Crime and Mystery K-Dramas
If you love crime and mystery stories, these 141 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 · Netflix · 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 · tvN · 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 · tvN · 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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Mother
2018 · tvN · 16 episodesSoo 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 episodesWhat 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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Partners for Justice
2018 · MBC · 32 episodesBaek Beom is a brilliant but prickly forensic doctor who has spent ten years reading what the dead have left behind.
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Missing: The Other Side
2020 · tvN · 12 episodesThere is a village where the spirits of people who vanished are said to gather, and a small-time fraudster named Kim Uk…
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The Guest
2018 · OCN · 16 episodesA young man from a shaman family, a devout priest-in-training and a detective's daughter find themselves linked by a…
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The Penthouse: War in Life
2020 · SBS · 21 episodesHera Palace is a hundred-floor luxury apartment tower where the residents are rich, ambitious and hiding plenty.
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The Devil Judge
2021 · tvN · 16 episodesIn a near future where trust in the justice system has collapsed, the country tunes in to a televised courtroom run by…
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My Name
2021 · Netflix · 8 episodesWhen her father is killed, Ji Woo decides to get close to the drug lord who gave the order.
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Through the Darkness
2022 · SBS · 12 episodesSeoul in the 1990s is being shaken by a series of brutal, apparently random attacks, and the police have nothing.
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The Judge from Hell
2024 · SBS · 14 episodesKang Bit Na is a polished, upright judge who is secretly a demon sent to punish the worst of humankind and send them…
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Strangers from Hell
2019 · OCN · 10 episodesJong 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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The Worst of Evil
2023 · Disney+ · 12 episodesIn 1990s Seoul, a young police officer goes undercover to break a gang that is pushing a new drug across the city.
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Life on Mars
2018 · OCN · 16 episodesHan Tae Joo is a modern, by-the-numbers detective who trusts data over instinct.
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Defendant
2017 · SBS · 18 episodesJeong U is a proud prosecutor who wakes up one day as a prisoner on death row, accused of killing his wife and…
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My Perfect Stranger
2023 · KBS2 · 16 episodesTwo strangers, a young news anchor and a woman who once wanted to become a writer, are thrown back to 1987 through a…
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The Fiery Priest
2019 · SBS · 40 episodesFather Kim is a hot-tempered priest with a hidden past who becomes obsessed with a murder in his own church.
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Tunnel
2017 · OCN · 16 episodesIn 1986 a determined detective is hunting a serial killer when he slips through a tunnel and comes out in present-day…
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Children of Nobody
2018 · MBC · 32 episodesWoo Kyung is a child counsellor who believes she has the perfect life until one tragic event upends it.
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Seoul Busters
2024 · Disney+ · 20 episodesThe Second Violent Crimes Unit has the worst arrest record in the city and has just lost its leader.
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Law School
2021 · jTBC · 16 episodesA death at a top law school shakes the students and staff who were all there that night.
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Big Mouth
2022 · MBC · 16 episodesChang Ho is a failing lawyer known for big talk and small results who suddenly lands the case of a lifetime, one that…
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Blind
2022 · tvN · 16 episodesA killer starts targeting the members of a jury, and the case pulls in a detective, his perfectionist judge brother and…
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Vigilante
2023 · Disney+ · 8 episodesBy 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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The King of Pigs
2022 · TVING · 12 episodesTwo men who were friends in school are reunited by a message from someone they have not heard from in twenty years, and…
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Revenant
2023 · SBS · 12 episodesSan Young is a struggling job seeker who is quietly taken over by a vengeful spirit after receiving a set of her late…
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The Kidnapping Day
2023 · ENA · 12 episodesMyung Joon is a kind but desperate man who needs money for his sick daughter's surgery and agrees to kidnap a rich…
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Light Shop
2024 · Disney+ · 8 episodesAt the end of a strange alley stands a light shop that every visitor seems to be pulled towards, and each of them is…
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Vagabond
2019 · SBS · 16 episodesWhen his nephew dies in a mysterious plane crash, Dal Geon, a former stuntman, sets out to find out who is responsible.
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Chief Detective 1958
2024 · MBC · 10 episodesA retired detective once famous as the Columbo of Korea remembers his early years in the 1950s, when he first arrived…
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Good Manager
2017 · KBS2 · 20 episodesSung Ryong is a talented accountant who has spent years cooking the books for gangsters.
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Voice
2017 · OCN · 16 episodesJin 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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Bad and Crazy
2021 · tvN · 12 episodesSoo Yeol is a skilled but morally flexible officer who has made his career by keeping his bosses happy.
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One Dollar Lawyer
2022 · SBS · 12 episodesJi Hoon is a flamboyant lawyer with a curly perm, and he takes on clients for a fee of just 1,000 won.
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Designated Survivor: 60 Days
2019 · tvN · 16 episodesA quiet environment minister with no political ambitions is suddenly forced into leadership when a terror attack wipes…
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Revenge of Others
2022 · Disney+ · 12 episodesAfter her twin brother dies in what is called a suicide at school, Chan Mi refuses to believe it and transfers to his…
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Cruel City
2013 · jTBC · 20 episodesShi Hyun is the newly promoted number two in a drug cartel and lives in the shadows, going by a name few people know.
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Black Out
2024 · MBC · 14 episodesYears ago, two young women were brutally murdered and their friend, drunk that night and with no memory, was the only…
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Dong Yi
2010 · MBC · 60 episodesDong Yi starts out as a low-ranking palace maid who is bright, brave and loyal to the truth.
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The Manipulated
2025 · Disney+ · 12 episodesTae Jung is a gentle man who is sent to prison for a terrible crime he did not commit.
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Doctor John
2019 · SBS · 32 episodesCha Yo Han is a brilliant anesthesiologist and the youngest professor at his hospital, who treats a patient's hidden…
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Beautiful World
2019 · jTBC · 16 episodesAfter their teenage son is left brain-dead following an incident at his new school, his parents and little sister start…
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Save Me
2017 · OCN · 16 episodesSang Mi's family moves to a small town after her father's business fails, and a charismatic religious leader offers…
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Mystic Pop-Up Bar
2020 · jTBC · 12 episodesA mysterious street-food tent run by a sharp-tongued woman and her innocent part-time helper appears to people who are…
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365: Repeat the Year
2020 · MBC · 24 episodesEvery year, a mysterious rule allows ten people to go back in time and relive the past twelve months.
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Connection
2024 · SBS · 14 episodesA narcotics detective in a small city is secretly forced to take a mysterious drug, and as his health slips he must…
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Little Women
2022 · tvN · 12 episodesThree sisters raised in poverty are pulled into a huge incident that puts them against the richest family in the…
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Two Weeks
2013 · MBC · 16 episodesTae San is a small-time hustler who learns that he has a young daughter who needs a bone marrow donation to survive.
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Nobody Knows
2020 · SBS · 16 episodesYoung Jin is a detective still haunted by the unsolved killing of her friend nineteen years ago.
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I Hear Your Voice
2013 · SBS · 18 episodesHye Sung is a bold, money-minded public defender who becomes a lawyer after a hard childhood.
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Nine Puzzles
2025 · Disney+ · 11 episodesTen years ago, I Na saw her beloved uncle murdered, and instead of being treated as a victim she was suspected of the…
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Still 17
2018 · SBS · 32 episodesSeo Ri was a violin prodigy at seventeen when a bus accident left her in a coma.
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Gyeongseong Creature
2023 · Netflix · 10 episodesIn 1945 Gyeongseong, a charming pawnbroker crosses paths with a skilled woman who finds missing people.
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Mad for Each Other
2021 · Kakao TV · 13 episodesNo Hwi O is a Gangnam detective who suddenly suffers a breakdown and is overcome by uncontrollable anger.
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The Player
2018 · tvN · 14 episodesA special team made up of a con man, a fighter, an elite hacker and a talented driver is asked to take back stolen…
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One Ordinary Day
2021 · Coupang Play · 8 episodesA quiet college student named Hyun Soo wakes up beside a murdered woman and becomes the prime suspect.
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Duel
2017 · OCN · 16 episodesDeuk Cheon is a hardened detective whose daughter is kidnapped.
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A Time Called You
2023 · Netflix · 12 episodesA year after her boyfriend's death, Jun Hee is still grieving.
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Salon De Holmes
2025 · ENA · 10 episodesFour housewives, worn down by housework and overlooked by everyone, form a secret detective salon.
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Parasyte: The Grey
2024 · Netflix · 6 episodesParasites fall from space and take over human bodies by controlling their brains.
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Knight Flower
2024 · MBC · 12 episodesBy day, Yeo Hwa is a widow who has spent fifteen years devoted to her late husband's memory in a very proper noble…
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The Veil
2021 · MBC · 12 episodesJi Hyuk is a top agent of the National Intelligence Service who is set on finding a traitor within the agency.
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Circle
2017 · tvN · 12 episodesThe story unfolds in two timelines: 2017, when alien visitors have arrived and humans have learned from them, and 2037…
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Hello Monster
2015 · KBS2 · 16 episodesLee 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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When the Camellia Blooms
2019 · KBS2 · 40 episodesDong Baek is a single mother who runs a bar in the small town of Ongsan.
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Military Prosecutor Doberman
2022 · tvN · 16 episodesDo Bae Man became a military prosecutor only to earn money and climb higher.
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From Now On, Showtime!
2022 · MBC · 16 episodesCha Cha Ung is a stylish stage and TV magician with a taste for the spectacular.
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Train
2020 · OCN · 12 episodesSeo Do Won carries the guilt of his father's crimes and tries to secretly make things right with the family that…
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Team Bulldog: Off-Duty Investigation
2020 · OCN · 12 episodesJin Gang Ho is an enthusiastic detective who will stop at nothing to catch the criminals he's after.
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Memorist
2020 · tvN · 16 episodesDong Baek can look into the memories of anyone he touches, and that gift, combined with his striking looks and hot…
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The Good Detective
2020 · jTBC · 16 episodesWhen doubts arise about a five-year-old murder conviction, a veteran detective teams up with a young hotshot to look…
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Tree with Deep Roots
2011 · SBS · 24 episodesEarly in his reign, King Sejong unintentionally causes the deaths of his in-laws and their servants while trying to…
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He Is Psychometric
2019 · tvN · 16 episodesAfter losing his parents in a fire, Lee Ahn gains the strange ability to read a person's or object's past through…
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Confession
2019 · tvN · 16 episodesAs a boy, Do Hyun spent most of his childhood in hospital with a heart condition, and right after he finally receives a…
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My Secret Terrius
2018 · MBC · 32 episodesAe Rin is a single mother who unexpectedly gets swept up in a spy conspiracy after her husband's death.
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Class of Lies
2019 · OCN · 16 episodesA once-successful lawyer loses everything after a single case goes wrong, and to try to reclaim his reputation, he…
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Again My Life
2022 · SBS · 16 episodesHui U claws his way from a low-ranked high schooler to a public prosecutor, only to be killed while chasing down…
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Suspicious Partner
2017 · SBS · 40 episodesJi Wook is a brilliant, hot-tempered prosecutor, and Bong Hee is a clumsy rookie intern who gets falsely accused of…
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Awaken
2020 · tvN · 16 episodesThirty years after a string of unexplained events shook a small village, new incidents surface and drag old, forgotten…
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Bulgasal: Immortal Souls
2021 · tvN · 16 episodesA man cursed with immortality has spent six hundred years chasing revenge against the woman he blames for his endless…
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Graceful Family
2019 · MBN · 16 episodesSeok Hee is the heiress to a business empire, still haunted years later by the mystery of her mother's death.
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The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
2018 · tvN · 16 episodesMoo Young works at a beer brewery and has a reputation as an unpredictable, dangerous man some call a monster.
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Watcher
2019 · OCN · 16 episodesAn inspector chooses to spend his life quietly watching for corruption after being betrayed by someone he trusted.
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Missing Noir M
2015 · OCN · 10 episodesSu Hyeon is a genius who attended Harvard at ten years old and went on to work for the FBI, before returning to Korea…
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Ghost
2012 · SBS · 20 episodesWoo Hyun graduated top of his class at the police academy and joins the cyber investigation unit, where he uncovers a…
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Jirisan
2021 · tvN · 16 episodesMount Jiri is one of Korea's most revered peaks, watched over by a dedicated team of park rangers.
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Wonderful World
2024 · MBC · 14 episodesChild psychiatrist Eun Soo-hyun's world falls apart when her young son is murdered, and when the killer is released…
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No Way Out: The Roulette
2024 · U+ Mobile TV · 8 episodesA group of people with nothing left to lose are pulled into a deadly game run by a mysterious operator, where the…
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When the Phone Rings
2024 · MBC · 12 episodesBaek Sa Eon, Korea’s youngest presidential spokesman, hails from a prestigious political family and boasts a career…
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The Escape of the Seven
2023 · SBS · 17 episodesSeven employees at the same company each have their own reason to want a powerful executive gone, and when he turns up…
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My Lovely Liar
2023 · tvN · 16 episodesAi Soo-yeon has an unusual psychic ability that lets her hear a single lie whenever someone tells one, which has made…
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Cheese in the Trap
2016 · tvN · 16 episodesHong Seol is a hardworking college student who's always been wary of Yoo Jung, an upperclassman who's popular and…
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While You Were Sleeping
2017 · SBS · 32 episodesNam Hong Ju possesses the ability to foresee future events through her dreams.
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Alice
2020 · SBS · 16 episodesA stoic detective investigating his mother's murder crosses paths with a woman who claims to be a time traveler from…
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Misty
2018 · jTBC · 16 episodesGo Hye-ran is a fiercely ambitious star news anchor whose ex-lover turns up dead, making her both the reporter covering…
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Come and Hug Me
2018 · MBC · 32 episodesChae Do-jin and Gil Nak-won were childhood sweethearts torn apart when his father was revealed to be a serial killer…
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Queen of Mystery
2017 · KBS2 · 16 episodesYoo Seol-ok is a bored, mystery-novel-obsessed housewife whose instincts for solving crimes turn out to be sharper than…
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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 · MBC · 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 · Netflix · 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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The Perfect Lie
2026 · MBC · 12 episodesKang Ji Seon teaches modern dance at an arts middle school.
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Dead-End Job
2026 · Netflix · 8 episodesHyeok Jun is drowning in debt when a mysterious agency offers him a "sweet gig" that pays fifty times the normal hourly…
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Summer Vacation
2026 · wavve · 10 episodesAn ordinary 18-year-old high school girl spends a summer vacation in which strange, unexplained things begin to happen…
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The Sound of Sugar Cubes
2026 · wavve · 10 episodesHan Yul grew up an orphan with one big dream, to become a singer, but he has since given up on it and is living quietly…
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Love in Disguise
2026 · tvN · 12 episodesYun I-jun is a sheltered, slightly eccentric third-generation chaebol heir, and he has just become the prime suspect in…
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Doctor X
2026 · SBS · 12 episodesGye Su-jeong is a surgeon with extraordinary talent and no patience for the way things are usually done.
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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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Mousetrap
2026 · Netflix · 10 episodesJe Mun Jae is a reclusive writer whose calm life falls apart when his phone's fingerprint lock stops working and the…
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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 Bona Fide Killer
2026 · MBC · 14 episodesYoo Bo Na looks like an ordinary working mother in her thirties, busy with her husband and daughter.
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The Affair Was Just the Beginning
2026 · Coupang Play · 8 episodesGyeong Hui is a popular influencer and business owner admired for her picture-perfect family.
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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 · Netflix · 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 · jTBC · 16 episodesFormer international medalists enter the police force through a special Olympic recruitment program, trading podiums…
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Color Rush
2020 · Seezn · 8 episodesIn a world where people see only in black and white until meeting their soulmate, a student who has never seen color…
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2016 · MBC · 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
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