The streamer carries tense thrillers and airy rom-coms in spades.
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There’s no doubt thatSouth Korean cultureis upping its global footprint.
Below,Entertainment Weeklyexplores the best Korean shows onNetflix, including massive hits likeHellboundandExtraordinary Attorney Woo.
Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri on ‘Crashing Into You’; The Masked Men on ‘Squid Game’; Ju Ji-hoon as Lee Chang on ‘Kingdom’.Credit:Netflix (3)
Here are the 21 best Korean shows on Netflix right now.
Its essentially the South Korean equivalent ofThe O.C.phenomenon in the United States.
), sweeping romance, and silly/sweet melodrama.M.V.
Yoon Chan-young as Lee Cheong-san in ‘All of Us Are Dead’.Yang Hae-sung/Netflix
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D.P.
It’s a tough but riveting watch that asks thorny questions with complicated answers.M.V.
Park Eun-bin stars as Woo Young-woo, an autistic attorney hired by a major law firm in Seoul.
Kim Joon as Song Woo-bin, Lee Min-ho as Goo Joon-pyo, Ku Hye-Sun as Geum Jan-di, Kim Hyun-joong as Yoon Ji-hoo, and Kim Bum as So Yi-jung on ‘Boys Over Flowers’.Netflix
Season 2 is coming later in 2024.M.V.
This is a feel-good small-town transplant rom-com for when you need a lighthearted pick-me-up.M.V.
Meanwhile, Son Suk-ku (D.P.)
Kim Sejeong as Shin Ha-ri and Ahn Hyo-seop as Kang Tae-moo on ‘Business Proposal’.Netflix
plays the dogged detective who is on to Tang’s murderous game.
Things get messy and deadly from there, as hordes of the undead descend on the land.
ThisLittle Womenis still about sisterhood, but in the form of a dark thriller.
Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri and Hyun Bin as Ri Jeong-hyeok on ‘Crash Landing on You’.Netflix
Now, he must pick up arms to defend the country that previously looked down upon him.
The wistful coming-of-age story featuresParasitealum Choi Woo-shik and Kim Da-mi as the central couple.
This is the show you put on when you’re studying for your degree in yearnalism.M.V.
Jung Hae-in as Ahn Joon-ho on ‘D.P.'.Netflix
The catch: The winner is also the lone survivor.
Bonus: The series also featuresXO, Kittystar Choi Min-young.M.V.
Park Eun-bin as Woo Young-woo on ‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’.Netflix
Kim Sung-cheol as Jung Jin-su on ‘Hellbound’.Jo Won-jin/Netflix
Kim Seon-ho as Hong Doo-shik and Shin Min-a as Yoon Hye-jin on ‘Hometown Cha Cha Cha’.Netflix
Kim Soo-hyun as Moon Gang-tae and Seo Ye-ji as Go Moon-young on ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’.Netflix
Choi Woo-Shik as Lee Tang on ‘A Killer Paradox’.Song Kyoung Sub/Netflix
Ju Ji-hoon as Lee Chang on ‘Kingdom’.Juhan Noh/Netflix
Park Ji-hu as Oh In-hye, Kim Go-eun as Oh In-joo, and Nam Ji-hyun as Oh In-kyung on ‘Little Women’.Netflix
Lee Byung-hun as Eugene Choi and Kim Tae-ri as Go Ae-shin on ‘Mr. Sunshine’.Netflix
Kim Sung-cheol as Kim Ji-woong, Kim Da-mi as Gook Yeon-soo, and Choi Woo-sik as Choi Woong on ‘Our Beloved Summer’.Netflix
Jeon So-nee as Jeong Soo-in on ‘Parasyte: The Grey’.Netflix
(From left to right) Ma Sun-ho, Choo Sung-hoon (a.k.a. Yoshihiro Akiyama), Yun Sung-bin, Jung Hae-min on ‘Physical: 100’.Netflix
The Masked Men on ‘Squid Game’.Noh Juhan/Netflix
Go Min-si as Lee Eun-yoo on ‘Sweet Home’.Kim Jeong Won/Netflix
Ahn Hyo-seop as Gu Yeon-jun and Jeon Yeo-been as Han Jun-hee on ‘A Time Called You’.Netflix
Kim Tae-ri as Na Hee-do and Nam Joo-hyuk as Baek Yi-jin on ‘Twenty Five Twenty One’.Netflix
Park Bo-gum as Yang Gwan-sik and IU as Oh Ae-sun on ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’.Yoo Eun-mi/Netflix
