6 Must Watch Korean Dramas

 1. W (2016)

Starring: Han Hyo Joo, Lee Jong Suk, Kim Eui Sung, Lee Tae Hwan, Jung Yoo Jin

Aired: Jul 20, 2016 - Sep 14, 2016

Original Network: MBC

Episodes: 16

Synopsis: Oh Sung Moo, the father of cardiothoracic surgeon Oh Yeon Joo, mysteriously goes missing while writing the last chapter of his webtoon "W". Yeon Joo goes to his office looking, but a hand from his monitor suddenly pulls her in, and she finds herself on the rooftop of a building, next to a man bloodied. She manages to save the person, only to realize that he is Kang Cheol, the main character of her father's webtoon. Yeon Joo later discovers she can only enter and leave the webtoon depending on Kang Cheol's feelings.

(Source: MyDramaList)

2. Twenty (2015) (Korean Movie)

Starring: Kim Woo Bin, Lee Jun Ho, Kang Ha Neul, Jung So Min, Lee Yoo Bi, Min Hyo Rin

Release Date: Mar 25, 2015

Synopsis: This knee-slapping comedy follows a unique story about three friends, Chi Ho, Dong Woo, and Gyung Jae. Each of them has just turned 20 years old and the world is their oyster. With new opportunities, they can do what they want, love who they want, and even, cause a little havoc here and there.

(Source: CJ Entertainment)

3. Itaewon Class (2020)

Starring: Park Seo Joon, Kim Da Mi, Kwon Na Ra, Yoo Jae Myung, Ahn Bo Hyun

Aired: Jan 31, 2020 - Mar 21, 2020

Original Network: jTBC Netflix 

Episodes: 16

Synopsis: Park Saeroyi's life has been turned upside down after he gets expelled from school for punching a bully and his father is killed in an accident. Following his father's steps, he opens a pub named "DanBam" in Itaewon and, along with his manager and staff, strive towards success and reaching greater heights.

(Source: Wikipedia)

4. While You Were Sleeping (2017)

Starring: Bae Suzy, Lee Jong Suk, Jung Hae In, Lee Sang Yeob, Hwang Young Hee

Aired: Sep 27, 2017 - Nov 16, 2017

Original Network: SBS

Episodes: 32

Synopsis: A young woman with bad premonition dreams meets two people who suddenly develop the same ability.

Nam Hong Joo lives with her mother, Yoon Moon Sun, a widow who runs a small restaurant. Jung Jae Chan, a rookie prosecutor, and his younger brother, Seung Won, move in across the street. Since Hong Joo was young, she has had the ability to see the good and bad events before they happen, however she is often unable to do anything about it. One day, Jae Chan has a strange premonition dream about an accident involving Hong Joo and Lee Yoo Beom, a ruthless attorney who used to be Jae Chan’s tutor. Jae Chan decides to interfere in the course of events and ends up saving the lives of Hong Joo and Han Woo Tak, a young police officer. When Jae Chan, Hong Joo, and Woo Tak then start having dreams about one another, they realize that their lives are now somehow entwined.

But can the three discover the reason that they were brought together, and can they prevent the people closest to them from getting hurt?

(Source: Viki)

5. Please Come Back, Mister (2016)

Starring: Rain, Oh Yeon Seo, Kin In Kwon, Kim Soo Ro, Lee Min Jung, Lee Ha Nee

Aired: Feb 24, 2016 - Apr 14, 2016

Original Network: SBS

Episodes: 16

Synopsis: Kim Young Soo is a department store worker who dies in an accident. Upon reaching the afterlife, he pleads for a chance to go back and clear up the misunderstandings surrounding his death and to comfort his newly widowed wife, Shin Da Hye. There with him is Han Gi Tak, a tough chef who also has loose ends to tie up concerning his death and those he left behind. The two are granted the chance to go back temporarily, but as new, different people, and with the condition that they cannot reveal their true identities. The return is made further complicated by the fact that Young Soo's body is identical to that of the new chief of the department store he used to work at, and Gi Tak comes back in the body of a woman. With only a short time to do everything they need to, the two have to work against all odds to make sure those they love will be ok without them.

6. Vagabond (2019)

Starring: Lee Seung Gi, Bae Suzy, Shin Sung Rok, Baek Yoon Shik, Moon Sung Geun

Aired: Sep 20, 2019 - Nov 23, 2019

Original Network: SBS Netflix

Episodes: 16

Synopsis: Cha Dal Gun becomes an awakened tiger in the face of his nephew’s death in a mysterious plane crash. As an orphan himself, he had raised his nephew singlehandedly in place of his brother who had passed on. Triggered by the large-scale cover-up of the incident, he sets off on a journey to discover the truth. 

Go Hae Ri is the eldest daughter of a marine who had died during an operation. She has always wanted to be a normal civil servant to support her family, but life had other plans and she ends up as a National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent. 

Their lives intertwine as they discover a tangled web of corruption behind the plane crash. 

(Source: The Swoon)