With the boom we are living with the fantastic Parasite movie , you may have been curious to continue exploring the creativity of the South Korean world. If this is the case, today we have selected a list of some of the best Korean series that you can find right now on Netflix.
The Best Korean series available on Netflix
The interest in the Korean world has been booming for some time, but without a doubt the phenomenon of Parasite, which has just won the Golden Globe for best foreign film (in addition to having been nominated in two other categories), has helped people interest more in the production and titles of South Korea.
If this is your case, you may be wondering if there are more content to see created there, for which there is a clear and direct answer: yes and with great variety. What you are reading It turns out that platforms such as Netflix have long been betting on the Korean series – also known as “doramas” – and currently has twenty proposals in their catalog – many of them Original, by the way. Here we have stayed with the 13 that we like the most. Choose yours and enjoy it.
Kingdom
A vintage An crown prince will be forced to fight a mysterious plague that sweeps the kingdom while overcoming rumors about the king’s illness.
- Genre: Web-based, political, period-based doramas
- Available chapters: 6 belonging to the first season
- Average duration per chapter: about 50 minutes
- Watch on Netflix
Love Alarm
A somewhat futuristic series (a bit like Black Mirror) and with romantic dyes (which triumphs so much in Korea, of course). Kim Jojo finds his first love thanks to an application that alerts you when someone, close to where you are, is attracted to you.
- Genre: Doommas based on webcomics, Romanesque
- Available chapters: 8 belonging to the first season
- Average duration per chapter: about 48 minutes
- Watch on Netflix
Hello, My Twenties
And another original Netflix series. In this case, he tells us the story of five very different university students who are going to live together at a residence called Belle Epoque.
- Genre: Comedy, Romanesque
- Available chapters: 12 in the first season; 14 episodes in the second.
- Average duration per chapter: 1 hour approx.
- Watch on Netflix
Good Morning Call
It is all so typical that you will have the feeling that you have already seen it: a girl shares a flat with a handsome boy (for which they all drool except her). Nai¡die will know that they live together. Very … particular dynamics.
- Genre: Comedy, youth, romantic
- Available chapters: 17 in the first season; 10 episodes in the second.
- Average duration per chapter : about 50 minutes
- Watch on Netflix
Dramaworld
A very nice way to silver the Korean plot: a western girl obsessed with the Korean series, ends up having control of the outcome of one of these and living it in the first person.
- Genre: Comedy
- Available chapters: 10 in the first season
- Average duration per chapter : about 15 minutes
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Man to man
A secret agent works undercover as a famous actor’s bodyguard, but his work is not always as simple as you might imagine. This is a series that moves away from the typical romantic theme of the Korean series (although there is also love), to present entertaining stories of action.
- Gender: Action
- Available chapters: 16 in the first season
- Average duration per chapter : about 65 minutes
- Watch on Netflix
One More Time
A full-fledged Russian Doll series (although without tragic deaths of the protagonist at the end of the day – wink, wink -). A singer – this is one of the real-life members of the Korean group K-Pop Infinite – travels to the past over and over again, on a specific day, having the mission of saving his girlfriend from a dire destiny.
- Genre: Drama, romantic
- Available chapters: 8 in the first season
- Average duration per chapter : about 30 minutes
- Watch on Netflix
Stranger
Again a series of action less focused on romantic relationships. In Stranger we will find a prosecutor unable to empathize with others who is responsible for a murder case, within the political sector, with the help of a detective. Be careful because among the protagonists we have Doona Bae, who gave life to Sun in the fantastic Sense 8 .
- Gender: Thriller
- Available chapters: 16 in the first season
- Average duration per chapter : just over an hour.
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White Nights
Power and money are the important elements that are handled in this plot with an heiress seeking revenge after the death of his father.
- Gender: Thriller
- Available chapters: 10 in the first season
- Average duration per chapter : 1 hour
- Watch on Netflix
Oh My Ghost
We leave you the synopsis here and you already decide … “A shy kitchen helper possessed by the ghost of a lustful virgin catches the attention of a famous chef somewhat arrogant.”
- Genre: Romantic, comedy
- Available chapters: 16 in the first season
- Average duration per chapter : 1 hour approx.
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My First First Love
We end up with a drama from end to end : a romantic series about a group of friends who are going to live together and share their experiences related to love and friendship. Two of the protagonists are two famous k-pop music stars in Korea: Jung Chae Yeon, from the band DIA, and Jung Jin-young, former member of B1A4.
- Genre: Romantic, comedy
- Available chapters: 16 in the first season
- Average duration per chapter : 1 hour approx.
- Watch on Netflix
Crash Landing on You
Only the Koreans could talk about North Korea and mix it, of course, with love. A South Korean heiress suffers an accident by paragliding while flying over part of North Korea and must hide with the help of a soldier to get out of there. Mind you, this series is still pending release, but you can find it (and add it to your list of reminders) in the catalog.
- Genre: Romantic
- Available chapters: No information
- Average duration per chapter : No information
- Watch on Netflix
Abyss
We close with an original Netflix series. This is Abyss, a curious series that tells the story of Cha Min and Go Se-yeon, who, after dying young in different accidents, return to life in bodies that are not theirs.
- Genre: Fantastic
- Available chapters: 16 in the first season
- Average duration per chapter : 1 hour approx.
- Watch on Netflix
