Which drama should everyone watch at least once?

There are so many dramas and some can be insanely long while others move along at a slow pace, which drama would you say that everyone should watch at least once? 

madamtara Oct 22, 2023
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  • Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

    1. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.7
    1,673 points by 17 voters
    Do Bong Soon is a petite, unemployed woman who is honest and kind. She appears little and sweet on the outside, but she is in fact very, very strong. For generations in ...more
  • Crash Landing on You

    2. Crash Landing on You

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    9.0
    1,275 points by 13 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
  • Healer

    3. Healer

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.8
    1,086 points by 11 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
  • Mr. Queen

    4. Mr. Queen

    Korean Drama - 2020, 20 episodes
    9.0
    1,086 points by 11 voters
    Jang Bong Hwan is a South Korean chef who has risen up the ranks to cook for the country’s top politicians in the Blue House’s presidential residences. After a serious accident, he ...more
  • Flower of Evil

    5. Flower of Evil

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    9.1
    1,063 points by 11 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
  • Extraordinary Attorney Woo

    6. Extraordinary Attorney Woo

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
    8.9
    984 points by 10 voters
    Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, 27-year-old Woo Young Woo graduated at the top of her class from the prestigious Seoul National University for both college and law school due to her high ...more
  • What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    7. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.5
    880 points by 9 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
  • Doom at Your Service

    8. Doom at Your Service

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    8.4
    879 points by 9 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
  • Moving

    9. Moving

    Korean Drama - 2023, 20 episodes
    9.1
    877 points by 9 voters
    Kim Bong Seok, Jang Hee Soo, and Lee Gang Hoon, seemingly typical high school students, bear extraordinary inherited powers. Bong Seok can fly, Hee Soo possesses exceptional athleticism and rapid injury recovery, ...more
  • Goblin

    10. Goblin

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.8
    784 points by 8 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
  • W

    11. W

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.5
    772 points by 8 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
  • The Legend of the Blue Sea

    12. The Legend of the Blue Sea

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.3
    670 points by 7 voters
    How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern society? Shim Chung is a mermaid who follows her one true love, a nobleman’s son named Kim Ryung from the Joseon ...more
  • Love Is Sweet

    13. Love Is Sweet

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 36 episodes
    8.5
    492 points by 5 voters
    Jiang Jun is a girl who is allergic to tears and has a double degree in economics and psychology. She is unrestrained and idealistic due to her family's superior background. After graduation, ...more
  • My Mister

    14. My Mister

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    9.0
    483 points by 5 voters
    Park Dong Hoon is a middle-aged engineer who is married to attorney Kang Yoon Hee. However, his life is not that happy as he has two unemployed brothers, Sang Hoon and Gi ...more
  • Happiness

    15. Happiness

    Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
    8.9
    475 points by 5 voters
    Yoon Sae Bom is a special agent with quick wits and reflexes and another special quality. She earns the opportunity to move into a new apartment set aside for civil servants in ...more
  • Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    16. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.7
    473 points by 5 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
  • Run On

    17. Run On

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.2
    471 points by 5 voters
    Ki Sun Gyeom is a sprinter on the national team who was forced to quit due to legal issues. Oh Mi Joo writes translated subtitles for movies. She was thrilled to see ...more
  • 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

    18. 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    8.1
    380 points by 4 voters
    Adachi Kiyoshi is a regular salaryman who, at the age of 29, was still a virgin. On his 30th birthday, he suddenly finds himself acquiring a new power - the ability to ...more
  • Empress Ki

    19. Empress Ki

    Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
    8.6
    377 points by 4 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

    20. You're Beautiful

    Korean Drama - 2009, 16 episodes
    8.0
    296 points by 3 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
  • Misaeng: Incomplete Life

    21. Misaeng: Incomplete Life

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.7
    294 points by 3 voters
    Jang Geu Rae has played the game of Go since he was a child. When his plans of becoming a professional Go player fail, the down-and-out Geu Rae is forced to take ...more
  • Boys Over Flowers

    22. Boys Over Flowers

    Korean Drama - 2009, 25 episodes
    7.5
    292 points by 3 voters
    Geum Jan Di comes from a poor family who owns a dry-cleaning shop. One day, she visits Shinhwa High School, a prestigious school for the wealthy, and saves a student trying to ...more
  • Twenty-Five Twenty-One

    23. Twenty-Five Twenty-One

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
    8.8
    291 points by 3 voters
    In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life. Na Hee Do is a ...more
  • My Love from the Star

    24. My Love from the Star

    Korean Drama - 2013, 21 episodes
    8.5
    283 points by 3 voters
    Do Min Joon is an alien who landed on Earth 400 years ago during the Joseon Dynasty period. He possesses a near perfect appearance and enhanced physical abilities involving his vision, hearing ...more
  • While You Were Sleeping

    25. While You Were Sleeping

    Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
    8.7
    280 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
  • The Love You Give Me

    26. The Love You Give Me

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 28 episodes
    8.5
    197 points by 2 voters
    Five years ago, a young woman named Min Hui accidentally fell for a young man named Xin Qi. But things between them were complicated because Min Hui was pretending to be Xin ...more
  • My Dearest

    27. My Dearest

    Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
    8.9
    196 points by 2 voters
    A love-story between a noblewoman and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown set in the 1600s during the Qing invasion. Yu Gil Chae is a pretty, bubbly, and a ...more
  • SKY Castle

    28. SKY Castle

    Korean Drama - 2018, 20 episodes
    8.8
    195 points by 2 voters
    Han Seo Jin, Noh Seung Hye, Jin Jin Hee, and Lee Myung Joo all live with their families in SKY Castle, a luxury private neighborhood hosting wealthy doctors and professors. All of ...more
  • The Untamed

    29. The Untamed

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 50 episodes
    9.0
    190 points by 2 voters
    Wei Wu Xian and Lan Wang Ji, two talented disciples of respected clans, meet during cultivation training and accidentally discover a secret carefully hidden for many years. Taking on the legacy of ...more
  • Squid Game

    30. Squid Game

    Korean Drama - 2021, 9 episodes
    8.4
    189 points by 2 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
  • Terius Behind Me

    31. Terius Behind Me

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    8.3
    188 points by 2 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
  • Descendants of the Sun

    32. Descendants of the Sun

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.6
    188 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
  • Bump Off Lover

    33. Bump Off Lover

    Taiwanese Drama - 2006, 14 episodes
    7.5
    100 points by 1 voters
    Xu Yi Jing and Xu Yi Zhen were identical twins who grew up always relying on one another. When Xu Yi Jing is murdered, the suspected killer commits suicide just prior to ...more
  • 3 Nen A Gumi: Ima kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu

    34. 3 Nen A Gumi: Ima kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.6
    100 points by 1 voters
    With graduation 10 days away, homeroom teacher Hiiragi gathers all 29 students of class 3-A and proclaims them as his hostages. His last lesson regards the death of a student that passed ...more
  • The Dream of Red Mansions

    35. The Dream of Red Mansions

    Chinese Drama - 2010, 50 episodes
    7.4
    99 points by 1 voters
    Jai Bao Yu is a male heir who grew up in a wealthy feudal clan dominated by women. His love affairs with his cousins Lin Dai Yu and Xue Bao Chai happened ...more
  • Under the Skin

    36. Under the Skin

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 20 episodes
    8.7
    99 points by 1 voters
    The young painter Shen Yi resigned from the Academy of Fine Arts and entered Haicheng Public Security Bureau mysteriously. Interpol Captain Du Cheng was furious and said that he would never accept ...more
  • Tenno no Ryoriban

    37. Tenno no Ryoriban

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 12 episodes
    8.6
    99 points by 1 voters
    Tokuzo Akiyama is a young man from a rural area who is married with a child along the way. One day, he eats a delicious breaded cutlet which inspires him to strive ...more
  • Lighter & Princess

    38. Lighter & Princess

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 36 episodes
    8.6
    98 points by 1 voters
    Li Xun is a cold, calculating computer programming ace who entered college as the top scorer of the national college entrance exams, earning him the admiration of all his classmates. However, he ...more
  • Soredemo, Ikite Yuku

    39. Soredemo, Ikite Yuku

    Japanese Drama - 2011, 11 episodes
    8.5
    98 points by 1 voters
    Fukami Hiroki's younger sister was killed by a friend. Hiroki then meets the killer's sister, Toyama Futaba, 15 years after the incident. Both of their families have been burdened with grief, but ...more
  • The Beauty Inside

    40. The Beauty Inside

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.3
    97 points by 1 voters
    Han Se Gye is a top actress, also known as a troublemaker, with many rumors around her. To others, her life appears as a mystery, when in fact she is faced with ...more
  • Pachinko

    41. Pachinko

    Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
    8.4
    92 points by 1 voters
    This sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive. (Source: AppleTV) ~~ ...more
  • Gaus Electronics

    42. Gaus Electronics

    Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
    8.3
    91 points by 1 voters
    Stress is no stranger to the members of Marketing Team 3 of the home appliance department at the Gaus Electronics HQ. The firm is a busy, multinational company, but this is a ...more

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