Somehow February is almost over and I have forgotten to create my list of consumed content for the coming year. Better late than never!
Every year I compile a list of K-dramas, movies, and other shows that I watch. This helps me remember what I’ve seen. It also comes in handy if someone asks me to recommend a really good K-drama to them.
I don’t know about you, but I often go blank and can’t think of a single thing I’ve seen in my entire life. This keeps a tally of suggestions I can give.
So whether you’re looking for a Korean thriller that will keep you on your toes for 12 episodes straight, or a Thai horror movie that will have you sleeping with one eye open, here’s everything I’ve watched in 2025!
What content do I watch?
Most of my consumed content is Korean. I love the quality of Korean entertainment and I’m studying the language.
However, I also watch North American, British, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, European, etc.
As far as style, I am a huge horror fan so you can expect horror movies to show up in my list. I also love thrillers, suspense, action, and apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic storylines. I never used to be a romance fan, only enjoying when romance was part of the story rather than the entire plot. But Korean romance dramas have a bit of magic to them and now I actually like them.
Got a recommendation for me?
Leave a comment if there’s something you think I should see!
And now…
All K-Dramas, Movies, and Other Shows watched in 2025!
I have included the platform I used to watch everything, but remember this is sometimes location-specific. As a Canadian, this is where I was able to see it, but it may or may not be available on the same platform where you live.
Squid Game: Season 2 (오징어 게임 2) – Korean thriller/dystopian drama (Netflix)
Technically I started this at the end of December but finished it on the 1st so I’m counting it. I was extremely excited to see this after season one wrapped. Not everyone liked season two.
In my opinion it was gripping and I am already counting down to the conclusion. I’m pretty sure almost no one that I like is going to survive but I’m crossing my fingers.
Carry-On – American suspense/thriller movie (Netflix)
This was probably not a great quality movie and was likely full of plot holes. Still, it was fun and exciting as long as you suspend disbelief. Starring Jason Bateman as the bad guy, this film follows a traveler who uses blackmail, coercion, and threats to get a TSA agent to allow an extremely dangerous package through security and onto a flight.
The Resident – American medical drama (Netflix)
I missed the first season but started watching randomly when my husband was mid-episode. I was hooked pretty fast.
It’s a fairly typical medical drama but they developed the characters really well. I cared about all of them and was quite invested. It was a shame it was canceled but they did manage to tie up most of the loose ends.
Missing – North American thriller movie (Netflix)
This movie was brilliantly done. It follows a teenaged girl desperately trying to locate her mother who went missing after going on a romantic getaway vacation.
What sets it apart is the movie exclusively uses the viewpoint of webcams, Facetime, Ring doorbell cameras, Google searches etc. Everything we see is through a lens of some sort.
When I first realized this, I was skeptical that it would be weird to watch. I even worried it might cause some motion sickness for me. Neither was true.
It was a fun, fresh way to tell a story and it showed what life is like in this current technological age. How do we find information, how much do we rely on our phones?
I really enjoyed it, and the twists in the plot were quite good as well.
Choose Or Die – British horror (Netflix)
A broke student finds an old 80s survival-style computer game and decides to give it a shot since there’s still an unclaimed prize work $100K. It seems like a good idea until you realize that the game is real and you really DO have to choose or die. And the choices are never good.
Fun and a good throwback to games in the 80s (although none of mine ever tried to kill me).
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call – Korean medical drama (Netflix)
Amazing fast-paced show following doctors in the trauma ward. Intense and very entertaining. I will never NOT find it funny that the head trauma doctor called his assistant doctor “Anus” lol.
La Palma – Norwegian thriller/natural disaster drama (Netflix)
The show follows a Norwegian family on vacation on the island of La Plama, Canary Islands, Spain. They are there for a bit of relaxation but a volcanic eruption and subsequent catastrophic tsunami have other plans.
I’m a huge sucker for natural disaster shows and movies so this was right up my alley. I binged it all in one day because there are only four episodes and I needed to see the end. Some absurd moments and probably full of inaccuracies, but I don’t watch disaster entertainment for realism.
As a language nerd, it was fun to watch because there was a mix of Norwegian, English, and Spanish all in one show.
The Blacklist – American crime thriller drama (Netflix)
This show is a bit older but I’m a sucker for James Spader, someone I consider to be a fantastic actor. It’s your basic FBI/CIA/criminal type of show but it’s fun and entertaining to watch.
For the most part, each episode is a separate case, so you can technically watch it here and there and enjoy the storyline. There is, however, a lot of underlying backstory that connects the characters if not the episodes themselves.
Without the backstory it might be a bit more hollow, but overall I’m liking it. Once again, my poor husband waswatching this on his own. Then I sat down, I asked five or six questions, and I was hooked. Now he’s stuck waiting to watch the show with me, but that’s okay.
47 Meters Down – American thriller/horror movie (Prime)
So, two American sisters go to Mexico on vacation. Despite the hotel’s warnings, they meet up with two guys and go on an excursion with strangers. An excursion to climb into a cage and be lowered into the ocean to see sharks.
In the middle of nowhere.
Did I mention, strangers?
Right, so what could go wrong.
Well, apparently everything when an accident leaves the sisters stranded 47 meters down, with great white sharks circling close.
Watching this gave me the same physical freak-out sensations as the movie Fall did and I absolutely loved it! I really want to see the sequel some day if it’s ever available on a platform I subscribe to!
Squid Game: Season 3 (오징어 게임 3) – Korean thriller/dystopian drama (Netflix)
So how was it? Well, no spoilers from me (although if you don’t see it quickly, odds are you’ll get spoiled somewhere on the Internet) but I binged the entire six episodes from just after supper until about 1:30 am, pausing only to take my dog out to pee. I cried, I shrieked, I yelled at the TV, and part of my theory proved to be true. Part of it did not. And it was amazing.
It got some bad reviews, but I think the people who hated it are probably not used to K-dramas. I thought the show was well-written, exciting, and the acting was great (except for the English actors, but that’s also common with K-dramas unfortunately).
Overall an absolute 5/5 stars for me. I already want to watch the whole thing from the very beginning again!
K-Pop Demon Hunters – Korean-American animated movie (Netflix)
I’m not even going to write a recap. The entire world knows what this is about. Amazing movie, I loved every single thing about it.
The music is still constantly stuck in my head, and I’m really okay with that. I hope it wins every award this season.
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish – American true crime (Netflix)
I can’t even tell you too much about this in the event that you haven’t had it spoiled for you. This is legit one of the most insane things I have ever watched. It tells the true story of a girl relentlessly bullied and told to off herself in high school. Truly mind-blowing.
American Murder: Gabby Petito – American true crime (Netflix)
I already knew this story but it didn’t make it any less tragic. Gabby was the most adorable young lady who was so excited and ready to live her life. I will never understand how the cops did not stop this from happening.
The 5th Wave – American dystopian apocalypse movie (Netflix)
I’ll give you one warning. If you watch this, be aware of the fact that it didn’t do that well and so there is no plan for any sequels. Since I actually did enjoy the movie, this was hugely disappointing to me since it ends on a cliffhanger. I will have to read the book series one day to find out how it all ends.
The story follows a teenage girl (isn’t it always a teenage girl?) who is thrust into a new reality when aliens attack the earth. They do it in waves. First they disable technology, then they wipe out the coasts with tsunamis. The third was a bird-spread plague, and the fourth was placing aliens soldiers disguised as humans ready to “help”. The fifth wave is full-on assault, an alien invasion.
I don’t know why it didn’t get better ratings. It wasn’t perfect, but it was fun!
Trainwreck: Poop Cruise – American documentary (Netflix)
This was a wild ride. I had heard some vague reports of a cruise ship that malfunctioned and drifted for days with no power, little food, and no plumbing.
I was not prepared for the, uh, overflow of the story.
I’ve never really wanted to go on a cruise. This documentary did not change my mind!
Ziam -Thai Horror movie (Netflix)
I have yet to watch a Thai horror movie that didn’t make me jump and shriek a little. Ziam features a fight against a zombie outbreak with an ex-Muay Thai fighter trying to save his girlfriend from the undead.
This will really get your heart rate up.
Alice In Borderland Season 3 – Japanese Dystopian series (Netflix)
Every season that I’ve watched so far has been amazing but the writers always somehow seem to outdo themselves. This show is brilliant and exciting and stressful, and it’s one of my faves.
You may have seen the end of season two and wondered how it could ever continue.
They found a way. A logical, reasonable way.
At the end of season two, I thought if they stopped there I was fine, and if they kept going I was also fine. I felt the same way with this one.
I can’t imagine it will continue because the ending was perfect. But if they do, they left just enough wiggle room to make it work.
Absolutely amazing, 10/10 no notes.
Truth or Dare (Blumhouse extended film) – American horror (Netflix)
I liked this one a lot. A group of friends are partying in Mexico one last time before high school ends. They meet a guy who lures them into a cave (wtf) to play Truth or Dare.
This is not the Truth or Dare we all played as teens. This one involves evil spirits that will kill you if you don’t play your turn, if you lie when you choose Truth, or if you fail at your Dare.
It was quite chilling, and not a single dare was easy.
Don’t Move – American Horror movie (Netflix)
I need to put a fair warning here. While this movie was intense and exciting, and honestly quite god, as a woman it is difficult to watch.
A serial killer targets vulnerable women, tricking them into getting close enough for him to inject them with a syringe that mostly immobilizes them, He then takes them to a secluded location to, well. You know. And then to dispose of them afterwards. Permanently.
Iris foils his plans and escapes. A little. And then the hunt is on. How do you save yourself when your body is shutting down into paralysis?
Exciting but also yikes.
Deep – Thai Horror/Thriller movie (Netflix)
Imagine being a broke med student on the verge of dropping out because you need to make money. But at the last moment you’re handed the opportunity to participate in a clinical trial for lots of money. And it’s quite simple:
Have a chip implanted to monitor Qratonin, a brain chemical that keeps you awake. All you have to do is not tell anyone about it, and, most importantly, don’t sleep.
If you fall asleep for more than 60 seconds there is a good chance the chip will put you into cardiac arrest. But it’s fine because Jane is an insomniac anyway.
Except the longer the trial goes, the more demanding the timeline becomes. And the hallucinations are next level.
Besides, nothing is black and white and there is more to this trial than they mention up front.
This movie was intense and really interesting.
No One Gets Out Alive – British horror movie (Netflix)
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Ambar moves into a boarding house because she is short on money. She is also an undocumented immigrant from Mexico so she needs to stay under the radar.
The accommodations aren’t the best but they’ll do.
You know, other than the visions of ritual sacrifice and ghosts that Ambar starts to see. Other than that, it’s totally FINE.
I won’t explain more because it’s quite entertaining. Let’s just say that the sacrifices she envisions aren’t all in her head. And she will need to fight to save herself.
True Haunting: Eerie Hall and True Haunting: This House Murdered Me – American haunting documentary (Netflix)
I really enjoyed watching this short series. Three episodes cover Eerie Hall at Geneseo College in 1984. A popular and well-liked freshman starts his education at Geneseo, only to find himself haunted by an entity in the dorm. In This House Murdered me, we get two episodes of a family being tormented by a malevolent entity in their new home.
Both parts of the show are well done. We get real interviews with the actual people who endured the hauntings, and actor re-enactments of the stories they lived through.
I was pleasantly surprised. It managed to not be too sensationalist (maybe a little) while still offering some jolting moments.