If you need a break from sappy romance, get your heart pounding with the best Korean crime dramas. Featuring action, mystery, and twists, this list of crime K-dramas include sci-fi thrillers and supernatural horror. Some good Korean crime dramas include Signal, Bad Guys, Black, and Criminal Minds: Korea.
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Lee Seung-gi, Lee Hee-joonMouse (tvN, 2021) is a South Korean crime thriller television series. A rookie police officer's life changes when he survives an encounter with a psychopathic serial killer.... more
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Vagabond
Lee Seung-gi, Bae SuzyVagabond (SBS, 2019) is a South Korean spy thriller television series. Determined to find out the truth behind a mysterious plane crash that took the lives of over 200 civilians, a stuntman embarks... more- 3
Signal
Lee Je-hoon, Kim Hye-sooSignal (tvN, 2016) is a South Korean crime television series. A mysterious walkie talkie allows a detective in the year 2000 to communicate with a cold case profiler from 2015; with the power of fore... more - 4
Flower of Evil
Lee Joon-gi, Moon Chae-wonFlower of Evil (tvN, 2020) is a South Korean mystery romance television series. A homicide detective discovers her husband's dark secrets while working on a strange case.... more - 5
Tunnel
Choi Jin-hyuk, Yoon Hyun-minTunnel (OCN, 2017) is a South Korean crime television series. While chasing a serial murderer, a detective ends up 30 years in the future, where he tries to solve the case alongside new partners.... more - 6
Stranger
Cho Seung-woo, Bae DoonaStranger (tvN, 2017) is a South Korean crime thriller television series. An emotionless prosecutor ends up teaming with a passionate and warm-hearted female detective to uncover rampant corruption... more - 7
Voice
Jang Hyuk, Lee Ha-naVoice (OCN, 2017) is a South Korean action crime thriller television series. A deft detective whose wife is killed by a serial murderer teams up with a rookie cop, a gifted voice profiler dealing... more - 8
Vincenzo
Song Joong-ki, Jeon Yeo-beenVincenzo (tvN, 2021) is a South Korean crime television series. Vincenzo, a mafia consigliere, comes to South Korea from Italy due to an intra-organizational conflict; and gets entangled with a... more - 9
Tell Me What You Saw
Jang Hyuk, Choi Soo-youngTell Me What You Saw (OCN, 2020), also known as Say What You Saw, is a South Korean thriller television series. An eccentric genius profiler works with a detective with photographic memory and a... more - 10
Memorist
Yoo Seung-ho, Lee Se-youngMemorist (tvN, 2020) is a South Korean crime mystery television series, based on the 2016 Daum webtoon by Jae Hoo. After acquiring the power to read people's memories when he was in high school, Dong... more - 11
Partners for Justice
Jung Jae-young, Jeong Yu-miPartners for Justice (MBC, 2018) is a South Korean crime mystery television series. The forensic scientist with a bad personality and a warm-hearted prosecutor must join forces in order to catch a... more - 12
The Good Detective
Son Hyun-joo, Jang Seung-joThe Good Detective (JTBC, 2020), also known as A Model Detective, is a South Korean crime television series. Veteran detective Gang Do-chang is caught in an ethical dilemma when he discovers he... more - 13
Taxi Driver
Lee Je-hoon, EsomTaxi Driver (SBS TV, 2021), also known as Model Taxi, is a South Korean crime television series based on the webtoon The Deluxe Taxi by Carlos and Lee Jae-jin. A Korea Naval Academy graduate works as... more - 14
Life on Mars
Jung Kyung-ho, Park Sung-woongLife on Mars (OCN, 2018) is a South Korean sci-fi crime television series, based on the 2006 UK series. After an accident, a modern day detective ends up in 1988 where he must solve a serial murder... more - 15
Voice 2
Lee Ha-na, Lee Jin-wookVoice 2 (OCN, 2018) is a South Korean crime thriller television series. The drama follows the lives of 112 emergency call center employees as they fight against crimes using the sounds that they hear.... more - 16
Beyond Evil
Shin Ha-kyun, Yeo Jin-gooBeyond Evil (JTBC, 2021) is a South Korean psychological thriller television series. Two fearless men go through extreme lengths and break the law in their pursuit of a returning serial killer.... more - 17
He Is Psychometric
Park Jin-young, Shin Ye-eunHe Is Psychometric (tvN, 2019), also known as That Psychometric Guy, is a South Korean fantasy romantic comedy television series. Able to read anyone's secrets via physical contact, Lee Ahn decides... more - 18
Healer
Ji Chang-wook, Park Min-youngHealer (KBS2, 2014) is a South Korean action thriller romance television series. A fighter posing as a night courier agrees to protect a tabloid journalist whose investigation into a long-buried... more - 19
Psychopathic Diary
Yoon Shi-yoon, Jung In-sunPsychopath Diary (tvN, 2019) is a South Korean comedy-thriller television series. After witnessing a murder and picking up the killer's diary, a timid man (Yoon Shi-yoon) suddenly loses his memory... more - 20
Voice 3
Lee Ha-na, Lee Jin-wookVoice 3 (OCN, 2019) is a South Korean thriller television series, and the third season of the 2017 OCN TV series Voice. The show follows the lives of 112 emergency call center and dispatch team as... more - 21
Criminal Minds: Korea
Lee Joon-gi, Son Hyun-jooCriminal Minds: Korea (tvN, 2017), also known simply as Criminal Minds, is a South Korean action crime television series, based on the American television series Criminal Minds. A group of highly... more - 22
Doctor Prisoner
Min Namkoong, Kwon NaraDoctor Prisoner (KBS2, 2019) is a South Korean medical drama television series. After being accused of medical malpractice, a skilled doctor is forced to quit the hospital, so he starts working in a... more - 23
Bad Guys
Kim Sang-joong, Park Hae-jinBad Guys (OCN, 2014) is a South Korean action crime television series. Reinstated to eradicate the worst crimes in the city, a detective requests the release of three convicts to enlist their help in... more - 24
The Fiery Priest
Kim Nam-gil, Kim Sung-kyunThe Fiery Priest (SBS, 2019) is a South Korean comedy crime television series. Following the mysterious death of an elderly priest, a priest, a detective, and a prosecutor join forces to solve the... more - 25
Train
Yoon Shi-yoon, Kyung Soo-jinTrain (OCN, 2020) is a South Korean fantasy crime television series. Detective Seo Do-won crosses universes to catch the criminal who murdered his beloved.... more
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