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Connection (커넥션) (TV series)
Connection (커넥션) is a 2024 SBS Friday-Saturday Korean crime thriller starring Ji Sung as narcotics detective Jang Jae-kyung, forcibly addicted to a drug while investigating a friend's death; written by Lee Hyun, it rose from 5.7% to a 14.2% Nielsen Korea series high.
Crash (크래시) (South Korean TV series)
Crash (크래시) is a 2024 ENA comedy crime procedural about the Traffic Crime Investigation team of the Namgang Police Station, directed by Park Joon-woo, starring Lee Min-ki, Kwak Sun-young, and Heo Sung-tae; 12 episodes aired May 13 to June 18, 2024, ending as ENA's second-highest-rated drama.
D.P. (TV series)
D.P. (디피), or Deserter Pursuit, is a 2021-2023 Netflix Korean drama directed by Han Jun-hee, adapted from Kim Bo-tong's webtoon D.P. Dog Days, starring Jung Hae-in and Koo Kyo-hwan as soldiers hunting army deserters; it won best drama at the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards.
Dear X (친애하는) (TV series)
Dear X (친애하는 X, Chinaehaneun X) is a 2025 TVING Korean melodrama thriller, 12 episodes aired Nov 6 to Dec 4, 2025, adapted from Vanziun's webtoon, starring Kim You-jung as manipulative actress Baek Ah-jin, directed by Lee Eung-bok, TVING's first global project.
Doctor Prisoner
Doctor Prisoner (닥터 프리즈너) is a 2019 KBS2 Korean medical suspense drama starring Namgoong Min as surgeon Na Yi-je, who becomes a prison medical chief for revenge; 32 episodes, aired March 20 to May 15, 2019.
Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard
Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard (좋거나 나쁜 동재) is a 2024 TVING/tvN Korean drama, a 10-episode spin-off of Stranger starring Lee Joon-hyuk as prosecutor Seo Dong-jae, aired October-November 2024.
Doubt (South Korean TV series)
Doubt is a 2024 South Korean psychological thriller series. It follows a veteran profiler who discovers his teenage daughter may be involved in a murder case.
Eve (이브) (South Korean TV series)
Eve (이브), also known as Eve's Scandal, is a 2022 tvN South Korean revenge melodrama, 16 episodes, starring Seo Ye-ji, Park Byung-eun, Yoo Sun, and Lee Sang-yeob; directed by Park Bong-seop, written by Yoon Young-mi; about a 13-year revenge plan centered on a 2-trillion-won chaebol divorce.
Family Matters (가족 계획) (South Korean TV series)
Family Matters (가족계획, Family Plan) is a 2024 Coupang Play six-episode South Korean black-comedy thriller starring Bae Doona as a memory-editing mother protecting her family from criminals; directed by Kim Gok and Kim Sun, created by Kim Jung-min.
Flower of Evil (악의 꽃) (South Korean TV series)
Flower of Evil (악의 꽃) is a 2020 tvN South Korean thriller-romance drama, 16 episodes, directed by Kim Cheol-kyu, starring Lee Joon-gi and Moon Chae-won; a detective wife suspects her husband is a serial killer. First K-drama remade in India (Duranga, 2022).
Friendly Rivalry
Friendly Rivalry (선의의 경쟁, Seonuiui Gyeongjaeng), also called Friendly Competition, is a 2025 South Korean mystery thriller adapted from Song Chae-yoon's webtoon, starring Lee Hye-ri and Chung Su-bin at elite Chaehwa Girls' High School; 16 episodes aired on U+ Mobile TV, February 10 to March 6, 2025.
Gap-dong (갑동이)
Gap-dong (갑동이, Gapdongi) is a 2014 tvN Korean thriller drama, 20 episodes, directed by Jo Soo-won, starring Yoon Sang-hyun and Sung Dong-il, inspired by the Hwaseong serial murders and the statute of limitations.
Gold Land
Gold Land (골드랜드, Goldeu Laendeu) is a 2026 Disney+ Korean crime thriller, 10 episodes, starring Park Bo-young as Kim Hee-joo, who takes a smuggling ring's 150-billion-won gold, directed by Kim Sung-hoon.
Good Boy (굿보이) (TV series)
Good Boy (굿보이) is a 2025 JTBC Saturday-Sunday comic action K-drama, 16 episodes, directed by Shim Na-yeon, written by Lee Dae-il, starring Park Bo-gum as boxer-turned-cop Yoon Dong-ju; aired 31 May to 20 July 2025.
Graceful Family (우아한 가족)
Graceful Family (우아한 가, Wooahan Ga; Japanese 優雅な一族) is a 2019 MBN Korean legal-mystery drama, 16 episodes, starring Im Soo-hyang and Lee Jang-woo as an heiress and lawyer uncovering a chaebol family's 15-year-old murder cover-up.
Han River Police (한강)
Han River Police (한강, Hangang) is a 2023 Disney+ Korean action-comedy series, six episodes, September 13–27, 2023, starring Kwon Sang-woo as Han River police sergeant Han Du-jin, directed by Kim Sang-chul.
Healer (힐러) (TV series)
Healer (힐러) is a 2014–2015 KBS2 South Korean action-romance thriller, 20 episodes, written by Song Ji-na, starring Ji Chang-wook as night courier "Healer", Park Min-young, and Yoo Ji-tae, uncovering a 1980s conspiracy; modest domestic ratings but major international streaming success.
Hello Monster (너를 기억해)
Hello Monster (너를 기억해), also released as I Remember You, is a 2015 KBS2 Monday-Tuesday Korean drama, 16 episodes, starring Seo In-guk and Jang Na-ra as a genius profiler and detective, written by Kwon Ki-Young, hit by a premiere-day plagiarism dispute, with Park Bo-gum winning two 2015 KBS Drama Awards.
Hierarchy (TV series)
Hierarchy is a 2024 South Korean Netflix teen drama, a seven-episode limited series directed by Bae Hyeon-jin and written by Chu Hye-mi, starring Roh Jeong-eui and Lee Chae-min at the elite Jooshin High School.
Hunter with a Scalpel (메스를 든 사냥꾼)
Hunter with a Scalpel (메스를 든 사냥꾼), also Dark Legacy, is a 2025 Korean crime thriller: a forensic pathologist finds her serial-killer father's traces in an autopsy. 16 U+ Mobile TV episodes, STUDIO X+U, from Choi Yi Do's 2023 novel.
I Can Hear Your Voice (너의 목소리가 들려)
I Can Hear Your Voice (너의 목소리가 들려, also I Hear Your Voice) is a 2013 SBS Korean legal-fantasy romance drama: mind-reading student Park Su-ha protects public defender Jang Hye-sung from killer Min Joon-kook; 18 episodes, Nielsen peak 23.1%, BaekSang Best Actress Lee Bo-young.
Innocent Defendant (피고인)
Innocent Defendant (피고인) is a South Korean legal thriller television drama that stars Ji Sung as a prosecutor accused of murdering his wife and daughter.
Itaewon Class (이태원 클라쓰)
Itaewon Class (이태원 클라쓰) is a 2020 South Korean television drama series on JTBC, adapted from Gwang-jin's webtoon, following an ex-convict who opens a pub in Seoul's Itaewon district.
Jirisan (TV series)
Jirisan (지리산), also known as Cliffhanger, is a 2021 tvN Saturday-Sunday South Korean mystery thriller, tvN's 15th Anniversary Special Drama, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Ju Ji-hoon as Jirisan National Park rangers, written by Kim Eun-hee, directed by Lee Eung-bok, 16 episodes, KRW 32 billion budget, 9.2% finale.
Karma (카르마) (South Korean TV series)
Karma (카르마, 악연) is a 2025 six-episode South Korean Netflix crime thriller written and directed by Lee Il-hyung, starring Park Hae-soo and Shin Min-a, adapted from Choi See-hun's webtoon; released April 4, 2025, and ranked first on Thailand's Netflix TV Top 10.
Kill It (킬잇)
Kill It (킬잇) is a 2019 OCN South Korean action-thriller drama, 12 episodes aired March 23 to April 28, 2019, starring Jang Ki-yong as assassin-veterinarian Kim Soo-Hyun and Nana as detective Do Hyun-Jin, directed by Nam Sung-woo.
Knock-Off (킹오프) (TV series)
Knock-Off (넉오프) is an unreleased Disney+ Korean crime dark comedy starring Kim Soo-hyun and Jo Bo-ah, about a counterfeit-market kingpin after the 1997 IMF crisis; its April 2025 premiere was indefinitely postponed over the Kim Sae-ron controversy.
Light Shop (조명가게)
Light Shop (조명가게, Jomyeonggage) is a 2024 Disney+ Korean supernatural mystery drama, 8 episodes, directed by Kim Hee-won and written by Kang Full from his 2011 webtoon, starring Ju Ji-hoon and Park Bo-young as the living and dead cross paths at a lamp shop.
Little Women (작은 아씨들) (2022 TV series)
Little Women (작은 아씨들, Jageun Assideul) is a 2022 tvN-Netflix Korean mystery thriller loosely adapting Alcott's novel; three poor Oh sisters battle the Jeongran Society, peaking at 10.2% ratings.
Mad Concrete Dreams
Mad Concrete Dreams (대한민국에서 건물주 되는 법) is a 2026 tvN Korean crime black-comedy mini-series, 12 episodes, starring Ha Jung-woo as an indebted building owner whose staged kidnapping spirals real; directed by Yim Pil-sung, written by Oh Han-ki.