Top underrated spy dramas

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  • Moving

    1. Moving

    Korean Drama - 2023, 20 episodes
    9.1
    492 points by 5 voters
    Kim Bong Seok, Jang Hui Su, and Lee Gang Hun, seemingly typical high school students, bear extraordinary inherited powers. Bong Seok can fly, Hui Su possesses exceptional athleticism and rapid injury recovery, ...more
  • The Veil

    2. The Veil

    Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
    8.3
    398 points by 4 voters
    In this spy series, top NIS agent Ji Hyuk seeks to uncover a traitor, unveiling a larger threat. His memory loss leads him to a minor task team, where he meets Je ...more
  • The Worst of Evil

    3. The Worst of Evil

    Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
    8.6
    282 points by 3 voters
    Set in 1990s Seoul, rural police officer Park Jun Mu goes undercover to infiltrate a drug cartel behind the powerful new drug "Gangnam Crystal." As he uncovers the organization's secrets, he learns ...more
  • Iris

    4. Iris

    Korean Drama - 2009, 20 episodes
    7.9
    198 points by 2 voters
    Kim Hyun Joon and Jin Sa Woo are best friends who were brought into a top secret organization known as NSS by analyst Choi Seung Hee and Park Sang Hyun. Hyun Joon ...more
  • Snowdrop

    5. Snowdrop

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    8.4
    195 points by 2 voters
    In 1987, a bloody man jumps into a women’s university dormitory in Seoul. Yeong Ro, a female university student who falls in love with him at first sight on a group blind ...more
  • City Hunter

    6. City Hunter

    Korean Drama - 2011, 20 episodes
    8.3
    192 points by 2 voters
    Lee Yoon Sung is a talented MIT-graduate who works on the international communications team in the Blue House. He plans revenge on five politicians who caused his father's death with his surrogate ...more
  • The Longest Day in Chang'an

    7. The Longest Day in Chang'an

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 48 episodes
    8.5
    190 points by 2 voters
    744 A.D., Chang’an, the cosmopolitan heart of the Tang Empire. The remnants of a vanquished Central Asian kingdom have infiltrated the world’s largest city for a planned attack during the Lantern Festival. ...more
  • Happiness

    8. Happiness

    Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
    8.8
    186 points by 2 voters
    Yun Sae Bom is a special agent with quick wits and reflexes and another special quality. She earns the opportunity to move into a new apartment set aside for civil servants in ...more
  • Family: The Unbreakable Bond

    9. Family: The Unbreakable Bond

    Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
    7.5
    100 points by 1 voters
    Kwon Do Hun is an expert sniper and a secret agent working for the National Intelligence Service. To conceal his true identity, he lives a double life as a regular trading company ...more
  • Terius behind Me

    10. Terius behind Me

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    8.3
    95 points by 1 voters
    Ko Ae Rin is a single mother who, after unexpectedly losing her husband, gets involved in a spy war. She lives in the apartment in front of Kim Bon. Kim Bon, whose ...more
  • Man to Man

    11. Man to Man

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    7.8
    94 points by 1 voters
    Kim Sul Woo is a top-secret National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent, known only to a few superiors. When the Songsan Group is identified as a national threat, Sul Woo goes undercover as ...more
  • Spy Game

    12. Spy Game

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 38 episodes
    7.6
    92 points by 1 voters
    In Jinhai, China, a spy game has shot up in popularity among young people. As it turns out, the game was developed by an overseas intelligence organization known as "Night Fog." They ...more
  • Women's Resistance Movement

    13. Women's Resistance Movement

    Chinese Drama - 2014, 40 episodes
    7.4
    89 points by 1 voters
    It focuses on Du Xueyan, a female fighter who works against Japanese occupation and organizes a women's regiment to confront them in the northeast.
  • Out of the Shadow

    14. Out of the Shadow

    Hong Kong Movie - 2024
    0.0
    88 points by 1 voters
    ~~ Release dates: Mar 6, 2024 (Festival)
  • Undercover

    15. Undercover

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    7.9
    86 points by 1 voters
    Han Jung Hyun, an agent with the Agency for National Security Planning, lives a double life. After falling in love with Choi Yeon Soo, a human rights lawyer, he marries her and ...more
  • My Name

    16. My Name

    Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
    8.7
    84 points by 1 voters
    After her father's murder, Yoon Ji Woo seeks revenge by infiltrating the police under the direction of Choi Moo Jin, the head of a powerful drug ring. As she goes undercover, she ...more
  • Spy

    17. Spy

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
    7.2
    83 points by 1 voters
    Hye Rim is a perfect mom inside and out. She pays a lot of attention to her children’s education. She’s also a perfect housewife who supports her husband very well. But in ...more
  • Good Casting

    18. Good Casting

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    7.8
    82 points by 1 voters
    Baek Chan Mi is a legendary agent for the National Intelligence Service. However, due to an excessive operation, one of her subordinates passes away. After this incident, she takes back all hope ...more
  • IRIS 2

    19. IRIS 2

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    7.4
    81 points by 1 voters
    The story explores the origins of the former Director of the NSS and IRIS agent Baek San and the protagonist Jung Yoo Gun. After agent Kim Hyun Jun was killed by a ...more
  • Athena: Goddess of War

    20. Athena: Goddess of War

    Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes
    7.2
    80 points by 1 voters
    A terrorist group known as "Athena" and led by evil mastermind Son Hyuk threatens South Korea and the world. It is now up to special agent Lee Jung Woo of the National ...more
  • 7th Grade Civil Servant

    21. 7th Grade Civil Servant

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    6.8
    79 points by 1 voters
    Two wannabe spies break up when one of them gets fired. Years later, both end up being spies working for different units, so they have to keep their covers up in real ...more
  • Vagabond

    22. Vagabond

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.5
    78 points by 1 voters
    Cha Dal Gun, devastated by his nephew’s death in a mysterious plane crash, embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind a massive cover-up. Go Hae Ri, the eldest daughter of ...more
  • The Bridal Mask

    23. The Bridal Mask

    Korean Drama - 2012, 28 episodes
    8.5
    77 points by 1 voters
    Lee Kang To is an ambitious and callous Korean officer employed by the Japanese colonists. Despite his mother's disapproval of his work and his own brother's antagonistic history with the Japanese, Kang ...more
  • Time Between Dog and Wolf

    24. Time Between Dog and Wolf

    Korean Movie - 2007
    7.0
    76 points by 1 voters
    There is a moment after sunset when it is so dark, one cannot tell whether the animal in front of one's eyes is a dog or a wolf. In French, this moment ...more
  • Myung Wol the Spy

    25. Myung Wol the Spy

    Korean Drama - 2011, 18 episodes
    7.2
    75 points by 1 voters
    In the romantic-comedy "Spy Myung Wo,", beautiful North Korean spy Myung Wol goes to South Korea in an attempt to kidnap a popular Korean male entertainer.
  • Sweet Spy

    26. Sweet Spy

    Korean Drama - 2005, 20 episodes
    7.1
    74 points by 1 voters
    Nam Sang-mi plays widowed police officer Lee Sun-ae who finds herself suddenly immersed into international espionage by Han Yoo-il (Dennis Oh), an undercover agent. Lee Joo-hyun plays Kang-Jun, who's recently transferred to ...more
  • Cruel City

    27. Cruel City

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    8.5
    73 points by 1 voters
    It portrays the cruel life of the drug cartels and the story of revenge for a loved one. Jung Shi Hyun is a newly appointed under-boss of the drug cartel. He lives ...more
  • A Man Called God

    28. A Man Called God

    Korean Drama - 2010, 24 episodes
    7.3
    72 points by 1 voters
    Michael King vows to avenge his parents' deaths. He believes that he can use his power as head of an underground drug kingpin to punish those who hurt him. However, his beliefs ...more
  • Different Dreams

    29. Different Dreams

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    7.8
    71 points by 1 voters
    A turning point in Korean history, one never to be forgotten is presented in this engaging historical drama, celebrating its 100th anniversary. In 1919, during the Japanese colonial period, two events paved ...more
  • Local Hero

    30. Local Hero

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    7.2
    70 points by 1 voters
    Baek Shi-Yoon is an ex-secret agent and a well-trained human weapon. Hiding his past, he buys the bar "Neighborhood" and runs it is as the owner. He gets close to the neighborhood ...more
  • Rugal

    31. Rugal

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    7.5
    69 points by 1 voters
    Kang Ki Beom is an elite police officer whose attempt to bring down Argos, a nationwide criminal organization, results in a group of masked assailants from Argos killing his beloved wife and ...more
  • The Spies Who Loved Me

    32. The Spies Who Loved Me

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    7.5
    68 points by 1 voters
    Kang Ah Reum, a wedding dress designer, has been married twice to men with dark secrets. Her first husband, Jun Ji Hoon, is a secret agent for Interpol, hiding his true identity ...more
  • Rookie Agent Rouge

    33. Rookie Agent Rouge

    Chinese Drama - 2016, 45 episodes
    8.1
    67 points by 1 voters
    Lan Yan Zhi is a privileged banker's daughter. She is a genius and has excellent observation and analytical skills along with a very sharp memory. She is not an average person and ...more
  • Storm Eye

    34. Storm Eye

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes
    7.7
    66 points by 1 voters
    A story about a team of agents is told from the perspective of An Jing and Ma Shang. Showing no fear in their mission to uphold justice, these officers work hard to ...more
  • Autumn Cicada

    35. Autumn Cicada

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 49 episodes
    7.8
    65 points by 1 voters
    The year is 1941, and East Asia is being torn apart by war – on land, at sea, and in the air. Imperial Japanese forces occupied Hong Kong and worked with native ...more
  • Spy Hunter

    36. Spy Hunter

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 46 episodes
    7.9
    64 points by 1 voters
    In the spring of 1931, after The Communist Party successfully set up many communication stations in China, they set their sight on Western Europe and assigned 2 of their agents ''Asthray'" and ...more
  • The Glorious Era

    37. The Glorious Era

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 46 episodes
    7.8
    63 points by 1 voters
    Set in the period before and after the founding of PRC, it is a story that follows the first generation of People's Public Security. CCP undercover agent, Zheng Chao Yang, engages in ...more
  • Never Say Goodbye

    38. Never Say Goodbye

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 47 episodes
    7.9
    62 points by 1 voters
    Three years ago, police officer Liu Yuan Wen sends back faulty intelligence, seemingly causing the death of his fiancée and fellow police officer Rong Yu. He also loses a friend in Rong ...more
  • Sparrow

    39. Sparrow

    Chinese Drama - 2016, 61 episodes
    8.0
    61 points by 1 voters
    This drama is set during the revolutionary time in Shanghai. During the republican revolution, Chen Shen is a secret agent under Special Operations Executive Director Bi Zhong Liang, among the agents called ...more
  • The Disguiser

    40. The Disguiser

    Chinese Drama - 2015, 48 episodes
    8.1
    60 points by 1 voters
    Focusing on a story of betrayal, romance, friendship, and familial ties behind the Sino-Japanese war. Ming Tai is a man from a wealthy family who was trained as a spy and then ...more
  • Love In Han Yuan

    41. Love In Han Yuan

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 46 episodes
    7.6
    59 points by 1 voters
    A story about a socialite in Shanghai whose family falls to ruin and starts on a journey to become a spy. Lu Han Zhi's fate is intertwined between two men from opposing ...more
  • Battle of Changsha

    42. Battle of Changsha

    Chinese Drama - 2014, 32 episodes
    8.6
    58 points by 1 voters
    'Battle of Changsha' retells the turbulent events of the second Sino-Japanese War from the perspective of the Hu family, particularly through the eyes of a 16-year-old girl named Hu Xiang Xiang and ...more
  • Agent X

    43. Agent X

    Chinese Drama - 2013, 42 episodes
    7.4
    57 points by 1 voters
    During a mission, Zhong Li and her superior, an elite agent by the name of He Jun Feng accidentally met. Two wholly different people are seemingly pulled together by fate, and sparks ...more
  • Decoded

    44. Decoded

    Chinese Drama - 2016, 44 episodes
    7.8
    56 points by 1 voters
    Can anyone crack the code? When an unknown Country X sends the dangerous spy known as “The Awakener” to infiltrate China using an advanced coded communication system known as “Purple Secret,” the ...more
  • Untouchable Lovers

    45. Untouchable Lovers

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 54 episodes
    7.4
    55 points by 1 voters
    Tianji Tower, the dominant force in the martial world, aims to overthrow the tyrant Liu Zi Ye of the Liu Song dynasty. They replace his sister, Liu Chu Yu, with their disciple ...more
  • Code Thirteen

    46. Code Thirteen

    Chinese Drama - 2012, 36 episodes
    6.3
    54 points by 1 voters
    During the Anti-Japanese War, a group of highly trained female spies hold the key to defeating the enemies. Guo Chun Guang is a highly trained spy for the Communist Party who goes ...more
  • The Patriot

    47. The Patriot

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 50 episodes
    7.7
    53 points by 1 voters
    Set during 1930s/40s China, Manchuria is under Japanese control. The intelligence network of the CCP has crumbled, and two CCP agents- Song Yan Qiao and Shu Jie attempt to subvert the power ...more
  • Lost in 1949

    48. Lost in 1949

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 46 episodes
    7.7
    52 points by 1 voters
    On New Year’s Day in 1949, female accountant Huang Li Wen returns to her hometown Shanghai in order to commemorate her husband and comrade’s death. As a Communist agent, she is ordered ...more
  • Love's Lies

    49. Love's Lies

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 44 episodes
    7.4
    51 points by 1 voters
    A story revolving around a dangerous drug ring and an undercover agent who works from the inside in an effort to take it down. A package containing methamphetamine shatters the once peaceful ...more
  • Undercover

    50. Undercover

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
    0.0
    50 points by 1 voters
    Tells the story of Jian Dong Ha and Lu Zhi who go undercover in the two biggest drug gangs of the Golden Triangle on a mission of eradciating the drug gangs. (Source: ...more
  • Stealth Walker

    51. Stealth Walker

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
    8.1
    49 points by 1 voters
    The story of a young cop from the police academy, Lin Qiang. Her parents were killed by a drug lord. The police force arranged for Lin Qiang to go undercover and start ...more
  • Red Rose

    52. Red Rose

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 48 episodes
    7.6
    48 points by 1 voters
    During the anti-revolutionary coup in 1927, Xia Heng Xuan died while saving the Communist Party member Ren Zhi Yuan and left behind his younger sister Xia Yu Zhu and her maid Shuang ...more
  • Insects Awaken

    53. Insects Awaken

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 45 episodes
    7.5
    47 points by 1 voters
    In 1941 Shanghai, a man captured the attention of the Japanese due to his resemblance to a BIS spy. He gets pulled into the dangerous world of espionage, yet through the influence ...more
  • The Wind Blows from Longxi

    54. The Wind Blows from Longxi

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
    8.2
    46 points by 1 voters
    During the war between Wei and Shu, the Shu defeated the Wei using the crossbows they made. In order to attain this powerful weapon, the Wei sent numerous spies to steal and ...more
  • The Substitute

    55. The Substitute

    Chinese Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    6.8
    45 points by 1 voters
    Before her cosmetic surgery, Zhong Li was a poor waitress in a high-end club, yearning for a fancy life she couldn’t afford. But as soon as she removes the medical gauzes, Zhong ...more
  • Follow My Dear General

    56. Follow My Dear General

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 31 episodes
    7.5
    44 points by 1 voters
    An Kong is a spy who was sent by the rebellion prime minister. She received the task of stealing the defense map of the southern border of General Dingnan, the god of ...more
  • The Immortal Promise

    57. The Immortal Promise

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 21 episodes
    7.5
    43 points by 1 voters
    Zhang Xiao Mei, commander of the Beiyi division and younger brother of the Noble Consort who's currently pregnant, has sworn revenge against the crown prince Li Ye ever since the latter set ...more
  • Lurk

    58. Lurk

    Chinese Drama - 2009, 30 episodes
    7.5
    42 points by 1 voters
    During the Chinese Civil War, Yu Ze Cheng was an apparently low-key Kuomintang military officer of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. He was, at the same time, an underground worker who ...more
  • Detective L

    59. Detective L

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
    8.2
    41 points by 1 voters
    Set in the Republican Era in Shanghai in the 1930s, an intriguing crime case emerges amidst the bustling city. A beautiful new graduate of the police academy, Qin Xiao Man, joins the ...more
  • Enemy

    60. Enemy

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 37 episodes
    7.3
    40 points by 1 voters
    A gripping story of espionage during peaceful times follows a group of security officers who rely on their intellect, investigative skills and love for their country to help them win the final ...more
  • Zero Day

    61. Zero Day

    Taiwanese Drama - 0000, 10 episodes
    0.0
    39 points by 1 voters
    The story assumes that a candidate from the pro-war faction wins the presidential election, leading to an agitated situation in the Taiwan Strait unlike anything seen before. An unexpected incident occurs when ...more

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