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5 Thriller K-Dramas To Stream On Netflix While Waiting For Squid Game S2

5 Thriller K-Dramas To Stream On Netflix While Waiting For Squid Game S2
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The news that Squid Game season 2 is going into production caused a wave of excitement among all thriller K-drama enthusiasts.

Even though the show won't be released until 2025, people are already speculating about what to expect from the hit drama's sequel.

Luckily, there's still plenty of time before we learn more about Squid Game season 2, and that time can be spent watching other Netflix shows that are just as worthy of your attention.

If you're looking for suspense you can cut with a knife and a whole lot of unexpected twists, these are 5 K-dramas you need to watch right now.

Beyond Evil (2021)

When you spend all your time trying to catch a killer, you're trying to get inside his head. But if this takes too long, there is too high a chance that you get confused and lose the plot completely.

Lee Dong-sik and Han Joo-won do everything in their power to catch the killer, but turn into monsters themselves.

Inspector Koo (2021)

Former police officer Koo Kyung-yi lost her passion for investigations long ago and now spends her free time with alcohol and games.

But when she stumbles upon the case of Song Yi-kyung, known as K, a talented serial killer in disguise, she must follow through and catch her before it is too late.

Stranger (2017)

This is the story of an unlikely partnership between the unsympathetic prosecutor Hwang Si-mok and police lieutenant Han Yeo-jin, who are forced to work together on a murder case.

The further they get into the investigation, the more they realize how corrupt the law enforcement structures are and how hard it will be to bring the criminal to justice.

Vagabond (2019)

When his orphaned nephew dies in a plane crash on a trip to Morocco, Cha Dal-Geon, blinded by grief, decides to take matters into his own hands and investigate the case further.

As he learns more and more about the incident, he realizes that it wasn't a malfunction, but a much more serious crime.

My Name (2021)

We've seen so many stories of undercover cops joining organized crime groups to put them away, but there's never been a story of criminals joining the law enforcement system.

My Name turns the story on its head and follows Yoon Ji-woo who joins the police force to find out more about her father's death and seek revenge.