Non Glamorous, Underscored Older K-Dramas That are Good

Tae Ho Mar 12, 2021
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  • Bachelor's Vegetable Store

    1. Bachelor's Vegetable Store

    Korean Drama - 2011, 24 episodes
    6.9
    199 points by 2 voters
    “Bachelor Vegetable Store” centers on the love lives and successes of six single young men. Han Tae Yang is a talented young man with big dreams for his tiny vegetable shop who ...more
  • Five Fingers

    2. Five Fingers

    Korean Drama - 2012, 30 episodes
    7.4
    194 points by 2 voters
    In Ha, the son of a talented pianist, dreams of inheriting his family’s business. However, when his father introduces an illegitimate son, Ji Ho, as the heir, In Ha’s world is upended. ...more
  • Warrior Baek Dong Soo

    3. Warrior Baek Dong Soo

    Korean Drama - 2011, 29 episodes
    8.1
    192 points by 2 voters
    Set in the Joseon Dynasty during King Jeong Jo's reign, the story is centered around the events involving Crown Prince Sa Do's conspiracy. Warrior Baek Dong Su was a real-life legend who ...more
  • Can You Hear My Heart

    4. Can You Hear My Heart

    Korean Drama - 2011, 30 episodes
    8.1
    100 points by 1 voters
    Family relationships can be complicated and tortured. Bong U Ri is a loving, dutiful daughter who does her best to accommodate the needs of her deaf mother and mentally challenged stepfather. After ...more
  • Beethoven Virus

    5. Beethoven Virus

    Korean Drama - 2008, 18 episodes
    7.1
    100 points by 1 voters
    Du Ru Mi, a struggling violinist by night working for the mayor by day, is put in charge of setting up a city orchestra. When she is scammed out of the startup ...more
  • Jungle Fish 2

    6. Jungle Fish 2

    Korean Drama - 2010, 8 episodes
    7.3
    99 points by 1 voters
    A beautiful high school student, who is the top student of her class, mysteriously dies. Six of her friends who graduated from the same elementary school attempts to track down the reasons ...more
  • Loving You a Thousand Times

    7. Loving You a Thousand Times

    Korean Drama - 2009, 55 episodes
    7.3
    98 points by 1 voters
    Baek Sae Hoon and his wife, Lee Sun Young, desperately try to conceive a child but are unsuccessful. Sae Hoon's mother goes to Sun Young and asks that she consider surrogacy as ...more
  • Time Between Dog and Wolf

    8. Time Between Dog and Wolf

    Korean Drama - 2007, 16 episodes
    8.1
    98 points by 1 voters
    After his mother is brutally murdered in front of him by the Thai criminal syndicate Cheongbang, Lee Soo Hyun is adopted into NIS agent Kang Jung Ho's family. Together with Kang Min ...more
  • 49 Days

    9. 49 Days

    Korean Drama - 2011, 20 episodes
    8.2
    97 points by 1 voters
    Shin Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to marry her fiancé, Kang Min Ho, but her perfect life is shattered when she gets into a car accident that ...more
  • Hot Blood

    10. Hot Blood

    Korean Drama - 2009, 20 episodes
    6.8
    97 points by 1 voters
    Revolves around penniless Ha Ryu who is driven by upward mobility and a thirst for personal success. Here is a man who can do whatever it takes to make money. He dreams ...more
  • My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho

    11. My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho

    Korean Drama - 2010, 16 episodes
    8.0
    96 points by 1 voters
    Cha Dae Woong is a carefree university student who dreams of becoming a famous actor. He is an orphan whose wealthy grandfather Cha Poong and single aunt Cha Min Sook take care ...more
  • My Girl

    12. My Girl

    Korean Drama - 2005, 16 episodes
    7.8
    95 points by 1 voters
    When Gong Chan meets the lively and beautiful Yoo Rin, he finds out that she has connections to his missing cousin, whom his grandfather has been searching for. He asks Yoo Rin ...more
  • Missing You

    13. Missing You

    Korean Drama - 2012, 21 episodes
    7.9
    95 points by 1 voters
    15-year-old Soo Yeon is a victim of bullying at school. They target her because her father is a murderer. Soo Yeon has an ally named Jung Woo, who always protects her from ...more
  • The Greatest Love

    14. The Greatest Love

    Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
    8.1
    94 points by 1 voters
    Gu Ae Jung was once the most popular member of the girl band, ‘The National Treasure Girls’. When the band broke up ten years ago, she received the bulk of the blame. ...more
  • The Chaser

    15. The Chaser

    Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
    7.6
    94 points by 1 voters
    Detective Baek Hong Seok lost his 15-year-old daughter in a car accident, and his wife died from shock shortly afterwards. Detective Baek Hong Seok then searches for the truth related to his ...more
  • Painter of the Wind

    16. Painter of the Wind

    Korean Drama - 2008, 20 episodes
    7.9
    92 points by 1 voters
    Sin Yun Bok is a talented painter who disguises herself as a boy to search for her father's murderer and meets a master painter who guides her into being a great painter. ...more

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