30 Best K-dramas of 2023

Once again this year, K-dramas have kept one busy throughout the year, giving us some of the warmest, action-packed, fluffy, comedy or romance K-dramas. Last year’s best-watched K-dramas were Business Proposal and Squid Game.

This year, so many excellent K-dramas came out, including the dystopian thriller Black Knight, which once again reunited fans with the handsome Kim Woo-bin. Romantic K-dramas are also not far behind in the winning games, which include Crash Course in Romance, Destined With You, Doona, and King the Land.

So, browse through this list of 30 Best K-dramas of 2023 to watch.

Twinkling Watermelon

One of the best K-dramas of all time that came out in 2023 is Twinkling Watermelon. The K-drama stars Seol In-ha, Ryeoun, Choi Hyun-wook, and Shin Eun-soo. Eun-gyeol is a child of two hearing-impaired people who don’t let their condition hamper their life. Eun-gyeol is responsible and reliable, but his dream of becoming a guitarist becomes a trigger for a fight between him and his father. But he suddenly finds himself back in time when his father could hear and was looking for people to form a band. Eun-gyeol is shocked.

Genre: Supernatural, Romance

Stream on: Viki Rakuten

Destined With You

Destined With You K-drama stars Rowoon, Jo Bo-ah, and Ha Jun. When a hardworking civil servant comes across a magical book of spells that can help a competent but cold lawyer in solving his centuries-long family curse that he is currently afflicted with, it becomes a recipe for a sweet romance.

Genre: Supernatural, Romance

Stream on: Netflix

Reborn Rich

Reborn Rich K-drama stars Song Joong-ki, Shin Hyun-bin and Park Ji-hyun. When a loyal employee of Soonyang Group, a chaebol company, is accused and then murdered in order to cover a tax evasion mishap, by a twist of fate, the same employee finds himself reborn in the body of the youngest son of the Soonyang Group.

Genre: Supernatural, Thriller

Stream on: Viki Rakuten

Killing Vote

Killing Vote K-drama stars Park Hae-jin, Lim Ji-yeon and Kim Kwon. When a mysterious man, who calls himself Gaetal and wears a dog mask, appears before people to start voting for criminals to be punished by death, who initially got to walk free because of failure of law, detectives Kim Moo-chan and Joo-hyeon have to figure out how to save these victims while battling the moral choices.

Genre: Thriller

Stream on: Amazon Prime Video

Crash Course in Romance

Crash Course in Romance K-drama stars Jung Kyung-ho, Jeon Do-yeon, and Roh Yoon-seo. Nam Haeng-seon runs a packed lunch restaurant and is the caretaker of her niece. With a competitive environment in high school, every parent is fighting to get into the celebrity maths teacher, Choi Chi-yeol and Haeng-seon is determined to get her niece in too.

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Stream on: Netflix

The Glory

The Glory K-drama stars Song Hye-kyo, Lim Ji-yeon, and Lee Do-hyun. Moon Dong-eun was severely bullied as a student, that she had to drop out and change schools. Years later, the bullying still haunts her, so she plans an intricate plan to exact revenge by becoming a teacher at one of her bullies’ children’s schools.

Genre: Thriller

Stream on: Netflix

My Dearest

My Dearest K-drama stars Namkoong Min, Ahn Eun-ji, and Lee Da-in. Jang Hyun, a cold-natured Sungkyunkwan student and nobleman, doesn’t have romance in his bones, but when he falls in love with Gil Chae, he finds himself entangled in a love triangle but soon more than the complications of feelings they need to face a disaster.

Genre: Historical, Romance

Stream on: Netflix

True to Love

Bo-ra! Deborah! or True to Love K-drama stars Yoo In-na, Hyun Min-yoon, and Park So-jin. Yeon Bo-ra is a popular radio host who gives advice to people involved in complicated relationships. When Bo-ra’s own relationship goes south, and she realizes how easy it is to sit and advice but hard to endure the aftermath, it leads her to a new understanding and the romance she wished for.

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Stream on: Amazon Prime Video

D. P. 2

D. P. 2 K-drama stars Jung Hae-in, Koo Gyo-hwan and Kim Sung-kyun. Ahn Jun-ho and Han Ho-yeol are part of the D. P. team, which is responsible for finding military deserters and capturing them. The job leaves them traumatized while they also face pressure to follow orders.

Genre: Action

Stream on: Netflix

Doona!

Doona! K-drama stars Bae Suzy, Yang Se-jong and Shin Ha-young. Lee Doo-na is a retired pop star who was previously in a popular girl group but now lives under the radar, but when she befriends a younger man who lives upstairs, her lonely world is filled with laughter and romance.

Genre: Romance, Drama

Stream on: Netflix

My Lovely Liar

My Lovely Liar K-drama stars Hwang Min-hyun, Kim So-hyun and Lee Si-woo. Mok Sol-hee is gifted to hear lies other people tell, and she turns it into her business and charges her clients who want to find out the truth. But one day, she comes across her strange and aloof neighbor, who doesn’t seem to lie.

Genre: Supernatural, Romance

Stream on: Viki Rakuten

The First Responders 2

The First Responders 2 K-drama stars Kim Rae-won, Son Ho-jun and Gong Seung-yeon. Following the first season, the K-drama continues to bring back the brave policemen, firemen, and paramedics who join together to fight danger while battling their own inner demons and struggles.

Genre: Action

Stream on: Disney +

King the Land

King the Land stars Lee Jun-ho, Im Yoon-ah, and Go Won-hee. Goo Won, the heir of the King Group, comes to the luxury hotel under their name to manage it while trying to find clues about his mother and ends up meeting Cheon Sa-rang, a competent hotelier who irritates him with her ever-present smile.

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Stream on: Netflix

Bloodhounds

Bloodhounds stars Woo Do-hwan, Lee Sang-yi, and Kim Sae-ron. Kim Geon-woo and Hong Woo-jin are ex-marines who want to become boxers, but when they get entangled with a notorious loan shark, Kim Myeing-gil, their dreams are in danger of being forfeited.

Genre: Action, Crime

Stream on: Netflix

See You in My 19th Life

See You in My 19th Life K-drama stars Shin Hye-sun, Ahn Bo-hyun and Ha Yoon-kyung. Ban Ji-eum is extraordinary as she has the ability to retain all her past life’s memories, but it also makes her new life boring. In her 18th life, she ends up befriending a young boy, Moon Seo-ha, and they become close, but she dies in an accident. When she immediately reincarnates, she decides to find Moon Seo-ha and become part of his life, but she doesn’t know that there are repercussions for this wish.

Genre: Supernatural, Romance

Stream on: Netflix

Moving

Moving K-drama stars Han Hyo-joo, Go Yoon-jung and Zo In-sung. The plot revolves around three high school students who discover that they have supernatural abilities that they have inherited from their parents who lead a seemingly normal life but they used to be NIS agents.

Genre: Supernatural, Action

Stream on: Hulu

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 K-drama stars Lee Dong-wook, Kim Bum, and Kim So-yeon. Lee Yeon, a mythical nine-tailed being, is forced back in time to Japanese-occupied Korea in the year 1938, where he ends up meeting his brother, Lee Rang and Ryu Hong-joo.

Genre: Supernatural, Comedy

Stream on: Amazon Prime Video

Revenant

Revenant K-drama stars Kim Tae-ri, Oh Jung-sae and Hong Kyung. Gu San-yeong is a young woman who is preparing for the civil services exam, but her life takes a turn when she suddenly becomes a suspect in several mysterious deaths, bringing her to the attention of Yeom Hae-sung, a professor of folklore who can see other-worldly beings.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Stream on: Hulu

Love to Hate You

Love to Hate You K-drama stars Teo Woo, Kim Ok-vin and Kim Ji-hoon. Yeo Mi-ran is finding it hard to get employed in the male-dominated legal system. But when, by fluke, she gets employed at a major entertainment company and assigned to an A-list actor, she has to put aside her hate for men.

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Stream on: Netflix

Not Others

Not Others K-drama stars Choi Soo-young, Jeon Hye-jin and Park Sung-hoon. Kim Eun-mi got accidentally pregnant while in school at a young age, but despite the warnings and societal pressure, she decided to keep the baby and raise her, naming her Jin-hee. It’s a story of a mother-daughter who practically grew up together.

Genre: Comedy

Stream on: Viki Rakuten

Our Blooming Youth

Our Blooming Youth K-drama stars Park Hyung-sik, Jeon So-nee and Pyo Ye-jin. Lee Hwan is the Crown Prince, but his position gets into trouble when he is accused of murdering his older brother and also secretly discovers a curse about his own demise. This sends him on the run to find the cute, but he comes across Min Jae-yi, a young woman who is also on the run because she was accused of murdering a family member.

Genre: Romance, Historical

Stream on: Viki Rakuten

A Time Called You

A Time Called You K-drama stars Han Hyo-seop, Jeon Yeo-bin and Kang Hoon. When Jun-hee’s boyfriend passes away, she has a hard time grieving for him, but suddenly, she finds herself back in time, finding a boy who looks exactly like her late boyfriend and tries to figure out the mystery behind her time travel and their like-ness.

Genre: Supernatural, Romance

Stream on: Netflix

Mask Girl

Mask Girl K-drama stars Nana, Lee Han-byeol and Go Hyun-jung. Kim Mo-mi is an ordinary office worker by day and an internet celebrity by night who hides her face behind a mask. Insecure with how she looks, she has a hard time dating anyone, but when she gets a mysterious stalker who seems to know her real identity, Mo-mi’s life is thrown into chaos.

Genre: Thriller

Stream on: Netflix

Celebrity

Celebrity K-drama stars Park Gyu-young, Kang Min-hyuk and Lee Chung-ah. Seo Ah-ri is an internet influencer who navigates the life of a celebrity after being shot to fame, but what she finds behind glittering smiles and friendly masks is truth dark enough to shake her, prompting her to share it with her viewers, which suddenly pushes her to the bottom of the popularity scale.

Genre: Thriller

Stream on: Netflix

Black Knight

Black Knight K-drama stars Kim Woo-bin, Esom and Kang You-seok. In a distant future, the earth will be covered with sand, and society will be divided between the privileged and refugees, where survival is difficult and the air is precious. Sa-wol is a young boy who desires to become a Black Knight, a delivery man job that is in high demand among refugees to elevate their social status.

Genre: Dystopian, Action

Stream on: Netflix

Strong Woman Nam-Soon

Strong Woman Nam-Soon kdrama stars Lee Yoo-mi, Byeon Woo-seok and Ong Seong-wu. Gang Nam-soon reunites with her family after years in Seoul after she was separated from them on a trip to Mongolia. Her family’s women have a boon of superhuman strength, and together, they decide to do good for society with the gift they have been given.

Genre: Supernatural, Romance

Stream on: Netflix

The Worst of Evil

The Worst of Evil K-drama stars Ji Chang-wook, Wi Ha-joon and Im Se-mi. Park Jun-mo, a senior patrol officer, accepts an undercover cop job to infiltrate a criminal drug gang after being repeatedly humiliated by everyone for having a lesser position than his wife, who works in the elite division of Security for Seoul Metropolitan Police.

Genre: Action

Stream on: Hulu

Daily Dose of Sunshine

Daily Dose of Sunshine K-drama stars Park Bo-young and Jang Do-yoon. Jang Da-eun is a nurse who is transferred to the Psychiatric Department and who navigates her way positively throughout the department by helping the patients under the care of the Myungshin University Hospital.

Genre: Medical, Drama

Stream on: Netflix

Perfect Marriage Revenge

Perfect Marriage Revenge K-drama stars Jung Yoo-min, Sung Hoon, and Jin Ji-hee. Han Ji-yoo lives her first life as the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, getting married to a man she loved who she thought loved her back, but instead, he loved her younger sister. After an accident, she gets reborn before the time she gets married and ruined her life and seeks help from a young wealthy bachelor, Seo Do-guk.

Genre: Romance

Stream on: Viki Rakuten