The BEST SBS shows of all time

Every SBS show, ranked

We've compiled the average episode rating for every SBS show to compile this list of best shows!

BBS: The Documentary
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9.26
161 votes

#1 - BBS: The Documentary

Long before the Internet escaped from the lab, connecting the planet and redefining what it meant to meant to be a computer user... ...there was a brave and pioneering band of hobbyists who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. By using a modem, anyone who knew the phone number of these machines could connect to them, leave messages, play games, send and receive files in a virtual community... and millions did. They called these places "Bulletin Board Systems", or BBSes. Their collections of messages, rants thoughts and dreams became the way that an entire generation learned about being online.

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Family Outing
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9.21
85 votes

#2 - Family Outing

Family Outing was a South Korean variety show that was a part of SBS's Good Sunday lineup. It first aired on June 15, 2008 and the first season ended on February 14, 2010. The second season began on February 21, 2010 and ended on July 11, 2010. The show is a two day one night show split into two episodes. The first 'Family' is composed of Yu Jae-suk, Yoon Jong-shin, Kang Dae-sung, Lee Hyo-ri, Kim Soo-ro, Kim Jong-kook, Park Hae-jin, Park Si-yeon, Park Ye-jin and Lee Chun-hee. The Family, along with a special guests, travels to different parts of South Korea and takes care of the house of an elderly family while that family goes on a vacation. The Family then accomplishes the tasks left for them by the house's owners. Along with the tasks, they play games and make dinner and breakfast for themselves. The second Family is composed of Yoon Sang-hyun, Kim Won-hee, Ji Sang-ryul, Shin Bong-sun, Yoona, Taecyeon, Jo Kwon, Kim Hee-chul, and Jang Dong-min. A total of 102 episodes have aired.

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Running Man
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9.09
1459 votes

#3 - Running Man

The cast must complete missions at various places to win the race.

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Roommate
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9.05
107 votes

#4 - Roommate

Roommate (Korean: 룸메이트) is a South Korean reality show; a part of SBS's Good Sunday lineup, along with Running Man. It was first aired on May 4, 2014. The show features eleven celebrities living together in a share house, sharing common spaces such as the kitchen, living room, and washrooms, as well as household tasks. The house features sixty cameras and five bedrooms. The program is a response to society today where single-person households are dramatically increasing and aims to show the life, troubles, and joys of eleven different celebrities as they form friendships, relationships and possibly enemies living together under one roof.

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Law of the Jungle
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9.03
76 votes

#5 - Law of the Jungle

The cast of celebrities travel to primitive, natural places to survive on their own and experience life with local tribes and people. The show is a hybrid of reality-variety television, natural documentaries, and human drama; a new concept of programming.

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A Thousand Days' Promise
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9.03
78 votes

#6 - A Thousand Days' Promise

A story about a woman who’s slowly losing her memory but a man still love her unconditionally and stay beside her.

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Defendant
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8.87
185 votes

#7 - Defendant

A prosecutor, one day wakes up and finds himself at the prison, and has temporary amnesia. He is falsely accused and sentenced to death and must struggle to prove his innocence.

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Swift and Shift Couriers
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8.81
136 votes

#8 - Swift and Shift Couriers

Swift and Shift Couriers is an Australian comedy television series that first screened on SBS TV in October 2008. The nine-part series is produced, directed and written by Paul Fenech, who was also responsible for the comedy series Fat Pizza. The series is set around the staff who work at the 'Swift and Shift' Courier Company, in the central business district of Sydney. Episodes have been partly filmed in Egypt and Thailand.

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SWITCH
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8.69
58 votes

#9 - SWITCH

A man is a swindler. He is smart enough to take the bar exam, but he could not become a prosecutor. Disregarding favoritism and biases by prosecutors, the man makes criminals pay for crimes that prosecutors did not

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It's Okay, That's Love
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8.65
460 votes

#10 - It's Okay, That's Love

Jang Jae-yul is a famous mystery novelist and popular radio DJ who suffers from OCD. When he meets Ji Hae-soo, a first-year psychiatry fellow at the hospital where he is being treated, they help each other work through their deep-rooted emotional issues.

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Scarlet Heart: Ryeo
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8.61
1196 votes

#11 - Scarlet Heart: Ryeo

A 21st-century woman who travels back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty during a solar eclipse. Where becomes embroiled in political battles of deception, secrecy, and lies.

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Tree With Deep Roots
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8.60
131 votes

#12 - Tree With Deep Roots

As Kang Chae Yoon who is investigating these cases gets closer to the root of the truth, he finds himself embroiled in a massive conspiracy behind the serial killings which involves a group of geniuses who are willing to risk their lives for their goals. Secret powers will interfere with the course of his investigations.

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The Village: Achiara's Secret
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8.60
111 votes

#13 - The Village: Achiara's Secret

Achiara is a quiet, peaceful village with hardly any crime. But on her first day of school there, English language instructor Kim So-yoon discovers a buried corpse. As the townspeople speculate on the identity of the dead person and the reason she was killed, So-yoon and policeman Park Woo-jae become determined to solve the mystery.

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Jang Ok Jung, Living in Love
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8.59
146 votes

#14 - Jang Ok Jung, Living in Love

This drama tells the story of Jang Ok Jung, known as Lady Jang Hee Bin, one of Korea’s best known royal concubines of the Joseon Dynasty and famous for her hunger for power and ruthless plotting. However, this drama will tell a completely new interpretation of the infamous royal concubine Lady Jang Hee Bin and show the story before she became concubine and how her involvement as a fashion designer and cosmetics-maker during that era. This drama will also highlight the love story between Jang Ok Jung and King Suk Jong.

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Ghost
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8.57
178 votes

#15 - Ghost

Kim Woo-Hyun is the only son of a high ranking police officer. Woo-Hyun entered the police academy ranked first and graduated from the academy ranked first. As a detective, he then joins the cyber investigation department. Woo-Hyun then works to reveal the secrets of those that hide within the cyber world.

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Six Flying Dragons
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8.55
178 votes

#16 - Six Flying Dragons

A period drama that depicts the ambitions and success stories of six people with Lee Bang-won as the central figure. Lee Bang-won was the third king in the Joseon Dynasty. He helped his father King Taejo establish the Joseon Dynasty.

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Dr. Romantic
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8.55
423 votes

#17 - Dr. Romantic

Kim Sabu, who was once considered the best surgeon in Korea, suddenly disappears after the death of a patient. He reappears at Doldam Hospital, a small town hospital, and together with passionate young doctors, treats various patients, delivering comfort and healing to many people.

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Wanted (KR)
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8.54
63 votes

#18 - Wanted (KR)

One of Korea's top actresses has her son kidnapped. She struggles to carry out a mission on a live reality show following the kidnapper's demands.

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Prosecutor Princess
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8.52
136 votes

#19 - Prosecutor Princess

Ma Hye Ri is a woman with an excellent memory and ability to focus, which allowed her to pass the bar exam with ease. Despite her talents, she is more interested in being fashionable and dislikes hard work, so she is far from being an ideal prosecutor and has doubts about her suitability for her job. Through her conflicts with senior colleages and struggles with difficult cases, however, Hye Ri gradually matures into a brilliant prosecutor with a sense of duty and justice.

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All About My Romance
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8.51
79 votes

#20 - All About My Romance

Kim Soo-young is a newly elected member of the national assembly. He is a member of the conservative New Korea Party. Prior to his election, Kim Soo-young worked as a judge, but became pressured by higher ups and decided to enter the political world. Now, Kim Soo-young becomes involved in a tangled situation with national assembly member No Min-young, who entered the political world after her sister's death. No Min-young's sister was a presidential candidate. No Min-young is also a member of the Progressive Labor Party, who only has two members in the national assembly. Kim Soo-young and No Min-young then begin to have romantic feelings for each other.

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Who Do You Think You Are? (AU)
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8.51
116 votes

#21 - Who Do You Think You Are? (AU)

Well-known Australians play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. Taking us to all corners of Australia and the globe are six stories of individuals seeking to find the definitive answer to where they came from. Along the way secrets are uncovered and histories are revealed—from adultery and madness to children born out of wedlock and even the whiff of a right royal scandal—with each individual discovering that their ancestors form an integral part of not only their own identity, but that of the nation. Combining emotional and personal journeys with big-picture history, these inspiring and sometimes challenging stories remind us how Australians have come to be the people that we are today. Considering Australia’s multicultural background, this is a global story, with each celebrity tracing their ancestors around the world. They travel to the places where their forebears would have lived, loved and died, and learn about the hardships and hurdles their ancestors overcame. This is a fascinating chronicle of the social, ethnic and cultural evolution of Australia’s national identity.

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While You Were Sleeping
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8.48
802 votes

#22 - While You Were Sleeping

A young woman has visions through her dreams of terrible things that will happen to people in the future; a prosecutor tries to prevent these dreams from happening in real life.

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Second To Last Love (KR)
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8.47
80 votes

#23 - Second To Last Love (KR)

Sparks fly between a thrill-seeking woman and a willful man who’d rather lead an undisturbed life.

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The Suspicious Housekeeper (KR)
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8.47
104 votes

#24 - The Suspicious Housekeeper (KR)

A suspicious housekeeper who never smiles works for a man and his four children who just lost their mother.

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Judge vs. Judge
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8.45
59 votes

#25 - Judge vs. Judge

Judge Lee Jung-Joo presides at the Seoul District Court. She sometimes swears at shameless defendants with unspeakable words. Judge Sa Ui-Hyun is assigned to the judgement bench with Judge Lee Jung-Joo. Sa Ui-Hyun is well known for his excellent use of the law and his conscience to reach verdicts. Lee Jung-Joo fights against a huge power who framed her older brother for murder and killed him.

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Racket Boys
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8.44
102 votes

#26 - Racket Boys

A city kid is brought to the countryside by his father's new coaching gig: reviving a ragtag middle school badminton team on the brink of extinction.

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You're Beautiful
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8.44
754 votes

#27 - You're Beautiful

The management company of the idol group A.N.JELL insisted on adding a new singer to the group as the lead vocal, Tae-kyung's voice was hurting. However,the new member, Mi-nam, had to go to the States to repair a botched eye job just before signing the contract. His agent came up with the idea of having his twin sister, Mi-nyu,to stand in for him and pretend that she was her brother. The two of them grew up in an orphanage and Mi-nyu, who was all set to become a nun, agreed to this charade as she didn't want to spoil her brother's chance of fame which would make it easier to look for their mother.

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City Hunter (KR)
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8.44
720 votes

#28 - City Hunter (KR)

The story takes place in Seoul, 2011. Lee Yoon-sung is a talented MIT-graduate who's working on the international communications team at the Blue House. He encounters dangerous situations while solving a variety of cases, both big and small, for people who need his help, and eventually becomes a "city hunter."

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Go Ho's Starry Night
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8.41
158 votes

#29 - Go Ho's Starry Night

Go Ho is a 29-year-old advertisement contractor who wants success in both her career and romance. Unfortunately, neither seems to be working out particularly well because the only two men in her life are Kang Tae Ho, her short-tempered boss, and Hwang Ji Hoon, her ex-boyfriend. Dealing with their increasingly irritating behavior and her decreasingly abundant time until she hits the “big thirty,” can Go Ho reach for the skies and capture her dreams, or will this starry night end in darkness?

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Business Proposal
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8.38
1448 votes

#30 - Business Proposal

In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away. But plans go awry when he turns out to be her CEO — and makes a proposal.

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Luke Nguyen's Vietnam
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8.38
229 votes

#31 - Luke Nguyen's Vietnam

Luke Nguyen, acclaimed owner and chef of the Sydney restaurant The Red Lantern, returns to the country of his heritage to take a culinary journey through the southern regions of Vietnam. Starting in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Luke travels through the Mekong Delta, and north along the coast to the World Heritage city of Hoi An. Along the way he prepares dishes in locations that represent the real Vietnam, in all its chaotic vibrancy

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Oh! My Lady
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8.37
139 votes

#32 - Oh! My Lady

A spunky 35-year-old housewife, Yoon Gae Hwa, takes on the job of manager to prickly top star Sung Min Woo in order to earn enough money to regain custody of her child from her ex-husband. Romantic hijinks and hilarity ensues when they find themselves in an awkward living situation as Min Woo pays Gae Hwa to take care of his daughter, Ye Eun.

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The Time We Were Not In Love
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8.36
160 votes

#33 - The Time We Were Not In Love

Jang Ha Na and Choi Won are incredibly close platonic friends: throughout 20 years, they've braved it all through thick and thin. As Ha Na's 30th birthday approaches, Won extols the virtues of aging as a man—like a wine—while explaining that women are like grapes that shrivel into raisins. Determined to prove him wrong, Ha Na strikes a bet on which of the two will marry before turning 35. Based on Taiwan's hit In Time With You, can these two friends make the ultimate leap?

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My Girl
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8.36
248 votes

#34 - My Girl

When Gong Chan meets the lively and beautiful Yoo Rin, he finds out that she has connections to his missing cousin, whom his grandfather has been searching for. He asks Yoo Rin to lie about being his long missing cousin until he can find his real cousin. She says yes, but soon their feelings for each other get in the way of their plans. Gong Chan's friend, Jung Woo falls for Yoo Rin while Gong Chan's ex-girlfriend, Seo Hyun, a pro tennis player, tries to win him back. Will the two ever tell each other how they feel? Will Gong Chan ever find his real cousin?

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Master In The House
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8.35
52 votes

#35 - Master In The House

Almost everyone has a question regarding life and the goal of life. In order to find the answer, the six young men with full of curiosity regarding their lives, Lee Daeho, Yang Se Hyung, Doyoung, Kim Dong Hyun, Eun Jiwon and BamBam head to find their master to learn things and get a correct answer. They find the master and spend a day in the master’s place to learn things that they didn’t know, and wish to know. Whom will they get to meet? And what will they learn throughout the stay?

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Secret Garden
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8.33
786 votes

#36 - Secret Garden

Kim Joo-won is a seemingly perfect man yet with certain arrogance and childishness in him and Gil Ra-im is a stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy of top actresses. One day they went deep into the mountains and entered a strange house. A strange grandmother gave them medicinal wine to drink. The next day they found themselves swapping bodies.

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Protect the Boss
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8.33
222 votes

#37 - Protect the Boss

No Eun Seol finally gets a job as a secretary at a law firm after struggling with unemployment, only to fall in love with her boss, Cha Ji Heon, the immature youngest son of a chaebol family.

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Hot Stove League
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8.32
153 votes

#38 - Hot Stove League

Se Young is the youngest head of the management team of Dreams, a cellar-dwelling baseball team. She's highly recognized for her perseverance and intense passion for the team. One day, Seung Su is appointed as a general manager. Although he's been working in the sports field, the teams he led to the championship were unpopular, and some of them were even disbanded after winning the league due to the financial difficulties of their parent companies. Would this unlucky new general manager be able to steer Dreams to the championship with passionate Se Young?

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God's Gift - 14 Days
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8.31
97 votes

#39 - God's Gift - 14 Days

Kim Soo-hyun experiences the unfathomable when her daughter is kidnapped and murdered. Discovering a miraculous ability to go back in time exactly two weeks before the event, Soo-hyun races against the clock to unravel the plot and save her daughter. But when a private investigator sheds new light on the crime, Soo-hyun uncovers a secret far more treacherous than she could have ever imagined.

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The Penthouse
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8.30
439 votes

#40 - The Penthouse

Three women who live at Seoul's most luxurious penthouse apartment will stop at nothing to protect their status and their children's futures. But a murder at Hera leaves one mom questioning her place in this elite society and puts her on the road for revenge.

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Our Beloved Summer
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8.28
497 votes

#41 - Our Beloved Summer

Years after filming a viral documentary in high school, two bickering ex-lovers get pulled back in front of the camera — and into each other's lives.

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Pinocchio (2014)
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8.26
1201 votes

#42 - Pinocchio (2014)

In-ha and Ha-myeong become reporters for different reasons: one aspires to follow in her mother’s footsteps and the other seeks to do honest news.

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My Love from the Star
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8.26
1743 votes

#43 - My Love from the Star

An alien who came to Earth 400 years ago is almost able to return to his own planet until he meets a famous actress.

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My Demon
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8.23
354 votes

#44 - My Demon

A pitiless demon becomes powerless after getting entangled with an icy heiress, who may hold the key to his lost abilities — and his heart.

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Jealousy Incarnate
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8.22
261 votes

#45 - Jealousy Incarnate

Getting ahead in a broadcasting station is tough and the competition is fierce -- but when a news anchor and meteorologist start to fall for each other, things get much more complicated.

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Danger 5
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8.20
647 votes

#46 - Danger 5

Set in a bizarre, 1960's inspired version of World War II, action comedy series Danger 5 follows a team of five spies on a mission to kill Adolf Hitler. Danger 5 is the finest group of special operatives the Allies have to offer; Jackson from the USA, Tucker from Australia, Ilsa from Russia, Claire from Britain and Pierre from Europe. In each episode Danger 5 unravels another of Hitler's diabolical schemes as they travel across a myriad of exotic locations. The action and offbeat humour is relentless as Danger 5 mounts a series of thrilling missions which include discovering Josef Mengele's perverted Antarctic death circus, busting down Erwin Rommel's golden murder casino and posting as exotic dancers in an attempt to take out Hitler at his own birthday party.

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Vagabond
star
8.20
966 votes

#47 - Vagabond

When his nephew dies in a plane crash, stunt man Cha Dal-geon resolves to find out what happened, with the help of covert operative Go Hae-ri.

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The Master's Sun
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8.19
636 votes

#48 - The Master's Sun

A woman who sees ghosts and the materialistic head of a conglomerate help each other out of jams as their hearts and lives become entangled.

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One Thousand Won Lawyer
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8.19
133 votes

#49 - One Thousand Won Lawyer

A lawyer whose commission fee is one dollar confronts blindfolded justice to defend his clients.

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Doctors (2016)
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8.18
702 votes

#50 - Doctors (2016)

Yoo Hye-jung was a tough bully in school with a prickly personality and always goes wayward. She had many scars from her childhood and through self-preservation, Hye-jung keeps her heart shut away from other people. However, she changes after meeting her mentor Hong Ji-hong who plays a key role in transforming her life from a helpless gangster to a compassionate doctor.

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