Top 25 Best Korean Dramas on Netflix Of All Time

January 30, 2023
Daniel Hart 16
Lists, Netflix, RSC Originals, Streaming Service


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. Our Beloved Summer (2021)

Network: SBS

MyDramaList Rating: 8.7/10

Final Episode Release Date: January 25, 2022

Premise: Years after filming a viral documentary in high school, two bickering ex-lovers get pulled back in front of the camera — and into each other’s lives. 

Starring: Choi Woo-shik, Kim Da-mi, Kim Sung-cheol

24. Arthdal Chronicles (2019)

Network: tvN

MyDramaList Rating: 8.7/10

Final Episode Release Date: September 22, 2019

Premise: In a mythical land called Arth, the inhabitants of the ancient city of Arthdal and its surrounding regions vie for power as they build a new society.

Starring: Song Joong-ki, Jang Dong-gun, Kim Ji-won, Kim Sung-cheol, Kim Ok-bin

23. 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

22. Racket Boys (2021)

Network: SBS

MyDramaList Rating: 8.8/10

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

21. 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

20. 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

19. 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

18. 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

17. 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

16. 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

15. The Glory (2022)

Network: Netflix

MyDramaList Rating: 8.9/10

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

14. 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

13. 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

12. It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)

Network: tvN

MyDramaList Rating: 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

11. Vincenzo (2021)

Network: tvN

MyDramaList Rating: 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

10. Navillera (2021)

Network: tvN

MyDramaList Rating: 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

9. 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

8. Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)

Network: ENA

MyDramaList Rating: 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

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. Alchemy of Souls season 2 (2022)

Network: tvN

MyDramaList Rating: 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

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.


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16 thoughts on “Top 25 Best Korean Dramas on Netflix Of All Time

  • February 1, 2023 at 1:39 pm
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    I have loved and enjoyed these dramas, rewatching them
    time and time again!
    They captivate me!
    Excited for all the new releases??????

  • February 1, 2023 at 11:22 pm
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    For me my personal choice, the best is Crash Landing on You. I’ve rewatched it many times, and still keeps me crying, smiling and falling in love with the reel now real couple BinJin. Love them both so with their Son. They’re my favorites

  • February 2, 2023 at 1:39 pm
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    I keep on watching Crash Landing on You. Still cannot move on from this drama. Everytime I rewatch CLOY, it feels like I’m watching it for the first time. This drama is so good. The male and female leads are so good and beautiful. All the casts are good. You will always remem ber ALL the characters. And the storyline is and always eill be amazing.

  • February 2, 2023 at 6:13 pm
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    Ok list, so many better dramas not listed. Ratings don’t always equate to quality. “My Country”, often excluded is a great fictional historical drama for one.

  • February 2, 2023 at 11:10 pm
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    I loved crash landing , start up was great , my favorite is hometown Cha Cha cha

  • February 3, 2023 at 2:59 am
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    I agree with most of the list but where is Start-up

  • February 4, 2023 at 12:02 pm
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    Love Korean film

  • February 4, 2023 at 3:19 pm
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    I just finished re-watching Mr. SUNSHINE. I’M glad to see it on the list. But where is “THE KING ETERNAL MONARCH” that should be there with the best Korean dramas. Also “Missing: The Other Side” is not listed.

  • February 4, 2023 at 6:45 pm
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    What about Boys Over Flowers? How did that one get overlooked?

  • February 5, 2023 at 2:47 am
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    Crash landing on you and Alchemy of Souls are my favorites

  • February 5, 2023 at 7:34 am
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    I loved kdramas/movies especially korean historical dramas i am facinated with the old costumes & old traditions.. I believe i have watched almost all of them. I am always looking forward for session 2’s, 3’s, etc, etc, etc. & waiting for new ones. More power to the korean movie industries.

  • February 6, 2023 at 3:52 am
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    The Extraordinary Attorney Woo was the first K drama we watched & we absolutely loved it – AND the soundtrack from it. We loved all the characters, especially Attorney Woo & her love interest. It was such a sweet & endearing series that we intend to watch again.

  • February 7, 2023 at 8:55 pm
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    I love watching KDramas ? The first one I ever watched was, Boys Over Flowers. Lee Min Ho is the best! I loved the KDrama, Maid’s Revenge ?? The ending was sad but I still loved it. There are so many good KDramas out there It’s hard to choose just one.

  • February 9, 2023 at 1:04 pm
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    I’m an old American Southern male. 39 was one of the best TV Series I’ve ever seen. Brilliantly written, heart-felt performed. I still think about it and I saw it 3 months ago.

  • February 15, 2023 at 1:36 am
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    Didn’t anyone like Black and Stranger? Love, Love, Love Song Seung Heon and Cho Seung Woo. I’ve watched Black everyday until Netflix took off website. I think SSH and Black costar, Go Ara, had a lot of chemistry, charisma and affection together. Try to watch all of SSH programs available. He’s very handsome and fun to watch. CSW is wonderful and a powerful singer, plus very good looking too?

  • March 9, 2023 at 1:53 am
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    I really love the Josen period blood and romance series, the length can test ones attention span, one becomes engrossed and involved.
    these series flow from 16 -40 episodes, many kings, queens, and characters pass by , But the costumes ,peasantry never alter or improve
    I do hope to view many more as they are , Fabulous,

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