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Korean series and films that reached Netflix’s global Top 10 over the last six months, ranked by views worldwide. These are the shows your Korean is most likely to be quoted from.

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  1. Teach You a LessonIMDb rating 8.4 out of 1063.0M views2026ActionComedyAn inspector from the Educational Rights Protection Bureau (ERPB) who is authorized by the government to use physical intervention and unconventional methods to discipline delinquent students and reform the educational system.
  2. Agent Kim ReactivatedIMDb rating 7.6 out of 1050.4M views2026ThrillerCrimeManager Kim was an ordinary head of a household with a daughter and lived as a small citizen. In order to find his daughter, who is his everything, he reveals a secret that should never be revealed to the world.
  3. My Royal NemesisIMDb rating 7.5 out of 1027.6M views2026Sci-FiFantasyA Joseon-era villain doomed to die opens her eyes in modern-day Seoul — where a ruthless chaebol heir may be her last chance to rewrite her fate.
  4. BloodhoundsIMDb rating 8.2 out of 1026.0M views2023SportThrillerFaced with ruthless foes with a violent thirst, two young boxers band together — risking life and limb to bring justice and protect their loved ones.
  5. Spooky in LoveIMDb rating 7.5 out of 1021.5M views2026HorrorSci-FiWhen a ghost-seeing heir and an ace prosecutor learn that a single touch makes them a strangely effective duo, they team up to crack unsolved murders.

Films

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  1. HumintIMDb rating 6.4 out of 1018.7M views2026ThrillerCrimeA South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.
  2. Husbands in ActionIMDb rating 6.2 out of 1014.6M views2026CrimeActionA detective teams up with his ex-wife's new husband to chase down her kidnappers. Can this unlikely duo put aside their differences for one wild rescue?
  3. Wonderful NightmareIMDb rating 7.1 out of 104.1M views2015FantasyComedyWhen a woman dies after a mistake by personalities in the afterlife, she needs to exist as a different woman for a while.
  4. BTS: THE RETURNIMDb rating 7.8 out of 103.3M views2026DocumentaryMusicFollows BTS as they reunite in Los Angeles after completing military service, confronting how to begin again, honor their past, and move forward together as they return to making music.
  5. Wild Sing3.0M views2026MusicComedyTwenty years after a scandal tears apart a popular 2000s K‑pop trio, the three reunite for a one-off gig — if they can overcome one snag after another.

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Source: Netflix Global Top 10 (tudum.com/top10). Netflix publishes this data publicly; we reformat it and add the country count. We are not affiliated with Netflix. Posters and descriptions by JustWatch.