Korean Drama Fans Rate 50 Best And Worst K-Dramas | RATED Ep. 4

In our new subsegment of RATED, we rate everything from pop culture to food! This one is for the Korean drama fans, both old and new, who can't decide what they should watch.

Share your opinions on your favorite and most disliked Korean dramas in the comments below!

0:00 - Introduction
1:10 - Our favorite genres
2:10 - My ID is Gangnam Beauty
2:58 - Uncontrollably Fond
3:36 - Flower of Evil
4:05 - Sweet Home
4:52 - The School Nurse Files (Netflix, 2020)
5:29 - Reply 1988
6:15 - Hotel Del Luna
6:41 - It's Okay, That's Love, Record of Youth
6:46 - Fight For My Way
7:29 - Penthouse
8:07 - Start-Up
8:53 - Hi, Bye Mama, Prison Playbook, Sky Castle
9:00 - Love Alarm
9:53 - Something In The Rain
10:48 - True Beauty
11:57 - Scarlet Heart: Ryeo
12:45 - It's Okay Not To Be Okay
13:11 - Itaewon Class
13:52 - Legend of the Blue Sea
14:34 - 18 Again
15:08 - Crash Landing On You
16:03 - W: Two Worlds
16:29 - Hospital Playlist, Dream High, The Uncanny Counter, The Heirs
16:37 - Vincenzo
17:17 - Secret Garden
17:43 - Reply 1997, Cheese In The Trap
17:50 - Kingdom
18:28 - World of the Married
19:19 - Extraordinary You, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, Hwarang
19:43 - Goblin
20:26 - Princess Hours
20:53 - Descendants of the Sun
21:39 - Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo
22:22 - The King: Eternal Monarch, Lovestruck In The City, Move To Heaven
22:30 - Tale of the Nine-Tailed
23:14 - Love In The Moonlight
23:54 - Brenda's Pee About To Come Out
24:01 - Our Top 3 and Bottom 3

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[ashleylooi]

i feel that vincenzo has one of the better mafia kind of kdramas. First off, it supports the 'kampong spirit' of using ordinary neighbors to fight off the villains when we thought that those people were the ones who would be another entry going after the gold. There were many feel-good moments when the neighbors slowly showed their talents and their 'mafia' side to fight alongside vincenzo. Also, *spoiler alert* i feel that the unfolding of the villains and one of them changing to a new leaf makes it a more heartfelt show to watch. The ways they got back against one another (like a chess game) was very amusing too. Not forgetting, Our VinCha's love line was soooo good, very few kiss scenes but their chemistry was so strong that when you watch the BTS, you could see how well they work tgh.

[aaroiseverything]

flower of evil was one of the best. If you like crime, watch vagabond, memorist, tunnel, signal, stranger

[lidiamajewska]

YOU GUYS NEED TO WATCH VINCENZO… IT BECOMES BADASS LATER 😂 and also is very funny (especially when they are making jokes references to other famous kdramas) + Vincenzo is just too hot not to watch 😂

[mcflurry]

i can’t believe hospital playlist was not a S😂 and Dr Romantic was not even mentioned, definitely one of my tops !

[AzraNur]

weightlifting fairy in everyone’s top 3 as it should be.. nothing will ever top the kdrama 😢

[bubyseok]

I personally think that cha eunwoo is not really that bad in acting but more like because all the roles he get is the cool type of guy so it didn’t fully portray his full abilities. I hope he can get better roles in the future💕💕

[laydieehannah]

Prison Playbook is soooo underrated it's one of the top dramas for me! Kairos is also another very underrated one, and Taxi Driver deserves more love.
A popular series that i love is Voice, cant wait for next season!

[carrotcchi]

i love how candid amanda was in this video, which makes her entertaining to watch!! and brenda is cute and funny as usual🤗🤗 wldve loved to hear cuiwen speak more! but maybe including a male/non-straight female in the cast would help provide more diverse views for the reviews in future episodes 🥶

[huiwen]

vincenzo is actually one of my fav kdramas ngl.. mainly watched it for SJK but I fell for ok taec young

[cy]

My top kdramas:

Thriller: Kingdom (1&2), Signal, Tunnel, Voice (S1)
Sentimental/Meaningful: Move to Heaven
Historical/Romance: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Love in the Moonlight
Action/Mystery: Healer, My Strange Hero
Career-oreinted: Doctor Romantic Teacher Kim (1&2), Pinocchio
Slice of Life: Age of Youth, My Father is Strange
Romantic Comedy: Weightlifting Fairy
Fantasy: W, While You Were Sleeping

Special shoutout to: Boys Over Flowers (my guilty pleasure, og of kdrama cliches, my first kdrama that got me hooked into Korean entertainment)

[awesomecollections]

for vincenzo, i like how they overcome each problem. its quite surprising how they solve it! and i find it to be quite funny too

[jayismee]

Please do a part 2 video of this!! there's even more great kdramas like signal, tunnel and more worst kdramas (which i shall not name here 😂)

[ryy._.]

feels bad for cha eunwoo bc it isn't really his acting being bad causing him to always have that poker face :< it's more of the character that he's always casted to play, if you take a look at sweet revenge, he actually plays a really smiley character!

[lin]

vincenzo is actually good u cant literally expect 1st episode the whole plot or story comes up, u have to watch fully to understand the whole thing and is actually funny too

[scarlett]

I feel like vincenzo is just savage, unlike other kdramas, vincenzo doesnt follow the law when punishing the bad guys, its like satisfying revenge (btw, the show gets better after the 3rd episode)

[caratseungcheoll]

Would highly highly recommend Mr sunshine ( historical drama, kind of a deep story, starting was kind of slow, but this drama was jus so well written and didn't let my expectations down, characters were so well written too~ and love the bromance HAHAH)

[justkeeding]

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND MOUSE!! Omg it’s super duper underrated!! Trust me the amount of plot twist is like KABOOMZXC!!! It’s really a a super duper unique Korean drama and I have never watch any drama with such a plot!!!! I really never lie… trust and you will not regret


P.s yes Vincenzo was like I fell for the community spirit more than the storyline :”))))

[pjj_]

The uncanny counter made me teared up when I saw Hana’s miserable life 😭

[cw_hyuk]

I feel that true beauty deserves a better rating despite cha eun woo's lack of expression in his acting!! I don't really agree with the "man falls in love with ugly person and girls must wear makeup to look good". In fact its the opposite. The guy didn't really fall in love due to just the plot but her personality despite being very cliche. It's because she didnt have to put up being fake in front when her make up is off and she's more goofy in real life. All that make up only made her act classy instead. And its definitely more of a comedy show than romance. How the guy exploiting her secret, the 2nd couple with the teacher and sister, the annoying brother and the stupid antics of the 2nd male lead. All of these were so hilarious to watch and there wasn't an episode I found boring cos I kept laughing.

it's definitely more rom than com and the shows has some good meaning esp with the evil 2nd female lead character development. its definitely at least a B or an A tier for me.