Drama with the best villain

One of the most crucial elements of Asian dramas is easily the antagonist; the person who makes us pray for the hero and hope for a happy ending against all odds.  While some villains are not so bad, and even relatable at times, some are just downright evil. Vote for the drama with villain that made you have the largest nightmare.

Kae Apr 3, 2020
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  • Strangers from Hell

    1. Strangers from Hell

    Korean Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.6
    1,795 points by 18 voters
    Yun Jong U is a young guy in his 20s who moves from the countryside to Seoul after his college friend, Jae Ho, offers him a job. While looking for a place ...more
  • Voice

    2. Voice

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.5
    1,370 points by 14 voters
    Popular detective Moo Jin Hyuk who is filled with guilt for his wife’s death, works with professional voice profiler Kang Kwon Joo, whose father is killed, to solve a different crime, chasing ...more
  • Hello Monster

    3. Hello Monster

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
    8.4
    1,181 points by 12 voters
    Genius profiler Lee Hyun, returns home to Korea after something from a case he’s been sent triggers a memory he thought he’d lost forever. Unbeknownst to him, one of his team members, ...more
  • I Hear Your Voice

    4. I Hear Your Voice

    Korean Drama - 2013, 18 episodes
    8.5
    794 points by 8 voters
    Jang Hye Sung, a bold and materialistic public defender, becomes a lawyer after a difficult childhood. She encounters Park Soo Ha, a 19-year-old who can read minds and considers her his first ...more
  • The Girl Who Sees Scents

    5. The Girl Who Sees Scents

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
    7.9
    777 points by 8 voters
    Officer Choi Moo Gak lost his younger sister to a barcode-murder case and lost his ability to taste, smell, and feel pain. He then meets a girl named Oh Cho Rim, who ...more
  • Lawless Lawyer

    6. Lawless Lawyer

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.2
    684 points by 7 voters
    Whatever gets the job done. Bong Sang Pil grew up living the gangster life, full of tough physical fights and evading the law. When his mother dies a tragic death, he is ...more
  • Ashes of Love

    7. Ashes of Love

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 63 episodes
    8.5
    674 points by 7 voters
    Zi Fen, the Flower Deity, dies after giving birth to a daughter, Jin Mi. Before her death, Zi Fen foresaw that Jin Mi would encounter a fatal love trial and fed her ...more
  • Cruel City

    8. Cruel City

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    8.5
    662 points by 7 voters
    It portrays the cruel life of the drug cartels and the story of revenge for a loved one. Jung Shi Hyun is a newly appointed under-boss of the drug cartel. He lives ...more
  • The Scholar Who Walks the Night

    9. The Scholar Who Walks the Night

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    7.8
    583 points by 6 voters
    In Joseon Dynasty, immaculately dressed in scholarly robes, the young nobleman Kim Sung Yeol lives as a vampire to keep his promise to his friends. When Sung Yeol still was a human, ...more
  • Good Manager

    10. Good Manager

    Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
    8.5
    486 points by 5 voters
    Can corporate politics turn a bad person into a good person? Kim Sung Ryong is a skilled accountant who works for gangsters. He makes his way into a company called TQ Group ...more
  • Suspicious Partner

    11. Suspicious Partner

    Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
    8.3
    476 points by 5 voters
    Noh Ji Wook is a brainiac prosecutor and Eun Bong Hee is a rookie justice department intern, who always seems to find herself in the most unfortunate and embarrassing situations. Bong Hee ...more
  • Queen Seon Deok

    12. Queen Seon Deok

    Korean Drama - 2009, 62 episodes
    8.5
    395 points by 4 voters
    The story of a beautiful queen, who has to give up her love to save the people. A biopic of Queen Seon Deok, who was born a princess and later became the ...more
  • Faith

    13. Faith

    Korean Drama - 2012, 24 episodes
    8.0
    389 points by 4 voters
    A 21st-century plastic surgeon Eun Soo gets kidnapped and brought 700 years into the past for her healing powers. Goryeo era bodyguard to the king, General Choi Yeong is smart but a ...more
  • Remember: War of the Son

    14. Remember: War of the Son

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    8.2
    388 points by 4 voters
    Seo Jin Woo has hyperthymesia, a condition that makes him remember life experiences in vivid detail. His father, wrongfully accused of murder, was tried and put on death row. Determined to prove ...more
  • Missing You

    15. Missing You

    Korean Drama - 2012, 21 episodes
    7.9
    382 points by 4 voters
    15-year-old Soo Yeon is a victim of bullying at school. They target her because her father is a murderer. Soo Yeon has an ally named Jung Woo, who always protects her from ...more
  • The K2

    16. The K2

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.2
    299 points by 3 voters
    Kim Je Ha, a former mercenary known as “K2,” becomes a fugitive after being wrongfully accused of killing his girlfriend in Iraq. He returns to Korea and works as a bodyguard for ...more
  • Psychopath Diary

    17. Psychopath Diary

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.3
    295 points by 3 voters
    Yook Dong Shik is a 34-year-old office worker who is so weak and timid that he is used by everybody around him. After an incident, he becomes the scapegoat of his company, ...more
  • The Bridal Mask

    18. The Bridal Mask

    Korean Drama - 2012, 28 episodes
    8.5
    295 points by 3 voters
    Lee Kang To is an ambitious and callous Korean officer employed by the Japanese colonists. Despite his mother's disapproval of his work and his own brother's antagonistic history with the Japanese, Kang ...more
  • Mask

    19. Mask

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    8.1
    286 points by 3 voters
    Byun Ji Sook, burdened by her father’s debts and relentless loan sharks, dreams of a better life. A twist of fate introduces her to Eun Ha, a wealthy woman who looks just ...more
  • Chicago Typewriter

    20. Chicago Typewriter

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.6
    284 points by 3 voters
    In the 1930s Japanese occupation of Korea and the 21st century. Han Se Joo, a bestselling author in the present, struggles with writer’s block, while Yu Jin Oh, a talented ghostwriter in ...more
  • Hua Jai Sila

    21. Hua Jai Sila

    Thai Drama - 2019, 27 episodes
    8.3
    272 points by 3 voters
    Tor is the love child of a mistress and a wealthy hi-so man. After his mother dies from neglect, Tor is forced to live with his father’s family. Abused by his stepmother ...more
  • The Princess's Man

    22. The Princess's Man

    Korean Drama - 2011, 24 episodes
    8.4
    270 points by 3 voters
    Princess Se Ryung is the headstrong and forward-thinking daughter of Grand Prince Su Yang, who is determined to be King. She falls in love with the son of his mortal enemy, and ...more
  • My Love from the Star

    23. My Love from the Star

    Korean Drama - 2013, 21 episodes
    8.5
    199 points by 2 voters
    Do Min Joon is an alien who landed on Earth 400 years ago during the Joseon Dynasty period. He possesses a near perfect appearance and enhanced physical abilities involving his vision, hearing ...more
  • Gap Dong

    24. Gap Dong

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    7.9
    198 points by 2 voters
    Moo Yeom is a detective. 20 years ago, he was a Buddhist monk, but he got into trouble with a man named Gap Dong. To cut ties with him and cut off ...more
  • Punch

    25. Punch

    Korean Drama - 2014, 19 episodes
    8.1
    196 points by 2 voters
    Park Jung Hwan is the chief of the anti-corruption investigation team for the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. To get to his position, he has made compromises on achieving justice. Jung Hwan then learns ...more
  • Blood

    26. Blood

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    7.3
    191 points by 2 voters
    Park Ji Sang is a doctor specializing in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery in the best cancer research hospital in the country. He is also a vampire. Despite seeming cold and unfeeling, Ji Sang masks ...more
  • Cruel Romance

    27. Cruel Romance

    Chinese Drama - 2015, 40 episodes
    7.6
    188 points by 2 voters
    “Cruel Romance” tells the story of Rong Jin Xiu, a country girl who travels to Shanghai in order to discover why her entire family was killed. Along the way, she meets triad ...more
  • Boys over Flowers

    28. Boys over Flowers

    Korean Drama - 2009, 25 episodes
    7.5
    186 points by 2 voters
    Geum Jan Di comes from a poor family who owns a dry-cleaning shop. One day, she visits Shinhwa High School, a prestigious school for the wealthy, and saves a student trying to ...more
  • Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

    29. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.7
    182 points by 2 voters
    Do Bong Soon is a petite, unemployed woman who is honest and kind. She appears little and sweet on the outside, but she is in fact very, very strong. For generations in ...more
  • Duel

    30. Duel

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.4
    181 points by 2 voters
    Jang Deuk Cheon, a hardened detective cop whose daughter is kidnapped, begins a chase against great odds to solve the mystery of his situation and find his child before it is too ...more
  • Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People Prelude

    31. Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People Prelude

    Korean Special - 2017, 1 episode
    8.0
    179 points by 2 voters
    In this special, actor Kim Sang Joong and Korean historian Seol Min Seok introduce main characters. Since Rebel is a faction (fact + fiction) historical drama, historian Seol Min Seok explains which ...more
  • Arang and the Magistrate

    32. Arang and the Magistrate

    Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
    7.9
    175 points by 2 voters
    It tells the story of a cynical and not-so-friendly government official named Eun Oh, who wanders the whole nation to look for his mother, who disappeared because of his mistake. Eun Oh ...more
  • Arsenal Military Academy

    33. Arsenal Military Academy

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 48 episodes
    8.5
    174 points by 2 voters
    In the early years of the 20th century, Chinese military forces find themselves locked in a drawn-out, bloody conflict as they fight back again the Imperial Japanese army. The government drafts young ...more
  • Nobody Knows

    34. Nobody Knows

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.5
    100 points by 1 voters
    Detective Young Jin, from the regional investigation unit, has only one thing on her mind: to catch the 'Stigmata' serial killer who murdered her friend 19 years ago. She carries guilt and ...more
  • King2Hearts

    35. King2Hearts

    Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
    8.2
    100 points by 1 voters
    Kim Hang Ah is a legendary top female instructor working for North Korea’s elite special forces unit. With stamina, training tactics, and strength in all areas, she is the perfect female soldier; ...more
  • The Game: Towards Zero

    36. The Game: Towards Zero

    Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
    7.8
    100 points by 1 voters
    When looking into someone's eyes, Kim Tae Pyung sees the moments right before their death. He takes advantage of his gift to earn money by selling this information to rich people about ...more
  • Queen for Seven Days

    37. Queen for Seven Days

    Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
    8.2
    100 points by 1 voters
    This drama is about the love story between King Jung Jong and his Queen Dan Kyung, who was crowned and deposed within the span of a week due to rival political factions ...more
  • The Heirs

    38. The Heirs

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    7.6
    99 points by 1 voters
    Kim Tan is the heir to Empire Group who has been sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home schemes ...more
  • The Story of Ming Lan

    39. The Story of Ming Lan

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 78 episodes
    8.8
    98 points by 1 voters
    Set in the Northern Song dynasty, the story follows Sheng Ming Lan, an unfavored concubine-born 6th daughter of an official. After losing her mother at a young age, Ming Lan is raised ...more
  • Tell Me What You Saw

    40. Tell Me What You Saw

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.2
    98 points by 1 voters
    Oh Hyun Jae used to be a top criminal profiler. He solved many cases with his skills, but one day, an explosion caused by a serial killer ended the life of his ...more
  • Birth of a Beauty

    41. Birth of a Beauty

    Korean Drama - 2014, 21 episodes
    7.4
    94 points by 1 voters
    Han Tae Hee is the heir of a large company. He is suffering from broken heart syndrome due to psychological shock. To get the woman he loves back, he completely changes an ...more
  • Memory Lost

    42. Memory Lost

    Chinese Drama - 2016, 12 episodes
    8.1
    92 points by 1 voters
    Brilliant police officer Han Chen searches tirelessly for his lost fiancée – despite his amnesia, and despite everyone else insisting that this woman does not exist. His search leads him to Bai ...more
  • Missing 9

    43. Missing 9

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    7.3
    81 points by 1 voters
    Ra Bong Hee, the only known survivor of a plane crash that was carrying famous entertainment industry figures from the agency she works at, was found on a beach in China 4 ...more
  • Because of Meeting You

    44. Because of Meeting You

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 56 episodes
    8.1
    75 points by 1 voters
    Zhang Guo Guo grew up in a Wonton shop and works as a food delivery girl, loved by her community for her warmth and sincerity. Unknown to many, she is the daughter ...more
  • Nine: Nine Times Time Travel

    45. Nine: Nine Times Time Travel

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    8.3
    73 points by 1 voters
    Park Sun Woo works as an anchorman at a TV broadcasting station. He is in love with news reporter Joo Min Young, who is bright and honest. Park Sun Woo then obtains ...more
  • General and I

    46. General and I

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 62 episodes
    7.9
    72 points by 1 voters
    In a world ravaged by war, the four great nations, Jin, Yan, Liang and Qin, are ceaseless in their pursuit of power and ultimate domination. In the midst of this endless conflict, ...more

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