Netflix already revealed its 2025 slate of Korean movies and television shows, and the streamer's crown jewel is the third and final season of Squid Game, which is scheduled to release in June. Other highlights include: the Hospital Playlist spinoff Resident Playbook, the historical romance Dear Hongrang, the fantasy rom-com Genie, Make a Wish, and the superhero series Cashero.
Before we get to the full list, here are the K-drama titles already added to Netflix this year:
When the Stars Gossip – January 4, 2025
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call – January 24, 2025
Bogotá: City of the Lost – February 4, 2025
Melo Movie – February 14, 2025
The Potato Lab - March 1, 2025 (ongoing)
Please note that this is not a full list of K-dramas releasing Netflix in 2025. More titles are expected to be announced throughout the reminder of the year. Also note that this list does not include the upcoming unscripted Korean titles that Netflix confirmed.
You can check out the full list of scripted K-drama TV shows and films below:
1 When Life Gives You Tangerines
Logline:
When Life Gives You Tangerines follows the adventures of Ae-sun, “the remarkable rebel,” and Gwan-sik, nicknamed “unyielding iron,” through four vibrant seasons on Jeju Island.
Cast: IU (Li Ji-eun), Park Bo-gum, Moon So-ri, Lee Chun-moo, and Park Hae-joon
Netflix Release Date: March 7, 14, 21, & 28, 2025
Genre: Drama
Episode Count: 16
You can watch the latest trailer for When Life Gives You Tangerines below:
Also, check out more preview stills here.
2 Revelations
Logline:
A pastor who witnessed a revelation from God, a detective who is haunted by visions of his dead brother, and an ex-convict suspected of being a missing person's suspect. The twisted beliefs of three characters.
Cast: Ryu Jun-yeol, Shin Hyun-been, and Shin Min-jae
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Netflix Release Date: March 21
Genre: Thriller
3 Resident Playbook
Logline:
This spin-off of Hospital Playlist follows the lives and friendships of OB-GYN residents at Jongno Yulje Medical Center, a branch of the iconic Yulje Hospital.
Cast: Go Youn-jung, Shin-sia, Kang You-seok, Han Ye-ji, and Jung Jun-won
Creators: Shin Wonho & Lee Woojung
Director: Lee Minsu
Writer: Kim Songhee
Netflix Release Date: April 12
Genre: Medical Drama
Episode Count: 12 (weekly)
4 Heavenly Ever After
Logline:
Upon arriving in heaven at the age of 80, Hae-sook reunites with her rejuvenated husband, Nak-joon, leading to a romance that transcends their earthly lives.
Cast: Kim Hye-ja, Son Suk-Ku, Han Ji-min
Netflix Release Date: April 2025
Director: Kim Sok-yun
Writers: Lee Nam-kyu & Kim Su-jin
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Episode Count: 12
5 Mercy For None
Logline:
In this noir action drama, Gi-jun, who severed his own Achilles tendon to leave the world of organized crime, returns 11 years later to investigate and avenge his brother Gi-seok’s death
Cast: So Ji-sub, Huh Joon-ho, An Kil-kang, Tiger Lee, Gong Myoung, Choo Young-woo,
Cho Han-cheul, Cha Seung-won, and Lee Jun-hyuk
Netflix Release Date: Q2 2025
Director: Choi Sung-eun
Writer: Yoo Ki-seong
Genre: Action/Mystery/Drama
Episode Count: 8
6 Tastefully Yours
Logline:
In an attempt to inherit a food corporation, Han Beom-woo, a chaebol heir turned “recipe hunter,” meets Mo Yeon-joo, a stubborn chef who runs a one-table restaurant in the small city of Jeonju, South Korea. Their fierce kitchen encounters unfold into a shimmering romance.
Cast: Kang Ha-neul, Ko Min-si, Kim Shin-rock, and Yu Su-bin
Netflix Release Date: Q2 2025
Creator: Han Jun-hee
Director: Park Dhan-hee
Writer: Jeoung Su-Yun
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Episode Count: 10
7 Karma
Logline:
In this high-tension crime thriller, six people are caught in an unbreakable karmic loop, each bound by reckless choices that spiral out of control.
Cast: Park Hae-soo, Shin Min-a, Lee Hee-jun, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo, and Gong Seung-yeon
Netflix Release Date: Q2 2025
Creator: Han Jun-hee
Director: Lee Il-hyung
Writer: Lee Il-hyung
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Episode Count: 6
8 Weak Hero Class 2
Logline:
Weak Hero Class 2 tells the story of survival and growth of a student who transfers to a new school after standing up against school violence for a friend but failing to protect him, and faces even greater violence to never lose a friend again.
Cast: Park Ji-hoon, Ryeo-un, Choi Min-yeong, Yu Su-bin, Bae Na-ra, Lee Min-jae, and Lee Jun-young
Netflix Release Date: Q2 2025
Director: You Su-min
Writers: Park Hyun-woo & You Su-min
Genre: Action/Thriller/Drama
Episode Count: 8
Netflix recently confirmed that Weak Hero Class 1 will be made available to stream on Netflix on March 25.
9 Lost in Starlight
Logline:
In Netflix Korea’s first original animated film, astronaut Nan-young and musician Je-i embark on the longest-ever long-distance relationship — one that bridges Earth and Mars.
Cast: Kim Tae-ri & Hong Kyung
Netflix Release Date: Q2 2025
Director: Han Ji-won
Writers: Han Ji-won & Kang Hyun-joo
Production Company: Climax Studio
Genre: Romance/Animation
10 Dear Hongrang
Logline:
Hongrang — the son of a powerful Joseon merchant — goes missing, and his stepsister Jae-yi desperately searches for him.
Cast: Lee Jae-wook, Cho Bo-ah, Jung Ga-ram, Uhm Ji-won, Park Byung-eun, and Kim Jae-uck
Netflix Release Date: Q2 2025
Director: Kim Hong-sun
Writer: Kim Jin-a
Genre: Historical Romance/Thriller
Episode Count: 12
11 Squid Game Season 3 (Final Season)
Logline:
The story explores what choices Gi-hun will make in the face of overwhelming despair, while the Front Man continues on to his next move and the surviving players’ choices lead to graver consequences with each round.
Cast: Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Wi Ha-jun, and Park Gyu-young
Netflix Release Date: June 27, 2025
Director: Hwang Dong-hyuk
Writer: Hwang Dong-hyuk
Genre: Thriller
Episode Count: 7
Netflix already released the first batch of Squid Game Season 3 preview stills.
12 Wall to Wall
Logline:
A man who invested everything he has to secure his own place, an 84-square-meter apartment, is plagued by unidentified noises coming from the other units in this mystery thriller.
Cast: Kang Ha-neul, Yeom Hye-ran, Seo Hyun-woo
Netflix Release Date: Q3 2025
Director: Kim Tae-joon
Writer: Kim Tae-joon
Genre: Drama
13 Love Untangled
Logline:
Love Untangled follows 19-year-old Park Se-ri as she plans to straighten her perpetually frizzy hair before making a life-changing confession, all while getting entangled with transfer student Han Yun-seok. Set in 1998 Busan, this youth romance explores themes of first love and friendship.
Cast: Gong Myoung, Shin Eun-soo, Cha Woo-min, Yoon Sang-hyun, and Kang Mi-na
Netflix Release Date: Q3 2025
Director: Namkoong Sun
Writers: Ji Chun-hee & Wang Doo-ri
Genre: Coming-of-age/Romance
14 Mantis (WT)
Logline:
All the rules are falling apart in the contract killing industry, and when the ace contract killer Mantis returns after a long vacation, he, his rival and former training buddy Jae-yi, and the legendary killer Dokgo, coming out of retirement, all vie for the number-one spot. Mantis is the spinoff actioner of Kill Boksoon and is set in the same contract killing industry
Cast: Yim Si-wan, Park Gyu-young, and Jo Woo-jin
Netflix Release Date: Q3 2025
Director: Lee Tae-sung
Writers: Byun Sung-hyun & Lee Tae-sung
Genre: Action/Thriller
15 Aema
Logline:
This fiction comedy presents the struggles of two actresses appearing in the early 1980s box-office hit Madame Aema .
Cast: Lee Ha-nee, Bang Hyo-rin, Jin Sun-kyu, and Cho Hyun-chul
Netflix Release Date: Q3 2025
Director: Lee Hae-young
Writer: Lee Hae-young
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Episode Count: 6
16 You and Everything Else
Logline:
You and Everything Else chronicles the journey of two friends who have an enduring, complicated love-hate relationship. They find their lives intricately linked as they cross each other’s paths through various phases in life.
Cast: Kim Go-eun, Park Ji-hyun, and Kim Gun-woo
Netflix Release Date: Q3 2025
Director: Jo Yeong-min
Writer: Song Hye-jin
Genre: Romance/Drama
Episode Count: 15
17 Trigger
Logline:
In this action thriller, illegal firearms appear, and shooting incidents continue to occur in previously gun-free Korea, and two men pick up their guns for different reasons.
Cast: Kim Go-eun, Park Ji-hyun, and Kim Gun-woo
Netflix Release Date: Q3 2025
Directors: Kwon Oh-seung & Kim Jae-hoon
Writer: Kwon Oh-seung
Genre: Mystery/Action/Thriller
Episode Count: 10
18 Good News
Logline:
Set in the 1970s, a group of people gathered to land a hijacked airplane at all costs devise a suspicious plan.
Cast: Sul Kyung-gu, Hong Kyung, and Ryoo Seung-bum
Netflix Release Date: Q4 2025
Director: Byun Sung-hyun
Genre: Action/Thriller
19 Genie, Make a Wish
Nine years after starring opposite each other in Uncontrollably Fond, Bae Suzy and Kim Woo-bin reunite in Genie, Make a Wish.
Logline:
Genie — a magic spirit in a lamp who has come back to the human world after a millennium of his career being put on hold — encounters Ka-young, an impassive woman who goes through the motions of life by her grandmother’s rules and her own routines
Cast: Kim Woo-bin, Suzy, Ahn Eun-jin, Noh Sang-hyun, Ko Kyu-phil, and Lee Zoo-young
Netflix Release Date: Q4 2025
Writer: Kim Eun-sook
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy/Romance
Episode Count: 12
20 As You Stood By
Logline:
Faced with a dire situation with no end but death, two women resolve to murder and become entangled in a chain of unforeseen events.
Cast: Jeon So-nee, Lee You-mi, Jang Seung-jo, and Lee Mu-saeng
Netflix Release Date: Q4 2025
Director: Lee Jeong-lim
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Episode Count: 12
21 The Great Flood
Logline:
On the last day of Earth overcome by a great flood, those holding onto the last shred of hope for humanity struggle to survive in a flooded apartment building in this sci-fi disaster blockbuster film.
Cast: Kim Da-mi & Park Hae-soo
Netflix Release Date: Q4 2025
Director: Kim Byung-woo
Writers: Kim Byung-woo & Han Ji-su
Genre: Sci-fi/Disaster
22 Can This Love Be Translated?
Logline:
A multilingual translator works for a global celebrity, and an unexpected romance blossoms while their professional relationship takes unpredictable and heartwarming turns in this romantic comedy.
Cast: Kim Seon-ho, Go Youn-jung, Sota Fukushi, Lee E-dam, and Choi Woo-sung
Netflix Release Date: Q4 2025
Director: Yoo Young-eun
Writers: Hong Sisters (Hong Jung-eun & Hong Mi-ran)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Episode Count: 10
23 The Price of Confession
Logline:
A woman suspected of killing her husband encounters a mysterious woman called a witch, and the secrets they harbor unfold.
Cast: Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-soo, and Jin Sun-kyu
Netflix Release Date: Q4 2025
Director: Lee Jung-hyo
Writer: Kwon Jong-kwan
Genre: Mystery/Drama
Episode Count: 12
24 Cashero
Logline:
An ordinary civil worker of modest means develops superhuman strength that matches the amount of cash he has on hand, and he devotes his whole paycheck to saving the world.
Cast: Lee Jun-ho, Kim Hye-jun, Kim Byong-chul, and Kim Hyang-gi
Netflix Release Date: Q4 2025
Director: Lee Chang-min
Writer: Lee Jane & Jeon Chan-ho
Genre: Action/Fantasy/Superhero
Note that Netflix already confirmed other K-drama titles but they are currently not confirmed to release this year, such as Bloodhounds Season 2, The Art of Sarah, The Confidence Man, Scandal, The Wonder Fools, East Palace, Show Business (WT), Boyfriend on Demand, and the highly-anticipated All of Us Are Dead Season 2.
This list will be updated as we get more official updates from Netflix, so feel free to bookmark this page as a reminder, and join the community of fans in the Netflix KDrama Fans Facebook group to talk about these upcoming Korean titles.
