What are the best romantic Korean dramas? Nowadays, people are very much inclined to Asian entertainment. Also, not to forget, especially the Korean dramas and films. Specifically, the Korean entertainment industry has recently accumulated a huge number of fans and followers across the world. People from different countries, even after being completely foreign to the language, are very much into Korean dramas. If you are one of those big-time fans of Kdramas, this article is exactly the right place for you. In today’s article, we shall discuss some of the best romantic Korean dramas which you can watch anytime and every time. You will never get bored watching the following series over more than once. If you are a great lover of Korean dramas, you might have watched most of the series about which we will discuss today in this article.
This article shall consist of 31 Best Romantic Korean dramas. Let’s find out if you are a real fan of Kdramas. Out of 31, how many dramas have you watched? Aren’t you excited to know? The dramas about which we will discuss today are the best ones of all time. If you are very much into Kdramas, I’m sure you are going to love this article. Along with the names, we will also discuss the plot of each in brief. This may excite you and bring more interest in you to watch the dramas. Isn’t it so? We will also mention the platforms individually where each of these dramas is streaming. Let’s get deeper into the article to know further about the list of the best romantic Korean dramas to watch all the time.
31 Best Romantic Korean Dramas of all the time:
1. Crash Landing On You (2019)
Directed By: Lee Jung-Hyo.
Plot: A South Korean heiress, Yoon Se-ri, drops to North Korea because of a sudden tornado during her paragliding. After landing in North Korea, she meets an army officer, Ri Jeong-hyeok. He helps her on the ride. Slowly, they start to feel for each other.
Available on: Netflix.
2. While You Were Sleeping (2017)
Directed By: Oh Choong-hwan.
Plot: The story focuses on three young adults- Nam Hong-Joo, Jung Jae-chan, and Han Woo-Tak. They can see their future in their dreams. These dreams are quite ominous and troublesome to each of them. They work together, collaborate so that their troublesome dreams don’t come true.
Available on: Netflix, Viki, Viu.
3. Descendants of the Sun (2016)
Directed By: Lee Eung-bok, Baek Sang-hoon.
Plot: A soldier Yoo Si-jin, who is the captain of the South Korean Special Forces Unit, falls in love with a beautiful surgeon, meets Dr. Kang Mo-yeon. But due to their profession, the couple has to stay apart. Even after that, both of them have immense feelings for each other. What will they end up with?
Available on: Netflix.
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4. Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon (2017)
Directed By: Lee Hyung Min.
Plot: Do Bong Soon, a young girl since birth, owns supernatural strength-like powers. Surprised and impressed by the strength, she gets hired by the CEO of a gaming company, Ah-Min Hyuk as his bodyguard. Both of them soon fall in love with each other. As a bodyguard and a perfect life partner, the strong girl saves him from all the odds and dangers till the end.
Available on: Netflix.
5. Beauty Inside (2018)
Directed By: Song Hyun-Wook.
Plot: The story portrays a blossoming love between two odd persons. The girl, Han Se-guy, who is an actress, transforms into someone else and stays like the same for a week. She is very troublesome to many and creates odd things now and then. On the other hand, the boy, Seo Do Jae, is the executive director of an airline company. He suffers from prosopagnosia (face-blindness). Beauty Inside is one of the most romantic Korean dramas.
Available on: Netflix.
6. Touch Your Heart (2019)
Directed By: Park Joon-Hwa.
Plot: Oh Yoon-Seo, a very famous actress, gets herself involved in a scandal which makes her career fall rapidly. She loses her job for two long years but later on sets herself for the comeback. To get back a major role in a television series, she agrees to work at a law firm of Kwon Jung-rok. Eventually, while working together both fall in love with each other.
Available on: Netflix.
7. Hotel Del Luna (2019)
Directed By: Oh Choong-hwan.
Plot: Plot: Hotel Del Luna is a supernatural hotel, unlike the other hotels, and is located in the middle of Seoul. Good Chang-seon and Jang Man-wol are the owners of this weird haunted hotel. They are cursed to manage the hotel because of a very weird crime they committed a long time ago. But neither of them can remember the crime. Eventually, all the secrets of the crime will get revealed.
Available on: Netflix.
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8. Legend of the Blue Sea (2016)
Directed By: Jin Hyuk and Park Seon-Ho.
Plot: The drama features the love story of Shim Cheong, a mermaid, and Heo Joon-jae, a con artist. All the mermaids, including Shim Cheong, are set to get released into the ocean. The entire plan of releasing backfires when the mermaids are caught by fishermen. What happens next?
Available on: Netflix.
9. Goblin (2016)
Directed By: Lee Eung-bok, Kwon Hyuk-chan and Yoon Jong-ho.
Plot: Kim Shin is an immortal goblin who wants to die. For that, he seeks a human bride who can remove an invisible sword from his chest. Ji Eun-Tak confesses that she is the one who can help him. What happens next? What do they end up with?
Available on: Netflix.
10. Extraordinary You (2019)
Directed By: Kin Sang-hyeop.
Plot: The story centers on a young girl, Eun Dan-Ho, who lives in a world of comics. She later realizes that she is a mere side character in the world she lives in. She feels like changing her fate but has to pay huge for bringing changes in her life. This Korean drama is one of the mist romantic ones out there
Available on: Netflix.
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11. Dr. Romantic (2016)
Directed By: Yoo In-Shik.
Plot: The story is about Boo Yong-Joo, a certified surgeon, often called ‘Hand Of God’. After a traumatic incident, he disappears and changes his name to Kim Sa-bu. He starts to work at a small hospital where he guides Kang Dong-Joo and Yoon Seo-Jeong to become great doctors and as successful as he is. He teaches them to fight against money for the sake of patients.
Available on: Netflix.
12. My Love from the Star (2013)
Directed By: Jang Tae-Yoo.
Plot: Four hundred years ago, Do Min-Joon wrecked onto the planet Earth. He is an alien. Earlier, he used to be very cynical about human beings. But later on, he changes his views on them after being involved with a childish actress.
Available on: Netflix.
13. Clean With Passion For Now (2018)
Directed By: No Jong-Chan.
Plot: Jang Seon-kyu is rich and handsome, who owns a cleaning company. He is way much obsessed with cleaning. He meets a carefree and untidy girl named Gil Oh-sol after she enters his company as a new employee. She doesn’t mind getting dirty and untidy. She doesn’t have the luxury to be clean all the time. Despite that, she has an attractive personality. With her help, Seon-kyul faces his disease, mysophobia. Eventually, the two fall in love with each other.
Available on: Netflix.
14. Her Private Life (2019)
Directed By: Hong Jong-Chan.
Plot: Sung Deok My, an art gallery curator, is a big-time fan girl of Cha Shi-an. She is very dedicated to her work. On the other hand, he owns the company White Ocean. She hides a dark secret from everyone. Will the secret get revealed? What happens between the two?
Available on: Netflix.
15. Love in the Moonlight (2016)
Directed By: Kim Sung-Yoon and Baek Sang-hoon
Plot: The drama centers on the coming of age story about Crown Prince Lee Yeong’s growth into a monarch. Besides his growth, there starts a blooming relationship with Eunuch Hong Ra-on. What happens at the end?
Available on: Netflix.
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16. Oh My Ghost (2015)
Directed By: Yoo Je-Won.
Plot: Na Bong Soon gets possessed by the ghost of a very confident woman. The ghost in her hooks up with Na Bong Soon’s boss, chef Kang Soon Woo to fulfill her unfulfilled wish. There lies the weird relationship between the ghost and the chef.
Available on: Netflix.
17. Love Alarm (2019)
Directed By: Lee Na Jung.
Plot: The entire drama focuses on the application called Love Alarm. The technology allows the users to find their love if the person standing nearby to their location shares the same romantic feeling. With this application, two young lovers Kim Jo-Jo and Hwang Soon Ho, find themselves and learn their love for each other.
Available on: Netflix.
18. Itaewon Class (2020)
Directed By: Kim Sung-Yoon.
Plot: Due to an accident that killed Park Sae-to-Yi’s father, he attempts to kill Jang Geun-won. He was imprisoned. After realizing from the jail, he opens Danbam in Itaewon to take revenge. Unfortunately, he fails in the beginning and finds it difficult to manage his job. He then meets Jo Yi-seo, and that changes the entire story of his life.
Available on: Netflix.
19. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)
Directed By: Oh Hyun-Jong.
Plot: The series tells the story of Kim Bok Joo, who dreams of becoming the champion in weightlifting on an athlete college campus. She develops a crush and starts to feel for Joon-Hyung’s brother, Jung Jae-Yi. At first, Joon Hyung teases her and helps her. But later, he realizes his feelings for her. It becomes a love triangle among the trio. What happens next? Who does Kim Bok Joo end up with?
Available on: Netflix.
20. Boys Over Flowers (2009)
Directed By: Jeon Ki Sang.
Plot: The story focuses on Jan-di, a poor but bright girl. She gets transferred to an exclusive high school. The school is only meant for the elites. Whoever studies there is rich and powerful. Jan-Di crosses paths with four of the richest boys (F4) in the school. She falls in love with the leader of F4- Gu Jun Pyo. On the other hand, one of the other boys from the group, Yoon Ji Hu, falls in love with Jan Di. Who does Jan Di end up with?
Available on: Netflix.
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21. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)
Directed By: Kim Kyu-Tae.
Plot: During a total solar eclipse, Go Ha-jin is transported in 1941 to the Goryeo Dynasty. She wakes up in the body of Hae Soo, one of the princesses of the Wang family, which was ruling during the reign of King Taejo. Initially, she falls in love with Prince Wang Wook. But later, she falls in love with Wang So, another Prince.
Available on: Amazon Prime Video.
22. Cheese in the Trap (2016)
Directed By: Lee Yoon-Jung.
Plot: A college student, Hong Seol, gets into a relationship with an insecure person, Yoo Jung, who manipulates others. Besides that, she also tries to balance her studies and a part-time job. The story revolves around the relationships of a group of youngsters studying in a university.
Available on: Netflix.
23. Something in the Rain (2018)
Directed By: Ahn Pan-Seok.
Plot: The story is about a single career woman, Jin-Ah. She reunites with her best friend’s brother, Joon Hee, after he returns from abroad. Both of them make efforts to grow their bond, and eventually, they start to feel for each other.
Available on: Netflix.
24. That Winter, the Wind Blows (2013)
Directed By: Kim Kyu Tae.
Plot: The story depicts the relationship between a handsome man, Oh Soo, and a beautiful blind woman, Oh Young. Neither of them believes in love. After the death of his first love, Oh Soo is left heartbroken, and he is a gambler by profession. Oh Young is a lonely heiress and is blind. She lives alone without her family. The two learn the true meaning of love and relationship after meeting each other.
Available on: Netflix.
25. Tomorrow With You (2017)
Directed By: Yoo Je-Won.
Plot: The story revolves around the relationship between Song Ma-rin and Yoo So-Joon. Too So-Joon is the CEO of a real estate company, who can travel through time. Song Ma-rin is his wife, who works as a photographer. He foresees his death, and thus he decides to marry Ma-rin to avoid that fate. With time, he learns to love her, and that’s how it begins.
Available on: Netflix.
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26. Radio Romance (2018)
Directed By: Kim Shin-il.
Plot: The story centers on Song Geu-rim, who always wanted to become a radio writer. Unfortunately, she lacks writing skills, and thus she was always forced to be an assistant writer. Later, she decides to try casting Ji Soo-ho, a top star actor. There the story begins. Eventually, they start to fall for each other.
Available on: Netflix.
27. It’s Okay That’s Love (2014)
Directed By: Kim Kyu-Tae.
Plot: Jang Jae-yeol is an author and a radio DJ. He suffers from OCD. When he was young, his mother accidentally killed his father. For the sake of saving his mother, he falsely blames his brother. Later, he feels guilty, and that’s how he suffers from OCD. On the other hand, Ji Hae Soo is an ambitious psychiatrist. After they met, initially, they were in contention. But later, they start to feel for each other. Both of them learn that Jang Jae Yeol’s mental illness is getting serious than the initial days. What happens next?
Available on: Netflix.
28. Kill Me, Heal Me (2015)
Directed By: Kim Jin-man and Kim Dae-jin.
Plot: Cha Do Hyun, the son of a Korean conglomerate, suffers from multiple personality disorder. He secretly hires Oh Ri Jin, a psychiatric resident, to treat his disease. Eventually, both fall for each other. Kill Me, Heal Me is one of the most romantic Korean Dramas.
Available on: Amazon Prime Video.
29. My Secret Romance (2017)
Directed By: Kang Cheol-Woo.
Plot: The story depicts the blooming relationship between Jin-Wook and Yoo-mi after they meet at a Gangwon-do resort. Both get caught up in a series of uncertain accidents and misunderstandings. Then how do they fall in love with each other?
Available on: Netflix.
30. I’m Not A Robot (2017)
Directed By: Jung Dae-Yoon.
Plot: Kim Min-Kyu, a young, wealthy man, suffers from a dangerous allergy. He stays isolated and thus limits his interactions with people outside. However, his life changes when he meets an aspiring entrepreneur, Jo Ji-ah. She pretends to be a robot for her boyfriend. What happens next? How do they end up with?
Available on: Netflix.
31. What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim (2018)
Directed By: Park Joon-Hwa.
Plot: The story is about the weird but romantic relationship between Lee Young Joon, a narcissistic executive, and his secretary Kim Mi-so. Several problems arise between them, but how do they end up with? What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim is one of the most romantic Korean Dramas.
Available on: Netflix.
From the above list, how many Korean dramas have you watched? If you have missed out on any of the above-mentioned dramas, I would highly recommend you to watch them.
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