The best K-dramas of 2016
The top 3 according to 507 votes from people: Reply 1988 · Goblin · Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo. (Updated Mar 17, 2022.)
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.
Top 14
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1
Reply 1988
tvN. Five friends and their families on one Ssangmun-dong alley.
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2
Goblin
tvN. Gong Yoo as an immortal goblin looking for his bride.
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3
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
SBS. IU travels back to the Goryeo court.
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4
Signal
tvN. A walkie-talkie connects a detective in the present with one in the past.
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5
W: Two Worlds
MBC. A surgeon pulled into her father's webtoon.
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6
Descendants of the Sun
KBS2. A captain and a surgeon, Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo.
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7
Love in the Moonlight
KBS2. A crown prince and a girl disguised as a eunuch.
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8
Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim
SBS. A genius surgeon at a small-town hospital.
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9
Uncontrollably Fond
KBS2. A top star and the documentary producer he loved.
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10
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo
MBC. A college weightlifter's first love.
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11
Cheese in the Trap
tvN. A college student and an unsettlingly perfect senior.
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12
Another Miss Oh
tvN. Two women with the same name and very different luck.
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13
The Legend of the Blue Sea
SBS. A mermaid and a con man in Seoul.
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14
The K2
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.
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Comments (4)
Goblin's OST still lives in my head rent free
Reply 1988 at #1 is the only correct answer. I cried at every single episode
Signal deserves so much more love, best thriller K-drama ever made
Moon Lovers ruined me emotionally and I still recommend it to everyone lol