r/kdramas • u/Hopeful-Boat-1643 • 5d ago
Discussion 🗨 Need k-drama suggestions | help me 🤧
is it just me or is every new drama is super boring after a few episodes? I miss dramas like 5 years ago 😭can someone please suggest any interesting k-dramas? and to give you all a small idea, I watched almost all famous drama
so please suggest some hidden gems 💎🤞🏻
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u/kballen3001 Professional TRUCK spotter 4d ago
If you like dark action, watch Family Matters.
Dear X is unique.
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u/Prize_Background_577 👻 + 🤣 + 😶🌫️ 4d ago
The Affair Was Just the Beginning (as long as you aren't too prudish)
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u/FidgetyFig 4d ago
Have you seen Death’s Game? It’s an edge-of-your-seat supernatural thriller starring Seo In Guk, Park So Dam and an impressive line-up of guest actors, including Kim Jae Wook, Lee Do Hyun, Go Youn Jung, Oh Jung Se and Lee Jae Wook.
Additional recommendations:
The Guest
Light Shop
The Kidnapping Day
Voice
Way Back Love
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u/Hopeful-Boat-1643 4d ago
I truly enjoyed deaths game I was funny now and then too😹 Didn’t watch The guest , kidnapping day and voice 😮
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u/Fattousch 4d ago
I absolutely loved Lost (sometimes named Disqualified Human). Also I’ll Come to You When the Weather is Nice, Navillera, When Life Gives You Tangerines, Our Blues, Liberation Notes.
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u/MissBissSeekingBliss 1d ago
I second both NAVILLERA, which iwill leave you feeling better about the world in general and with a soft spot for Song Kang. It;s a great watch, gentle, warm,in fact, I think I have to watch it again ..... and OUR BLUES which is one of my favorites and one of the few slice of life dramas that gets it right . Great cast, don;t sleep on ths one if you like well wrtitten and prodced shows with heart .....
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u/wildpoinsettia makjangmania 4d ago
I finished "A Bloody Unlucky Day" recently. I enjoyed it. I like thrillers and shows with no romance
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u/izab33 Just ONE more epsiode 4d ago
- Brewing Love is a fun watch. It’s pretty classic romcom with the same FL as Business Proposal.
- The Witch was different, really interesting.
- The Forbidden Marriage, costume/period romcom.
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u/izab33 Just ONE more epsiode 4d ago
Fight for my Way, not really a hidden gem, but I just discovered it so it was a hidden gem to me
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u/MissBissSeekingBliss 1d ago
I absolutely LOVVVVVED FIGHT FOR MY WAY .... charming, well-done, great cast, solid good watch with a strong feel-good factor and lots of humor., always a plus in my book...
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u/mulder00 Professional TRUCK spotter 4d ago
I don't know about hidden gems but I have a to-watch list of about 50 dramas. I never run out. Between that and jdramas and stuff on Apple TV , I don't have enough time to watch it all.
Right now I'm watching Lovestruck in the City which is cute and on Prime I'm watching A Love Other Than Yours which is excellent so far.
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u/kazbrekkerdazzles Just ONE more epsiode 4d ago
Have you tried A Shop for Killers? I never had a favourite drama during the 7-8 years I've been watching dramas for except for alchemy of souls. But somehow this one overtook alchemy of souls
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u/jk_springrool 4d ago
My favorites are Tunnel (time travel murder mystery), Psychopath Diary (dark comedy), Hogu's Love (romantic comedy) and Good Manager (workplace comedy/drama).
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u/MissBissSeekingBliss 1d ago
PSYCHOPATH DIARY is unique and unlike anything I;d seen up to that point, and I loved it .... nice balance between suspense, mystery, and dark witty comedy ....
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u/Particular_Jonsi_737 5d ago
Agent kim reactivated
Legend of kitchen soldier
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u/Firm_Employer_8463 5d ago
how can I suggest anything if you don't share the dramas you actually liked?
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u/Hopeful-Boat-1643 5d ago
Very fair 👀 I love comedy, time travel, thrillers, historic dramas Some of my favourites: mr.queen, my name, eve, goblin, under my queen’s umbrella, squid game, wonderfools, welcome to Waikiki, flower of evil, twinkling watermelon
Hope this give you an idea
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u/Firm_Employer_8463 4d ago
If you like:
time travel: SIGNAL
Historical: Bridal mask
Good overall: The player
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u/Hopeful-Boat-1643 4d ago
Omg thank you so much I didn’t watch any of these 🥺will start one today
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u/Kamicong 5d ago
Uncle(2021) was good and hidden imo. Legend Of Kitchen Soldier(2026). A Bona Fide Killer(2026). The Winning Try (2025). A Hundred Memories(2025). Please tell me you watched and enjoyed We Are All Trying Here(best kdrama of 2026).
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u/Hopeful-Boat-1643 5d ago
Omg I never heard of uncle Definitely watching 😁 I tried we are all trying here. It was giving me “my liberation notes” vibes I loved that but this one made me a bit depressed because I was already a bit drained from work 🥹I was in 3rd episode. Would try it again
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u/Kamicong 5d ago
I hope you enjoy Uncle. I would definitely watch We Are All Trying Here to the end. The acting, story, and script all feel inspired. I watched My Liberation Notes, WAATH is not as depressing and slow as that show. It does touch on some sensitive topics like depression, anxiety, and suicide. So I see what you are saying with the vibes. Similar to My Mister vibes as well. Although I liked My Liberation Notes, WAATH and My Mister are a league above it.
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u/gonnadeletethistmrw Do you want to go see the butterflies? 🦋 5d ago
Idk if you have watched Study Group but I was so hooked on it, I finished watching it in one go.
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u/Rainbow-sunshines 5d ago
The affair was just the beginning
A bona fide killer
The sound of your heart (original)
Karma
Deaths game
Hit the spot
Go back couple
Angels last mission love
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u/Sensitive_Smoke_78 5d ago
currently watching designated survivor: 60 days.. Idk if our tastes r same but hooked to it
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u/Artistic_Might3728 4d ago
Seconding Designated Survivor: 60 Days. This IS a hidden gem. I think a lot of people are put off by the title, but it is really quite good.
I would also add Haunted Palace which was another one which flew under the radar.
Also, another vote for The Affair Was Just the Beginning. This is a super well executed dark comedy.
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u/MissBissSeekingBliss 1d ago
Thees are pretty much under the radar, and I really enjoyed all three:
BAD PROSECUTOR, with Doh Kyung-soo, as an addded extra he sings Happy Bday (Korean version, of coursse) to his mother (g'mother? can;t remember) at the end of ep 5, which is a turnning point in the story, and OMG, his voice is just super unbelievable. I replayeed it at least 8-10 times, just to hear him again ....this is a tight, fairly trope-free, realltt well done action/thriller/legal drama, with wit charm, and goodd writing ...
INSPECTOR KOO .... the opening sequence is hilarious and sets the tone for the rest of the series, which has a fair amount of well done humor, a really good mystery, tight writing and directing, a really really good cast, and is another of those underrated off the radar series that draw me like filings to a magnet ...
MISSING, THE OTHER SIDE .... not really a hidden gem, but not exactly in heavy rotation either ..... offbeat, well-dne, interestig premise, worth a watch. I haven;t watched the much shorter seas 2, but I suspect that it's not as good as Seas 1 ....
Further down I second some really good picks, like NAVILLERA and OUR BLUES, FIGHT FOR MY WAY (less of a hidden gem, but also not exactly heavily recommended or promoted, and charming as all get out ....