Most Anticipated Korean Dramas of 2027

These ten Korean dramas are our editorial picks for 2027, as of November 2026. They are not a ranking, and the order only groups them. The first seven have a release window that the network, streamer or production company announced itself, marked Confirmed with who said it and when. The last three have a 2027 window that comes from news reporting only, marked Reported with the outlet that printed it. Each window is only as precise as its source, so "2027" means no month or half has been announced. Windows can still move, and several English titles are working titles that may change before broadcast. Every premise comes from the official announcement.

Human X Gumiho (인간X구미호)

Release window: First half of 2027 (Confirmed by JTBC, April 2, 2026, and restated in its July 31, 2026 lineup) Genre: Fantasy romantic comedy

Who's in the cast:
Jun Ji-hyun as Gu Ja-hong
Ji Chang-wook as Choi Seok
Cha Joo-young as Ji Woo-kyung
Kang Yoo-seok as Ko Tae-seung
Kim Jong-soo as Man-gwan
Kim Min-seok as Beom-i
Hwang In-yeop (special appearance)
Kim Seol-hyun (special appearance)
Lee Jae-in (special appearance)

What it's about: Gu Ja-hong is a 2,000-year-old gumiho, a nine-tailed fox, who lives as a top star. She was born with a gift for bewitching people and trails scandal wherever she goes. Then she meets Choi Seok, a gifted shaman and museum director, and the one human her powers do not work on. He, in turn, grows curious about the fox who wanders into his world as she pleases. JTBC sums it up as a being who enchants humans and a human who draws in monsters, meeting at a crossroads of fate.

Network: JTBC, and worldwide on Amazon Prime Video, per JTBC's announcement · Status: Filming (last reported April 2026)

The Koreans (코리언즈)

Release window: 2027 (Confirmed by Disney+, March 25, 2026) Genre: Spy thriller

Who's in the cast:
Lee Byung-hun as Kim Myung-joon
Han Ji-min as Yoon Hwa-kyung
Lee Hee-joon as Cha Ki-seok

What it's about: A Korean reimagining of FX's The Americans, set in a Seoul apartment complex in the early 1990s, as South Korea moves toward democracy. An elite North Korean spy and his cover wife, also a spy, live behind the front of an ordinary middle-class family, while a counterintelligence detective moves in next door. Disney+ says the series will differ a lot from its source.

Network: Disney+, and Hulu in the US · Status: Cast announced

Whale Star (고래별)

Release window: 2027 (Confirmed by tvN, June 17, 2026) Genre: Period romance

Who's in the cast:
Choi Woo-shik as Kang Ui-hyeon
Moon Ga-young as Heo Su-a
Heo Nam-jun as Song Hae-su
Yoo Jae-myung as Kang Geun-hyeong
Kang Han-na as Han Yeon-gyeong
Kim Yeo-jin as Hwang Sun-im
Gong Seung-yeon as Yeo Yun-hwa (special appearance)

What it's about: In 1926 Gyeongseong, the old name for Seoul, Heo Su-a is a maid in a pro-Japanese household. The story begins when she rescues an independence activist who has fallen into the sea, and it follows young people trying to protect both their country and their love through a turbulent era.

Network: tvN · Status: Cast announced (Whale Star is a working English title)

Nightmare (악몽)

Release window: 2027 (Confirmed by SBS, March 18, 2026, and at its June 1, 2026 media day) Genre: Crime thriller

Who's in the cast:
Kim Nam-gil as Kim Tae-yi
Lee Yoo-mi as Jang Gyu-eun

What it's about: A vigilante group locks up criminals the law cannot punish, not in a physical prison but inside their own nightmares. Detective Kim Tae-yi joins forces with Jang Gyu-eun, a police officer who works in dreams as a "nightmare architect," to make elusive offenders face the consequences in a prison they cannot escape. The story moves between dreams and reality.

Network: SBS · Status: Cast announced; special teaser released June 17, 2026 (Nightmare is a working English title)

Dash (대시)

Release window: 2027 (Confirmed by SBS, June 1, 2026) Genre: Mystery suspense melodrama

Who's in the cast:
Shin Hae-sun as Min Hwa-young

What it's about: Min Hwa-young is a prosecutor determined to establish justice with her own hands. When her husband suddenly becomes a suspect in a murder case, she sets out to find the truth about him. She became a prosecutor to uncover the secrets behind her mother's unexplained death, and she faces enemies on all sides who are trying to bring her down.

Network: SBS · Status: Lead cast announced (Dash is a working English title)

Gold Digger (골드 디거)

Release window: 2027 (Confirmed by JTBC in its July 31, 2026 lineup) Genre: Mystery romance

Who's in the cast:
Kim Hee-ae as Min Young-joo
Noh Sang-hyun as Jung Jae-hee
Cha Hak-yeon (Min Young-joo's son)
Kim Ji-eun (Min Young-joo's daughter)

What it's about: A young man approaches a successful middle-aged woman. The two are locked in a psychological struggle, each doubting the other's motives and misreading the other's real feelings. It is a Korean remake of the British series of the same name.

Network: JTBC · Status: Cast announced (Gold Digger is a working English title)

Love Virus (러브 바이러스)

Release window: 2027 (Confirmed by TVING and producers CJ ENM Studios, Studio Phoenix and SLL, September 1, 2026) Genre: Romance

Who's in the cast:
Jung Hae-in as Ha Do-woon
Shin Se-kyung as Kang Chae-rin

What it's about: Ha Do-woon, a lawyer, and Kang Chae-rin, a dentist, are in their ninth year as a couple, and each was the other's first love. Before they marry, they agree to a "break time" to date other people, so neither will regret the experiences they missed. Chae-rin, whose life has followed one path for so long, begins to have doubts about it.

Network: TVING, as a TVING Original · Status: Filming (one report, September 2026) (Love Virus is a working English title)

All of Us Are Dead Season 2 (지금 우리 학교는)

Release window: Early 2027 (Reported by What's on Netflix, which expects January or February 2027; at its October 24, 2026 event Netflix gave no date and billed the season only as "coming soon", the same outlet reports) Genre: Zombie thriller

Who's in the cast:
Lee Min-jae
Kim Si-eun
Roh Jae-won
Yoon Ga-i

What it's about: Season 2 of Netflix's zombie series moves to a new setting. Per Netflix's synopsis, a fresh wave of infection hits Seoul, and a new group of characters is drawn into the fight.

Network: Netflix · Status: Filming wrapped and in post-production, per 2026 news reports

Grand Galaxy Hotel (그랜드 갤럭시 호텔)

Release window: 2027 (Reported by What's on Netflix, relaying the cast's word at Netflix Korea's October 24, 2026 event that it arrives "next year"; Netflix has stated no date) Genre: Mystery romantic fantasy

Who's in the cast:
Lee Do-hyun as Eun-ha
Shin Si-a as Sang-soon
Lee Soo-hyuk as Baek-gi
Lee Su-hyun as Seok-san

What it's about: The Grand Galaxy Hotel opens only in the middle of the night, giving the souls of the dead first-class service and comfort. When the previous owner suddenly disappears, Eun-ha, a moody new owner with a mysterious past, takes over and meets Sang-soon, the hotel's only human employee, who is not afraid of ghosts. Netflix's announcement promises the different stories of the ghosts who check in, and secret cases that cross between this world and the next.

Network: Netflix · Status: Cast announced by Netflix, October 13, 2025

Born Guilty (내가 죄인이오)

Release window: 2027 (Reported by Soompi, March 31, 2026, citing a Naver report; Disney+'s announcement that day, as relayed in the press, gave no window) Genre: Crime action noir

Who's in the cast:
Park Seo-joon as Paeng-i
Um Tae-goo as Saeng-dak
Jo Hye-joo as Bok-hee

What it's about: A crime action noir set in a lawless 1980s city during a redevelopment boom ahead of the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Paeng-i, a notorious villain who suddenly turns up in a redevelopment district, pulls the people around him into the drug trade. Saeng-dak, a gang member, betrays his gang to take Paeng-i's offer, and Bok-hee, a key drug supplier, is Paeng-i's first love. It is adapted from the webtoon by Imugi.

Network: Disney+ · Status: Cast announced; script reading held (Born Guilty is a working English title; it has also appeared as I Am the Sinner)

Not on this list yet

Two titles are waiting on firmer details. Kin and Sin (괸당) has a Netflix announcement but no release window from Netflix; the only March 2027 date we found traces to a single social-media account. Men of the Harem (하렘의 남자들) is reported for Netflix in 2027, but casting was still under way when reported and no official synopsis has been released. Either could join the list once Netflix fills in those gaps.