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What is the best Korean drama of all time?

By YPB Team

From tear-soaked melodramas to zombie thrillers, courtroom underdogs, and revenge sagas, this lineup spans genres, decades, and streaming eras. Which one earns your vote?

  1. Squid Game — ranked #11
    Squid Game
    Cash-strapped contestants play deadly childhood games for a massive prize in this 2021 Netflix phenomenon.
    1000pts
  2. Move to Heaven — ranked #22
    Move to Heaven
    A young man with autism and his ex-convict uncle run a trauma-cleaning business, clearing the belongings of the deceased.
    616pts
  3. Crash Landing on You — ranked #33
    Crash Landing on You
    A South Korean heiress paraglides into North Korea and falls for the army officer who hides her, in this 2019 romance hit.
    595pts
  4. Kingdom — ranked #44
    Kingdom
    A crown prince investigates a mysterious plague turning the dead into flesh-eating monsters in Joseon-era Korea.
    550pts
  5. Signal — ranked #55
    Signal
    A cold-case detective and a present-day profiler solve unsolved crimes across decades using a mysterious walkie-talkie.
    498pts
  6. Sky Castle — ranked #66
    Sky Castle
    Wealthy Korean families obsess over pushing their children into elite universities at any cost, in this scathing satire.
    498pts
  7. Vincenzo — ranked #77
    Vincenzo
    An Italian mafia lawyer relocates to Korea and takes on a corrupt conglomerate using his own ruthless methods.
    440pts
  8. My Mister — ranked #88
    My Mister
    A weary middle-aged engineer and a hardened young woman form an unlikely bond in this quietly acclaimed 2018 drama.
    440pts
  9. Extraordinary Attorney Woo — ranked #99
    Extraordinary Attorney Woo
    An autistic lawyer with an extraordinary memory and creative courtroom instincts navigates her first job at a major law firm.
    293pts
  10. The Glory — ranked #1010
    The Glory
    A woman methodically plots revenge against the classmates who brutally bullied her in high school.
    293pts
  11. Reply 1988 — ranked #1111
    Reply 1988
    Five childhood friends and their families navigate life on a Seoul alley in the late 1980s in this beloved coming-of-age drama.
    200pts
  12. Hospital Playlist — ranked #1212
    Hospital Playlist
    Five doctors who have been friends since medical school balance work, music, and friendship at a Seoul hospital.
    200pts
  13. It's Okay to Not Be Okay — ranked #1313
    It's Okay to Not Be Okay
    A psychiatric ward caretaker and an antisocial children's book author heal each other's childhood wounds.
    200pts
  14. Mr. Sunshine — ranked #1414
    Mr. Sunshine
    An American soldier returns to Korea during Japanese colonization and falls for a noblewoman turned independence fighter.
    200pts
  15. Goblin — ranked #1515
    Goblin
    An immortal goblin seeks the human bride who can end his cursed life in this 2016 fantasy romance.
    88pts
  16. Itaewon Class — ranked #1616
    Itaewon Class
    An ex-convict opens a bar in Itaewon and builds a business empire to take revenge on the food conglomerate that ruined his life.
    88pts

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