Queen of Tears and 4 Other K-Dramas Released in 2024 With High IMDb Scores

As 2024 draws to a close, it's time to take a look back at the best Korean dramas. They range from romantic comedies to historical epics and even to action series.

1. Queen of Tears, 2024

IMDb Score: 8.2

The director of a large corporation, Baek Hyun-woo, and his wife Hae-in seem to be the perfect couple. In reality, the man is unhappy in his marriage. He believes that he does not love his wife and dreams of a divorce. Their feelings begin to blossom again when the wife learns that she is terminally ill.

The creators of the drama tell such a difficult story with humor and warmth. In addition, it is not often that you can find romantic Korean dramas about the relationship of an already established couple.

2. A Shop for Killers, 2024

IMDb Score: 8.0

Ji-an's parents died when she was very young. Since childhood, the girl has been raised by her uncle, Jeong Jin-man. She had just entered college when it was announced that her uncle had committed suicide.

Ji-an goes to her hometown to bury a relative and suddenly falls into a trap. The house is surrounded by killers who open fire. Ji-an has to remember all the survival lessons her uncle taught her in her youth for some reason.

3. Lovely Runner, 2024

IMDb Score: 8.7

A girl named Im Sol has an accident in her youth and can no longer walk. The girl finds it so hard to come to terms with this that she wants to commit suicide. But just then she receives a call from Sun-jae, the singer of a pop group, on a live music radio show. The conversation with him inspires Im Sol to live, no matter what.

Years pass, Sol is now 34 years old. She still can't walk, but lives a full and happy life. She also becomes a fan of Sun-jae and his band. One day, Im Sol gets terrible news – the guy has committed suicide.

The woman is mysteriously transported back 15 years and becomes a student again. She decides to use this opportunity to prevent the death of Sun-jae.

4. Miss Night and Day, 2024

IMDb Score: 7.6

Lee Mi-jin has been trying to pass the civil service exam for many years. But she fails again and then gives all her money to a swindler. Out of grief, she gets drunk, runs after a white cat, and falls into a well.

In the morning she thinks it was a dream. But then Mi-jin goes to the mirror and sees an unknown woman in her 50s.

Now she is cursed – during the day she looks like an older woman, and after sunset she becomes herself again. At the same time, the woman gets a job as an intern at the local prosecutor's office. Here she meets prosecutor Gye Ji-woong and helps him investigate a series of murders.

5. Night Blooming Flower, 2024

IMDb Score: 7.7

Young Jo Yeo-hwa gets married, but her husband dies unexpectedly on the day of the wedding ceremony. According to tradition, the wife has to live with her husband's family and honor him every day.

15 years pass. The woman humbly endures her mother-in-law's barbs, and at night she dresses up as a man in a mask and goes into the city to help poor families and fight injustice.

She takes rice from rich families and gives it to the disadvantaged, and also rescues kidnapped children from slavery. On one of her expeditions, Yeo-hwa meets a young officer named Park Soo-ho. As an honest lawman, Soo-ho wants to find out the secret identity of the night avenger.