12 highly recommended time travel Korean dramas you should add to your must-watch list

If you were given a chance to travel back in time, what time would it be?

Unfortunately, in reality, we can’t travel back to the time when we were so happy, the time when we were with our loved ones who are not with us now, and the time we want to change because we regretted it the most.

Traveling back in time is only a fantasy that only happens in dramas, and it makes us realize that we should value the present, we have to let go of the past and look forward to the future.

We are who we are today because of the results of our actions in the past. And our future selves will be the result of our actions today so, always choose to be happy and always do what is right.

Here are highly recommended time travel dramas you shouldn’t miss.

1. Marry My Husband (2024)

Cast: Park Min Young, Na In Woo, Lee Yi Kyung, and Song Ha Yoon

Synopsis: Set in 2023, Marry My Husband tells the story of a woman named Kang Ji Won who is on her deathbed. Her husband, Park Min Hwan, cheated on her and has an affair with her best friend, Jung Soo Min. She witnesses her husband’s infidelity and dies a tragic death at the hands of her husband. She wakes up and finds herself in the year 2013.

Streaming platform: Prime Video

2. Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)

Cast: Sung Hoon and Jung Yoo Min

Synopsis: The story revolves around a woman named Han Yi Joo who got into an accident after running away from her family who betrayed her and her husband who cheated on her. She wakes up in 2022 and she takes revenge on them with the help of Seo Do Guk.

3. Twinkling Watermelon (2023)

Cast: Choi Hyun Wook, Ryeoun, Shin Eun Soo, and Seol In Ah

Synopsis: Twinkling Watermelon depicts the story of a high school student named Ha Eun Gyeol, who is a CODA but talented and has a gift of music. He travels back to 1995 and meets his parents who were high school students back then. Alongside Ha Yi Chan, his father in present, they form a band called Watermelon Sugar.

Streaming platform: Viu

4. A Time Called You (2023)

Cast: Ahn Hyo Seop, Jeon Yeo Been, and Kang Hoon

Synopsis: A Time Called You depicts the story of a woman who longs for her deceased boyfriend who died due to an accident. She goes back to 1998 through a portable cassette and meets a man who looks exactly like her late boyfriend.

Streaming platform: Netflix

5. The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract (2023)

Cast: Bae In Hyuk and Lee Se Young

Synopsis: The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract tells the story of a woman named Park Yeon Woo in 19th century Joseon who suddenly loses her husband on the first night of their marriage and disappears mysteriously. She wakes up and finds herself in the 21st century where she meets a man named Kang Tae Ha, who will become her contract husband.

Streaming platform: Viu

6. Mr. Queen (2020)

Cast: Shin Hye Sun and Kim Jung Hyun

Synopsis: Mr. Queen tells the story of a man named Jang Bong Hwan, a chef who is living in a modern age. He experiences near-death one day and wakes up inside the body of So Yong as Queen Cheorin in the Joseon era.

Streaming platform: Netflix

7. Go Back Couple (2017)

Cast: Jang Nara and Son Ho Jun

Synopsis: A healing drama that depicts the story of the struggles and difficulties of Choi Ban Do and Ma Jin Joo as a married couple. They suddenly get tired of their situation in life. One day, they wake up and find themselves being a teenager and being a university student again.

Streaming platform: Netflix

8. Live up to your Name (2017)

Cast: Kim Nam Gil and Kim Ah Joong

Synopsis: Heo Im is a Joseon Doctor of traditional Korean medicine. One day when he wakes up, he finds himself in modern Seoul Korea, and crosses his path with Choi Yeon Kyung, a cardiothoracic fellow surgeon at Shinhae Hospital. They gradually develop feelings towards each other.

9. Hit the Top (2017)

Cast: Yoon Shi Yoon, Lee Se Young, Kim Min Jae, and Cha Tae Hyun

Synopsis: Depicts the story of Yoo Hyun Jae who accidentally travels through time to 2017. He finds out his mysterious disappearance in 1994 and starts to investigate about it.

10. Tomorrow with You (2017)

Cast: Shin Min Ah and Lee Je Hoon

Synopsis: Tomorrow with You revolves around the story of the CEO of a real estate company named Yoo So Joon, who can travel through time via a subway. He finds out that he’s going to die in the future, so he decides to marry Song Ma Rin to avoid his fate.

11. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)

Cast: Lee Ji Eun, Lee Joon Gi, and Kang Haneul

Synopsis: Gong Ha Jin is a 21st-century woman who travels back in time to the 10th century in the Goryeo Dynasty during a total solar eclipse. She wakes up in the body of Hae Soo. Her path crosses with Wang So and later develops a relationship with him.

12. Splash Splash Love (2015)

Cast: Kim Seul Gi and Yoon Do Joon

Synopsis: It tells the story of a senior high school student named Danbi who travels back to the Joseon Era. She meets King Lee Do and develops feelings for him.

Enjoy watching mga bes!