Korean Dramas - Popular - Series, a list by Linvo

7.9

/739796/

77

/36818/

78

/17057/

3.7

/1241919/

85

/253/

67

Metacritic

65

/75/

age 16+

Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.

93

9.1

/34646/

89

/806/

87

/446/

4.7

/91120/

100

/8/

98

In Jeju, a spirited girl and a steadfast boy's island story blossoms into a lifelong tale of setbacks and triumphs — proving love endures across time.

70

?

7.7

/419/

68

/14/

67

/3/

Maeng Se-na, a top star criminal lawyer who has been a fangirl for fifteen years, tries to prove her favorite idol’s innocence, who is suspected of murder.

74

?

7.0

/364/

71

/12/

82

/6/

In 1970s South Korea, follow two men on opposite sides of power — one driven by ambition, the other by justice. As their worlds collide, greed, loyalty, and survival intertwine in a battle that will shape a nation.

67

44

6.5

/1823/

68

/141/

70

/47/

3.3

/3882/

age 14+

An ordinary man who inherits super strength discovers a greater evil out to steal his power. The one catch? Every use drains money from his wallet.

76

59

7.5

/3131/

73

/165/

80

/50/

3.3

/8446/

A passionate fling in Jeju ends abruptly — until fate reunites an heir and a young woman when she joins his company, disguised as a married mother.

81

?

7.4

/475/

82

/27/

89

/7/

3.6

/472/

When a respected judge's world falls apart overnight, he joins a top law firm's pro bono team — where hope and purpose wait in humble, unexpected places.

70

?

7.6

/187/

63

/6/

71

/6/

After moving to a quiet rural town to heal from past heartbreak, a withdrawn teacher slowly rediscovers warmth and joy through her unexpected connection with a rough-around-the-edges but kindhearted local man.

77

61

7.6

/2939/

76

/160/

78

/33/

3.9

/5588/

80

/5/

Accused of killing her husband, a woman is offered a way out by a mysterious stranger: in exchange for a confession in her place, she must commit murder.

79

7.6

/86895/

77

/4564/

83

/4219/

3.8

/140350/

89

/27/

82

Metacritic

67

/5/

age 15+

A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.

79

64

7.8

/3596/

77

/163/

84

/77/

3.8

/2219/

age 15+

Mild-mannered Tae-jung is wrongfully imprisoned for a heinous crime. He soon discovers that a mysterious figure named Yo-han orchestrated his downfall. Fueled by vengeance, Tae-jung sets out to make Yo-han pay.

81

8.1

/8865/

82

/490/

81

/161/

4.1

/19792/

A former special forces soldier delivers revenge for victims of injustice while working for a secret organization that fronts as a taxi company.

85

8.4

/23108/

85

/1102/

85

/334/

4.4

/120601/

80

/5/

93

age 15+

With the aid of unexpected friends, a gifted but introverted student confronts bullies and violent foes — unaware of how dangerous his world will become.

84

8.0

/11730/

78

/454/

89

/177/

3.8

/14444/

80

/5/

95

age 14+

After time traveling to the Joseon era, a talented chef meets a tyrant king. Her modern dishes captivate his palate, but royal challenges await her.

91

8.7

/56136/

86

/2236/

85

/869/

4.3

/60198/

100

/6/

97

age 13+

A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.

83

82

8.5

/4391/

82

/449/

84

/56/

age 14+

Eighty "Black Spoon" underdog cooks with a knack for flavor face 20 elite "White Spoon" chefs in a fierce cooking showdown among 100 contenders.

79

50

7.8

/2213/

75

/115/

83

/39/

3.9

/7641/

Behind a beautiful face hides a cruel nature—Baek Ah-jin, who sees through and manipulates others' hearts. After stepping on the sacrifices of many to reach the top, everything begins to change the moment she arrives there. A woman wearing a mask to escape hell and climb to the highest place. And the story of the Xs being brutally crushed by her.

75

?

7.3

/412/

70

/17/

83

/9/

In their twenties, Lee Kyeong-do and Seo Ji-woo part ways after two passionate relationships. A decade later, they meet again as a reporter who covers an adultery scandal and the wife of the man at the center of that scandal. Reuniting in their late thirties, their youth has passed, but their love remains vivid. Kyeong-do now strives to prove to her and to himself that he still loves her.

?

9.2

/75/

58

/5/

100

/2/

The return of corrupt judge Lee Han-young, who was a slave to a large law firm, to the past 10 years ago. He makes new choices to punish evil and implement justice.

86

8.7

/27157/

86

/1072/

85

/726/

age 14+

A powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.

85

8.2

/41882/

83

/2388/

84

/851/

4.3

/98706/

82

/11/

93

Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.

84

8.6

/17237/

82

/578/

84

/302/

4.3

/25136/

A psychopath's ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos. A honest and justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with tragic past, face against the killer. After the encounter with the psychopath, their lives totally change.

87

8.3

/62251/

81

/3872/

82

/1160/

98

/32/

92

In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.

80

7.9

/23283/

80

/1192/

83

/2534/

3.5

/89832/

Lim Ju-kyung is a high school student. Since she was little, she has had a complex about her appearance. To hide her bare face, Ju-kyung always wears make-up. Her excellent make-up skills make her pretty and she hides her bare face in front of others. She gets involved with 2 men; Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun.

78

66

7.5

/2929/

75

/197/

80

/60/

3.9

/8147/

83

/6/

When two women plot to end an abusive marriage through murder, an unexpected visitor arrives — threatening to shatter everything they've carefully planned.

75

7.2

/40948/

74

/2709/

82

/1525/

3.7

/64296/

83

/12/

66

age 15+

As humans turn into savage monsters and the world plunges into terror, a handful of survivors fight for their lives — and to hold on to their humanity.

84

8.4

/38739/

84

/1754/

85

/1037/

4.1

/48291/

At the age of eight, Park Joo Hyeong left for Italy after being adopted. Now an adult, he is known as Vincenzo Cassano and employed by a Mafia family as a consigliere. Due to warring Mafia factions, he flies to South Korea where he gets involved with lawyer Hong Cha Young. She is the type of attorney who will do anything to win a case. Now back in his motherland, he gives an unrivalled conglomerate a taste of his own medicine—with a side of his own version of justice.

82

8.1

/39139/

82

/1885/

84

/694/

4.0

/99134/

In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away. But plans go awry when he turns out to be her CEO — and makes a proposal.

83

8.5

/22378/

81

/1320/

84

/589/

4.1

/24556/

At the brink of going to hell, Yee-jae must cycle through twelve separate lives and twelve separate deaths in this reincarnation drama.

85

8.1

/22543/

80

/1017/

83

/473/

4.1

/50985/

89

/9/

92

age 15+

Two young boxers band together with a benevolent moneylender to take down a ruthless loan shark who preys on the financially desperate.

82

?

8.6

/125/

100

/2/

60

/1/

An OB-GYN who seems to have it all hides the pain of running away from her family after a tragic accident, until a man who sees through her loneliness enters her life and changes everything.

86

7.8

/42254/

80

/2413/

82

/1003/

4.1

/88845/

100

/7/

92

age 15+

Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.

88

8.9

/12476/

88

/507/

88

/123/

4.4

/55291/

A CODA (child of deaf adult) student born with a gift for music crash lands at an unfamiliar place after time traveling through a suspicious music shop. There, he forms the band Watermelon Sugar with other mysterious youths.

89

8.4

/15457/

82

/936/

84

/248/

4.3

/29157/

100

/9/

97

age 15+

Children who live in hiding with superpowers, along with their parents who live with painful secrets of the past, face enormous dangers together.

89

9.0

/18184/

89

/772/

88

/194/

4.5

/45944/

Take a nostalgic trip back to the late 1980s through the lives of five families and their five teenage kids living in a small neighbourhood in Seoul.

80

7.5

/8590/

74

/481/

77

/129/

3.7

/10473/

88

/8/

89

age 15+

After severing ties with his gang, a former gangster returns to uncover the truth behind his brother's death — embarking on a relentless path of revenge.

91

9.0

/14667/

89

/628/

85

/181/

4.4

/17958/

100

/7/

92

In a world that is less than kind, a young woman and a middle-aged man develop a sense of kinship as they find warmth and comfort in one another.

85

8.6

/35959/

85

/1826/

86

/2999/

4.1

/42724/

In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.

81

78

7.2

/4973/

73

/272/

75

/70/

3.7

/10198/

100

/9/

89

age 16+

As illegal firearms flood into a gun-free South Korea, a resolute cop and a mysterious partner join forces to stop the chaos from sweeping the nation.

84

8.2

/25254/

83

/925/

84

/429/

3.9

/39777/

100

/6/

73

age 13+

The queen of department stores and the prince of supermarkets weather a marital crisis—until love miraculously begins to bloom again.

85

8.6

/44069/

85

/1735/

85

/1431/

4.0

/61155/

Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.

70

20

6.9

/739/

67

/35/

75

/18/

A hateful romance between a professional detective actor who wants to become a melodrama master and a female reporter who was demoted from a political reporter who won the Reporter of the Year award to the entertainment department.

76

7.7

/18975/

78

/863/

84

/607/

3.5

/40070/

60

/5/

81

A pitiless demon becomes powerless after getting entangled with an icy heiress, who may hold the key to his lost abilities — and his heart.

78

41

7.4

/1869/

78

/76/

82

/31/

3.8

/1788/

age 13+

Depicts the struggles of small and medium-sized businesses and their families who face the 1997 IMF crisis head-on.

85

8.6

/20920/

85

/858/

84

/301/

4.3

/94685/

age 14+

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.

71

67

6.5

/9473/

75

/258/

75

/79/

3.5

/3191/

75

/8/

68

age 15+

After a thousand years, a quirky genie returns to grant wishes to a woman born without feelings. Can his magic bring love and wonder to her world?

89

8.5

/36791/

84

/1911/

84

/891/

4.0

/21406/

100

/11/

94

age 14+

With a genius-level IQ, Woo Young-woo learns to embrace her extraordinary self while forming a tight-knit community of friends and allies.

85

8.5

/14155/

85

/507/

85

/228/