Top Romantic Korean Drama Shows On OTT To Catch This Valentine's Day

Korean dramas have created a huge fanbase all around the world with their entertaining music as well as engaging drama shows so much that the Korean entertainment industry has started producing a wide range of genres in their shows including suspenseful thrillers to passionate romantic dramas. Here’s a list of top romantic Korean drama shows you can choose from to bring something new and amusing to your Valentines’ watchlist.

Korean dramas have created a special place in the hearts of people around the world with the genuineness and emotional touch they provide in their characterisations as they tend to portray a sense of utopia in dystopia. Another factor that contributes to their popularity across the globe is that they mostly cater to the taste of each kind of audience along with providing a wholesome experience to the viewers.

This Valentines’ Day, try out these romantic Korean drama shows with your partner for a cosy date night with a glass of wine.

Goblin

The fantasy-romance drama Goblin revolves around an immortal goblin Kim Shin who searches for a human bride in an attempt to break a curse which involves removing an invincible sword from his chest. Also known as Guardian: The Lonely and Great God or The Lonely Shining God, lead character Kim Shin realises that a high-school student is his prophesised bride who might free him from his inevitable fate.

Where to watch: Rakuten Viki

Heirs (Inheritors)

The 2013 Korean drama Heirs is directed by Kang Shin Hyo. The story follow the lives of elite-class children who are being groomed to occupy their family businesses as the future heirs while they deal with their high-school drama alongside. The drama questions the romance between haves and have-nots as it includes a love triangle between the Empire group heir who is betrothed to a wealthy hotel heiress but falls in love with the daughter of his housekeeper.

Where to watch: Netflix, Rakuten Viki

A still from Heirs

Descendants of the Sun

Captain of Korean Special Forces Unit and a medical surgeon start an unlikely relationship as they realise that the two have opposing philosophies about human life as the captain kills to protect lives of others and the surgeon attempts to save all lives at any cost. The show follows the idea of power of love as the couple breaks up over their unresolved difference of opinions only to reconcile months later.

Where to watch: Rakuten Viki

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Hotel del Luna

Hotel Del Luna is a mystery, romance and fantasy Korean drama which traces the events that follow when an elite hotelier is invited to manage a hotel for dead soul in Seoul’s downtown while the owner of this peculiar hotel is cursed for a sin she no longer remembers committing. This fantastical romance-drama is directed by Oh Choong-hwan.

Where to watch: Netflix, Rakuten Viki

Tale Of The Nine-Tailed

A thrilling legend of love, Tale of The Nine-Tailed follows the story of a fantastical creature nine-tailed fox who seduces innocent humans to satisfy his craving for human flesh. With an urge to prove that such ancient mythical creatures does actually exist in real life, Nam Ji Ah (Jo Bo Ah) attempts to create a show revolving around them as the nine-tailed fox emerges in human form to search for his reincarnated love.

Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video

What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim

The romance-drama Korean show focusses on the romance between the Vice President of his successful family company Lee Young Joon (Park Seo Joon) and his intelligent secretary Kim Mi So (Park Min Young). The narcissistic and arrogant boss realises the importance of his secretary when she decides to quit working for him.

Where to watch: Netflix, Rakuten Viki

A still from What's Wrong With Secretary Kim

Doom At Your Service

2021 romance-drama series revolves around Tak Dong Kyung who has had her share of bad luck as she struggles with her job, lost her parents in an accident few years back, finds out that her boyfriend is an adulterer and suffers from terminal brain tumour. Losing all hopes, she wishes for the world to be doomed. However, things take a turn when grim reaper Doom, an intermediary between mortals and god falls in love with her as he offers to take her soul after 100 days.

Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten Viki

Seo In-guk and Park Bo-young in Doom At Your Service

Crash Landing On You

A North Korean army officer decides to help a South Korean heiress when she lands in their territory after a paragliding accident. The 2019 shows features actors Hyun Bin, Son Ye-jin, Seo Ji-hye, Kim Soo-hyun and others and is directed by Lee Jung-hyo.

Where to watch: Netflix

True Beauty

Two high-school students discover their true selves as they face their deepest and darkest insecurities in this Korean teen romance-drama. Im Joo Kyung masks her appearance with the help of makeup while fearing that her secret might get revealed some day in front of her classmates. Lee Su Ho is the high-school heartthrob who buries a dark secret inside him. The path of the two collides as they rely on each other with their secrets.

Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video

Love Alarm

Love Alarm is based on the webtoon Love Alarm created by Kye-Young Chon. Kim Jojo finds love old-school style in a digitally-operated world as he deals with his own personal complications. The show features Korean actors Kim So-Hyun, Song Kan and Ga-ram Jung.

Where To Watch: Netflix

A still from Love Alarm