Are you having a hard time choosing what to watch this year? It’s normal because every year they release more than a hundred super fine and watch worthy dramas. But in this busy world, one doesn’t have time to check out all the dramas. Here I will talk about the Top 10 K-Dramas of 2024 only to make your pastime enjoyable. I will give you exactly those dramas which you should not miss this year.
From action to fiction, every genre of K-dramas is setting new standards day by day. This year is not an exception. This year we got some groundbreaking dramas that gained a lot of fans globally. Let’s dive deep into it.
What Makes A Drama Stand out:
There are so many things that make a drama stand out. A drama needs to fulfill some criterias to be an absolute Hit, Such as:
- Unique storyline
- Blending of genres
- Strong performance
- High production value
- Cultural and Social Commentary
- Global Appeal
- Chemistry between leads
By blending all these criteria altogether some dramas make a unique and everlasting story which makes itself a glorious star of the galaxy of Korean Dramas.
Top 10 K-Dramas of 2024
This year of 2024 is so exceptional for Kdrama fans. Because this year some dramas broke all the barriers of genre and story, with their extreme creativity and screenplay. Let’s see the top 10 K-Dramas of 2024:
Queen of Tears
This drama broke all the previous records in K-drama history. This drama has to be number 1 in not only this but all the lists you search online. This rom-com has a total of 16 episodes. This drama is not only in the list of Top 10 K-Dramas of 2024 but also in the top 10 of all time.
The married couple Baek Hyun Woo and Hong Hae In are the centers of the drama. Both of them are fed up with their marriage. Especially Baek Hyun Woo. Hong Hae In is the heiress and the CEO of Queen Group and her husband Baek Hyun Woo is the leader of the legal team of the same company. Both fell in love in the office as an employee and later they got married. But the problem is both of them belong to families that are completely different from each other. They have a huge communication gap. But at first, both of the couple were happy with the marriage. Soon something unfortunate happened and their relationship broke apart. Now Hyun Woo is being prepared for divorce, as all the paper was done he finds out his wife has a fatal disease and doesn’t have so many days left. For instance, he was happy because he didn’t want to stay with her but everything changed when he experienced what his wife was going through. This time he tries his best to save her.
At the same time, something bad happened with Hae In’s family which made both families understand each other.
The drama enriched itself with the cast Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Park Sunghoon and so many other talented actors.
Lovely Runner
Another one that deserves to be called Top 10 K-Dramas of 2024 is Lovely Runner for sure. This Romantic, suspense and Time travel drama became the sensation of this year. The story looks like a simple love story between two young lovers but it’s not that simple. Ryu Sun Jae is an idol who is loved by everyone, suspiciously dies and is pronounced dead, the news says he took his own life. Here one of his fans Im Sol doesn’t believe that Sun Jae committed suicide because it was Sun Jae who convinced her to live one more day on this earth. That night of the incident she
inexplicably finds herself in her school days and pledges to save Sun Jae from his unfortunate future.
The drama is full of ups and downs,twists and turns that make the viewers eagerly wait for the next episode. Apart from the story, the characters were also loved by the fans. The love between the leads is so lively and enjoyable. Sun Jae became an obsession to every girl and Im Sol was loved for her cuteness by all the fans worldwide.
We also have a love triangle here, the evergreen trope of Kdrama. If I talk about the cast, Ryu Sun Jae was played by Byeon Woo Seok, Im Sol by Kim Hye Yoon and Song Geon Hee as Kim Tae Sung. Total episodes are 16.
Marry My Husband
Marry My Husband can be said to be a tale of love, friendship, betrayal and revenge. Kang Ji Won is married to Park Min Hwan, and after a few years of dating they got married. Ji Won has no one in this world whom she can call her family. The only family she has is a husband and a best friend. After her marriage, nothing went well because of her mother-in-law. That was not the only bad luck to her and she got to know she has cancer. From the beginning to her hospital time, she had her friend who took care of her so well. One day she went back to her home from the hospital and saw something horrible. She saw her beloved husband and her only best friend on her bed. When she found out and asked them what it meant, they literally told her she was at fault for this and killed her. After that when she came to her senses and opened her eyes she found herself back in 2013. Now she promised herself to take her revenge on those two betrayers. And here finds her true love and some true friends.
The cast here are, Park Min Young, Na In Woo, Song Ha Yoon and Lee Yi Kyung.
Episode numbers are 16.
Atypical Family
Bok Gwi Ju and his whole family are different from other normal families. They are special because they have some supernatural powers to fly, to see the realistic future and even to go to the past. But now they can not, because of their changes in lifestyles. One is overweight, one is suffering from insomnia and the other one is in depression. One day they meet a woman who comes to them without knowing their secret. The woman’s family are actually swindlers, but with her help, Gwi Ju and his family get back their precious powers. Though the woman came to that family with ulterior motives but started to cherish that family. She also finds out a special past connection with Gwi Ju. Jang Ki Yong and Chun Woo Hee played the lead roles, Bok Gwi Ju and Do Da Hae. The episode numbers are 12.
A shop for killer
Jeong Ji An is a teenage girl who used to live with her uncle after her whole family died. And now she is a university student. Her uncle Jeong Jin Man is a tough and mysterious man and Ji An doesn’t have any idea about what her uncle does for a living. One day she gets the news that her uncle is no more. Though she does not believe it, she comes back to her uncle’s house to live again. In that house, she finds a hidden shop full of arms and gets herself in trouble. She meets various people who want to kill her too, like her parents.
She also comes to know about her uncle and his profession.
The veteran actor Lee Dong Wook played Jeong Jin Man, and Kim Hae Jun played Jeong Ji An.
The drama is based on a novel called A Shop For Killers. The drama ends with 8 episodes and currently fans are waiting for the next season.
Doctor Slump:
Park Hyung Sik and Park Shin Hye after many years had their comeback and a reunion together through the 16 episodes drama, Doctor Slump.
Hyung Sik as Yeo Jeong Woo was the topper of his school and later studied in Korea’s one of the best medical colleges. Now he became a renowned plastic surgeon but a suspicious medical incident happened and his career and life both became messed up.
On the other hand, Nam Ha Neul, played by Park Shin Hye, was the direct academic rival of Jeong Woo. She worked so hard all her life that she didn’t learn how to rest, just to fulfill other expectations. In the present day, she is an Anesthesiologist. One of her seniors made her life hell and she was tested for depression so she decided to take a leave from all this and spend some time for herself.
Both the distressed souls meet somehow and help each other to get over the bad luck and live a happy life.
Pyramid game:
A reputed school in Seoul called Baekyeon Girls’ High School welcomes a transfer student named Sung Su Ji. At first look, the school looks fine and cozy but Suji feels something is not nice in her class. The students of her class play a cruel game planned by the crook head Baek Ha Rin. The game is called Pyramid Game. Every month they play this game by voting for each other. The student who gets zero votes gets the position F. The F marked students are the open target of the bullies. Suji is the next target of the students, especially Baek Ha Rin.
But Su Ji is different from the other students, she is strong minded and smart. She does not tolerate the idea of being a target and getting bullied by others. She starts planning how to get rid of it. She gathers other students to fulfill her plan. And finally, she brings Baek Ha Rin’s evil face to light.
The drama’s central cast members are Bo Na and Jung Da A, and the drama has a total of 10 episodes. And this short drama has to be in the list of Top 10 K-Dramas of 2024.
The Midnight Studio:
If you are an emotional person, please keep a box of tissues before watching this drama.
In this 16 episode drama we see, Seo Ki Joo and his two ghost assistants Go Sung Ho and Baek Nam Goo run a small photo studio where they fulfill the last wishes of dead people and click pictures with their families. In all episodes, we see different people with different stories.
But this is not a hobby of Ki Joo, in fact, he is bound to do so. With this magical studio, the whole clan of Ki Joo is cursed with premature death. Ki Joo is almost near his death year when she meets Han Bom, who has the ability to get rid of his curse.
The leads Ki Joo and Han Bom are played by Joo Won and Kwon Nara skillfully.
Parasyte: the Grey
Parasyte the Grey is the introductory show of new characters of the Japanese series Parasyte.
Jeong Su In, played by Jeon So Nee, is the central character of the drama. She is an orphan living her own life. One night suddenly a parasite entered her body. The whole world was endowed by the attack of some ugly-looking tiny creatures. The parasite that takes over Su In’s body can not take control over her brain. So to stay alive they started living together. The other main main characters Seok Kang Woo and Choi Jun Kyung played by Koo Kyo Hwan and Lee Jung Hyun chase after the parasites to take revenge for killing their precious family member.
All of these three meet somewhere and get connected to each other.
This short introductory drama consists of 6 episodes.
Midnight romance in hagwon
The drama is also known as Graduation. The drama shows a love story between two instructors of a private educational institute. Before being a colleague both were teachers and students. Seo Hye Jin worked in that institute for 10 years and Lee Joon Ho was a student of this institute before it was famous. Hye Jin works so hard for Jun Hoo to get into a prestigious university. After so many years they meet again and Jun Hoo leaves his honorable job and comes to the institute where Seo Hye Jin works, as a rookie, because both of them have a strong feeling for each other. At first, Hye Jin opposed the idea but Jun Ho managed to convince her.
But the other colleague and the parents of the students did not like it at all and they started cornering Hye Jin without any reasonable cause when they knew about the love affair of those two. The mature lovers handled the situation so well that it was liked by the viewers.
Wi Ha Joon as Lee Jun Ho and Jung Ryeo Won as Seo Hye Jin stand out so well with their skillful acting. The drama has 16 episodes.
To sum up, all these top 10 K-Dramas of 2024 left their essence to make K-Dramas even more likable. This year we got Romance, suspense, thriller, psychological thrillers and even the blend of so many genres in one drama. Day by day this industry is setting its standards even higher. No doubt all the dramas above have their own name written in the list of the best of all time with their unique storyline and the chemistry between the characters.