Funny. I was watching Boys over Flowers yesterday with my college peers and it was so freaking silly.
I can't believe that people are still talking BOF even after 3 or so years (even though it's been redone so many times!) and now PP... lol. Not saying that it's bad, but the talk is just a bit delayed with current dramas imo.
I don't know why, but in my heart I have a soft spot for this understated (as in not as big a fanbase as Boys over Flowers and You're Beautiful) drama, "Smile, You." It's not your typical cliched kdrama and is a nice family drama, though there were some aspects to it that were aggravating, especially toward the latter half. It's also the first time one of my favorite actresses, Lee Min Jung (pictured above courtesy of digifruit and my avatar to the side) was the lead actress.
Another drama that stands out to me is "Can You Hear My Heart" and is a bit of a melodrama with angst being thrown left and right, but it's written nicely and is from the same writer as "Smile, You."
Current trends that people have been raving about so far are "Gaksital" which depicts a hero in 1930's Korea during Imperialism fighting for Korean independence, and "Answer Me, 1997" which is a nice blast to the past drama that takes place primarily in the late '90's.
There's a lot more great kdrama out there, but these are the ones that stand out the most to me at the moment.
Ack! Lemme backtrack a moment. There was another nice drama (kinda crack-ish at times and a massive fanbase) is called "Dream High" which features in present day, a famous artist called "K" which we try to determine ourselves from a photo of six male and female teenagers (in K's teenage years) and we leap back about five to eight years in the past to his/her school days, where we see each teenager grow as artists. The real gem of the drama is the execution and the directing, so hopefully nobody will be disappointed.