Does every Korean drama get its deserving fame? No, they don’t. Sometimes in the midst of a thousand dramas some awesome dramas stay underrated even if they have one of the best storylines ever. But until when? Until when do they stay hidden? Let’s check out the best K-dramas to watch right now. Everyday we get exciting dramas to watch, some get our priority for their appearance, some for the plot and storyline and some get the hype because of the casts. Now we can’t let these hidden gems always be hidden. Today’s task is uncovering those hidden gems that are underrated and yet are must-watch Kdramas.
Let’s find out what those are.
What Makes a K-Drama a Hidden Gem?
There are so many aspects that make a drama underrated and yet exceptional. Such as a great storyline. These dramas often come with a unique plot, a refreshing story, some relatable characters and an amazing movie experience. Where the popular dramas deal with the common and overused tropes these underrated dramas introduce different kinds of tropes and present a totally different type of protagonist that develops the character throughout the drama. Unlike the regular protagonist, their underrated protagonists are more relatable to the audience.
The plus point of those dramas is that even though they don’t get the desired fame but often get the most loyal fans who always praise these underrated dramas highly. And these dedicated fan bases pledges to make these dramas stand still for the longest times.
A trusted list of underrated dramas
Here I am adding a list of some highly underrated dramas that you can watch anytime.
- Flower of Evil (2020) – 16 episodes
- The Devil Judge (2021) – 16 episodes
- Memorist (2020) – 16 episodes
- The Killing Vote (2023) – 12 episodes
- Revenant (2023) – 12 episodes
- Bulgasal: An Immortal Soul (2021) – 16 episodes
- The Secret Romantic Guest House (2023) – 18 episodes
- Run On (2020) – 16 episodes
- Age of Youth (2016) -12 episodes
- Prison Playbook (2017) – 16 episodes
- Life on Mars (2018) – 16 episodes
- My Liberation Notes (2022) – 16 episodes
- Move To Heaven (2021) – 10 episodes
- Love All Play (2022) – 16 episodes
- Dali and The Cocky Prince (2021) – 16 episodes
- Tomorrow (2022) – 16 episodes
- She Would Never Know (2021) – 16 episodes
- If You Wish Upon Me (2022) – 16 episodes
- Navillera (2021) – 12 episodes
- Go Back Couple (2017) – 12 episodes
- Her Private Life (2019) – 16 episodes
There are uncountable underrated gems that you can watch any time anywhere and with anyone.
Top Hidden K-Dramas to Watch Right Now
Let’s know some of the hidden gems of Korean Dramas that you need to watch right now depending on your mood.
Best Feel-Good K-Dramas
Some dramas work like a relief to the audience that can remove the regular working stress from your shoulders and make you feel loved, as like
Her Private Life:
Her Private Life is one of the best K-dramas to watch right now .
Deok Mi is a workaholic person. She works in an art gallery in Korea where she is a successful curator. She always has the appearance of an ideal worker. But outside of her work life, she is totally a different person, she is a devoted fangirl and she owns a renowned fan page. She always clicks the best pictures of her idol and also makes sure that her idol is not uncomfortable with her work. One day she meets a rude person during her professional job called Ryan and later she finds out that the rude man is the new director of the art gallery where she works. Ryan once used to be a famous painter but for some personal reasons, he stopped painting. Though never likes to be surrounded by people so much, he somehow finds interest in Deok Mi. When he happens to know about her secret of maintaining a fan page as well as secret of being a fan he takes mischievous advantage of her and they become close.
This drama shows the lives of all the fangirls’ where they can not accept the fact because of the society pressure that they are in love with an idol who doesn’t even know them. All the fangirls, even all the fanboys can connect to Deok Mi. Again the heartwarming love of Ryan and Deok Mi is enough to melt your heart.
Main Cast: Park Min Young and Kim Jae Wook.
Age of Youth:
Age of Youth is also known as Hello, My Twenties!
Some university students meet as roommates and become friends. As they lived together all the time under the same roof they became more than friends and not less than family to each other. All the five friend’s personalities differ from each other but despite that they understand each other very well.
Among the five friends, Yoon Jin Myung works very hard to support her family financially, Song Ji Won is bright like sunshine and she likes drinking alcohol so much, Jung Ye Eun is a girlfriend material who devotedly loves her boyfriend and is very clear about her likes and dislikes, Yoo Eun Jae is always shy and nervous and has a unique taste on man and the last member of the group Kang Yi na is the beauty and also popular because of her beauty.
Main Cast: Han Ye Ri, Park Eun Bin, Jang Ye Eun, Park Hye Soo and Hwa Young.
Dramas When You Want a Good Cry: Emotional K-Dramas
Sometimes when we feel low we want to cry and some dramas actually make us cry badly, like:
Uncontrollably Fond:
If you want to cry because you are feeling low then this one is surely one of the best K-dramas to watch right now.
There is a saying that true love never completes and this drama is the proof of that saying.
Shin Joon Young and No Eul have loved each other from their childhood but unfortunately they fall apart. In their adulthood, they meet again. Shin Joon Young is now a top list actor as well as a singer. On the other hand, No Eul is a producer who makes documentary films. As they meet again they fall in love again, everything is going so well but this time they get separated for life and they will never meet again.
The whole drama is so emotional but when Shin Joong Young takes his last breath on No Eul’s shoulder that scene is so painful that it scrambles the hearts of the audience. No matter how strong you are, you are going to cry badly if you watch this drama
Main Cast: Kim Woo Bin, Bae Suzy.
Hymn of Death:
The drama is based on a true story of two lovers, set in a time when Korea was under the rule of the Japanese.
Kim Woo Jin is an admirable theater drama writer. For his new script, he needs an actor because the crew he had was not enough. One of the actors calls Yun Sim Deok, a singer to fill the gap. The singer and the writer share some common philosophies which impressed both of them and they fall in love. But Kim Woo Jin was already married which Sim Deok didn’t know, but they love each other so dearly that they can’t live with each other. So in the end, they choose a tragic end for each other.
This short drama will make your heart ache for a long time for sure.
Main Cast: Lee Jong Suk and Shin Hae Sun.
Heart-Pounding Action and Thrillers
Allow me to make you hooked with your seat with some breathtaking action thrillers.
The Devil Judge:
Kang Yo Han is a judge who mercilessly punishes bad people. But his activity is mysterious. He always stays around those bad people and makes his move manipulating them. Kim Ga On, a rookie judge, always suspects Judge Yohan and tries to gather proof against them. But despite this Yohan likes Ga On because he looks just like his elder brother who was killed by those evil people.
Jung Sun A is an executive director of a social responsibility foundation, she is young and smart but a total psycho. She has the power to control the whole country using her political connections.
Another main character Yoon Soo Hyun is a detective who helps Ga On to find Yohan’s real face.
With the help of his detective friend Ga On finds the real face of Yohan and the real reason for Yohan’s suspicious deeds.
Main Cast: Ji Sung, Jin Young, Kim Min Jung and Park Park Gyu Young.
Blind:
Without any doubt Blind is one of the best K-dramas to watch right now,why? Because, let me tell you.
Two brothers, one orphanage and a serial killer all get connected and give chills to the audience.
Ryu Sung Joon is Korea’s one of the best detectives. He is dedicated to his job. Now he is after a serial killer who is killing numerous people. Sung Joon has an elder brother Ryu Sung Hoon, who is a judge. Both love each other so much but at one point of solving the serial killer case, they start suspecting each other. A social worker Jo Eun Ki also gets connected with these two brothers and helps them to solve that case. At the end of the drama, they find something unexpected and surprising.
Main Cast: Ok Taekyeon, Ha Seokjin and Jung Eun Ji.
Fantasy Worlds to Get Lost In
Now let’s escape from reality to the world of fantasy with some hidden gems.
Tomorrow:
This world is not a happy place to live for everyone, some people lead a hellish life in this beautiful world. Some still stay strong but some of them lose all hope to live and decide to leave the world. Some grim reaper come to this world to save those people who want to commit suicide. Choi Jun Woong is a half human and a half spirit who helps those Grim Reapers to do their job.
The best thing about the drama is the justification of why we should live our lives. This world is a place where spring and winter come after each other. If there is sadness, happiness always follows it. No one can always be happy or always sad.
Main Cast: Kim Hee Seon, Lee Soo Hyuk, Rowoon and Yun Ji On.
My Roommate is A Gumiho:
Lee Dam is a university student who never dated anyone in her life and starts living with a boy sharing the same house, how?
Shin Woo Yeo is a professor who is a 999 year old nine tailed fox. He wants to become a human, and to do so he collects human energy in a bead. One day while Lee Dam was going back home with her drunk friend meets Shin Woo Yeo. Accidentally the fox bead falls into Lee Dam’s mouth and she swallows it unwillingly. Now here the problem is if the fox’s bead doesn’t come out of Lee Dam then she will die and Woo Yeo will fail to be human.
To rescue the bead, both find a way and start living with each other for one year. Living together they start to know each other and fall for each other.
Main Cast: Hyeri and Jang Ki Yong.
In your free time when you can not decide what to watch you can find these unseen marvels and have a nice time. There are thousands of dramas that are worth watching, but some dramas surely get a slight from the lamplight. But to be honest real magic mostly lies here. And all these dramas are worth to be labelled as the best K-dramas to watch right now. Hidden dramas are not only dramas that give you a good movie time but also make you find the original taste of dramas. I will suggest that you should take a break from the mainstream hit dramas and explore more and more hidden dramas that are nothing less than a Jewel of Korean Dramas. I’m sure you can find one of your most favorite dramas amid these overlooked treasures.