K-dramas have become some kind of genre on Netflix, with over 60% of subscribers watching Korean titles last year. If you've ever dabbled in the world of the K-drama, then you're undoubtedly aware of this, but if you haven't-let this be the warning: once you start, you can't stop. Shows Like Kingdom and Squid Game are known for their wit, tears and bite-sized material. The Korean industry is not sleeping as it continues to produce new shows, giving the fans a variety to choose from. We outlined herein our new ten best that will keep you hooked.
1. Alchemy Of Souls
If you love longer series, the Alchemy Of Souls is what you have been waiting for. The series contains two parts, a total of 30 episodes. It's a period K-drama with a fantastic twist; it tells the story of mages who can transport their souls between bodies using a forbidden magic ritual, which gives the series its name. Yes, people actually switch bodies in the drama, which means it gets messy fast, but it's also quite entertaining. Think Game of Thrones-level character charts, but in K-drama and a little more romantic.
2. Bloodhounds
Bloodhounds is a 2023 Korean action drama series starring real-life besties Woo Do-hwan and Lee Sang-yi as imaginary closest friends. They star in this action-packed criminal thriller, so expect a ton of brotherly banter. Both former Marines turned boxers, their paths cross when one fateful fight draws them together. Sharing the same history and similar financial issues, the two soon become friends and eventually join to take down private loan sharks after being scammed themselves.
3. Celebrity
Celebrity is a great mix of mystery and romance and is really one of the most interesting K-dramas in recent times. It tells the story of Seo A-ri, a girl who used to be well off but became a door-to-door saleswoman, being tempted to become an influencer as her status at the top would bring lots of money with it-but not everything that glitters is gold. Money, celebrity, power, murder, and love come together in this nail-biting program. And if that weren't enough to raise an eyebrow, Kang Min-hyu, who likes Han Jun-Kyoung, the successor to Korea's largest cosmetic firm, and Park's chemistry will change your mind.
4. The Glory
When a program becomes one of the most popular non-English titles on Netflix immediately after its debut, you know you're in for something good. Starring veteran star Song Hye-kyo and crowd favorite Lee Do-hyun, this two-part drama promises to get you at the edge of your seat from the very first scene. After years of relentless physical and mental abuse in high school, Moon Dong-eun initiates her decade-long plot for revenge. In her thirties, she finds a way to enter each of her past tormentors' lives, plotting their gradual yet sure demise.
5. My Demon
Better than anything could be a love story headlined by fan favorite Song Kang, who stars as an angry demon in the series. He headlines this thrilling drama as Jeong Gu-won, a monster who has survived on Earth for 200 years. When he is connected to icy heiress Do Do-hee, he has a tie: she somehow managed to drain him of all his powers unless he stays near her side. To get out of his sentence, he needs to keep Do-hee safe and become her bodyguard. However, the feelings get in the way of their plan.
6. The Silent Sea
It was an eight episode dramatization of filmmaker Choi Hang-yong's 2014 short film The Sea of Tranquility. Starring in the sci-thriller are Bae Doona, Lee Joon, and Gong Yoo as members of a team making a perilous, high-stakes trip to the moon in pursuit of a priceless sample that could save life on Earth, where resources have become extremely scarce due to desertification. In their journey, the group is confronted with external and internal challenges that reveal hidden realities. The drama's imagery and special effects are as engaging as the storylines-and just as hypnotic.
7. All Of Us Are Dead
What happens when you mix high school students and zombies? All of Us Are Dead, another adaptation of a webtoon, is truly a treasure. The series is set in a fictional city known as Hyosan, and this story gives an insight into a school where some of the students are left behind after the country was swampedby zombies. It is also accompanied by some infinitesimal quantity of high school romance, while lots of suspense keeps you glued to the screen, with a dramatic cliffhanger ending. Catch up now before it returns for Season 2.
8. The Fabulous
The Fabulous, like Celebrity is a K-drama that probes into the flash and glam of Korea's fashion elite, however without the fatal twists. It stars Choi Minho of SHINee, and Chae Soo-bin, following a group of pals in their late twenties who live and work in Seoul's ruthless fashion business, so expect Fashion Week extravaganzas as well as hot romance.
9. The Good Bad Mother
Get ready with your tissues ready because The Good Bad Mother injects drama into K-drama into K-drama. The series, headlined by Lee Do-hyun, and Ra Mi-ran, follows a mother-son combo after an awful catastrophe resets their lives, forcing them to relive their inner joy and mainly anguish from the past. The less you know before diving into this one, the better, so just simply trust us and press play.
10. Sweet Home
Apocalyptic Sweet Home is an extremely popular webtoon-based name, and it majors in the Green Home apartment complex with a bunch of residents' lives when monsters go loose, breaking up and rampaging the city. Cha Hyun-su is a teenager who comes into Room 1410 with the intention of ending his life. But, of course, one thing be gets another, and he gets infected and develops these powers, which places him in a unique position among the group. Come for the horror, stay for the deep, deep relationships that develop among the inhabitants-which will be further explored in the new season.
