kdramas that changed me

When Life Gives You Tangerines

Lim Sang-choon · 2025

In Jeju, a bold girl and a devoted boy's fated bond blossoms into a lifelong tale of setbacks and triumphs — proving love can endure across generations.

All of Us Are Dead

Chun Sung-il · 2022

Summer Strike

Lee Yoon-jung · 2022

After getting dumped by her boyfriend and losing her mother in an accident, Yeo-reum decides to move to a small village to do nothing.

Marry My Husband

Shin Yoo-dam · 2024

Kang Ji-won, a terminally ill cancer patient, is killed by her husband and best friend after she witnesses them having an affair. She wakes up 10 years before the incident and decides to seek revenge with the help of Yu Ji-hyuk, a director at the company where she works. Now, she must reclaim her fate and eliminate the trash from her life.

Daily Dose of Sunshine

JQ Lee · 2023

A kind-hearted nurse working in psychiatry goes above and beyond to be a ray of light for those under her care, despite the challenges coming her way.

Doom at Your Service

Im Meari · 2021

A woman with only a short time to live and a man with the supernatural power to bring the world to an end discover the true meaning of life and love.

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.

Extraordinary You

· 2019

When a high-school girl finds that she is merely a character from a comic book whose destiny is decided by the writer, she decides to change the plot to suit her desires and find the love of her life.

Fight For My Way

Im Sang-choon · 2017

Go Dong-man, a former taekwondo champion, and Choi Ae-ra, a receptionist, struggle to follow their dreams as life throws obstacles in their path.

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

Yang Hui-seung · 2016

A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.

While You Were Sleeping

Park Hye-ryun · 2017

Burdened with visions of the future in their dreams, a young woman and two men try to prevent horrible events before they actually happen.

Welcome to Samdal-ri

Kwon Hye-ju · 2023

After suffering a fall from grace, a photographer returns to her hometown and bumps into her childhood friend — rekindling an unfinished romance.

W: Two Worlds Apart

Song Jae-jung · 2016

After being pulled into the webtoon world created by her father, a surgical resident gets entangled in a murder mystery involving the story''s hero.

Snowdrop

Yoo Hyun-mi · 2021

In 1987, bloodied man Soo-ho jumps into a women''s university dormitory in Seoul. Yeong-ro, a female student who fell in love with him at a group blind date, tends to his wounds as the dormitory is ensnared in intense surveillance. As Soo-ho''s secrets unravel, he must eventually face the conflict between his heart to Yeong-ro and responsibility to his comrades, as well as to his sibling who awaits him in his home country. What will be of their fate?

Our Unwritten Seoul

· 2025

Mr. Plankton

Hong Jong-chan, Jo Yong · 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.

Mr. Queen

Park Kye-ok, Choi A-il · 2020

In the modern age, Jang Bong-hwan is a chef who works for the country's top politicians at the Blue House. He has a free spirit, but he one day finds himself in the body of Queen Cheorin in the Joseon period.

Bloodhounds

Jason Kim · 2023

Two young boxers band together with a benevolent moneylender to take down a ruthless loan shark who preys on the financially desperate.

Mask Girl

Kim Yong-hoon, Kim Young-hoon · 2023

An office worker who is insecure about her looks becomes a masked internet personality by night — until a chain of ill-fated events overtakes her life.

Vincenzo

2021

At the age of eight, Park Joo Hyeong left for Italy after being adopted. Now an adult, he is known as Vincenzo Cassano and employed by a Mafia family as a consigliere. Due to warring Mafia factions, he flies to South Korea where he gets involved with lawyer Hong Cha Young. She is the type of attorney who will do anything to win a case. Now back in his motherland, he gives an unrivalled conglomerate a taste of his own medicine—with a side of his own version of justice.

Flower of Evil

Kim Cheol-kyu, Yoo Jung-hee · 2020

Hiding a twisted past, a man maintains his facade as the perfect husband to his detective wife — until she begins investigating a series of murders.

Celebrity

Kim Cheol-kyu, Kim Yi-young · 2023

Fame. Money. Power. One young woman fights to become the next hottest celebrity in the glamorous yet scandalous world of influencers in Seoul.

The Good Bad Mother

Sim Na-yeon, Bae Se-young · 2023

A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child – forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Park Shin-woo, Jo Yong · 2020

Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.

Crash Landing on You

Park Ji-eun, Lee Jeong-hyo · 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.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Yoo In-sik, Moon Ji-won · 2022

Brilliant attorney Woo Youngwoo tackles challenges in the courtroom and beyond as a newbie at a top law firm and a woman on the autism spectrum.

The Glory

Kim Eun-sook, An Gil-ho · 2022

After a childhood marked by pain and violence, a woman puts a carefully planned revenge scheme in motion.

Queen of Tears

Park Ji-eun · 2024

The queen of department stores and the prince of supermarkets weather a marital crisis—until love miraculously begins to bloom again.

When I Fly Towards You

Zhu Yi · 2023

Set off by a sweet chance encounter, 16-year-old Su Zaizai finds herself helplessly drawn to Zhang Lurang — her smart, charming yet distant schoolmate.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

2021

A big-city dentist opens up a practice in a close-knit seaside village, home to a charming jack-of-all-trades who is her polar opposite in every way.

Business Proposal

Han Sul-hee, Park Seon-ho, Hong Bo-hee · 2022

In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away. But plans go awry when he turns out to be her CEO — and makes a proposal.

Hidden Love

2023

Since high school, Sang Zhi has had a crush on Duan Jiaxu. When fate brings them together again, they find a chance to embark on a sweet relationship.

True Beauty

Yaongyi · 2020

Lim Ju-kyung is a high school student. Since she was little, she has had a complex about her appearance. To hide her bare face, Ju-kyung always wears make-up. Her excellent make-up skills make her pretty and she hides her bare face in front of others. She gets involved with 2 men; Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun.

Twenty Five Twenty One

Jung Jee-hyun, Kwon Do-eun · 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.

My Name

Kim Jin-min · 2021

Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.

My Liberation Notes

Park Hae-young · 2022

Three siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their unremarkable lives.

Alchemy of Souls

Hong Jeong-eun · 2022

A powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.