Crime and Mystery K-Dramas
If you love crime and mystery stories, these 37 Korean dramas are a good place to start, from move to heaven, weak hero: class 1 and flower of evil. Each page has the story, the cast and where to watch.
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Move to Heaven
2021 · Netflix · 10 episodesHan Geu Roo is a 20 year old autistic young man who works at his father’s company Move To Heaven, a crime scene cleanup…
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Weak Hero: Class 1
2022 · 16 episodesAn action-driven coming-of-age drama centered on Yun Shi Eun, a top student who consistently ranks in the top 1% of his…
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Flower of Evil
2020 · 16 episodesBaek Hui Seong appears to live a perfect life, with a successful career, a loving marriage, and a deep bond with his…
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The Glory
2022 · Netflix · 16 episodesMoon Dong-eun was tormented so badly by her high school classmates that she had to drop out.
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Squid Game
2021 · Netflix · 9 episodesHundreds of players deep in debt accept a mysterious invitation to compete in children’s games for an enormous cash…
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Vincenzo
2021 · 20 episodesDuring a visit to his motherland, a Korean-Italian mafia lawyer gives an unrivaled conglomerate a taste of its own…
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Signal
2016 · tvN · 16 episodesA criminal profiler in 2015 finds an old walkie-talkie and, to his shock, hears the voice of a detective in 1989.
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Prison Playbook
2017 · tvN · 16 episodesStar baseball pitcher Kim Je-hyuk is sentenced to a year in prison after a fight he tried to stop goes wrong.
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The Uncanny Counter
2020 · tvN · 16 episodesBehind the counter of a small noodle restaurant, a group of demon hunters called Counters works in secret to catch evil…
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Healer
2014 · KBS2 · 20 episodesSeo Jeong-hu works as a night courier known only as Healer, and for the right price he can get his clients almost…
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Stranger
2017 · tvN · 16 episodesAs a child, Hwang Si-mok had brain surgery that left him almost unable to feel emotion, and he has grown into a…
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The First Responders
2022 · SBS · 12 episodesA police station and a fire department share the same neighborhood, and when a case needs both, they have to work side…
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Bloodhounds
2023 · Netflix · 8 episodesTwo young boxers meet in the ring and become friends: quiet rookie Kim Geon-u and talkative southpaw Hong U-jin.
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Beyond Evil
2021 · jTBC · 16 episodesTwenty years ago a girl vanished from a quiet town, and her disappearance has never been solved.
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SKY Castle
2018 · jTBC · 20 episodesIn SKY Castle, an exclusive residential complex outside Seoul, doctors, professors and lawyers compete fiercely to get…
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Dear X
2025 · TVING · 12 episodesBaek A Jin grows up under the shadow of domestic violence, forcing her to suppress her emotions and survive by reading…
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Undercover High School
2025 · 12 episodesJung Hae Seong is a top agent from the National Intelligence Service who is on the verge of being demoted.
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Are You Human Too?
2018 · 36 episodesThe drama follows Nam Sin III, an android created to look exactly like a human heir, who is forced to take the place of…
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The Price of Confession
2025 · 12 episodesAn Yun Su is an art teacher living a quiet and ordinary life until everything is suddenly turned upside down.
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As You Stood By
2025 · Netflix · 8 episodesEun Su works in sales at a luxury retailer and carries a childhood trauma that has shaped her entire life.
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When the Phone Rings
2024 · 12 episodesBaek Sa Eon, Korea’s youngest presidential spokesman, hails from a prestigious political family and boasts a career…
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Made in Korea
2026 · Disney+ · 6 episodesA man driven by ambition for wealth and power, and the prosecutor who risks everything to stop him.
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Flex x Cop Season 2
2026 · SBS · 14 episodesAfter officially completing his police academy training, chaebol heir-turned-detective Jin I Su returns to Violent…
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A Shop for Killers Season 2
2026 · Disney+ · 8 episodesJung Ji An is the new CEO of the shopping mall Murthehelp.
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The East Palace
2026 · Netflix · 8 episodesIn a kingdom plagued by supernatural events, ghost slayer Gu Cheon and court lady Saeng Gang, who can hear the voices…
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Reborn Rookie
2026 · jTBC · 12 episodesKang Yong Ho is the powerful chairman of Choiseong Group, one of South Korea’s biggest conglomerates.
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The WONDERfools
2026 · 8 episodesSet in 1999 during the peak of nationwide doomsday fears, this mystery fantasy drama follows a group of ordinary people…
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Phantom Lawyer
2026 · Netflix · 16 episodesA quirky supernatural legal drama where ghosts become clients, courtrooms become battlefields, and healing comes from…
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Undercover Miss Hong
2026 · tvN · 16 episodesSet in the late 1990s, Hong Geum Bo is an elite supervisor at the Financial Supervisory Service who lives only for her…
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The Judge Returns
2026 · MBC · 14 episodesJudge Lee Han Yeong believes justice belongs in the courtroom.
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Taxi Driver Season 3
2025 · SBS · 16 episodesFormer special forces operative Kim Do Gi carries deep scars after losing his mother to a brutal crime.
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Heroes Next Door
2025 · ENA · 10 episodesThis series follows a quirky reserve special forces team that reunites not for national duty or global peace, but to…
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A Graceful Liar
2025 · KBS2 · 100 episodesTo marry the heir of the powerful Geonhyang Group, Cha Jeong Won steps into a life of privilege under a stolen…
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The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun
2025 · 125 episodesBaek Seol Hui is a cheerful single mother who runs a small restaurant and raises her daughter on her own.
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Good Boy
2025 · 16 episodesFormer international medalists enter the police force through a special Olympic recruitment program, trading podiums…
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While You Were Sleeping
2017 · 32 episodesNam Hong Ju possesses the ability to foresee future events through her dreams.
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2016 · 16 episodesAfter surviving the devastating zombie outbreak at Hyosan High, Nam On Jo is now a university student living in Seoul…
Questions about Crime and Mystery K-Dramas
What are the best Crime and Mystery K-Dramas?
Our top picks are Move to Heaven, Weak Hero: Class 1, Flower of Evil, followed by The Glory. Open any drama for its story, cast and where to watch.
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