Netflix 2026 K-Content guide: 20+ K-dramas, movies and variety shows to queue up now

This is shaping up to be a major year for Hallyu. Alongside a once-in-a-generation lineup of K-pop comebacks, Korea’s film and TV scene is also going all out. Netflix has officially unveiled its 2026 K-content slate, with a newly released promo opening on Kim Seon-ho and Go Youn-jung, the stars of the recently released hit K-drama Can This Love Be Translated?. A stream of highly anticipated upcoming titles follows, and the fresh pairings alone have us counting down to our next watchlist.

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Now, here’s a look at all the great shows coming this year. (English titles are yet to be announced; Chinese titles are used below.)

Romance that stirs the heart

#1 Can This Love Be Translated?

• Cast: Kim Seon-ho X Go Youn-jung X Sota Fukushi
• Release: Full series available January 16
• Synopsis: A multilingual interpreter and a global superstar gradually form a romantic connection as they work together around the world.

#2 No Tail to Tell

• Cast: Kim Hye-yoon X Park Solomon
• Release: Premiered January 16
• Synopsis: A female gumiho accidentally becomes human and embarks on a fantasy romance with a soccer star.

#3 Monthly Boyfriend

• Cast: Jisoo X Seo In-guk
• Release: March 6, 2026
• Synopsis: A webtoon producer discovers a virtual dating app that lets her “subscribe” to her ideal boyfriend, leading her to explore where digital romance and real life intersect.

#4 Charge Me Up

• Cast: Chae Soo-bin X Kim Young-kwang
• Release: Q4 2026
• Synopsis: A man with an artificial heart and a woman who can charge it find themselves in a fantasy romance.

#5 This Terrible Love

• Cast: Jung Hae-in X Heo Young
• Release: Q3 2026
• Synopsis: Prosecutor Go Eun-seo loses her memory while investigating a major case, then unexpectedly moves in with boxing coach Jang Tae-ha, who claims to be her boyfriend. What begins with resistance soon draws them back into an inevitable romance.

#6 Sold Out Again Today

• Cast: Ahn Hyo-seop X Chae Won-bin
• Release: Q2 2026
• Synopsis: A prickly young farmer and a bulldozer-style TV host become unlikely romantic rivals in this enemies-to-lovers story.

#7 Single’s Inferno: Season 5

• Release: Premiered January 20
• Hosts: Hong Jin-kyung X Lee Da-hee X Kyuhyun X Hanhae X DEX (Kim Jin-young)

#8 Better Late Than Single: Season 2

• Release: Q2 2026
• Hosts: Seo In-guk X Kang Han-na X Lee Eun-ji X Car, the Garden (Cha Jung-won)
• Format: Season 2 continues the first season’s heartwarming spirit, following lifelong singles who have never dated as they bravely take their first steps toward love. Expect all the sweetness, awkwardness, and butterflies of a first romance, along with more honest and moving emotional journeys.

Desire and depth: compelling stories

#9 Slowly and Intensely

• Cast: Song Hye-kyo X Gong Yoo X Kim Seol-hyun X Cha Seung-won X Lee Ha-nee
• Release: Q4 2026
• Synopsis: Set in South Korea’s brutal, feverish entertainment industry from the 1960s through the 1980s, the story follows people with nothing who risk everything for fame and the spotlight. Amid dreams, friendship, love, and betrayal, each must face the rises, falls, and costs of their own fate.

#10 Pavane

• Cast: Go Ah-sung X Byun Yo-han X Moon Sang-min
• Release: February 20, 2026
• Synopsis: This film follows three withdrawn, lonely souls who, after meeting, slowly become small lights in one another’s lives and learn again how to face life and love.

#11 The Boy in the Last Row

• Cast: Kim Moo-yeol X Lee Sung-min X Jin Ki-joo X P.O (Pyo Ji-hoon)
• Release: Q2 2026
• Synopsis: Set within the fictional Bureau for the Protection of Educational Rights, the series follows efforts to restore teachers’ authority amid unruly students, demanding parents, and struggling schools. The conflict and cooperation between bureau agents and the minister of education offer a sharp, satisfying look at life on the educational front lines.

#17 Mystery Investigation Squad: Season 2

• Cast: Lee Yong-jin X John Park X Lee Hye-ri X Kim Do-hoon X Karina X Gabee
• Release: February 27, 2026

#18 Bloodhounds: Season 2

• Cast: Woo Do-hwan X Lee Sang-yi X Rain (Jung Ji-hoon)
• Release: Q2 2026
• Synopsis: Two young boxers who once took down an illegal lending ring with their bare fists now face an international underground boxing league. They must take on formidable new enemies and push themselves to the limit.

#19 Culinary Class Wars: Season 3

• Release: Q4 2026
• Format: Season 3 of Culinary Class Wars returns with team battles that raise the suspense. It continues the inventive rules and intense energy of the first two seasons, bringing even more excitement to the cooking competition.
  

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For a good laugh: easy entertainment

#20 Ready or Not: Texas

• Cast: Na Young-seok X Kim Ye-seul
• Release: Q1 2026
• Format: Lee Seo-jin and producer Na Young-seok set off on an unscripted journey through the United States with friends, traveling through Dallas and exploring the city where Lee Seo-jin dreams of settling down in retirement.

#21 Yoo Jae-suk’s Guesthouse Rules

• Cast: Yoo Jae-suk X Lee Kwang-soo X Byeon Woo-seok X Ji Hye-eun
• Release: Q2 2026
• Format: Yoo Jae-suk becomes the host of a cozy guesthouse welcoming everyday visitors. The premise is “the guest is king, but host Yoo Jae-suk is king, too,” and he brings his signature games and humor to every interaction.

#22 Take a Hike!

• Cast: Car, the Garden (Cha Jung-won) X Yoon Do-woon (DAY6) X Lee Chae-min X Tarzzan (Allday Project)
• Release: Q3 2026
• Format: Created by leading Korean producer Na Young-seok, the show follows four celebrities with no interest in hiking as they make their first trek into Korea’s snowy mountains. This midwinter reality adventure brings unexpected fun while testing their endurance and teamwork.

 

#23 Husbands in Action

• Cast: Jin Sun-kyu X Gong Myung X Kim Ji-seok X Yoon Kyung-ho X Kang Han-na X Lee Da-hee X Jeon So-min
• Release: Q1 2026
• Synopsis: A hot-tempered ex-husband and a gentle current husband are forced to join forces after their wife is kidnapped, setting off a chaotic and hilarious rescue mission.

#24 Undercover Miss Hong

• Cast: Park Shin-hye X Go Kyung-pyo
• Release: Streaming since January 17
• Synopsis: A chaotic retro workplace comedy set in the 1990s, following 30-year-old elite securities regulator Hong Jin-bo as she disguises herself as a 20-year-old rookie to go undercover at a suspicious brokerage firm.

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Full of surprises: unexpected turns

#25 The Superpowered Bystander

• Cast: Park Eun-bin X Cha Eun-woo
• Release: May 15, 2026
• Synopsis: Set in 1999 on the eve of the millennium, this story follows a group of awkward small-town residents who unexpectedly gain superpowers and embark on an absurd, comedic adventure against dark forces threatening Haeseong City.

#26 The Haunted East Palace

• Cast: Nam Joo-hyuk X Roh Yoon-seo X Cho Seung-woo
• Release: Q3 2026
• Synopsis: Gu Cheon, who can slay demons, and palace maid Seong-kang, who can hear the voices of the dead, are summoned by the king to uncover the mystery behind a cursed palace.

#27 Girigo

• Cast: Jun So-young X Kang Mi-na X Baek Seo-ho X Hyun Woo-seok X Lee Hyo-je
• Release: Q2 2026
• Synopsis: A group of high school students are cursed by the mysterious wish-granting app “GIRIGO” and doomed to die. To survive, they must race against time to break the deadly curse.

#28 Sweet Part-Time Job

• Cast: Lee Jae-wook X Go Min-si X Kim Min-ha X Lee Hee-jun
• Release: Q4 2026
• Synopsis: To repay his debts, Heo-joon takes a high-paying part-time job and inadvertently enters a fantasy workplace that appears perfect but is horrifying beneath the surface. He faces unimaginable terror and life-or-death trials.

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