🔥 Hot List - K-Drama's
🔥 The Hot List • A list of the best Korean drama's out there listed by genre. Cover: Vincenzo
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Crime
Rugal
Rilmae · 2020
A police detective who loses everything to a criminal organization seeks payback when he gains special abilities through biotechnology.
The Uncanny Counter
Kim Sae-bom · 2020
A group of supernatural demon hunters known as "Counters," each with unique abilities, disguise themselves as employees of a noodle restaurant, while tracking down evil spirits that terrorize the mortal world.
Decision to Leave
Park Chan-wook · 2022
From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.
Taxi Driver
Lee Ok-gyu · 2021
La serie se centra en "Rainbow Taxi Company", un misterioso servicio de taxis donde sus miembros se vengan en nombre de las víctimas que no pueden obtener justicia por parte de la ley.
Extracurricular
Gin Han-sai · 2020
Determined to escape a dead-end life, a gifted high school student turns to a world of serious crime to ensure he can pay for college.
Stranger
Lee Su-yeon · 2017
Hwang Shi Mok underwent brain surgery as a child to curb his violent temper, which left him devoid of emotions. Hwang becomes a prosecutor known for his piercing intelligence and logic, but he is ostracized because he lacks empathy and social skills. He is also one of only a handful of upright prosecutors who have refused to take bribes. One day, he encounters a stabbing victim while investigating corruption. He meets Lieutenant Han Yeo Jin at the crime scene. They join forces to root out corruption at the prosecutors’ office and solve a serial murder case.
Beyond Evil
Kim Soo-jin · 2021
As a killing resembling a cold case resurfaces in a small town, the chase for the truth falls on two policemen who each harbor secrets of their own.
Signal
Kim Eun-hee · 2016
Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.
Vincenzo
· 2021
Profitant d'une visite dans son pays natal, un avocat mafieux italo-coréen s'attaque à un puissant conglomérat pharmaceutique et rend justice à sa manière.
Horror
I Saw the Devil
Kim Jee-woon · 2010
Kyung-chul est un dangereux psychopathe qui tue pour le plaisir. Il commet des meurtres en série de manière que l’on ne peut même pas imaginer. Ses victimes sont aussi bien des femmes que des enfants. La police le traque depuis un long moment, mais est incapable de l’attraper. Un jour, Joo-yeon, la fille d’un Chef de police à la retraite devient sa proie et est retrouvé morte atrocement mutilée. Son fiancé Dae-hoon, un agent secret, décide de traquer le meurtrier lui-même. Il promet de tout faire pour se venger, même si cela signifie qu’il doit devenir un monstre lui-même.
Devils Stay
Hyun Moon-seop · 2024
A cardiologist suspects his daughter lives after an exorcism. During her funeral, he conflicts with a priest over her fate. Both strive to prove their beliefs, hoping to save her if she's alive.
Sweet Home
· 2020
Cuando unos monstruos brutales siembran el terror y amenazan a la humanidad, un adolescente problemático y atormentado es la mejor baza de sus vecinos para sobrevivir.
Sell Your Haunted House
Ha Soo-jin · 2021
A real estate agent who rids haunted buildings of vengeful ghosts, partners with a con man to solve a 20-year-old case that is close to her heart.
Sleep
Jason Yu · 2023
Hyun-su and Soo-jin are newlyweds. Seemingly out of nowhere, he starts talking in his sleep. "Someone's inside." From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, he transforms into someone else with no recollection of what happened the night before. Soo-jin is overwhelmed with anxiety that he'd hurt her family while she sleeps and can barely sleep a wink because of this irrational fear. Despite sleep treatment, Hyun-su’s sleepwalking only intensifies, and she begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger…
Hellbound
Yeon Sang-ho · 2021
Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.
Kingdom
Kim Eun-hee · 2019
In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.
Comedy
Itaewon Class
Cho Kwang-jin · 2020
In a colorful Seoul neighborhood, an ex-con and his friends fight a mighty foe to make their ambitious dreams for their street bar a reality.
Mr. Plankton
Hong Jong-chan · 2024
A man plagued by misfortune and his ex, the unluckiest bride-to-be, are forced to accompany one another on the final journey of his life.
Descendants of the Sun
Baek Sang-Hoon · 2016
After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.
Love Next Door
유제원 · 2024
Bae Seok Ryu siempre ha sido una persona destacada y llena de energía. Después de graduarse de la universidad, fue contratada por un gran conglomerado global como directora de proyectos. Sin embargo, un incidente en su trabajo la lleva a renunciar y quedarse desempleada, enfrentándose a una crisis personal. En medio de esta crisis, Bae Seok Ryu se reencuentra con Choi Seung Hyo, el hijo de la amiga de su madre. Él es el joven arquitecto más destacado del país y dirige el taller de arquitectura "In". No solo es casi perfecto como arquitecto, sino que también es muy atractivo y tiene una gran personalidad. Desde que sus madres se hicieron amigas cuando tenían cuatro años, ambos han compartido muchas experiencias, incluyendo momentos embarazosos que Seung Hyo quiere borrar de su vida. Ahora, ya adultos, sus caminos se cruzan de nuevo cuando Seok Ryu, tratando de reiniciar su vida defectuosa, reaparece en la pacífica vida de Seung Hyo.
Start-Up
Park Hye-ryun · 2020
Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry.
A-TEEN
· 2018
It's easy to talk about teenagers, but we are now in our teens for the first time. All the moments were too serious to say I was not worried. Teenage school romance web drama.
Action
Time to Hunt
Yoon Sung-hyun · 2020
Four young men want to leave their dystopian world behind and go to a distant paradise to execute a money robbery, a daring act that will have unexpected consequences.
Big Mouth
Jang Young-cheol · 2022
Un abogado con un 10 % de tasa de victorias acaba envuelto en un caso de asesinato y se convierte, de la noche a la mañana, en el famoso y brillante estafador Big Mouse. Para poder sobrevivir y proteger a su familia, intenta demostrar cómo son realmente las personas privilegiadas que están implicadas en una enorme conspiración.
Mantis
Lee Tae-sung · 2025
Mantis, an ace assassin, returns to the contract killer industry after a hiatus, encountering his trainee friend Jae-yi and a retired legendary killer Dok-go, who now runs the organization.
Weak Hero
You Su-min · 2022
With the aid of unexpected friends, a gifted but introverted student confronts bullies and violent foes — unaware of how dangerous his world will become.
The Great Flood
Kim Byung-woo · 2025
A disastrous great flood sweeps the planet. On what may be the last day on Earth, a desperate fight ensues to save a child from a flooding apartment.
History
Jumong
· 2006
Jumong examines the life of Jumong Taewang, founder of the kingdom of Goguryeo. Few details have been found in the historical record about Jumong, so much of the series is fictionalized.
A Frozen Flower
Yoo Ha · 2008
A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard.
Uprising
Kim Sang-man · 2024
In the Joseon Dynasty, two friends who grew up together — one the master and one the servant — reunite post-war as enemies on opposing sides.
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
장태유 · 2025
Una chef de talento viaja en el tiempo y conoce a un rey tiránico. Con sus platos modernos, logra cautivar su paladar, pero le esperan desafíos muy reales.
Zombie
Seoul Station
Yeon Sang-ho · 2016
In this animated prequel to "Train to Busan," a group of survivors deals with a zombie pandemic that unleashes itself in downtown Seoul.
Dark Hole
Jung Yi-do · 2021
A creature action thriller series about the desperate survival of the survivors among the mutant humans who drank a mysterious black smoke from the sinkhole and soon turned into monsters and quickly became a pandemonium.
The Neighbor Zombie
Hong Seo-baek · 2010
In 2010, the people of Seoul, South Korea fight a virus that threatens to infect the planet.
Zombie for Sale
Lee Min-jae · 2019
When a pharmaceutical company's illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange Park family finds it and tries to profit from it.
Kingdom: Ashin of the North
Kim Seong-hun · 2021
Tragedy, betrayal and a mysterious discovery fuel a woman's vengeance for the loss of her tribe and family.
Zombie Detective
Baek Eun-jin · 2020
Kim Moo-Young wakes up to find he has become a zombie with no memories of his past. Witnessing the death of a Detective, he has assumed his identity to try discover the mysteries of his past. Meanwhile, Kong Sun-Ji works as investigative journalist who quits whilst investigating the 'Santa Killer' case. By chance the two are brought together and various circumstances lead to Sun-Ji working at Moo-Young's detective agency as an intern.
All of Us Are Dead
Chun Sung-il · 2022
Un grupo de estudiantes se da cuenta de que tienen que enfrentarse con las pocas existencias que tienen a una situación de crisis extrema. Estos quedan atrapados en el instituto donde estudian mientras que un virus zombie se propaga por todo el mundo. La escuela está llena de infectados, pero nadie puede salir de allí. El gupo de amigos deberá hacer todo lo posible para sobrevivir y salir del colegio sanos y salvos cuando el apocalipsis zombie termine.
Train to Busan
Yeon Sang-ho · 2016
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
Alien Invasion
The Silent Sea
Park Eun-kyo · 2021
During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.
Alienoid
Choi Dong-hoon · 2022
Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.
My Love From Another Star
박지은 · 2013
An alien who came to Earth 400 years ago is almost able to return to his own planet, but when he meets a famous actress, he doesn't want to go home.
Save the Green Planet!
Jang Joon-hwan · 2003
A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber.
Romance
Crash Landing on You
Park Ji-eun · 2019
A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.
My Love From The Star
· 2017
Matteo Domingo is an extraterrestrial being that disembarked on the Philippines back in the 16th century during the Spanish Colonial Era. As he ventures to aid a teenage girl, Marcella, from descending off a cliff, he failed to join his trip, the KMT 184.5 comet, back to his planet and is grounded on Earth for the next four centuries and counting. He possesses an almost perfect form, enhanced physical abilities that improves his vision, hearing and speed drastically, and has a rather caustic, jaded point of view with regards to human beings. As time passes by and the story folds on, Matteo is forced to employ a new identity every ten years, as his human appearance never ages.
Because This Is My First Life
박준화 · 2017
Nam Se-Hee is a single man in his early 30s. He has chosen to not marry. He owns his home, but he owes a lot on his mortgage. Yoon Ji-Ho is a single woman in her early 30s. She does not own a home and envies those that do. She has given up on dating due to her financial struggles. Yoon Ji-Ho begins to live at Nam Se-Hee’s house. They become housemates.
Our Beloved Summer
Lee Na-eun · 2021
Years after filming a viral documentary in high school, two bickering ex-lovers get pulled back in front of the camera — and into each other's lives.
Twenty Five Twenty One
정지현 · 2022
In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life.
Past Lives
Celine Song · 2023
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
Dynamite Kiss
Kim Jae-hyun · 2025
A passionate fling in Jeju ends abruptly — until fate reunites an heir and a young woman when she joins his company, disguised as a married mother.
Business Proposal
Han Sul-hee · 2022
Ha-ri se hace pasar por su amiga durante una cita a ciegas para ahuyentar al pretendiente. Pero el plan cambia cuando este resulta ser su CEO, que le hace una propuesta.
Legal
While You Were Sleeping
· 2017
Nam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee events, resides with her widowed mother who runs a small restaurant. Despite her gift, she often finds herself powerless to change the outcomes. On the other side of the street, Jung Jae Chan, a rookie prosecutor, and his younger brother Seung Won become their new neighbors. An unusual dream involving Hong Ju, ruthless attorney Lee Yu Beom, and a life-saving intervention leads Jae Chan to realize their destinies are intertwined, as they begin sharing dreams and connecting in mysterious ways.
Suspicious Partner
· 2017
Noh Ji Wook is a prosecutor in the Central District Prosecutors’ Office who ends up switching professions to a private attorney. He harbors a trauma stemming from an event in his childhood involving his parents and his first love. Eun Bong Hee, a Taekwondo athlete in her youth, is a prosecutor trainee who has become a murder suspect. Eun Bong Hee and Noh Ji Wook both find themselves being the focus of a killer.
Witch's Court
· 2017
Ma Yi-Deum has worked as a prosecutor for 7 years. She sometimes resorts to drastic methods to win cases. One day, Ma Yi-Deum is transferred to a special division dealing only with sex crimes.
Themis's Law School Classroom
· 2023
Themis is known as the goddess of law and order in Greek mythology. This story takes place at a law school where students aspire to become judges, prosecutors, and lawyers. Hiiragi Shizuku, who is both a judge and a law teacher, is confronted with the reality of the law school, where the teachers are only interested in teaching students how to pass the bar exam. With her belief that "one cannot become a good lawyer if you do not know people", Shizuku decides to create a new trend in the law school by teaching the students how to learn more about "people", which is something that cannot be learned from textbooks.
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Moon Ji-won · 2022
With a genius-level IQ, Woo Young-woo learns to embrace her extraordinary self while forming a tight-knit community of friends and allies.
Adventure
Arthdal Chronicles
Kim Won-suk · 2019
In a mythical land called Arth, the inhabitants of the ancient city of Arthdal and its surrounding regions vie for power as they build a new society.
The King: Eternal Monarch
· 2020
Korean emperor Lee Gon tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons; a detective tries to protect the people and the one she loves.
Jirisan
Kim Eun-hee · 2021
A team of expert mountain rangers put their lives on the line to save stranded trekkers, solve haunting mysteries and protect Jirisan National Park.
LGBTQ+
Color Rush
Se Sang · 2020
Yeon-woo, neurologically colorblind, sees colors through Yoo-han in a "color rush." Their connection intertwines with the mystery of his missing mother.
You Make Me Dance
· 2021
Song Shi-on, a dance student disowned by his family, forms a romantic bond with debt collector Jin Hong-seok, but their relationship faces many obstacles.
Cherry Blossoms After Winter
밤우 · 2022
Raised like brothers, Haebom and Taesung start to feel something more as high school brings them closer than ever.
Blueming
Tak Bon · 2022
Si-won has worked hard and diligently to raise his popularity in college after being a victim of childhood bullying. But will he lose his composure once he meets Da-woon, who was born with the popularity Si-won has worked so hard to attain?
Our Dating Sim
Lim Hyun Hee · 2023
Seven years after a painful fallout, Lee Wan reunites with his former best friend—and crush—Gi Tae at a new job. Can old wounds lead to a new start?
Where Your Eyes Linger
Hwang Da-seul · 2023
Friendship evolves into something more between two high school students: a playful chaebol heir and the diligent bodyguard who's always by his side.
To My Star
Hwang Da-seul · 2021
Kang Seo-jun seeks escape, Han Ji-woo craves peace—but when their worlds collide, neither can stay the same.
Semantic Error: The Movie
Kim Soo-jung · 2022
Choo Sang-woo is the epitome of an inflexible and strict rule-abiding person. Jang Jae-young is like a semantic error in the perfect world of Choo Sang-woo. Will Sang-woo be able to work with Jae-young as an artist and engineer?
