A Very Biased Ranking of Every KDrama We’ve Ever Seen
In honor of DramaCurrent’s two month anniversary, I wanted to share something very special as a thank you to you, my wonderful Kdrama family, for your support. I finally landed on my ranking for every Kdrama I’ve ever watched, because it is the most personal look into my Kdrama obsession that I could share. Warning: I can be very biased to my favorites — but then who isn’t? But since we are all kdrama lovers at heart, I hope you will take this for the fun that was intended and maybe even chime in with your Kdrama favs below.
Without further ado, here is my very biased list of every Kdrama I’ve ever seen.
Legend
Ratings:
Rewatch Values:
2018
Are You Human Too?
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Why: OHMYGAWSH, I love everything about this drama. I love the Pinocchio robot who just wants to be human and his bossy bodyguard. I love how his face lights up everytime he sees his mom or whenever someone says he did well. Or when he hugs everyone who cries or when he can see through everyone’s lies with a touch of his hand, or…okay, I’m noticing a pattern here. I love Nam Shin III. Busted.
Reply 1997
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Why: This drama and its close-up look at day-to-day life in the 90’s is like a warm hug from a friend. I love that it isn’t afraid to share personal, normal moments between its characters, like when Jung Eun Ji accidently hands Seo In Guk the menstral pad out of her purse or when a game of “Go Stop” between her parents becomes a vicious competition. The characters themselves are like real people I might know, or wish that I could know. At the end of this show I was so sad to leave the happy little family in Busan.
What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Why: I really fell in love with this drama hard. I thought the acting was exceptional; the chemistry between the main leads was electric; the use of secondary characters for comedy was fun and quirky; and the story, although not extensive, was the perfect feel good story. I can easily see this one becoming one of the dramas that I revisit on a bad day.
Because this is my first life
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Why: This drama hit me in all the right ways. First, I loved the way the drama examined life from an honest perspective (similar to the style of the Reply Series.) Then I loved the relationships between the lead couples. and the new take on the familiar co-habitation trope. But what I loved the most was that the lead couple acted like grown-ups. Instead of letting things get out of hand with misunderstandings, they handled them like normal people and talked about them. How refreshing. But the rewatch value is low because, although I loved watching the drama, the pace was slow enough that it wouldn’t make for a quick rewatch.
Note: I did not include reasons why for dramas watched before 2018, because it has been so long since I watched them that my memory will taint my reviews. Hopefully, I will be able to go back and fill in the rest in the future as I rewatch them.
2017
Live up to the Name
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Protect the Boss
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Never
Chief Kim
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
My Name Is Kim Sam Soon
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Moonlight Drawn By Clouds
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Circle
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Suspicious Partner
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️(⭐️)
Rewatch Value: Likely
Ruler: Master of the Mask
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Man to Man
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Another Oh Hae Young
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
She Was Pretty
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Cheer Up/Sassy Go Go
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Romance Full of Life
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Hwarang
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Cinderella and 4 Knights
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Legend of the Blue Sea
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
2016
K2
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Pasta
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Gogh, Starry Night
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Innocent Man
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
W
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Beautiful Gong Shim
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Killer K
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Never
Two Weeks
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Yong-pal
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
White Christmas
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Dramaworld (Viki Original)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Awl
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Neighborhood Hero
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Page Turner
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Descendants of the Sun
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Cheese in the Trap
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Splish Splash Love
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Heartstrings
Rating: ⭐️
Rewatch Value: Never
2015
Ojagkyo Brothers
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
D-Day
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Hidden Identity
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Winter Sonata
Rating: ⭐️
Rewatch Value: Never
School 2013
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Producer
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Angry Mom
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Sensory Couple
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️(⭐️)
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Joseon Gunman
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Time Between Dog and Wolf
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Hero (2009)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Full House
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Iljimae
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Secret Garden
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Bachelor’s Vegetable Store
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Never
Warrior Baek Dong Soo
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Return of Iljimae
Rating: ⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Healer
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Pinocchio
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Rooftop Prince
Rating: No Stars
Rewatch Value: Never
2014
Flower Boy Next Door
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Level 7 Civil Servant
Rating: No Stars
Rewatch Value: Never
My Lovable Girl
Rating: ⭐️
Rewatch Value: Never
Bridal Mask
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Tomorrow Cantabile
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Hong Gil Dong
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
You’re Beautiful
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Moon Embraces the Sun
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
My Girlfriend is a Nine Tailed Gumiho
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
You’re All Surrounded
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Queen In-Hyun’s Man
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Dream High
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
King 2 Hearts
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Gu Family Book
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
I Hear Your Voice
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Emergency Couple
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Heirs
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Likely
Playful Kiss
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Unlikely
Great Doctor
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Boys Over Flowers
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Marriage Not Dating
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
City Hunter
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Faith
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Doctor Stranger
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Maybe
Love From Another Star
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rewatch Value: Highly Likely
Paused Dramas We Plan to Get Back to:
Flower Boy Ramen Shop
Ex-Girlfriends Club
Warm and Cozy
Misaeng
Empress Ki
Baker Kim Tak Goo
Delightful Girl Choon Hyang
Nine: Nine Time Travels
My Girl
Twenty Second Time
Bad Guys
Beautiful Mind
Doctors
Goodbye Mr. Black
Imaginary Cat
Shopping King Louie
Tomorrow with You
Missing 9
While You Were Sleeping
Tamra the Island
Goong
I’m not a robot
Lawless Lawyer
Dumped Dramas:
Handsome Guy and Jung Eum
Jackpot
Entertainer
Warm and Cozy
Marry Me, Mary
Beethoven Virus
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One Comment
musedink
Lawless Lawyer was great