kdramas/films recommendations ₊‧.°

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.

Yeon Shi-eun is a model student, who ranks at the top at his school. Physically, he appears like a weak boy, but, by using his smarts, tools, and psychology, he fights against violence that takes place inside and outside of his school.

In a colorful Seoul neighborhood, an ex-con and his friends fight a mighty foe to make their ambitious dreams for their street bar a reality.

A young private''s assignment to capture army deserters reveals the painful reality endured by each enlistee during his compulsory call of duty.

A kind-hearted nurse working in psychiatry goes above and beyond to be a ray of light for those under her care, despite the challenges coming her way.

A CODA (child of deaf adult) student born with a gift for music crash lands at an unfamiliar place after time traveling through a suspicious music shop. There, he forms the band Watermelon Sugar with other mysterious youths.

After a childhood marked by pain and violence, a woman puts a carefully planned revenge scheme in motion.

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.

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.

For the families living at Sky Castle, an exclusive residential community that's home to Korea's elite, their children’s success means everything.

After losing her memory in an accident, a bullied high school orphan finds herself in the place of an identical-looking girl who's gone missing.

Los residentes de ginecología y obstetricia de primer año en el Centro Médico Yulje navegan por el caos de su trabajo y su vida personal, todo en su búsqueda por convertirse en médicos excepcionales.

Twin sisters, whose similarities end with their looks, swap identities amid personal struggles — embarking on a journey to rediscover love and life.

Kim Ji-yong leads a double life as a Korean National Police University student by day and the Vigilante by night, personally punishing criminals who evade the law. He is surrounded by people who all possess different ulterior motives.

Two young boxers band together with a benevolent moneylender to take down a ruthless loan shark who preys on the financially desperate.

Following her father''s murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.

Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.

A lawyer, caught up in a murder case, becomes a notorious and genius con artist overnight, in order to fight against a huge conspiracy and survive.

In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life.

A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.

Lim Ju-kyung is a high school student. Since she was little, she has had a complex about her appearance. To hide her bare face, Ju-kyung always wears make-up. Her excellent make-up skills make her pretty and she hides her bare face in front of others. She gets involved with 2 men; Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun.

An elite group of young warriors trained in morals and martial arts finds love and friendship in Silla during Korea’s ancient Three Kingdoms period.

After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.

In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.

Unpleasant events disturb the life of an aspiring crime fiction writer when he becomes a resident of an apartment building teeming with shady neighbors.

Save Me is a web-toon based thriller drama with a story of four young men who try to save one woman. One day, they face a woman in a dark alley who asks for their help. The woman turns out to be involved in a cult group. A sequence of horrifying tension-filled events follow the four young men.

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.

Hiding a twisted past, a man maintains his facade as the perfect husband to his detective wife — until she begins investigating a series of murders.

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

An office worker who is insecure about her looks becomes a masked internet personality by night — until a chain of ill-fated events overtakes her life.

Take a nostalgic trip back to the late 1980s through the lives of five families and their five teenage kids living in a small neighbourhood in Seoul.

The story of a mother who died and begins a 49-day long project of reincarnation, and a husband who has barely begun to live a new life after overcoming the pain of losing his wife. Jo Kang Hwa is a skilled thoracic surgeon. After losing his wife four years ago, he had been working as a single father until he got married again two years ago. While he seems like a caring person, he does not offer a hand nor intervene when needed.

Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a serial killer puts another woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.

A woman's life is turned upside-down when a dangerous man gets a hold of her lost cell phone and uses it to track her every move.

Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.

Seoul, South Korea, 1997. When the young but extremely anxious student Jin-seok, his parents and his successful older brother Yoo-seok move to a new home, mysterious and frightening events begin to happen around them, unexplained events that threaten to ruin their seemingly happy lives. Unable to understand what is happening, Jin-seok wonders if he is losing his mind.

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

Un hombre atormentado por la desdicha y su ex, la prometida más desafortunada del mundo, se ven obligados a emprender juntos el último viaje que hará él en su vida.

Born with supernatural strength, Do Bong-soon fights evil and procures justice while getting tangled in a love triangle with her CEO boss and cop crush.

[Coffee Prince] Go Eun Chan es una chica con una madre un tanto excéntrica y una hermana menor a la que tiene que cuidar. Debido a su experiencia en el Taekwondo, Eun Chan ha adquirido una personalidad fuerte, propia de un hombre y ha tenido que dejar su feminidad para poder ayudar a su familia. Por su forma de vestir y expresarse Eun Chan es confundida y la ven como hombre. Choi Han Kyul, hijo de una familia reconocida y exitosa, por decisión de su abuela debe codirigir una cafetería para demostrar lo que es capaz de hacer, es así que contrata a Eun Chan de quien piensa desde el principio que es un hombre para trabajar con él en "Coffee Prince". Sin embargo, Han Kyul empieza a tener sentimientos por ella, aunque sigue creyendo que es un hombre, poniendo en duda su propia sexualidad pensando que está experimentando sentimientos homosexuales. Eun Chan pese a tener también sentimientos por él, no puede confesarle que es una mujer debido a que sólo hombres pueden trabajar en la cafetería.