Korean dramas are the best to relieve stress & have some fun. They are addicting because of their great storyline, heart-melting romance & funny moments. Kdramas are fun to watch.
Almost 90% of the Kdramas are of 16 episodes. Some of them may go up to 20 episodes. While daily shows tend to go more than 100 episodes. Kdramas normally runs for an hour per episode.
Recently, Netflix is releasing its original dramas that doesn’t have more episodes. These are perfect to binge-watch over the weekend and are time-saving.
Kdramas With Less Episodes
While some dramas fill out all the 16 episodes, some of them are better off with a few episodes. Slow-moving dramas are likely to get dropped. There may be some dramas that are stretched to more episodes.
If you are tired of watching long dramas or if you don’t have many days to complete them, here are some Kdramas that have less than or equal to 10 episodes. You can finish watching them within a few days.
This list comprises dramas that have 10 or fewer episodes. The runtime of all the dramas is more than 20-30 min. Some of them extend to an hour per episode. Don’t forget that you will get entertained even if they have only a few episodes.
1. Move To Heaven
Hangul: 무브 투 헤븐
Year: 2021
A young man with Asperger’s syndrome and his estranged uncle, a former convict, work together as trauma cleaners, clearing out the possessions of dead people, uncovering the stories they left behind, and telling them to loved ones.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Lee Je Hoon as Cho Sang Gu
- Tang Jun Sang as Han Geu Ru
- Hong Seung Hee as Yoon Na Mu
- Jung Suk Yong as Yoon Young Soo
No. Of Episodes: 10 (52 min. each)
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2. Sweet Home
Hangul: 스위트홈
Year: 2020
Cha Hyun Soo decides to leave his house. Strange things start to happen in his flat and all over Korea, which soon disrupts his quiet life. Hyun Soo and the other people who live there try to stay alive as people start to change into monsters.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Song Kang as Cha Hyun Soo
- Lee Jin Wook as Pyeon Sang Wook
- Lee Shi Young as Seo Yi Kyung
- Lee Do Hyun as Lee Eun Hyuk
No. Of Episodes: 10 (52 min. each)
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3. Squid Game
Hangul: 오징어 게임
Year: 2021
The story of people, who are failures in their life plays a survival game named ‘Squid Game’. The risk is high, and so is the bet, which is $45.6 billion. The men in pink overalls and masks are watching every move. There will only be one winner.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Lee Jung Jae as Seong Gi Hun
- Park Hae Soo as Sang Woo
- Heo Sung Tae as Duk Su
- Wi Ha Joon as Joon Ho
No. Of Episodes: 9 (60 min. each)
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4. D.P.
Hangul: 디피
Year: 2021
The story of a team of Korean military cops whose job is to catch deserters. Corporal Ho Yul and Private Joon Ho work together to find the deserters. The drama shows how hard life was for each enlistee during his mandatory call to war.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Jung Hae In as Ahn Joon Ho
- Koo Kyo Hwan as Han Ho Yul
- Kim Sung Kyun as Park Bum Goo
- Son Seok Koo as Im Ji Sup
No. Of Episodes: 6 (50 min. each)
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5. One Ordinary Day
Hangul: 어느 날
Year: 2021
The drama looks at the criminal justice system through the eyes of a college student who is suddenly the main suspect in a woman’s murder case and a lawyer who just barely passed the bar test and is trying to help him.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Kim Soo Hyun as Kim Hyun Soo
- Cha Seung Won as Shin Joong Han
- Lee Seol as Seo Soo Jin
- Yang Kyung Won as Park Doo Shik
No. Of Episodes: 8 (70 min. each)
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6. My Name
Hangul: 마이 네임
Year: 2021
Yoon Ji Woo, who is part of a drug ring, joins the police to find out what happened to her father. She does this by becoming a mole for the drug group. She works in the police department’s unit that looks into drug crimes.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Han So Hee as Yoon Ji Woo
- Ahn Bo Hyun as Jeon Pil Do
- Park Hee Soon as Choi Moo Jin
- Kim Sang Ho as Cha Gi Ho
No. Of Episodes: 8 (50 min. each)
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7. The Most Beautiful Goodbye
Hangul: 세상에서 가장..
Year: 2017
An ordinary middle-aged woman has devoted her life to her family. She is diagnosed with terminal cancer and prepares to say goodbye to her family. Her illness brings her family together for the first time, to support her at the very end of her life.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Won Mi Kyung as Kim In Hee
- Yoo Dong Geun as Jung Cheol
- Choi Ji Woo as Jung Yeon Soo
- Choi Min Ho as Jung Jung Soo
No. Of Episodes: 4 (70 min. each)
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8. Extracurricular
Hangul: 인간수업
Year: 2020
This drama is about three high school students named Ji Soo, who is a model student, his friend and classmate Gyu Ri, and the school bully Min Hee, who start committing crimes to make money and pay for college. As a result, they face unpredictable dangers.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Kim Dong Hee as Oh Ji Soo
- Park Joo Hyun as Bae Gyu Ri
- Jung Da Bin as Seo Min Hee
- Nam Yoon Su as Kwak Ki Tae
No. Of Episodes: 10 (55 min. each)
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9. The Hymn Of Death
Hangul: 사의 찬미
Year: 2018
During the time when Japan was in charge of Korea, a married man named Woo Jin falls in love with the first Korean singer, Shim Deok. She records “Praise of Death” in 1926, and it becomes the first Korean pop song. There fate ends tragically.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Lee Jong Suk as Kim Woo Jin
- Shin Hae Sun as Yun Shim Deok
- Park Seon Im as Jung Jum Hyo
- Lee Ji Hoon as Hong Nan Pa
No. Of Episodes: 6 (35 min. each)
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10. The Silent Sea
Hangul: 고요의 바다
Year: 2021
Set in the future, when the earth has become a desert and people don’t have enough water or food. The story is about members of a special team who are sent to the moon to get a strange sample from an abandoned research centre.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Gong Yoo as Han Yoon Jae
- Bae Doo Na as Song Ji An
- Lee Joon as Ryu Tae Seok
- Heo Sung Tae as Kim Jae Sun
No. Of Episodes: 8 (50 min. each)
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11. Anna
Hangul: 안나
Year: 2022
Yoo Mi is the woman who tells a small lie and ends up living someone else’s life. Hyun Joo lives her life holding herself above everyone, treating them with neither kindness nor malice. Ji Hoon is Yoo Mi’s husband who is ambitious and future-oriented.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Bae Suzy as Yoo Mi
- Jung Eun Chae as Hyun Joo
- Kim Joon Han as Ji Hoon
- Park Ye Young as Ji Won
No. Of Episodes: 6 (50 min. each)
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12. Strangers From Hell
Hangul: 타인은 지옥이다
Year: 2019
Jong Woo goes to Seoul from the country when his friend Jae Ho gives him a job offer. He finds a cheap hotel while looking for a place to live. He makes the decision to stay there for six months. But strange things start to happen with him.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Im Shi Wan as Yoon Jong Woo
- Lee Dong Wook as Seo Moon Jo
- Lee Jung Eun as Eom Bok Soon
- Ahn Eun Jin as Seo Jung Hwa
No. Of Episodes :10 (60 min. each)
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13. Connect
A human being with a secret ability for quick recovery from any physical injury gets kidnapped by an organ trafficking organization. Then he finds out that one of his eyes has been transplanted into a serial killer who is infamous in Korea.
Cast –
- Jung Hae In as Ha Dong Soo
- Go Kyung Pyo as Oh Jin Seop
- Kim Hye Joon as Lee I Rang
- Kim Roe Ha as Choi Do Hoon
No. Of Episodes – 6
Watch On – Disney+
14. Hellbound
People hear predictions on when they will die. When that time comes, a death angel appears in front of them and kills them. The drama is about supernatural angels emerging out of nowhere to sentence individuals to hell.
Cast –
- Yoo Ah In as Jung Jin Soo
- Park Jung Min as Bae Young Jae
- Kim Hyun Joo as Min Hye Jin
- Won Jin Ah as Song So Hyun
No. Of Episodes – 6
Watch On – Netflix
15. Love To Hate You
Hangul: 연애대전
Year: 2023
Attorney Mi Ran doesn’t want to be in a relationship and is very competitive with the guys in her life. Even though he plays love roles in films, Kang Ho doesn’t trust women. Both of them, who don’t believe in love, fall into a love battle.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Kim Ok Bin as Yeo Mi Ran
- Yoo Teo as Nam Kang Ho
- Kim Ji Hoon as Do Won Joon
- Go Won Hee as Shin Na Eun
No. Of Episodes: 10 (52 min. each)
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16. Pachinko
Hangul: 파친코
Year: 2022
The drama shows the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family. The drama is about a forbidden love and shows a timeline of war and peace, separation, success, and judgment in Korea, Japan, and the United States.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Youn Yuh Jung as Kim Sun Ja
- Lee Min Ho as Koh Han Su
- Jin Ha as Baek Solomon
- Kim Min Ha as Kim Sun Ja (young)
No. Of Episodes: 8 (54 min. each)
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17. Kingdom
Hangul: 킹덤
Year: 2019
During the Joseon period, the spirit of a recently dead king comes back, and a mysterious illness starts to spread across the country. To find out what is going on and save his people, the crown prince must deal with a new kind of enemy.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Joo Ji Hoon as Lee Chang
- Ryu Seung Ryong as Jo Hak Joo
- Bae Doo Na as Seo Bi
- Kim Sung Gyu as Young Shin
No. Of Episodes: 6+6 (50 min. each)
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18. The Fabulous
Hangul: 더 패뷸러스
Year: 2022
A story about people who have spent their whole lives working in the fashion business and are struggling to make it. Woo Min is in charge of making photos better. Ji Eun is in charge of a group at a company that promotes expensive brands.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Chae Soo Bin as Pyo Ji Eun
- Choi Min Ho as Ji Woo Min
- Lee Sang Woon as Joseph
- Park Hee Jung as Ye Seon Ho
No. Of Episodes: 8 (54 min. each)
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19. Search
Hangul: 써치
Year: 2020
The drama takes place in the demilitarized zone (DMZ), which is the area between North and South Korea. It tells the story of a specialized search party that forms to find out the truth behind strange disappearances and murders.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Jang Dong Yoon as Yong Dong Jin
- Krystal Jung as Son Ye Rim
- Yoon Park as Song Min Gyu
- Lee Hyun Wook as Lee Joon Sung
No. Of Episodes: 10 (60 min. each)
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20. Juvenile Justice
Hangul: 소년 심판
Year: 2022
The newly appointed judge of a juvenile court is a judge who despises young offenders. Being a victim of juvenile crime when she was younger, she deals with many cases involving children and learns what it takes to be an adult.
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Main Cast (Characters):
- Kim Hye Soo as Shim Eun Seok
- Kim Mu Yeol as Cha Tae Joo
- Lee Sung Min as Kang Won Joong
- Lee Jung Eun as Na Geun Hee
No. Of Episodes: 10 (62 min. each)
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Wrapping Up
So, these were some of the best Korean dramas that have a few episodes & can be completed within a day (binge-watching). Even if you watch just one episode per day, you can complete these dramas within 10 days.
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FAQs
1. Which Kdramas are less than 10 episodes?
There are many Korean dramas that don’t have more than 10 episodes like Squid Game, My Name, Love To Hate You, Extracurricular, and more.
2. Where can I watch short Kdramas?
There are different streaming platforms on which you can watch short dramas such as Netflix, Viki, YouTube, Prime Video, etc.
3. Are all Kdramas 16 episodes?
Most of the Korean dramas are of 16 episodes but there are some dramas that have less episodes or more. It depends upon the storyline and character development.
