12 titles, most popular first
In the Silla Kingdom, Queen Jiso rules as regent while hiding her son, the young king Sammaekjong, from assassins. To weaken the scheming nobles, she creates the Hwarang, a new band of elite young men. Among the recruits are the king himself, keeping his identity hidden, and Kim Sun-woo, a commoner.
In Joseon, where women are barred from schooling and work, Kim Yoon-hee disguises herself as her brother Yoon-shik to support her family. While secretly sitting an entrance exam for Sungkyunkwan, the top Confucian academy, on someone else's behalf, she is caught by the principled Lee Sun-joon, who sees her talent and urges her to enroll.
This drama follows the life of King Jeongjo of Joseon, starting with his childhood as Prince Yi San. As a boy, he befriends two young palace workers, Seong Song-yeon and Park Dae-su, and turns to them for help when his grandfather, King Yeongjo, turns against his father, Crown Prince Sado, fearing a coup.
In the Joseon era, Shin Yun-bok is a gifted young painter who hides that she is a girl so she can enter the all-male royal painting academy and find out who killed her father. There she meets master painter Kim Hong-do, who sees her talent, shields her from palace plots, and becomes her teacher and close friend.
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 the turbulent 1960s, the series follows the bond between Uncle Samsik, a man known for eating three meals a day even through the Korean War, and Kim San, a member of the elite. Driven by ambition, the two form a partnership shaped by affection, trust and suspicion.
In 1992, four women in a rural village, the Bangpan Sisters, start selling adult products door to door at a time when sex is still a taboo subject. The series follows their friendship, independence and growth as they take on this bold new line of work.
As a child, Joon-hee befriends a little girl named Kang-hee, along with two boys: Kim Dong-young, a general's son, and Jang Bin, whose parent is a fashion designer. When North Korean troops invade their town during the Korean War, the two girls are torn from their families, sending all four children down very different paths toward adulthood.
Four young people become interns at Yongcheonru, the most famous inn in Joseon, where they face grumpy guests and strict bosses. Prince Lee Eun tries to hide his royal identity, Hong Deok-soo secretly works disguised as a man, Cheon Jun-hwa slowly warms up to inn life, and ambitious Ko Soo-ra pushes himself hard to earn respect.
Early in King Sunjo's reign, the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is banished to remote Heuksan Island. Fascinated by sea life, he hopes to record it in a book and asks for help from Chang-dae, a young fisherman who knows the waters well but refuses to work with a convicted man, until Jeong offers to tutor him in return.
In the 1980s, Go Young-rye works as a bus hostess on route 100 while hoping to get into university, and she befriends Seo Jong-hee, a charismatic newcomer. Both girls are drawn to Han Jae-pil, son of a wealthy department store owner, in a story about youth, friendship and first love.
Set in South Korea during the turbulent 1980s and 1990s, this series follows three young people as they fight hard to hold on to their dreams, to their friendship, and to the single first love that ties them together.
