10 Best Korean Romance Dramas

By Vlad Zakh · August 26, 2026

United States

Something in the Rain and Her Private Life show the genre’s quieter, more grounded side, while W: Two Worlds and Extraordinary You lean fully into fantasy premises without losing the romance. Twenty-Five Twenty-One remains one of the most purely rewatched entries of the last few years.

Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022) 01

Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022)

IMDb ★ 8.5

A coming-of-age romance set against the backdrop of the 1998 financial crisis.

Start-Up (2020) 02

Start-Up (2020)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A startup drama with a genuine love triangle woven through the business plot.

Fight for My Way (2017) 03

Fight for My Way (2017)

IMDb ★ 8.0

Childhood friends chase separate dreams while their feelings for each other complicate things.

Because This Is My First Life (2017) 04

Because This Is My First Life (2017)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A marriage of convenience slowly becomes something real.

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018) 05

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018)

IMDb ★ 8.3

A long-serving assistant tries to quit, and her boss realizes he can't let her go.

Her Private Life (2019) 06

Her Private Life (2019)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A gallery curator secretly runs a fan account, and her boss finds out.

Extraordinary You (2019) 07

Extraordinary You (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.0

A side character in a webtoon realizes she's living inside the story.

W: Two Worlds (2016) 08

W: Two Worlds (2016)

IMDb ★ 8.4

A woman falls into the webtoon her father draws and into its lead character.

Encounter (2018) 09

Encounter (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A former president and a young man form an unlikely, socially complicated bond.

Something in the Rain (2018) 10

Something in the Rain (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A slow-burn romance between a woman and her best friend's younger brother.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

I've been watching and cataloguing films for over 15 years. I built Movieix around the lists I wished existed: real picks from real viewings, organized by who's in them, where they're from, and what mood you're actually in tonight.