With you on Healer @missvictrix - I rarely rewatch dramas (just don't have time), but that one I rewatched in its entirety, without ffing, just to revel in the brilliance of a genuinely engaging and well-plotted and well-paced story.

Another one, just for the way it moves me and makes me reflect on damage and healing, is It's Okay To Not Be Okay. I will never tire of watching Kang-tae sobbing his way through Zombie Kid...

Twenty Five Twenty One and My Mister for very different reasons.

2521 is an accurate reflection on life and a nostalgic reminder of our past. As I age, I miss my old friend groups, I miss the dumb things we did, I miss the things I used to worry about. I regret how I handled some of my past relationships. 2521 drives all of that home. I always come back to this drama.

My Mister is me. I am the same age as Dong Hoon. I am in an engineering leadership/executive role. Like Dong Hoon, I’m very well respected by my peers. When viewed from the afar - my life looks perfect (IU’s character mentioning that she can’t imagine how anyone who makes xx year could be unhappy), but in reality it’s far from perfect. My family dynamic is a mess. I take on a role mentoring and helping as many young people as possible on both a professional as well as personal level. I try to help broken people despite being broken myself. I feel like this drama was written directly for me. Dong Hoon has soo many relevant lines - his quotes are my therapy. I always come back to this drama as well and I make sure to wear my good underwear.

I usually just re-watch a show once, but this gem of a drama I have already watched 6 times in a span of 1 year — Because This Is My First Life. It doesn’t get old for me. I still feel all the feels every re-watch.

Mysteries and crime dramas are almost impossible to rewatch because the suprise element no longer exists after the first watch.

However, good romances, capers,comedies and family dramas almost always have rewatch value.

Mine are

Healer
Chief Kim
My Love from the star
Weighlifting Fairy Bok-joo
Shopping King Louis
Queen in Hyuns Man
The Princess Man
Reply 97/88
Because this is my first life

I watched "Heartstrings" around 100 times and suddenly I stopped watching it around 2018,
But it was my happiness from 2012 till 2018.

ANSWER ME 1988, I’m due for another rewatch tho. COFFEE PRINCE used to be one I’d watch regularly back in the day. Currently I’m in my era of rewatching old favs. Romance, Slice-of-Life and Comedy are the ones I usually gravitate to. I tend not to revisit thrillers, as there is longer any suspense. Tho PUNCH and HEARTLESS CITY are on my list.

Dramas I’ve rewatched (not including the above):
Hana Yori Dango (Japanese version)
My Girl
Ex-Girlfriends’ Club
Another Miss Oh
Healer
Pinocchio
You're Beautiful
Fight My Way
Age Of Youth S1&2
Surplus Princess
Currently rewatching: My Wife's Having an Affair this Week

For me, it's also HEALER. Sometimes I only watch certain scenes, sometimes the entire drama.
I'm a big fan of hidden identities tropes (especially when the alternative identity is a bit dorky). And of course it doesn't hurt that the role is played by Ji Chang-wook.

I am a re-watcher. I have SO MANY shows that I have watched a hundred times in the past 15 years. Though the list changes as the years go by, like I'm not rewatching Protect the Boss every week now like I was ten years ago.

But I'm still rewatching Wild Romance a few times a year after 11 years. There is just something about it for me that I can't explain.

There are a few others too that I'm constantly rewatching (Lookout, Chief Kim, Train, Deserving of the Name, 365 Days, Wok of Love...) but I always click on Wild Romance again sooner or later.

It's a tie between Crash Landing On You and Youth of May. I've watched both countless times now and it always feels like the first time.

I loooove rewatch dramas! So there are a lot of them.

Moody : A Piece of Your Mind, When the Weather is Fine

Action : Healer, Heartless City

Romance : She Would Never Know, Something in the Rain, Suspicious Partner

Fantasy : Goblin, Extraordinary You

Historic : Mr Sunshine, Moonlight Drawn by Clouds

I used to rewatch Reply 88 every day for like a month (I know I was crazy for doing that). 😄 The show just brought back my childhood memory; sharing food with neighbor, a friend coming for food casually, hanging out at a friend's house and so much more, I was reluctant to let go.
My next crazy obsession is Forest of Secrets (1-2); this series is THE ONE for me. I feel like getting a present I've always wanted; I like every element of the show, even the humor (Yeo Jin awkwardly hesitating what to do during Park Moo Sung's funeral is only a starter.)
It was in 2020 during school break and I didn't know what to watch, so I gave it a shot and the rest is history of constant rewatching and obsessing over, I even started lurking on this site just to find another souls who were equally captivated by this amazing show.
Other shows I rewatch but in moderation are My Mister, Dear My Friends, Life, Divorce Attorney Shin, and My Unfamiliar Family.

Logged in only to say this out loud: it's always going to be Happiness
Though i'm sure i have said it many times with other beanies🤣

In fact, i juts watched ep 8 of Happiness to see a certain scene. Where Yihyun took 2 steps to get close to Saebom and it makes her heart beat fast. I have lost count of how many times i have rewatched Happiness. I love the casting, our leads chemistry, and plot. It's not your normal zombie kdrama, it's full of heart.

Besides Happiness, i just finished rewatching Business Proposal for the third time and i think i will do it more in the future, to deepen my (new) love for Ahn Hyoseop. Also, it's light and funny.

As I won't watch any drama a hundred times, I don't know what to say. I have too many dramas to watch because I started too late with this (better late than never but I still regret missing this for so many years).
So I only can say that I have fully rewatched two dramas: Live Up to your name and Flower boy Next Door, and I loved them as much or even more than the first time.

And I will probably rewatch Taiwanese drama Someday or One day because it's now one of my favorite shows ever.

For me, dramas I rewatch are ones that are comforting in some way. There are so many dramas on my Watchlist that I have yet to see that I don't generally take the time to rewatch. So if I do, it's a drama I really love. Dramas I've watched multiple times include Hello, Me!, Into the Ring, and Unlock My Boss. My most frequent rewatch for when I need something light, silly, funny, and free of angst is The Sound of Your Heart (*the original with Lee Kwang Soo*).

In the future, I can see Call it Love becoming a yearly rewatch for me, in the same way that Middlemarch was a yearly re-read during most of grad school. I'll also be adding Once Upon A Small Town to my permanently-rewatching list after I finish it - it's so soothing and sweet.

Mr Queen
Hospital Playlist
Reply 1988
Classics:
You are beautiful
Secret Garden
Pinnocchio
Moon Embracing The Sun

I am not a rewatched as many say there are too many new to me dramas from back in the day and some live watches I want to see. However, I was looking for a treasure hunt drama where characters talk to a plant I was convinced there was one in Go back couple only to find there is a plant but no one talks to it😬

Anyway the joy of rewatching and finding it was still the mood lifting drama I remembered it to be has meant I am going to risk watching another one this time from my top 10 and see if that is a success too. I have had too many week days of nothing to watch because my type of drama has gone out of fashion. There are some great dramas coming in October but if they don’t work for me I will try rewatching Be Melodramatic next.
I think I will stick with rewatching funny dramas as if my favourite slice of life dramas like Prison Playbook and Reply 1988 are not working on a rewatch it will be too devastating.

Coffee Prince was the first show I seemed to have on a loop. I haven't watched it in a while, so maybe I wore it out or there are just new favorites on my playlist now. Healer is like popcorn, I can't believe I just ate that whole bucket, gimme another one. Another Oh Hae-young, as soon as I hear the music, I can settle in for another ride. But the two that really still grab me are My Mister and Forest of Secrets.

As a creature of habit, rewatching is like comfort food for me. Though I must admit it’s a lot easier with movies or mini series, than with your full fledged 16(+) episodes k-drama… However, I make sure to iterate through these (mostly not using the FF option, but sometimes I will):

* Something in the Rain (watching this and enjoying the emotional rollercoaster! Though the OST drives me crazy.)
* Crash Landing on You (… is there a pattern?)
* Business Proposal (it’s sweet, it’s silly, it’s fluffy: it’s an easy watch. I’m positively cackling any time the archeopteryx is calling her, the visuals are *chef’s kiss* Though I must admit I would appreciate if it had the phenomenal alternative ending that was posted on here 😆 )

… and I will definitely be rewatching KTL, whenever I need a sweet pick me up. 🤷‍♀️👏

Run On because of the characters, the plot, the filming style and the cadence of the words spoken by Im Si-wan. Everything about this drama sets me at ease.

Love to Hate You (believe it or not). This one just sets my brain on mute and I really quite liked its length and pacing as well. Don’t mind watching these characters do their thing at all. I wish True to Love/Bora, Deborah! had been more like this.

Itaewon Class This is partially because it reminds me of the time I first saw it, but also, when I get super-upset and I want to feel how upset I am…I watch this drama. It used to be mainly for PSJ, but now it’s for Ahn Bo-hyun.

Because This Life Is our First If you are to enjoy the episode 11 kiss, you need to watch the whole thing. And then, once that kiss happens, you’re in it to win it. I happen to love the whole scene where Se-hee calls Ji-ho “mean”…so I also know that’s coming.

As with others here, I don’t know about one hundred times, mainly because there are too many new dramas coming out and I can’t imagine having the time!!! I like @hopefulromantic’s phrasing of “yearly” watches, though. I bet I’ll watch those shows above yearly, for sure.

I know from past experiences here that my favorite rewatches are out on the “long tail” end of the normal distribution of Beanie-Favorite dramas (perhaps except BTLIOF)…I know some of us also like to live out here! We are dedicated!! Anyone else feel that their favorite favorites are generally very divisive or flat-out unpopular? Do we just get to keep them for ourselves? 🙃

I like a big ensemble cast with plenty of characters that the show explores: Be Melodramatic, Our Blues, When the Camellia Blooms.

In no particular order:

Kdramas

Healer
When the Weather is Fine
Coffee Prince
Start-up
Romance is a Bonus Book
Chocolate
Hospital Playlist 1
Waikiki 1-2
Our Husband Mr Oh
Dali and Gamjatang

Cdramas

Love between Fairy and Devil
New Life Begins

No prizes for guessing. If I had to pick just one drama, it would be Stranger. I admit I have also rewatched My Mister more than a few times, I guess that counts too.

Whenever I have wanted to uplift my mood (which is very often), I have rewatched bits of WFKBJ, OTVOI and to a lesser degree, Into the Ring.

Outside of kdramas, I'd rate some of the older tw-dramas as re-watch worthy, like In A Good Way and In Time With You. I've even rewatched some parts of Mars a few times - it shocks me how such a terribly old drama can still be such an addicting rewatch.

Among cdramas, I recently binged - for the first time - Nirvana in Fire, and was so completely overwhelmed, I immediately started a - slower paced- rewatch. I can totally see myself making an annual rewatch ritual of this show / the only costume drama to get this honour in my list :D Also the two very fine recent dramas by Li Mo, Remembrance of Things Past and Fake It Till You Make It - these are perfect packages in terms of storytelling, pacing, performance and production - it just makes me happy to see such good quality drama.

For jdramas, I'd pick the riotous, every-turn-a-surprise MIU 404, superficially a procedural, but so much more. I have loved this genre forever, so I'm bummed it's the only one of its kind in my list. I don't find kdramas or cdramas doing this genre too well.

In case you didn't figure it out already, I must add that I am - very much - a rewatcher! Especially dramas I have liked while airing live, I tend to rewatch episodes twice over to understand them better, and maybe once all over from the beginning after it has all ended. However, hardly any kdramas have done that for me lately, though, and I am sadder for it (Call It Love could be considered the solitary entry this year). I would be delighted if my rewatch list were to increase!

That drama happens to be You Are My Spring for me. Each time I decide I want to do a drama rewatch I end up completing it - each single time.
Something about it being my favorite Kim Dong-wook and Seo Hyun-jin drama and the drama that made me an avid fan of them both.

The next on this list is actually a c-drama The War Princess Li Wei-young. Simply put, it's perfect. Tiffany Tang was a delight. Luo Jin didn't fail to deliver. The chemistry between Luo Jin and Tiffany Tang...just the right amount of sugar. The push and pull between the antiheroes and heroes, very engaging. And the female lead is smart. Smart and intelligent.

Monthly Magazine Home is another easy rewatch I so much love. I've rewatched this countless times. On my last rewatch I finally watched the last episode.

I hardly ever rewatch because I simply don't have time. The only drama I rewatched for quite some time was My Name Is Kim Samsoon, my gateway drama.... and then I discovered this endless universe of Asian dramas. 😄

That doesn't mean I don't want to rewatch.
Sometimes I can't resist and come back at least to some scenes, like to the confessions in recent Fake It Till You Make It (or when I need to squee again with Hidden Love 😊).

With my newfound love for Lee Min Ki, I am sure Because its my my first life get onto my rewatch list....

I am a HUGE rewatcher I have watched all shows that I really liked at least twice, my go to are:
Extraordinary Attorney Woo: The whales, and of course that "I am dissapointed" scene ....
Our Beloved Summer: I do not know why I love this so much. I cannot put my finger onto it. I don't have one scene, or one look, I don't even like Kim Da Mi much and Choi Woo Shik's looks, but I simply adore this series.
Pretty much EVERYTHING that has Park Hyung Sik in it, but Happiness and Our Blooming Youth are more than my embarrased-no-more obsession love for him. The characters come alive in these. There is just so, so, so much heart!
Spalsh spalsh love: Short but so very sweet.
Heartbeat: Yes, I have rewatched it and pretended the last two episodes don't exist. I will not watch 2521 but I understand now how people have been able to rewatch it.

My Girlfriend is a Gumiho. I seem to keep coming back to that.

Shows that I watch over and over and over:
Chief Kim
Another Miss Oh
Master's Sun
Be Melodramatic
VIP

There are a number of other shows that I have watched more than once, but these are my favorites.

For the love of history, "MY DEAREST." The romance of the 3 kingdoms between Joseon, Ming, and Qing. My kind of love triangle.
I haven't been this overwhelmed with so much historical background; it's exhausting but exciting at the same time. It'll take me 100 more re-watchs since I'm barely scratching the surface with just 10 episodes.

I have a few between Kdramas and Cdramas:

Kdramas:
- Save Your Last Dance for Me (2004)
- Marriage Contract
- A Piece of Your Mind

There’s a few more for Cdramas:
- The Untamed
- The Longest Promise
- Where Dreams Begin
- The Oath of Love
- New Life Begins
- One and Only
- Forever and Ever
- Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard

If dramas could be condensed into movie-length versions with all the best moments intact and all the filler and fluff edited out, then I could see myself re-watching all the dramas on my favorites list. I never seem to have the time or urge to rewatch even my favorite dramas because they're just too long and I just want to see my favorite scenes.