The stellar cast of "Squid Game" (opens in new tab) consists of a variety of talented actors, from veterans to rising stars. Not only are they stars in Korea, but they are now highly acclaimed in America's biggest awards race, with five Emmy (opens in new tab) nominations and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Lee Jung Jae and Jeon Ho-young After the hit on Netflix, what after "The Squid Game" (opens in a new tab): Many of the cast's previous Korean dramas (opens in a new tab) are now available for streaming. The following Korean dramas include some of the most successful series in Korean history as well as underrated gems (opens in new tab), all of which feature at least one of the acclaimed cast members of Squid Game.

In this Korean reimagining of Netflix's international blockbuster crime, Park Hye-soo plays the charming and unpredictable Berlin. This Berlin is no jewel thief; he grew up in a North Korean concentration camp, escaped, and became a wanted criminal. He joins a team of thieves who take over the Unification Korean Mint and steal 4 trillion won (US$3 billion).

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Breathing new life into the Korean zombie genre, the film follows a group of high school students (opens in new tab) trying to survive a zombie outbreak at their school. Lee Yumi plays Nayeon, a selfish rich kid who values her own survival above all others. If you want to see a rising star playing the opposite of sweet Ji Yeon (240), watch this one.

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In this political series, Lee Jung-jae plays Jang Tae-jung, the cold and calculating chief strategist of a South Korean congressman. political intrigue.

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Kim Jae-hyuk (Park Hye-su), a famous baseball player, is arrested and sentenced to one year in prison after pursuing a man who tried to assault his sister. There he meets his childhood friend and fellow baseball player Lee Jun-ho (Jeong Kyung-ho). He is now working as a guard and helps him adjust to life in prison. This drama became Park Hye-su's first starring role and was nominated for the Best New Actor Award at the Baeksang Art Awards.

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This historical fantasy drama is set in two time periods, the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and modern-day Seoul. Shim Chung (Jung Ji-hyun), a mermaid, falls in love with Kim Ryong, the son of a nobleman, but later falls in love with his modern doppelganger, the con artist Ho Jun-jae (Lee Min-ho). Park Hye-soo plays a supporting role in this mythical series, playing a Joseon-era official and a modern-day detective investigating Jung-jae.

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This psychological crime series follows two detectives, played by Shin Ha-geun and Yeo Jin-gu, who team up to pursue a new serial killer. As they investigate a series of murders in a quiet town, they are forced to question the culpability of all the town's residents, including themselves. Ho Seong-tae plays Lee Chang-jin, the corrupt president of a construction company.

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In this 10-episode horror series, Yoon Jung-woo, a crime writer and newcomer to Seoul, finds temporary residence at Eden Gosiwon, a cheap inn with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. After a series of mysterious incidents, Jung-woo begins to feel unsafe among his new neighbors. Anupam Triati plays the role of Kumail, a former resident of Jung-woo's room who mysteriously disappears in this drama.

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A romantic drama about a newly divorced single mother, Kang Dan-yi, who reunites with her childhood friend, Cha Eun-ho, a successful writer. Kang Dani takes a job at his publishing house, and they fall for each other after Eun-ho asks her out. However, Eun-ho finds himself competing for Dani's heart with the show's second lead, a book designer played by Hwi Ha-jung.

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Remember the 2009 Zac Efron laugh-out-loud comedy "17 Again"? Now young Tae-young enrolls in his children's high school as a chance to get his life back on track, but he finds himself drawn to his family, including his estranged wife, Da-jung. Woo Ha-jung plays a famous athlete who has romantic feelings for Da-jung. [The romance follows Yoon Jia (Son Ye-jin of "I'm Crazy About You"), a woman in her 30s who falls in love with her childhood friend's younger brother Seo Jun-hee (Jung Hae-in), who reappears. Yoon Seung-ho, Jia's younger brother and Jun-hee's best friend, is flanked by Wee Ha-jung as Jia's younger brother and Jun-hee's best friend.

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In this Joseon Dynasty drama, Choi Chung-jun, one of Korea's leading fortune tellers and face-readers, sets himself the task of replacing the country's corrupt king and queen with a noble young prince and humble commoner. He teams up with fortune-teller princess Hwang Bong-ryun (Go Seong-hee) to help the young couple ascend to the throne. Kim Joo Ryong also plays a supporting role as a restaurant owner.

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In this time-travel drama, ten people are given the chance to "reset" their lives by going back one year. During the journey, fate is interrupted and unexplained events put the group in danger. Lee Yoo-mi plays Kim Se-ling, a college student with Munchausen syndrome, who travels back in time to reconcile with her boyfriend.

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Romantic comedy starring Koh Yoo (opens in new tab). Then, when his grandmother gives him an ultimatum, he opens a café to prove himself and succeeds by hiring only attractive men.

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This fantasy drama, also known as "Goblin," stars Gong Yoo as Kim Shin, an immortal goblin who has lived for 900 years. Gong Yoo thinks he has found his bride in Ji Eun-tak, a high school girl who can see the dead and has remained cheerful despite tragic events. As the two fall in love, things become more complicated.

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In this historical drama set in the Joseon Dynasty from the writer of Goblin, an American Marine Corps officer (Lee Byung-hun) is on a diplomatic mission after leaving Korea in 1871 during the Shinmyongwol (first American expedition to Korea). He returns to Korea. There he meets and falls in love with Go Ae-shin (Kim Tae-ri), the daughter of a nobleman, but their love is made difficult by the difference in status and Ae-shin's arranged marriage to a nobleman.

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