Best South Korean romance series
A curated collection of popular romance series from South Korea.
Empress Ki (2013)
A Time Called You (2023)
My Liberation Notes (2022)
When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025)
When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025)
In Jeju, a spirited girl and a steadfast boy's island story blossoms into a lifelong tale of setbacks and triumphs — proving love endures across time.
Just Between Lovers (2017)
One Spring Night (2019)
Soundtrack #1 (2022)
Soundtrack #1 (2022)
Han Sun-woo is a rookie photographer. He doesn't talk much, but he is a kind and warm-hearted man. He is friends with Lee Eun-soo. They have been close friends for 20 years. Meanwhile, Lee Eun-soo works as a lyricist to make living. She has an honest and bright personality. Due to a reason, Han Sun-woo and Lee Eun-soo begin to live together at the same house for 2 weeks. Staying together, their relationship develops romantically.
Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (2019)
Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (2019)
The story takes place at the beginning of the 19th century. Goo Hae-Ryung is a historian who tries to fight gender stereotypes as her work is often looked down on. She meets Prince Yi Rim.
Where Your Eyes Linger (2020)
Where Your Eyes Linger (2020)
High school students Han Tae-joo and Kang-gook have always been together for 15 years. Although they are friends, Gook is actually a bodyguard for Tae-joo, the heir of a chaebol family. But before they know it, they feel different kinds of feelings for each other. What does Gook mean to Tae-joo, and what does Tae-joo mean to Gook?
Youth of May (2021)
School 2017 (2017)
School 2017 (2017)
A coming-of-age story about the lives of 18-year-old high school students who are valued according to their ranking in school. Despite their frustrations, they find out how to make their own way in this world that seems to be a stagnant cycle of school and home.
Thirty-Nine (2022)
Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)
Hymn of Death (2018)
Hymn of Death (2018)
Based on a true story, the drama tells the tragic love story of Kim Woo Jin, a married stage drama writer, and Yun Shim Duk, Korea's first professional soprano, who meet while studying at Tokyo University in the 1920s. Yun Shim Duk's recording of "Death Song" became the first Korean pop song in 1926.
She Would Never Know (2021)
She Would Never Know (2021)
Yoon Song Ah works as a marketer for a cosmetics brand. She enjoys her job and dreams of launching her own brand someday. Chae Hyun Seung is a fellow marketer who becomes attracted to Yoon Song Ah. He tries to develop a romantic relationship but Yoon Song Ah rebuffs his advances, not wishing to date younger men.
The Red Sleeve (2021)
The Red Sleeve (2021)
Based on a novel of the same name, it tells the record of a royal court romance between the King of Joseon who believes his duty is to his country first above love, and a court lady who wants to protect the life she has chosen.
The Eighth Sense (2023)
The Eighth Sense (2023)
Ji Hyun is a freshman at a university in Seoul. He comes from a small rural town and is used to living in the quiet countryside. He struggles to form meaningful relationships, and moving to the busy South Korean capital has left him feeling disorientated and confused. The older Jae Won, meanwhile, is now returning to Seoul – and the same university – after completing his mandatory military service.
Live Up to Your Name (2017)
Doctor John (2019)
Doctor John (2019)
Cha Yo-Han—an arrogant but genius doctor of anesthesiology—and Kang Shi-Young—a smart, warm resident of anesthesiology—work together to help people with mysterious cases of acute or chronic pain.
Melo Movie (2025)
Sungkyunkwan Scandal (2010)
