# The best K-dramas of all time

Korean dramas with the highest ratings on MyDramaList and IMDb, the biggest TV audiences in Korea and the strongest word of mouth among international fans.

- 744 votes · 21 items
- Oct 21, 2025 · vinylhead_grumpy
- https://even.best/en/l/44/the-best-k-dramas-of-all-time

## Top 20

1. **Crash Landing on You** (56 · ▲61 ▼5) — tvN, 2019. A South Korean heiress paraglides into North Korea; one of tvN's highest-rated dramas ever.
2. **My Mister** (54 · ▲58 ▼4) — tvN, 2018. A tired middle-aged engineer and a young woman crushed by debt; quiet and devastating.
3. **Reply 1988** (53 · ▲58 ▼5) — tvN, 2015. Five families in a Seoul alley in 1988; rated around 9 on MyDramaList and a fixture of every ranking.
4. **When Life Gives You Tangerines** (43 · ▲47 ▼4) — Netflix, 2025. Fifty years in the life of Ae-sun and Gwan-sik on Jeju Island, with IU and Park Bo-gum.
5. **Squid Game** (42 · ▲43 ▼1) — Netflix, 2021. Hwang Dong-hyuk's survival game; the most-watched series in Netflix history.
6. **Hospital Playlist** (29 · ▲35 ▼6) — tvN, 2020. Five doctor friends since med school who also play in a band.
7. **Signal** (24 · ▲31 ▼7) — tvN, 2016. A walkie-talkie connects a detective in the present with one in the past to solve cold cases.
8. **Flower of Evil** (24 · ▲27 ▼3) — tvN, 2020. A detective begins to suspect her perfect husband is hiding a dark past.
9. **Extraordinary Attorney Woo** (23 · ▲26 ▼3) — ENA, 2022. An autistic lawyer with a brilliant mind and a love of whales.
10. **Alchemy of Souls** (21 · ▲25 ▼4) — tvN, 2022. Fantasy and soul-swapping sorcery in the fictional kingdom of Daeho.
11. **It's Okay to Not Be Okay** (19 · ▲24 ▼5) — tvN, 2020. A psychiatric ward carer and an antisocial children's author.
12. **Sky Castle** (19 · ▲22 ▼3) — JTBC, 2018. Wealthy mothers obsessed with getting their children into medical school; a ratings record for cable.
13. **Goblin (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)** (17 · ▲26 ▼9) — tvN, 2016. Gong Yoo as an immortal goblin looking for his bride; a pop-culture phenomenon.
14. **Mr. Sunshine** (17 · ▲20 ▼3) — tvN, 2018. Korea at the dawn of the 20th century and the Righteous Army, with Lee Byung-hun.
15. **Descendants of the Sun** (16 · ▲23 ▼7) — KBS2, 2016. A soldier and a doctor in a fictional war zone; a pan-Asian hit.
16. **The Glory** (16 · ▲21 ▼5) — Netflix, 2022. Song Hye-kyo plots revenge on her school bullies, written by Kim Eun-sook.
17. **Strong Woman Do Bong-soon** (13 · ▲21 ▼8) — JTBC, 2017. Park Bo-young as a woman with superhuman strength hired as a bodyguard.
18. **Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo** (13 · ▲18 ▼5) — MBC, 2016. A college weightlifter's first love; a comfort watch for many fans.
19. **Moving** (13 · ▲16 ▼3) — Disney+, 2023. Parents hiding superpowers to protect their children; based on Kang Full's webtoon.
20. **Kingdom** (11 · ▲18 ▼7) — Netflix, 2019. Zombies in the Joseon dynasty, with Ju Ji-hoon as the crown prince.
21. **The World of the Married** (5 · ▲16 ▼11) — JTBC, 2020. A doctor discovers her husband's affair; the highest-rated cable drama in Korean history.

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