Here’s 5+ Must-See Dark School K-Dramas To Add To Your List

With more and more school-themed K-Dramas becoming a trend, here’s a list of some popular ones you must watch if you enjoy these types of series.

White Christmas (2011)

After receiving an anonymous letter stating that someone would die, eight students at the elite boarding school decided to remain at school for the eight days of winter break. To accompany them, a teacher is forced to remain.

School 2013

Go Nam Soon, a young boy constantly gets bullied by a group in his class. Later, one of his old rivals joins his school, and eventually, they are able to sort out their differences.

Extracurricular (2020)

Class of Lies (2019)

Duty After School (2023)

A sudden invasion by an alien race quickly overwhelms the South Korean military. The government is forced to take a drastic measure by requiring senior high school students to join the armed forces.

High Cookie (2023)

When a magic cookie wreaks havoc on an elite high school, a young woman fights to save her sister while a university counsellor pursues his own agenda.

Weak Hero Class 1 (2022)

A studious young man refuses to back down from the bullies in his class. They recently confirmed that season two has started filming and is set to air next year on Netflix.

Night Has Come (2023)

Students in the 2nd grade 3 class at Yooil High School go on a field trip. There, they are forced to participate in a mafia game of death.

Netizens that saw this agreed that these were some of their favorite school-themed K-Dramas.

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• “‘Extracurricular’ was my fave.”
• “‘White Christmas’ is legendary! ‘Duty After School’ was also fun too.”
• “‘White Christmas’ is my fave drama.”
• “‘Night Has Come’ is so much fun.”
• “I only watched ‘Weak Hero Class 1’.”
• “I watched them all except for the last one and I recommend ‘Weak Hero’ and ‘Extracurricular’.”
• “Only watched ‘Weak Hero.’”
• “I loved ‘All Of Us Are Dead.’”
• “I watched all of them. Just watch season one of‘Duty After School’. ‘Night Has Come’ is fun too.”
• “I’ve watched four of the dramas listed and ‘Extracurricular’ and ‘Weak Hero’ were the most fun. If I had to choose one, it would be ‘Extracurricular.’”
• “I’ve watched ‘All of us are Dead’ and ‘Duty After School.’ I want to watch ‘Weak Hero’ but it’s hard to watch the kids fighting.”

Have you watched any of these dramas? What other dramas would you add to the list?