Korean Drama has become a new obsession among people of all generations during the past decade and it continues to be on the rise. So here is a list of ten highest-rated Korean Dramas of all time that you might want to watch if you missed them or re-watch if you loved them.
1. Reply 1988
Rating: 9.1
Five childhood mates, all of whom live in Seoul’s Ssangmundong neighborhood, rely on one another to get through their tough teenage years and chart a course for their futures. As the middle child in her poor family, Sung Deok Sun fights for recognition while also bearing the weight of her 999th-grade rating. Even after his family becomes wealthy overnight, Kim Jung Hwan has a single-track mind for soccer.
Sung Sun Woo is a model student, president of the student council, and a loving and dependable son in his family. Ryu Dong Ryong is a nerd who knows more about girls and life than the rest of his peers, but he is unable to attend college due to his low academic performance. Choi Taek is a brilliant baduk player who dropped out of school to pursue a career in the sport.
What memories from these fun days together can the group of friends bring with them into their future lives when they get into and out of mischief in the neighborhood?
Where to watch: Netflix, Viki.
2. My Mister
Rating: 9.1
Park Dong Hoon is a middle-aged engineer married to Kang Yoon Hee, a solicitor. However, his life is not entirely peaceful because he is assisted by his two unemployed brothers, Sang-Hoon and Gi Hoon. Furthermore, his wife is having an affair with Dong Hoon’s new boss, CEO Do Joon Yeong, who is Dong Hoon’s college junior.
Dong Hoon receives an unwelcome bribe one day and learns that his coworker, Lee Ji An, was present at the time. Ji An is a young part-time employee at Dong Hoon’s company who is drowning in debt and is left to care for her ailing grandmother on her own. Dong Hoon then becomes embroiled in his brothers’ battle to get back on their feet, as well as the company’s internal competition between the CEO and others who oppose him, all while being unaware that CEO Joon Yeong wants to fire him and Ji An works for him.
Where to watch: Viki, Netflix
3. Sky Castle
Rating: 9.0
SKY Castle is a posh private neighborhood where wealthy doctors and professors live with their families. Han Seo Jin, Noh Seung Hye, Jin Jin Hee, and Lee Myung Joo are all residents.. All of the women want their children to attend prestigious universities and are committed to helping them achieve this goal.
Following Myung Joo’s son’s admission into Seoul National University as a medical student, an incident occurs, and the family is forced to relocate. Lee Soo Im and her inferior family move into Sky Castle, much to the surprise of the people.
Soo Im takes it upon herself to help the stressed children and challenge the other women of SKY Castle, all while challenging her methods of helping her step-son and uncovering the reality about Myung Joo’s family and their friendship with Kim Joo Young, the grade coordinator.
Where to watch: Netflix, Viki.
4. The Penthouse
Rating: 9.0
Hera Palace, a 100-story luxury penthouse apartment, is home to many mysteries and hidden dreams. Sim Su Ryeon is the queen of the penthouse apartment, having been born into money. Cheon Seo Jin, the residence’s prima donna, does all she can to provide for her daughter. Oh Yoon Hee comes from a poor family, but she aspires to rise through the ranks of society by becoming the queen of the penthouse, which she considers to be the pinnacle of achievement. At Seoul’s most coveted penthouse, a struggle for money, influence, and reputation begin.
Where to watch: Viki
5. Strong Girl Bong-soon
Rating: 8.8
The CEO of a gaming company hires Bong Soon, a petite woman born with supernatural power, to be his bodyguard in the face of an unknown danger. He is smitten with her at first sight, but he is up against competition for her affections because she has her eyes fixed on a childhood friend who is now a police officer.
Where to watch: Netflix, Viki
6. Mr. Queen
Rating: 8.8
In modern-day Seoul, the President’s Blue House’s prestigious chef Jang Bong-hwan is involved in a scuffle and falls off a building. When he wakes up, he discovers he’s been transported back to the Joseon era, and his soul has taken up residence in Queen Kim So-yong’s body. He sets out to learn more about the queen’s life because he can’t get out of this strange situation, but he gets swept up in the Kingdom’s political drama.
Where to watch: Viki
7. Crash Landing On You
Rating: 8.7
It tells the story of a South Korean heiress and a North Korean elite army officer. Yoon Se Ri has an accident while paragliding due to strong winds, which causes her to crash land in North Korea, where she encounters Ri Jung Hyuk, a North Korean army officer who offers to assist her in returning to South Korea. Despite the divide and conflict between their nations, they fall in love over time.
Where to watch: Netflix.
8. It’s Okay to Not Be Okay
Rating: 8.7
Moon Gang Tae is a psychiatric ward community health worker who has everything, including a beautiful body, intelligence, the ability to sympathise with others, composure, the ability to respond rapidly, endurance, and more. Meanwhile, Ko Moon Young is a well-known children’s book author who appears greedy, arrogant, and rude as a result of his antisocial personality disorder.
Moon Gang Tae rejects passion, and Ko Moon Young is totally unaware of this. They defy destiny and fall in love, discovering their true self and souls in the process.
Where to watch: Netflix
9. Hospital Playlist
Rating: 8.7
At the hospital, a location known as the microcosm of life-where someone is born and someone’s life comes to an end-a drama portrays the stories of people going through seemingly ordinary but actually unique days. The five doctors have been friends for 20 years, having begun their undergraduate studies at the same medical school in 1999 and now working together at the same hospital. The drama will also follow the formation of a band by a group of doctors.
Where to watch: Netflix.
10. Goblin
Rating: 8.6
Kim Shin was a once-unstoppable general in Goryeo’s military who sadly died. He now has immortality, but he is fed up with living while everyone else dies. Kim Shin has been looking for his bride, a mortal who can draw the sword and end his life, for 900 years.
He meets Ji Eun Tak, an optimistic, upbeat high school student who can see the dead and has survived traumatic events while staying strong. She claims to be the Goblin’s bride, capable of ending his everlasting life, but what seems to be a straightforward task becomes more complex as the two fall in love.
Where to watch: Netflix, Viki.
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