Year

Best Asian Dramas of 2017

25 Asian dramas and films from 2017 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 2017 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 2017 Releases

1 Stranger ★ 9.4
South Korea · Crime
Stranger
2 Prison Playbook ★ 9.4
South Korea · Comedy
Prison Playbook
3 Fight for My Way ★ 9.0
South Korea · Romance
Fight for My Way
4 Day and Night ★ 9.0
China · Crime
Day and Night
5 Chicago Typewriter ★ 8.9
South Korea · Fantasy
Chicago Typewriter
7 Quartet ★ 8.8
Japan · Drama
Quartet
Strong Woman Do Bong-soon ★ 8.6
South Korea · Romance
Strong Woman Do Bong-soon
Eternal Love ★ 8.6
China · Fantasy
Eternal Love
Burning Ice ★ 8.6
China · Crime
Burning Ice
While You Were Sleeping ★ 8.5
South Korea · Romance
While You Were Sleeping
Save Me ★ 8.5
South Korea · Thriller
Save Me
Voice ★ 8.4
South Korea · Crime
Voice
A Korean Odyssey ★ 7.9
South Korea · Fantasy
A Korean Odyssey
A Taxi Driver ★ 7.9
South Korea · Drama
A Taxi Driver
Princess Agents ★ 7.8
China · Historical
Princess Agents
Bad Genius ★ 7.7
Thailand · Crime
Bad Genius
Erased ★ 7.6
Japan · Mystery
Erased
Die Tomorrow ★ 6.6
Thailand · Drama
Die Tomorrow