# 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!

*By YPB Team · Published September 29, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-19-best-korean-thriller-dramas-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Stranger (Forest of Secrets)** — score 1000/1000
   Prosecutor Hwang Si-mok, who feels no emotion, untangles corruption inside Seoul's justice system.
2. **My Name** — score 681/1000
   A young woman infiltrates a drug syndicate as an undercover cop to avenge her father's murder.
3. **Signal** — score 551/1000
   2016 tvN series where a profiler talks to a 1989 detective over a haunted walkie-talkie to solve cold cases.
4. **D.P.** — score 551/1000
   Netflix drama following military deserter-catching soldiers who uncover abuse inside the army.
5. **Voice** — score 551/1000
   OCN crime thriller where an emergency-call specialist and a detective race to save victims from a killer.
6. **Squid Game** — score 551/1000
   Netflix survival thriller where indebted contestants play deadly children's games for a huge cash prize.
7. **Mouse** — score 466/1000
   2021 tvN serial-killer thriller about a police rookie and a profiler hunting a predator who sees no fear.
8. **Taxi Driver** — score 466/1000
   A secret taxi company avenges victims the justice system failed, led by a former special forces driver.
9. **Flower of Evil** — score 363/1000
   A husband with a hidden killer's past faces his detective wife in a tense tvN psychological thriller.
10. **Notes from the Last Row** — score 363/1000
   2026 Netflix psychological thriller about a failed novelist and a student whose fiction mirrors real events.
11. **Bloody Flower** — score 363/1000
   2026 Disney+ thriller about a killer who claims to hold a cure for incurable diseases in exchange for a pardon.
12. **Vagabond** — score 363/1000
   Espionage thriller in which a stuntman investigates a plane crash and uncovers a conspiracy.
13. **Bloodhounds** — score 362/1000
   Two young boxers take on a ruthless loan-shark ring in this Netflix action thriller.
14. **The Scarecrow** — score 362/1000
   2026 drama in which a retired profiler reopens a decades-old serial murder case with a convicted killer's help.
15. **Hellbound** — score 362/1000
   Netflix supernatural thriller where angels announce the hour of a person's death and a cult turns the prophecy into terror.
16. **The Glory** — score 0/1000
   A former bullying victim plots a meticulous revenge over years against her tormentors.
17. **The Art of Sarah** — score 0/1000
   2026 Netflix mystery where a detective pieces together the many identities of a luxury-brand founder found dead.
18. **Beyond Evil** — score 0/1000
   2021 JTBC mystery thriller about two detectives hunting a serial killer in a small town.
19. **Kingdom** — score 0/1000
   Netflix period thriller where a crown prince fights a zombie plague spreading through Joseon Korea.

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