20 top k-dramas of all time

Here's a list of my all time favorite k-dramas.
Some of these I've watched several times. Feel free to vote for your faves!

elizaa99 Nov 8, 2023
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  • W

    1. W

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.5
    2,083 points by 21 voters
    O Seong Mu, the father of cardiothoracic surgeon O Yeon Ju, mysteriously goes missing while writing the last chapter of his webtoon "W". Yeon Ju goes to his office looking, but a ...more
  • Healer

    2. Healer

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.8
    2,073 points by 21 voters
    Seo Jeong Hu 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
  • Twenty-Five Twenty-One

    3. Twenty-Five Twenty-One

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
    8.8
    1,679 points by 17 voters
    During the South Korean financial crisis, teen fencer Na Hee Do's high school team is disbanded, but she overcomes obstacles to join the national team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi Jin's life is turned ...more
  • Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    4. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.7
    1,586 points by 16 voters
    When a total eclipse of the sun takes place, Go Ha Jin is transported back in time to the start of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea during King Taejo's rule. She wakes ...more
  • Hospital Playlist

    5. Hospital Playlist

    Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    9.0
    1,073 points by 11 voters
    The stories of people going through their days are seemingly ordinary but actually special at the hospital, a place known as the microcosm of life, where someone is being born and someone's ...more
  • Mr. Sunshine

    6. Mr. Sunshine

    Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
    8.8
    794 points by 8 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
  • Youth of May

    7. Youth of May

    Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
    8.7
    783 points by 8 voters
    Hee Tae, a top student at Seoul National University College of Medicine, becomes a local hero in Gwangju. His best friend Kyung Soo, a pro-democracy activist, persuades him to open an illegal ...more
  • 18 Again

    8. 18 Again

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.6
    674 points by 7 voters
    Jung Da Jeong and Hong Dae Yeong have been married for almost two decades, raising their twins together. Despite appearances, their life is far from ideal, filled with Dae Yeong's incessant nonsense. ...more
  • Under the Queen's Umbrella

    9. Under the Queen's Umbrella

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
    9.0
    592 points by 6 voters
    Within the palace exist troublemaking princes who cause nothing but headaches for the royal family and are about to be turned into proper crown princes. Their mother, Im Hwa Ryeong, is the wife ...more
  • Empress Ki

    10. Empress Ki

    Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
    8.6
    575 points by 6 voters
    Genghis Khan built an empire that spanned vast regions in East Asia and East Europe. And there was one woman who held immense power in the Yuan Dynasty, which Genghis Khan founded, ...more
  • You're Beautiful

    11. You're Beautiful

    Korean Drama - 2009, 16 episodes
    8.0
    574 points by 6 voters
    The management company of the idol group A.N.JELL insisted on adding a new singer to the group as the lead vocal, Tae Kyung's voice was hurting. However,the new member, Mi Nam, had ...more
  • Memories of the Alhambra

    12. Memories of the Alhambra

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.0
    475 points by 5 voters
    Yoo Jin U, a competitive CEO and video game developer, visits Granada, Spain, seeking the inventor of a groundbreaking augmented-reality game. Staying at a hostel owned by Jung Hui Ju, a former ...more
  • Fated to Love You

    13. Fated to Love You

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.1
    469 points by 5 voters
    Mi Yeong is a typical office clerk who is rather plain, somewhat awkward and has her good nature taken advantage of by her co-workers on a daily basis. While on vacation, she ...more
  • When the Camellia Blooms

    14. When the Camellia Blooms

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    8.4
    386 points by 4 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
  • Queen for Seven Days

    15. Queen for Seven Days

    Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
    8.2
    297 points by 3 voters
    This drama is about the love story between King Jung Jong and his Queen Dan Kyung, who was crowned and deposed within the span of a week due to rival political factions ...more
  • The Crowned Clown

    16. The Crowned Clown

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.4
    285 points by 3 voters
    Amid political chaos and threats against King Lee Hun, a clown named Ha Sun, who closely resembles the king, is brought into the palace as his double. Orphaned during an epidemic and ...more
  • The King in Love

    17. The King in Love

    Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
    7.7
    193 points by 2 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
  • My Country: The New Age

    18. My Country: The New Age

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.4
    191 points by 2 voters
    Set during the transition from the Goryeo to the Joseon period, two friends become enemies due to differing views on "my country." Seo Hwi, a skilled warrior and son of a renowned ...more
  • Trot Lovers

    19. Trot Lovers

    Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
    7.3
    83 points by 1 voters
    Jang Joon Hyun is a talented and popular musician. He looks down upon the traditional trot music genre. Meanwhile, Choi Chun Hee works multiple jobs as the breadwinner to support her father ...more
  • Jang Ok Jung

    20. Jang Ok Jung

    Korean Drama - 2013, 24 episodes
    7.8
    82 points by 1 voters
    This drama tells the story of Jang Hee Bin, one of the most famous royal concubines in the Joseon Dynasty who was behind the deposition of King Sook Jong’s wife, Queen In ...more

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