10 Year Anniversary: 2016 Kdramas

Which is your favourite?

escapism Apr 17, 2026
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  • Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    1. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.7
    1,665 points by 17 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
  • Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

    2. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.8
    1,289 points by 13 voters
    Kim Sin was once an unbeatable general in Goryeo's military who died tragically. He now possesses immortality but is tired of living while everyone else around him dies. For 900 years, Kim ...more
  • Signal

    3. Signal

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.8
    1,275 points by 13 voters
    Fifteen years ago, a young girl was kidnapped on the way from school, and Park Hae Yeong, who was an elementary school student at that time, witnessed the crime. A few days ...more
  • Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

    4. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.7
    1,261 points by 13 voters
    Bok Joo is a weightlifter who is pursuing her dream of winning the gold medal but she then finds romance for the first time in her life. While she is a woman ...more
  • Dr. Romantic

    5. Dr. Romantic

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.7
    1,070 points by 11 voters
    Kim Sa Bu was once a famous surgeon at the peak of his career at a major hospital. But he suddenly gives it all up one day to live in seclusion and ...more
  • The Legend of the Blue Sea

    6. The Legend of the Blue Sea

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.3
    990 points by 10 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
  • Love in the Moonlight

    7. Love in the Moonlight

    Korean Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
    8.2
    962 points by 10 voters
    To protect herself and her family, Hong Ra On disguises herself as a man and counsels men on dating. Due to a love letter she wrote for a client, she meets Crown ...more
  • W

    8. W

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.4
    885 points by 9 voters
    O Seong Mu, the father of cardiothoracic surgeon O Yeon Ju, mysteriously goes missing while writing the last chapter of his webtoon "W". Yeon Ju goes to his office looking, but a ...more
  • Descendants of the Sun

    9. Descendants of the Sun

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.6
    679 points by 7 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
  • Hwarang

    10. Hwarang

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.0
    657 points by 7 voters
    The names of just a few Hwarangs are recorded in history. Not many people these days truly know about Hwarangs. How did they start? How did beautiful looking young men become at ...more
  • Don't Dare to Dream

    11. Don't Dare to Dream

    Korean Drama - 2016, 24 episodes
    8.1
    582 points by 6 voters
    Lee Hwa Shin is a talented, handsome anchor from a well-off family, known for his fierce competitiveness in the newsroom. His rivalry with meteorologist Pyo Na Ri, a hardworking but less accomplished ...more
  • Something about 1 Percent

    12. Something about 1 Percent

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.2
    577 points by 6 voters
    Growing up in a wealthy family, Lee Jae In had the best of everything. As an adult he was smart, good looking, had a well-paying job, in short, it seemed like he ...more
  • Shopaholic Louis

    13. Shopaholic Louis

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.1
    565 points by 6 voters
    It revolves around a handsome shopaholic named Louis, who is the successor of a vast business empire but becomes homeless after suffering from amnesia. Meanwhile, Ko Bok Sil, a country girl who ...more
  • Gogh, the Starry Night

    14. Gogh, the Starry Night

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.1
    554 points by 6 voters
    At 29 years old, Go Ho faces the struggles of the modern-day woman, namely the struggles to succeed in work and romance in the 21st Century. An advertisement contractor who is unlucky ...more
  • Uncontrollably Fond

    15. Uncontrollably Fond

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.1
    469 points by 5 voters
    People change, but can the heart adapt? Sin Jun Yeong and No Eul were in love in their younger days. But uncontrollable circumstances separated them, and they went their separate ways. Jun ...more
  • Another Miss Oh

    16. Another Miss Oh

    Korean Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
    8.1
    469 points by 5 voters
    Two women, both named O Hae Yeong, find themselves constantly mixed up in each other’s lives because of their shared name. From confusion over boys and grades in high school to ending ...more
  • Dear My Friends

    17. Dear My Friends

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.6
    377 points by 4 voters
    Park Wan is a translator who is constantly pulled by her mother, Jang Nan Hee, to hang out with her elder friends, Jo Hee Ja, Moon Jung Ah, Oh Choong Nam, and ...more
  • Bring It On, Ghost

    18. Bring It On, Ghost

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.1
    372 points by 4 voters
    It is a story about the ghost of a high school girl who has been dead for 5 years and an exorcist college boy with the ability to see and hear ghosts. ...more
  • Hello, My Twenties!

    19. Hello, My Twenties!

    Korean Drama - 2016, 12 episodes
    8.5
    368 points by 4 voters
    Five girls in their twenties come to live together in a house called "Belle Epoque", which means "a beautiful era" in French. Each girl has a particular personality, background, and issues. In ...more
  • Cinderella and the Four Knights

    20. Cinderella and the Four Knights

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    7.7
    368 points by 4 voters
    Eun Ha Won, a high school senior with dreams of becoming a teacher, endures mistreatment from her father, stepmother, and stepsister while working part-time jobs to fund her university tuition. Meanwhile, three ...more
  • The K2

    21. The K2

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.2
    362 points by 4 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
  • A Beautiful Mind

    22. A Beautiful Mind

    Korean Drama - 2016, 14 episodes
    8.2
    354 points by 4 voters
    Lee Yeong Oh is a genius neurosurgeon who just came back to Korea after finishing his studies abroad. He now works with his father, Lee Gun Myung, who is the head of ...more
  • Cheese in the Trap

    23. Cheese in the Trap

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    7.3
    349 points by 4 voters
    Having returned to college after a year long break due to her family's poor background, Hong Seol, a hardworking over-achiever, inadvertently gets on the wrong side of her senior, Yoo Jung, who's ...more
  • Lucky Romance

    24. Lucky Romance

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    7.7
    267 points by 3 voters
    After a traffic accident leaves her sister in a coma, Sim Bo Nui turns to superstition for a miracle. Two years later, with her sister's life still at risk, a fortuneteller tells ...more
  • Happy Once Again

    25. Happy Once Again

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    7.8
    266 points by 3 voters
    This drama focuses on the story of former singer Han Mi Mo who was in a band called “Angels,” and her friends in their 30’s. As the divorce rate and second marriages ...more
  • Beautiful Gong Shim

    26. Beautiful Gong Shim

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    7.8
    254 points by 3 voters
    This drama is about the love story of two sisters and two men. The talented older sister has everything, including a beautiful appearance, and her younger sister, who is less attractive but ...more
  • Marriage Contract

    27. Marriage Contract

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.0
    254 points by 3 voters
    After being diagnosed with a possibly terminal brain tumor, Kang Hye Soo, a desperate single mother, agrees to be a liver donor for her new boss’ mother. In exchange, she will receive ...more
  • Father, I’ll Take Care of You

    28. Father, I’ll Take Care of You

    Korean Drama - 2016, 50 episodes
    7.6
    182 points by 2 voters
    After Hyung Seob and Jung Ae worked hard to raise their four children, they are now ready to retire but one day all of their children move back into the house. Hyun ...more
  • Doctors

    29. Doctors

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    7.9
    175 points by 2 voters
    Yoo Hye Jeong was a tough bully in school with a prickly personality and always went wayward. She had many scars from her childhood, and through self-preservation, Hye Jeong keeps her heart ...more
  • Madame Antoine

    30. Madame Antoine

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    7.3
    169 points by 2 voters
    Soo Hyun, a renowned American psychologist, returns to Korea and opens a psychotherapy center, only to have his clients stolen by a fraud fortune-teller, Hye Rim, with her uncanny ability to read ...more
  • Drinking Solo

    31. Drinking Solo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    7.6
    80 points by 1 voters
    The story depicts people drinking alcohol alone for different reasons, and the romance between Jin Jeong Seok and Park Ha Na. They both work at a private institute for people preparing for ...more
  • Sweet Stranger and Me

    32. Sweet Stranger and Me

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    7.4
    78 points by 1 voters
    Hong Na Ri is a proud flight attendant who suffers a series of misfortunes after her mother passes away and then she discovers that her longtime fiancee, Jo Dong Jin, is cheating ...more

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