5 K-Dramas With Bad Boys You Won't Be Able To Look Away From

Let's face it, no matter how loudly we proclaim our principles in real life when it comes to fiction, there are a few guilty pleasure tropes that everyone hides.

For many, it's bad boys: dressed in dark clothes, mysterious and reserved, they possess a level of attractiveness that simply cannot be explained.

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But all bad boys are different. While some are mere caricatures, others can be truly terrifying, which somehow makes them even more desirable.

Here are 5 K-dramas with real bad boy leads to keep you warm on a winter's night.

Vincenzo (2021)

What could be more cool and badass than being a member of the mafia? Park Joo Hyeong was lucky enough to be adopted by an Italian family, so when he returns to his homeland he's only known as Vincenzo Cassano. The only thing that remains the same is his charm, which makes the viewer root for him no matter what atrocity he commits.

The One and Only (2021)

Not only is this a story that makes you think a lot about the price of life and the inevitability of death, but it is also a story of great love. And one of the main male characters, an actual hitman who's killed before and would like to kill again, turns out to be absolutely precious, gentle, and caring with the woman he falls in love with.

Extracurricular (2020)

The show focuses on a group of high school students who are forced to make a living by committing various crimes. Oh Ji-soo has a good reason to do what he does, as he was abandoned by his parents and had no other way to make a life for himself. Besides, he is just so good at being a pimp that you might think that such talents come naturally to him.

Nevertheless (2021)

Everyone who has been in the dating field has met the type of guy that Park Jae Eon is. Cold and heartless, he would play with everyone's emotions just for fun, without letting any intimacy enter the relationship. Maybe it's the realistic portrayal that makes fans scream at the screen in annoyance, but Jae Eon's charm just won't let anyone off the hook.

Flower of Evil (2020)

It takes a certain kind of confidence to marry an investigator when you have your own dark past to hide. Baek Hee Sung was able to maintain his new persona for more than a decade, but when his wife started investigating the murders that happened 15 years ago, everything started to fall apart.