From romantic comedies to action-packed thrillers, we're breaking down your next big Friday night binge.

With its widespread popularity drawing parallels to several critically-acclaimed TV shows like <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/game-of-thrones-prequel-house-of-the-dragon-hbo-first-photos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Game of Thrones</a> and <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/handmaids-tale-season-4-worth-watching" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Handmaid's Tale</a>, Squid Game has drawn millions of viewers into its dark world of children's games. Garnering recognition as one of <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/netflix-renews-sex-education-season-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Netflix'</a>s biggest hits thus far, the show is set to be the streaming platform's most-watched series of all time. The foreign-language thriller has amassed a following of avid K-drama viewers, as well as notable newcomers whose obsession with the horror hit sparked conspiracy theories surrounding its chilling ending and speculations for a following season.
Squid Game, named after a popular children's game in South Korea, is a social satire horror series that encompasses the struggles of impoverished, debt-ridden people who play a series of violent children's games out of desperation&mdash;with the promises of a ₩45.6 billion ($38.6 million) cash prize if they make it alive through six life-threatening challenges.
The chillingly vicious show caused social media buzz around the world, and much like Bong Joon-ho's <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/oscars-2020-how-to-stream" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oscar-winning</a>thiller film Parasite, the South Korean film and TV industry is making waves around the world for its impeccable directing, acting, and screenplay. With Squid Game being merely a nine-episode series, with a following season still under wraps, here's a list of upcoming K-dramas to look forward to this fall season.

The King's Affection | Official Teaser | Netflix

A quintissential K-drama series set to release on October 11, The King's Affection is a historical-drama and romance series based on a South Korean comic. The show is centered around a hidden princess, Lee Hwi (Park Eun Bin), who was sent back to the palace after the sudden death of her twin brother. Her mother, the Crown Prince&rsquo;s wife, orders her to disguise herself as the crown prince, the monarch&rsquo;s heir.

My Name | Official Teaser | Netflix

Coming October 15, Netflix's newest K-drama series My Name&nbsp;follows a young woman, Yoon Ji-Woo (played by Nevertheless actress Han So-hee) who seeks to avenge her father's untimely death by working with a drug gang. A revenge-driven Ji-Woo ultimately works under the drug investigation unit of a police department and becomes an undercover cop eager to unveil her father's mysterious death.

Hellbound | Official Teaser | Netflix [ENG SUB]

Set to launch November 19, Hellbound&nbsp;is a fantasy-horror drama that is centered around the concept of a death angel. The paranormal phenomenon lures a detective (Yang Ik-june), a lawyer (Kim Hyun-joo), and program director of a broadcasting station (Park Jeong-min) to unveil the origins, truths, and mysteries behind the supernatural creatures who condemn people to hell. The series is directed by Yeon Sang-Ho who is celebrated for directing the zombie-hit movie Train to Busan.&nbsp;

With a star-studded line up of notable South Korean actors such as Gong Yoo, Bae Doona, and Lee Joon, The Silent Sea is a sci-fi thiller series scheduled to release by the end of 2021. Set in 2075, where the planet suffers from a scarcity of resources from food to water, a special space agency team was given a mission to collect mysterious samples from the silent sea&mdash;an abandoned space station on the moon. The Silent Sea is a TV show adaptation of the 2014 film The Sea of Tranquility written and directed by Choi Hang-yong who is also set to direct the upcoming series.&nbsp;

Although the official release date for Snowdrop has yet to be announced, with several delays causing fervent speculation over its release, the much-anticipated series has caused media frenzies over the last year since it's announcement of <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/what-is-k-pop-fashion-blackpink-bts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blackpink's</a> Jisoo as the female lead. Snowdrop is centered around university students, played by Jung Hae-In and Jisoo, who develop a romatic relationship during a historical and pivotal year in South Korean history where the then-authoritarian government held democratic elections and later enforced constitutional reforms.

5 New K-Dramas to Watch After 'Squid Game'

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