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    • Top 10 Best Thriller Korean Dramas


    5:00 PM 6 Jun, 2021

    By art_lover_2307




    Korean dramas are not all about romances where the perfect-looking leads ultimately end up together after overcoming a series of obstacles. There are many thriller Korean dramas out there with enthralling storylines that will have you glued to the screen. If you’re up for some suspense- filled dramas here are 10 thriller Korean dramas you need to have on your must-watch list.


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       10. Save me (2017)



    Total episodes:16

    Ratings: 8/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.8/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.3/10

    The Story Revolves around Sang Mi and her family who recently move to Muji-gun. There she meets four young men. Later, Sang Mi and her family are approached by the Spiritual Father of Goosunwon who offers to help them. However, they slowly get sucked into the pseudo-religious cult and the four young men try to save her.



       9. City Hunter (2011)



    Total episodes: 20

    Ratings: 8.2/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.7/10

    Betrayed by his own country in a military operation, Lee Jin-pyo is the sole survivor who will avenge the death of his comrades. 
    In order to carry out his revenge plan, he kidnaps his comrade’s son, Lee Yoon-sung, and flees to Thailand. Over there, he trains Yoon-sung to be combat-ready so that they’ll return to South Korea one day to carry out his revenge plan. 
    Years later, Yoon-sung lands himself the role of an IT engineer at the Blue House, where he meets and falls in love with bodyguard Kim Na-na. Engaging in a romantic relationship only becomes a hindrance to Jin-pyo’s revenge plan, resulting in escalating tensions between Yoon-sung and Jin-pyo.



       8. Innocent defendant (2017)



    Total episodes: 18

    Ratings: 8.2/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.8/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.8/10

    The only thing worse than having a nightmare is not waking up from one. That’s what happens to Prosecutor Park Jung-woo, who wakes up one day to find himself on death row for killing both his wife and daughter. Unable to recall what exactly happened on the day of the incident, he struggles to produce a credible alibi to clear his name. And as a prosecutor who has spent most of his life trying to uncover truths, trying to find an answer while stuck behind bars will require great resolve.



       7. Tunnel (2017)



    Total episodes: 16

    Ratings: 8.3/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.8/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.7/10

    Tunnel is an underrated crime drama which deserves more credit. With an intriguing plot, you’ll find yourself at the edge of your seat by the end of each episode, wondering what’s next to come. 
    As detective Park Gwang-ho enters a pitch-black tunnel while giving chase to a serial killer, he gets knocked out by an unknown figure. Waking up to find himself teleported into the future, he now has to work with detective Kim Sun-jae and criminal psychologist Shin Jae-yi to catch the killer on the loose.



       6. Vagabond (2019)



    Total episodes: 16

    Ratings: 8.3/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.5/10

    Cha Dal Gun is a stuntman whose nephew dies in a plane crash. He comes to know that there is a huge scandal involving the government behind the plane crash & sets off to reveal the truth along with a NIS agent Go Hae Ri. You know a drama is going to be a hit from the get-go when it has some of the best actors like Lee Seung-gi and Bae Suzy starring in it. 
    Seung-gi plays Cha Dal-geon, who works as a stunt man to make ends meet and bring up his nephew, Cha Hoon. But when Hoon’s flight to Morocco for a taekwondo competition crashes with all the people on board losing their lives, Dal-geon puts his life on the line in an attempt to search for an answer.



       5. Kingdom (2019)



    Total episodes: 12 (S1 and S2)

    Ratings: 8.4/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.8/10

    Set in the Joseon period, the drama follows the crown prince, Lee Chang, on his journey to uncover the truth behind a mysterious disease plaguing the king. Together with his guard Moo-young, they head off to a faraway province, Dongnae, in search of a physician. To their horror, they arrive at the clinic only to find it in ruins with dead bodies piling up under the building. They meet Seo Bi, the only survivor from the clinic, who tells them that the people are not dead and will begin their killing rampage once the sun sets.  With the zombie disease spreading fast across the Southern provinces, they’ll have to find a remedy, fast.



       4. Healer (2014)



    Total episodes: 20

    Ratings: 8.4/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.9/10

    A crime drama with good-looking leads – yes please! While this 2014 crime drama is full of action-packed scenes, it also offers a breather in the form of a blossoming love story between Park Min-young and Ji Chang-wook.  
    While trying to reveal the truth behind the tragic deaths of a couple many years ago, Reporter Kim Moon-ho engages a night courier – Seo Jung-hoo, better known as the “Healer” – to verify the identity of Chae Young-shin, who has presumably died along with her parents. 
    Reporter Kim proceeds to pay him to protect her from the people who wanted her dead in the past. But it won’t take long before Healer and Young-shin join hands with Moon-ho to discover the truth behind the case.



       3. Stranger (2017)



    Total episodes: 16

    Ratings: 8.4/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.9/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 8.9/10

    iCracking an unsolved murder mystery is not an easy task, especially when you’re working with someone with a polar opposite personality. Follow a prosecutor, who doesn’t feel any emotions after having undergone a brain surgery as a child, and an enthusiastic female detective as they work together to get to the bottom of the case. Hwang Shi Mok, a prosecutor finds him in a murder case. He meets Police Lieutenant Yeo Jin at a murder crime scene. They work together to wipe out corruption at the prosecutor’s office and solve a serial murder case.



       2. Signal(2016)



    Total episodes: 16

    Ratings: 8.6/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 4.8/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 9/10

    Fifteen years ago, a female child was kidnapped on the way from school. At that time, Park Hae Yeong, who was an elementary school student, witnessed the girl being taken away. A few days later, the girl was found dead, and detectives couldn't find the culprit. As time went by, Hae Yeong started distrusting the police. Fifteen years later, Hae Yeong is now a police officer and criminal profiler. One day, he finds a walkie-talkie that allows him to get in contact with Detective Lee Jae Han who is in the past. Police officers Hae Yeong, Jae Han and Cha So Hyun then set out on a journey to solve cold cases.



       1. Flower of evil(2020)



    Total episodes: 16

    Ratings: 8.8/10 (IMDB)

    Audience rating: 5/5

    MyDramaList Ratings: 9.1/10

    Baek Hee-sung (Lee Joon-gi) is a man who hides his identity and past from his wife Cha Ji-won (Moon Chae-won), a detective. On the surface, they appear to be the perfect family: a loving couple with a beautiful daughter who adores her parents. Cha Ji-won and her colleagues begin investigating a series of unexplained murders and is confronted with the reality that her seemingly perfect husband may be hiding something from her.



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