me was Bora's wedding. That scene when Dong Il and Bora were reading their letters for each other just hit home for me.

The k drama which broke my hear to pieces the most is the The Light In Your Eyes. The tears which started falling at the 10th episode ending did'nt stop for even a bit up to the 12th episode finale. What a twist!!! I won't be spoiling it here. Utterly loved that drama and made broke my heart into million pieces. What a strk contrast between the beautiful dream like conversations and the utter reality of what was happening. Sobbed like a baby.
Other drama which made me sob like that but actually did'nt leave much impact was 49 days. I don't know whether I like that drama or not.

1. The king 2 hearts: I shed tears of blood for Earnest Bot, and the love of his life.

2. Goblin (hated Kim go eun's characterization - that’s my only gripe with this drama which I otherwise loved but would never rewatch it as I cringe every time she comes on my screen): will never live down the feeling of realizing the fate yoo inna’s and the grim reaper’s character had to face. It’s just painful to think she and him spent the rest of their lives alone.

3. Prison playbook: pierced my heart with the ending for loony! But that’s realistic k guess.

Since you asked...

Queen Seondeok: When Princess Cheonmyeon dies and Deokman loses her s***. In the end, when Bidam tries to get to Deokman but is unable to tell her and ends up just mouthing her name (so close but so far away).

18 Again: When Woo Young signs to his dad after the game. When Dae Young/Woo Young is on the basketball court crying/pleading to go back to his older self.

Flower of Evil: When Hyun-soo and Jiwon meet/talk/cry after he finds out that she knows who he is. When Hyun-soo thinks that Jiwon died.

Winter Sonata: The whole drama where Yoo-jin (main girl) longs for Joon-sang (main guy) when gazing at Min-hyung (main guy).

Delightful Girl Chun-hyang: Every time they don't have trust/faith in each other (e.g. elevator scene). When Chun-hyang visits Mong-ryong at the bar where he's passed out and has crumpled their photo. When he collapses at the airport after she leaves.

Hi Bye Mama: Kang Hwa's guilt for Yoo-ri's death then feeling torn when she comes back. When Yoo-ri was able to comfort Kang Hwa (good kind of wrecked). Min Jung period; her loving Kang Hwa. Yoo-ri's parents crying for her after she died.

Mother. The whole thing!

Fated to Love You (Korean): His and her longing for each other. Cabin/rain scene where Lee Gun comforts Mi Young with his words and cares for her when she is sick (holds her hand).

Go Back Couple: Jin Joo and her mom.

It's Okay Not to Be Okay: When Gang-tae reads Zombie Kid (Gang-tae and his mom).

Reading everyone's comments, I realize the old time K dramas are more tearjeaker than the new ones. Or it is me getting older 😌 Who doesn't cry when Song Hye-gyo died at the end in Autumn in My Heart? 😅
The last time I bawled my eyes out for K drama was the spesific scene in Alice (I hate that drama with passion), I think ep 15 (?) when Kwak Shi-Yang character first hearing Kim Hee-sun's voice message from past future which saying she missed him, sorry she couldn't say goodbye and made him promise to take care their child. She knew she couldn't meet him again and he knows he is going to die saving his child. Me: Criess....... so much emotion in very short scene and well acted from both actors.
I think C drama is one that is penchant with sad ending these days. K drama, now, seems more diverse in storyline, genre, and ending (open ending included).
The newest one is Someday or One Day. Too close in hit home, impossible not to cry. ha ha ha 😂

The Guest of course , I teared through out the drama but cried a lot watching the final episode and whenever I think about them I tear up and heart breaks for them , It hurt so much to see my babies suffer 😭😭
Hell is Other People broke my heart for ISW's character and made me hate LDW a lot "it took a long time to make me detatch him from his character"
I still can't forgive moon jo for what you did

I wouldn’t say any dramas have wrecked my heart but i guess there were a few that made me cry in earnest: JBL, School 2013, Uncontrollably Fond, Goblin (that scene w reaper n Sunny in particular).

A number of you lovely beanies have eloquently written about why Mr Sunshine, Reply 1988, Queen for 7 days, Flower of Evil, Because this is my first life and TRS (despite its many shortcomings) were so indelibly heart shattering. I second all of that.

But what I want to add to this list is a drama which admittedly has many flaws but due to its central luminous performance made me literally sob in pain. I can’t rewatch it even though I have missed seeing that glorious acting tornado on screen: Kim Woobin or Woobie to me (😂🥰 in Uncontrollably Fond. What can I saw about how powerful a presence he is in UF which has so many illogical and mystifying threads but despite all that, is enlivened by the powerful, deeply felt, boisterous yet heart rending performance by Woobie. He has some range. Yes, he does.
I was reluctant to watch UF at first because of my deep distaste for Heirs but glad I came around at the urging of a friend otherwise I would have missed out on seeing Woobie before his heartbreaking cancer diagnosis and subsequent years long hiatus took him away from our screens. Now that he has fortunately recovered, I look forward to seeing his new work but will always have a tender place in my heart for Shin Joonyoung.

Since I started a couple years ago, I've learned that Korean writers are really good at wrecking your heart, so I'm real careful now about what I watch. Early on, I saw MY LOVE FROM THE STAR and nearly passed out along with the alien when I discovered he could not even touch his love interest without fainting and then flipped when he disappeared. Recently, I tried out UNCONTROLLABLY FOND and rooted all the way through for Kim Woo Bin's character only to discover, well, you know.

The other drama that just KILLS me is one I haven't seen mentioned here yet--Marriage Contract. Oh my gosh I cry. So much. Watching the relationship slowly unfold between Ji-hoon and little Eun-Sung is so sweet, and UEE does a great job of portraying grief at her diagnosis, along with a desire to live and just... everything.

It's the last few episodes of the drama that REALLY get me though. Watching Ji-hoon be SO considerate and all the little detail that went into him deciding how to take care of her, all the little things about how he reacted whenever something new happened to her as things progressed... I cried. So much. I rewatched it recently after finishing the Red Sleeve Cuff (I know, I'm so mean to myself)... oh baby. so many much tears.

PS I've totally agreed with a couple comments about the Red Sleeve Cuff... that drama though. It was gorgeous, and funny, and the court intrigue was actually interesting, and the HEROINE was just a character unto herself. Queen. I cried so much for that ending.

I'm still drying my tears from the finale of Snowdrop. I was so upset with the ending - I had to immediately re-watch Something in the Rain/Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food just so I could get the last image of Jung Hae-in bleeding out on the floor out of my head.

The Light in Your Eyes.

I have only seen it once and that was enough. I remember distinctly bawling my eyes out in the last episode and feeling so deflated. I have MS and I am constantly thinking about the choices I have made in life. Did I make the right decision? Should I go back in time and change it. This show was hard for me, because you can't go back in time. You can relive it over and over again in your head, but you can't go back. Add that she was losing her memory and that was what set it off, because you know something is off, but you can't quite make it seem right, because you don't remember it.

I will never watch the show again. It was too much for me. My worst fear is losing my memories, because I want to remember the choices I made in the past and reflect on it.

My Ajhussi... hands down the most heart-wrenching in such a good way drama, still my number 1 til this day. IU was phenomeal in her role and I would cry and cry after each episode.

There are a few dramas that come to mind: Queen for 7 Days, Stairway to Heaven and Flower of Evil. I love all these dramas and I have gone through boxes of tissues while watching them.