Best South Korean suspense series
A curated collection of popular suspense series from South Korea.
The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won (2021)
Aftermath (2014)
Aftermath (2014)
Aftermath is a supernatural crime drama based on the popular Naver webtoon by Kim Sun Kwon ("Survivors of Those Days," "K Errands Center"). It is a thrilling story of murder, mystery, and love that was made exclusively for Naver TVCast for viewing on mobile devices. Ahn Dae Yong (Dong Jun) is a quiet high school student who suddenly develops the super power to predict who is a murderer and who is about to die. Those who appear to have red eyes are destined to die soon, while those with blue eyes are about to commit murder. Ahn Dae Yong decides to use this power to save lives and becomes an unexpected hero for the people.
Mother (2018)
Mother (2018)
A young girl named Hye-Na is abused by her mother, Ja-Young. Although she is not okay, she tells other people she is alright. Soo-Jin is a temporary teacher at the elementary school where Hye-Na attends. Soo-Jin is aware of her situation and decides to become her mother.
Monstrous (2022)
Monstrous (2022)
A giant Buddha statue is unearthed in a small rural town. The mayor believes that it will change the town into a major tourist attraction. However, a catastrophe starts to grow. A centuries-old curse is unleashed from the statue, and it starts to eat up people's souls and make them non-human. Jung Ki-hoon, as archaeologist tries to seek the truth behind the paranormal phenomenon.
Chimera (2021)
Chimera (2021)
Chimera incident, a serial murder and explosion crime that shook the year of 1984, takes place exactly the same thirty five years later in 2019. Just like the terrible explosion in the past, the murder of the crime is called Chimera, a monster in the Greek myth with the head of a lion, body as a goat, and tail as a snake that shoots fire through its throat.
Beautiful World (2019)
Beautiful World (2019)
This drama tells the story of a boy who becomes critically injured due to an incident of school violence and his family who seeks the truth and fights for justice in his name.
Reflection of You (2021)
Trolley (2022)
Goodbye Mr. Black (2016)
Goodbye Mr. Black (2016)
Cha Ji-Won is a UDT officer of the Navy Special Operations Force. He is positive and has personal charm, but he falls into a desperate situation due to a friend's betrayal. He goes through numerous life or death situations. Cha Ji-Won then enters into a fake marriage with Swan to hide his identity. Through the bright persona of Swan, Cha Ji-Won falls in love and regains his trust of others.
My Happy Ending (2023)
My Happy Ending (2023)
Seo Jae-won who suffered an unfortunate childhood, becomes an ambitious and driven CEO that chases after success. But when her obsession gets out of hand, she tries to escape from her unhealthy desires but her husband, a designer and college professor, gets swept up in the process.
Crime Puzzle (2021)
Crime Puzzle (2021)
When a girlfriend for a prisoner doesn't believe his confession of his crimes, she looks into his case for answers, this leads to conducting 10 interviews with him.
Giant (2010)
Giant (2010)
Giant is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Lee Beom-soo, Park Jin-hee, Joo Sang-wook, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Sang-min, and Jeong Bo-seok. It aired on SBS from May 10 to December 7, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 60 episodes. Giant is a sprawling period drama about three siblings' quest for revenge during the economic boom of 1970-80s Korea. Tragically separated during childhood, the three reunite as adults and set out to avenge their parents' deaths, their fates playing out against a larger tide of power, money, politics, and the growth of a city.
To.Two (2021)
To.Two (2021)
To.two is an extremely popular social media app with a catch; you can only get in based on invite. This web drama explores how this app creates social barriers between the students based on who can access the invite.
2021 Summer Drama Collage: Monster Mansion (2021)
2021 Summer Drama Collage: Monster Mansion (2021)
An omnibus work that captures the strange and eerie real-life horror that happens while webtoon writer Ji Woo reports on the abandoned apartment Gwanglim Mansion.
Genesis (2021)
The Road: The Tragedy of One (2021)
The Road: The Tragedy of One (2021)
A terrible child kidnapping incident takes place in a mansion complex, where only the top 1% of the most luxurious population reside. With no time to be shocked, the child returns dead and the killer is unknown. However, this incident was just the start of a tragedy. While the crowd is hiding the truth, there are some who start to reveal the twisted hypocrisy and ugly secret inside the mansion.