1. Healer (2014)

A secret romance, set on the backdrop of media corruption and revenge. Plus a multifaceted and sexy performance from gun for hire Ji Chang Wook and Park Min Young makes this my all time favourite KDrama!

Watch it for: A sexy and multilayered Ji Chang Wook performance and Park Min Young is the ultimate quirky heroine.

Seen “Healer” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/80188423?s=i&trkid=255824129

2. My Beauty ID Is Gangnam (2018)

New challenges face Mirae as a University student after she’s recently undergone cosmetic surgery. A handsome boy from her past, knows her secret and begins a friendship to help her understand beauty is more than skin deep.

Watch it for: “Face Genius” Cha Eun Woo and an insightful look into cosmetic surgery.

Seen “My ID is Gangnam Beauty” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81030026?s=i&trkid=255824129

3. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (2017)

A woman born with superhuman strength is hired by the CEO of a gaming company, to be his bodyguard.

Watch if for: Park Bo-young plays a cute and strong female lead, plus a love triangle with charming CEO (Park Hyung-sik) and gruff policeman (Ji Soo).

Seen “Strong Girl Bong-soon” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/80198001?s=i&trkid=255824129

4. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)

Kim Bok-Joo juggles the conflicting dreams of becoming a weightlifting college athlete, while secretly crushing on a weight loss doctor, who is also her childhood friend, Jung Joon-hyung’s brother. When Jung Joon-hyung discovers her secret he aims to equally help and tease her.

Watch it for: Handsome Nam Ju Hyuk.

Seen “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/80188662?s=i&trkid=255824129

5. Legend of the Blue Sea (2016)

A mermaid falls in love with a con artist, and swims to Seoul to be with him. Fish out of water hilarity ensues as both are hiding secrets and it will only take one kiss to wipe his memory forever.

Watch it for: Lee. Min. Ho.

Seen “The Legend of the Blue Sea” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81012551?s=i&trkid=255824129

6. Descendants of the Sun (2016)

A love story between Captain Yoo Shi Jin, Korean Special Forces, and Doctor Kang Mo Yeon, surgeon at Haesung Hospital. Together they face danger in a war-torn country.

Watch it for: The dichotomy of one who takes live, while the other saves them.

Seen “Descendants of the Sun” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/80123798?s=i&trkid=255824129

7. W Two Worlds Apart (2016)

Ever imagined yourself in a webtoon? A surgical resident is pulled into the webtoon world of W, which was created by her father, and becomes entangled in a murder mystery while creating a strong attachment to male protagonist.

Watch it for: Lee Jong-suk’s eye beauty mark.

Seen “W – Two Worlds Apart” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81042230?s=i&trkid=255824129

8. Love in the Moonlight (2016)

Need some gender bending romance in your life? Look no further than Love in the Moonlight. A crown prince begins to fall in love with his political eunuch, who is really a young woman posing as a man.

Watch it for: Park Bo Gum’s smile.

Seen “Love in the Moonlight” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/80986896?s=i&trkid=255824129

9. Tempted (2018)

Ever felt like you needed a Korean version of Cruel Intentions? Then Tempted has everything you need. In an act of revenge, wealthy heir Kwon Shi-hyun (Woo Do-hwan) makes a bet with his friends to seduce Eun Tae-hee (Park Soo-young), a hardworking female college student who no longer believes in love after watching the demise of her parents’ marriage.

Watch it for: All the Woo Do-hwan feels.

Tempted to see “Tempted” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81234400?s=i&trkid=255824129

10. Oh My Ghost (2015)

Timid Na Bong Sun gets possessed by the ghost of a confident young woman who seeks to solve her unfinished business by hooking up with Bong Sun’s boss, famous chef Kang Sun Woo.

Watch it for: The true gentleman that is Jo Jung-suk.

Seen “Oh My Ghost” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/80178404?s=i&trkid=255824129

11. My Secret Romance (2017)

The heir to a hotel chain and the company’s nutritionist cross paths three years after a one night stand and get caught up in a series of misunderstandings and accidents.

Watch it for: The steamiest car scene written in KDrama history to date.

Seen “My Secret Romance” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81170092?s=i&trkid=255824129

12. Cheese in the Trap (2016)

A college student balances her studies, a part-time job and a new relationship with a fellow student who manipulates others … or do others manipulate him?

Watch it for: The adorkable Kim Go-eun and feel a heavy dose of second lead syndrome from Seo Kang-joon.

Seen “Cheese in the Trap” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81166946?s=i&trkid=255824129

13. Crash Landing on You (2019)

The ultimate LDR as a forbidden love is separated by the world’s toughest border. 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.

Watch it for: All of Hyun Bin’s swoon-worthiness.

Seen “Crash Landing on You” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81159258?s=i&trkid=255824129

14. Love 020 (2016)

Ok, not technically a ‘Kdrama’ but this movie version of Love 020 is much better than the tv series. Gaming expert and campus hottie Xiao Nai finds himself falling for computer science major Bei Wei Wei because of her mastery of an online role-playing game.

Watch it for: Level up your game with this virutal and physical romance.

Seen “Love O2O” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/80141156?s=i&trkid=255824129

15. I Am Not A Robot (2017)

A women pretending to be a robot for a wealthy, touch allergic customer becomes entangled in a strange love triangle. How long can she keep up the ruse before her humanity is discovered?

Watch it for: It’s not a easy job being a robot.

Seen “I’m not a robot” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81042328?s=i&trkid=255824129

16. It’s Okay Not To Be Okay (2020)

Plagued by the death of their mother, a psychiatric hospital worker and his autistic brother must constantly move around to avoid detection from her killer. Until they return to their childhood home and reconnect with the damaged princess-like writer in the haunted house.

Watch it for: Fairytale analogies, healthy depictions of mental health problems and Ko Moon-young’s fashion.

Seen “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81243992?s=i&trkid=255824129

17. Are You Human Too? (2018)

After Nam Shim, the heir to a corporate conglomerate falls into a coma, his scientist mother creates an artificial intelligence robot to take his place. But what if the robot is more likeable, particularly to his female bodyguard?

Watch it for: Twice as much Seo-Kang Joon.

Seen “Are You Human” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81093162?s=i&trkid=255824129

18. What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim? (2018)

What could have caused Secretary Kim resign her job from the world’s most perfect man? Determined to to keep her and the secrets of their past to himself, CEO Lee Young-joon does everything he can to make her stay.

Watch it for: The hilarity of Lee Young-joon (Park Seo-Joon) loving himself almost as much as we do!

Seen “What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81030241?s=i&trkid=255824129

19. Hwarang (2018)

Assembling the country’s finest and handsomest soldiers to train for their Queen, causes all sorts of drama; love triangles, secret identities and a hidden crown prince are just to name a few.

Watch it for: All the eye candy and Kpop idols; V from BTS and Choi Min-ho from SHINee.

Seen “Hwarang” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/80196931?s=i&trkid=255824129

20. Beauty Inside (2018)

A top actress and an airline director who each suffers an unusual phenomenon are forced together. He suffers from prosopagnosia and can’t recognise faces, while every month she transforms into someone else for a week. Will they be able to recognise each other?

Watch it for: Love comes in many forms. Plus the subplot love story is brilliant.

Seen “Beauty Inside” on Netflix yet? Watch it now https://www.netflix.com/title/81029990?s=i&trkid=255824129

Happy watching!

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