~ Top 50 K-Drama Challenge ~

Top 50 K-Drama Challenge

What are your top favorite Korean dramas? Please make your Top 50 list, then let’s compare and trade recommendations, okay? (I chose Top 50 rather than 10 or 20, since often similarities are common, ya know?) Actually, this was more difficult than I imagined, but it was fun! So, here’s my list, for the most part in order. Now let’s see yours? Thanks much, sheishun

Korean Drama Top 50

  1. Stranger
  2. Defendant
  3. Healer
  4. Signal
  5. Tunnel
  6. Kill Me, Heal Me
  7. Goblin
  8. Hwayugi
  9. Mother
  10. Secret Love Affair
  11. Master’s Sun
  12. What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?
  13. The Beauty Inside
  14. Mask
  15. The Innocent Man
  16. Good Doctor
  17. The Player
  18. Protect the Boss
  19. Thirty But Seventeen
  20. Feel Good to Die
  21. Come Back, Mister
  22. Chief Kim
  23. Weightlifting Fairy, Kim Bok Joo
  24. Yoo Na’s Street
  25. Hello Monster
  26. Memory
  27. Switch
  28. Come and Hug Me
  29. Lawless Lawyer
  30. Sky Castle
  31. Radiant
  32. Dear My Friends
  33. Heard It Through the Grapevine
  34. Oh, My Ghostess
  35. Answer Me/Reply 1988
  36. Baker King, Kim Tak Gu
  37. Secret Garden
  38. What Happens to My Family
  39. Strong Woman, Do Bong Soon
  40. Shopping King Louis
  41. Father is Strange
  42. My Golden Life
  43. Circle
  44. Jealousy Incarnate
  45. New Tales of Gisaeng
  46. Oh Hae Young Again
  47. Marriage Contract
  48. Jang Bo Ri is Here
  49. Are You Human, Too?
  50. Assorted Gems
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  1. JUST BETWEEN LOVERS
  2. FAITH
  3. THANK YOU
  4. BEYOND THE CLOUDS
  5. HEART TO HEART
  6. MY NAME IS KIM SAM SOON
  7. GIANT
  8. THIRTY BUT SEVENTEEN
  9. QUEEN IN HYUN’S MAN
  10. PRINCESS’ MAN
  11. WHAT’S UP FOX?
  12. NINE- NINE TIMES TIME TRAVEL
  13. KIMCHI FAMILY
  14. THE LAWYERS OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC OF KOREA
  15. DR. GANG
  16. THE GREAT QUEEN SEON DEOK
  17. FOOL’S LOVE
  18. SHUT UP FLOWER BOY BAND
  19. MAMA
  20. SCENT OF A WOMAN
  21. MARRIAGE NOT DATING
  22. ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT
  23. THE LAST SCANDAL OF MY LIFE
  24. ANOTHER OH HAE YOUNG
  25. A WIFE’S CREDNETIALS
  26. KING OF DRAMAS
  27. PERHAPS LOVE
  28. BEETHOVEN VIRUS
  29. SASSY GIRL CHUN HYANG
  30. SMILE, YOU
  31. FIVE CHILDREN
  32. PROSECUTOR PRINCESS
  33. TWO WEEKS
  34. EMERGENCY’S COUPLE
  35. CAIN AND ABEL
  36. TUNNEL
  37. STORY OF A MAN
  38. FANTASTIC
  39. BEAUTIFUL MIND
  40. MISS KOREA
  41. FLOWERS OF MY LIFE
  42. MISS TEMPER AND NAM JUN GI
  43. CAN LOVE BECOME MONEY?
  44. CLOUD STAIRS
  45. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
  46. ROMANTIC DOCTOR - TEACHER KIM
  47. LOVE MARRIAGE
  48. TERROIR
  49. NEW TALES OF GISAENG
  50. WHY DID YOU COME TO MY HOUSE?

It really wasn’t easy, I think it’s pretty accurate … I think …

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Dear lutra,
Thank you for this amazing list, I have saved it! There are 32 dramas on your list that I’ve not watched, so I am excited for these recommendations. I especially love older dramas, sadly I already know many of your picks are not available to me on Viki - even still there’s plenty to add to my to-watch list. Thanks again and best wishes, sheishun

LOL I just counted and it’s 31 dramas on your list I haven’t watched. It might just be that we have different taste and due to the fact I wasn’t able to watch as much in the past 3-4 years as I have been before. I am watching Korean dramas now for almost a decade, so it wasn’t easy to come up with a top 50, but I had fun.

lutra,
That’s neat, our 32/31 carryovers. You have excellent taste, I believe I will enjoy any of your recommendations, especially since you are old-school! (Of course I mean this in the utmost complementary way!) I started watching J-dorama fansubs (VCD discs via mail order) in the mid-90s, later around 2005 someone sent me fansubs of Autumn in My Heart and Full House, then my love for K-drama began. Some day send me your full list of K-drama watched if you happen to have it typed up, lol. I love recommendations for old-school stuffs. sheishun

I have seen the majority of the dramas. How do you get a kdrama added to the line up? I am looking for “My Secret Romance” (absolutely love it) saw it first on DramaFever, now I can’t find it with eng sub.