Squid Game 2021

I'll Try to Update it as much as I can ;)

The Trakt top 250 TV shows, based on popularity. List updated daily.

Shows with at least 75% rating on trakt (and enough votes). No documentaries, reality tv or anime.

(Find the pre-2010 list here: https://trakt.tv/users/themlethem/lists/highly-rated-shows-pre-2010)

(Find the movie list here: https://trakt.tv/users/themlethem/lists/highly-rated-movies-post-2010)

Korean dramas.

For inspiration of korean and other dramas also see my general drama list: https://trakt.tv/users/xscaredycat/lists/asian-dramas

All Originals Netflix Movies and Shows

Assorted dramas - Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Taiwanese, ...

They changed the possible list size for non VIP members so I can't add more to this list, check out the lists organized by country:
Korea: https://trakt.tv/users/xscaredycat/lists/korean-dramas
Japan: https://trakt.tv/users/xscaredycat/lists/japanese-dramas
China: https://trakt.tv/users/xscaredycat/lists/chinese-dramas
Taiwan: https://trakt.tv/users/xscaredycat/lists/taiwanese-dramas
Thailand: https://trakt.tv/users/xscaredycat/lists/thai-dramas

‣ Play a game to survive
‣ Fight against time
‣ Puzzles/Escape room-esque

(Haven't seen them all and a bunch of them are bad lol)

This season looks so good!
:large_blue_diamond:Highly Recommend: From 1 to 13.
:large_blue_diamond:Recommend: From 14 to 29.
:large_blue_diamond:You May Like It: From 30 to 101.
:large_blue_diamond:I Do Not Recommend: From 102 to 109.
:large_blue_diamond:Currently Watching or Upcoming: The Rest.

:large_orange_diamond: Every K-drama released from January 1 to December 31 (2021).

Notes:
:small_orange_diamond: Dear.M is a spin-off of the web drama "Love Playlist"
:small_orange_diamond:"Joseon Exorcist" was canceled after 2 episodes due to " historical inaccuracies and Chinese props presented in the show" (yeah, right, fiction is not fiction anymore) .
:small_orange_diamond:"Kingdom: Ashin of the North" is a special episode, spin-off of "Kingdom".
:small_orange_diamond:"Moebius Project 2012: The Veil" is a spin-off of "The Veil".
:small_orange_diamond:I will be fixing and adding the missing info of all shows such as posters, background, info, cast, etc when I got time, any help is very welcomed!

:star:Previous season (2020):star:
https://trakt.tv/users/just-david/lists/2020-best-korean-dramas

:arrow_down:Next season (2022) :arrow_down:
https://trakt.tv/users/just-david/lists/2022-best-korean-dramas-so-far?sort=rank,asc

Just one more episode and then I'll go to sleep...Okay, really this time just one more.

also see my general asian dramas list https://trakt.tv/users/dandiandi/lists/asian-dramas

As of 3/3/2024

The following is a list of series from 1950-2023. Series within were in the top ten of both Trakt’s Popular & Trakt’s All Time Watched in each of their respective years. The exception to that sole guideline above was the years 1950-1955, where the top ten were cross reference as a group as opposed to individual years.

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-tv-shows-of-2021/

UPDATED: 1/10/22

Basically just a long list of kdramas to watch.

TV Shows rated 8, 9 or 10

All the K-Content that I've watched and I'm still interested in.
K-Content that I'm currently watching: https://trakt.tv/users/chickenduy/lists/currently-watching
K-Content that I finished: https://trakt.tv/users/chickenduy/lists/finished
K-Content that I dropped: https://trakt.tv/users/chickenduy/lists/dropped

netflix shows

List created and maintained by https://listrr.pro

to watch, watched, or dropped kdramas, cdramas, twdramas, lakorn, and jdramas

mydramalist https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/dandiandi

individual lists
kdramas: https://trakt.tv/users/dandiandi/lists/korean-dramas
cdramas: https://trakt.tv/users/dandiandi/lists/chinese-dramas
lakorn (thai): https://trakt.tv/users/dandiandi/lists/thai-dramas
jdramas: https://trakt.tv/users/dandiandi/lists/japanese-dramas
twdramas: https://trakt.tv/users/dandiandi/lists/taiwanese-dramas

Dystopia society, Usually Future based

Depression, PTSD, OCD, personality disorders, eating disorders, whatever. Excludes people on the Autism spectrum because they have their own list. I'm always open to recommendations! See https://trakt.tv/users/bangiras/lists/read-me for ways to contact me if you don't have a Trakt.TV account.

i watched them all before listing..

Movies/ Shows all genres

Ontology is the philosophical study of being, existance, becoming and reality. In simple terms it seeks to classify and explain entities.

In movies and tv show ontology usually comes in the flavor of an ontological mystery at the center of the plot with several of the following elements: the characters do not know who they are, where they are, how they got to the place there are in, and the central conflict is to get out of there and find answers to the above questions.

In the most common version of the trope, the characters are locked into a strange room or find themselves at a strange place with no contact to the outside. They have no idea how they got there, why they are there or how to get out, nor do they know who is behind their predicament, if anyone at all.

The main idea behind such stories is the investigation of a restricted environment in which the characters find themselves with the goal of mastering the environment, revealing secrets, and ultimately escape.

This list focuses on such stories. I added a few edge cases for good measure, like pure escape room, death game or timeloop movies that have a strong ontological undertone, even though they are not ontological mysteries per se.

If you think something shouldn't be on this list, or if I missed something that should be on here please leave a comment.

Last Updated: 2023/02/03

Korean TV Shows (K-drama) that are or have been on Netflix.