10 Highly Rated Korean Dramas You Can’t Miss (8.9/10)

If you’re tired of working all day or feeling dizzy because of life’s problems, you can watch korean dramas below. There are 10 films, all with an average rating between 8.7 and 8.9 out of 10.

These films include various genres such as romantic dramas, comedies, action, and horror. All of these Korean TV series have won numerous awards, and you can find a list of their awards below.

Top 5 Korean Dramas with an Average Rating of 8.9/10

To get this article started, why not try watching these five Korean dramas? For example, Miracle in Cell No. 7, which will make you cry or feel sad because of the sexual harassment allegations against an old man by a general.

If you don’t like melodrama, there’s also Train to Busan, which tells the story of a father and son trying to save themselves from a horde of zombies.

1. Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)

Lee Yong Go was accused of raping the daughter of a police commissioner general. However, the real incident, which no one knew about, was actually an accident.

Because of this false accusation, he was forced to separate from his beloved daughter, Ye Sung, and was sent to prison. He was sentenced to death and didn’t know when he could meet his daughter again. But Lee Yong Go was still fortunate in prison, where he met other prisoners.

They felt sorry for him, and the prison governor did too. They helped Lee Yong Go prove his innocence and reunite with his daughter.

But sadly, this didn’t work because of a plot by some bad people. In the end, Lee Yong Go was sentenced to death, but years later, Ye Sung grew up to be a great lawyer and cleared her father’s name.

• Rating: 8.1/10
• Genre: Melodrama, comedy, drama
• Main cast: Ryu Seung-ryong, Kal So-won, Park Shin-hye, Jung Jin-young, Oh Dal-su, Park Won-sang, Kim Jung-tae, Jung Man-shik, Kim Gi-cheon

Awards	Categories
49th Paeksang Arts Awards	1. Grand Prize for Film: Ryu Seung-ryong 2. Most Popular Actress: Park Shin-hye
7th Mnet 20’s Choice Awards	1. 20’s Movie Star, Male: Ryu Seung-ryong 2. 20’s Movie Star, Female: Park Shin-hye

2. Hope (2013)

In the film Hope, a little girl named So-won had some bad luck. She was attacked by a strange man in a toilet, which left her with serious injuries and required an operation. She was also very upset and suffered from psychological problems. Her parents, Dong-hoon and Mi-hee, were the second saddest people because their child was the one being abused.

Their family was completely destroyed, and So-won even refused to see her parents. But her parents never lost hope and tried to make their son feel better. Thanks to the love of the people around him, So-won’s condition is slowly improving.

This TV show is actually a strong criticism of the justice system in South Korea and in all countries where children are sexually abused and the perpetrators are not punished properly. This is a common theme in many Korean dramas.

• Rating: 9.1/10
• Genre: Psychological, Life, Drama
• Main cast: Lee Re, Sol Kyung-gu, Uhm Ji-won, Kim Hae-sook, Kim Sang-ho, Ra Mi-ran, Yang Jin-sung, Kim Do-yeob

Awards	Categories
34th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Film (Hope 2013)
	Best Supporting Actress (Ra Mi-ran)
	Best Screenplay (Jo Joong-hoon, Kim Ji-hye)
33rd Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Best Actress (Uhm Ji-won)
Korean Film Actor’s Association	Top Film Star Award (Uhm Ji-won)

3. Train to Busan (2016)

After divorcing his wife, Seok-Woo and his son, Su-an, travel to Busan to see his sick mother. As they boarded the train to Busan, a woman with zombie bite wounds got on too, and eventually infected all the passengers.

It turns out that this wasn’t an isolated incident – it happened all over South Korea. Seok-Woo’s mother called to say that she had been bitten and hoped that he would always take care of his grandson.

They continued fighting the zombies, even though they thought they would die many times. They survived because they were found by soldiers and joined the other survivors. This Korean action drama is definitely worth watching.

• Rating: 8.9/10
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Horror
• Main cast: Jung Yu-mi, Kim Su-an , Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok , Ahn So-hee , Choi Woo-shik, Kim Eui-sung

Awards	Categories
Blue Dragon Film Awards	Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best Foreign-Language Film
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Technical Award
Chunsa Film Awards	Special Audience Award for Best Film

4. A Taxi Driver (2017)

The film A Taxi Driver (2017), a popular Korean drama, is about a rebellion in Gwangju. The story begins when Man-seob, a taxi driver, picks up a passenger named Jürgen ‘Peter’ Hinzpeter and takes him to Gwangju. Unbeknownst to Man-seob, his passenger is a journalist who wants to report on the rebellion.

Upon arrival, they encounter a student and join a pickup truck heading to the heart of the action. There, she finally understands the true situation. The protest at the Governor’s office has caused many casualties. Since he’s already there, Man-seob gets involved as well.

One night, when a television station is bombed, Man-seob and his partner rush to the scene. When they arrive, they see some officers recognizing Peter, so they decide to flee. One of Man-seob’s friends, Jae-sik, is caught that night and dies. Meanwhile, Peter is in the hospital.

• Rating: 8.9/10
• Genre: Action, Drama, Political
• Main cast: Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hae-jin, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Hyuk-kwon

Awards	Categories
26th Buil Film Awards	Best Film
21st Fantasia International Film Festival	Best Film
54th Grand Bell Awards	Best Planning
37th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Top 10 Films

5. Parasite (2019)

As the title suggests, the film tells the story of a family who are like parasites in korean dramas. They take over a rich family, the Parks. The Kim family, who were very poor at the start of the film, lived in a small, old apartment that was a bit like a basement. They worked as pizza box folders, earning very little money. However, one of their relatives, Min-hyuk (played by Park Seo-joon), gives them a chance to make extra money by becoming private tutors for the Park family.

Ki-Woo accepts the offer and starts working there, and slowly they insert their family members one by one under assumed names (not knowing each other) into the Park family with different jobs. Eventually, they take over the family, even making the Park family’s mother their maid.

• Rating: 8.9/10
• Genre: Thriller, Comedy, Drama
• Main cast: Song Kang-ho, Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Hyun Seung-min, Jung Hyeon-jun, Lee Jung-eun, Park Myung-hoon, Park Geun-rok, Park Seo-joon

Awards
Palme d’Or	Best Screenplay
Blue Is the Warmest Color	Best Foreign Language film

Top 5 Highest Rated Korean Dramas (8.9/10)

This subchapter contains a variety of Korean movies that deal with life’s challenges, including family struggles, friendships, and supernatural stories about the afterlife and angels. If you’re curious, you’ll definitely want to watch this drama.

1. Silenced (2011)

Kang In-ho went to Mujin City in South Jeolla Province to teach at a school. He met the principal, the head of administration, and the other teachers. In-ho was very excited because he would soon be teaching students. However, he was surprised to find that the students were mostly quiet.

Kang In-ho tried to get to know them better, but they didn’t seem interested. When the students did start to talk, Kang In-ho was shocked by the situation they were in, which was caused by the school.

They were being physically abused and sexually harassed by teachers, especially the principal and head of administration. In-ho tried to report it to the police, but their case was immediately closed. It was as if the teachers and the government (police and prosecutors) had been working together for a long time.

During this struggle, one of Min-su’s students was killed after refusing to sleep with a teacher. When the government got involved and organized a protest, the police used pepper spray to disperse the students.

• Rating: 8.8/10
• Genre: Mystery, Psychological, Drama
• Main cast: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Hyun-soo, Jung In-seo, Baek Seung, Kim Ji-young, Jang Gwang, Im Hyeon-seong, Kim Joo-ryoung

2. The Man from Nowhere (2010)

A man who used to work as a secret agent in South Korea now works as a pawnbroker. He is quiet and has no friends except for So-mi, who lives in the same neighborhood. So-mi’s mother is a bar singer and drug addict.

Cha Tae-sik’s quiet days end when So-mi’s mother, Hyo-jeong, hides some drugs in her shop. She stole them from a dealer. Jong-seok’s men come and torture Hyo-jeong to find out where the drugs are. After finding out where they are, they go to the pawn shop and start a fight, but Cha Tae-sik defeats them immediately.

Things get even more complicated when Hyo-jeong dies with her organs missing, and then So-mi is kidnapped. The reason for this is because Tae-sik can’t be beaten. So, he starts acting like a secret intelligence agent and gets rid of the henchmen of drug dealers. Even his boss, Jong-seok, is killed.

• Rating: 8.8/10
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
• Main cast: Won Bin, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Hee-won, Kim Sung-oh, Kim Tae-hoon, Thanayong Wongtrakunl, Lee Do-gyeom, Kim Hyo-seo, Lee Jong-yi, Song Young-chang , Jo Seok-hyuon, Jo Jae-yoon, Hong So-hee, Hwang Min-ho

Awards	Categories
(19th) Buil Film Awards	Special Award (Buil Independence Judge)
(19th) Philadelphia Film Festival	Graveyard Shift Special Mention
(31st) Blue Dragon Film Awards	Box Office Award
(2nd) Korean Wave Industry Awards	Popular Culture Award (Film section)
(13th) Director’s Cut Awards	Best Production: Opus Pictures (Lee Tae-heon)
11th) National Assembly Society of Popular Culture & Media Awards (Korea)	Movie of the Year

3. Sunny (2011)

The film Sunny is about the friendship of schoolgirls in a Seoul city school. The main character is Na-Mi (Shim Eun-Kyung), a transfer student from a small town. She starts out as a lonely character but then becomes friends with a group of girls.

This was a special moment for her because it was when she made friends who would always be loyal to each other. But something bad happens at the school festival, and they break their promise. The group, nicknamed Sunny, breaks up.

Twenty years later, Na-Mi, who is now married with a daughter, meets her friend Chun-Hwa (Jin Hee-Kyung) in the hospital with cancer. Chun-Hwa asks her one last time for the members of sunny to get back together.

• Rating: 8.7/10
• Genre: Comedy, Life, Drama, Melodrama
• Main cast: Yoo Ho-jeong, Jin Hee-kyung, Go Soo-hee, Hong Jin-hee, Lee Yeon-kyung, Kim Sun-kyung, Yoon Jung, Baek Jong-hak, Ha Seung-ri, Jung Suk-yong

Awards	Categories
19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang) for Film
4th Style Icon Awards	Content of the Year

4. Ode to My Father (2014)

This film is about a man named Deok-soo. After his father goes looking for his missing sister, Mak-soon, Deok-soo becomes the head of the family. His life is full of ups and downs, much like many korean dramas. First, he lived through the war. Then he moved to the port of Busan, where he opened an import shop.

A few years later, his shop was no longer able to support his family as his sister was studying at university. Deok-soo then goes to Germany with a friend to work in a coal mine.

There, he meets Yeong-ja, who is also Korean. They get married and have a child after returning to Korea. But to make his younger sister’s dream of a big wedding come true, he works as a soldier in Vietnam. A few years later, Deok-soo meets his lost sister on a TV program.

• Rating: 8.7/10
• Genre: Drama, War
• Main cast: Hwang Jung-min, Yunjin Kim, Oh Dal-su, Jung Jin-young, Jang Young-nam, Ra Mi-ran, Kim Seul-gie, Tae-ho, Hwang Seon-hwa

Awards	Categories
20th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Special Audience Award for Best Film
17th Udine Far East Film Festival	Audience Award
24th Buil Film Awards	Buil Readers’ Jury Award
35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Top 10 Films of the Year
52nd Grand Bell Awards	Best Film

5. Along With the Gods 2: The Last 49 Days (2018)

This film is the next part of the movie Along with The Gods: The Two Worlds. It tells the story of three angels who help Kim Soo Hong face the afterlife court to be reborn.

Unfortunately, Kim Soo Hong causes a riot in the underworld and makes the three angels who helped him lose their positions in the afterlife. He also risks losing his chance to be reborn.

The storyline is complicated, so you need to pay close attention to follow it. To understand the film, you should first watch Along with The Gods: The Two Worlds, as they are both sequels.

• Rating: 8.7/10
• Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
• Main cast: Ha Jung-woo, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Hyang-gi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Dong-wook

Awards	Catagories
39th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film

That’s 10 great Korean romance dramas with high ratings that you should definitely watch. The stories of all these films are very memorable. Enjoy!