The 19 Best Korean Thriller Dramas of All Time

Serial-killer hunts, revenge plots and conspiracy dramas, from cult classics to this year's newest arrivals. Which one grips you most? Cast your vote!

1. 1
   Stranger (Forest of Secrets)

   Prosecutor Hwang Si-mok, who feels no emotion, untangles corruption inside Seoul's justice system.
   1000pts
2. 2
   My Name

   A young woman infiltrates a drug syndicate as an undercover cop to avenge her father's murder.
   681pts
3. 3
   Signal

   2016 tvN series where a profiler talks to a 1989 detective over a haunted walkie-talkie to solve cold cases.
   551pts
4. 4
   D.P.

   Netflix drama following military deserter-catching soldiers who uncover abuse inside the army.
   551pts
5. 5
   Voice

   OCN crime thriller where an emergency-call specialist and a detective race to save victims from a killer.
   551pts
6. 6
   Squid Game

   Netflix survival thriller where indebted contestants play deadly children's games for a huge cash prize.
   551pts
7. 7
   Mouse

   2021 tvN serial-killer thriller about a police rookie and a profiler hunting a predator who sees no fear.
   466pts
8. 8
   Taxi Driver

   A secret taxi company avenges victims the justice system failed, led by a former special forces driver.
   466pts
9. 9
   Flower of Evil

   A husband with a hidden killer's past faces his detective wife in a tense tvN psychological thriller.
   363pts
10. 10
    Notes from the Last Row

    2026 Netflix psychological thriller about a failed novelist and a student whose fiction mirrors real events.
    363pts
11. 11
    Bloody Flower

    2026 Disney+ thriller about a killer who claims to hold a cure for incurable diseases in exchange for a pardon.
    363pts
12. 12
    Vagabond

    Espionage thriller in which a stuntman investigates a plane crash and uncovers a conspiracy.
    363pts
13. 13
    Bloodhounds

    Two young boxers take on a ruthless loan-shark ring in this Netflix action thriller.
    362pts
14. 14
    The Scarecrow

    2026 drama in which a retired profiler reopens a decades-old serial murder case with a convicted killer's help.
    362pts
15. 15
    Hellbound

    Netflix supernatural thriller where angels announce the hour of a person's death and a cult turns the prophecy into terror.
    362pts
16. 16
    The Glory

    A former bullying victim plots a meticulous revenge over years against her tormentors.
    0pts
17. 17
    The Art of Sarah

    2026 Netflix mystery where a detective pieces together the many identities of a luxury-brand founder found dead.
    0pts
18. 18
    Beyond Evil

    2021 JTBC mystery thriller about two detectives hunting a serial killer in a small town.
    0pts
19. 19
    Kingdom

    Netflix period thriller where a crown prince fights a zombie plague spreading through Joseon Korea.
    0pts

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