Sageuk Lover

Before watching everything else she's been in, watch her in The Princess Man (2011 historical drama). Her character here was quite immature at first but she also grew up to be a strong, dedicated, loyal woman who is brave enough to stand up to her principles. It's the show that got her nominations to the prestigious Baeksang awards.

Looking forward to her comeback. Missing the older kdrama days when she was one of the most beloved actresses in kdrama world.

check out 6 flying dragons. he's sp\o good in it. among the actors who won baeksang best actor in 2010s decade, he was my favorite winner.

yeah, I wish they were also available in most platforms.

Voted for the dramas I saw on this list. Here are my explanations:
1. Six Flying Dragons -> plot, acting, execution, everything is really great with this drama. Written by Kim Young hyun, my most favorite kdrama screenwriter.
2. Flower of Evil - top notch acting by the actors, especially the lead couple. I love and enjoy their chemistry so much. I love the plot twists and turns too (I mean I knew some spoilers before i watched the drama but I was still surprised by some plot twists and turns I didn't expect the drama would show).
3. The Red Sleeve - it's a sageuk that feels very authentic (despite being made in 2021) and lived up to the Yisan 2007 drama (one of my faves). I love the directing too. Male lead actor is really impressive, he's the one that's adjusting to the role and not the other way around. He acts and speaks according to his character's age too. Female lead is also great.
4. Arthdal Chronicles - same writing team as Six Flying Dragons, such wonderful world building of a universe they created, the acting is really amazing too, Song Joong Ki and Kim Ji Won did so well and setting up the characters for season 2 (which they would not be a part of). I ranked part 2 above part 3 since the scenes I remember the most are both in part 2.
4. Through the Darkness - much better than Criminal Minds korea (a drama that's also about criminal profilers).

Press conference of Flower of Evil kdrama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-LH80Z3Rds
What you'll get here:
=> explanation of Flower of Evil title
=> casts showing their admiration and respect to each other.
=> casts explaining a bit of their characters without the spoilers
=> what kind of drama will Flower of Evil be (and hence what should people expect from the show)

In the press con, the director explained that all humans has the seed of evil in them and that anyone can be a good or evil person. Just as different seeds grow different kinds of flowers, a person's can become a good or an evil person (depends on his choices, influenced by the people he meets).

I actually like many dramas before that year, what I noticed however is that most well known dramas today aired after 2016.

He's focusing more on movies.

Me too, I enjoy him in this genre

"The MDL Top 20 Dramas are all relatively new dramas in the past few years?
Only 1 drama is aired before 2015: "1 Litre no Namida (2005)" ranked #16 at 9.0
Recent and new dramas are generally getting higher average ratings? (Due to word limit, MDL numbers are included in comments)"
=> yeah I really noticed this, many older dramas dont get as high ratings.

Thank you for this list.

Han Ji Min? Who the heck would put her in overrated list? It's not like she has the biggest fandom ever.
Edit: I voted the big name idol actresses on the list because they will always get the high budgeted kdramas just because they have one famous drama, a non-idol actress (especially someone not hallyu since the 2000s) will not get the privilege they have unless they started big in the movie scene.

There's just no chance my ultimate fave historical dramas will win here (most of them aired before 2016 -> the year more people discovered kdramas), so I will vote my favorite kdrama highest on this list => Flower of Evil

I watched the Lee Tae Ri (ghost seeing boy) and the intro parts with Bae Soo Bin and I quite enjoyed them.

they weren't married in the end, but since the story is finished and people didn't seem to have a problem in the end with them being together, it should be understood that she'll soon marry him and will become queen.
the crown prince the male lead was based on in real life never became king though since he died before becoming one. he was able to marry and have a child though. the historical woman the second female lead was based on was the mother of his child. female lead in this drama and the other two main guys are fictional characters.

I'm quite sad it's more of a comedy than an epic melo sageuk, but since the cast is really good, I will still watch. I feel like this will be a very entertaining drama.

Everyday I'm getting annoyed he's not getting even just a second male lead role.

The female lead died however the ending shows them reunited in a dream after death of male lead in the end. The female lead also came in a dream to the male lead sometime after her death.
The hit sageuk Red Sleeve last year has the same lead characters as this one.

She's great in Jang Ok Jung Live in Love and i remember liking her in Stairway to Heaven as well (it's been too long since I watched the katter drama though).