25 Best Korean Dramas You Have To Watch Before You Die! [Updated 2021] Ft HappySqueak 

Who here spend hours to decide what to watch? Even having so many pending dramas

My biggest problem with Kdramas are the fact that you can’t sit down and watch one episode. They are binge shows for me... once I start one, I will keeping watching until I finish the series.

Why nobody talks about FLOWER OF EVIL! this is a Masterpiece. Pls watch it. Youll not regret.

Am honestly heartbroken for not seeing Tales of the Nine Tailed on this list 😢.This series is underrated and it hurts me coz it’s what welcomed me to the Kdrama life and addiction! The story, the cast, everything about it was amazing.

Its okay not to be okay is highly recommended drama never seen such a realistic drama like this!! And also the legend of the blue sea.

Scarlet heart ryeo should have been in the list I’ve never seen one like that 😭

I love them all. I never get tired of K Drama1 But, for me, Goblin/Guardian, The Great and Lonely God is absolutely #1 - no contest. It has everything. If you have not seen it, watch it ASAP! And if you haven't seen Gong Yoo much, you are really missing the finest actor in K Drama! I add this in June of 2022. After I wrote this, I watched The Red Sleeve - about 6 times! It's sort of like potato chips - just one is not enough! So now it's Gong Yoo in one and Junho in the other. Oh My. what a lot of talent there!

The World of the Married, Pinnochio, and Sky Castle should be in the list

Healer should have been a part of this list. It's a really good one.

In alien world...kim soo hyun In action world...ji chang wook In romantic world..lee min hoo In flirty world...lee jong suk In sad world ...kim woo bin In beautiful world ... nam joo hyuk In history..lee joon gi Anyone wanna add anything?

The drama's mentioned are: 1. Crash landing on you 2. Strong woman Do Bong-Soon 3. Goblin 4. Reply 1988 5. Legend of the blue sea 6. It's okay to not be okay 7. Secret garden 8. You who came from the stars 9. Weightlifting fairy Kim Bok-Joo 10. Signal 11. Kill me heal me 12. Vagabond 13. Dream high 14. Descendants of the sun 15. 100 days my prince 16. Coffee prince 17. Hotel del Luna 18. Fight for my way 19. Kingdom 20. The crowned clown 21. Boys over flowers 22. W 23. Princess hours 24. Love in the moonlight 25. Welcome to Waikiki I've only seen 11/25 so yay I'm not ready to die😂😂

For me most funny kdrama is "Welcome to Waikiki" No single boring moments at all

Please don't die before you watch What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, Healer, Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Flower of Evil and Sungkyunkwan Scandal :)

I watched them all already,,,, I guess I'm ready to die..

I also really liked “It’s ok that’s love”. The chemistry between Gong Hyo-Jin and Jo In Sung was incredible and the drama also tackled mental health issue in a very skilful, compassionate way.

It's okay to not be okay have my heart, I just cannot get enough of the actors and just everything in general. Actress have surely made me so confident.

Goblin Extraordinary You Its okay to not be okay Kill me heal me Welcome to waikiki Top 5 for every genre ✌️✌️ Also kingdom 😅😅

Descendants of the sun and true beauty are a must watch

I’d recommend 'While you were sleeping’ starring Lee Jong-suk and Bae Suzy as a must watch. Enjoy! 😍😳😂😎

I would recommend "it's okay to not be okay" and "Vicenzo"... Both dramas are soo different but they are just AMAZING. i finished both of them in 2-2 days. That shows my OBSESSION with them. Watch them and you won't regret it.

Goblin Flower of Evil Crash landing on you Itaewon class It's okay to not be okay Boys over flower Reply series Moon lovers Strong woman do bong soon Hospital playlist And many more 😂😂👍

I would highly recommend Mr Queen for its story, concept and good acting of actors. Every episode brings side splitting laughter. Most comical kdrama for me by far!

This dramas should also be in this list: The Heirs Penthouse season 1 and 2 Itaewon Class World of the married Sky Castle Suspicious Partner He is psychometric Extraordinary you Memories of Alhambra Mr.Queen Start up Catch the Ghost Flower of evil Stranger from Hell

My faves: It’s Okay to Not be Okay - best of the best, Legend of the Blue Sea, Coffee Prince, Goblin, and Secretary Kim.

The love for Kdramas is so international! Let us know where you're watching from Also, let us know which Korean Dramas you think are a MUST WATCH!

i wish i could erase my memory to repeat all these. idk why its so hard for me to repeat a kdrama no matter how good it is...

I really like „Because this is my First Life“ Yes, i know its slow paced, but i loved the Characters and the down-to-earth Story.

Actually you forgot to tell about “My Suspicious Partner” I just finished this drama and trust me once you started watching it you can't get over it... I highly recommend you this drama...💘

"mr queen" forever and shin hye sun❤️ saranghaeyo

Everyone... EVERYONE should watch Crash Landing on You before they die

You watch one, then look up dramas with the same actors. A cycle which never ends .. late nights and swooning

Thanks so much for this video and for listing the names and times in the description. Love it! So many good dramas-two of my favorites are “Descendants of the Sun” and “Boys Over Flowers“… just to start with. (Although historical dramas are usually my favorite (Kdramas or Cdramas)!

It's Okay To Not Be Okay, best K-drama ever!!! Ko Mun Yeong is iconic!!!

Idk why no one talks about While you were sleeping... It's so goood

My favourite kdramas of all time that I 100% recommend- 1. Crash landing on you 2. Doom at your service 3. Revenge of others 4. All of us are dead 5. Happiness 6. Mr Queen 7. Sweet home 8. The glory + The glory season 2 9. True beauty 10. A business proposal 11. Strong woman Do Bong Soon 12. Weightlifting fairy Kim Bok Joo 13. Vincenzo 14. Descendants of the sun 15. 18 again 16 .Flower of evil 17. Goblin 18. What's wrong with secretary Kim 19 .Goblin : The lonely and great god 20. The heavenly idol # these are from which I already watched .I will watch more and add in my list :)

It’s Okay To Not Be Okay sparked my love for kdramas. It’s such a good show!

Do people not like Itaewon class and The King: Eternal Monarch? Seriously? I loved both of these.

I am a Korean in seoul. I happened to see this channel. The dramas I recommend (1) My Mister (2) Goblin. (3) Stranger (4) Signal (5) My love from the star (6) Strong woman do bong soon (7) What's wrong with secretary Kim (8) Secret garden The drama I want to recommend the most is My Mister.

you know what's the saddest part... You've been watching k-dramas for years and now you're out of dramas and searching 'kdrama recommendation' hoping to find sth good that you missed but in the and all you do is give a comment about kdramas that should've been in the recommendation list

Crash landing on you is the best ... its been months and i can't get over it

I highly recommend ‘ The smile has left your eyes’❤️❤️😭, it’s so underrated!

It's Okay to Not Be Okay is my fave K drama ever!!! The Best!!!

Lawless Lawyer and Vincenzo are so damn good.. you won't even get tired of watching it over and over again

How could they miss Mr Qween, Suspicious partner, healer and while you were sleeping

y’all should stop sleeping on tale of a nine-tailed, it’s amazing

Try watching Something in the Rain, you'll realize you want to fall in love again.

Romance is a Bonus Book-- one of the of most romantic stories I have seen, not just out of K drama, but out of all drama. Plus it deals with grown up issues, it's funny at times, and just brilliant. Also Marriage, Not Dating is a perfect Rom Com up there with What's Wrong with Secretary Kim.

Its literally a shame to know that there are literally not even 1% of these kind of dramas on india.. Indian dramas are full of shit and im not afraid to say that. They are full of only 1 concepts which is followed throught decades. This is the reason why I love korean movies and dramas. Each time the stories are really different and out of the box.

Live up to your name My Mister Chicago Typewriter These three should definitely be on that bucket list of dramas to watch.

Just finished the goblin. Wow that’s an amazing storyline. Funny and super sweet! Breaks your heart and put it’s back together

Vagabond Start up Reply 1988 Weightlifting fairy kim bok joo While you were sleeping True beauty Dream high Vincenzo Pinocchio Melting me softly, the K2, Healer, What's wrong with secretary kim Dream high, flower of evil, fight for my way, The Hiers, City hunter, W the two world's To the beautiful you, Welcome to waikiki,Princess hours These are some of the lit k dramas , my personal favourites!!!

FLOWER OF EVIL should be added on this list :)

The title is attractive and savage. So if anyone asks for drama recommendations, all we need to do is send this video 🤩😍. It has a good collection of gems.

The title is cruel as if i would die.....

Thank you. I just finished watching Crash Landing On You. I am still recovering from how good that was.

MR SUNSHINE one of the best Korean drama ever

For once I actually know about all the dramas recommended, because I have either seen them or they are on my watch list. So I will be watching them before I die. I am new to the world of K-dramas so I have some catching up to do. That is why I love this channel.

Princess hours? the best historical drama for me, because you can feel the roller coaster emotions the anger, kilig, thrill and especially the sadness. the feeling when the climax is near bubuhos yang tears mo ng sobra.

1. My girlfriend is an alien 2. Put your head on my shoulder 3. My girl 4. First romance Series i have watched! 'First romance' is my fav among them ❤❤

Personally i love Reply 1988, its so raw and real. Like even though im not born in the 80s, its sooo nostalgic. So if u want a good cry, watch reply 1988 :)

Something in the rain: underrated😶

My scarlet heart goes zooooooooooooooooooo😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Why is no one talking about “Melting me Softly” it’s sooooooo GOOOODD !!!

No one is talking about TALE OF NINE TAILED

This is a pretty good list for anyone who wants to begin watching Kdramas

Flower of evil Goblin Descendants of sun True beauty Nine tailed fox

Agree absolutely. There’s many more good dramas but CLOY is in a league on their own. I doubt if it will be replicated even if HB and SYJ will lead another drama. The screenplay is just well written. There’s comedy, friendship, suspense, light drama, heavy drama, heart fluttering romance, woman’s empowerment, family discourse, flamboyant lifestyle, poverty, military life, conflict of supposedly one nation. Every genre of drama is found in CLOY. It’s been almost 2 yrs. since the first showing and I still find myself rewatching for gazillion times.

There are so many kdramas that are amazing but Reply 1988, Coffee Prince, Pasta and Secret Garden are the kdramas I never tire watching!

I categorized a few of my favourite kdramas into genres-if I made mistakes with the genres I apologise in advance. THRILLER (my favourite genre - I recommend you watch all of these): - *Kingdom* : If you start it you won’t stop. You will binge it. (historical, action, gory, political) - *Extracurricular* : sex trafficking (gory) - *Sky Castle* : family, education (psychological-not so thriller-ish, mystery) - *Save Me* : religious cult - *Flower of Evil* (melodrama,crime) INSPIRING (I know it's not a genre): - *Itaewon Class* : revenge, business, discrimination, food (drama, romance) - *Start-Up* : business (drama, romance, comedy) - I personally wish that they wouldn’t focus so much on the romance towards the end though - *Wok of Love* : cooking, business (drama, romance) CRIME / DETECTIVE /MYSTERY: - *Tunnel* (crime, thriller, fantasy) - *Signal* (crime, thriller, fantasy, sci-fi) - *Stranger* (crime, thriller, mystery) - *Remember / Memorist* (mystery, fantasy, thriller) ROM-COM: - *Mr. Queen* : I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!! It’s one of the funniest shows, the chemistry between all the actors is really good and it never got boring! (fantasy, historical) - *Kill Me, Heal Me* : the lead actor’s acting is phenomenal (also gets a bit intense at parts -thriller-ish) - *Crash Landing On You* : the actors’ chemistry is incredible (history, political) - *It's Okay to Not Be Okay* : mental health (serious at parts as well) ROMANCE: - *W* (webtoon, fantasy, thriller) - *Reply 1988* (comedy, family) - *Extraordinary You* (webtoon, fantasy) COMEDY: - *Welcome to Waikiki* : there is no way you won’t laugh at this. If you haven’t watched it yet, it’s not “gwenchana gwenchana”! ACTION: - *Mr Sunshine* : the cinematography is top notch (history, romance, war) - *Memories of the Alhambra* (romance, sci-fi) - *The Uncanny Counter* (fantasy, political, thriller-ish at parts) MEDICAL (I know it’s not a genre but oh well): - *Good Doctor* (romance) - *Doctor Stranger* (action, romance) - *Doctor Prisoner* (mystery, thriller) My favourite kdrama so far is: Extracurricular. Everything about it just blew me away. I binged it. It’s not your usual kdrama. It’s very real, dark, intense, a bit gory at parts (nothing was blurred out like it usually is). The plot was very good, the acting was amazing and the cinematography was excellent! I think that it’s underrated. I feel like Mr. Queen would be my next as it makes me laugh so much and always improves my mood. PS. I got bored of writing descriptions for each one so yeah ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Also, most of these are newer shows and there are definitely good older ones but stuff like "Boys Over Flowers" will never be in my list - that 💩 is toxic bruh

I would add "Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo" and also "Memories of the Alhambra" which gamers and non-gamers alike will appreciate. And "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" is a lot of fun. I've watched it 4X.

my top 8 1. Extraordinary You 2. True Beauty 3. A Love So Beautiful 4. Boys Over Flowers 5. Dream High 6. Crash Landing On You 7. Playful Kiss 8. Start-Up

It's crazy how no one mention prison playbook , mr.sunshine and Chicago typewriter.. really unique , amazing stories and acting .. they really stand out to me..

I would also add Itaewon Class. I will watch it again at some point and the music is great.

"My mister" drama should be there.... One of the best drama ever

2022 update should include: The Red Sleeve (epic love story with solid acting), Lovers of the Red Sky (visual effects and actors were stunning), Mr. Queen (laughed the hardest, superb acting, K historical dramas have the most beautiful costumes and they didn't disappoint here), Yumi's Cells (hilarious, relatable, love Kim Go Eun!)

My fave ones Strong woman -watched twice W two worlds-watched twice While u were sleeping Descendants of the sun

"It's okay, that's love" , "playful kiss" , "faith", "personal taste", "city hunter" should've been on this list!!

True Beauty?😔❤️Cha Eun Woo❤️❤️

crash landing on you was my very first kdrama....after watching this kdrama i became a fan of these kdramas😍😍😍😍😍

Crash Landing on you was my first Korean drama and so far NO OTHER has topped it. It is still my #1. I cried and laugh like crazy.

My mister will always top my list... throughout my life... never seen something so beautiful like this in kdrama❤

True beauty Tail of nine tailed Whats wrong with secretary kim My id is gangam beauty Hwarang Decendants of the sun Extraordinary you

Boys over flowers Professional single My girlfriend is an alien Put your head on my shoulder I am not a robot We These are my fav

Everything Started With Goblin... 😌.. It just became a part in Our Life

"Start-up" is my first K-Drama and I would highly recommend it.

From USA. Must watch for me is: One Spring Night, Because This Is My First Life, Something In The Rain, Itewon Class, The King: Eternal Monarch and Cinderella and The Four Knights.

'just between lovers' is the most underrated drama. it will make you die with emotions and the story is way more nice and different. . it is damn underrated.

Gong Yo, Kim Soo Hyun, Lee min Ho, Lee Jong suk, Lee dong wook, Kim woo bin and many more ❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 ❤️Goblin is really a favourite for me! ❤️It's okay to not be okay is another favourite.

I loved so many! It Happened In the Rain, Abyss, Heaven's Garden, The Heirs (Inheritors) and so many more!! Chicago Typewriter was AMAZING!! Music was awesome!

These dramas are my TOP favorites: W - two worlds, Angel's last mission, It's okay to not be okay and Hotel del Luna. Please watch them before you die 😭❤️

none even talked about the heirs and it brought me into kdrama world WTh

Cheer up! Sassy go go, will always be on my top 3. I am yet to see only 4 dramas on this list. Encounter is another one that pulled at my heart strings.

Some of the best Kdramas I have watched are: -Cross -Extracurricular -Crash Landing on You -Itaewon Class -Hi Bye Mama! -Flower of Evil -Save Me -L.U.C.A.: The Beginning (This show just started this week but it picks up with action from the first episode. If you are searching for Thriller Science Fiction, I highly recoomend this!)

where is While you were sleeping 😭 😭 one of the best ever dramas 😭 😭

For me : #1 Goblin and #2 Descendant of The Sun. Their love story, their bromance, the support caracter and the comedy are on point. I just can't stop for watching it again and again and again and never been bored. Just periodt 👍👍💜💛💜💛💜💛

Never miss to watch "My mister/My ahjussi". one of the most underrated series that is so worth watching. Please take a look or better regret :)))

I'm soo disappointed 😔😔 Why there is no Ji Chang Wook's drama in this list??💔🥺

The list is almost perfect. Only missing drama is moon lovers scarlet heart

Suspicious partner ❤️❤️ should be in the list ......... I'll suggest to watch suspicious partner .... Ji chang wook and nam ji hyun .....both chemistry is good ......

18 again must watch! You will surely cry on every episodes and the life lessons the drama brings♥️♥️♥️