11 Best Action-Romance Korean Dramas To Add To Your Watch List
Korean dramas are a dream come true for hardcore romantics because romance is part of almost every Korean drama. There is a love angle is in most of the shows irrespective of the genre. And as a viewer, I too appreciate and love the way these shows blend romance with comedy, fantasy, drama, and even action. Not every show may give you a happy ending but it will surely have some swoon-worthy romance that will make you happy.
Let’s have a look at action Korean dramas that also offer a good deal of romance in it.
11 Best Action-Romance Korean Dramas To Add To Your Watch List
1. Healer (2014)
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Talk about action-romance and “Healer” is the first drama to come to my mind. 🙂
Seo Jung Hoo is a “night courier” known as Healer who can deliver anything anywhere if you can afford his services. He works to fulfil all of his client’s demands legal and illegal. His latest assignment involves tracking a news reporter Chae Young Shin and giving her information to the client.
To get close to Young Shin, Jung Hoo takes up a fake identity and personality and starts working with her. As he gets closer to her he learns about their shared past and family history, which makes him fall for her.
2. The K2 (2016)
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Kim Je Ha is falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend while working as a mercenary on a mission in Iraq. Je Ha, who witnessed his girlfriend’s murder, vows to punish her killer. He returns to South Korea and works as a bodyguard for Choi Yoo Jin, the wife of Jang Se Joon. Jang Se Joon is a Politian pitted against the current leader of the ruling party, Park Kwan Soo who Je Haa believes is the man behind his girlfriend’s death.
Yoo Jin allies with Je Ha to take revenge on Kwan Soo. But he is assigned to guard Se Joon’s illegitimate daughter, Go An Na. An Na and Je Ha spend a lot of time together and they slowly fall for each other. But things get difficult for Je Ha when he learns that it is Yoo Jin who has been trying to harm An Na. Will he protect An Na or lose important support in Yoo Jin.
3. City Hunter (2011)
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Lee Yoon Sung joins the Blue House as a lead for the communications team. At work, he meets Kim Na Na who he knows from before but she has no idea of his true identity.
Yoon Sung works for the Blue House to be able to exact revenge on those who killed his father. He secretly goes about punishing all the corrupt officials in the government while Kim Na Na is supposed to guard the top officials. Kim Na Na falls hard for Yoong Sung unaware that he is the “City Hunter” that the police have been looking for.
4. Lawless Lawyer (2018)
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Bong Sang Pil grows up in a poor neighbourhood and falls into bad ways. When his mother dies suddenly he resolves to avenge her death by punishing the rich and powerful who think they are above the law. He becomes a successful lawyer known for his cunning tactics and winning record.
Ha Jae Yi is a lawyer who gets suspended after she beat up a judge over an unfair decision. She works under Sang Pil to be able to pay off her debts. The two of them then take on a complicated case involving big names. As they work together, Jae Yi learns more about the Sang Pil and falls hard for him as she supports him through thick and thin.
5. My Name (2021)
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Seeking revenge for her father’s death, Yoon Ji Woo starts working with Choi Mu Jin who is a drug-lord. With his help, she joins the Police department as a mole of the drug gang. She is assigned to investigate the drug crimes and is accompanied by detective Pil Do.
Pil Do works for the narcotics department wanting to erase the entire drug ring after his sister was drugged at a club. Initially, Pil Do is not very accepting of Ji Woo as he does not trust her entirely. But as they work together he is impressed by her skills and determination to eliminate the drug cartel. They confront death multiple times and rise together as a team.
6. Vincenzo (2021)
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Vincenzo Cassano aka Park Joo Hyeong is adopted at a young age by an Italian mafia. After the death of his adoptive guardian, he returns to South Korea to retrieve money hiddin safely under a building. To get to the money, he has to first evacuate all the residents and demolish the building.
But the plot Vincenzo is eyeing is also eyed by the Korean mafia and to get his money, Vincenzo first has to push them out of his way. In his attempt at exposing the local mafia, Vincenzo meets Hong Cha Young who is the daughter of his former lawyer who is killed in a premeditated accident. The two of them work together and slowly fall in love.
7. Vagabond (2019)
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Cha Dal Gun’s nephew dies in a mysterious plane crash that leaves him devastated. But the people behind the crash are not punished and the whole accident is covered up. Enraged, Dal Gun decides to go after the truth and avenge his nephew’s death.
Go Hae Ri’s father was a marine who died during an operation. His death changes her life’s trajectory and she becomes a part of the National Intelligence Service.
Dal Gun and Hae Ri cross paths when they slowly discover the major corruption behind the plane crash and together decide to expose the guilty.
8. Flower of Evil (2020)
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Baek Hee Sung is a happy family man living a regular life with his family. However, he hides a dark past from his family and wishes to keep it that way until his wife, Cha Ji Won, a homicide detective starts investigating serial murders from 15-years ago.
Hee Sung’s behaviour toward his wife changes drastically which worries her as she feels he might have some connection with the murders.
9. Descendants of the Sun (2016)
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Kang Mo Yeon is a beautiful surgeon dedicated to her work and hardly has time for love. One day, at the hospital she encounters the handsome army guy, Captain Yoo Shi Jin. After some initial friction, they hit it off and start dating. However, matching schedules for a doctor and an army captain is not easy and they break up.
But then in a twist of fate, Mo Yeon and Shi Jin come face to face once again as they are stranded on a remote island to serve and rescue the natives.
10. The Spies Who Loved Me (2020)
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Kang Ah Reum is a wedding dress designer who gets married twice and both times she finds herself married to a secret spy. Her first husband is Jun Ji Hoon who introduces himself as a travel writer when in reality he is a secret agent.
After divorcing Ji Hoon, Ah Reum marries Derek Hyun who is a diplomatic official while also being an industrial spy. Ji Hoon and Derek Hyun are work opponents and in the middle of their fight is Kang Ah Reum.
11. Happiness
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Yoon Sae Bom is an anti-terrorism agent who shifts to a new neighbourhood meant for government employees. She gets the apartment after pretending to be married to detective Jung Yi Hyun. Yi Hyun is investigating a new disease that has been spreading rapidly in the city when his building is sealed off to contain the spread of the disease.
Together Sae Bom and Yi Hyun face a double dilemma as they are confronted with the tough choice of survival and the need to save their people.
Action + Romance, a deadly combo, when done right can give you a wholesome experience. And Kdramas are quite skilled at giving you the perfect mesh of the two genres.
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