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Quinci LeGardye

The 12 Best Korean Dramas on Prime Video

A man (actor Ahn Bo-hyun) holds a woman (actress Lee Joo-bin) in a dip, as the pair stands outdoors in a park at night. A still from the Prime Video K-drama 'Spring Fever.'.

As Korean entertainment continues to take over the globe, U.S. streamers are committed to building up their selection of K-dramas. While Prime Video may not have as extensive a roster as Netflix, Hulu, or Viki, its K-drama catalog has many underrated gems, alongside a great selection of Korean movies.

Whether you're a fan of romance, thrillers, fantasy, or simply genre-defying binge-worthy TV, there's surely a show on the streamer hailing from Korea that's worth watching. Below, we've listed some of the best K-dramas you'll find on Prime Video to stream right now.

'Anna' (2022)

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In this melodrama, Bae Suzy plays a woman who lives a grand, unpredictable life because of a series of small lies. Yu-mi (Bae) is a beautiful and talented high school student, but her working-class roots hinder her. When she's rejected from a prestigious university, she tells her parents that she got accepted. As she uses her beauty and a few small untruths to build and maintain her life of luxury, Anna ultimately realizes she has become someone she despises.

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'Death's Game' (2023–2024)

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Based on the hit WEBTOON of the same name, Death’s Game is a high-concept thriller about the meaning of life. Choi Yi-jae (Boyfriend on Demand's Seo In-guk) is at the end of his rope, after seven years of unsuccessful job hunting and falling victim to an investment scam. Yi-jae decides to end his life, but the embodiment of Death (Parasite’s Park So-dam) stops him. Instead of sending him to eternal torture, Death decides to teach him a lesson by reincarnating him into 12 lives in danger of imminent death. If Yi-jae can survive and realize why his previous choices were wrong, he can live out the remainder of his life.

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'Good Boy' (2025)

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After leading When Life Gives You Tangerines, Park Bo-gum starred in this action series about former athletes who find redemption through their new careers in the police force. Former boxer Yoon Dong-ju (Park) was a gold medalist before his career ended due to false doping allegations. Ji Han-na (Love Alarm’s Kim Soo-hyun), a former ace sharpshooter, now follows in her father’s policeman footsteps. Kim Jong-hyeon (Bloodhounds star Lee Sang-yi) is a retired star fencer and Han-na’s ex. When the trio unexpectedly play key roles in a drug bust, they form a scrappy police unit to fight government corruption.

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'Head Over Heels' (2025)

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This adorable high-school romance stands out thanks to a heavy dose of the supernatural. Park Sung-a (All of Us Are Dead’s Cho Yi-hyun) is a bubbly teen who secretly moonlights as a popular Korean shaman. Her life changes when she falls in love at first sight with transfer student Bae Gyeon-woo (The Trauma Code’s Choo Young-woo)...as she receives a premonition of his imminent death. Unfortunately, Gyeon-woo is a distrusting skeptic, so Sung-a takes it upon herself to protect him from his fatal curse.

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'The Killing Vote' (2023)

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In this thrilling drama adapted from a webtoon, vigilante justice is determined by a survey. All citizens over 18 receive a text message that polls their opinion about a heinous criminal who avoided legal punishment; if more than 50 percent of people respond in favor of a death sentence, Gaetal (which translates to "Dog Mask") kills that person. As police chase after Gaetal and attempt to stop the killings, three people (played by Park Hae-jin, Park Sung-woong, and The Glory's Lim Ji-yeon) become involved.

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'Marry My Husband' (2024)

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Prime Video’s biggest K-drama hit so far, this fantasy melodrama has a jaw-dropping set-up. Kang Ji-won (Park Min-young) lives a miserable life with her deadbeat husband (Lee Yi-kyung) and abusive mother-in-law (Jung Kyung-soon). After a terminal cancer diagnosis, Ji-won walks in on her husband, Min-hwan, sleeping with her lifelong best friend, Jeong Su-min (Song Ha-yoon). The trio’s confrontation ends in Ji-won’s death…but then she wakes up 10 years in the past. Ji-won soon becomes determined to change her fate by setting Su-min up to become Min-hwan’s wife. Helping Ji-won with her plot is Yu Ji-hyuk (Na In-woo), her wealthy boss who has also been transported back in time. (And in case you want to relive the drama again after bingeing, the streamer also made a Japanese remake.)

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'May I Help You?' (2022)

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On the first day of her new job as a funeral director, Baek Dong-joo (Reply 1998's Lee Hye-ri) discovers that she has the power to briefly resurrect and talk to the recently deceased when she touches them. These people often have last wishes, and Dong-joo has to grant 21 wishes in total to be freed of this power. Meanwhile, Kim Tae-hee (Lee Jun-young)—who works as a man for hire under the name Kim Jip-sa—encounters Dong-joo when her boyfriend hires him to break up with her in his stead. As their paths continue to cross, their jobs and fates become intertwined in a series of life and death situations surrounding the wishes of the dead.

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'My Roommate is a Gumiho' (2021)

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Hye-ri stars in this fantasy rom-com featuring one of Korea's best-known creatures from folklore, the nine-tailed fox. The titular gumiho, Shin Woo-yeo (Jang Ki-yong), has lived for 999 years and has stored up human energy in a bead to become human. One day, he encounters university student Lee Dam (Hye-ri) as she's trying to help her drunk friend, and in the shuffle, the bead falls out of Woo-yeo's mouth and into Dam's. The bead can survive inside a human for only one year; if they don't get it out, they will die. Not wanting to lose his chance to become human, Woo-yeo suggests living together until they figure out a solution.

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'Newtopia' (2025)

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BLACKPINK’s Jisoo and Park Jeong-min star in this rom-com take on Korea’s beloved zombie drama. Lee Jae-yoon (Park) and Kang Young-joo (Jisoo) have been struggling with their newly long-distance relationship, since Jae-yoon began his mandatory military service. On the same day that they break up, a zombie virus sweeps through Seoul. Stuck at the top of the city’s largest building, Jae-yoon has to fight his way downstairs to reunite with his love.

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'No Gain No Love' (2024)

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This romantic K-drama is for fans who want two swoon-worthy love stories (and a murder subplot, because K-drama). Son Hae-young (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha's Shin Min-a) is a cynical, ambitious woman who won't let anything get in the way of her pursuit of money. When she comes up with an outrageous money-making scheme, a fake wedding, she finds a groom in Kim Ji-wook (Kim Young-dae), her local convenience-store clerk, who can't help but find her irresistible. Meanwhile, Ha-young's bestie, spicy web novelist Nam Ja-yeon (Han Ji-hyun), becomes embroiled with Ha-young's boss, CEO Bok Gyu-hyun (Lee Sang-yi). If this second couple is more your cup of tea, check out the two-episode spin-off Spice Up Our Love.

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'Spring Fever' (2026)

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Spring Fever is the latest entry to the "city girl goes to the countryside and falls in love" rom-com subgenre. Yoon Bom (Lee Joo-bin) is a teacher from Seoul who was once known by nicknames like "story slayer" and "goddess of temptation." But when a scandal leads her to take a new job in the small provincial town of Sinsu, she's determined to live a gloomy life. That gets a lot more difficult when she meets Seon Jae-gyu (Ahn Bo-hyun), the local bad boy with a secret heart of gold.

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'Work Later, Drink Now' (2021–2023)

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This cult-favorite dramedy follows the tight-knit friendship between three women in Seoul. An So-hee (Lee Sun-bin) is a writer on a struggling reality show with a crush on her boss. Han Ji-yeon (Han Sun-hwa) is an optimistic yoga teacher. Kang Eun-ji (Jung Eun-ji) is a loyal YouTuber with a traumatic past. From career strife and dating woes to family drama and grief, the trio gets through the joys and struggles of single 30-something life with the help of their sisterhood…and a good amount of soju.

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