Love Next Door is a 2024 kdrama written by Shin Ha-eun and directed by Yoo je-won. It is a fast-paced romcom of childhood friendships, one-sided love turning into (resentful) adult love, over-bearing, over-interfering, sexist parents on one side and clueless, indifferent parents on the other.
The Glory is the 2023 revenge crime thriller that set the bar very high for the rest of kdrama series of the same genre. The series is said to be inspired by a 2016 bullying incident in Cheongju, South Korea where a group of high-schoolers bullied a girl very badly, causing her severe burns.
The Bear is a widely popular and generously awarded, 2022 American web-series.
The Wallander series is based on Swedish novelist Henning Mankell’s Kurt Wallander series, adapted for BBC by Richard Cottan, Peter Harness and Richard McBrian.. Starring Kenneth Branagh and others, it is a beautiful series despite its macabre content.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a 2023 Australian mini-drama series based on Holly Ringland’s novel dealing with generational trauma suffered by women especially at the hands of men who supposedly love them.
Coffee Prince is a Kdrama about the tumultuous affairs between two pairs of individuals, one of who is a girl who is mistaken for a boy.
My Mister is an engaging and inspiring 2018 Kdrama on the intense relationship developing between two individuals who were brought together by corruption.
Navillera is an inspirational Kdrama based on the webtoon Nabillera,, which portrays the trials and tribulations of two struggling ballet- lovers/artists.
Beyond Evil is a psychological, crime thriller Kdrama following the investigation into a serial killer.
Sebastian Fitzek's The Therapy is a german mini-series based on Fitzek's novel by the same name.
