December 2025 Releases: Must-Watch K-Dramas

With just a week left until December, and the air is already thick with winter chill. A faint hum of yuletide whispers promises Christmas—and the excitement of a brand‑new year. The festive mood is in full swing, and if you want to soak it up from home, why not binge a mix of K‑dramas that cover every mood you could imagine?

From mystery and crime to romance, melodrama, suspense, and even superhero flair, there’s something to keep every night of December packed with intrigue. Grab a blanket, queue them up, and let the December countdown feel like a binge‑fest of everything you love about K‑dramas.

The Price of Confession

You can only expect consummate portrayals from the likes of Jeon Do-yeon and Kim Go-eun, and December erupts with excitement as titles such as The Price of Confession spotlight these iconic Korean actors in an intensely plotted mystery. The drama adds to the illustrious canon of Korean thrillers, where Ahn Yoon-soo (Jeon) and Mo-eun (Kim) are forced down a twisted path when Mo-eun, an inmate, presents Yoon-soo, a teacher accused of her husband’s murder, with an offer to confess to the crime at the risk of a deadly bargain.

Release Date: Dec. 5, 2025

Surely Tomorrow

Surely Tomorrow captures the endearing messiness of love’s ups and downs—two people tangled in emotions and circumstances, constantly finding their way back in a whirlwind push‑and‑pull. Park Seo-joon plays Lee Gyeong-do, an entertainment journalist just trying to get by, whose on-again, off-again romance with Seo Ji-woo (Won Ji-an) has already crashed twice. At present, when Gyeong-do investigates a celebrity scandal, he runs into Ji‑woo, now married to a suspect in the same case, forcing the old flames back together.

Release Date: Dec. 6, 2025

Love Me

If intense family drama and passionate romance appeal to you, Love Me is a strong contender on this list. The story centers on Doctor Seo Joon-kyeong (Seo Hyun-jin), who appears strong and confident but is actually lonely and broken—her pain rooted in a family tragedy. But then she’s a pro at hiding it beneath a façade, albeit one that begins to crumble when a stranger appears and starts breaking through her defenses. A Korean remake of the Swedish hit Älska mig (2019 – 2020), Love Me promises you the intrigue and emotional fireworks you might expect in a satisfying melodrama.

Release Date: Dec. 19, 2025

Made in Korea

After Crash Landing on You emerged as a breakout success in 2020, Hallyu star Hyun Bin returns to television with Made in Korea, a political drama co‑starring Jung Woo‑sung. Set amid the chaotic 1970s, a period of severe political upheaval in Korea, the series shows how the era’s unrest rippled into the nation’s future. Baek Ki‑tae (Hyun Bin) is a ruthless, over‑ambitious man willing to do anything for power and money, while Jang Gun‑young (Jung Woo‑sung) is a morally upright prosecutor determined to stop him. The rivalry between them lays bare the corruption, ambition, and the search for what’s really true.

Release Date: Dec. 24, 2025

Cashero

Lee Jun-ho (of 2PM) stars in this live-action adaptation of the popular webtoon of the same name, where he plays Kang Sang-woo, a seemingly ordinary public servant but gifted with supernatural strength that rises with the amount of cash in his pocket. Sang‑woo’s girlfriend, Kim Min‑sook (Kim Hye‑jun), is a numbers whiz, while lawyer Byeon Ho-in (Kim Byung‑chul) draws power from alcohol, and Bang Eun‑mi (Kim Hyang‑gi) gains telekinetic ability from bread. United, they fight evil forces for the greater good. The series blends the ordinary with the extraordinary, using its superhero premise to comment on corruption, social justice, and the limits of individual agency.

Release Date: Dec. 26, 2025