Nobody and we mean nobody, does romance like K-drama. The slow burn, the near-miss, the longing glance across a rain-soaked street, the moment two people finally stop pretending they don’t feel what everyone watching has known for eight episodes. It’s an art form. And Netflix has assembled what might be the finest collection of romance K-dramas available anywhere in the world.
Here are the top 10 romance K-dramas on Netflix right now, each one capable of completely taking over your life for a week.
TL;DR
K-dramas do romance better than almost anyone. From the epic Crash Landing on You to the addictive Business Proposal, these 10 shows will ruin you for other love stories in the best possible way.
1. Crash Landing on You (2019–2020)
The one that started the global K-drama conversation. A South Korean heiress accidentally paraglides into North Korea and falls in love with a military officer tasked with getting her home safely. Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin have chemistry so incandescent it’s almost uncomfortable to watch. CLOY is sweeping, funny, heartbreaking, and absolutely perfect. The supporting cast, particularly the North Korean soldiers, is equally beloved. If you’ve never seen a K-drama, start here. You won’t regret it.
2. Queen of Tears (2024)
Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won deliver what many fans consider the best performances in K-drama history in this story of a failing marriage reignited by crisis. Queen of Tears broke Korean viewership records and for good reason, it manages to be both a tear-soaked melodrama and a razor-sharp satire of wealth and family politics simultaneously. Extraordinary.
3. It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
A children’s book author with antisocial personality disorder meets a psychiatric ward caretaker whose emotionally exhausted life begins to crack open. It’s Okay to Not Be Okay is lush, dark, fairytale-adjacent, and deeply compassionate about mental health in ways that feel genuinely radical for the genre. Kim Soo-hyun gives one of his career-best performances.
4. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021)
A big-city dentist moves to a small coastal village and falls for the charming, secretly accomplished local handyman who helps everyone with everything. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha is pure warmth, the kind of show you want to live inside. It’s cosy, funny, and sneaks its emotional punches in when you least expect them.
5. Our Beloved Summer (2021–2022)
Two ex-lovers, separated after a viral documentary captured their teenage relationship, are forced back into each other’s orbits years later. Our Beloved Summer is quiet, melancholy, and genuinely beautiful. Choi Woo-shik and Kim Da-mi have a chemistry that feels achingly real. Ideal for when you want romance that feels earned rather than rushed.
6. Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022)
Set against the backdrop of the 1998 IMF economic crisis in South Korea, this series follows two young people who first meet as teenagers and navigate their evolving feelings across years and circumstances. Twenty-Five Twenty-One is a love letter to youthful ambition, fencing, and the people who shape who you become. The ending remains one of the most discussed in K-drama history.
7. Goblin: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017)
A centuries-old goblin cursed with immortality seeks his human bride, the only one who can remove the sword from his chest and finally let him rest. Goblin is epic, melancholic, visually stunning, and features a love story that spans literal lifetimes. Gong Yoo is magnificent. The OST is permanently lodged in fans’ hearts.
8. Descendants of the Sun (2016)
A special forces soldier and a trauma surgeon meet, fall apart, and find their way back to each other across a war zone. Descendants of the Sun was the show that made K-dramas a global phenomenon before CLOY confirmed it. Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo sizzle on screen, and the action-romance blend still feels fresh.
9. Business Proposal (2022)
A woman goes on a blind date to scare off her friend’s unwanted suitor, only to discover the man sitting across from her is her actual boss. Business Proposal is the perfect comfort watch: fizzy, funny, swoony, and endlessly rewatchable. Ahn Hyo-seop sets an unreasonably high standard for fictional love interests.
10. XO, Kitty (2023–)
Netflix’s own spin-off of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before transplants teenage matchmaker Kitty Song Covey to Seoul, where she discovers her own love life is far more complicated than she imagined. XO, Kitty is lighter and younger in tone than the others on this list but enormously charming and a wonderful gateway for viewers new to Korean content.
Fair warning: once you fall into the K-drama romance rabbit hole, there is no climbing back out. And honestly? You won’t want to.
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