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Best Goryeo Era Historical-Costume K-Drama

Rank your favourite dramas set in the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1388). Feel free to add to the list...

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  • Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    1. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.7
    3,370 points by 34 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
  • Alchemy of Souls

    2. Alchemy of Souls

    Korean Drama - 2022, 20 episodes
    9.1
    3,169 points by 32 voters
    In the fictional country of Daeho, young mages struggle to overcome twisted fates caused by the forbidden "alchemy of souls," a spell that swaps souls between bodies. Naksu, an elite assassin, finds ...more
  • Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

    3. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.8
    2,661 points by 27 voters
    Kim Sin was once an unbeatable general in Goryeo's military who died tragically. He now possesses immortality but is tired of living while everyone else around him dies. For 900 years, Kim ...more
  • River Where the Moon Rises

    4. River Where the Moon Rises

    Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
    7.9
    2,173 points by 22 voters
    Born a princess of Goguryeo, Pyeong Gang survives an early crisis and grows up as the warrior Yeom Ga Jin, unaware of her past. When she meets On Dal, a gentle soul ...more
  • Empress Ki

    5. Empress Ki

    Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
    8.6
    2,063 points by 21 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
  • Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow

    6. Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow

    Korean Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
    8.9
    1,951 points by 20 voters
    Jang Uk returns from death, and three years later, the story of the mages unfolds anew. Jang Uk becomes a hunter of the soul-shifters when a young woman, a prisoner in her ...more
  • The King's Affection

    7. The King's Affection

    Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
    8.3
    981 points by 10 voters
    Set during the Joseon Dynasty, the story follows twins born to the Crown Princess Consort, who orders the death of the daughter due to superstition. To save her, the baby girl is ...more
  • My Country: The New Age

    8. My Country: The New Age

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.4
    879 points by 9 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
  • The Great Doctor

    9. The Great Doctor

    Korean Drama - 2012, 24 episodes
    8.0
    863 points by 9 voters
    A 21st-century plastic surgeon, Eun Su, gets kidnapped and brought 700 years into the past for her healing powers. Goryeo era bodyguard to the king, General Choi Yeong, is smart but a ...more
  • Six Flying Dragons

    10. Six Flying Dragons

    Korean Drama - 2015, 50 episodes
    8.7
    690 points by 7 voters
    A fictional, historical drama about the ambition, rise and fall of real and fictional characters based around Yi Bang Won. Yi Bang Won was the third king of the Joseon Dynasty in ...more
  • Love Song for Illusion

    11. Love Song for Illusion

    Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
    7.6
    566 points by 6 voters
    Crown Prince Sajo Hyun secretly works as a fashion designer in a downtown boutique, hiding his royal identity. He's haunted by a deep childhood wound from his harsh father, Sajo Seung. Hyun ...more
  • Shine or Be Mad

    12. Shine or Be Mad

    Korean Drama - 2015, 24 episodes
    7.7
    473 points by 5 voters
    Wang So, a Goryeo prince, was born with the name, “Shine.” Sin Yul is a woman hailing from the Balhae kingdom and believed to have the powers of an oracle. A prince ...more
  • Korea-Khitan War

    13. Korea-Khitan War

    Korean Drama - 2023, 32 episodes
    8.0
    377 points by 4 voters
    A historical drama that deals with the second and third periods of the Goryeo-Khitan War. King Hyeon Jong of Goryeo and his political teacher, Commander-in-Chief Kang Gam Chan, united the people of ...more
  • The King in Love

    14. The King in Love

    Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
    7.7
    288 points by 3 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
  • Jeong Do Jeon

    15. Jeong Do Jeon

    Korean Drama - 2014, 50 episodes
    7.6
    188 points by 2 voters
    In the late 14th c, Goryeo, abuse of power and corruption made people leave the government offices and only the corrupted people are left in the high offices. When there seems to ...more
  • God of War

    16. God of War

    Korean Drama - 2012, 56 episodes
    7.4
    187 points by 2 voters
    This drama is a about a man who was born to the slave class during the Goryeo Dynasty, overruling the feudalist government that had been in power for over 60 years and ...more
  • The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won

    17. The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won

    Korean Drama - 2021, 32 episodes
    7.5
    182 points by 2 voters
    A work that sheds new light on the figure of Lee Bang Won, a leader who took the lead in the founding of the nation. (Source: Naver)
  • The Great Seer

    18. The Great Seer

    Korean Drama - 2012, 35 episodes
    7.2
    177 points by 2 voters
    The Great Seer began during the reign of King Gong Min. But despite being about seers, geomancers, divinators and the like, this drama is less about the fantasy and more about the ...more

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