If you are a first timer to Korean Drama's you may be wondering which ones you should spend your time on. This is a list of all of the best Korean Drama's I have watched over the past year. If you are already a fan of Korean Drama's, check to see if your favorite made the cut.
1. Secret Garden
Starring Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won
The drama tells the story of Kim Joo Won, an arrogant and eccentric CEO who maintains the image of seeming perfection, and Gil Ra Im, a poor and humble stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy amongst top actresses. Their accidental meeting, when Joo Won mistakes Ra Im for actress Park Chae Rin, marks the beginning of a tense, bickering relationship, through which Joo Won tries to hide a growing attraction to Ra Im that both confuses and disturbs him. To complicate matters further, a strange sequence of events results in them swapping bodies.
2. A Gentleman's Dignity
Starring Jang Dong Gun and Kim Ha Neul
This drama will tell the story of four men in their forties as they go through love, breakup, success and failure. The story includes the romantic relationship between Kim Do Jin, an architect with a scathing tongue, and strict high school teacher Seo Yi Soo, who moonlights as an umpire at amateur baseball games.
3. Heart to Heart
Starring Choi Kang Hee and Chun Jung Myung
Cha Hong-Do suffers from social phobia and has a problem with severe blushing. She does have a strong sense of curiosity and learns from books and the internet. One day, Cha Hong-Do's grandmother dies. Her grandmother was her only contact to the outside world. Cha Hong-Do then begins doing housework as a maid but disguises herself as an elderly woman. Through an incident, she meets a psychiatrist, Ko Yi-Seok.
4. Bad Guy's
Starring Kim Sang Joong and Kang Ye Wong
To combat rising violent crimes, the Police Chief asks Detective Oh Goo-Tak to form a team consisting of criminals. Detective Oh Goo-Tak is currently suspended from the police force for using excessive force. Detective Oh Goo-Tak gathers team members: Park Woong-Cheol who is a gangster, Lee Jung-Moon who is the youngest serial killer with extraordinary intelligence and Jung Tae-Soo who is a contract killer.
5. Cheongdamdong Alice
Starring Moon Geun Young and Park Shi Hoo
Han Se Kyung is a talented young designer with a very positive character. She wins many designing contests and finally joins a clothing company, but she only does errands and chores rather than design at work. Meanwhile, the wife of the upper management in this company humiliates her. The wife is actually her former high school classmate who didn’t do better than her in school. The situation changes when she meets Cha Seung Jo, who is a president of a luxury brand shop in Cheongdamdong.
