recommendation kdramas

The Last Empress

Park Young-soo, Kim Soon-ok · 2018

In an alternate-reality South Korea, where a constitutional monarchical system prevails, Oh Sunny, a musical actress, becomes the empress of the country. Thus begins a dispute for power in the royal palace. Nothing is what it seems, and Oh Sunny is ready to fight until the end to uncover a mysterious homicide within the royal palace, fighting to protect those she loves the most and obtain happiness.

Queen of Tears

박지은, 장영우, 김희원 · 2024

The Atypical Family

Kang Eun-kyung · 2024

Once blessed with unique superpowers, a family loses their abilities due to modern day problems — until a mysterious woman changes everything.

Love Untangled

남궁선 · 2025

Last Summer

2025

Every summer reunion between twin brothers and their neighbor blossoms into unspoken love, until adulthood and a past tragedy change their lives forever.

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938

Kang Shin-hyo, Jo Nam-hyung · 2023

A K-fantasy action unfolds as the Nine-tailed fox makes a crash landing in the year 1938, an era of chaos, and he struggles to return to the present.

Tale of the Nine Tailed

Han Woo-ri · 2020

A TV producer discovers a secret supernatural world as she becomes entangled with a former deity who's spent centuries searching for his lost lover.

F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers

2021

Gorya, a girl from a poor family, is happy to enter an elite high school. However, things take a turn when she is bullied by a group of rich spoiled boys called F4.

Strong Girl Nam-soon

Baek Mi-kyung, 김정식, Lee Kyung-shik · 2023

Kang Nam Soon tiene una fuerza sobrehumana. Desapareció cuando era niña en Mongolia y ahora, como adulta, viene a Corea del Sur para encontrar a sus padres. Finalmente conoce a su madre, Hwang Geum Joo, una mujer rica y residente de Gangnam. Después de perder a su hija, Geum Joo trató de encontrarla mientras vivía una vida recta, obsesionada con hacer buenas obras. Gil Joong Gan es la madre de Geum Joo y ambas, como Nam Soon, tienen una fuerza sobrehumana. De alguna manera, Nam Soon, su madre y su abuela se involucran en un caso de drogas que tiene lugar en Gangnam. El detective Kang Hee Sik comienza a trabajar con las 3 mujeres en el caso y Nam Soon empieza a sentirse atraída por él.

Doona!

Min Song-a · 2023

A college student navigates life and school while dealing with a unique predicament — he's living with a beautiful former K-pop sensation.

Hotel Del Luna

Hong Jeong-eun, Hong Mi-ran · 2019

When he's invited to manage a hotel for dead souls, an elite hotelier gets to know the establishment's ancient owner and her strange world.

Mr. Queen

Park Kye-ok, Choi A-il · 2020

A modern chef suddenly becomes trapped inside the body of a queen from the Joseon era, which causes chaos for everyone involved.

Friendly Rivalry

송채윤 · 2025

Reply 1988

Lee Woo-jung, Shin Won-ho · 2015

Take a nostalgic trip back to the late 1980s through the lives of five families and their five teenage kids living in a small neighbourhood in Seoul.

Bitch X Rich

Min Ji-young, Jung Sung-eun · 2023

Kim Hye-in has to transfer to Cheongdam International High School after witnessing a murder. She crosses paths with Baek Je-na, a bully who happens to be connected to the case.

My Dearest Nemesis

2025

As a high school senior, Su-Jeong began playing an online game where she met another player nicknamed “Black Dragon.” They unexpectedly got close, developing crushes and planning a meeting in real life… that concluded in humiliation and disaster when “Black Dragon” turned out to be an awkward middle schooler instead of the young man he portrayed himself to be! Sixteen years later, Su-Jeong is a skilled planner at Yongseong Department Store, but her job is about to get a shakeup with the arrival of Ban Ju-Yeon, the ambitious new head of strategic planning and heir to the company. There’s just one problem: Ban Ju-Yeon is actually “Black Dragon,” and Su-Jeong still holds a grudge. Will their past come back to haunt them, or can they find a way to resolve their misunderstandings – and even find love as adults? Based on the webtoon "That Man Is Black Salt Dragon" (그 남자는 흑염룡).

When Life Gives You Tangerines

Lim Sang-choon, Kim Won-suk · 2025

In Jeju, a spirited girl and a steadfast boy's island story blossoms into a lifelong tale of setbacks and triumphs — proving love endures across time.

Study Group

Lee Jang-hoon · 2025

Nicknamed the "school for future criminals," Yuseong Technical High School isn't exactly the ideal place to study. A rarity among his peers, Ga-min is a student with just one goal: to get into university. At a school where it's every man for himself, he is rejected from countless study groups before he decides to form his own. Will he be able to defeat the odds and achieve his dreams?

Cheer Up

Lee Ok-gyu · 2022

My ID is Gangnam Beauty

2018

[My ID is Gangnam beauty] Kang Mi Rae está recuperando su autoestima después de que ser objeto de burla en su colegio por no ser atractiva. Tras una operación de cirugía plástica para cambiar su aspecto, comienza la universidad, donde es llamada de manera despectiva "Gangnam Beauty". Allí también conocerá a Do Kyung Suk, un chico al que no le importan las apariencias. Yeon Woo Young es de una familia pobre y ha sufrido varias rupturas debido a su situación financiera. Con estas experiencias, se convierte en un experto en citas. Yeon Woo Young inicialmente se enamora de Kang Mi Rae por su aspecto, pero sus sentimientos se vuelven más profundos a medida que llega a apreciar su personalidad reflexiva. Kwon Yoon Byul es un personaje que es más popular entre las chicas que entre los chicos. De hecho, muchas personas la confunden con un chico cuando la ven por primera vez debido a su aspecto de niño.

Revenge of Others

2022

Un chico cae y muere en el instituto, pero Ok Chanmi no cree que su hermano mellizo Park Wonseok se suicidase. Chanmi se traslada al instituto de su hermano, el instituto Yongtan, y conoce a Ji Sooheon, testigo de la muerte de su hermano. Un "héroe" que venga a alumnas víctimas de abusos aparece en el instituto Yongtan. Chanmi especula que puede esatr relacionado con su hermano y empieza a buscar al héroe.

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.

Lovely Runner

Kim Bbang · 2024

Right after Ryu Sun-jae, a top star, ends his life, Im Sol, his top fan, somehow ends up at a time when they were in high school and tries to protect him. A fantasy romance unfolds where people who missed each other in time finally meet.

Business Proposal

Han Sul-hee, 박선호, Hong Bo-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.

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.

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.

True Beauty

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.

Family by Choice

Kim Seung-ho · 2024

A youth romance about two men and woman who aren't blood related but treated each other as family during their teens and how they meet again after 10 years.

My Demon

Kim Jang-han, Kwon Da-som, Choi A-il · 2023

Dear X

Ban Ji-woon · 2025

Cuando Baek Ah Jin era pequeña, sufrió violencia doméstica. Para sobrevivir, aprendió a ocultar sus emociones y a manipular a los demás viendo dentro de sus corazones. Normalmente es generosa y amable con la gente, pero revela su lado diabólico si alguien la enoja o para sus propios fines. Ahora es una actriz de primer nivel. Ella tiene a Yoon Joon Seo, quien ha estado a su lado toda su vida y está dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa por ella. Él es el único en quien puede confiar y con quien puede sentirse cómoda, pero, por Baek Ah Jin, decide provocar su caída. Mientras tanto, Kim Jae Oh también es un hombre que ha estado al lado de Baek Ah Jin toda su vida. Sufrió abusos por parte de su padre y sintió una conexión con Baek Ah Jin. A través de ella, encontró una razón para vivir. Re Na es una actriz de renombre que siente algo por Yoon Joon Seo.

20th Century Girl

Bang Woo-ri · 2022

Yeon-du le pide a su mejor amiga Bora que recopile toda la información que pueda sobre Baek Hyun-jin mientras ella está en los Estados Unidos para someterse a una cirugía de corazón. Bora decide acercarse primero al mejor amigo de Baek, Pung Woon-ho. Sin embargo, el torpe plan de Bora se desarrolla en una dirección inesperada. En 1999, un año antes del nuevo siglo, Bora, que cumple diecisiete años, cae en la fiebre del primer amor.

Twinkling Watermelon

Jin Soo-wan, Son Jeong-hyeon · 2023

A CODA (child of deaf adult) student born with a gift for music crash lands at an unfamiliar place after time traveling through a suspicious music shop. There, he forms the band Watermelon Sugar with other mysterious youths.