In the past 10 years the Korean Drama Indusrty have given one of the best korean drama of all time and also have grown huge specially on International standards. It have produced plenty of good dramas for theirs viewers, Many of the korean actor/actress like Lee Min Ho, Jun Ji Hyun, Song Joong Ki, Song Hye Kyo, Park Shin Hye and many others have become the heartthrobe of the korean drama lovers, not only in South Korea or asia the popularity of the korean drama is global now and the fans are just growing on and on and on.
Note: Korean Drama that are included in the Top 10 Korean Drama of the decade 2010-2019 list have been aired on or after 2010.
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10. City hunter
Total episodes: 20
Ratings: 8.2/10 (IMDB)
Audience rating: 4.8/5
MyDramaList Ratings: 8.4/10
"Lee min ho" the name of this K-Drama actor is enough to make any drama a mega-hit, 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. Like typical politicians, they decided to cover it up by making a decision of killing their own soldiers so the secret is not out. All the 20 soldiers got showed to death Except Jin Pyo who got survived and he wants revenge for his friend and all his comrades who got shore by their own countrymen. But he's getting old and his revenge is going to take a long time so he decided to steals his dead comrade's newborn baby and trains him with high skills of comrade to plan out his revenge plan.
Now, with his amazing fighting skills, weapon expertise, and Expert IT knowledge, Yoon Sung is after the five politicians who gave the order to kill the soldiers and gets them arrested one by one all the while living a double life as a computer expert in the Blue House and eventually become famous in South Korea and referred as City Hunter. "Losing someone important is quite a sad thing, isn't it?"
9. The Legend Of Blue Sea
Total episodes: 20 + 1 special
Ratings: 8.1/10 (IMDB)
Audience rating: 4.9/5
MyDramaList Ratings: 8.4/10
"Lee min ho" Once again in this list of Korean drama, If you're searching for fantasy drama with a happy ending then this one is for you!!! Don't miss it. Legend of the Blue Sea tells the story of a mermaid who goes to Seoul to find the human man she loves. As she tries to adjust to life on the land, the two begin to develop a romantic relationship. The drama follows two different storylines, one in the modern day time and one in the past which is in the Joseon era. At the start of each episode, We get a flashback to the historical portion of the drama which helps us to learn the back story of our characters. In the past, there is a love story between a human, Dam Ryung, who is a high-rank magistrate, and a mermaid, Se Hwa, which he saves from the peoples who tried to kill her for money. The historical parts unfold bit by bit throughout the drama. Despite the important historical part, the main story is set in the present where their modern-day selves reunite and begin their romance again. "Love is something quite dangerous"
8. Descendants of the sun
Total episodes: 16 + 3 special episodes
Ratings: 8/10 (IMDB)
Audience rating: 4.9/5
MyDramaList Ratings: 8.7/10
With the huge star cast of Song-Song couples this drama is legendery from the story plot to the character development every thing is awesome and specially the OSTs of this drama is one of the best OSTs I have ever heared. Check out Top 10 Korean Drama Osts.
The story revolves around Shi-Jin who is the captain of the special task forces. He catches a motorcycle thief with Sergeant Major when they are enjoying their holidays in their home country. The thief gets injured during his capture and gets admitted to the hospital. Dae-Young who is Sergeant Major realizes that his cellphone was stolen by the thief and then they go to the hospital to retrieve his cellphone. In the hospital, Shi-Jin meets Dr. Mo-Yeon and eventually, He falls in love with her immediately. Mo-Yeon mistakenly thought that Shi-jin belongs to the thief's criminal gang. He proves that he is a soldier with the help of an army doctor named Myeong-Joo. They meet with each other often and begin to date, but due to their busy schedules, the dates don't go well. Then one-day Shi-Jin takes an order to lead his soldiers for a peacekeeping mission to the Uruk. When Shi-Jin and Mo-Yeon meet again, they started to talk about their views on each other life and realize how different their jobs are. Shi-Jin, as a soldier, have to kill to protect lives, and Mo-Yeon, as a doctor, tries to save all lives. They say their goodbyes to each other in the thought that they will never see each other. Eight months later, Mo-Yeon is assigned to lead a medical team in Uruk. There, Shi-Jin and Mo-Yeon meet again and the love begins once again. "I believe I fight for the peace and freedom for the land we live."
7. My Love From The Star
Total episodes: 21 *Highly Recommended*
Ratings: 8.2/10 (IMDB)
Audience rating: 4.9/5
MyDramaList Ratings: 8.6/10
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. His life was going well until he meets Cheon Song-Yi, a well known Hallyu actress who suddenly becomes his next-door neighbor. He decided not to get involved with her and enjoy peacefully his last three months on earth but he continuously gets involved with her and then during one incident he found out that the younger self of Cheon Song-Yi looks the same as the girl he fell in love with 400 years ago. This makes things more complicated. Now He have to saves the Song Yi from the people who are trying to kill her because of some dark secrets she know about them and try not to fall in love with her as he have to go back to his home planet within 3 months. "People don't want to know about the facts. They just need someone to put blame
6. Weightlifting fairy Kim Bok-joo
Total episodes: 16
Ratings: 8.4/10 (IMDB)
Audience rating: 4.9/5
MyDramaList Ratings: 8.8/10
This drama is one of the highly recommended drama from my girlfriend, who is of course a korean drama lover like me, that's why I choose her though šš but coming to serious topic yeah this drama is worth enough to be in the list of best korean drama on the decade, I really loved the cast of this drama their acting is amazing. The gradual growth of the characters were beautiful and their chemistry is just amazing.It's based on a coming-of-age story about a group of college athletes who are fighting for their dreams, experiencing and finding love in the process, and growing every step of the way. "believe in Myths if they give you hope and power to achieve your goal"
5.Healer
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, 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. He wanted to protect that girl, so he ask Jung-hu(Healer) to find her and had to become a shield for her as some people want to kill her. Jung-hu is an illegal night courier who works under the pseudonym of āHealerā. He was known best in his field, not only he had the best hacker by his side and advanced technology but also had mind-blowing fighting skills. His supreme goal is to save money and buy an island off the coast and live there alone. But when he agrees to Kim Mun-ho to undertake his plan, he ultimately falls in love with Oh Ji Ha, whom he had to protect. Oh, Ji Ha was a quirky internet columnist who always dreamt to become a fabled reporter of all the time. But due to his abusive past, she traumatized and bears panic attacks whenever she saw violence around her.
It was the KBS2 drama aired from Dec 2014 to Feb 2015 from 20 episodes. Nonetheless, this drama received modest ratings in the domestic region but also obtained so much love overseas. It made Ji Chang Wook even more popular overseas. "People donāt have a long memory when it comes to other peopleās affairs." Healer
4. Goblin
Total episodes: 16 + 3 specials
Ratings: 8.6/10 (IMDB)
Audience rating: 4.9/5
MyDramaList Ratings: 8.9/10
The Drama which is still entiled as the one of the legendary drama that came in 2016. Check out The Best Drama From Every Year. This drama contains the best storyline and Ost's, and you will really enjoy the love story of a goblin and a human. The story revolves around Kim Shin a decorated military general from the Goryeo Dynasty which is framed as a traitor and killed by his master, the young King. Many Years later after his death, he is cursed by an almighty to stay immortal forever and feel the pain of seeing his loved ones die as a punishment for the people he killed during wars to protect his country. Due to which he becomes an immortal goblin, he uses his power to help peoples and become a kind man despite his cruel past. The only one who can end his immortality curse is the Goblin's bride, whose is capable of pulling out the sword that will set free him from this curse. Ji Eun-Tak is a bubbly high school student who remains cheerful and hopeful despite her tragic life. She summons the goblin by chance and their fates begin to entwine. Kim Shin's nephew Yoo Deok-Hwa rents the Goblin's house to a grim reaper due to which they have to live under the same roof. Sunny is a charismatic young lady who runs a chicken shop in which Ji Eun-Tak works as a part-timer. when the lives of Kim Shin, grim reaper, Ji Eun-Tak, and Sunny depend on each other, a deeper story unfolds as they are not just strangers who just met by chance instead they are bounded by destiny. "Her smile reflected the light coming from the sun when it's the brightest.
3. Moon Lovers
Total episodes: 20 + 2 BTS specials *Highly Recommended*
Ratings: 8.6/10 (IMDB)
Audience rating: 4.9/5
MyDramaList Ratings: 8.6/10
This drama is entitled as the best drama of the 2016 check out the list The Best Drama From Every Year.
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.I specially loved the OSTs of this drama. Check out
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. She initially falls in love with the gentle and warm-hearted 8th Prince Wang Wook (Kang Ha-neul), and later Wang So, the fearsome 4th Prince who hides his face behind a mask and due to which he is known as "wolf dog." As the story moves further, Hae Soo finds herself caught between the rivalry and politics among the princes who fight for the throne."Even if we are not from the same world, I will find you, my soo"
2. Crash Landing On You
Total episodes: 16 *Highly Recommended*
Ratings: 8.7/10 (IMDB)
Audience rating: 4.9/5
MyDramaList Ratings: 8.9/10
This drama is highly recommended to me from my every friend who watch Korean drama, When I first read the plot I thought yeah it looks interesting but what's so good about this drama that my every friend is just crazy about it. I got all the answers when I finished this drama, It was an amazing and really different experience as its story have quite a different plot I really loved it. Crash Landing on You tells the story of two lovers that are separated by the borders, Yoon Se-ri (Son Ye-jin), a South Korean Chaebol heiress, and Ri Jeong-hyeok (Hyun Bin), a North Korean elite soldier and the Captain of the North Korean Special Forces. One day when Yoon Se-ri goes for a short paragliding ride in Seoul, South Korean a sudden change in weather happens and the strong tornado came out while she was flying in the air due to which she is blown far away. When she gets her senses back she suddenly founds that she is in North Korea, a restricted place for South Koreans. There she meets Ri Jeong-hyeok a brave elite soldier of North Korean Forces. Ri Jeong-hyeok and Yoon Se-ri slowly get fall in love with each other and then the Ri Jeong-hyeok promises her that he will help her to reach her home country but they have an enemy named Cho Cheol-gang an evil and venal State Security officer, who years ago had planned and executed the murder of Jeong-hyeok's older brother, an officer who tried to expose him. "Even in moments of the deepest despairā¦ I guess we can still find hope, right?"
1. Reply 1988
Total episodes: 20 + 1 special *Highly Recommended*
Ratings: 8.8/10 (IMDB)
Audience rating: 5/5
MyDramaList Ratings: 9/10
For this drama I don't have the words to describe how much I really loved it, you know each episode of this drama is 1 and a half or more hour-long but when you start watching you can't stop yourself from watching on and on and on and also guys this drama is one of the highest rating Korean drama of all time. This drama has everything literally everything, A story on family, friendship, school love life, financial crisis, good neighbors, lessons on life, You just had to named it. 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. Duk-Sun's father Dong-Il lost money due to paying for someone's debt and now working as a manager in the bank. Nevertheless, Duk-Sun is a cheerful girl with a bright personality who enjoys everything except for studies and She always gets into fights with her older sister Bo-Ra who is my crush.
Jung-Hwan's family is having plot they became rich overnight buy winning some lottery which Jung-Hwan's brother has purchased to try his luck and as for Jung-Hwan he really loved to play have a really family soccer. Sun-Woo is a perfect student at school, good at everything from study to sports he is a good son and good brother. Sun-Woo's father passed away when he was young and now he lives with his younger sister and mother. Dong-Ryong is the most amazing character I really loved him. He shares the same personality as Duk-Sun's and will surely make you laugh, his father is principal at the school in which Jung-Hwan, Sun-Woo, and Doog-Ryong studies. Taek is a famous go player known as God of the go and is well known in china, japan, and Korea. he dropped out of school so that he can play and focus on the go and due to this Duk-Sun, Jung-Hwan, Sun-Woo, and Dong-Ryong are his only friends. He is quite shy and only talks with his friends "Even in moments of the deepest despairā¦ I guess we can still find hope, huh?"
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