# The best K-dramas of 2016

Reply 1988, Descendants of the Sun, Signal and Goblin: the year K-dramas went global, as ranked by fans and bloggers at Travel with Karla and Slice of Asian Life.

- 507 votes · 14 items
- Mar 17, 2022 · B. Johnston
- https://even.best/en/l/4381/the-best-k-dramas-of-2016

## Top 14

1. **Reply 1988** (51 · ▲54 ▼3) — tvN. Five friends and their families on one Ssangmun-dong alley.
2. **Goblin** (46 · ▲49 ▼3) — tvN. Gong Yoo as an immortal goblin looking for his bride.
3. **Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo** (38 · ▲41 ▼3) — SBS. IU travels back to the Goryeo court.
4. **Signal** (34 · ▲37 ▼3) — tvN. A walkie-talkie connects a detective in the present with one in the past.
5. **W: Two Worlds** (30 · ▲36 ▼6) — MBC. A surgeon pulled into her father's webtoon.
6. **Descendants of the Sun** (25 · ▲33 ▼8) — KBS2. A captain and a surgeon, Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo.
7. **Love in the Moonlight** (22 · ▲26 ▼4) — KBS2. A crown prince and a girl disguised as a eunuch.
8. **Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim** (19 · ▲24 ▼5) — SBS. A genius surgeon at a small-town hospital.
9. **Uncontrollably Fond** (18 · ▲24 ▼6) — KBS2. A top star and the documentary producer he loved.
10. **Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo** (18 · ▲22 ▼4) — MBC. A college weightlifter's first love.
11. **Cheese in the Trap** (17 · ▲25 ▼8) — tvN. A college student and an unsettlingly perfect senior.
12. **Another Miss Oh** (16 · ▲24 ▼8) — tvN. Two women with the same name and very different luck.
13. **The Legend of the Blue Sea** (16 · ▲18 ▼2) — SBS. A mermaid and a con man in Seoul.
14. **The K2** (9 · ▲20 ▼11) — tvN. A former soldier turned bodyguard.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.