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The Best New Korean Dramas Of 2021

Updated September 17, 2021 27k votes 5.5k voters 126.7k views47 items

List RulesOnly shows that premiered in 2021.

Need more amazing K-dramas to binge-watch this weekend? Here are the best new Korean dramas of 2021, ranked by fans everywhere. This list includes a variety of different genres such as romantic comedies and fantasy series starring top Korean stars and popular K-pop idol actors and actresses. From the historical K-drama River Where the Moon Rises to the crime Korean drama Vincenzo, there are so many great 2021 shows to add to your watch list.

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Move to Heaven
Lee Je-hoon, Tang Joon-sang
Move to Heaven (Netflix, 2021) is a South Korean drama television series. A young man with Asperger syndrome and his uncle work as trauma cleaners, clearing out the possessions of dead people,... more
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Vincenzo
Song Joong-ki, Jeon Yeo-been
Vincenzo (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
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My Roommate Is a Gumiho
Jang Ki-yong, Lee Hye-ri
My Roommate Is a Gumiho (tvN, 2021) is a South Korean romantic comedy television series based on the webtoon by Na. A male Gumiho who has lived for hundreds of years to become a human accidentally... more
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Doom at Your Service
Park Bo-young, Seo In-guk
Doom at Your Service (tvN, 2021) is a South Korean fantasy romance television series. Tak Dong-kyung lives a fairly ordinary life until she stumbles into an unexpected fate and ends up signing a... more
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The Devil Judge
Ji Sung, Kim Min-jung
The Devil Judge (tvN, 2021) is a South Korean mystery television series. Set in a dystopian version of modern-day South Korea, a judge turns a court into a reality show and punishes evil people... more
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Taxi Driver
Lee Je-hoon, Esom
Taxi 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
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Law School
Kim Myung-min, Kim Bum
Law School (JTBC, 2021) is a South Korean legal drama television series. A professor at a prestigious law school and his students get involved in an unprecedented case.... more
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Youth of May
Lee Do-hyun, Go Min-si
Youth of May (KBS2, 2021) is a South Korean romance drama television series. A medical student and a nurse fall in love in the midst of the Gwangju Uprising in May 1980.... more
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Sell Your Haunted House
Jang Na-ra, Jung Yong-hwa
Sell Your Haunted House (KBS2, 2021) is a South Korean supernatural comedy television series. Two real estate brokers work together to exorcise and clean out buildings in which ghosts frequent and... more
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Mouse
Lee Seung-gi, Lee Hee-joon
Mouse (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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So I Married The Anti-Fan
Choi Tae-joon, Choi Soo-young
So I Married The Anti-Fan (Naver TV, 2021) is a South Korean romantic comedy television series based on the 2010 novel of the same title by Kim Eun-jung. When a top entertainment star is forced to... more
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Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
Shin Min-a, Kim Seon-ho
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (tvN, 2021) is a South Korean romantic comedy television series and a remake of the 2004 South Korean film Mr. Handy, Mr. Hong. A big-city dentist opens up a practice in a... more
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Beyond Evil
Shin Ha-kyun, Yeo Jin-goo
Beyond 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
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Bossam: Steal the Fate
Jung Il-woo, Kwon Yuri
Bossam: Steal the Fate (MBN, 2021) is a South Korean historical drama television series. Ba Woo, who makes his living stealing widows for other men to remarry, finds his life taking an unexpected... more
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Navillera
Park In-hwan, Song Kang
Navillera (tvN, 2021) is a South Korean drama television series based on the 2016 Daum webtoon of the same name written by Hun and illustrated by Ji-min. A 70-year-old with a dream and a 23-year-old... more
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Imitation
Jung Ji-so, Lee Jun-young
Imitation (KBS2, 2021) is a South Korean romantic comedy television series based on the 2014 webtoon of the same name by Kyung-ran Park. During a reality TV program where K-pop idols participate in... more
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She Would Never Know
Won Jin-ah, Rowoon
She Would Never Know (JTBC, 2021), also known as Senior, Don't Put on That Lipstick, is a South Korean romance television series based on the 2017 web novel Senior, Don't Put on That Lipstick by... more
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Nevertheless
Han So-hee, Song Kang
Nevertheless (Netflix, 2021) is a South Korean romance television series based on the webtoon of the same title by Jung Seo. The intoxicating charm of a flirtatious art school classmate pulls a... more
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Racket Boys
Racket Boys (Netflix, 2021) is a South Korean sports drama television series. A city kid is brought to the countryside by his father's new coaching gig: reviving a ragtag middle school badminton team... more
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Mine
Lee Bo-young, Kim Seo-hyung
Mine (tvN, 2021) is a South Korean mystery drama television series. Encaged in a gold-clad life of secrets and lies, two women in a conglomerate family seek to topple all that stands in their way of... more
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Sisyphus: The Myth
Cho Seung-woo, Park Shin-hye
Sisyphus: The Myth (JTBC, 2021) is a South Korean fantasy television series. A genius engineer named Han Tae-sul tries to uncover the truth behind his older brother's death with the help of an elite... more
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At a Distance, Spring Is Green
Park Ji-hoon, Kang Min-ah
At a Distance, Spring Is Green (KBS2, 2021) is a South Korean coming of age television series based on the webtoon of the same name by Jinyoong. Nam Soo Hyun and Yeo Joon, two university students... more
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Mad for Each Other
Oh Yeon-seo, Jung Woo
Mad for Each Other (Netflix, 2021) is a South Korean romantic comedy television series. Bothered to realize they are next-door neighbors and share a psychiatrist, a man and a woman find it's... more
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The Witch's Diner
Song Ji-hyo, Nam Ji-hyun
The Witch's Diner (TVING, 2021) is a South Korean dark fantasy television series based on the novel of the same name by Goo Sang-hee. A mysterious restaurant attracts desperate people who come by to... more
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D.P.
Jung Hae-in, Koo Kyo-hwan
D.P. (Netflix, 2021) is a South Korean military drama television series based on the webtoon D.P: Dog Days by Kim Bo-tong. A young private's assignment to capture army deserters reveals the painful... more