Summary

A pile of gravid and addictingK - dramaswere free in 2023 . With shows likeSquid GameandBusiness Proposalhaving popularize the genre internationally , Korean drama have up their game when it follow to engage shows . 2023 was an excellent year for K - dramas , with dozens fall out on Netflix , Viki , and Paramount+ , among other stream services . The output of fantastic dramatic event will only dish out to lift the music genre higher .

The practiced K - dramasare those that keep looker engaged , so the most addicting K - dramatic play of 2023 are a mixed bagful in terms of genre . Although the most pop K - play were earlier romances , other Korean U-boat - genres have been seeing an uptick in viewership . kilobyte - dramatic play thrillers , criminal offense show , and horror have been get their fair share of the spot this twelvemonth .

10Mask Girl

A twisting thriller that captivated even as it confused

The story of Kim Mo - mi , an unsafe office doer who becomes a masked internet sensation , Mask Girlis aK - drama thriller that hooked the audiencein 2023 . The show deals with a lot of dark and stir up themes , so it can get difficult to watch at times . Still , the message ofMask Girlisn’t hard to spot . Speaking of theimmense free weight that social medium stardom can lend , as well as the danger , is something very powerful in the current age of engineering science . Although it gets confusing and shivery at metre , Mask Girlis still a very democratic show .

Be cognisant of any subject monition forMask Girl , as there are events that pass in the show that can be triggering for some .

9Love To Hate You

A fake dating rom-com

Yeo Mi - ran is a no - nonsense lawyer who fights for woman both in motor inn and on the streets . Nam Kang - ho is an actor with antediluvian survey on woman , believing all they want is his money . Watching the duo become sweep ina bastard date scenario charmedLove to Hate Youviewers . As the title suggest , Mi - ran and Kang - ho ca n’t abide each other but find themselves actually falling in love as their charade goes on . The alchemy between the lead and the gleefulness of a false date outline madeLove to detest Youa playfulness watch this year .

8Crash Course In Romance

A sweet romance coming later in life

When Nam Haeng - seon ’s mother dies , she gives up a prolific handball calling to raise her vernal niece and untried brother . Choi Chi - yeol is a math professor at an esteemed hagwon . Haeng - seon and Chi - yeol clash just as Hae - yi enters the college entrance exam season , leading to many awkward encounter when Chi - yeol becomes her teacher . Therelationships betweenCrash Course in Romance ’s characters are heartwarming to see , especially since Haeng - seon had long since consecrate up on her ambition future tense to help her phratry , so seeing her get a chance at sexual love with Chi - yeol was gratifying .

While K - dramas have a ways to go in terms of pick up up with LGBTQ+ representation on screen , some shows are making great headway , to sports fan ' pleasure .

7Divorce Attorney Shin

The misadventures of a music professor turned divorce lawyer

Cho Seung - woo stars as Shin Sung - han , a former music professor who makes the decisiveness to become a divorce attorney . Divorce Attorney Shin follows as he fights for his customer to get what they merit out of their divorce . Sung - han is helped along the manner by his close friends , Jang Hyeong - geun and Jo Jeong - sik . The triad ’s friendship is dear and earnest . The standardization of divorce inDivorce Attorney Shinis a welcome sight , as divorce is commonly seen as a speculative matter .

Divorce Attorney Shinis ak - dramatic play based on a webtooncalledSacred Divorce . The title refer to the irony that Shin Sung - han ’s name mean ' sacred ' in Korean .

6Behind Your Touch

A vet developed psychic powers after a meteor shower

Bong Ye - bun is a veterinarian who gains the ability to study minds after a meteor shower inBehind Your Touch . When a sequential killer strikes her modest town , she teams up with unbelieving detective , Moon Jang - yeol to lick the crime . As Ye - bun ’s baron require her to touch the butt of whoever ’s mind she wants to read , various shenanigans are undertaken to make it not seem weird . Ye - roll and Jang - yeol ’s human relationship is sweet to seeas they gradually begin to grow closer together . The townsfolk also add together a quite a little offunny chemical element to the K - drama , even as it deals with dark root word .

5Celebrity

A drama that discusses the reality of social media

Seo Ah - ri detect herself drawn into the human race of social media influencers who call themselves the Gabin Society . As she attempt to navigate the Gabin Society , Ah - ri unwrap the fact that many influencers simply buy follower to make themselves seem famed . Ah - ri ’s popularity begins to flatten as she continues to expose the many dirt that the influencers practice their condition to pass over up , including murder . Seeing such horrible mass get what they deserve is satisfying , andCelebrity ’s focus on the idea that what is seen on societal media is not always the truth is fascinating .

4Queenmaker

An image-maker helps a lawyer run for mayor

Hwang Do - hee becomes the campaign coach for Oh Kyung - sook , a human rights lawyer hunt down for mayor of Seoul . Do - hee used to cultivate in the strategic planning business office for Eunsung Group but leave after causing a tragedy for the pudding stone . Determined to take down Eunsung Group , Do - hee function with Kyung - sook to make a deviation by making the latter city manager of Seoul . Like many K - dramas with a political twist , corruption is the main focus ofQueenmaker . It ’s always pander to see those who abuse superpower get take up down , andQueenmakerdoes it in a new and fresh elbow room . Thebadass female leads in this K - dramaonly add together toQueenmaker ’s success .

3Bloodhounds

Two boxers band together to get revenge

Bloodhoundsfollows Kim Gun - woo and Hong Woo - jin , two boxers who become fast friends , as they seek to take down a loanword shark . The duo team up with various other characters who have a grudge against Kim Myeong - gil , creating an exciting array of personalities to watch . One of the most addicting thing aboutBloodhoundsisthe friendship between Gun - woo and Woo - jin . Woo Do - hwan and Lee Sang - yi have such good chemistry . Although the show catch very dark at times , the bond certificate between the characters works as a bright light source during those times . Like most kilobyte - dramas deal with corruption , the close is extremely satisfying .

2The Glory, Part 2

The Gloryis a K - play thriller establish on true eventsthat was released in two part on Netflix . The first aired in December 2022 , and the second in March 2023 . The first part captures attention as it speaks about bullying , an aspect of society that is often hide away . The Gloryfollows Moon Dong - eun as she cause revenge on the radical who bullied her extensively while in schooling . After Dong - eun drops out due to the abuse , she becomes bent on vengeance . Watching Dong - eun and her allies expose the horrible acts her classmates committed is rewarding . The Gloryis gritty and voiceless to determine at times , but it ’s hook nonetheless .

1The Good Bad Mother

An accident brings a mother and son back together

The Good Bad Motheris one of the most popularK - dramasof 2023 . After an chance event leaves Choi Kang - ho believing he is a child again , he and his mother have to bump a way to fix their broken relationship . Kang - ho ’s amnesia kick in his mother , Jin Young - before long , a 2nd chance at raising him . She was strict with Kang - ho as a child because she did n’t need him to grow up to be like her . Kang - ho , however , became cold and closed off as an grownup due to his raising . The Good Bad Motheris an endearing showthat labor at viewers ' heartstrings . The add whodunit component made it all the more addicting , as did its beautiful personation of a menage coming back together .

Collage of actors in LGBTQ+ K-Dramas

Bella Ramsey as Ellie in the Last of us Season 2 Pointing a Gun in the basement of a hospital

Cassian in Andor Season 2

Park Gyu-young as Seo Ah-ri in Celebrity leaving a party as fans follow her

Mask Girl

Kim Ok-vin as Yeo Mi-ran and Teo Yoo as Nam Kang-ho in Love to Hate You

Cho Seung-woo as Shin Sung-han in Divorce Attorney Shin

K-drama Celebrity

Kim Hee-ae as Hwang Do-hee and Moon So-ri as Oh Kyung-sook in Queenmaker

Moon Dong-eun in The Glory on Netflix

Ra Mi-ran, Lee Do-hyun, and Ahn Eun-joo as Jin Young-soon, Choi Kang-ho, and Lee Mi-joo in The Good Bad Mother