35 titles, most popular first
Lee Gon is the emperor of the Kingdom of Corea, a modern monarchy in a parallel world. When he crosses into another reality where the Republic of Korea exists instead, he meets detective Jeong Tae-eul, a woman he recognizes from an identity card that came into his hands.
After Han China conquers Gojoseon, resistance leader Haemosu secretly works with Prince Geumwa of Buyeo to protect refugees across the land. Twenty years later, Lady Yuhwa's son Jumong is a weak, timid prince in Buyeo, looked down on by his older half-brothers Daeso and Youngpo as they compete for the throne of King Geumwa.
In 1601, three years after the Imjin War, Crown Prince Lee Chang tries to look into the strange illness that has struck the King. His search drags him into a deadly outbreak that is turning people across Joseon into zombies, while rivals at court plot to seize the throne.
During King Sukjong's reign in Joseon, young Choe Dong-yi loses her father and brother after their group is wrongly accused of murdering noblemen. Hiding who she is, she enters the palace as a servant in the Bureau of Music, determined to prove her family's innocence. The story is based on the real-life Consort Suk.
In a made-up Joseon era, Crown Prince Lee Hwon falls in love with Heo Yeon-woo, a bright girl whose father is a palace scholar, while his older half-brother, Prince Yangmyung, loves her too. But the scheming Queen Dowager wants her own relative to become Crown Princess, and dangerous palace plots soon threaten Yeon-woo and the young prince.
During the reign of King Yeonsan in the late 15th century, street clowns and tightrope walkers Jangsaeng and Gong-gil flee to Seoul and start a new troupe. When their bold skit poking fun at the king gets them arrested, they are given one chance to escape execution: they must make the tyrant himself laugh.
Born under a dark curse, Princess Yeon-hee is abandoned as a baby and raised in hiding by the shaman Choi Hyun-seo, shut away in a house surrounded by talismans. When Heo Jun, a young scholar born to a slave mother and a wealthy master, crosses paths with her, the two set out together to break the curse that brings death to anyone she loves.
Set during the founding of the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula, this story follows the dreams, rivalries, and struggles of a mix of real and fictional figures. At its center is the young Yi Bang-won as a new kingdom takes shape around him.
Crown Prince Sado, heir to King Yeongjo, sets out on a plot to kill his own father. The film moves back and forth between the crisis that follows and the long story of how father and son reached this point, from a king fixated on his young son's lessons to a boy who would rather paint and socialize.
When the queen of Goryeo is badly wounded, King Gongmin sends Choi Young, captain of the Royal Guard, through a mystical portal to find a legendary healer. He arrives in modern-day Seoul and brings back plastic surgeon Yoo Eun-soo, promising to send her home once she saves the queen.
In an alternate present where South Korea is still a constitutional monarchy, carefree crown prince Lee Jae-ha wants nothing to do with politics or the throne. The king tricks him into joining a joint military training with North Korea, where he meets Kim Hang-ah, a tough North Korean special forces officer, and the two clash from the start.
In an alternate 2018 where Korea is still an empire, cheerful musical actress Oh Sunny marries the emperor. She is soon pulled into palace power struggles and a mysterious murder, and she joins forces with Na Wang-shik, an imperial bodyguard who took the job to avenge his mother.
In the Joseon court, Grand Prince Suyang hopes to win over the loyal official Kim Jong-seo by marrying his daughter Se-ryung to Kim's son, Seung-yoo. Curious about her intended, Se-ryung trades places with her cousin, Princess Gyeonghye, to get a look at him, and a romance begins in the shadow of their fathers' bitter rivalry.
In Joseon, Jo Dol-seok is a commoner-born tailor who has dressed three generations of kings and now heads the Sanguiwon, the royal clothing department. When the king's robe is accidentally burned, the Queen turns to Lee Gong-jin, a charming young designer known for bold, unconventional hanboks, setting the two tailors on a path of rivalry.
In a 21st-century country still ruled as a constitutional monarchy, wealthy heiress Seong Hui-ju wants to escape the stigma of being born outside marriage to a commoner. She proposes a marriage contract to Grand Prince I-an, who is under pressure from the Queen Dowager to wed and quiet rumors that he wants the throne. Their union quickly meets fierce resistance.
Nae-gyeong is the most gifted face reader in Joseon, able to judge a person's character from their features, but he lives far from the world. When a gisaeng named Yeon-hong offers him a profitable deal reading her guests' faces, he is pulled into a murder case, and his talent soon draws the attention of the royal court.
Two royal princes become bitter rivals after falling for the same woman. Loosely inspired by the real lives of Grand Prince Anpyeong and King Sejo, the drama follows how their shared love turns them against each other in the Joseon court.
In the Joseon dynasty, four people who come from very different backgrounds band together around Yi Geum, a prince known as Prince Yeoning. They set out to help him claim the throne and to reform the Saheonbu, putting their varied skills toward a shared cause.
In Joseon under the tyrant King Yeonsangun, Hong Gil-dong is the son of a slave, which leaves him with no legal standing despite his brilliance. Shut out of honest work, he becomes the leader of a band of smugglers who take from the rich and give to the poor, while the king's favored concubine, Jang Nok-su, secretly still loves him.
This historical epic follows King Hyeonjong of Goryeo as he tries to unite his kingdom with a tolerant style of rule while leading the fight against invading Khitan armies. At his side is Gang Gam-chan, his political mentor and the commander of Goryeo's army.
In the Joseon era, the suspicious and fearful King Gwanghae orders his official Heo Gyun to find a double who can stand in for him against assassins. Heo Gyun finds Ha-sun, a humble acrobat and jester who looks just like the king, and when the king is suddenly incapacitated, Ha-sun must take his place on the throne.
In 1777, a year into his reign, King Jeongjo lives under constant threat from ambitious rivals at court and trains alone to defend himself. His one trusted ally is loyal servant Gap-soo, who grew up as an orphan trained to kill alongside his friend Eul-soo, now the deadliest member of a secret band of assassins ordered to kill the king within a day.
Seodong is a commoner, a technician raised at Taehaksa, Baekje's leading institute of science and technology. He falls for Princess Seonhwa, who belongs to the enemy kingdom of Silla, a love that ignores rank and class. He also hides something that could change Baekje's future, while his rival Sataek Giru schemes with Buyeo Seon to ruin his plans.
In the royal court of King Injo, the concubine Gwi-in Jo is set on seeing her own son take the throne. She allies herself with the official Kim Ja-jeom, manipulates the king for her own ends, and looks for ways to push Crown Prince Sohyeon out of her path.
In Joseon under King Gwanghaegun, Ba-woo lives off bossam, an old custom in which a bachelor wraps a widow in a blanket at night and takes her as his wife. His life takes a sharp turn when he grabs the wrong woman: Su-kyeong, the king's widowed daughter.
The drama opens in 645, during a war between Tang China and Goguryeo, before Dae Jo-yeong is even born. His father, Dae Jung-sang, is a Goguryeo general, and his mother, Dalgi, helps defend Ansi Fortress. When the baby arrives, a prophecy declares that he is destined to rule, making him a target of the powerful Supreme Commander Yeon Gaesomun.
In 1896, after his queen is killed and his throne is under threat, Joseon's King Gojong shelters at the Russian legation, where he discovers a taste for coffee. Back in power, he hires the worldly Tanya as his personal barista. Tanya soon finds herself pulled into a dangerous circle that includes the Russian marksman Ilyich and a mysterious socialite who goes by two names.
General Yung, cousin of Baekje's King Dongseong, loves Chae-hwa, daughter of court official Baek-ga, who hopes to put Yung on the throne. When Yung is accused of killing the king, the lovers are torn apart, and Chae-hwa flees to Gaya, where she gives birth to his daughter, Seol-nan. Years later, Seol-nan's ambitious younger half-sister Seol-hee sets her sights on becoming a princess.
Cheon Yeong is a slave with extraordinary fighting skill who longs to escape his unjust bondage, and Jong-ryeo is the master he once served. In a time of chaos under King Seonjo, the two meet again on opposite sides, one as the king's trusted military officer and the other as a volunteer soldier.
In the early days of the Joseon dynasty, General Kim Min-jae guards the young kingdom's borders and keeps a wary eye on Prince Yi Bang-won, whom he suspects of wanting the throne. Kim's son Jin, married to the King's daughter, is shut out of politics and lives for pleasure, while the general falls in love for the first time with a gisaeng named Ka-hee.
Based on a real figure from the Goryeo dynasty, the series follows Cheonchu, granddaughter of the kingdom's founder, who dreams of reclaiming lands her grandfather lost. When her brother, King Seongjong, names her son as his heir and has his own wife raise the boy, she fights to win her son back amid foreign invasions and court intrigue.
Set in the royal court during the Joseon era, this historical drama follows three women locked in a bitter struggle for power. At its center is Queen Insu, an ambitious woman who dreams of one day holding absolute rule over the Joseon dynasty.
In 1795, King Jeongjo leads a grand eight-day procession from the palace to Hwaseong Fortress to honor the 60th birthdays of his mother, Lady Hyegyong, and his late father, Crown Prince Sado. Along the way, a millenarian sect and the scheming Noron Faction plot against the king's life.
Yeon Wol conceals who she really is and becomes an assassin to avenge her family. Sent to kill the king, she falls into a trap laid by an unknown hand and wakes the next day with no memory of her past, only to be named the crown prince's concubine.
Kang Eun-ki becomes Queen of Joseon, but she and King Lee Kyung are attacked by assassins during their wedding parade. As her father faces a treason charge, her secret twin sister, Kang Eun-bo, enters the palace contest to choose a new queen under a false name, determined to uncover who planned the attack on her sister.
