While some people watch too many rom-com, others seek out television shows that may cause them to experience quivering and heart vibrations. These dramas always keep you on the edge of your seat. They are renowned for creating compelling narratives, and they developed a survival theme with a mixture of tales and surroundings so that the topics emerged diversified. And these dramas consistently have something engaging in store for us. Below are the top 10 K-Dramas that give a good insight into survival-themed dramas.
1. All Of Us Are Dead (2022)
All Of Us Are Dead is a Netflix series released in 2022. It ruled the charts on the platform and earned immense popularity. The popular webtoon with the same name that tells the tale of the Hyosan High School students imprisoned and attempting to flee the zombie virus breakout served as the inspiration for the series. It's worth watching if you like zombies or other such things.
2. Squid Game (2021)
One of the most popular Netflix shows in 2021 was the Korean survival drama Squid Game. Squid Game is arguably the most outstanding success in the Korean drama business. It eventually became a global sensation. Squid Game narrates the tale of an enigmatic survival program in which 456 participants compete for a grand prize fund of 45.6 billion KRW in a game adapted from classic games played by children. All of the participants are struggling financially.
3. Sweet Home (2020)
One of the millions of reasons to watch this series is the ultimate cast which is full of talented actors. Sweet Home is not everyone, and it's so disturbing that only strong-hearted people and people with a strong will can watch it. A post-apocalyptic horror-thriller with a compelling narrative, Sweet Home provides an exciting viewing adventure based on a webtoon. In Sweet Home, an adolescent and his neighbors struggle to survive in the face of monsters that are out to kill them. He and numerous others attempted to escape the apartment after becoming entrapped there as an outcome.
4. Happiness (2021)
South Korea has some of the best zombie dramas, and Happiness is one of them that makes us experience horror and thrill and is full of action sequences. Happiness is a fantasy drama where the end-of-the-world scenario shows a city at its most despairing. Contagious disease epidemics in the municipality will cause patients to endure unquenchable hunger. Additionally, it stresses the resident's struggle to exist among the different social strata of a freshly constructed apartment.
5. Kingdom (2019)
The Kingdom is a must-watch K-drama with appealing storytelling and powerful characters. The story focuses on a mysterious illness that transforms the living into the undead and forms dispersing as the dead monarch awakens. The conflict started between those who contracted the disease and those lusting for the throne's dominion. And to expose the terrible plan and defend his people, the prince must combat a new type of adversary.
6. Dark Hole (2021)
Dark Hole is one of the most underrated K-Dramas. This drama has a remarkably impressive plot which will keep the audience engaged. This Korean drama, based on a webcomic series, depicts the tale of the residents of Muji who become mutants after breathing in some enigmatic dark smoke. Jointly, Hwa-sun and Tae-han prevent the locals from further exposure to foul smoke.
7. Search (2020)
If you're into suspense, thriller, and series full of surprises, Search is for you. This drama will keep you connected till the end of it. The military search forces in the suspense drama Search (2020) struggle to escape the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) while fighting a mystery beast. The armies develop a sense of brotherhood along the way, which gives them the determination to fight the death. Before the release of Yong Dong from the military, a very unpredictable hunt begins.
8. Missing 9 (2017)
In the mystery thriller Missing 9, the survivors of an aircraft crash that lands on a remote island must choose between using their brains and their intuitions to last alive. A single survivor learns six other survivors also made it after four months. But then, they flounder to figure out that the inexplicable murder of five of them got killed by an identified attack and who in their group was responsible for it.
9. Liar Game (2014)
Liar Game is that drama where if you doze off throughout the series, you risk missing critical details essential to the plot. An identical manga series serves as the inspiration for this drama. It's about a psychological survival game show called Liar Game has competitors who will face off against one another to win a 10 billion won prize. Liar Game is a 2014 K-Drama that revolves around the narrative of these contenders. The Liar Game is a television program that tries to expose the people's ugliest flanks.
10. Strangers From Hell (2019)
A cast full of incredible actors with an intriguing storyline, Strangers From Hell is a masterwork, and every K-Drama lover should watch it. This thriller is psychological horror survival K-Drama based on a famous webtoon. The story is about a young man and how his life completely changes once he moves into a shared apartment. His new neighbors are not pleasant at all, and some even find them to be quite unsettling. And before anything happens, he loses his sense of reason, must survive, and live long enough to depart.
