Best korean dramas on Netflix USA

In 2019, we've seen a bunch of dramas, new and old, get added to Netlix, Vote for your favorites

MyDramaList Dec 10, 2019
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  • Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

    1. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.7
    9,871 points by 100 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
  • Mr. Sunshine

    2. Mr. Sunshine

    Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
    8.9
    6,205 points by 63 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
  • Stranger

    3. Stranger

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.8
    6,046 points by 61 voters
    Hwang Shi Mok underwent brain surgery as a child to curb his violent temper, which left him devoid of emotions. Hwang becomes a prosecutor known for his piercing intelligence and logic, but ...more
  • It's Okay, That's Love

    4. It's Okay, That's Love

    Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
    8.6
    5,668 points by 58 voters
    Despite being a bit of a prickly pear, Jang Jae Yeol has become famous for authoring mystery novels and for hosting a popular radio show. While sitting on a talk show panel ...more
  • Kingdom

    5. Kingdom

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
    8.8
    5,615 points by 57 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
  • Healer

    6. Healer

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.8
    3,911 points by 40 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
  • Romance Is a Bonus Book

    7. Romance Is a Bonus Book

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.1
    3,802 points by 39 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
  • Signal

    8. Signal

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.9
    3,333 points by 34 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
  • The Heirs

    9. The Heirs

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    7.6
    2,891 points by 30 voters
    Kim Tan is the heir to Empire Group who has been sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home schemes ...more
  • Boys over Flowers

    10. Boys over Flowers

    Korean Drama - 2009, 25 episodes
    7.5
    2,791 points by 29 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
  • Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

    11. Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
    8.5
    2,603 points by 27 voters
    Set in the fictional land of Arthdal during ancient times (bronze age). Eun Seom was born with a fate to bring disaster to Arthdal, which leads him and his mother, who wants ...more
  • Oh My Ghost

    12. Oh My Ghost

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
    8.3
    2,570 points by 27 voters
    Bong Sun, a timid young woman, is possessed by the ghost of a lustful virgin. She has zero self-confidence, and because of her extreme shyness, she doesn’t have any close friends. At ...more
  • Live

    13. Live

    Korean Drama - 2018, 18 episodes
    8.6
    2,530 points by 26 voters
    This drama revolves around the incidents that occur in the police force and the joy, sorrow, and pain that police officers experience as they try to protect justice. Yeom Sang Soo, is ...more
  • Memories of the Alhambra

    14. Memories of the Alhambra

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.0
    2,302 points by 24 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
  • My Country: The New Age

    15. My Country: The New Age

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.4
    2,135 points by 22 voters
    Set during the end of the Goryeo period to the early Joseon period. Two friends aim their swords against one another due to differences in opinion about "my country." Seo Hwi is ...more
  • One Spring Night

    16. One Spring Night

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
    8.3
    2,040 points by 21 voters
    Feeling trapped in a stale four-year relationship and reluctant to take the next step into marriage, Lee Jung In stumbles into Yu Ji Ho's pharmacy one morning, nursing a hangover after a ...more
  • Something in the Rain

    17. Something in the Rain

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.0
    2,026 points by 21 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
  • Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land

    18. Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
    8.7
    2,018 points by 21 voters
    Ta Gon has now become the most powerful man in Arthdal. He has an affectionate relationship only with Taealha, the daughter of the rival Hae Tribe, because of their shared ambitions. Sa ...more
  • He Is Psychometric

    19. He Is Psychometric

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.3
    2,008 points by 21 voters
    After losing his parents in a fire, Lee Ahn acquires the power of psychometry, the ability to read a person or an object's past through physical contact, and he decides to use ...more
  • Tomorrow with You

    20. Tomorrow with You

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.0
    2,000 points by 21 voters
    Yoo So Joon is the successful CEO of a real estate company who has the ability to time travel when he takes the subway. Going back and forth in time, he sees ...more
  • Chocolate

    21. Chocolate

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.1
    1,716 points by 18 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
  • My First First Love

    22. My First First Love

    Korean Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
    7.7
    1,634 points by 17 voters
    A group of Yoon Tae Oh’s friends suddenly move into his house for their own personal reasons, where they experience love, friendships, and struggles. Song I and Tae Oh have been friends ...more
  • A Korean Odyssey

    23. A Korean Odyssey

    Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
    8.2
    1,593 points by 17 voters
    In 2017, Son Oh Gong and Ma Wang are in conflict with each other as they look for a true light in a dark world where evil thrives. Having made a contract ...more
  • Touch Your Heart

    24. Touch Your Heart

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.2
    1,545 points by 16 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
  • Rooftop Prince

    25. Rooftop Prince

    Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
    8.1
    1,520 points by 16 voters
    Crown Prince Yi Gak finds that he has been transported from the Joseon Dynasty to modern-day Seoul. He meets Hong Se Na, who bears a striking resemblance to his dead wife, and ...more
  • When the Camellia Blooms

    26. When the Camellia Blooms

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    8.4
    1,515 points by 16 voters
    Dong Baek is a single mother living in the small town of Ongsan. She runs the bar-restaurant Camellia, while also taking care of her son Pil Gu. The people of Ongsan frequently ...more
  • Black

    27. Black

    Korean Drama - 2017, 18 episodes
    8.0
    1,512 points by 16 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
  • Bad Guys

    28. Bad Guys

    Korean Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
    8.5
    1,445 points by 15 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
  • Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude to All Legends

    29. Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude to All Legends

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
    8.7
    1,409 points by 15 voters
    Ta Gon gets what he wants as he sits atop his throne. However, now his life and throne are threatened when Eun Seom begins to gather power among the slaves and peasants ...more
  • Descendants of the Sun

    30. Descendants of the Sun

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.6
    1,323 points by 14 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
  • Vagabond

    31. Vagabond

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.5
    1,323 points by 14 voters
    Cha Dal Gun becomes an awakened tiger in the face of his nephew’s death in a mysterious plane crash. As an orphan himself, he had raised his nephew singlehandedly in place of ...more
  • Love Alarm

    32. Love Alarm

    Korean Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
    7.1
    1,233 points by 13 voters
    The cellphone app Love Alarm is created. If someone likes you and they are within 10 meters of you, the alarm for the app rings. The app also shows how many people ...more
  • Strangers from Hell

    33. Strangers from Hell

    Korean Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.6
    1,055 points by 11 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
  • Misaeng: Incomplete Life

    34. Misaeng: Incomplete Life

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.6
    1,036 points by 11 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
  • Life

    35. Life

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.0
    959 points by 10 voters
    This series examines the hospital as a breeding ground for misuse of power. It is a place of conflicting interests and clashing egos. The doctors have the power to save lives, but ...more
  • Hotel del Luna

    36. Hotel del Luna

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.6
    839 points by 9 voters
    Nestled deep in the heart of Seoul’s thriving downtown sits a curious hotel, the like of which no one has ever seen before. Old beyond measure, the building has stood for millennia, ...more
  • Chicago Typewriter

    37. Chicago Typewriter

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.6
    752 points by 8 voters
    This drama follows the lives of two men and a woman through two eras: one during the 1930s Japanese occupation of Korea and the other in the 21st century. The three main ...more
  • Solomon's Perjury

    38. Solomon's Perjury

    Korean Drama - 2016, 12 episodes
    8.1
    663 points by 7 voters
    Solomon's Perjury is a murder mystery that digs into what really happened regarding the death of a student and deals with the growing pains of teenagers. On a Christmas night, a student ...more
  • Falling for Innocence

    39. Falling for Innocence

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
    8.1
    654 points by 7 voters
    Min Ho is a cold-blooded investment banker at Gold Investments. As a cynical, defensive, suspicious sociopath, he wears people down with his tenacity, taking advantage of them using his delusions of grandeur. ...more
  • While You Were Sleeping

    40. While You Were Sleeping

    Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
    8.7
    639 points by 7 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 Lies Within

    41. The Lies Within

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    7.9
    569 points by 6 voters
    Jo Tae Sik was once an enthusiastic detective, but he now wants a different kind of life. He longs for a peaceful and ordinary existence. Because of this, Jo Tae Sik applies ...more
  • The Hymn of Death

    42. The Hymn of Death

    Korean Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
    8.3
    558 points by 6 voters
    Kim Woo Jin is a stage drama writer while Korea is under Japanese occupation. He is married, but he falls in love with Yun Shim Deok. Shim Deok is the first Korean ...more
  • The Secret Life of My Secretary

    43. The Secret Life of My Secretary

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
    8.0
    463 points by 5 voters
    Do Min Ik is an intelligent, perfectionist man with a heart of stone and the Chief of Team 1 at T&T Mobile Media who always relies on his secretary, the hot-tempered Jung ...more
  • Another Miss Oh

    44. Another Miss Oh

    Korean Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
    8.2
    451 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
  • The Last Empress

    45. The Last Empress

    Korean Drama - 2018, 52 episodes
    7.9
    361 points by 4 voters
    Set in an alternate universe, in which Korea is a constitutional monarchy in 2018, Oh Sunny is a bright and vivacious musical actress who marries the emperor. She becomes involved in the ...more
  • Thirty but Seventeen

    46. Thirty but Seventeen

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    8.4
    356 points by 4 voters
    Woo Seo Ri, a violin prodigy at seventeen who was about to study in Germany, got into a bus accident and fell into a coma, waking up thirteen years later. Mentally, she ...more
  • The King in Love

    47. The King in Love

    Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
    7.7
    293 points by 3 voters
    Wang Won’s father is the king of Goryeo while his mother is the Yuan emperor’s daughter. He was born with many gifts as he has good looks, the wisdom of a snake, ...more
  • The Fiery Priest

    48. The Fiery Priest

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    8.6
    281 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
  • Where Stars Land

    49. Where Stars Land

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    7.9
    281 points by 3 voters
    Where Stars Land follows the lives of workers at Incheon Airport, and in particular, the interactions between a clumsy, yet bubbly, woman named Han Yeo Reum and a prickly and mysterious man ...more
  • Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

    50. Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    8.2
    279 points by 3 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
  • Secret Love Affair

    51. Secret Love Affair

    Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
    7.7
    279 points by 3 voters
    Sun Jae, a twenty-year-old piano prodigy working as a delivery man due to his humble background, stumbles upon a concert hall one day. Upon playing the piano there, he captures the attention ...more
  • Wok of Love

    52. Wok of Love

    Korean Drama - 2018, 38 episodes
    8.0
    277 points by 3 voters
    The series will take place in a Chinese restaurant. Chef Seo Poong, a chef who goes from being a star chef one day to the cook at a failing neighborhood Chinese restaurant ...more
  • Juror 8

    53. Juror 8

    Korean Movie - 2019
    8.4
    194 points by 2 voters
    It follows the case of a son brutally murdering his mother, with all factors seeming to point to a guilty ruling. However, the trial did not go as smoothly as expected. The ...more
  • The Handmaiden

    54. The Handmaiden

    Korean Movie - 2016
    8.2
    190 points by 2 voters
    During 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, Sook Hee is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with ...more
  • Abyss

    55. Abyss

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    7.8
    181 points by 2 voters
    "Abyss" is the tale of a man and a woman who tragically meet their demise but are granted a second chance at life through soul-reviving marbles found in a mystical abyss. Go ...more
  • Come and Hug Me

    56. Come and Hug Me

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    8.3
    178 points by 2 voters
    This is the story of a tragic love that spans 12 years. When they were children, Yoon Na Moo and Gil Nak Won were each others first love. They are forced to ...more
  • Extraordinary You

    57. Extraordinary You

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
    8.3
    175 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
  • Tempted

    58. Tempted

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    7.5
    175 points by 2 voters
    Rich and privileged twenty-somethings uncover their true motives and reveal their depravity while playing a dark and dangerous game. Set on revenge, popular player Kwon Shi Hyun makes a bet with friends ...more
  • Terius Behind Me

    59. Terius Behind Me

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    8.3
    171 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
  • Itaewon Class

    60. Itaewon Class

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.4
    166 points by 2 voters
    Park Saeroyi's life has been turned upside down after he gets expelled from school for punching a bully and his father is killed in an accident. Following his father's steps, he opens ...more
  • My ID Is Gangnam Beauty

    61. My ID Is Gangnam Beauty

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    7.8
    100 points by 1 voters
    This series tells the story of Kang Mi Rae, a girl once bullied for her looks. As a result, she became insecure, cautious around people and withdrawn. However, Mi Rae decides she ...more
  • My Love Eun Dong

    62. My Love Eun Dong

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
    7.8
    100 points by 1 voters
    “We were together for too short and separated for too long.” Eun Ho is an A-list South Korean actor, and for 20 years, he is searching for his first love, Eun Dong. ...more
  • Ramen Shop

    63. Ramen Shop

    Japanese Movie - 2018
    7.5
    97 points by 1 voters
    Masato is a young ramen chef in the city of Takasaki in Japan. After the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he chances upon a suitcase of memorabilia and a red ...more
  • Haechi

    64. Haechi

    Korean Drama - 2019, 48 episodes
    8.1
    90 points by 1 voters
    Set during the Joseon Dynasty period, four people from different walks of life come together to make Prince Lee Geum the King and reform the Saheonbu. The four people are Lee Geum, ...more
  • My Holo Love

    65. My Holo Love

    Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    8.1
    79 points by 1 voters
    “Me Alone and You” is about the events that occur when a lonely woman meets the artificially intelligent “Holo.” The drama is filled with stories of heartbreaking loneliness and tear-stained love. Go ...more
  • Find Yourself

    66. Find Yourself

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 41 episodes
    8.0
    74 points by 1 voters
    A love story between an accomplished career woman and a younger man. He Fan Xing's company is at risk of being acquired while her relationship with Yuan Song faces societal pressures due ...more

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