What korean drama should i watch

Aside from the fact that the two leading romantic pairs are both gorgeous, this show will keep viewers glued to their seats thanks to Gang-tae and Ms. Ko's push-and-pull dynamic. When substitute teacher Soo-jin played by Lee Bo-Young of When My Love Blooms discovers one of her students Hye-na played by the brilliant Heo Yool is being abused by her mother and her boyfriend, she impulsively decides to run away with the little girl.

Soo-jin sets out to travel from South Korea to Iceland she is a bird researcher and has been given a grant to work at an institution there , but before she can make it to Iceland so many unexpected events happen. Viewers will discover why Soo-jin is so drawn to Hye-na and they will grow into the quite unexpected mother-daughter pair we're all rooting for. Mother is one of South Korea's most highly-rated series.

In a world where an app lets you know whether or not someone is in love with you within a meter radius, feelings are transparent even when you don't want them to be. The story centers around a hardworking and studious student Kim Jo-jo who catches the eye of two guys who just so happen to be best friends and basically are like brothers in her school: Hwang Sun-oh and Lee Hye-yeong.

Sun-oh is a model from a rich family and could not be any more different from Jo-jo but they fall for each other. As time passes, the two drift apart and Hye-yeong sees this as a chance to finally confess his feelings for Jo-jo. At the end of season one we're left with a cliffhanger: who will Jo-jo choose to be with? If you're looking for a creepy, pull-blankets-up-to-your-eyes kind of drama, watch this show.

It follows a young man in his 20s, Yoon Jong-woo, who moves to the countryside to Seoul after his friend offered him a job. He needs a place to live and ends up finding Eden Gosiwon, an unkempt but inexpensive apartment with a communal kitchen and bathroom. He decides to stay for six months until he has enough money to move out, but starts noticing weird behaviors and strange happenings in the apartment building. One of his neighbors, played by Goblin 's Lee Dong-wook, is a dentist by day and serial killer by night.

We'll stop here and let the other suspenseful events shock you to your core. This Korean drama has it all: parallel universes, time travel, a handsome king, a strong female detective, tragedy, and romance.

The show tells the story of Lee Gon played by one of South Korea's most popular actors: Lee Min-ho , a Korean emperor who rules The Kingdom of Corea the North and South are still unified in this world and discovers a portal opening in the bamboo forest that leads him to a parallel universe—the world that we know today. He meets, and falls in love, with detective Jung Tae-eul played by Goblin 's Kim Go-eun in this world and they have to work together to close this time portal before their two worlds collide and freeze in time forever.

Will they succeed in their journey and will their love be able to transcend time? Grey's Anatomy and other medical drama stans will want to dive right into this drama that depicts the stories of people working at a hospital. The five doctors have been friends for 20 years they all went to the same medical school and now they're colleagues navigating through a career centered around life and death.

This show is currently one of the highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history and a second season is set to premiere in ! The drama centers around three high school students who commit crimes to earn money and along the way encounter dangerous enemies and obstacles.

It will take an episode or two for you to fully grasp what is happening before you appreciate the intricate storytelling that is being told by director Kim Jin-min. Hang in there for the journey. This show checks off the boxes for drama, fantasy, and mystery. The storyline centers on Ssanggab Cart Bar, which is only open at night on the rooftop of a building.

Wol-Ju played by Hwang Jung-eum runs the mysterious food cart and customers who visit her consist of the living and dead. While drinking and eating, they converse with Wol-Ju about themselves and their internal struggles.

This fantasy drama is perfect for Hyun Bin and Park Shin-hye fans you may remember her from the popular show The Heirs. The two actors play each other's romantic interest in Memories of the Alhambra , which is set between Spain and South Korea. Fun fact: Park Shin-hye learned Spanish for the show, so her voice is not dubbed!

They encounter each other in Spain when Hyun Bin's character, Yoo Jin-woo, arrives to the hostel owned by Park Shin-hye's character, Jung Hee-joo, because he wants her to sign over the rights to develop her brother's augmented reality game. The brother, meanwhile, has vanished into thin air. Jin-woo starts playing the game and eventually realizes it is causing those around him to die.

If he wants to save himself and Jung Hee-joo's missing brother, he has to complete the dangerous quests. Yoon Hee-jae is a handsome attorney who's confident in crushing his opponents in court.

He has a "chance" meeting at a laundromat with a mysterious woman and ends up falling for her only to later discover that the woman, Jung Geum-ja, is actually an attorney representing the opposite side.

She had strategically won Hee-jae's heart and his case files because she really needs a win to save her struggling business. Despite being wronged, Hee-jae is attracted to Geum-ja and the pair duke it out in court.

If Yoon Hee-jae looks familiar to you it's because the character is played by Ju Ji-hoon, who also plays the dazzling Crown Prince in Kingdom. If you like a little supernatural pizazz with your drama, this show is for you. Cha Yoo-ri is a ghost who died five years ago, leaving behind her husband, Jo Kang-hwa, and their child. In a move to become a living human again, Cha Yoo-ri carries out a reincarnation project for 49 days.

When she reappears to Jo Kang-hwa, however, she finds that her husband has changed a lot since she died. Where to start with this one? This series tells the story of Park Sae-roy, who opens a restaurant in Itaewon after having spent a few years in prison for beating up Jang Geun-won, the son and heir to Jangga Group. The two have a rough history and now, with a fresh start, Park Sae-roy wants to not only franchise his restaurant DanBam, but have it overtake Jangga Group as a household name.

His ultimate goal is to get revenge for his father's death, which was caused by the Jangga family. The two engage in a power struggle throughout the entire series that's filled with juicy plot twists and turns. This drama tells the story of a group of rich, privileged high school students who will one day take over their families businesses. The coming-of-age themes explored in the drama include identity, wealth, and relationships. One of the main characters is Kim Tan, a chaebol heir to Jeguk Group, who hasn't had the easiest relationship with his older half-brother Kim Won because he thinks Tan is trying to steal their father's company from him.

To make Tan's life even more difficult, he ends up falling in love with his housekeeper's daughter, Cha Eun-sang, much to his father's disapproval and he has to compete with classmate Choi Young Do's sudden interest in Eun-sang too when she transfers into their elite school. Tan seeks to overcome all the obstacles to be with Eun-sang no matter what his family or friends at school say. This fantasy romance show explores the relationship between a con artist and a mermaid who meet and fall in love.

We believe in providing proper attribution to the original author, artist or photographer. What if an app could tell you when someone likes you? A perfect way to know if your crush also feels the same way as you…or not.

Love Alarm revolves around a hardworking student Kim Jo-jo who captivates the hearts of two guys—who just happen to be best friends and basically are like brothers—in her school: Hwang Sun-oh and Lee Hye-yeong.

Tired of dramas and romcoms? Consider watching Sweet Home, one of the most talked-about Kdramas on the Internet. Sweet Home follows a high school guy who moves into a new apartment complex after the death of his family. It is set in a unique world in which people turn into monsters that reflect their internal desires. If you love Ghostbusters, The Uncanny Counter will get you hooked! They are noodle shop employees by day and demon hunters by night. That being said, there must be a good reason why many Kdrama lovers put an all-nighter for this show!

Take a nostalgic trip back to through the lives of five families and their five teenage kids living in a small neighborhood in Seoul.

Reply follows the story of five friends dealing with different types of hardship: from being uncertain for the future, being pressured to be perfect, and feeling neglected by parents. This drama and the other Reply series are worthy to stay up all night for as they will get you from the roots of your hair to the very tip of your toes.

One of the most classic series to binge-watch is Full House. The story follows two people with diverse personalities: an ordinary, caring, patient girl Song Hye-kyo with values and a famous star Rain who is her total opposite. This is a recommended Kdrama because it gives you a dose of kilig vibes, a good laugh, and a good cry. Romance, comedy, drama…Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo will make you laugh, cry and fall in love so hard with the story and characters. Game for a scandalous drama?

Sun-Woo seems to have a perfect life—a successful career and a happy family—until she finds out her husband is cheating on her, and her friends betrayed her.

The couple finds themselves trapped in dangerous affairs that could cost them their lives. This smashing hit Kdrama is currently the top 1, highest-rated series in Korean TV history. Because of its success, a top TV Station in the Philippines is doing a remake of the drama.

He is the epitome of true beauty, inside and out. The drama follows the story of a chaebol heiress played by Son Ye-jin who made an emergency landing in North Korea because of a paragliding accident and a North Korean special officer played by Hyun Bin who finds her and helps her eventually. The two struggle to hide while they slowly fall for each other. With its enticing synopsis, Crash Landing on You is considered the best Kdrama that brought on a ton of new fans of the genre and is now among the highest-rated dramas in Korean TV history.

After a paragliding accident, young heiress Yoon Se-ri accidentally lands in North Korea, where a military officer finds her and decides to help her. The two struggle to hide while they slowly fall in love with one another. The Mouse Kdrama is something that will have your breath taken away with its nail-biting suspenseful scenes.

He feels fulfilled and happy with his work until the nation is rocked by the ruthless murders of a psychopath serial killer who is always one step ahead of the authorities. Determined to find this killer and bring them to justice, Ba Reum and his partner track him down. Ba Reum comes face to face with the killer.

There she meets the notorious F4, a group of the richest and most powerful boys in the school, and finds herself standing up to the group's leader Goo Joon-Pyo. Joon-Pyo has never been challenged before go figure , and when he starts developing feelings for Jan-Di typical, but I love it he realises that not everything can be bought with money. This is basically the modern version of Boys Over Flowers. A tale of young love, friendship, and sacrifice.

The show is truthful and heartwarming, and even though it's a typical rich boy-poor girl storyline, the love-affirming romantic scenes will tug on your emotions.

The pair find it hard to exist in each other's worlds, but push through to find some middle ground amongst all the madness around them. This drama is ridiculously dramatic and intense and has a star-studded cast.

Do you sometimes just want to wrap yourself in a blanket and watch something that'll make you cry, but will also fill your heart at the same time? This drama will do just that. Trying to survive the era, she rewrites history by getting closer to the 4th Prince Wang, who is supposedly destined to bring doom to the kingdom. She also has the Goryeo princes at her beck and call — handsome Goreyeo princes, might I add! Listen out for the perfectly produced soundtrack — my favourite song is "For You" by Chen, Baekyun, and Xiumin.

An intense crime thriller with a supernatural twist. It's the year , and profiler Park Hae-young stumbles across a mysterious walkie-talkie and communicates with Lee Jae-Han, a detective living in Hae-young and his team leader Cha Soo-hyun work with Jae-Han to solve cold cases in the future. With its many plot twists and jaw-dropping cliffhangers, this is the perfect drama for inducing adrenaline, and is a skillfully unique take on the theme of time travel.

If you're into true crime, this one is for you — the writers of the show drew inspiration from real-life crime cases to create captivating storylines, and it shows. Bestselling mystery author and popular radio show host, Jang Jae-yeol, meets psychiatrist Ji Hae-soo, and they don't initially hit it off. Off to a rough start, Hae Soo and Jae Yeol tackle their differences and help each other heal from their deep-rooted traumas.

Hae-soo has a sex phobia and Jae-yeol is living with OCD. This drama is really heartwarming and you'll love the sarcastic flirtatious interactions between Hae-Soo and Jae-yeol. Cheese in the Trap is one hell of a controversial drama — you'll either love it or hate it, but I think it is definitely worth a watch.

It's provocative, it gets the people going! It's a romantic comedy with subtle undertones of a psychological thriller, and is an adaptation of a popular webtoon. Hong Seol is a smart, diligent, and hardworking university student who returns to university after a year-long hiatus. Yoo Jung is the seemingly perfect student with sociopathic tendencies only that Hong Seol seems to see. When Seol returns, Jung is suspiciously nice to her and she is confused.

Does he hate her? Does he like her? Did she misunderstand him? Watch and find out. When hungover librarian Lee Jeong-in turns up at the pharmacy where Yoo Ji-ho works, there's an instant attraction between the two — they find themselves inexplicably drawn to each other.

To make things even more complicated, Ji-ho is a single father to an adorable, scene-stealing son. This romantic and heartwarming drama will surely make you shed a tear or two. This sporty, innocent coming of age drama is perfect for when you wanna watch something cute, light-hearted, and cheerful. Joon-hyung is the star swimmer on his team and has panic attacks whenever he competes.

Joon-hyung likes her just the way she is, but who will she choose? A wholesome drama about five doctors who have been friends since attending medical school together 20 years ago, and all share a love of music.

This long-standing friendship is what makes it so joyful to watch. Despite the hardship of their day to day careers as doctors the gang remain compassionate through their passion for music.