The popularity of South Korean dramas has immensely increased all over the world.
What makes K-Dramas unique is their firm grip over the storyline, romance, top-notch fashion, and captivating OSTs, and most importantly the potential of grabbing the audience’s attention throughout the series.
From Marry My Husband to Queen of Tears; here is a list of top 5 Korean dramas that ruled 2024:
Queen of Tears:
The story revolves around a third-generation chaebol heiress and her ordinary employee-turned-husband.
Their three-year marriage reaches a breaking point, when he decides to file for divorce, however, with a twist in fate, their love miraculously begins to bloom again.
Queen of Tears is available to stream on Netflix.
Death’s Game:
Death’s Game is a fantasy anthology mystery thriller mini series which was released in January 2024.
Based on a webtoon of the same name, the series stars Seo In-guk and Park So-dam in the leading roles.
Death’s Game tells the story of a person who strangely begins a new life with death.
It is currently available to stream at Amazon Prime Video.
Marry My Husband:
Marry My Husband starring Park Min-young is one of the most talked about Korean dramas of this year.
Based on a web novel of the same name, Marry My Husband depicts the story of an ailing woman who spends her days burdened by an incompetent husband at a young age.
She tries to escape her fate and enact her revenge by having her best friend marry her husband in a new timeline.
Apart from Park Min-young, the revenge based drama also stars Na In-woo, Lee Yi-kyung, and Song Ha-yoon.
You can watch Marry My Husband on Amazon Prime Video.
Lovely Runner
Starring Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon, Lovely Runner is based on a web novel titled Tomorrow’s Best.
This Korean drama is about a fan who travels back in time to save her idol singer from a tragic death.
Lovely Runner, which was aired in April 2024, is now available for streaming on Netflix.
A Shop For Killers
Lee Dong-wook starrer A Shop for Killers, based on a novel of the same name, became famous with its first episode because of its unique storyline.
The series which also stars Kim Hye-jun, tells the story about a girl who lost her parents at quite young and grew up under her mysterious uncle’s supervision, who runs a suspicious online shop.
A Shop For Killers is available to watch on Hulu.
