20 Best Historical K-Dramas, Ranked

K-dramas come in an array of genres, and historical K-dramas give Western audiences stories set in unfamiliar and exciting South Korean periods. Period dramas have always been popular, but from Pride and Prejudice to 1883, European and American history has been thoroughly explored on-screen. So has South Korea’s past, but it’s only in the last few years that historical K-dramas set during the Choson dynasty or the Later Three Kingdoms period of the early 10th century began to captivate US viewers en-masse. The best historical Korean drama storylines can involve conspiracies of the throne, political unrest, and maybe even some love and comedy.