Korean dramas are now overpowering the globe with their unique plots, mesmerizing screenplay and most importantly with the iconic characters. No matter what your good-to-go dramas you can just find everything here, just like a mystery box. Once you enter this world you will never find the exit door. Now let’s come to the point where you can find all this magical world. Netflix is one of the most trusted platforms where you can find the best dramas of all time. In this article, I am going to give you some of the must-watch K-Dramas on Netflix.
Netflix is one of the easiest gateways to the world of Kdramas. This one is your place if you are finding ways to explore new and also the best K-dramas of all time to binge-watch.
Let us together explore some fine dramas that were once a sensation.
A Shortlist:
Let’s see a preview of what dramas we are talking about in this article:
- My Demon (2023)
- Strong Girl Namsoon (2023)
- King The Land (2023)
- Celebrity (2023)
- All of Us Are Dead (2022)
- Squid Game (2021)
- Sweet Home (2020)
- Vincenzo (2021)
- The Glory (2022)
- Move to Heaven (2021)
We are going to have an overall review of these dramas.
My Demon
Genre: Fantasy and Rom-Com
Cast: Song Kang, Kim Yoo Jung, Lee Sang Yi and others.
Episodes: 16
Jeong Gu Won is a powerful handsome demon who lives in this world to grant one wish of human beings and makes a deal to give up their soul after 10 years. Those people as the contract is then destined to go to hell. One dark night in the middle of a road he meets a woman whose name is Do Do Hee. Accidentally Jeong Gu Won loses his power and not only loses it but it transfers into Do Do Hee’s body. Now he needs to stay near Do Do Hee to get his powers back. On the other hand, Do Do Hee is the direct heiress of the Mirae Group. She doesn’t have faith in love and so she offers Jeong Gu Won for a contract marriage. Though he at first rejects the offer but later agrees to marry Do Do Hee. The love between a demon and a mere human being is so interesting. My Demon is for sure one of the must-watch K-Dramas on Netflix.
Strong Girl Nam Soon
Genre: Rom-Com, Fantasy.
Cast: Lee Yoo Mi, Ong Seong Wu, Byeon Woo Seok and others.
Episode: 16
Gang Nam Soon is a relative of Bong Soon’s family (Strong Woman Do Bong Soon). She belongs to the same clan of Bong Soon where women are blessed by a superpower. When Nam Soon was a kid he went on a family trip with her parents outside of Korea. But her parents lost her there in that alien land. Bong Soon was raised there by a Mongolian couple. All that she remembered as a child was that she was Korean. She learned Korean from a Mongolian old lady and then came back to Korea to find her real parents. On the way to finding her parents, she faced so many obstacles. But he tackled everything with her super strength. She meets a policeman, Kang Hee Shik and falls in love with him. Kang Hee Shik also helped her to find her mom. With her powers, she wanted to help the police and get involved with Ryu Shi Oh.
King The Land
Genre: Rom-Com
Cast: Lim Yoon A
Episodes: 16
Gu Won is a chaebol of King Group. He is smart and gentle but suffers a terrible trauma from his childhood. He can not stand fake smiles, and he thinks every smile is a fake smile. In his King Hotel, he meets a woman whose name is Cheon Sa Rang. Cheon Sa Rang is a smiley girl. Cheon Sa Rang works in that Hotel to cherish her childhood memory in that hotel.
Both of them have opposite personalities, still, they fall in love and create their own memories and Sarang makes Gu Won smile again with her love.
Celebrity
Genre: Thriller
Cast: Park Gyu Young, Kang Min Hyuk and others.
Episodes: 12
Celebrity is another must-watch K-Dramas on Netflix.
We always see every celebrity’s perfect life but are those celebrities’ lives always picture-perfect? This drama highlights the dark reality of those social media influencers.
Seo A-Ri is a normal girl who once belonged to a wealthy family but after her father died they became bankrupt. One of her friends told her about Instagram and the celebrities on Instagram. One day she meets a school friend of hers who used to follow her everywhere when she was rich. Now that friend is a social media influencer and mistakes her as a rich woman who lives a simple life and takes her to meet with other influencers. That night Seo A Ri also made an Instagram account and somehow people started following her for some reason and soon she also became one of those influencers. Everything was going nice but soon she faced something that messed her life up.
All of Us Are Dead
Genre: Drama, Horror and Fantasy
Cast: Yoon Chan Young, Solomon, Park Ji Hu, Cho Yi Hyun and others
Episodes: 12
Lee Cheong San and Nam On Ju are childhood friends who both go to the same school. One ordinary day something happens in their school. A virus outbreak in the school. Everyone who is affected by the virus is turning into zombies. The government of the country doesn’t even care about those students. Now the only way to survive is fighting against those flesh eaters. Only some of the friends can survive in this deadly virus outbreak.
This drama was a sensation at that time, and soon the second season will be released.
Squid Game
Genre: Action Thriller, Survival and Sci-Fi
Cast: Lee Jung Jae, Park Hae Soo, Wi Ha Jun and others
Episodes: 9
Squid game is a deadly survival game that gives the winner 45.6 billion won as a prize money. Seong Gi Hun hears about the game and decides to be a part of the game. Because he was poor and jobless he found it as an easy way to earn money. Like Seong Gi Hun, some other people also participated in the game to win the prize money. But this is not just a mere game rather it’s a death trap. In this game, people actually die. Not everyone can play this game, only people who receive an invitation can take part in this game. A total of 456 players take part in this deadly game but only one can be the winner.
This drama also released its second season and already announced its third season release date. And without any doubt you can say this one is truly a masterpiece of Korea and also a must-watch K-Dramas on Netflix.
Sweet Home
Genre: Horror Thriller, Fantasy
Cast: Song Kang, Lee Jin Wook, Lee Si Young and others
Episodes: 10
Cha Hyun Soo, who already lost his parents and only sister, doesn’t want to live anymore. He lives in a small apartment where nobody is so close to anyone. Everyone lives their life in their own way. Suddenly a mysterious occurrence happened and normal people were turning into deadly monsters. Cha Hyun Soo’s building also was in the red zone. Some of the brave people who were staying in that building came forward to save the people of that building.
The monsters were so frightening. Some of the inhabitants of the building also turned into monsters.
You can also watch the second and third seasons on Netflix.
Vincenzo
Genre: Action, Comedy
Cast: Song Joong Ki, Jeon Yoo Bin and others
Episodes: 20
A Korean boy once was adopted by an Italian mafia. After that he was named Vincenzo and because he was adopted by the Cassano family he became Vincenzo Cassano. He is now a mafia lawyer who also is known as consigliere. He came to Korea again after so many years to rescue his money. Here he meets a messy girl, Hong Cha Young who is a lawyer and gets involved with her and her case. He also finds his family here. Both Vincenzo and Hang Cha Young fall in love with each other and solve many cases together. Vincenzo also gets justice for what he wants.
The Glory
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Cast: Song Hye Kyo, Lee Do Hyun and others
Episodes: 8
When someone gets awfully bullied by their classmates or anyone that person loses all their self-esteem. Sometimes the bully becomes so brutal that the bullied person loses all their hope and the willpower to live a peaceful life. Moon Dong Eun is one of the bullied students who was brutally tortured by some of her schoolmates. Psychologically she got shrunken but when she became an adult she rose again. She comes to them to get revenge for how they ruined their life. On her brave journey, she meets Joo Yeo Jeong who not only unconditionally helps her but also loves her the same way.
Check out season two of The Glory on Netflix. For sure it’s one of the must-watch K-Dramas on Netflix.
Move to Heaven
Genre: Drama
Cast: Lee Je Hoon, Tang Joon Sang and others
Episodes: 10
Geu Ru is a teenage boy and he has Asperger Syndrome. His father runs a business called Move To Heaven but he suddenly dies. He has no other guardian after his father except an uncle who was in jail. When Uncle Sang Gu comes back they start living together and run his father’s business together. His father’s business was moving the belongings of the deceased people. Because doing this is not an easy task for the family members of the deceased. This realistic drama focuses on human emotions like grief, trauma and healing.
These are some of those dramas that you will never regret watching. You can find all of these dramas easily on Netflix.
Korean dramas are surely the mood lifters for everyone. And streaming platforms like Netflix provide all these mood lifters with an easy go. Whatever your mood is and whatever your favorite genre is you can have everything here. This platform chooses the best of the best among all and serves it on your plate. You can have the best taste of romance, drama, thrillers, medical dramas, and psychological ones, all here on one platform. Why are you wasting your time then? Grab your favorite snacks, sit in your favorite place, get comfortable and start watching your type of drama. Today and now if you get some free time. Now you actually can do Netflix and chill with your favorite drama. Take care and enjoy your show.