Loving 'Money Heist'? You Should Add These Exciting Crime K-Dramas On Your List

Crime Kdramas like Money Heist Korea have a huge fan base around the world with gripping stories and action-packed performances. Money Heist Korea was released on Netflix on June 24 and featured the hypothetical relations of North and South Korea during 2025 and introduced us to the Joint Economic Area, a common currency printing division of both the countries. The show is about a well-planned heist at this unit that will hinder the economy as well as the relations between the two countries.

Encompassing murders, spy thrillers complicated by politics, corruption, and flawed characters, the South Korean crime-themed shows have a lot to offer and take suspense to a new level! Money Heist is one of the many acclaimed Korean crime dramas that are thrilling and exciting. And if you haven't yet watched them, here's a cue to stream them right away.

8 Must Watch Crime Kdramas

Voice

This crime thriller starring Lee Ha-Na, Jang Hyuk, Kim Jae-Wook and Lee Jin-Wook in pivotal roles has four seasons that feature the team of a prominent detective and a voice profiling expert whose aim is to find the culprit of their loved ones' death. As the seasons advance, Lee Ha-Na reprises her role and solves crimes with the help of her hearing ability.

Still from Voice

Mouse

This 2021 thriller series stars Lee-Seung-Gi and Lee Hee-Joon in the role of a newbie cop and a notorious detective respectively who team up in order to track down a psychopathic killer and also try to unravel the genetic situation that leads people to turn into psychopaths. The show consists of 20 episodes, 2 spin-offs and 3 special episodes.

Beyond Evil

This award-winning Korean crime thriller is about two police officers who work together to investigate a spine-chilling murder in a small town and the lengths that they go to find the culprit makes them question their own monsters and inner evils. The show starred Yeo Jin-Goo, Shin Ha-Kyun, Choi Sung-Eun and Lee Do-Hyun in pivotal roles.

Stranger

This 2017 Kdrama stars Choi Seung-Woo, Bae Doona, Yoo Jaemyong and Yoon Se-Ah in pivotal roles. The show is about a successful prosecutor who lost his emotions during brain surgery when he was a child. He lives a cold and lonely life and along with a police officer, he tries to tackle a case of murder and the corruption behind it.

Taxi Driver

The crimes in this 2021 series are said to be inspired by real-life Korean crime cases. The show is the story of a revenge call taxi service called the Rainbow Taxi Company that helps people take revenge. Starring Lee Je-Hoon, Pyo Ye-Jin, Esom and Choi Hyun-Wook in pivotal roles, this show follows the journey of a taxi driver at a company that aims at seeking justice by punishing criminals that got away with their crimes.

Pied Piper

This 2016 Kdrama is about intense criminal situations like terrorist attacks and hostages that have a high risk of going wrong if dealt with carelessness. A team of negotiators under the Negotiation Task Force of the Police Department handle these intense situations and try to tackle them without force. The show stars Shin Ha-Kyun, Yoo Jung-San, Lee Jung-Eun and Kim Hong-Pa in pivotal roles.

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He Is Psychometric

Starring Kpop group GOT7's Park Jin-Young in the lead role of a psychometric person who can read a person's past with skin touch, this 2019 crime show features his journey as he uses his abilities to catch criminals with the help of a police officer played by Shin Ye-Eun who harbours her own share of trauma. The 16-episode-long show also features Kim Kwon and Kim Da-Som in important roles.

Signal

This 2016 thriller series featured Lee Je-Hoon, Cho Jin-Woong, Kim Min-Kyu and Kim Hye-Soo in important roles. The story revolved around a police officer in 2015 who comes across a mysterious walkie-talkie that connects him to an investigator in the year 1989 and together they try to solve a series of related murders in their respective timelines.

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