𝙵𝙰𝚅𝙾𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙴 𝙺𝙳𝚁𝙰𝙼𝙰𝚂 𝙻𝙾𝙶
↳ thread of 𝙢𝙮 fav korean dramas
↳ no particular order
↳ ♡ - light/heartwarming
↳ 4 to 5 stars = highly recommended

still 17 (2018) ♡
— 32 (30 min) episodes
— genre: romance, comedy, melodrama

— after waking from a 13-year coma, a woman adjusts to life as a 30 yr old and reconnects with a man who blames himself for what happened to her.

rating: ★★★★☆

reply 1988 (2015-2016) ♡
— 20 (looong) episodes
— genre: family, comedy, melodrama

— set in the year 1988, this show revolves around five friends and their families living in the same neighborhood of ssangmun-dong.

rating: ★★★★★

dear my friends (2016) ♡
— 16 episodes
— genre: melodrama, friendship

— depicts the realistic and enjoyable lives of older and younger people who become dear friends. a noh hee-kyung masterpiece.

rating: ★★★★★

20th century boy and girl (2017) ♡
— 32 (30 min) episodes
— genre: romance, comedy, friendship

— follows the story of 3 women in their mid-thirties as they navigate their love lives, friendships, and their familial ties.

rating: ★★★★☆

it's okay, that's love (2014) ♡
— 16 episodes
— genre: romance, medical, melodrama

— a doctor and a writer tries to heal each other's deep-seated wounds.

rating: ★★★★★

live up to your name (2017) ♡
— 16 episodes
— genre: fantasy, medical, historical, romance

— the best acupuncturist from the joseon era time travels & finds himself in seoul in the present day, meeting a doctor who only believes in modern medicine.

rating: ★★★★★

romantic doctor teacher kim (2016-2017)
— 20 episodes + 1 special
— genre: medical, melodrama, romance

— a doctor gets assigned to a shabby hospital and there he met his first love and a surgeon he can't get along with.

rating: ★★★★☆

romantic doctor teacher kim 2 (2020)
— 16 episodes
— genre: medical, melodrama, romance

— 3 years ff the events of s1, kim sabu comes to geosan university hospital to recruit a doctor with a troubled past & a doctor who faints during surgery.

rating: ★★★★

solomon's perjury (2016-2017)
— 12 episodes
— genre: suspense, mystery, teen

— a group of students held a trial to uncover the truth behind another student's death.

rating: ★★★★☆

healer (2014-2015)
— 20 episodes
— genre: action, thriller, romance

— a night errand guy discovers the truth about a long forgotten incident related to his true identity.

rating: ★★★★☆

circle: two worlds connected (2017)
— 12 episodes
— genre: sci-fi, dystopian, mystery, thriller

— set in the years 2017 & 2037, 2 brothers struggle with the discovery and development of an advanced alien technology.

rating: ★★★★★

go back couple (2017) ♡
— 12 episodes
— genre: romance, comedy, melodrama

— a 38-year-old couple on the verge of divorce travel through time and find themselves as 20-year-old university students, when they met for the first time.

rating: ★★★★★

romance is a bonus book (2019) ♡
— 16 episodes
— genre: romance, comedy, melodrama

— a gifted writer who's the youngest editor-in-chief ever at his publishing company get enmeshed in the life of a former copywriter desperate for a job.

rating: ★★★★★

naked fireman (2017)
— 4 episodes
— genre: action, crime

— a fireman poses as a nude model for a cause then gets framed up for an arson-murder case that happened 10 years ago.

rating: ★★★★★

my wife's having an affair this week (2016) ♡
— 12 episodes
— genre: romance, melodrama, family

— a producer learns about his wife's affair and asked help from anonymous netizens.

rating: ★★★★

my love from the star (2014)
— 21 episodes
— genre: romance, fantasy, fiction

— a 400 year-old alien falls in love with a top actress and gets himself involved with a murder case.

rating: ★★★

signal (2016)
— 16 episodes
— genre: crime, action, thriller

— a criminal profiler and a detective solve cold cases with a walkie talkie.

rating: ★★★★☆

vagabond (2019)
— 16 episodes
— genre: crime, action, thriller

— a tragedy brings a stuntman into a murky world and into the middle of a great conspiracy that goes all the way to the top.

rating: ★★★★☆

the secret life of my secretary (2019) ♡
— 16 episodes
— genre: romance, comedy

— when a telecom executive develops face blindness, he mistakes his secretary for a wealthy heiress - which she allows to get out of hand.

rating: ★★★☆

secret forest (2017)
— 16 episodes
— genre: crime, action, thriller

— an emotionless prosecutor and a police lieutenant work together to eradicate corruption at the prosecutor's office and solve a serial murder case.

rating: ★★★★

pinocchio (2014 - 2015)
— 20 episodes
— genre: romance, comedy, family,

— after his life is destroyed by the media, a young boy tries to conceal his past until the girl he loves discovers the truth about his family.

rating: ★★★★

W (2016)
— 16 episodes
— genre: fantasy, romance, thriller

— a surgical resident is pulled into the webtoon world of W, which was created by her father, and becomes entangled in a murder mystery

rating: ★★☆

crash landing on you (2019 - 2020)
— 16 episodes
— genre: romance, comedy

— knocked out by fierce winds while paragliding, a south korean woman wakes up in the north side of the korean dmz, where a north korean soldier finds her

rating: ★★☆

come and hug me (2018)
— 32 episodes
— genre: romance, melodrama, mystery

— a police officer & an actress with tragic pasts try to overcome their painful wounds and find renewed hope through one another

rating: ★★★☆

kingdom (2019 / 2020)
— 12 episodes; 2 seasons
— genre: historical, political, horror, thriller

— the deceased king rises & a mysterious plague begins to spread; the prince must face a new breed of enemies to unveil the evil scheme & save his people

rating: ★★★★★

arthdal chronicles (2019)
— 18 episodes
— genre: fantasy, romance

— in their epic clash over who will rule arthdal, they must first survive their battle with one another - and become a legend

rating: ★★★

when the weather is fine (2020) ♡
— 16 episodes
— genre: romance, melodrama

— a cellist, having grown tired of the city, moves back to her hometown where she meets an old classmate who now runs a bookshop.

rating: ★★☆

365: repeat the year (2020)
— 12 episodes
— genre: mystery, fantasy, thriller

— 10 people were given the chance to travel back in time but mysterious events that threaten their lives started to happen.

rating: ★★★★☆

hot stove league (2020)
— 16 episodes
— genre: sports

— baseball team, dreams, ranked last in the league. they prepare to become a stronger team upon the arrival of their new general manager.

rating: ★★★★★