“Revenge runs in blood; The deeper the vengeance, the more the Bloodshed.” This urge to provide justice and retribution comes from betrayal. Whether it’s from your loved ones or due to the dominance of wealth, it can be chasing a psycho or punishing the bullies of your school. If anyone messes with life, they deserve that “karma coming back.” If you love this genre, then check out the top-rated revenge-centered K-dramas from Netflix.
The Penthouse: War in Life
Only 1% of the population of ultra-luxury lives in Hera Palace. It’s the epitome of prestige. Every curtain holds dirty secrets. What happens if someone of their own threatens to reveal? They can even kill and manipulate the justice system in their favour. So, who’s the real villain pretending to be innocent? All three seasons are connected as a big, complex story of hatred, jealousy, love, and revenge. This drama also has higher viewership, so do give it a try.
IMDb: 7.9/10, MDL: 8.7/10
The Glory
This drama takes bullying to a brutally unacceptable level, which mentally disrupts the victim. Our heroine sets out to seek revenge and spends decades planning painful ways to torment them. She later becomes a primary teacher for a child of one of the bullies and makes the abusers pay. This popular K-drama sheds light on how authorities failed to protect her and how much impact bullying has on youth. This is a good watch.
IMDb: 8.2/10, MDL: 8.9/10
Mad Dog
A big plane crash causes the death of an intelligent detective’s family. He forms a team along with the hero, whose brother was the pilot, wrongly accused of the crash. Together they embark on the journey of justice, digging out reality and how a conglomerate has hidden truths to escape insurance crimes and all. Mad Dog has everything to offer, the cast is super handsome, bgm is good, and the plotline is super interesting.
IMDb: 7.6/10, MDL: 8.3/10
My Name
After facing the unfair murder of her father, Yoon Ji Woon, our badass female lead, seeks dark vengeance. She takes guidance from a drug cartel leader, Choi Moo Jin, and starts infiltrating the police. Her partnership with a rule-abiding detective becomes a difficult trail, but this game of blood and betrayal only ends when she finds the real culprit. If you love heroine-oriented Noir dramas, then this would be a pleasure to watch.
IMDb: 7.8/10, MDL: 8.7/10
Marry My Husband
The story follows the life of Kang Ji Won, who suffers from a dreadful midlife crisis, becomes terminally ill with cancer, and finds out about her husband’s illicit affair with her best friend. Under surprising circumstances, she wakes up 10 years past her time and now plans revenge on her husband and all others who then mistreated her. This drama has mixed elements of time travel, love, and vengeance, which are a pleasure to see. So do try it!
IMDb: 7.8/10, MDL: 8.5/10
Conclusion:
Revenge dramas are just as interesting as any other suspenseful series. You just have to watch the right ones, and Korean dramas are just the right tea to sip on. Everyone on the list is satisfactory and has good storylines to stream in a stretch. So stop looking for something new and check out any one of them, they are worth watching.
Written by – Meghana Pinninti