1. Boys Over Flowers

Geum Jan Di, a girl from a poor family, is admitted to a prestigious private high school by chance after preventing a bullied student from committing suicide. It is there that she meets the infamous group of four astonishingly good looking, rich boys known as "F4," led by cold and entitled leader Gu Jun Pyo. To Jan Di's shock, everyone in the school is absolutely enamored with the boys of F4, but her pride and morals will not let her be so so easily won over. Her resistance to their regime is a shock to the group, especially Jun Pyo, who starts to make Jan Di's school life hard until he starts to have feelings for her. Based on the manga series "Hana Yori Dango" by Yoko Kamio, this series is a perfect introduction to Korean dramas and represents the definition of the genre perfectly.

2. My Love From Another Star

Do Min Joon is an alien that landed on Earth in the year 1609, during the Joseon Dynasty. As he saves a young girl named Yi Hwa from falling off a cliff, he misses his trip back to his planet and is stranded on Earth for the next four centuries. As he never ages, Min Joon is forced to take on a new identity every ten years, having been a doctor, astronomer, and banker, and now presently working as a college professor. Cheon Song Yi is a famous actress; however, her haughty demeanor has earned derision in the entertainment industry and social media.

With only three months left before Min Joon's long-awaited departure back to his planet of origin, Song Yi suddenly becomes his next-door neighbor. Slowly, Min Joon finds himself entangled in Song Yi's crazy and unpredictable situations, saving her multiple times. The two eventually fall in love, but what is to become of the star-crossed lovers when Min Joon's time on Earth runs out? This highly rated drama with a sci-fi twist is guaranteed to keep you tuned in throughout the entire series.

3. Descendants of the Sun

Yoo Si Jin is the captain of a South Korean Special Forces unit. He and his friend Master Sergeant Seo Dae Young are off-duty when they witness a young man stealing a motorcycle and apprehend him. The thief, Kim Gi Bum, is injured during the chase and sent to the hospital. Realizing his cell phone was stolen by the thief, Dae Young and Si Jin go to the hospital to retrieve it.

In the emergency room, Si Jin meets Dr. Kang Mo Yeon for the first time, and is instantly attracted to her.
The two begin to date, but due to Si-jin being called in for duty, their dates are interrupted halfway. Si Jin receives his orders to be deployed on a peacekeeping mission in the fictional war-torn country of Uruk. Eight months later, Mo Yeon rebuffs the romantic advances of the hospital director and, as a result, is assigned against her will to lead a team of medical volunteers to Uruk. There, Si Jin and Mo Yeon reunite, and both gain a deeper insight into one another's jobs as their respective teams endure an earthquake and a viral epidemic. This hit drama has a perfect balance of action, suspense, and romance and is guaranteed to keep you at the edge of your seat.

4. Secret Garden

Kim Joo Won is an arrogant and eccentric CEO who maintains the image of seeming perfection, and Gil Ra Im is a poor and humble stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy amongst top actresses. They meet accidentally when Joo Won mistakes Ra Im for actress Park Chae Rin, marking the beginning of a tense, bickering relationship. As someone who has always been enamored over, Joo Won is confused at Ra Im's hostile attitude towards him and he tries to hide a growing attraction toward her that both confuses and disturbs him. And if that wasn't enough, to complicate matters further, a strange sequence of events results in them swapping bodies! This funny and heart-warming cult-classic will leave you feeling good long after you watch it.