Korean series about writers

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Markimdb: 8.2
Genremelodrama, drama, history
CountrySouth Korea

A desperate love story between Youngr-o, a youthful female freshman student, and Soo-ho, a prestigious but mysterious university graduate, who one day jumps into her room, at a women's university dormitory, covered in blood from running away of a dangerous situation. Despite the strict surveillance, she helps him on hiding and healing which develops their relationship that goes against the tragic era of 1987 in Seoul.

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: 7.8
Genremelodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:30

The stories of ambitious career women working at the top of the best portal sites in the IT industry. Paved with wins and losses, their road to success takes a new turn when love comes along the way.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Due to her 164 I.Q., impressive memory and creative thought process, autistic 27-year-old lawyer Woo Young Woo graduated at the top of her class from a prestigious law school.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantasy, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Cursed since birth and exempt from death, a revenge-driven immortal sets out on a quest to reclaim his soul and end a 600-year-old vendetta.

Genremelodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Will tell stories of emotional love and breakups. Ha Young-eun, a manager of the design team at a fashion label who is a trendy and intelligent realist. Yoon Jae-guk, a wealthy and popular freelancer photographer who also has the brains and looks. Hwang Chi-sook is a director of the fashion label’s design team who attended high school with Ha Young-eun and Seok Do-hoon is a skilled PR company CEO.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, sport
CountrySouth Korea

A promising runner, Do-won, after getting injured in an accident, runs to meet his best friend from childhood, Jin-su. In that brief joyful moment of being reunited with Jin-su who seemed different from their pure past, Do-won got caught up in an unexpected incident. Can we still be able to get out of this situation of falling into the depths, and face the future where we had the same dream?

Genrehorror, fantastic, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

A new type of deadly virus spread throughout the city, and the apartment where has different social classes of people is sealed off. With the fear of the virus, and the conflicts of the different classes, the residents have to spend and survive in the new habitation.

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
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: 8.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

A professional woman leaves her dental practice in Seoul and moves to a seaside village. There she meets a local resident who is unemployed but seems to do everything around town, from helping those in need to being a part of everyone's life. The two become interested in each other despite their differences.

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: 8.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration16:00

Jang Jae-yeol is a writer of bestselling mystery novels and a radio DJ. Playful and a bit arrogant, he also suffers from obsessive–compulsive disorder. Ji Hae-soo is a psychiatrist on her first year of fellowship. Driven and ambitious with her career yet compassionate towards her patients, Hae-soo has a negative attitude towards love and relationships in her personal life. Once Jae-yeol and Hae-soo meet, there is much contention between them caused by their strong personalities and refusal to give in to each other. But slowly their bickering turns into love and they begin to learn how compatible they are. Jae-yeol and Hae-soo attempt to heal each other's deep-seated wounds, but their fledgling relationship takes a blow when they learn that Jae-yeol's mental health issues are more serious than they initially suspected.

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: 7.7
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: 8.2

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

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountrySouth Korea

A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child, forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

A home-searching romance story about a man who buys houses and a woman who lives in one. It follows the diverse stories of the editors of a home magazine.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genremelodrama, music, biography, history
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:31

Based on a true story, the drama tells the tragic love story of Kim Woo Jin, a married stage drama writer, and Yun Shim Duk, Korea's first professional soprano, who meet while studying at Tokyo University in the 1920s. Yun Shim Duk's recording of "Death Song" became the first Korean pop song in 1926.

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: 6.8
Genrefantastic, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration06:33

This drama tells the story of a vampire, Park Ji-sang who works as a doctor in a hospital. Yoo Ri-ta is a hotshot heiress doctor, a star physician at the hospital and the niece of the board’s chairman. She’s snooty and cold, but highly capable, and accustomed to being the golden girl. Lee Jae-wook is their chief, an outwardly gentle, inwardly ambitious man who will prove to be their biggest adversary.

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: 7.2
Genremelodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Yeon-woo sees the world only in grey light by a neurological blindness. When he meets Yoo-han, it's like a meeting of destiny: Yeon-woo experiences a color rush, a phenomena which makes him suddenly see colours through intense experiences. Next to these strange experience and the question whether Yeon-woo and Yoo-han are destined lovers, there is also the mystery of a mother's disappearance to unfold.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, action, drama
CountrySouth Korea

A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.

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Genrecomedy, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Is about the various things that occur when an ordinary daughter-in-law enters her in-laws’ household for the first time. The drama centers around Min Sa Rin. She is an expert at her job, having been an employee at a major corporation for 7 years, but still a rookie at marriage, having only been married for one month. She tries hard to be liked by her in-laws, but encounters unexpected incidents and finds it hard to get along with her new family. Moo Goo Young is her ordinary husband who is not particularly good nor bad. Although he loves his wife, he gets caught up in the confusion between her and his family. Park Gi Dong is Moo Goo Young’s mother and Min Sa Rin’s mother-in-law. She is an extremely realistic mother-in-law.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:15

The satirical comedy takes place in a four-story apartment building in the suburbs of Seoul inhabited by a number of professionals: doctors, judges, prosecutors, professors, and their wives. The wives are from prestigious and highly educated backgrounds, and part of the plot will feature their efforts to get their children admitted into universities. Some grew up in families with multiple generations of doctors or lawyers, and their ambitions will be depicted with realism and comedy.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

“Ga Doo Ri’s Sushi Restaurant” is about the sweet yet fierce romance between dating expert Ga Doo Ri, who’s well known for her refreshing dating advice, and her mysterious next-door neighbor Cha Woo Bin.

Genrecrime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

A drama that explores the criminal justice system from an extremely popular perspective through the fierce story of two men surrounding the murder of a woman. Hyun Soo, an ordinary college student, suddenly becomes the primary suspect in a murder case. Shin Joong Han is the only lawyer willing to help Kim Hyun Soo. Having just barely passed law school, Shin Joong Han's involvement in Kim Hyun Woo's case eventually takes his unremarkable life to new heights.

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: 7.7
Genrefantasy, detective
CountrySouth Korea

The story of a real estate agent who performs exorcism on real estates where ghosts appear or people die in and makes them clean items.

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.

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Genremelodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Web drama, '4 Kinds of House' is a drama based on the stories of people who are used to living alone living in a shared home and opening up on their feelings and finding true love. When Na Yoon (Kim Joomi) looses her apartment, she pretends to be her cousin in order to move into an all-male sharehouse who turns out to be owned by the idol Sun Min (Lee Jaejin), known for his difficult personality and temper. As the rooms get occupied, they all change each others' lives.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:03

Goo Jae-hee lives in the United States and one day sees a track and field competition on TV, and becomes attracted to one of the high jump competitors, Kang Tae-joon. She begins to idolize the young athlete and eventually transfers to Korea to attend the same school that Tae-joon attends after he suffers an accident that could potentially end his career. There is a catch, however: Tae-joon attends an all-boys high school and Jae-hee must disguise herself as a boy to enter.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:44

Drama tells the story of Ko Dong-Man and Choi Ae-Ra. In their school days, Ko Dong-Man took part in taekwondo. Now, he makes a living by working as a contract employee and also goes after the UFC title. Choi Ae-Ra hoped to become an announcer, but she gave up her dream. Now, she works at the information desk of a department store.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantasy, comedy
CountryUSA, South Korea, China

When 20-year-old college student and K-drama fanatic Claire Duncan is transported into her favorite drama, “Taste of Love”, her appearance throws the show off-balance, causing other dramas to splice into the series. Mysterious waiter Seth Ko made his own journey into the drama years ago from the real world and mentors Claire on how to navigate the dramaworld. What kind of crazy adventure will Claire experience?

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountrySouth Korea

Vincenzo Cassano is an Italian lawyer and Mafia consigliere who moves back to Korea due to a conflict within his organization. He ends up crossing paths with a sharp-tongued lawyer named Cha-young, and the two join forces in using villainous methods to take down villains who cannot be punished by the law.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:05

Sungkyunkwan Scandal is a 2010 South Korean fusion historical drama about a girl who disguises herself as a boy while attending Sungkyunkwan, the Joseon Dynasty's highest educational institute, where no women were allowed. Directed by Kim Won-seok and written by Kim Tae-hee based on Jung Eun-gwol's bestselling 2007 novel The Lives of Sungkyunkwan Confucian Scholars, it stars Park Min-young, Park Yuchun, Yoo Ah-in, and Song Joong-ki. It aired on KBS2 from August 30 to November 2, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Koo Seo Jin reaches an all-time low when he uses his power as a theme park director to decommission Wonderland's popular circus. Refusing to give into the demands of her frosty boss, ringleader Jang Ha Na puts up a fight, but is thrown off guard when Seo Jin's secret persona reveals itself with genuine kindness. In the battle to save her circus, Ha Na realizes she must tease out Seo Jin's brighter side with magic, wonder and love, but who's listening — Jekyll or Hyde?

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountrySouth Korea

The fictional story begins after the execution of real-life North Korean general Jang Sung-taek. One day an order comes down from North Korea, reactivating erstwhile spy Park Hye-rim who has spent decades in South Korea as an ordinary housewife. She is given the mission to turn and bring in her own son, Kim Seonu. Cool-headed, quick-witted genius Seonu is an information analyst on North Korea working for the NIS. His girlfriend Yoon-jin is a tour guide for Chinese tourists who cannot speak Chinese, and they fell in love when Seonu helped her translate. Hye-rim is suddenly forced to choose between her son and country, and risks her life to see the choice through.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantastic, drama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:38

After Aliens arrive, the story takes place in two time streams: 2017 and 2037. In twenty years, and by 2037, the world has been divided into a “Smart Earth” where artificial intelligence has created a utopian environment in which no diseases or crimes exist, and an “Ordinary Earth” where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genremelodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Due to an unplanned pregnancy, Ha No Ra married young and dropped out of school. But after two decades as a housewife, she finally gets the chance to experience college, alongside her 20-year-old son Kim Min Soo and his girlfriend Oh Hye Mi. Further complicating things, No Ra already has a strained student-teacher relationship, as her husband Kim Woo Chul and her first love Cha Hyun Suk wind up being her professors.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Jung Da-Jung is married to 37-year-old Hong Dae-Young. They have an 18-year-old son and daughter. Jung Da-Jung works hard as a rookie announcer and she has a warm heart. She becomes completely fed up with her husband and is unable to deal with him anymore. Hong Dae-Young gets fired from his job and is looked down upon by his family. Jung Da-Jung hands him divorce papers.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea

A woman puts everything on the line to achieve her goal of being able to move into a luxury penthouse in the Gangnam District. In the process, she gradually finds herself turning into a monster.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountrySouth Korea

This drama is about a husband, Kim Do Hyung who desperately searches for his wife, Yoon Joo Young who suddenly disappears. Meanwhile, Cha Yoon Mi is the detective on the case who helps him along the way.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountrySouth Korea

Determined to escape a dead-end life, a gifted high school student turns to a world of serious crime to ensure he can pay for college.

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: 6.4
Genrethriller, fantasy, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

A profiler and a prosecutor must uncover the hidden secrets surrounding unique items with supernatural powers and a conspiracy. Kang Gon is a prosecutor full of justice and a warm heart. In order to save his niece Da In, he jumps into a conspiracy surrounding an item having supernatural powers. Kang Gon works with a criminal profiler Shin So Yeong.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Despite a 200-year-old treaty between humans and vampires, both races still don't get along. Amidst the looming tension, Jung Jae Min, a posh yet kindhearted high school student, quickly falls for the mysterious new girl Baek Ma Ri. But can Ma Ri conceal her true vampire identity and give love an honest chance? If these star-crossed lovers can find the courage to make the leap, Jae Min and Ma Ri may just be the key to a final resolution between humans and vampires...

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Ae-Ra is focused on her appearance as she believes it will lead her to a better life. She then meets Jung-Woo who studied engineering. They eventually get married, but they also get divorced. After their divorce, Ae-Ra goes through difficult times. Unlike Ae-Ra though, Jung-Woo becomes a successful IT developer and very wealthy. Now, Ae-Ra tries to seduce Jung-Woo to marry her again.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Can a woman do anything for the sake of love? Ha Ni is a mermaid princess in the underwater empire but she longs for the human world when she sees and falls in love with a man. She transforms into a human and follows Hyun Myung to live in a temporary house for people who are preparing for employment. The pragmatic Hyun Myung is trying to find a good-paying job to provide him with a comfortable life. But will he be distracted by Ha Ni, who has just 100 days to make Hyun Myung fall in love with her so that she can remain a human?




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