2020 Most Anticipated Korean Dramas
the 2020 korean dramas that you are/were looking forward to the most
- web dramas were deliberately left off the list
- dramas that do not have recent updates/are unclear whether they are in production have also been left off the list
dearD4NI May 18, 2020
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![It's Okay to Not Be Okay]()
Moon Gang Tae is a community health worker at a psychiatric ward who was blessed with everything including a great body, smarts, ability to sympathize with others, patience, ability to react quickly, ...more -
![Backstreet Rookie]()
Jung Saet Byul is a 22-year-old, beautiful four-dimensional girl with amazing fighting skills, loves her friends, family, and retro fashion. Although boys are lining up to date her, she only looks at ...more -
![The King: Eternal Monarch]()
Lee Gon is the third Korean emperor of his generation. His citizens regard him as the perfect leader. But behind this flawless appearance, hides a deep wound. When he was eight years ...more -
![Start-Up]()
Seo Dal Mi dreams of building her own company despite lacking resources, driven by ambition and pioneering spirit. Nam Do San, the founder of Sam San Tech, struggles with limited vision as ...more -
![True Beauty]()
"True Beauty" is a romantic comedy about a high school girl, Lim Ju Gyeong, who rises to pretty girl fame after she masters the art of make-up from YouTube. She turns into ...more -
![Stranger Season 2]()
The prosecutor's office and the police find themselves on opposing sides. The prosecutors, including elite prosecutor Woo Tae Ha, want discretionary power over investigations. Meanwhile, the police, including Choi Bit, try to ...more -
![Flower of Evil]()
Although Baek Hui Seong is hiding a dark secret surrounding his true identity, he has established a happy family life and a successful career. He is a loving husband and a doting ...more -
![Tale of the Nine-Tailed]()
The mythical nine-tailed fox, or gumiho, Lee Yeon had to settle in the city many centuries ago. Able to transform into human form, he eradicates supernatural beings that threaten the mortal world. ...more -
![Hospital Playlist]()
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 -
![Itaewon Class]()
Park Saeroyi's life has been turned upside down after he gets expelled from school for punching a bully and his father is killed in an accident. Following his father's steps, he opens ...more -
![Mystic Pop-Up Bar]()
“Mystic Pop-Up Bar” tells the story of a mysterious pojangmacha (outdoor drinking establishment) run by a prickly woman and an innocent part-timer who visit customers in their dreams to help resolve their ...more -
![When the Weather Is Fine]()
Tired of life in Seoul, Hae Won, a cellist who has closed her heart due to past emotional wounds, returns to her hometown, Bookhyun Village. There, she meets Eun Seob, the owner ...more -
![Extracurricular]()
Four high school students become entangled in crime to make money, facing escalating and unpredictable consequences. Ji Su turns from model student to criminal, dragging school bully Min Hui, cunning partner Gyu ...more -
![Mr. Queen]()
Jang Bong Hwan, a South Korean chef, ends up in the body of Queen Kim So Yong after a serious accident, transporting him to Korea’s past. Queen So Yong’s husband, King Cheol ...more -
![Dinner Mate]()
A young woman going through a rough breakup with a long-time boyfriend and a man who had a painful first love, meet unexpectedly on Jeju Island. Upon their return to Seoul they ...more -
![Meow, the Secret Boy]()
Sol Ah, a graphic designer in her mid-twenties, dreams of becoming a web-based comic author and has a love-hate relationship with cats. Her life changes when she adopts a friendly feline named ...more -
![My Holo Love]()
Han So Yeon, a lonely assistant manager at a glasses company, excels in her career but struggles with prosopagnosia, the inability to recognize faces. Her life changes when she encounters the AI ...more -
![The Silent Sea]()
Set in the future, when the planet suffers from a lack of water and food caused by desertification. Yoon Jae is a soldier for the space agency. He is selected for a ...more -
![Born Again]()
In the 1980s, Detective Cha Hyung Bin is devoted to justice and secretly in love with Ha Eun, a bookshop owner hiding her heart disease. Their lives intersect tragically with serial killer ...more -
![Oh My Baby]()
Aged 39, Jang Ha Ri is the ultimate workaholic. She hasn’t even had a boyfriend in the past decade, long ago decided to forget about looking for love, and instead has thrown ...more -
![Record of Youth]()
In a world where dreams are a luxury, this drama follows the journey of young people chasing their dreams and love against the odds. Sa Hye Joon, a handsome and popular model, ...more -
![Train]()
Haunted by the thought that his drunkard father killed another man before also dying on the same day and not paying for his crime, Seo Do Won lives his life trying to ...more -
![The World of the Married]()
Everything seems perfect in the life of the successful family doctor and associate director, Ji Sun Woo. She lives happily in Gosan with her handsome husband Lee Tae Oh, whom she financially ...more -
![Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol]()
Goo Ra Ra is a naive rich girl, who dreams of being a great pianist with her father's love guiding her. But her path becomes rocky when her father passes away, and ...more -
![Sweet Home]()
Following the death of his family in an accident, loner Cha Hyun Soo moves to a new apartment. His quiet life is soon disturbed by strange incidents that start occurring in his ...more -
![When I Was the Most Beautiful]()
Oh Ye Ji is a ceramic artist. She has a pure heart and relentless optimism and refuses to give up no matter the situation. She dreams of finding ordinary happiness but in ...more -
![A Piece of Your Mind]()
Moon Ha Won, a renowned AI innovator and founder of the portal site M&H, is known for his dedication, rationality, and kind nature. He believes that even a small piece of his ...more -
![365: Repeat the Year]()
A story where ten people get the chance to go back in time by one year, but unexpectedly mysterious situations start to arise when their fates are changed and twisted in the ...more -
![To All the Guys Who Loved Me]()
Seo Hyun Joo, a successful career woman leading a webtoon planning team, has given up on love after repeated heartbreaks. Just as she's done searching, two men enter her life: Hwang Ji ...more -
![Search]()
Yong Dong Jin, a sergeant and leading sniffer dog handler in the South Korean army, is one month away from discharge when a mysterious case pulls him into a dangerous investigation. In ...more -
![Alice]()
In 2050, the organization Alice was formed as a way for humans to travel into another time and parallel world. Soon, however, the "Book of Prophecy" was discovered, which predicted the end ...more -
![Find Me in Your Memory]()
The story centers on two individuals with contrasting memory conditions. Jeong Hoon, a charismatic news anchor, possesses hyperthymesia, enabling him to recall life's minutiae in exquisite detail. Haunted by the memory of ...more -
![Forest]()
Kang San Hyuk, a man who would go to any lengths for a business deal, is the CEO of the investment company RLI. He enters the 911 special rescue team to research ...more -
![Soul Mechanic]()
Lee Si Joon, an eccentric psychiatrist, is dedicated to helping patients through unorthodox methods. Han Woo Joo, a rising musical actress, struggles with anger and emotional breakdowns that jeopardize her career. As ...more -
![Memorist]()
Dong Baek possesses an extraordinary gift - the ability to delve into the memories of those he touches. His remarkable talent, striking appearance, and no-nonsense approach have made him a world-renowned detective. ...more -
![Dr. Romantic Season 2]()
At Doldam Hospital, a small, humble medical facility, Kim Sa Bu, a once-renowned surgeon, finds a new purpose as its chief. After a successful operation on Chairman Sin, he gains support to ...more -
![Hi Bye, Mama!]()
It's the story of a mother who died and begins a 49-day long project of reincarnation, and a husband who has barely begun to live a new life after overcoming the pain ...more -
![Kingdom Season 2]()
Following the events in season one, waves of the undead threaten to reach the capital. In an attempt to save the people during the plague and regain his right to the throne, ...more -
![The Game: Towards Zero]()
When looking into someone's eyes, Kim Tae Pyung sees the moments right before their death. He takes advantage of his gift to earn money by selling this information to rich people about ...more -
![Graceful Friends]()
In his forties, Ahn Goong Chul is the very picture of a content middle-aged man. He has a happy family life, a tightly-knit group of friends from college and he excels at ...more -
![The School Nurse Files]()
An Eun Young is a new nurse teacher at school. She has a special ability to see jelly like monsters that are made from residue of human desire and she can also ...more -
![When My Love Blooms]()
Twenty years ago, Yoon Ji Soo and Han Jae Hyun fell head over heels in love during their college days. Ji Soo, a freshman at the music college, unexpectedly captivated the popular ...more -
![Do You Like Brahms?]()
In defiance of her family’s opposition, Song Ah gets accepted to the music school of the same university where she originally majored in business. As she’s seven years older than her classmates, ...more -
![Was It Love?]()
Noh Ae Jung is a single mother and works as a producer for a movie company. She has not had a boyfriend in the past 14 years, but 4 men appear in ...more -
![Hyena]()
It deals with very competitive, private lawyers who only work for the richest 1% of society. Lawyer Jung Geum Ja crosses the boundaries of law and lawlessness, justice and injustice, ethics and ...more -
![Good Casting]()
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 -
![Lovers of the Red Sky]()
During the Joseon Dynasty, Hong Chun Ki, a blind woman who miraculously gained sight, becomes a rare female painter and is accepted to the top art college. She meets Ha Ram, a ...more -
![Touch]()
Cha Jung Hyeok, a renowned makeup artist obsessed with perfection, once soared to the pinnacle of his career. However, destiny had other plans, leaving him jobless and deep in debt. Han Soo ...more -
![The Good Detective]()
When doubts arise about a five-year-old murder conviction, a veteran detective partners with a young hotshot to hunt down the case's hidden truths. Kang Do Chang is an 18-year veteran detective who, ...more -
![L.U.C.A.: The Beginning]()
Ji Oh, who hides his emotions and has a mysterious power, is pursued by unknown figures while searching for answers about his past. Gu Reum, a determined detective whose parents vanished when ...more -
![She Knows Everything]()
Mysterious cases take place at an apartment complex which is about to go under reconstruction. Lee Goong Bok is a real estate agent that works with apartments there. She has a meddlesome ...more -
![Into the Ring]()
Seo Kong Myong is a strict, by-the-book elite civil servant known for his efficiency, good looks, and unapproachable demeanor, earning him the nickname “Great Lucifer.” His rigid attitude and tendency to criticize ...more -
![Once Again]()
Frugal father Song Young Dal and his wife Jang Ok Boon have four adult children: stuntman Joon Sun, housewife Ga Hee, pediatrician Na Hee, and intern Da Hee. Na Hee, who works ...more -
![Lonely Enough to Love]()
A story of young people residing at a co-living house. They do want to date, but they don't want to be serious. They prefer being free, but they also don't want to ...more -
![The Spies Who Loved Me]()
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 -
![Kairos]()
Ae Ri, a struggling part-timer supporting her ailing mother, faces turmoil when her mother foregoes a long-awaited heart transplant and mysteriously disappears. Amid the chaos, Ae Ri receives a call from Seo ...more -
![Awaken]()
Nearly thirty years after a small village was shaken by a series of mysterious events, new incidents resurface, bringing forgotten memories back to life. The villagers' cries for help are now impossible ...more -
![Kkondae Intern]()
After graduation, Ga Yeol Chan starts his first office job, but his old-school boss, Lee Man Sik, forces his rigid ways on him, prompting Yeol Chan to quit. He moves to a ...more -
![Sweet Munchies]()
Park Jin Seong runs an odd little late-night restaurant where customers only choose which drinks they want, and their appetizers are chosen by him, who customizes the dishes to match their drinks. ...more -
![Tell Me What You Saw]()
Oh Hyun Jae, a former top criminal profiler, disappeared after a serial killer’s explosion killed his fiancé. Now living in seclusion, he is paired with rookie detective Cha Soo Young, who has ...more -
![Smoking Gun]()
“Smoking Gun” is an espionage action thriller about a former South Korean agent with memory loss and a North Korean secret agent who is trying to kill him as they carry out ...more -
![More Than Friends]()
Ten years ago, Kyung Woo Yeon was an innocent 18-year-old with dreams of love. She confessed her feelings to her friend, Lee Soo, but was rejected. Seven years later, her second attempt ...more -
![Money Game]()
Twenty years after the IMF crisis, the drama centers on the clash between the head of the Financial Policy Bureau, who seeks to sell Jungin Bank, near bankruptcy with a third of ...more -
![Eccentric! Chef Moon]()
Yoo Yoo Jin, a world-renowned fashion designer, loses her memory and is found in a remote South Korean village. The villagers take her in at the home of former star chef Moon ...more -
![Cheat On Me, if You Can]()
Best-selling crime author Yeo Joo is researching how to make a murder look like an accidental death. Her younger husband, Woo Sung, is a family man and divorce lawyer. He thinks he's ...more -
![How to Buy a Friend]()
Rumors surround Don Hyuk, a highly praised high school fighter, after his girlfriend’s sudden suicide. Plagued by the trauma he is quick to fight if someone even mentions her name, landing him ...more -
![Nobody Knows]()
Detective Young Jin, haunted by the unsolved murder of her friend by the 'Stigmata' serial killer 19 years ago, is determined to find the killer. Living a solitary life, her only connection ...more -
![Zombie Detective]()
After Moo Young is brought back to life as a zombie due to illegal medical waste, he loses his memory but adapts to his new reality. With his keen sense of smell, ...more -
![Birthcare Center]()
Oh Hyun Jin has had a glittering career in her work life. She is the youngest member on the board of executives at the company she works at and is used to ...more -
![Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation]()
Known as an enthusiastic and impressively effective detective, Jin Kang Ho will stop at nothing to catch the criminals he’s assigned to pursue. Using any means necessary, Kang Ho goes above and ...more -
![Hellbound]()
A story about otherworldly beings who appear out of nowhere to issue a decree and condemn individuals to hell. These supernatural events cause great mayhem and enable the religious group The New ...more -
![Chip In]()
A painter gets diagnosed terminally ill. On his 58th birthday, he plans to share his last will and testament. His great legacy and immense fortune slowly draw out his family's inner greed, ...more -
![18 Again]()
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 -
![The Penthouse: War in Life]()
The residents of Hera Palace, a luxury penthouse apartment with 100 floors, have many secrets and hidden ambitions. Sim Su Ryeon, who was born into wealth, is the queen of the penthouse ...more -
![Private Lives]()
Swindlers come across a secret of the nation and try to reveal the secret. They must go up against a large company by using all of their skills. Lee Jung Hwan is ...more -
![Crime Puzzle]()
Yoo Hee, an aspiring criminal profiler, is thrust into a whirlwind of mystery when her father is murdered in a string of shocking killings. The confessed culprit is Han Seung Min, a ...more -
![Missing: The Other Side]()
In Duon Village, where the spirits of missing deceased people reside, Kim Wook, a fraudster, stumbles upon the village and becomes entangled in a search to uncover the truth behind their disappearances. ...more -
![Homemade Love Story]()
Three families live under one roof at a boarding house called Samkwang Villa. Sun Jeong's family lives a pure and simple life and doesn't have a lot of money. Jeong Ho's family ...more -
![Hush]()
“Hush” is an office drama about newspaper reporters and their everyday struggles, problems, and ethical dilemmas. Han Jun Hyeok is a veteran reporter for a newspaper. He first became a reporter to ...more -
![The Cursed]()
Im Jin Hee is an enthusiastic reporter, out to do the right thing. She covers a violent case involving Forest, the biggest IT company in South Korea. The chairman of Forest is ...more -
![Rugal]()
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 -
![My Unfamiliar Family]()
Kim Eun Hee, the middle child in a drifting family, faces challenges as her older sister, former attorney, and younger brother struggle with their own issues. Her distant father and her mother's ...more
