Year

Best Asian Dramas of 2020

37 Asian dramas and films from 2020 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 2020 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 2020 Releases

3 Hospital Playlist ★ 9.1
South Korea · Medical
Hospital Playlist
5 Mr. Queen ★ 9.0
South Korea · Historical
Mr. Queen
6 The Bad Kids ★ 9.0
China · Crime
The Bad Kids
9 It's Okay to Not Be Okay ★ 8.7
South Korea · Romance
It's Okay to Not Be Okay
10 Hi Bye, Mama! ★ 8.7
South Korea · Drama
Hi Bye, Mama!
MIU404 ★ 8.7
Japan · Crime
MIU404
Go Ahead ★ 8.6
China · Family
Go Ahead
Reborn ★ 8.6
China · Crime
Reborn
Still 2gether ★ 8.6
Thailand · BL
Still 2gether
When the Weather Is Fine ★ 8.5
South Korea · Romance
When the Weather Is Fine
Memorist ★ 8.5
South Korea · Crime
Memorist
Crossfire ★ 8.5
China · Drama
Crossfire
Extracurricular ★ 8.4
South Korea · Crime
Extracurricular
Skate Into Love ★ 8.4
China · Romance
Skate Into Love
2gether ★ 8.4
Thailand · BL
2gether
Itaewon Class ★ 8.2
South Korea · Drama
Itaewon Class
The World of the Married ★ 8.2
South Korea · Melodrama
The World of the Married
Tale of the Nine Tailed ★ 8.2
South Korea · Fantasy
Tale of the Nine Tailed
Start-Up ★ 8.0
South Korea · Romance
Start-Up
The Penthouse: War in Life ★ 8.0
South Korea · Melodrama
The Penthouse: War in Life
The Uncanny Counter ★ 8.0
South Korea · Fantasy
The Uncanny Counter
Sweet Home ★ 7.7
South Korea · Horror
Sweet Home
The King: Eternal Monarch ★ 7.5
South Korea · Fantasy
The King: Eternal Monarch
One Second ★ 7.0
China · Drama
One Second
A Family ★ 7.0
Japan · Drama
A Family
Peninsula ★ 5.4
South Korea · Action
Peninsula