Psychological K-Dramas

These are the 18 best Korean psychological dramas on DramaHog, from beyond evil, mother and mouse. Each page has the story, the cast and where to watch.

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Beyond Evil

2021 · jTBC · 16 episodes

Twenty years ago a girl vanished from a quiet town, and her disappearance has never been solved.

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Mother

2018 · tvN · 16 episodes

Soo Jin is a quiet science teacher who notices that one of her young pupils is being hurt at home and that nobody…

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Mouse

2021 · tvN · 20 episodes

What if a person's capacity for cruelty could be spotted before the first crime? A young police officer named Ba Reum…

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Through the Darkness

2022 · SBS · 12 episodes

Seoul in the 1990s is being shaken by a series of brutal, apparently random attacks, and the police have nothing.

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Kill Me, Heal Me

2015 · MBC · 20 episodes

Do Hyeon is the heir to a big company, and behind his polished surface lives a mind split into seven distinct…

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Strangers from Hell

2019 · OCN · 10 episodes

Jong U leaves his hometown for a Seoul job and, unable to afford much, moves into a cheap, run-down boarding house…

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Life on Mars

2018 · OCN · 16 episodes

Han Tae Joo is a modern, by-the-numbers detective who trusts data over instinct.

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Children of Nobody

2018 · MBC · 32 episodes

Woo Kyung is a child counsellor who believes she has the perfect life until one tragic event upends it.

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Vigilante

2023 · Disney+ · 8 episodes

By day Ji Yong is a model police-university student, and by night he hunts criminals the courts let off lightly, driven…

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Pyramid Game

2024 · TVING · 10 episodes

At a girls' high school, students vote once a month in a ranking that decides everyone's place in the social order.

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Voice

2017 · OCN · 16 episodes

Jin Hyuk is a hard-charging detective haunted by the death of his wife, and Gwon Ju is a gifted voice profiler at an…

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Black Out

2024 · MBC · 14 episodes

Years ago, two young women were brutally murdered and their friend, drunk that night and with no memory, was the only…

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Rain or Shine

2017 · jTBC · 16 episodes

A terrible accident once killed dozens of people, and the survivors have never really recovered.

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Yumi's Cells

2021 · TVING · 14 episodes

Every human is run by a network of cells, and the drama lets us see the tiny animated cells inside Yu Mi's head as she…

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Hello Monster

2015 · KBS2 · 16 episodes

Lee Hyun is a genius profiler who returns to Korea after a case triggers a memory he thought he'd lost forever.

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The K2

2016 · tvN · 16 episodes

Je Ha is a former mercenary known by the codename K2, wrongly accused of killing his girlfriend overseas and forced to…

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As You Stood By

2025 · Netflix · 8 episodes

Eun Su works in sales at a luxury retailer and carries a childhood trauma that has shaped her entire life.

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Mousetrap

2026 · Netflix · 10 episodes

Je Mun Jae is a reclusive writer whose calm life falls apart when his phone's fingerprint lock stops working and the…

Questions about Psychological K-Dramas

What are the best Psychological K-Dramas?

Our top picks are Beyond Evil, Mother, Mouse, followed by Through the Darkness. Open any drama for its story, cast and where to watch.

How often is this list updated?

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