From ‘Queen Of Tears’ to ‘Doctor Slump’, ‘The Midnight Romance In Hagwon’ and more, we bring you a list of the 10 best Korean series on OTT with the highest ratings. These popular Kdramas can be watched on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+Hotstar, JioCinema and more.
Korean web series, known as Kdramas, are massively watched around the world. Several Kdramas like Lovely Runner, Queen of Tears, and The Midnight Romance In Hagwon have captured audiences’ attention in 2024 thanks to their distinctive plots and talented actors. Here is a list of 10 Top Rated Kdramas that you can watch online on streaming platforms. They are loved for their gripping narratives and memorable characters, making them a must-have for fans of Korean entertainment.
Top 10 Kdramas on streaming platforms with the best audiences
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Lovely Runner (Netflix)
This is the story of Im Sol, a die-hard fan of idol Ryu Sun-jae. The latter, a former aspiring director whose career dreams were shattered by a crippling accident, finds comfort in Sun-jae’s music. However, tragedy strikes once again when Sup-jae kills himself, leaving Sol devastated.
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Death’s Game (Amazon Prime Video)
In Death’s Game, we follow Choi Yee-jae, a young man who, after having a stable job for seven years, attempts suicide. However, Death takes offense at Yee-jae’s indifference towards Death and decides to punish him. This is how Yee-jae finds himself immersed in a game where he must reincarnate, experience death twelve times before being sent to hell.
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Queen Of Tears (Netflix)
The series depicts the turbulent love journey of Hong Hae-in, third-generation heiress of the Queens group, and Baek Hyun-woo, son of farmers from Yongdu-ri, through their three-year marriage.
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Shop For Killers (Disney+Hotstar)
In the series, it is about Jeong Ji-an, who becomes the target of highly skilled killers due to the dangerous legacy left by his uncle Jeong Jin-man, who died unexpectedly.
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Marry My Husband (Amazon Prime Video)
It is the story of an ordinary woman who spends her days burdened by an incompetent husband, neglectful in-laws and a difficult professional life, until she is diagnosed with cancer at a young age. It is then that she decides to escape her destiny and take revenge by asking her best friend to marry her husband in a new timeline.
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Wonderful World (Disney)
Wonderful World tells the story of a professor and novelist whose life is shattered following the death of her son in a hit-and-run tragedy. In her quest for justice, she becomes involved in criminal activities and finds herself sentenced to prison. As part of this series, issues of atonement, remorse and loss are addressed.
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Pyramid Game (Viu)
The series follows Seong Soo-ji, a transfer student who falls to the bottom of her class, becoming the object of bullying and violence.
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Geongsong Creature (Netflix)
The story takes place in the spring of 1945 in Gyeongseong, during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Jang Tae-sang, the master of the city’s most lucrative pawnshop, and Yoon Chae-ok, a tracker searching for his missing mother, are confronted by a strange creature born from biological experiments carried out in secret within from Hongseong Hospital.
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Doctor Slump (Netflix)
This romantic comedy series explores the transformation of animosity into affection between Nam Ha-neul and Yeo Jeong-woo, two once-promising professionals whose careers failed due to various circumstances. Indeed, Ha-neul and Jeong-woo were bitter rivals in high school whose paths diverged after graduation.
However, it is when both are forced to quit their jobs as doctors that they unexpectedly find themselves living together in Ha-neul’s house.
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The Midnight Romance In Hagwon (Viki)
We witness the story of a secret and sweet real-life romance between Seo Hye-jin, a veteran instructor at a cram school, and Lee Joon-ho, an eccentric student who returns after a decade to thrill his heart.
So, which of these K-dramas did you enjoy the most?