Best Kdramas Guide Based On Mood 2024
Korean dramas, or K-dramas, have gained global acclaim for their captivating storytelling, compelling characters, and diverse genres. One intriguing aspect of K-dramas is their ability to cater to different moods, offering viewers a wide spectrum of emotional experiences. From heart-fluttering romances to pulse-pounding thrillers, K-dramas have something for everyone.
1. Heart Fluttering Romance
Destined With You
Lee Hong Jo is the lowest grade civil servant. She always does her best at work, even though she suffers from many civil complaints. In her personal life, she is used to being alone. One day, she happens to become the owner of an old wooden chest and the key to lift a curse from Jang Shin Yu.
Jang Shin Yu is a competent lawyer who is smart and good-looking. He is usually in the spotlight wherever he goes, but he suffers from an unexplained disease. His condition gets progressively worse. He is desperate to lift the curse that has run through his family for generations.
A lawyer bond by a centuries-old curse becomes entangled with a civil servant who holds the key to his freedom — igniting an unexpected romance.
2. Comedy Gold
A Good Day To Be A Dog
High school Korean literature teacher Han Hae Na (Park Gyu Young) suffers from an extremely unusual curse: If she kisses a man, she is doomed to turn into a dog every night, although she returns to human form in the morning. There is only one way to break the curse – and that involves receiving a kiss from the same man who kissed her…while in dog form!
She has a crush on Lee Bo Kyum (Lee Hyun Woo), a colleague who teaches history at the same school. She is smitten with him, even claiming that he is the sole reason she wants to keep coming to work every morning. But she forgets herself one night, and drunkenly kisses him – only to discover that it wasn’t Lee Bo Kyum after all…but actually Jin Seo Won (Cha Eun Woo), another male colleague. Unfortunately, although Jin Seo Won is extremely handsome, he is also terrified of dogs due to a traumatic event in his past. He also has a natural aversion to her. Now Han Hae Na must find a way to win his heart – and get him to kiss her – or spend the rest of her life as a pooch!
“A Good Day to Be a Dog” is a 2023 South Korean drama series that was directed by Kim Dae Woong.
3. Binge Worthy
A Time Called You
Han Jun-Hee’s (Jeon Yeo-Bin) boyfriend Koo Yeon-Jun (Ahn Hyo-Seop) died 1 year ago. She still hasn’t gotten over the death of her boyfriend and misses him a lot.
One day, she somehow travels back in time to the year 1998 and finds herself as high school student Kwon Min-Ju (Jeon Yeo-Bin). At school, she meets high school student Nam Si-Heon (Ahn Hyo-Seop). She is surprised that Nam Si-Heon resembles so much her late boyfriend Koo Yeon-Jun. Nam Si-Heon is an outgoing person and physically attractive. He is adored by the female students. Meanwhile, Jung-In-Gyu (Kang Hoon) is best friends with Nam Si-Heon and develops a crush on Kwon Min-Ju.
4. Romance & Suspense
Crash Course In Romance
Nam Haeng-Seon (Jeon Do-Yeon) used to be a national athlete. She now runs a side dish store. She has a super positive personality and unlimited like stamina. She takes another turn and enters the private education field, which is for students preparing for their university entrance exam. Unexpectedly, Nam Haeng-Seon gets involved with Choi Chi-Yeol
5. Fantasy Coming of Age
Twinkling Watermelon
High school student Eun Gyeol (Ryeo Un) has hearing-impaired parents, but he has a gift for music. He is a model student by day and plays the guitar in a band at night. One day, he visits a mysterious musical instruments store and travels to a strange place. There, Eun Gyeol meets Ha Yi-Chan (Choi Hyun-Wook), Choi Se-Kyung (Seol In-A) and Yoon Chung-A (Shin Eun-Soo). They form a band called Watermelon Sugar. Meanwhile,Ha Yi-Chann has a crush on Choi Se-Kyung, who is known as the Cello Goddess of Seowon Arts High School, and tries to win her heart.
6. Heart Pounding Adventure
Moving
Kim Bong Seok, Jang Hee Soo, and Lee Gang Hoon, seemingly typical high school students, bear extraordinary inherited powers. Bong Seok can fly, Hee Soo possesses exceptional athleticism and rapid injury recovery, and Gang Hoon wields uncanny strength and speed. As they conceal their gifts, their parents fight to shield them from exploitation by others, navigating a delicate balance between secrecy and protection.
7. Healing And Comfort
Daily Dose Of Sunshine
Jung Da-Eun (Park Bo-Young) works as a nurse. She is transferred to neuropsychiatry from the internalmedicine department. This is her first time working in neuropsychiatry, so everything is difficult and awkward for her. Nevertheless, Jung Da-Eun tries her best to deal with the patients and she grows as a nurse with the help of Chief Nurse Song Hyo-Jin (Lee Jung-Eun). Dong Go-Yun (Yeon Woo-Jin) works as a doctor and specializes in proctology. Watching Nurse Jung Da-Eun and her pure ways, Dong Go-Yun realizes that he smiles when seeing her and is even healed by her.
8. Revenge Melodrama
Call It Love
A young woman whose life was destroyed by her father’s mistress decides to take her revenge by targeting the woman’s son. However, as she gets to know him, the young woman finds herself falling for him; her revenge is complicated by their mutual attraction.
9. Devasting Breakup
Bo-ra! Deborah
An influencer and “love guru” must come to terms with whether her strategic approach to love is truly the way to happiness. When her own relationship starts to show cracks — and she meets a publisher who challenges her way of thinking — our heroine might just have a thing or two to learn about love herself.
10. Family Centric
The Good Bad Mother
A pig farmer and single mother brought up her son harshly so he could live a better life. He grows up to be a successful prosecutor, but is cold-hearted and their relationship suffers. After an accident brings him back to his childhood home, the two are given a chance to repair their relationship.
11. Fake To Real Romance
Love To Hate You
Yeo Mi Ran works as a novice lawyer at Gilmu Law Firm, a company that primarily serves the entertainment industry. She has no interest in pursuing a romantic relationship and detests losing to men in any competition.
Nam Kang Ho, a renowned actor in the entertainment industry, is widely popular in South Korea owing to his good looks, intellect, and benevolent nature. While he is in high demand for romantic movie roles, he doesn’t have much faith in women.
Despite their shared disbelief in love, Yeo Mi Ran and Nam Kang Ho find themselves engaged in a romantic battle.
12. Youth Romance
Doona
Doo Na, a member of the girl group Dream Sweet, suddenly left the group one day and ends up living in the same share house as Won Jun, a college student. Doo Na mistakes him for being her sasaeng fan, and Won Jun does not know who she is. They become curious about each other.
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