Best Shows With Dark Concepts ALL TIME (38 shows)

1. Strangers from Hell

Korean Drama - 2019, 10 episodes

8.7

3,066 points by 31 voters

Yoon Jong Woo is a young guy in his 20s who moves from the countryside to Seoul after his college friend, Jae Ho, offers him a job. While looking for a place ...more

2. Imawa no Kuni no Alice

Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes

8.8

2,050 points by 21 voters

Arisu Ryohei—a listless, jobless and video-game-obsessed young man—suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive. ...more

3. Mouse

Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes

8.8

1,972 points by 20 voters

A suspenseful story that asks the key question, “What if we could identify psychopaths in advance?” A crazed serial killer’s ruthless murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear, and chaos ...more

4. Extracurricular

Korean Drama - 2020, 10 episodes

8.4

1,655 points by 17 voters

"Extracurricular” is centered around four high school students who start committing crimes to earn money and the unpredictable dangers they face as a result. Ji Soo, who goes from a model student ...more

5. Beyond Evil

Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

8.7

1,446 points by 15 voters

Meet the two fearless men willing to go to extreme lengths in their pursuit of a serial killer that has shaken up their quiet city: Lee Dong Sik, a once capable detective, ...more

6. Squid Game

Korean Drama - 2021, 9 episodes

8.4

1,446 points by 15 voters

After a failed business venture, the debt-ridden chauffeur Seong Gi Hun lives his life gambling away the money he mooches off his elderly mother while failing to provide for her and his ...more

7. The Guest

Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

8.7

1,355 points by 14 voters

Yoon Hwa Pyung, a young psychic born into a shaman family, learns about the powerful demon called "Son" (Guest). The demon has the power to control other demons and allows them to ...more

8. Sweet Home

Korean Drama - 2020, 10 episodes

8.7

1,345 points by 14 voters

Following the death of his family in an accident, loner Cha Hyun Soo moves to a new apartment. His quiet life is soon disturbed by strange incidents that start occurring in his ...more

9. D.P.

Korean Drama - 2021, 6 episodes

8.8

1,036 points by 11 voters

Private soldier Jun Ho is a confused youth who served in the military normally like other Koreans. One day, he suddenly becomes a member of the military defector arrest team. As such, ...more

10. Save Me

Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes

8.5

959 points by 10 voters

Following the failure of her father's business, Sang Mi and her family move to Muji-gun, where they have no friends or relatives. There she meets four young men, Han Sang Hwan, Seok ...more

11. It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes

8.9

869 points by 9 voters

Moon Gang Tae is a community health worker at a psychiatric ward who was blessed with everything including a great body, smarts, ability to sympathize with others, patience, ability to react quickly, ...more

12. The King of Pigs

Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

8.7

856 points by 9 voters

Two friends meet up and recall their experiences as victims of school bullying when they receive a message from a friend from 20 years ago and mysterious serial killings begin to occur. ...more

13. Flower of Evil

Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes

9.1

759 points by 8 voters

Although Baek Hee Sung is hiding a dark secret surrounding his true identity, he has established a happy family life and a successful career. He is a loving husband and doting father ...more

14. Not Me

Thai Drama - 2021, 14 episodes

8.5

673 points by 7 voters

Black and White are twins with a powerful connection. After their parents' separation, though, White’s father took him abroad, and their family effectively severed in two. It isn’t until fifteen years have ...more

15. Taxi Driver

Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

8.8

651 points by 7 voters

Do Gi has lived more honestly than anyone else as an officer in the Special Forces. Yet, when a serial killer murders his mother, he spends his days in agony. While feeling ...more

16. Voice

Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes

8.5

565 points by 6 voters

Popular detective Moo Jin Hyuk who is filled with guilt for his wife’s death, works with professional voice profiler Kang Kwon Joo, whose father is killed, to solve a different crime, chasing ...more

17. Bad Guys

Korean Drama - 2014, 11 episodes

8.5

555 points by 6 voters

To combat rising violent crimes, the Police Chief asks Detective Oh Goo Tak to form a team consisting of criminals. Detective Oh Goo Tak is currently suspended from the police force for ...more

18. Kingdom

Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes

8.8

384 points by 4 voters

No sooner does the Joseon King succumb to smallpox, do the rumors of his death begin. The Cho Clan, the clan of the pregnant Queen and her father, Chief State Councillor Cho ...more

19. Black

Korean Drama - 2017, 18 episodes

8.0

378 points by 4 voters

Black is about a detective possessed by the Grim Reaper. Ha Ram can see shadows of death. These two struggle to save the lives of people, breaking the rules of heaven. (Source: ...more

20. Hope or Dope

Korean Drama - 2022, 10 episodes

7.9

374 points by 4 voters

Eighteen-year-old Kyung Da Jung, who should be concentrating on completing her last year of high school, is used by her ruthless mother as a drug mule – transporting narcotics to drug gangs. ...more

21. Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas

Korean Special - 2011, 8 episodes

8.4

373 points by 4 voters

After receiving an anonymous letter stating that someone would die, eight students at the elite boarding school, Susin High School, nicknamed "Prison High", decided to remain at school for the 8 days ...more

22. The Bad Kids

Chinese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes

8.6

372 points by 4 voters

A story that follows three children from a coastal town who unintentionally film a murder scene. As the kids become involved with the suspect, it opens up a case that is far ...more

23. Again My Life

Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes

8.3

370 points by 4 voters

Kim Hee Woo came from an inauspicious start as a low-grade high schooler to work his way up through university and finally pass the bar examination. His relentless hard work has finally ...more

24. Tell Me What You Saw

Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes

8.2

356 points by 4 voters

Oh Hyun Jae used to be a top criminal profiler. He solved many cases with his skills, but one day, an explosion caused by a serial killer ended the life of his ...more

25. Manner of Death

Thai Drama - 2020, 14 episodes

8.2

277 points by 3 voters

Dr. Bunnakit is a medical examiner based at a provincial hospital. One day, after carrying out an autopsy on the body of a woman who had seemingly hanged herself, Dr. Bunnakit rules ...more

26. Ouroboros

Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes

8.5

192 points by 2 voters

Ryuzaki Ikuo and Danno Tatsuya are orphans who grew up in an orphanage called Mahoroba no Ie. When they were elementary school students, an orphanage staff, who took care of them like ...more

27. Smoking

Japanese Drama - 2018, 12 episodes

8.0

189 points by 2 voters

A group of homeless men perform contracted assassinations, flaying their targets and delivering the tattooed skins as proof of the agreements' fulfilment.

28. 3 Will Be Free

Thai Drama - 2019, 10 episodes

7.9

186 points by 2 voters

Neo is a stripper who is running away from the loan shark Thana and his gang, after having an affair with Thana's wife Vanika. One day, the criminals find him in the ...more

29. The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea

Korean Special - 2021, 3 episodes

8.1

173 points by 2 voters

In the early 2000s, Yoo Young Chul hammered his victims to death and cast fear across Seoul. This docuseries recounts the hunt for a prolific killer. (Source: Netflix) ~~ A co-production between ...more

30. Remember 15

Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

7.2

173 points by 2 voters

“I miss everyone…. Shall we meet again on that island?” A mystery message from "Lyla", a school star who committed suicide five years ago, was sent to her former high school classmate, ...more

31. Slice

Thai Movie - 2009

7.1

172 points by 2 voters

The police are unable to find or stop a serial killer who targets men and dismembers their bodies. When the next victim is the son of a politician, the police turn to ...more

32. The Blue Hour

Thai Movie - 2015

6.6

172 points by 2 voters

The story of a bullied teenager Tam who befriends and has a sexual relationship with a mysterious gay boy Phum at a haunted abandoned pool. Their affair starts out as a romance ...more

33. The World Between Us

Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes

8.5

172 points by 2 voters

"The World Between Us" is a 10-part, hour-long series that follows the aftermath of a mass shooting where the fates of all parties involved - the killer, the victims, the victims' families, ...more

34. Ghost

Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes

8.2

171 points by 2 voters

Kim Woo Hyun is the only son of a high ranking police officer. Woo Hyun entered the police academy ranked first and graduated from the academy ranked first. As a detective, he ...more

35. The Rebel

Japanese Movie - 1962

6.7

163 points by 2 voters

In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa. (Source: IMDb)

36. Daily Dose of Sunshine

Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes

8.8

160 points by 2 voters

Jung Da Eun works as a nurse. She is transferred to neuropsychiatry from the internal medicine department. This is her first time working in neuropsychiatry, so everything is difficult and awkward for ...more

37. The Novelist

Japanese Drama - 2018, 6 episodes

7.1

99 points by 1 voters

Kuzumi Haruhiko is a university student. One day, he causes a bicycle accident. The accident causes novelist Kijima Rio to break his arm. Kuzumi doesn't have insurance or money to pay Kijima ...more

38. The Comments

Thai Drama - 2021, 5 episodes

8.1

98 points by 1 voters

Papang, student president and outstanding all-around student and perfect in every way, kills herself in the middle of her live stream. She is copying Gina, her favourite actress, the second female idol ...more