series you can finish in a day or two

How long: 1 hour (5 episodes, 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: Artificial intelligence (AI) that cannot feel human emotions and a ghost whose life as a human has ended, meet and talk about the life of humans.

How long: 1 hour (8 episodes, 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: A hyper-realistic drama depicting the daily lives of clumsy women in their 30s in the fashion industry and their joys and sorrows at work.

How long: 2 hours (10 episodes, 11 minutes each)

Synopsis: Hae Lin is a university student who has just landed in a complicated romantic quandary.

How long: 2 hours (6 episodes, 17 minutes each)

Synopsis: One day, Moo Young's friends, who have no concept of personal space, decide that they should go on a road trip together. Unbeknownst to his friends, Moo Young who is struggling with depression has been planning to commit suicide.  

How long: 2 hours (8 episodes, 17 minutes each)

Synopsis: Seo Han Joon has been in love with his childhood friend, Jo Yoo Jae, for a long time. He knew his feelings wouldn’t be reciprocated, and it didn’t matter because he never even dreamed of confessing to him. But this time, he wanted to express his love.

How long: 3 hours (10 episodes, 17 minutes each) 

Synopsis: Bonding over their mutual affection for their pets, Ha Joon and Do Hee find themselves drawing even closer, but is that one connection enough to spark love's eternal flame? 

How long: 3 hours (8 episodes, 24 minutes each)

Synopsis: In a world where popularity turns into social class, and not receiving hearts makes you a loser, a high-teen drama depicts the anxious concerns of students at the Han Arts High School.

How long: 3 hours (8 episodes, 25 minutes each)

Synopsis: Park Ha Kyung teaches Korean literature at a high school. To escape her ordinary days, Park Ha Kyung decides to take one day trips on Saturdays. During her one day trip, she walks around, eats different foods, and meets various people. She realizes she receives comfort and empathy through her travels.

How long: 3 hours (8 episodes, 25 minutes each) 

Synopsis: Choo Sang-woo is the epitome of an inflexible and strict rule-abiding person. Jang Jae-young is like a semantic error in the perfect world of Choo Sang-woo. Will Sang-woo be able to work with Jae-young as an artist and engineer?

How long: 3 hours (6 episodes, 28 minutes each)

Synopsis: Revolves around a café called Finland Papa wherein those who are deeply hurt and needs healing come and know the true meaning of what being family is.

How long: 3 hours (4 episodes, 44 minutes each)

Synopsis: Han Sun-woo is a rookie photographer. He doesn’t talk much, but he is a kind and warm-hearted man. He is friends with Lee Eun-soo. They have been close friends for 20 years. Meanwhile, Lee Eun-soo works as a lyricist to make living. She has an honest and bright personality. Due to a reason, Han Sun-woo and Lee Eun-soo begin to live together at the same house for 2 weeks. Staying together, their relationship develops romantically.

How long: 4 hours (10 episodes, 25 minutes each)

Synopsis: It follows a group of friends from different backgrounds who go to Jeju. They find a magical candy that can bring back memories. The candy helps them to heal their wounds and to connect with each other. They come to learn to forgive themselves and others and find the peace they need to move on.

How long: 4 hours (6 episodes, 42 minutes each)

Synopsis: In a dystopian 2071 devastated by air pollution, the survival of humanity depends on the Black Knights — and they’re far from your average delivery men.

How long: 5 hours (10 episodes, 32 minutes each)

Synopsis: A woman steps into an odd machine and becomes - a chicken nugget? Now, it's up to her father and admirer to embark on a zany quest to bring her back.

How long: 5 hours (8 episodes, 35 minutes each)

Synopsis: Depicts the solid friendship and sincere love story of 18-year-old youths who cannot give up love or friendship. The drama deals with the unique subject of cellular memory, which hypothesizes that memory is transferred to organ recipients.

How long: 5 hours (6 episodes, 45 minutes each)

Synopsis: A man is kidnapped and one of his eyes removed by a gang of organs hunters and transplanted into a serial killer. The unwilling donor now has terrible visions as he witnesses terrifying attacks on the residents of Seoul.

How long: 5 hours (6 episodes, 45 minutes each)

Synopsis: Su-ho and Hyeon-seo, who once dated for six years, meet again as a youthful rich CEO and a piano instructor. K works with Su-ho on a collaborative project and invites Hyeon-seo to join them. Su-ho and Hyeon-seo embark on a bumpy romantic journey full of twists and turns. Will history repeat itself?

How long: 5 hours (6 episodes, 47 minutes each)

Synopsis: A story in which ominous things continue and the secrets of the family are revealed as they suddenly inherit the family mountain from their uncle, whom they had forgotten.

How long: 5 hours (6 episodes, 50 minutes each)

Synopsis: It all starts with a simple lie. Lee Yu-mi takes on a privileged young woman’s identity, leading her to a completely different life. When she marries a wealthy man whose ambitions gradually put them in the public eye, her perfectly-built persona begins to unravel.

How long: 6 hours (12 episodes, 32 minutes each) 

Synopsis: Since young, Dr. Park worked and studied really hard to become a successful doctor. After he gets the license, he opens a clinic of his own, but struggles between the art of medicine and his business ability in a clinic without patients. 

How long: 6 hours (10 episodes, 35 minutes each)

Synopsis: It portrays what happens after the dirty Kim Hye-in, the only witness to the murder of a high school girl, moves to Cheongdam International High School, where everyone wants, and meets Baek Je, the main suspect.

How long: 6 hours (8 episodes, 44 minutes each)

Synopsis: Kim Ji-yong leads a double life as a Korean National Police University student by day and the Vigilante by night, personally punishing criminals who evade the law. He is surrounded by people who all possess different ulterior motives.

How long: 6 hours (8 episodes, 45 minutes each)

Synopsis: Tells the story of the three former high school classmates who get together. However, when Lee Jun-seong and Song Jae-hyo make the hasty decision to kidnap Park Min-woo, things take an unexpected turn, and the difficulties that follow send all three of them on a perilous and tumultuous journey.

How long: 6 hours (6 episodes, 55 minutes each)

Synopsis: Han Dujin and his team investigate a criminal conspiracy in order to protect the Han River.

How long: 6 hours (6 episodes, 56 minutes each)

Synopsis: The days when they burned with sexual desire are behind them, and Woo-jin and Samuel have become a somewhat withered couple, emotionally and physically.

How long: 7 hours (12 episodes, 35 minutes each)

Synopsis: Trapped in the deadly cursed “Mafia Game,” the students of Yoo-il High must play the game to survive, while unraveling the mysteries behind the curse.

How long: 7 hours (8 episodes, 50 minutes each)

Synopsis: The story about a woman who joins an organized crime ring and infiltrates the police as an undercover agent in order to find out the truth about her father's death.

How long: 7 hours (8 episodes, 50 minutes each)

Synopsis: After a childhood marked by pain and violence, a woman puts a carefully planned revenge scheme in motion.

if you love the first season, check the second one.

How long: 7 hours (8 episodes, 51 minutes each)

Synopsis: A niece who lost her parents and grew up in the hands of an uncle who runs a shopping mall faces a new truth after her uncle’s sudden death.

How long: 7 hours (8 episodes, 54 minutes each)

Synopsis: When one accidental killing leads to another, an ordinary young man finds himself stuck in an endless cat-and-mouse chase with a shrewd detective.

How long: 7 hours (8 episodes, 55 minutes each)

Synopsis: A romance drama that deals with the secret relationship between idols and YouTubers.

How long: 7 hours (7 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: An office worker who is insecure about her looks becomes a masked internet personality by night until a chain of ill-fated events overtakes her life.

How long: 7 hours (11 episodes, 1hr and 7 minutes each)

Synopsis: After a tragic accident, a powerful fixer uses her skills to transform a civil rights lawyer into the next mayor — and take down her former employer.

How long: 8 hours (8 episodes, 25 minutes each)

Synopsis: At the brink of going to hell, Yee-jae must cycle through twelve separate lives and twelve separate deaths in this reincarnation drama. part 2 here.

How long: 8 hours (12 episodes, 39 minutes each)

Synopsis: A story about a woman in her 40s who returned back to work as an intern after 7 years of being cut off from her job to endure and survive in a jungle-like society again.

How long: 8 hours (10 episodes, 45 minutes each)

Synopsis: The Villain of Romance is a captivating coming-of-age story set in college. The story follows two college students, Kang Hee Jae and Ban Yoo Jin, as they explore the intricacies of love, self-discovery, and relationships while on their path to adulthood.

How long: 8 hours (9 episodes, 50 minutes each)

Synopsis: Follows the romance between a freshman college student and an established female pop idol.

How long: 8 hours (10 episodes, 50 minutes each)

Synopsis: Each person is graded through a popular vote against the backdrop of a girl's high school and if they receive an F grade, they become legitimate victims of school violence.

How long: 8 hours (10 episodes, 50 minutes each)

Synopsis: "Oh. Young-shim" tells the story of Young-shim's 30s before the word 'middle school second-grade disease' was born, a story of the adolescence feverish with life and love.

How long: 8 hours (8 episodes, 57 minutes each)

Synopsis: Detective Taekrok is ready to retire after an illustrious career in the police force, but one day he awakens to discover that he has been framed for a murder he didn’t commit, and the real murderer blackmails him.

if you love the first season, check the second one.

How long: 8 hours (8 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: Two young boxers band together with a benevolent moneylender to take down a ruthless loan shark who preys on the financially desperate.

How long: 8 hours (8 episodes, 60 minutes each) 

Synopsis: A drama concerning a no-filter, insane guy with guts, retaliating on the Oriental National Tax Obligation Workplace.

if you love the first season, check the second one.

How long: 8 hours (8 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: An ordinary housewife’s life goes in an unexpected direction after noticing a strange smell in her backyard.

How long: 9 hours (12 episodes, 45 minutes each)

Synopsis: Fame. Money. Power. One young woman fights to become the next hottest celebrity in the glamorous yet scandalous world of influencers in Seoul.

How long: 9 hours (12 episodes, 46 minutes each)

Synopsis: Jom, an architect overseeing the renovation of a rundown villa, continuously dreams of a man he's never met, so when a twist of fate transports him to 1927, he must face an unfamiliar world - and the mysterious man from his dreams.

How long: 9 hours (12 episodes, 47 minutes each)

Synopsis: After receiving an invitation to his crush's wedding, Kawi spirals into dissatisfaction and regret. So when fate transports him 12 years into the past, he resolves to change his future. However, befriending Pisaeng complicates Kawi's plan.

How long: 9 hours (10 episodes, 52 minutes each)

Synopsis: As humans turn into savage monsters and the world plunges into terror, a handful of survivors fight for their lives — and to hold on to their humanity.

if you love the first season, check the second one.

How long: 9 hours (10 episodes, 52 minutes each)

Synopsis: For an attorney who despises losing to men and an A-list actor who distrusts women, love means nothing — until they’re forced to date each other.

How long: 9 hours (10 episodes, 54 minutes each)

Synopsis: “Boss-dol Mart” depicts the story of an idol group who had to disband because of an unexpected incident and is now taking on the challenge of running a mart.

How long: 9 hours (9 episodes, 58 minutes each)

Synopsis: In the lawless land of Gando, fierce bandits will stop at nothing to fight for their precious homeland and loved ones — even if it means life or death.

How long: 10 hours (12 episodes, 45-55 minutes each)

Synopsis: Jeju Island is taken over by evil spirits. An exorcist, priest, and chaebol heiress are fated to fight against evil spirits attempting to end the world. part 2 here.

How long: 10 hours (12 episodes, 50 minutes each)

Synopsis: A young private’s assignment to capture army deserters reveals the painful reality endured by each enlistee during his compulsory call of duty. check part 2 here,

How long: 10 hours (12 episodes, 50 minutes each) 

Synopsis: The series is about the office workers of Marketing Team 3 at the home appliance headquarters of Gaus Electronics—a multinational company. It highlights the highs and lows of corporate life, and love and friendship between the employees.

How long: 10 hours (10 episodes, 60 minutes each) 

Synopsis: In 1997, a mysterious ghost saved humankind and then disappeared. The mysterious ghost appears again 24 years later and helps a serial killer escape. Kim Sae Ha, Jung Sae Byeok and Song Eo Jin pursue the ghost for different reasons. 

How long: 10 hours (10 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: Byung Tae, a socially awkward teen bullied for most of his life, transfers to the countryside, hoping for a fresh start. Yet high jinks ensue when he is mistaken for the best fighter in school and must maintain the facade.

How long: 10 hours (10 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: The story of a livelihood lawyer transforming into an elite villain.

How long: 10 hours (10 episodes, 1hr and 2 minutes each) 

Synopsis: A tough judge balances her aversion to minor offenders with firm beliefs on justice and punishment as she tackles complex cases inside a juvenile court. 

How long: 11 hours (12 episodes, 53 minutes each)

Synopsis: Set in the 1980s, a husband and wife, both detectives, infiltrate a massive criminal organization responsible for the illegal drug trade between Korea, China, and Japan.

How long: 11 hours (12 episodes, 55 minutes each)

Synopsis: Two friends meet up and recall their experiences as victims of school bullying when they receive a message from a friend from 20 years ago and mysterious serial killings begin to occur.

How long: 11 hours (12 episodes, 56 minutes each) 

Synopsis: A romance thriller between four men and women running like a runaway locomotive toward different desires, including success, revenge, children and love. 

How long: 11 hours (10 episodes, 1hr and 5 minutes each)

Synopsis: A thriller drama about Yoo I-hwa, a stay-at-home mom living her comfortable and contented life without desires, but to her husband’s indifference. While working as a bank contract employee, she unexpectedly touches money from VIP clients and gradually falls into an irreversible collapse.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 58 minutes each)

Synopsis: The story of potential after learning that an ordinary employee was hired by a top public relations company by special employment.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 59 minutes each)

Synopsis: A highly accomplished conductor decides to leave her life in New York behind to take up the challenge of reviving a struggling orchestra.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 59 minutes each)

Synopsis: A father turned clumsy kidnapper and a genius child get tangled in unexpected circumstances.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: A grieving woman magically travels through time to 1998, where she meets a man with an uncanny resemblance to her late love.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: Hyeon-seong and Seong-ok, meeting after seven years, reflecting on their love and fatigue, standing alongside different partners in front of a motel elevator.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: Driven by a personal tragedy, a pianist-turned-lawyer navigates the complex world of divorce — fighting for his clients to win by any means necessary.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: In a world where criminals evade justice, citizens vote via text for the death penalty, executed by "Dog Mask" if over 50% agree.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away. But plans go awry when he turns out to be her CEO — and makes a proposal. 

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: A comic action drama in which a veiled cultural asset thief ‘Skunk’ and an unofficial cultural asset recovery team ‘Karma’ unite against those who cannot be judged by the law.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: The story of a reckless mother and a cool daughter living together without countermeasures.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: A high-achieving high school graduate, battles for justice at South Korea’s most reputable accounting firm.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 60 minutes each)

Synopsis: An action drama about first responders involving the police and firefighters who work together in emergency situations to fight against crime and fire. 

if you love the first season, check the second one.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 60 minutes each) 

Synopsis: Nam Geum Pil is a 44-year-old man who lives with his father and daughter. One day, he decides to quit his job in order to follow his dream: becoming a webtoonist. 

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 1 minute each)

Synopsis: An ambitious boy grows up and joins an intense war of desires to become a star of his own.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 2 minutes each) 

Synopsis: A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.

How long: 12 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 6 minutes each)

Synopsis: A former lawyer turned detective, is on a quest to uncover the truth behind an unsolved crime from the past. He investigates current cases to piece together clues to find the perpetrator. Along his journey, he encounter an eager reporter, and a con artist. Together, they work to unravel the truth and bring justice to the case.  part 2 here.

How long: 12 hours (10 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: In Spring 1945 in Gyeongseong, during Japanese rule over Korea, two young adults confront a strange creature born of greed, and battle against it for survival.

How long: 12 hours (10 episodes, 1hr and 14 minutes each)

Synopsis: When mysterious alien spheres start invading the world, high school students are called upon to join the world’s first war against extraterrestrial forces. part 2 here.

How long:  13 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 4 minutes each)

Synopsis: Waking from a fatal accident to find herself in the past, Han Yi-joo teams up with Seo Do-guk to take revenge on the family who never loved her.

How long: 13 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 4 minutes each)

Synopsis: Struggling to find success, a former wrestling prodigy finds himself ready to quit until he reencounters an old friend who reignites his passion.

How long: 13 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 6 minutes each)

Synopsis: A noblewoman marries into the left state minister's family, only for her new husband to die the same day. She lives as a widow by day, and escapes her reclusive life by night helping those in need using her martial arts skills.

How long: 13 hours (10 episodes, 1h and 20 minutes each)

Synopsis: An ordinary taxi driver becomes entangled with a customer that turns out to be a serial killer.

How long: 13 hours (10 episodes, 1hr and 20 minutes each)

Synopsis: A love-story between a noblewoman and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown set in the 1600s during the Qing invasion.

if you love the first season, check the second one.

How long: 14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: Romantic mission between an underdog actress planning a fake marriage VS ambitious soon-to-be brother-in-law who opposes.

How long: 14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: A woman travels from 19th century Joseon to modern-day Seoul, her fate takes a twist with a ‘fake marriage’ with a man who resembles her ex-husband.

How long: 14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: A kind-hearted nurse working in psychiatry goes above and beyond to be a ray of light for those under her care, despite the challenges coming her way.

How long: 14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: Eun returns to Korea when he is enlisted by his nephew to wage war against corrupt powers to protect his family.

How long: 14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: A fantasy-romance drama about an unknown idol, Woo Yeon-woo, whose body was possessed by Rembrary, the god of this world.

How long: 14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: A woman possessed by an evil spirit and a man who can see evil spirits uncover the secrets of mysterious deaths surrounding five spirits.

How long: 14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: It follows an ex-married couple who are both lawyers that specialize in divorce. They find themselves working together as colleagues dealing with cases related to divorce and relationships.

How long: 14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: The story of a taxi driver who grants the last wishes of ghosts.

How long:  14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: A fantasy action unfolds as the Nine-tailed fox makes a crash landing in the year 1938, an era of chaos, and he struggles to return to the present.

How long: 14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: Ban Ji-eum can endlessly reincarnate. But when her 18th life gets cut short, she dedicates the next one to finding her now grown-up childhood love.

How long: 14 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 10 minutes each)

Synopsis: A team of tenacious detectives study the minds of murderers at a time when Korea’s first serial murders terrorized the nation. Based on true events.

How long: 16 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 18 minutes each)

Synopsis: Leaning on each other through thick and thin, a trio of best friends stand together as they experience life, love and loss on the brink of turning 40. 

How long: 16 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 20 minutes each)

Synopsis: A woman scorned by her husband's betrayal rebuilds her life as head of a team specializing in divorce cases, fighting for fair outcomes while punishing deceitful spouses.

How long: 16 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 20 minutes each)

Synopsis: Fifteen years after being stranded on a remote island, an aspiring singer reenters society — stopping at nothing to pursue her dream of becoming a diva.

How long: 16 hours (12 episodes, 1hr and 20 minutes each)

Synopsis: A spy comedy drama about an NIS Black agent husband disguised as an ordinary office worker and a sweet and cruel wife dreaming of a perfect family.