13 Revenge K-Dramas You Should Be Binge-Watching Right Now
Settle in; because once you start, you'll be hooked until the last act of revenge is gloriously, satisfyingly served.
If you're in the mood for a wild ride of payback and drama, these series are exactly what you need in your watch list right now.
1. "The Glory" – 2022
A woman, enduring brutal bullying in high school, vows revenge against her tormentors and those who failed to help her; years later, she executes a meticulously planned vengeance, leveraging her position as an elementary school teacher to unravel the lives of her bullies and their children.
2. "Vincenzo" – 2021
Vincenzo Cassano, an Italian lawyer and Mafia consigliere of Korean descent, returns to South Korea to recover gold hidden beneath a plaza; however, he ends up waging a war against a corrupt pharmaceutical company, using his Mafia skills to serve justice and protect the plaza's tenants.
3. "Taxi Driver" – 2021
Inspired by a real-life story, a mysterious taxi service company takes revenge on behalf of victims who cannot get justice from the law; a former special forces officer, who lost his mother to a serial killer, becomes a taxi driver to carry out this mission, encountering various cases of injustice.
4. "Lawless Lawyer" – 2018
A former gangster turned lawyer uses both his fists and the loopholes in law to avenge his mother's death; alongside a passionate female lawyer, he takes on the corrupt elite of a city entangled in power struggles and corruption.
5. "My Name" – 2021
After her father's murder, a woman driven by revenge joins a notorious crime gang and becomes an undercover cop in the narcotics unit, seeking the truth behind her father's death and confronting a web of betrayal and corruption.
6. "Penthouse" – 2020
Set in a luxury penthouse apartment with 100 floors, three women use all means to protect their ambitions, secrets, and children, leading to murder, betrayal, and revenge among the elite society living in the Hera Palace.
7. "Itaewon Class" – 2020
An ex-convict with a tragic past fights to turn his street bar into a successful franchise in the competitive neighborhood of Itaewon, challenging a food conglomerate's monopoly and facing various personal and professional trials along the way.
8. "Again my Life" – 2022
A young prosecutor, unjustly killed while investigating a corrupt politician, is given a second chance at life; returning to the past, he uses his knowledge of the future to bring down those who wronged him, navigating through legal and personal battles.
9. "Graceful Family" – 2019
The heiress of a chaebol family teams up with a lawyer from the company's TOP team, which handles its dirty secrets, to uncover the truth behind her mother's murder 15 years ago, facing off against her family's power struggles and dark secrets.
10. "Tell Me What You Saw" – 2020
A genius profiler, who lost everything when his fiancée was killed by a serial killer, teams up with a detective with a photographic memory to solve crimes and catch the killer who resurfaces, delving into complex cases and their own haunted pasts.
11. "World of the Married" – 2020
A successful doctor's life shatters when she discovers her husband's affair, leading to a tumultuous series of events involving revenge, betrayal, and the unraveling of her family and community, revealing the fragile and vicious nature of relationships.
12. "Eve" – 2022
A chaebol's wife orchestrates an elaborate revenge scheme over 13 years to bring down the powerful conglomerate responsible for her father's tragic death; her plans, however, get complicated when emotions become involved, blurring the lines between vengeance and justice.
13. "City Hunter" – 2011
Raised by his adoptive father to be a "City Hunter," seeking vengeance on government officials who betrayed his father, a skilled operative balances his quest for revenge with fighting corruption and finding love, uncovering family secrets along the way.