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| 25 addictive korean dramas with compelling plots available on Netflix |
25 korean dramas to add to your watch list
Are you like me, you have just finished a korean drama, and you feel that void inside. No worries my friends, today we bring to you 25 high rated korean dramas that are available on Netflix for you to binge watch.
Kingdom
The king suddenly fell ill, and no one was allowed an audience, not even his son the crown prince. In the meantime , using his daughter's position as queen and his as chief state councilor, Jo Hak Joo is ruling over the country, and no one is questioning his decisions while rumors of the king's death spread around the country.
The crown prince thinks the queen's family are scheming. So he sneaks one day to find out what secret was kept out of the eyes of the palace, to his surprise, a monster with a foul stench has been hidden in his father's royal rooms. Unfortunately, he gets discovered and can't inspect further. Thanks to the crown prince's guard, he gets his hands on his father's secretly kept medical journal. The journal lists only one name, the name a physician who's probably the only credible witness to what atrocity has the queen and her family been hiding.
The crown prince and his guard set off on a journey to meet the physician, and find out what happened to the king. Unfortunately the clinic where their witness used to work is now in ruins,and is occupied by dead bodies that come back to life ready to hunt the life out of the living.
The korean drama is another one of korea's amazing zombie masterpieces, written by Kim Eun Hee and directed by Kim Seong-Hun. it a 2 season series with a third one coming to your screens by the end of 2021.
Starring: Ju Ji-Hoon - Bae Doo-Na - Ryoo Seung-Ryong - Kim Hye-Jun - Kim Sang-Ho - Heo Jun-Ho - Jun Suk-Ho - Jung Suk-Won ...
Number of episodes : 12
Genre : Horror, Thriller, Historical drama, Fantasy, Political drama, Historical fiction ...
It's okay to not be okay
a story that captivated most of us, a story of love between two people struggling in life and a story heavily loaded with pain and trauma, and yet it dealt with mental illness in such a perfect way.
Moon Kang Tae a social worker working a psychiatric ward, while also taking care of his older and autistic brother. He one day meets Ko Moon Young, a famous writer of children's literature, with an antisocial personality disorder.
The korean drama follows the both as they work out their traumas and issues while also growing closer and being each other's support through their journey of growth.
Starring: Kim Soo-Hyun - Seo Yea-Ji - Oh Jung-Se - Park Gyu-Young ...
Number of episodes: 16
Genre: Drama, Romance, Mild horror ...
Healer
After learning about a case that happened in the past, Kim Moon-Ho a reporter at a major broadcasting company reaches out to people, with the intention to convince them to join him in his investigation of this case. He joins powers with Seo Jung-Hoo an agent known as healer that accepts any job other than killing a person, and is ready to dig up any secret, as well as Chae Young-Shin an internet reporter running a tabloid, and together they go through a journey to grow into great and influencing reporters.
Starring: Ji Chang Wook - Park Min young - Yoo Ji Tae - Kim Mi Kyung - Do Ji-Won - Park Won-Sang ...
Number of episodes : 12
ont-family: Hind Madurai;">Genre : Romance, Action, Comedy, Thriller
Reply 1988
The korean drama is part of the reply series set in 80s, and tells the story of 5 childhood friends living in small neighborhood in Seoul, the drama shows us how the 5 friends as well as their families live their day to day life. Through the drama we get to see them grow, argue and even develop feelings for each other.
we follow the 5 friends Duk Sun, Jung Hwan, Sun Woo, Dong Ryong as well as Taek, as they come from different family backgrounds, their struggles as teens in the 80s. The korean drama takes us to dicover a simpler life, the warmth and liveliness of the 5 families as well as the solidarity of the neighborhood.
Starring: Hyeri - Ryoo Joon Yeol - Ko Gyung Pyo - Park Bo Gum - Lee Dong-Hwi - Sung Dong-Il - Lee Il-Hwa - Ryoo Hye-Young - Rm Mi Ran ...
Number of episodes : 20
Genre : Korean drama, Drama, Romance, Comedy, Family
Itaewon class
Park Sae-ro-yi is someone who always stands up for what's right, needless to say this gets him in a lot of trouble in a morally grey world with morally grey characters. But when his dad dies in a tragic car accident his life turns upside down after he winds up in jail, and that drives him to avenge the death of his father by creating the most successful food franchise.This K-drama is definitely for you if you're young and with a dream, as things may always get challenging in life Itaewon class is a story about the power of resolution and the power of friendship and how challenges build character.
Starring : Park Seo-joon - Kim Da-mi - Kwon Nara - Ahn Bo-hyun - Dong-Hee Kim - Chris Lyon - Lee Joo-Young ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Korean drama, Drama
Crash landing on you
Yoon Se-ri is a successful business woman and CEO who owns her own makeup and clothes company that she built on her own without the help of her estranged rich family, and now her family's business considers her one of their top contenders to take over their company instead of her father's sons (do I smell extreme rich family drama).
Everything changes when one day she goes paragliding and ends up in the north korean border because of a storm where she meets a north korean soldier Captain Ri Jung Hyuk ( thank you storm!)this korean drama can be considered a modern Romeo & Juliet for it tells a forbidden love story between the two protagonists and honesty I think I need to rewatch it ;) .
Starring : Hyun Bin - Son Ye-jin - Seo Ji-hye - Kim Jung-hyun ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Romance, Romantic comedy
When the camelia blooms
Dong baek is often the subject of gossip in her neighborhood in the small town of Ongsan, in addition to growing up as an orphan, she is also a single mother, and runs a bar-restaurant all by herself. the drama introduces another character, Hwang Yong-Sik a local police officer that fell for Dong Baek's charms.
Unfortunately her ex-boyfriend reappears in her life, and while she tries to find happiness sinister events occur as a serial killer roams the town, and Dong Baek might be his next victim.
Starring: Kong Hyo Jin - Kong Hyo-Jin - Kim Ji-Suk - Ji E-Suu - Oh Jung-Se - Yum Hye-Ran - Son Dam-Bi - Kim Kang-Hoon ...
Number of episodes : 32
Genre : Romantic comedy, Thriller
Hospital playlist
The korean drama revolves around five doctors who have been friends since they entered medical school in 1999 and the ups and downs of life. through the drama we get to see backstories about their friendship and their daily lives at Yulje Medical Center.
starring: Jo Jung-suk - Yoo Yeon-seok - Jung Kyung-ho - Jeon Mi-do - Kim Dae-myung.
Number of episodes: 12
Genres: Drama, Romance, Comedy, Medical drama, Life
The heirs
The heirs is a story about love, friendship and rivalry, Between the kids of rich korean families. Kim Tan the second son of his family and the heir of large conglomerate falls in love Cha Eun Sang a smart and hard-working girl from a different family background, and feels out of place in her new highschool with rich people, while she comes from a poor family.
Through the drama we follow as a love triangle develops, as friendships grow stronger, and as rich families make schemes.
Starring: Lee Min Ho - Park Shin Hye - Kim Woo Bin - Krystal - Kim Ji Won - Park Hyung Shik - Kang Ha Neul - Choi Jin Hyuk - Kang Min Hyuk ...
Number of episodes : 20
Genre : Drama, Romance, Comedy, Adolescence
Extracurricalar
This korean drama follows the story of Oh Ji-soo, a quiet, straight-A student whose only goal is to be able to go to college. Because his dad's a gambler and his mom abandoned him, he provides for himself, and He runs an illegal side business—an app that sex workers can use to set up compensated dates.
He comes close to earning enough for his college tuition, but things take a turn and his perfect plan goes to waste when his classmate Bae Gyuri finds out about his secret. A story worth watching with how quickly it escalates and the suspense and drama it brings for the audience.
Starring: Dong-Hee Kim - Park Ju-hyun - Nam Yoon-Su - Jung Da-bin - Choi Min-soo ...
Number of episodes : 10
Genre : Drama, Crime film
Mr.sunshine
If you're a fan of historical korean dramas, then this one is for you. Eugene Choi born into slavery in Joseon ( korean historical period) and escapes to the United States, after the american expedition to korean. As an adult he comes back as part of of the United States marine Corps for a mission in his once homeland, that suffers a turbulent political situation due to colonialism.
Starring: Lee Byung-hun - Kim Tae-ri - Yoo Yeon-seok - Byun Yo-han - Byun Yo-han - Kim Yong-ji ...
Number of episodes : 24
Genre : Historical fiction, Melodrama, Romance
Start-up
Seo Dal-mi dreams of becoming the next Top CEO. She wants to take Sandbox (a fictional Silicon Valley of South Korea) by storm and become a CEO, and she believes she can do it with her pen pal and childhood sweetheart Nam Do-san, the founder of Samsan Tech. But what happens when she discovers he hasn't been the man she's been exchanging letters with all along? when she finds herself stuck in a love triangle what would be her choice (Our hearts with you Han Ji-pyeong, you're the first lead in my heart anyways).
Starring: Kim Seon-ho - Nam Joo-hyuk - Bae Suzy - Kang Han Na ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Drama, Romance
Vincenzo
At the age of 8 Park Joo-Hyeong was adopted by an italian mafia leader. As a grown up he's now a lawyer heavily involved in mafia affairs and goes by the name Vincenzo Cassano. Unfortunately, he flees to south korea from all the mafia wars, and there he gets involved with Lawyer Hong Cha-Young. An attorney who will do anything to win a case. Vincenzo Cassano falls in love with her while he also achieves social justice by his own ways.
Starring: Song Joong-ki - Jeon Yeo-been - Ok Taecyeon - Kwak Dong-yeon - Yoo Jae-myung ...
Number of episodes : 20
Genre : Dark comedy
Goblin
the korean drama is a modern fantasy about a goblin who seeks to end his immortality curse, by finding a human bride to pull a sword out of his chest. He had to see all his loved ones grow old and die, while he outlived them all.
On the other side there is Ji Eun-Tak a girl who's life is always interwined with death, and because of that she sees ghosts who whisper endlessly about how she's destined to be the goblin's bride.
The lives of Ji Eun Tak gets interwined with the goblin by the strong links of fate, as well as a grim reaper who's history with the goblin spans over centuries, and explains why their presents are interwined together.
Starring: Gong Yoo - Lee Dong-wook - Kim Go-eun - Yoo In-na - Yook Sungjae - Lee El ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Korean drama, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Flower of evil
A perfect marriage and a happy family, is what Cha Ji-Won and Baek Hee-Sung have built together. All that goes to ahes as a series of murders start occuring and Cha Ji Won, who works as a detective starts questioning it all, especially her husband's past and hidden identity.
Starring: Lee Joon-gi - Moon Chae-won - Jang Hee-jin - Kim Ji-hoon ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Korean drama, Melodrama, Thriller
Signal
The drama follows a young profiler in present day named Park Hae Young, who acquires a mysterious walkie-talkie that allows him to communicate with Detective Lee Jae Han from the late ’80s to the early 2000s. Together, alongside Detective Cha Soo Hyun, Hae Young’s boss, and a close friend of Jae Han’s, the three attempt to solve several cold cases that hit closer to home more often than not, in order to change the future and bring those responsible for their crimes to justice.
Starring: Lee Je Hoon - Kim Hye Soo - Jo Jin Woong ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Drama, Crime, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, Procedural drama
Weightlifting fairy Kim bok joo
Another story of dreams, friendship and young love on this list. 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 women who trains with heavy steel weights, she is also very feminine when it comes to relationships. To focus solely on weightlifting would jeopardize her relationship but leaving her weightlifting career for love would keep her from attaining her dreams.
Starring: Lee Sung-kyung - Nam Joo-hyuk - Lee Jae-yoon ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Drama, Sports, Romantic comedy, Coming of age
Stranger
Hwang Si-Mok had brain surgery when he was a child, and due to that he lack emotion. Now, Hwang Si-Mok works as a prosecutor. He is rational, but cold and lonely. He is also one of the only prosecutors not involved in corruption. One day, a dead body is thrown in front of him. He meets Police Lieutenant Han Yeo-Jin at a murder crime scene. And they work together to eradicate corruption at the prosecutor's office and solve a serial murder case.
Starring: Cho Seung-Woo - Bae Doo-Na - Yoo Jae-Myung - Shin Hye-Sun ...
Number of episodes : 32
Genre : Drama, Thriller, Crime novel, Crime TV genre
The uncanny counter
A group of people are called "Counter." Their purpose is to hunt down evil spirits that hunt the living, and they each have their own special abilities. The group disguises themselves as employees at noodle restaurant.
the group has the most unordinary members. There's So Mun is a high school student with a disabilty due to an accident that occured when he was young,that caused the death of his parents. He is also the youngest member of "Counter." His special ability is his physical strength. As a child, he was involved in a suspicious car accident. His parents died in the accident and he was left with a limp in his left leg.
Another member of the group is Ga Mo-Tak a former police officer known for his righteous personality. He had an accident 7 years ago, which caused him to lose his memory. Do Ha-Na another memeber, can sense evil spirits from hundreds of kilometers away. When she touches someone, she can read their memories. Chu Mae-Ok is the chef of the noodle restaurant where the counter hold all their meetings. She is the anchor of "Counter." Choi Jang-Mool is the first "Counter” of Korea. He is in charge of managing expenses fr the group.
Starring: Jo Byung-gyu - Sejeong - Yoo Jun-sang - Lee Hong-nae - Yeom Hye-ran - Choi Yoon-Young ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy television
Chicago typewriter
The drama follows Han Se Ju, a world famous writer who falls into a slump or a series case of writer’s block, after a traumatizing incident occurs, one day he comes into possession of a mysterious typewriter that somehow has ties to his past life. Soon afterwards, he meets Jeon Seol, and a mysterious ghostwriter named Yoo Jin Oh, who also seemingly have a connection to him and the typewriter. The rest of the drama shows Se Ju and Jeon Seol learning of their past lives, of which they are beginning to have memories of, and the show darts back and forth from the present to the 1930’s, as they try to navigate their own lives and grow as their own selves.
Starring: Yoo Ah-in - Im Soo-jung - Go Kyung-pyo - Jo Woo-jin ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Romance, Fantasy, Historical fiction
The guest
When he was little, Yoon Hwa Pyung was possessed by a powerful evil spirit named Park Il Do. As a result, his mother and grandmother die, his father abandons him and he is left under the care of his elderly grandfather. He makes it his life mission to hunt down and end the malevolent spirit’s reign of terror. He gets help from priest Choi Yoon and a detective Kang Kil Young, who both lost their family to Park Il Do.
Starring: Kim Dong Wook - Kim Jae Wook - Jung Eun Chae - Park Ho-san - Lee Won-jong - Kim Hye-eun ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Occult Fiction
18 again
Jung Da-Jung and Hong Dae-Young have been married for quite some time. They have have together an 18 year old daughter and son. Hong Dae-Young gets fired from his ans is now jobless, while his wife isworking as the sole home provider, as a roookie announcer.
Thi situation leads to many issues between the couple and Jung Da-Jung finally hands him divorce papers. Full with regrets Hong Dae-Young wishes he could have done better as a husband and father. At that moment his body suddenly changes into one of an 18 year old. He remembers his legendary highschool days as a popular basketball player, and now that he is 18, he changes his name Ko Woo-Young and decides to begin a new life.
Starring: Kim Ha-Neul - Yoon Sang-Hyun - Lee Do-Hyun - Lee Mi-Do - Roh Jeong-Eui - Ryeo Un ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Drama, Fantasy, Coming-of-age
Still 17
Gong Woo-Jin is a 30-year-old single man and he works as a set designer. Due to a trauma he experienced 13 years ago, he does not want to have a relationship with others. Woo Seo-Ri on the other hand had an accident when she was 17, as a result she fell into a coma.
13 years later, she wakes up from her coma. Her mental age is still that of a 17-year-old, but she is now 30-years-old.Gong Woo-Jin and Woo Seo-Ri presents get interwined with each others leading them to overcome their issues and fall for each others charms.
Starring : Yang Se-Jong - Shin Hye-Sun - Ahn Hyo-Seop - Ye Ji-Won - Jo Hyun-Sik - Lee Do-Hyun ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Romantic comedy
Innocent defendant
The korean drama is a crime thriller that tells the story of a prosecutor, Park Jung-woo, in the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, who was chasing after a criminal named Cha Min-ho. Park Jung-woo lost his wife and his child because of Cha Min-ho, and Park Jung-woo ended up in jail because he was framed and accused of killing his loved ones. As a prosecutor, Park Jung-woo has had to solve some cases, but this time he has to solve his own case.
the plot gets complicated every episode and, the drama is so compelling, you'd get definitely hooked and won't be able to miss any episode.
Starring: Ji Sung - Um Ki-joon - Kwon Yuri - Kim Min-seok - Hyun-kyung Uhm - Jo Jae-yoon ...
Number of episodes : 18
Genre : Legal Drama, Thriller
Hyena
The drama follows lawyers at Song & Kim who only work for the richest 1% of society. Jung Geum-ja is a swashbuckling lawyer who crosses the boundaries of law and lawlessness, justice and injustice, ethics and corruption. Armed with the strongest survival instincts, she is a true hyena that chases after money and success no matter what it takes.
On the other hand Yoon Hee-jae is her polar opposite rival. He is a pedigreed and elite lawyer who is confident in his abilities. He possesses a brilliant mind that is wrapped around his ego, but he misses the grit of Geum-ja and gets outsmarted by her on many occasions.
Starring: Ju Ji-hoon - Kim Hye-soo - Hwang Bo Ra - Jeon Seok-ho - Geung-young Lee ...
Number of episodes : 16
Genre : Legal Drama
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