Year

Best Asian Dramas of 2013

11 Asian dramas and films from 2013 are tracked in DramaSeek, ranked below by audience rating. Use this page as a year-in-review guide to the best the year had to offer across Korea, China, Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan.

The 2013 production cycle in Asian drama brought a distinctive blend of mature genre experimentation and continued commitment to the long-form serial form. Several of the titles below picked up international fan bases that previous years would not have produced, a continuing sign of how globalized this corner of television has become.

All 2013 Releases

1 Reply 1994 ★ 9.0
South Korea · Romance
Reply 1994
2 Woman ★ 8.9
Japan · Drama
Woman
3 My Love from the Star ★ 8.7
South Korea · Romance
My Love from the Star
4 Hanzawa Naoki ★ 8.7
Japan · Drama
Hanzawa Naoki
5 Hormones ★ 8.5
Thailand · Drama
Hormones
6 Miracle in Cell No. 7 ★ 8.2
South Korea · Drama
Miracle in Cell No. 7
7 The Heirs ★ 7.7
South Korea · Romance
The Heirs
9 New World ★ 7.6
South Korea · Crime
New World
10 Pee Mak ★ 7.5
Thailand · Comedy
Pee Mak
Snowpiercer ★ 7.0
South Korea · Sci-Fi
Snowpiercer