list of k-dramas 📺
#1 Hotel Del Luna (2019)
is a South Korean television series, starring Lee Ji-eun and Yeo Jin-goo as the owner and manager, respectively, of the eponymous hotel that caters only to ghosts. Nestled deep in the heart of Seoul’s thriving downtown sits the curious hotel, the like of which no one has ever seen before. Old beyond measure, the building has stood for millennia, an ever-present testament to the fact that things are not always what they seem. Running this hotel is Jang Man Wol, a greedy, suspicious soul who has spent the past thousand years acting as the establishment’s CEO. Jang Man-wol is bound to the place due to a grave sin. She soon hires Gu Chan-sung, a young man, as the manager and introduces him to a mysterious new world.
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#2 Tale Of The Nine Tailed (2020)
is a South Korean television drama starring Lee Dong-wook, Jo Bo-ah, and Kim Bum. An urban dark fantasy drama, 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. His real aim is to find the reincarnation of his lost first love. A TV producer discovers the secret supernatural world as she becomes entangled with the guhimo who's spent centuries searching for his lost lover. She is bent on exposing him. It also has a second season and a three-part spin-off, titled 'Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938' and 'Tale of the Nine Tailed: An Unfinished Story', respectively.
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#3 The Sound Of Magic (2022)
is a South Korean streaming television series based on the Naver webtoon Annarasumanara by Ha Il-kwon. It is directed by Kim Seong-yoon, written by Kim Min-jeong, and starring Ji Chang-wook, Choi Sung-eun, and Hwang In-youp. It revolves around Yoon Ah-yi, a poor student attending Sewoon High School, who had a passion for when she was younger. Under many misfortunes, she wishes to grow faster to become an adult, so she can escape the major stressors and debts. She then meets Ri Eul, an adult magician who wants to remain as a so-called 'child'. After being a frequent visitor of Ri Eul's residence at an eerily, abandoned amusement park, Ah-yi's deskmate Na Il-deung, a cold and well off student, starts to eavesdrop on her magic lessons with the magician. He begins to show a liking towards her and magic tricks. Ah-yi's life gradually changes as she becomes a follower of Ri Eul, making her believe in magic again and allowing her to follow her dreams.
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#4 Rose Mansion (2022)
is a South Korean web series starring Lim Ji-yeon and Yoon Gyun-sang. Set in an apartment scheduled for reconstruction and tells the story of the search for the truth behind a sister’s disappearance. The gradually uncovered secrets will deliver realistic fear and intense suspense, along with suspicious neighbors who hide their greed beneath ordinary looks. Ji Na is a hotel employee who is tracking down her older sister’s disappearance. Although she appears to have a smooth-sailing life, she is a person filled with a great sense of inferiority on the inside. Following the news of her sister Ji Hyun’s disappearance, Ji Na returns to her family’s house, the Rose Mansion, only to be swept up in an unexpected situation.
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#5 Why Her (2022)
is a South Korean television series directed by Park Soo-jin. Starring Seo Hyun-jin in the title role of Oh Soo-jae, and features Hwang In-youp, Huh Joon-ho in pivotal roles. Oh Soo-jae is a talented lawyer and the youngest partner at TK Law Firm. She is driven by her desire to win cases and also her self-righteous principles. However, she gets involved in an unexpected case and gets demoted to work as an adjunct professor at Seojung University Law School, where she meets a student named Gong Chan. He has a painful past and a warm heart. He falls in love with Oh Soo-jae and would do anything to protect her. Meanwhile, Choi Tae-kook, the chairman of TK Law Firm would do anything to satisfy his desires, even if it's illegal or immoral.
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#6 The Glory (2022)
is a South Korean revenge psychological thriller streaming television series written by Kim Eun-sook and directed by Ahn Gil-ho for Netflix. Song Hye-kyo, Lee Do-hyun, Lim Ji-yeon, Yeom Hye-ran, Park Sung-hoon, and Jung Sung-il round out the ensemble cast. A young woman, bullied to the point of deciding to drop out of school, plans the best way to get revenge. Moon Dong-eun, a former victim of school violence plans and seeks revenge on her bullies after taking up a job as a homeroom teacher at the elementary school of the bully leader's child. Some scenes are based on a true event in 2006 when a group of middle schoolers from Cheongju, South Korea, extorted money from their classmate for about a month, repeatedly beating and burning her using objects in the process.
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#7 The Good Bad Mother (2023)
is a South Korean television series starring Ra Mi-ran, Lee Do-hyun, Ahn Eun-jin and Yoo In-soo. 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. Young Soon is a single mother and pig farmer who raised her son Kang Ho all by herself. Despite her love for him, her strict parenting caused Kang Ho to view her as a bad mother. As an adult, Kang Ho became a cold-hearted prosecutor and kept his distance from his mother. However, an unexpected accident caused him to return to his hometown and start over with Young Soon. Kang Ho's childhood friend Mi Joo also reconnected with him after his accident, leading to a transformative experience for both of them.
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#8 Lies Hidden In My Garden (2023)
is a South Korean television series starring Kim Tae-hee, Lim Ji-yeon, Kim Sung-oh, and Choi Jae-rim. Based on the novel of the same name by Kim Jin-young, it is about two women who live completely different lives. Joo Ran is a woman who appears to live a charmed life. She has a seemingly perfect husband and a well-behaved, academically gifted son. She is very content with her life. However, everything begins to change, for the worse, when she notices a strange stench coming from her backyard. With time, she begins to worry that the smell may be coming from a dead, decomposing body. Her path crosses with that of Sang Eun, a woman whose life has been filled with struggle and violence. She is the victim of domestic violence and longs to escape from her miserable daily existence. Later, the women figure out that their destiny is bound together.