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  • Best Korean Drama From Each Year [2010-2020]

    12:00 PM FEB 28, 2021

    When it's comes to watch korean dramas a newbie prefers the best dramas that he/she can enjoy as for the first time you need a kick that can hook you up to Korean drama world, for me It's the Boys Over Flowers from 2009 that introduce me to this beautiful K-Drama world and after that i am just watching on and on and on. So this list contains the best drama of every year from 2010-2020 that a newbie can watch and should be in the collection of korean Drama Lovers.

    Note: korean drama that are included in the Best Korean Drama from every year 2010-2019 list have been aired on or after 2010

    criteria for judgement


        Slave Hunters [2010]



    Total episodes: 24

    Ratings: 8.8/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.8/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.2/10


    This is a historical drama, which was the most popular drama of 2010. This historical drama depicting the Monarch of King Injeon of Joseon Dynasty where the tale revolves around Slaves and Slaves hunters (commonly known as Chuno ). Sometimes slaves become a system of services and sometimes even for a small mistake, they become eligible for punishment. In this drama, a guy from a noble family becomes Slave Hunter (portrayed by Jang Hyuk ) in search for a woman (portrayed by Lee Da-hae) he loves and attempts to stop one such general turned runaway slave (Oh Ji-ho), who did not commit any mistake but is still accused. This is a tale narrating love, betrayal and sacrifice. It was the KBS2’s drama aired from Jan 2010 to March 2010 for 24 episodes.
    "Because I’m surrounded by darkness, I was unable to see your heart" Slave Hunters

        City Hunter [2011]



    Total episodes: 20

    Ratings: 8.2/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.7/10


    For Best Korean Drama 2011 "Lee min ho" City Hunter sits on the crown it's also on the list of Top 10 best korean drama of the decade. The name of this actor is enough to make any drama a mega-hit, the list for korean dramas is empty without having a drama from this star. City Hunter is based on action, thriller, romance and revenge story.The story starts back in the 1980s when thee South Korean President and many other high ranks officials went to Burma and suddenly a bomb planted by the North Koreans explodes due to which many high-rank officials of South Korea get killed. After that South Korea wanted to attack North Korea and secretly kill some high ranks officials as they killed theirs. so the five high ranks officials, including the future president, sent our 21 soldiers across the Han River to execute the plan but later they get feared that if America will know about that they will remove their nuclear protection from South Korea. but what are they to do? They already sent their soldiers and they are waiting for the navy ship to get them home back.
    "Losing someone important is quite a sad thing, isn't it?"

        Moon Embracing The Sun [2012]



    Total episodes: 20

    Ratings: 8.5/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.7/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8/10


    The historical fantasy drama is taken from a novel by the same name which was written by Jung Eub-gwol. It tells the fictional love story of the king of Joseon Dynasty and a female shaman. The plot sets in a historical period where it seems fantasy, desire and romance. The Queen mother wanted to assassinate her stepson in order to protect her own son’s ability to become king. Ari, a shaman witnessed the murder and found guilty of betrayal and killed. Yeon-woo, for whom shaman Ari swore to protect. Apparently Crown prince Lee Hwon falls in love with Yeon-woo and meanwhile his half brother had also fallen in love with her. The Queen mother wanted to maintain his dynasty’s power, she started to promote Bo-kyung who is the daughter of Prime Minister and her biological relative. She wanted to curse on Yeon-woo so Bo-kyung took her place in sight of Crown Prince.
    "A tree desires to stand still, but the wind never ceases. In the end, the wind will bend and break the tree." Moon Embracing The Sun"

        My Love From The Star [2013]



    Total episodes: 21 *Highly Recommended*

    Ratings: 8.3/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.7/10


    For Best Korean Drama 2013, the drama tha sits on the crown is My Love From The Star, for this drama I don't think anyone has the words to express how great it is, with beautiful story plot and acting this drama is legendary and highly recommended. It is a story revolves around an alien named Do Min-Joon who landed on Earth in the year 1609, during the Joseon Dynasty. As he tries to help a young girl named Yi-Hwa from falling off a cliff, he misses his trip back to his planet and is stranded on Earth for the next four centuries. He posses superpowers like supervision, power like superman, teleportation, and many more. As time passes, he has to take on a new identity every ten years, as he never ages. In the present, he works as a college professor and finally, his long waiting is over as only three months are left for him to go back home.
    "People don't want to know about the facts. They just need someone to put blame

        Healer [2014]



    Total episodes: 20

    Ratings: 8.5/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 9/10


    For Best Korean Drama 2014 we have Healer,When it comes to this drama Seems like I can't find enough words to describe the one of the best k-drama I've ever seen, it's also on the list of Top 10 best korean drama of the decade what can i say, everything would be understatement, the acting, complex plot, sudden twists and turns, characters, OSTs and above all JI CHANG-WOOK, every damn thing is top notch in this show. The story set as a decade ago, an incident took place. It involves 5 friends who ran an illegal Citizens Radio Station. This incident brings back three different people together Kim Mun-ho, a prominent reporter who had only one aim to find a girl who is probably a dead child and whom he doubted to be still alive.
    "People don’t have a long memory when it comes to other people’s affairs." Healer


        Reply 1988 [2015]



    Total episodes: 20 + 1 special *Highly Recommended*

    Ratings: 8.8/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 9/10


    For Best Korean Drama 2016 it's not a surprise that Reply 1998 is the Best drama of 2015 as this drama comes under most high rated drama ever made in korean drama history and it's also on the list of Top 10 best korean drama of the decade.This is one of the best drama.Complete package of family, friendship, childhood friends, school love life, financial crisis, neighbours, life lessons. The story sets In 1988, five childhood friends who are also neighbors named Duk-Sun, Jung-Hwan, Sun-Woo, and Dong-Ryong are high school students and Taek is a genius go, player. All five of them have been together since their childhood. They all grew up playing and enjoying together and are neighbors to this day and also their families are very close to each other. They always enjoy and spend their time in Taek's room. Now for characters and cast Duk-Sun is the only girl in the five friend group and has a younger brother and an elder sister, her family is poor and they have been living in a semi-basement house.
    "Even in moments of the deepest despair… I guess we can still find hope, huh?"

        Moon Lovers [2016]



    Total episodes: 20 + 2 BTS specials *Highly Recommended*

    Ratings: 8.6/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.7/10


    For Best Korean Drama 2016 really this is the hard one to choose as 2016 is the year is which many super hit dramas came out, 2016 can also be called as the golden year of K-drama, Drama like Goblin, Descendents of the sun, Legend of Blue sea and many more that are a mega hit are aired in 2016 but the drama that hooked me so much is Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo.It's also on the list of Top 10 best korean drama of the decade This drama holds a best storyline and concept even script and dialogues were so mesmerising and each dialogue teaches us the lesson in our daily life issues. This drama is a pure example about the darkest and poisonous truth of this world that how cruel this world tends to be , even blood relations turns against you and deceives you in order to cover up their bad deeds.A 25-year-old 21st-century woman, Go Ha-jin, is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She wakes up in the year of 941 in Goreyo inside the body of a girl named Hae Soo which looks the same as her, who is a part of the family of the 8th prince of Goreyo.
    "Even if we are not from the same world, I will find you, my soo" Moon Lovers

        Strong girl Bong-soon [2017]



    Total episodes: 16 + 1 special

    Ratings: 8.2/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.7/10


    Now for Korean Best drama 2017 Strong girl, Bong-soon is definitely a top contender. This drama is on the list of best dramas of every Korean drama lover. The show has a mix of comedy, romance, and a light thriller aspect to strengthen the story of our superpower girl, plus it's so very funny. Do Bong-soon is a cheerful girl that is born with superhuman strength. The secret of her strength is from her family which passes among the women in the family. Her dream since childhood is to create a video game in which she is the main character.
    "My Dream is to develop a game where I am a main character" Strong girl Bong-soon

        Are You Human? [2018]



    Total episodes: 36

    Ratings: 8.6/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 9/10


    For Best Korean Drama 2018 we have Are You Human?, now this is the first Korean drama that I have watched live airing and I remember how eagerly I have waited for the episodes to air. One of the Best drama, It's so good and the OSTs are amazing. I have very good memories of this drama. Oh, Laura is a very famous and talented scientist who was forced to live away from her young son named Nam Shin. In the memory of her son that lives far away from her, she builds various AI robots that are modelled the same as him which she named as Nam Shin I, II and III for different versions. Decades later, when the real Nam Shin comes to the place her mom lives he got in an accident which is a killing attempt by his enemies, Nam Shin gets into coma and to protect his position as the heir to a chaebol, Oh Laura sends Nam Shin III to take his place and fulfil his duties until he wakes up. Kang So-bong who is a member of Nam Shin's security team becomes Nam Shin III's bodyguard, determined to get to the bottom of his strange comments and behaviour after he return from the Czech Republic. However, she gets more and more into Nam Shin III and starts falling for him and she has to keep him safe from the very people who'd tried to murder Nam Shin."The rule is to. hug you if you cry." Are You Human?

        Hotel Del Luna [2019]



    Total episodes: 16

    Ratings: 8.4/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.8/10


    For Best drama 2019 we have Hotel Del Luna, Now this drama really have a good story plot and also IU my crush is in it, so I really enjoyed this drama, if you want a luxurious, creepy, a bitter sweet love story matched with best actors and actresses and with warm and touching OST's, this drama is perfect for you. For Best drama 2019 we have Hotel Del Luna, Now this drama really have a good story plot and also IU my crush is in it, so I really enjoyed this drama, if you want a luxurious, creepy, a bittersweet love story matched with best actors and actresses and with warm and touching OST's, this drama is perfect for you. The story revolves around The Hotel del Luna which is located at Myeong-dong, Seoul and it is not like any other hotel.
    "A hotelier must not have personal feelings for a guest." Hotel Del Luna

        Flower Of Evil [2020]



    Total episodes: 16

    Ratings: 8.7/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 9.1/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 9.1/10


    For Best drama 2019 we have my favourite actor Lee Joon Gi "Flower Of Evil". "Flower of Evil" is a thriller drama that is full of suspenses. The story is basically about a man who can't feel feel any emotions named Baek Hee Sung who changes his identity in order to conceal his cruel past in order to live a happy and peaceful life and his homicide detective wife named Cha Ji Won who tries to track down the truth about her husband.
    “My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it.” Flower Of Evil


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