the best korean dramas

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  • It's Okay to Not Be Okay

    1. It's Okay to Not Be Okay

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.9
    562 points by 6 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
  • Healer

    2. Healer

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.8
    492 points by 5 voters
    Seo Jung Hoo is a special kind of night courier, known only as "Healer" by his clients. For the right price and with the help of a genius hacker, he gets his ...more
  • Vincenzo

    3. Vincenzo

    Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
    8.9
    492 points by 5 voters
    At the age of eight, Park Joo Hyeong left for Italy after being adopted. Now an adult, he is known as Vincenzo Cassano and employed by a Mafia family as a consigliere. ...more
  • Goblin

    4. Goblin

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.8
    491 points by 5 voters
    Kim Shin was once an unbeatable general in Goryeo's military who died a tragic death. He now possesses immortality but is tired of living while everyone else around him dies. For 900 ...more
  • The Legend of the Blue Sea

    5. The Legend of the Blue Sea

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.3
    486 points by 5 voters
    Shim Chung, a mermaid from the Joseon era, follows her true love, nobleman’s son Kim Ryung, to modern-day Seoul. Ryung’s doppelgänger, Heo Joon Jae, is a skilled scam artist who becomes intrigued ...more
  • Her Private Life

    6. Her Private Life

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.3
    464 points by 5 voters
    Seong Deok Mi, a dedicated art gallery curator, is exceptional at her job but harbors a secret: she is a devoted fangirl of Cha Si An, managing his fansite. This obsession is ...more
  • Flower of Evil

    7. Flower of Evil

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    9.1
    377 points by 4 voters
    Although Baek Hui Seong 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 a doting ...more
  • Hotel del Luna

    8. Hotel del Luna

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.6
    370 points by 4 voters
    In the heart of Seoul stands a mysterious, ancient hotel, managed by the greedy and resentful Jang Man Wol, who has spent a thousand years running it. Bound by a deity to ...more
  • Jealousy Incarnate

    9. Jealousy Incarnate

    Korean Drama - 2016, 24 episodes
    8.1
    367 points by 4 voters
    Lee Hwa Shin is a handsome anchor with notable journalistic talent, a well-to-do family and commendable education. He is also as fierce a competitor as one will find in the world of ...more
  • What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    10. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.5
    356 points by 4 voters
    The series revolves around the narcissistic Lee Young Joon, the vice president of a company run by his family. He is very self-absorbed and thinks highly of himself, so much that he ...more
  • W

    11. W

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.5
    356 points by 4 voters
    Oh Sung Moo, the father of cardiothoracic surgeon Oh Yeon Joo, mysteriously goes missing while writing the last chapter of his webtoon "W". Yeon Joo goes to his office looking, but a ...more
  • Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

    12. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    8.7
    348 points by 4 voters
    After a conflict with her boss, dentist Yoon Hye Jin escapes the city to a seaside village where she'd vacationed to before as a little girl. When she learns the village is ...more
  • Crash Landing on You

    13. Crash Landing on You

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    9.0
    294 points by 3 voters
    After getting into a paragliding accident, South Korean heiress Yoon Se Ri crash lands in North Korea. There, she meets North Korean army officer Ri Jung Hyuk, who agrees to help her ...more
  • Kill Me, Heal Me

    14. Kill Me, Heal Me

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    8.7
    291 points by 3 voters
    A traumatic childhood experience leaves Cha Do Hyeon, suffering from memory loss and dissociation. The latter has resulted in the creation of seven distinct personalities. Wanting to regain control over his life, ...more
  • Tale of the Nine-Tailed

    15. Tale of the Nine-Tailed

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.3
    291 points by 3 voters
    The mythical nine-tailed fox, or gumiho, Lee Yeon had to settle in the city many centuries ago. Able to transform into human form, he eradicates supernatural beings that threaten the mortal world. ...more
  • Chicago Typewriter

    16. Chicago Typewriter

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.6
    290 points by 3 voters
    In the 1930s Japanese occupation of Korea and the 21st century. Han Se Joo, a bestselling author in the present, struggles with writer’s block, while Yu Jin Oh, a talented ghostwriter in ...more
  • The Fiery Priest

    17. The Fiery Priest

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    8.6
    287 points by 3 voters
    Kim Hae Il is a Catholic priest. He makes spiteful remarks, and he can be rude to others. Koo Dae Young is a detective. He talks a lot, and he is also ...more
  • Touch Your Heart

    18. Touch Your Heart

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.2
    284 points by 3 voters
    Oh Yoon Seo is a popular actress. She is famous for her beautiful appearance, but her acting is bad. She gets involved in a scandal with the son from a chaebol family. ...more
  • Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    19. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.7
    283 points by 3 voters
    When a total eclipse of the sun takes place, Go Ha Jin is transported back in time to the start of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea during King Taejo's rule. She wakes ...more
  • Oh My Venus

    20. Oh My Venus

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
    8.2
    278 points by 3 voters
    Kim Yeong Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. He reluctantly comes back to Korea to face his family after a scandal with an actress. Even though he comes from a ...more
  • While You Were Sleeping

    21. While You Were Sleeping

    Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
    8.7
    278 points by 3 voters
    Nam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee events, resides with her widowed mother who runs a small restaurant. Despite her gift, she often finds herself powerless to change the outcomes. ...more
  • Squid Game

    22. Squid Game

    Korean Drama - 2021, 9 episodes
    8.4
    267 points by 3 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
  • Coffee Prince

    23. Coffee Prince

    Korean Drama - 2007, 17 episodes
    8.3
    264 points by 3 voters
    Choi Han Gyul is the grandson of chairwoman Bang of Dong-in Foods, a company that has a thriving coffee business. He has never had a job and does not care for responsibility. ...more
  • Hospital Playlist

    24. Hospital Playlist

    Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    9.1
    197 points by 2 voters
    The stories of people going through their days are seemingly ordinary but actually special at the hospital, a place known as the microcosm of life, where someone is being born and someone's ...more
  • Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

    25. Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    8.2
    196 points by 2 voters
    The story takes place at the beginning of the 19th century. Goo Hae Ryung is an intern to become a palace historian. However, it was not acceptable for women to write historical ...more
  • Live Up to Your Name

    26. Live Up to Your Name

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.2
    196 points by 2 voters
    Heo Im, who is born in a concubine family in the Joseon era and has very outstanding medical skills, is frustrated about his career as he fails to climb to higher positions ...more
  • Run On

    27. Run On

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.2
    194 points by 2 voters
    Ki Sun Gyeom, a former sprinter forced to quit due to legal troubles, meets Oh Mi Joo, a translator of movie subtitles who believes their encounter is fate. Meanwhile, Seo Dan Ah, ...more
  • Extraordinary You

    28. Extraordinary You

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
    8.3
    194 points by 2 voters
    Eun Dan Oh, a 17-year-old high schooler with a heart condition, discovers she's actually a character in a Korean webtoon – and a minor one at that. After realizing her life is ...more
  • Empress Ki

    29. Empress Ki

    Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
    8.6
    193 points by 2 voters
    Genghis Khan built an empire that spanned vast regions in East Asia and East Europe. And there was one woman who held immense power in the Yuan Dynasty, which Genghis Khan founded, ...more
  • You're Beautiful

    30. You're Beautiful

    Korean Drama - 2009, 16 episodes
    8.0
    191 points by 2 voters
    The management company of the idol group A.N.JELL insisted on adding a new singer to the group as the lead vocal, Tae Kyung's voice was hurting. However,the new member, Mi Nam, had ...more
  • Hospital Playlist Season 2

    31. Hospital Playlist Season 2

    Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
    9.1
    189 points by 2 voters
    Everyday is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist. (Source: Netflix)
  • Doom at Your Service

    32. Doom at Your Service

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    8.4
    189 points by 2 voters
    Tak Dong Kyung has been working hard ever since her parents passed away. Her life seemed more stable after working as a web novel editor for 6 years, but then she gets ...more
  • You Are My Spring

    33. You Are My Spring

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    8.0
    188 points by 2 voters
    When Kang Da Jeong finds a job at a five-star hotel, she rises to the manager position faster than any of her fellow employees who were hired at the same time as ...more
  • The King: Eternal Monarch

    34. The King: Eternal Monarch

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.1
    188 points by 2 voters
    Lee Gon is the third Korean emperor of his generation. His citizens regard him as the perfect leader. But behind this flawless appearance, hides a deep wound. When he was eight years ...more
  • You Raise Me Up

    35. You Raise Me Up

    Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
    7.7
    182 points by 2 voters
    Do Yong Sik, a 31-year-old struggling with low self-esteem and a decreased sex drive, is preparing for his civil service exam. His life takes an awkward turn when he discovers that his ...more
  • Descendants of the Sun

    36. Descendants of the Sun

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.6
    175 points by 2 voters
    A love story that develops between a surgeon and a special forces officer. Kang Mo Yeon is a pretty and assertive woman who works as a cardiothoracic surgeon at Haesung Hospital. She ...more
  • My Roommate Is a Gumiho

    37. My Roommate Is a Gumiho

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    8.3
    174 points by 2 voters
    Shin Woo Yeo is a handsome and smart writer, who is actually a 999-year-old nine-tailed fox. To become a human, he collects human energy in a bead. One day, the drunk friend ...more
  • Doctor John

    38. Doctor John

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
    8.5
    172 points by 2 voters
    "Doctor John" is a medical drama centered on pain management specialists. It offers a unique perspective, treating the doctors' quest for the source of their patients' enigmatic pain as an exhilarating pursuit, ...more
  • Move to Heaven

    39. Move to Heaven

    Korean Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
    9.1
    100 points by 1 voters
    Han Geu Roo is an autistic 20-year-old. He works for his father’s business “Move To Heaven,” a company that specializes in crime scene cleanup, where they also collect and arrange items left ...more
  • Fight for My Way

    40. Fight for My Way

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.5
    98 points by 1 voters
    Can you still go after your dreams without the right background? Ko Dong Man has always dreamed of becoming famous as a taekwondo athlete but now works as a contract employee in ...more
  • Mystic Pop-Up Bar

    41. Mystic Pop-Up Bar

    Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    8.5
    98 points by 1 voters
    “Mystic Pop-Up Bar” tells the story of a mysterious pojangmacha (outdoor drinking establishment) run by a prickly woman and an innocent part-timer who visit customers in their dreams to help resolve their ...more
  • My Holo Love

    42. My Holo Love

    Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    8.1
    97 points by 1 voters
    Han So Yeon, a lonely assistant manager at a glasses company, excels in her career but struggles with prosopagnosia, the inability to recognize faces. Her life changes when she encounters the AI ...more
  • Mr. Sunshine

    43. Mr. Sunshine

    Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
    8.9
    96 points by 1 voters
    Mr. Sunshine centers on a young boy born into a house servant's family who travels to the United States during the 1871 Shinmiyangyo (U.S. expedition to Korea). He returns to his homeland ...more
  • Law School

    44. Law School

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    8.6
    94 points by 1 voters
    A grim incident at a prestigious law school challenges the pursuit of justice through law. Yang Jong Hoon, a former elite prosecutor turned tough criminal law professor, pushes his students to excel. ...more
  • The Guest

    45. The Guest

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.7
    93 points by 1 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
  • My Lovely Sam Soon

    46. My Lovely Sam Soon

    Korean Drama - 2005, 16 episodes
    7.9
    92 points by 1 voters
    Kim Sam Sun is a baker who has a talent for making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she catches her boyfriend, Min Hyeon U, cheating on her and breaks up. On ...more
  • Man to Man

    47. Man to Man

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    7.8
    91 points by 1 voters
    Kim Sul Woo is a top-secret National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent, known only to a few superiors. When the Songsan Group is identified as a national threat, Sul Woo goes undercover as ...more
  • Memories of the Alhambra

    48. Memories of the Alhambra

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.0
    88 points by 1 voters
    “Memories of the Alhambra” tells the unique and suspenseful love story of Yoo Jin Woo and Jung Hee Joo. Strong-spirited Yoo Jin Woo is the CEO of an investment company with a ...more
  • Find Me in Your Memory

    49. Find Me in Your Memory

    Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
    8.2
    88 points by 1 voters
    The story centers on two individuals with contrasting memory conditions. Jeong Hoon, a charismatic news anchor, possesses hyperthymesia, enabling him to recall life's minutiae in exquisite detail. Haunted by the memory of ...more
  • Kingdom

    50. Kingdom

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
    8.8
    87 points by 1 voters
    As the Joseon King succumbs to smallpox the rumors of his death begin. The Cho Clan, which is the clan of the pregnant Queen and her father, together with the the Chief ...more
  • Save Me

    51. Save Me

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.5
    87 points by 1 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
  • Because This Is My First Life

    52. Because This Is My First Life

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.4
    86 points by 1 voters
    A house-poor man and homeless woman become housemates in a drama that examines the institution of marriage and the problems that young people face today. Nam Se Hui is a single man ...more
  • Strangers from Hell

    53. Strangers from Hell

    Korean Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.6
    86 points by 1 voters
    Yun Jong U 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
  • Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me

    54. Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me

    Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
    7.2
    85 points by 1 voters
    “Black Knight” is a love story between a woman who is waiting for the love of her life and a man who is willing to do anything to protect his love. The ...more
  • Kingdom Season 2

    55. Kingdom Season 2

    Korean Drama - 2020, 6 episodes
    8.9
    84 points by 1 voters
    Following the events in season one, waves of the undead threaten to reach the capital. In an attempt to save the people during the plague and regain his right to the throne, ...more
  • Suspicious Partner

    56. Suspicious Partner

    Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
    8.3
    83 points by 1 voters
    Noh Ji Wook is a brainiac prosecutor and Eun Bong Hee is a rookie justice department intern, who always seems to find herself in the most unfortunate and embarrassing situations. Bong Hee ...more
  • 7 First Kisses

    57. 7 First Kisses

    Korean Special - 2016, 8 episodes
    6.9
    82 points by 1 voters
    *This is an Ad for Lotte Duty Free Mall* Min Soo Jin is a receptionist working at Lotte Duty Free mall. She is a person who never had a boyfriend nor has ...more
  • Chocolate

    58. Chocolate

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.1
    81 points by 1 voters
    The story of a man who became a neurosurgeon, though he dreamed of becoming a cook, and a woman who became a cook because of him. Lee Kang is a neurosurgeon who ...more
  • Romance Is a Bonus Book

    59. Romance Is a Bonus Book

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.1
    79 points by 1 voters
    Cha Eun Ho is a successful and handsome writer who is also the youngest chief editor at a publishing company. He has a calm demeanor and remains reasonable at work. He then ...more
  • The Master's Sun

    60. The Master's Sun

    Korean Drama - 2013, 17 episodes
    8.5
    77 points by 1 voters
    Joo Joong Won is the stingy and greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a major department store and hotel. He meets the gloomy Tae Gong Shil, who started seeing ghosts ...more
  • Doctors

    61. Doctors

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    7.9
    77 points by 1 voters
    Yoo Hye Jung was a tough bully in school with a prickly personality and always goes wayward. She had many scars from her childhood and through self-preservation, Hye Jung keeps her heart ...more
  • Lawless Lawyer

    62. Lawless Lawyer

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.2
    76 points by 1 voters
    Whatever gets the job done. Bong Sang Pil grew up living the gangster life, full of tough physical fights and evading the law. When his mother dies a tragic death, he is ...more
  • Hyde, Jekyll, Me

    63. Hyde, Jekyll, Me

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    7.4
    75 points by 1 voters
    Gu Seo Jin is a third-generation chaebol who runs the theme park Wonder Land. He seemingly has everything — looks, brains, and fortune. But a traumatic incident in his childhood resulted in ...more
  • Terius Behind Me

    64. Terius Behind Me

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    8.3
    74 points by 1 voters
    Go Ae Rin is a single mother who, after unexpectedly losing her husband, gets involved in a spy war. She lives in the apartment in front of Kim Bon. Kim Bon, whose ...more
  • The K2

    65. The K2

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.2
    74 points by 1 voters
    Kim Je Ha, a former mercenary known as “K2,” becomes a fugitive after being wrongfully accused of killing his girlfriend in Iraq. He returns to Korea and works as a bodyguard for ...more
  • Temperature of Love

    66. Temperature of Love

    Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
    7.5
    73 points by 1 voters
    Hyun Soo quit her job to become a TV writer; Jung Sun dreams of becoming a French food chef and opening a restaurant. As the pair navigate their paths to fulfill their ...more
  • Something in the Rain

    67. Something in the Rain

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.0
    72 points by 1 voters
    Yun Jin A is a woman in her mid-30s who doesn’t know yet what it’s like to date a man. She’s been dumped by a man many times because of her clumsy, ...more
  • Lovestruck in the City

    68. Lovestruck in the City

    Korean Drama - 2020, 17 episodes
    7.9
    71 points by 1 voters
    "Lovestruck in the City" is a realistic portrayal of young people who pursue romance and happiness while struggling to get by in a busy, competitive urban environment. Park Jae Won is an ...more

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