Did your favourites make it onto our list? F rom the cultural phenomenon that is Lovely Runner to the deadly plot of A Killer Paradox , the K-drama world in 2024 has been filled with thrills and romance aplenty – and we’re only halfway through the year. The brilliance of Korean shows this year bodes well for what’s to come, including the final season of dystopian series Sweet Home and Disney+’s Light Shop , from the mind of Moving writer Kang Full. But before those highly anticipated programmes hit our scenes, join NME as we revisit the most beloved K-dramas of the year six months in, including the criminally underrated Midnight Romance in Hagwon , the absurd camp comedy of Chicken Nugget and the deliciously melodramatic Marry My Husband .
Here are the 10 best K-dramas of 2024 so far. The lines between right and wrong get blurred in this blood-spattered, inventive thriller. Lee Tang (Choi Woo-shik) is a normal student, working a part-time job and disheartened by his prospects in life.
During a run-in with a drunk old man one night, all that changes, putting him on a murderous path of vigilantism and plunging him into the world’s dark, dangerous underbelly. A Killer Paradox excels at bringing the moral conundrum at the heart of Tang’s story viscerally to life, while it refuses to stick within the confines of genre, mixing in new elements of fantasy to keep things fresh. Rhian Daly Jeong Ji-an (Kim Hye-joon) inherits her uncle’s business, only to find it’s a bla.
