In this busy world when you have some time and you really have no plans to spend your free time, what can be a better option other than riding an emotional roller coaster with a vast variation of Korean Dramas? I am so positive about the fact that with a Kdrama Marathon, you can do the best use of your precious time. Again if I tell you that if you want something as your mood lifter, Kdrama can do it too. So let’s explore what are those best K-Dramas to binge watch right now.
Before a deep dive let me tell you something more about Kdramas. In every streaming platform Korean Dramas are effortlessly dominating over the globe right now. You rarely can find anyone who does not have any idea on Kdramas. To know about the Korean wave you need to start watching dramas. But if your reason for watching Kdramas is only entertainment, still you are very much welcome. Let’s see what you can choose to lift your mood and have a great free time experience.
Best K-Dramas for Comedy and Light Romance
If you are in a loving mood these dramas will make your mood even more loving.
Shooting Stars:
This drama shows us the inner story of every star and the entertainment company. Gong Tae Sung is one of the A-listed celebrated actors. He has a huge fan base who blindly love, cherish him. People love him for his moderate and benevolent personality. But outside of the camera, he is a hot tempered person.
On the other hand, Oh Han Byeol is a responsible member of the PR team of the company that protects the actor from the controversial news. At a time both of them had a sweet and mutual feeling for each other but eventually now they don’t even like each other and can’t stand their shadow. But somehow they got along and confessed their true feelings for each other.
Apart from the main leads, there are other couples whose relationship was heartwarming. People who work in front of the camera are also common people like us, they can’t be flawless, and this drama shows the common life of the actors and actresses.
No doubt Shooting Star is one of the best K-Dramas to binge watch.
Cast: Kim Young Dae, Lee Sung Kyung, Yoon Jong Hoon, Kim Yoon Hae, Lee Jung Shin, Sojin and others.
Our Beloved Summer:
Choi Ung and Kook Yeon Su come from the same high school.
Choi Ung was naive and on the contrary, Kook Yeon was a smart and mature kid. While Choi Ung was the lowest-marked student, Yeon Su was the topper of the class. As both were so different from each other they didn’t like each other at all. Both of them unwillingly shot a documentary together and became closer and fell in love. But after some time they broke their relationship for a reason that Choi Ungis unable to understand. Now, after five years they meet again for another documentary because the previous one was loved by the audience so much.
When they meet again after years and spend some time together again, they realize their love is still alive.
Cast: Choi Woo Shik, Kim Da Mi and others.
Best K-Dramas for Action and Thrills
Let’s see what can make your bones chilled.
Vagabond:
Cha Dal Gun lives with his nephew and takes care of him. He is a normal stuntman . His nephew lost his parents at a young age that’s why Dal Gun takes care of him. One day his nephew, whose name Cha Hoon went on a field trip in Morocco but the plane crashed. Dal Gun then rushes to the spot to attend the funeral of his nephew and the other passengers, but before that, he meets a man who was one of those passengers of that plane that crashed. He recognized that person because right before take off his nephew sent him a video and the man was in that video. Though the man understands that the plan was pre planned by some powerful men. He now decides to unveil the truth behind the crash. Doing so He meets Go Hae Ri and together they find the proof.
Cast: Lee Seung Gi, Bae Suzy and others.
Taxi Driver:
Kim Do Ki was a sharp student who graduated from a prestigious college in Korea. He also got his cherished job and everything was going good. But suddenly everything changed when his mother was murdered by a serial killer.
Now Kim Do Ki leaves his job and becomes a Taxi Driver but the taxi company is not a typical company that helps people to go from here to there rather that company is known for a special reason. That company offers a special service called Revenge Call. If any customer wanted to take revenge on anyone the drivers including Kim Do Ki executed that revenge on behalf of them.
This drama released a second season in 2024.
Cast: Lee Je Hoon, Esom and others.
Best K-Dramas for Heartfelt Drama and Emotion
Let’s go through something heartwarming.
When The Camellia Blooms:
Dong Beak runs a restaurant in the small town, Ongsan. Her life is full of hardship,she was an orphan child and now also a single mother. Because she is a single mother she often becomes a topic of gossip by the neighbors, though people pretend to like her but never leave any opportunity to backbite her. To add more crisis in her life her boyfriend comes back as the father of her child Pil Gu. On top of that she is being targeted by a serial killer who came to their small and peaceful town.
But the best things in her life are her loving son Pil Gu and Hwang Yong Shik, a local policeman who loves her. If you like watching small town love stories then this one has to be one of the best K-Dramas to binge watch.
Cast: Gong Hyo Jin, Kang Ha Neul and others.
Our Blues:
Our Blues tells the story of a group of people who live on Jeju Island. All the characters of this drama have their own lives and story about it. The past-present connection was portrayed so skillfully. This drama and the character give another level of peace.
Lee Dong Seok, who was born and brought up in Jeju and lives an ordinary life, meets Min Seon A, a woman who just settled in Jeju. Another couple we have is Lee Young Ok and Park Jeong Jun who meet on the same land as a woman taxi driver and a fishing boat captain.
The whole drama is a piece of relaxation, nothing was exaggerated here, the ordinary story surely makes it an extraordinary one.
Cast: Lee Byung Hoon, Shin Min A, Kim Woo Bin, Han Jimin and others.
Best K-Dramas for Fantasy and Supernatural
Are you somehow tired of what is happening around you? Wanna escape with me from this harsh reality? Let’s go.
Goblin:
Goblin has to be on the list of the best K-Dramas to binge watch. Personally, I can’t even count how many times I have watched this drama.
Kim Shin is an immortal God (Goblin), but he is not happy with his immortality. He has seen all his loved ones dying in front of him which made his immortality a curse. Now he wants to die. To do so he needs a human who can lift his curse. Ji Eun Tak is that human being who can make Kim Shin cut off his curse.
We also have a Grim Reaper here. A Grim Reaper that collects the human souls and helps them to go to the afterlife. The thing is all these important characters who are completely different beings are somewhere connected. We have another main character who is also a human being, also connected with the Grim Reaper and the Goblin by both the past life and present life.
Cast: Gong Yoo, Lee Dong Wook, Kim Go Eun, Yoo In Na and others.
Tale of Nine Tailed:
Nam Ji Ah is a producer, she believes in the reality of the myth of nine tailed foxes (Gumiho), and she wants to prove it to the whole world. In her mission, he meets a handsome but mysterious man called Lee Yeon. She suspects that mysterious man to be a nine tailed fox or a Gumiho which is actually true but he never accepts. He is a handsome man who avoids Ji Ah and secretly saves her from all the problems. Now we have another fox in the drama, Lee Rang. Lee Rang is a half-brother of the nine tailed fox Lee Yeon. He is half fox and half human. He hates both his brother and Ji Ah and wants to kill Ji Ah because his brother left him for a woman whose reincarnation is Ji Ah.
The story becomes more interesting when Imoogi, the villain of the drama, enters. The story of humans, non-humans, demons, mountain Gods and the presence of other creatures make the drama a place of escapism.
This drama also released a second season with the title of Tale of Nine Tailed 1938.
Cast: Lee Dong Wook, Jo Bo Ah Kim Bum and others.
The Uncanny Counter:
Ga Mo Tak, Do Ha Na, Jang Cheol Joong and Chu Mae Ok run a noodle shop, which is actually so popular because of its unique taste. But the employees are not ordinary people. They are actually the counters who catch evil spirits and send them to hell. One day one of the counters gets killed during a battle against a 3rd level evil spirit. The uncanny that was inside him finds a host, and this time it is just a mere school boy. All the counters and even the uncanny were surprised because the uncanny holy spirits can only enter into the bodies which are in a coma. This happens with all the counters, but this school boy So Mun came out special because he was not in a coma. After being one of the counters he proves himself as an extraordinary counter.
This drama is so interesting and every episode will give you a different kind of thrill. As the concept was unique the drama was highly praised by the audiences. This drama also released a second season and here we see more powerful demons and also more powerful counters.
Cast: Jo Byung Gyu, Yoo Joon Sang, Kim Sejeong, Yum Hye Ran, Ahn Suk Hwang and others.
All the dramas I mentioned above are for sure the best K-Dramas to binge watch for every fan. If you like this kind of drama I will let you know more exciting dramas later. But one thing I am sure about every genre will give you another kind of refreshment, that you will be compelled to watch more and more dramas whenever you will have some extra time.
But I will suggest you to choose dramas according to your mood because that’s how you will get fully connected with the drama.
Lastly, I will be so glad if my articles help you even a bit. Thank you for staying with me and thank you for reading this article till the end. I hope you enjoy your drama.