We discuss the Top 25 Best and Highest Rated Korean Dramas on Netflix of All Time. Keep this list handy for your watch list.
Netflix is continuously investing in Korean dramas nowadays, to the point, there are hundreds of the country’s releases available on the streaming service. In more recent years, Netflix even invested in some of its own projects emanating from Korea, often putting its own spin on the region’s usual formulas.
With that in mind, we here at Ready Steady Cut thought it’d be handy to present a list of the 25 best K-Dramas available on Netflix. To decide which show went where, we used MyDramaList ratings, given those are usually decided by regular viewers of these shows. If you’re looking for something a bit broader though, make sure to take a look at our Top 40 Best and Highest Rated Korean Dramas of All Time list, which was based on Nielsen ratings.
Top 25 Best and Highest Rated Korean Dramas on Netflix Of All Time
25. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 8.7/10
Final Episode Release Date: October 17, 2021
Premise: A big-city dentist opens up a practice in a close-knit seaside village, home to a charming jack-of-all-trades who is her polar opposite in every way.
Starring: Shin Min-a, Kim Seon-ho, Lee Sang-yi
24. D.P. Season Two (2023)
Network: Netflix
MyDramaList Rating: 8.7/10
Final Episode Release Date: July 28, 2023
Premise: After a shocking tragedy turns their lives upside down, Jun-ho and Ho-yeol return to capture more military deserters — only to face unexpected danger. (Source: Netflix)
Starring: Jung Hae-in, Koo Kyo-hwan, Kim Sung-kyun
23. Racket Boys (2021)
Network: SBS
MyDramaList Rating: 8.7/10
Final Episode Release Date: August 9, 2021
Premise: A city kid is brought to the countryside by his father’s new coaching gig: reviving a ragtag middle school badminton team on the brink of extinction.
Starring: Kim Sang-kyung, Oh Na-ra, Tang Jun-sang
22. Kingdom (2019)
Network: Netflix
MyDramaList Rating: 8.8/10
Final Episode Release Date: January 25, 2019
Premise: While strange rumors about their ill king grip a kingdom, the crown prince becomes their only hope against a mysterious plague overtaking the land.
Starring: Ju Ji-hoon, Ryu Seung-ryong, Bae Doona
21. D.P. (2021)
Network: Netflix
MyDramaList Rating: 8.8/10
Final Episode Release Date: August 27, 2021
Premise: A young private’s assignment to capture army deserters reveals the painful reality endured by each enlistee during his compulsory call of duty.
Starring: Jung Hae-in, Koo Kyo-hwan, Kim Sung-kyun
20. The Uncanny Counter (2020)
Network: OCN
MyDramaList Rating: 8.8/10
Final Episode Release Date: January 24, 2021
Premise: Noodle shop employees by day and demon hunters by night, the Counters use special abilities to chase down malevolent spirits that prey on humans.
Starring: Jo Byung-kyu, Yoo Joon-sang, Kim Se-jeong, Yeom Hye-ran, Ahn Suk-hwan
19. Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 8.8/10
Final Episode Release Date: April 3, 2022
Premise: In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life.
Starring: Kim Tae-ri, Nam Joo-hyuk, Bona, Choi Hyun-wook, Lee Jo-myung
18. Stranger (2017)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 8.8/10
Final Episode Release Date: July 30, 2017
Premise: With the help of a gutsy female detective, a prosecutor who has lost the ability to feel empathy tackles a murder case amid political corruption.
Starring: Cho Seung-woo, Bae Doona, Jeon Hye-jin
17. Tomorrow (2022)
Network: MBC
MyDramaList Rating: 8.9/10
Final Episode Release Date: May 21, 2022
Premise: Made half-human and half-spirit by accident, a young man is employed by a company of grim reapers in the underworld to carry out special missions.
Starring: Kim Hee-seon, Rowoon, Lee Soo-hyuk
16. Mr. Sunshine (2018)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 8.9/10
Final Episode Release Date: September 30, 2018
Premise: A young boy who ends up in the U.S. after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to Korea at a historical turning point and falls for a noblewoman.
Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-ri, Yoo Yeon-seok, Byun Yo-han, Kim Min-jung
15. Kingdom Season 2 (2019)
Network: Netflix
MyDramaList Rating: 8.9/10
Final Episode Release Date: March 13, 2020
Premise: The outbreak leaves no one safe. But the infected are not the only monsters in Prince Chang’s way as he fights to protect the kingdom.
Starring: Ju Ji-hoon, Ryu Seung-ryong, Bae Doona
14. The Good Bad Mother (2023)
Network: JTBC
MyDramaList Rating: 8.9/10
Final Episode Date: 8 June 2023
Premise: A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child — forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship. (Source: Netflix)
Starring: Ra Mi-ran, Lee Do-hyun, Ahn Eun-jin
13. It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 8.9/10
Final Episode Release Date: August 9, 2020
Premise: An extraordinary road to emotional healing opens up for an antisocial children’s book writer and a selfless psych ward caretaker when they cross paths.
Starring: Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Yea-ji, Oh Jung-se
12. Vincenzo (2021)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 8.9/10
Final Episode Release Date: May 2, 2021
Premise: During a visit to his motherland, a Korean-Italian mafia lawyer gives an unrivaled conglomerate a taste of its own medicine with a side of justice.
Starring: Song Joong-ki, Jeon Yeo-been, Ok Taecyeon
11. Navillera (2021)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 8.9/10
Final Episode Release Date: April 27, 2021
Premise: A 70-year-old with a dream and a 23-year-old with a gift lift each other out of harsh realities and rise to the challenge of becoming ballerinos.
Starring: Park In-hwan, Song Kang, Na Moon-hee
10. Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)
Network: ENA
MyDramaList Rating: 8.9/10
Final Episode Release Date: August 18, 2022
Premise: Brilliant attorney Woo Young-woo tackles challenges in the courtroom and beyond as a newbie at a top law firm and a woman on the autism spectrum.
Starring: Park Eun-bin, Kang Tae-oh, Kang Ki-young
9. Alchemy of Souls season 2 (2022)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 8.9/10
Final Episode Release Date: January 8, 2023
Premise: Jang Uk, now a fierce but troubled hunter of the soul shifters, meets an imprisoned young woman who seeks his help to reclaim her freedom.
Starring: Lee Jae-wook, Go Youn-jung, Hwang Min-hyun
8. Crash Landing on You (2019)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 9/10
Final Episode Release Date: February 16, 2020
Premise: A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea — and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.
Starring: Hyun Bin, Son Ye-jin, Seo Ji-hye, Kim Jung-hyun
7. Prison Playbook (2017)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 9/10
Final Episode Release Date: January 18, 2018
Premise: With his major league baseball debut right around the corner, a star pitcher lands in prison and must learn to navigate his new world.
Starring: Park Hae-soo, Jung Kyung-ho, Jung Hae-in, Jung Soo-jung
6. Under the Queen’s Umbrella (2022)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 9/10
Final Episode Release Date: December 4, 2022
Premise: A spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of Joseon, while her competitors vie to snatch the throne.
Starring: Kim Hye-soo, Kim Hae-sook, Choi Won-yeong
5. The Glory (2022)
Network: Netflix
MyDramaList Rating: 9/10
Final Episode Release Date: December 30, 2022
Premise: Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.
Starring: Song Hye-kyo, Lee Do-hyun, Lim Ji-yeon
4. Alchemy of Souls (2022)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 9.1/10
Final Episode Release Date: 28 August, 2022
Premise: A powerful sorceress in a blind woman’s body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.
Starring: Lee Jae-wook, Jung So-min, Hwang Min-hyun
3. Hospital Playlist (2020)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 9.1/10
Final Episode Release Date: May 28, 2020
Premise: Every day is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist.
Starring: Cho Jung-seok, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho
2. Hospital Playlist season 2 (2021)
Network: tvN
MyDramaList Rating: 9.1/10
Final Episode Release Date: September 16, 2021
Premise: Inside the hospital, where every patient and every story matters, the five friends confront the ups and downs of life as doctors — and as human beings.
Starring: Cho Jung-seok, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho
1. Move to Heaven (2021)
Network: Netflix
MyDramaList Rating: 9.2/10
Final Episode Release Date: May 14, 2021
Premise: Finding life in all that’s left behind, a detail-oriented trauma cleaner and his estranged uncle deliver untold stories of the departed to loved ones.
Starring: Lee Je-hoon, Tang Jun-sang, Hong Seung-hee
And that completes our Top 25 Best and Highest Rated Korean Dramas on Netflix of All Time list. What’s your favorite K-Drama on Netflix? Comment below.
More Stories
