Korean series about kings and queens

List of the best Korean TV series about royal dynasties: The King: Eternal Monarch, Mr. Queen, The King's Affection, My Country: The New Age, Hyena, Mystic Pop-up Bar, Please Don't Date Him, Taste of Cat, Strangers From Hell, Adventure Time.

In the top there are new series of 2023, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

When a gateway opens to a parallel universe in modern-day Korea, a king must step into another world in search of answers to a long-unanswered mystery.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, biography, history
CountrySouth Korea

In the present day, Jang Bong Hwan works as a chef at the President's Blue House. She has a free spirit, but her spirit somehow finds its way into the body of Queen Kim So Yong in the Joseon period.King Cheol Jong has secrets. He seems like a figurehead, who is gentle and easygoing. In fact, he hides his strong aspects. Queen Sunwon is the late King Sunjo’s wife. She wields the true power in the country and, thus, relegates King Cheol Jong as just a figurehead. Kim Jwa Geun is Queen Sunwon’s younger brother. He is extremely ambitious.

Genremelodrama, history
CountrySouth Korea

When the crown prince is killed, his twin sister assumes the throne while trying to keep her identity and affection for her first love a royal secret.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genremelodrama, drama, history
CountrySouth Korea

Set during the turbulent time of the fall of Goryeo and the founding of Joseon, two former friends face-off against one another over a woman and the future shape of the nation.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea

To survive in a dog-eat-dog world, two rival lawyers with high-class clientele tear apart anything that stands in the way of their ambitions.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

At this mysterious late-night food cart run by an equally mysterious woman and her part-timer, customers are provided a space for respite and counseling through their dreams. But most importantly, everyone here is treated equally—living or dead.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

“Please Don’t Meet Him” is about a woman named Seo Ji Sung who wants to fall in love but also avoid the wrong men. In order to create the perfect love life, she creates an artificial intelligence (AI) program called Cho Sang Shin.Seo Ji Sung is a programmer of the AI smart home appliance development team. One day, she accidentally develops an AI program called Cho Sang Shin, which will identify trashy humans, and she uses it to save people who are in difficult relationships.Jung Kook Hee is a firefighter who doesn’t use social media. He is the one and only person that Cho Sang Shin is unable to analyze.

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Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

After a difficult breaking up with ex-boyfriend, Han Ye suddenly receives a text from his new woman. When reading a letter, old memories washed over her. In the bar she was comforted by a mysterious guy. What happened next, she least expected in her life

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, crime
CountrySouth Korea

Yoon Jong-Woo is a man in his 20's. He has lived in a small town for all of his life, but he gets a job at a small office in Seoul. Yoon Jong-Woo moves out to Seoul and stays at a cheap apartment which shares its kitchen and bathroom with other residents. He doesn't like staying at the apartment and he doesn't like the other residents who seem weird and suspicious.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA, South Korea
Duration00:22

Adventure Time is an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of Finn, a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. Along the way, they interact with the other main characters of the show: Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, and Marceline the Vampire Queen.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Miserable and unsuccessful, a woman thinks she's lost all her spark — until one day, her spunky younger self appears in front of her demanding change.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected—a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantastic, thriller
CountrySouth Korea

A creature action thriller series about the desperate survival of the survivors among the mutant humans who drank a mysterious black smoke from the sinkhole and soon turned into monsters and quickly became a pandemonium.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
CountrySouth Korea
Duration06:33

Despite their harsh educational environment, the cheerleading club has to keep it together for the students' sakes, and their own.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

The thrilling love story of Shin Woo Yeo, a 999-years-old gumiho who wants to become human, and Lee Dam, who accidentally swallowed his fox bead.

Markimdb: 8
Genrethriller, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games—with high stakes. But, a tempting prize awaits the victor.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea

As a chief of staff in the National Assembly, Jang Tae-jun influences power behind the scenes while pursuing his own ambitions to rise to the top.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrehorror, action, fantasy
CountrySouth Korea

A fantasy-action sageuk that takes place after the establishment of the Joseon dynasty and tells the story of the undead who come back to life after being killed by the royal family.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, thriller, detective
CountrySouth Korea

Han Ji-hyuk, an NIS agent gone MIA, returns after one year to join a new team as he searches for his lost past.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

A serial murder case takes place in the small, peaceful city. The case is the same serial murder case that took place 20 years ago and changed Lee Dong-sik’s life. The two detectives work to catch the killer.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

Several skeletons are discovered on the tracks of a closed train station. However, one of the dead victims walks into the police station. Where did all these dead bodies come from, and who is committing all of these murders? The world split into two on the night of a murder 12 years ago, and Do Won chases after the hidden truth in the parallel universe. This drama shows the contrast between two different worlds, divided by two different choices.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Do Min Joon is an otherworldly beauty, literally. After crash landing on Earth 400 years ago, Min Joon has diligently observed humans for centuries, ultimately coming to cynical conclusions. On top of being a super babe, Min Joon's got enhanced vision, hearing and agility — all the more reason to believe he's superior to everyone on Earth. That is, until he pursues the beautiful actress Cheon Song Yi for a romance out of this world.

Markimdb: 8.2

An ignorant but strong-willed man and an upper-class woman who struggles through life, work to fall in love.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:03

As the heir to a large company, Han Tae Hee has everything he could possibly want - except for his long lost love. But instead of nursing his heartache like a sensible person, Tae Hee enlists Sa Geum Ran, whom he transforms from an overweight ugly duckling to a gorgeous bombshell named Sara. In the process of falling in love with his "creation" he discovers that even though it appears that money can buy just about everything, it can't buy love or heal emotional scars.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountrySouth Korea

In order to pay off their debt, three daring youths jump into the money-lending business while confronting the rich and powerful who prey on the weak.

Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Set during the Joseon era, Hong Cheon Ki is a female painter with a genius like painting talent. She is picked as the first female painter of the Dohwaseo (Korean Royal Academy of Painting). Hong Cheon Ki also has a beautiful appearance and a bright personality. For her, painting is everything. One day, she meets Ha Ram.Ha Ram is an officer at the Seowoongwan, an office in charge of astronomy, geography, art of divination, meteorology. When he was young, an accident caused him to become blind. Hong Cheon Ki falls in love with him and she doesn't care that he is blind. Hong Cheon Ki keeps appearing in front of Ha Ram and he finds himself waiting for her.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama, musical
CountrySouth Korea

When she was little, Yun Ai dreamed of becoming a magician. But in reality, she’s just a high school student who can’t even afford new socks. After meeting a mysterious magician at a carnival, she decides to follow her dream.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genremelodrama
CountrySouth Korea

A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

New friends, new loves and new experiences mix together inside a colorful college dormitory in Korea that's home to students from around the world.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration02:10

In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty, a crown prince is sent on a suicide mission to investigate a mysterious outbreak.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

The eccentric Oh Hyun Jae was a peerless criminal profiler until a bomb planted by a serial killer took the life of his young fiancée, causing him to become a recluse. When a serial killer long thought dead returns to terrorize the city, rising star of the police, Hwang Hwa Young, resolves to outwit the killer. To do so, she teams up with both Oh and the remarkable rookie cop Cha Soo Young, whose photographic memory may prove to be a powerful crime-fighting weapon.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantastic, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA, South Korea, China

An action-packed preschool series about an adorable jet plane named Jett who travels the world delivering packages to children. On every delivery, Jett encounters a new problem that the he and his friends the Super Wings must work together to solve!

Markimdb: 8.3
Genreaction, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:46

A drama about the love of people who get closer as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times and sacrifices made by people who throw themselves into natural disasters.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genrethriller, melodrama, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

Baik Hee Sung, an ordinary family man, is actually a psychopath whose past is dotted with crime and violence. His hopeless life changes completely after he meets his wife. He had to falsify everything about himself to marry her. His wife, Cha Ji Won, starts to doubt her husband as a suspect of a murder case. She becomes emotionally overwhelmed with betrayal, and rages as secrets behind his husband reveal. The story will draw faith and truth between a man and woman who trusted the most and loved each other.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:00

A legal drama about team of young and passionate prosecutors who banded together to fight against injustice and oppression that befall weak and poor people. Besides face many hardships from higher authority, they also learn to cooperate and adjust with the clash of different personalities and backgrounds.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration16:00

Cha Ki Young was once a successful news anchor living the good life, but everything changed when she defied expectations and became a single mother. Jo Eun Cha was also once a news anchor, but left his career to campaign unsuccessfully for office. Though nothing quite pans out as expected for either Ki Young or Eun Cha, they've yet to discover what fate has in store for them. Meanwhile, four other couples grapple with whether or not they can really have it all in modern romance.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Wang So is the Prince of Goryeo who has a cursed fate. He had to get married with the Last Princess of Balhae, Shin Yool. She was born with the fate of becoming the light for another country. But because of this fate, she has to face death. Through their marriage life, Wang So and Shin Yool begin to grow closer and love each other.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:15

It's not easy being Ho Goo, a low-key guy who can neither score a date nor score high enough on his civil service exams, which he's failed 7 years running. But when he has a chance reunion with national swimming champion Do Hee, the most popular girl of his high school, his luck begins to change — perhaps for the worse. After staying out all night with Do Hee, Ho Goo experiences a rude awakening when he realizes that not only has Do Hee left him, she's also pregnant!

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

It tells an unpredictable 24-hour love story of the four-dimensional innocent girl Jung Saet Byeol who was once a troublemaker and the adorkable caring male store manager, Choi Dae Hyun, in the context of a convenience store. They have met each other accidentally 4 years ago, back then Saet Byeol asked Dae Hyun to buy cigarettes for them. Until now, Saet Byeol comes to the convenience store Dae Hyun runs for a part-time job, their hilarious romantic story starts.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration15:44

Three shots are fired and the president of South Korea suddenly goes missing from his vacation villa. Three Days is a condensed-time thriller that follows the struggles of elite Blue House bodyguard Han Tae Kyung to find and protect the president. With the aid of local police officer Yoon Bo Won and fellow Blue House guards, will Han Tae Kyung be able to save the president before it’s too late?

Markimdb: 8.7
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

A psychopath’s ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos. A honest and justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with tragic past, face against the killer. After the encounter with the psychopath, their lives totally change.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantastic, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration16:00

The Taeyang Corporation is the largest conglomerate in South Korea. The family that runs Taeyang has been under a curse for 100 years. The curse began when the first bride of the family's first son died. Under this situation, a love like fairy tale occurs while conspiracies run rampant.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:10

Kim Ji Hyuk (Kang Ji Hwan) lives a hard knocked life, but when the orphan meets the modest restaurateur Hong Dal Sook (Song Ok Suk), he gains a mother figure and works hard to open his own restaurant one day. Then suddenly, the family behind Korea's most powerful corporation claims that he is their long lost son. When Ji Hyeok discovers the Hyunsung family's ulterior motives, he swears to bring down the company that destroyed the life he worked so hard to build.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Romance is sweet and bitter - and life riddled with ups and downs - in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju Island.

Markimdb: 7.5

A genius hacker and a detective, both from Police University, struggle to overcome a crisis together.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:30

Based on the webtoon "Noona Fan Dot Com", Sun Deok-mi is an art curator who lives a double life as an idol fan girl. Ryan, her new director, learns of her secret and begins to take an interest in her.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:40

Nam Shin is a son from a family who runs a large company. After an unexpected accident, he falls into a coma. His mother Oh Ro-Ra is an authority on brain science and artificial intelligence. She creates an android named Nam Shin III which looks like just like her son Nam Shin. The android pretends to be Nam Shin and he has a bodyguard So-Bong.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:06

Baseball player Muyeol is a star in baseball, but is known for his wild image. Eunjae is a bodyguard who is also a Diamond member of Muyeol's anti-fan club. One day, Muyeol and Eunjae get into a fight at a karaoke room, where they first meet. A video of their fight goes viral on the Internet, so in order to deal with the controversy, Eunjae has no choice but to become Muyeol's bodyguard. Originally planning to be his bodyguard for a short while, things go longer as planned when Muyeol's stalker shows up. Will the two be able to get along? 'Wild Romance' is a sweet and scary love story between Eunjae, having to protect a guy she wants to beat up, and Muyeol, who must be protected by his most dangerous anti-fan.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genresport, reality TV
CountrySouth Korea

One hundred contestants in top physical shape compete in a series of grueling challenges to claim the honor - and cash reward - as the last one standing.




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