Thriller Korean dramas have long enthralled the world for their gripping stories, keen psychologization, and shocking turns, which may include mystery, crime, and suspense aspects together. Based on various expert opinions and reviews, these are the 10 greatest Korean thrillers of all time, which may include the best examples of the genre.
1. Signal (2016)
A contemporary detective communicates with a previous detective over a cryptic walkie-talkie, solving some cold cases from several decades prior, and this offers smart, temporal audio suspense. A modern detective communicates with a former detective using a cryptic walkie-talkie.
2. Stranger (2017–2020)
Emotionless prosecutors and passionate detectives come together in this procedure drama as they fight corruption in the legal system through complex legal cases and moral struggles in a gripping procedural drama.
3. Flower of Evil (2020)
The story revolves around an undercover cop as she discovers dark elements in her life when her husband turns out not to be as perfect as he seemed.
4. Beyond Evil (2021)
In a small town, two detectives investigate a series of murders, uncovering the complexities and secrets surrounding the series of events in a slow-moving thriller.
5. Mouse (2021)
A newly appointed police officer goes on the hunt for a psychopathic serial killer as it explores the boundaries of morality, genetics, and the existence of evil.
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6. Kingdom (2019–Present)
During the Joseon era in Korea, the crown prince fights off a zombie outbreak while discovering conspiracies within Korean politics.
7. Vincenzo (2021)
The story involves a Korean-Italian mafia lawyer who uses brutal methods to bring down a corrupt conglomerate while combining elements of black comedy, action, and thriller genres in a revenge-driven storyline.
8. Voice (2017–2021)
A voice profiler and a detective pursue murderers based on emergency calls, providing action-packed pursuits, mind games, and thrilling procedural events.
9. Tunnel (2017)
A detective from the 1980s becomes embroiled in the present while investigating a series of murders by a serial killer and joins forces with the current-day police force in this time-slip mystery series.
10. Save Me (2017)
A young woman ensnared in a duplicitous cult struggles to escape and is rescued only with the aid of some old associates, examining issues of persuasion, belief, and strength in a chilling thriller.
