Top K-Drama Releases to Watch This September 2025 on Netflix and More
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Khalid Al Mansoor
- . August 30, 2025
- . Update: August 30, 2025 6:58 pm
September 2025 is shaping up to be an exciting month for K-drama fans around the world. With a diverse slate of new series launching across major streaming platforms, viewers can look forward to an engaging mix of genres from slice-of-life tales and romantic comedies to intense thrillers and political dramas.
Featuring renowned stars like Song Joong Ki, Kim Go Eun, and Go Hyun Jung, these dramas promise quality storytelling and captivating performances. Whether you’re craving emotional depth, suspenseful mysteries, or lighthearted entertainment, this September’s releases have something for everyone. Here’s a detailed rundown of 12 highly anticipated K-dramas to add to your watchlist.
Queen Mantis
A gripping mystery thriller and Korean remake of the French series The Mantis. It follows a female serial killer who, after serving 20 years in prison, is asked by her cop son to help catch a new killer mimicking her style. The story explores psychological tension and family drama.
- Cast: Go Hyun-jung, Jang Dong-yoon, Jung Hae-shin, Jo Sa
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: Netflix
- Release date: September 5, 2025
You and Everything Else
A heartfelt slice-of-life melodrama focusing on two best friends reconnecting after many years apart, exploring their lives through adolescence to adulthood, love, and the complexities of friendship.
- Cast: Kim Go Eun, Park Ji Hyun, Kim Gun Mu
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: Netflix
- Release date: September 12, 2025
Let’s Go to the Moon
A lighthearted rom-com about three women working in a confectionery company struggling with burnout and daily challenges. Their discovery of cryptocurrency sparks a journey to chase dreams beyond corporate life.
- Cast: Eun-bin, Ram-yan, Jo A-haram
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: Viki, MBC
- Release date: September 19, 2025
My Youth
Song Joong Ki’s comeback romance-drama centers on a former child star turned novelist who reunites with his first love, an entertainment manager. The story delves into second chances and healing from a painful past.
- Cast: Song Joong Ki, Chun Woo Hee
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: JTBC, Viki
- Release date: September 5, 2025
Miss Incognito
This crime-thriller drama revolves around a bodyguard with a secret past who enters a contractual marriage with a terminally ill chaebol heir. She must protect his inheritance while maintaining her disguised identity.
- Cast: Jun Yabin, Jin Yang, Zo Yanmu
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: To Be Announced
- Release date: September 29, 2025
Tempest
A political thriller infused with action and romance, telling the story of a diplomat and an international special agent with a mysterious past who join forces on a perilous mission.
- Cast: Jun Jihyun, Gang Dongwon, John Cho, Lee Misook, Park Haejoon
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: Hulu, Disney+
- Release date: September 10, 2025
Confidence Queen
A crime comedy inspired by the Japanese series The Confidence Man JP, following three con artists who scam corrupt villains in the real estate and financial sectors.
- Cast: Park Min Young, Park Sung Woong, Joo Jong Hyuk
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: To Be Announced
- Release date: September 2025
Walking on Thin Ice
A gripping crime and slice-of-life thriller about a desperate housewife who, in an attempt to pay for her terminally ill husband’s medical bills, sells a massive drug stash, plunging her into a dangerous world.
- Cast: Jun Hee, Kim Young Kwang, Han Ji Eul
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: KBS2
- Release date: September 20, 2025
Shin’s Project
A mystery comedy centered on a former negotiator now running a fried chicken shop, who uses his skills to secretly help people while building an unexpected friendship with a local judge.
- Cast: Han Suk Kyu, Bae Hyun Sung, Lee Re
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: tvN
- Release date: September 15, 2025
A Hundred Memories
Set in the 1980s, this nostalgic slice-of-life drama follows a group of bus attendants pursuing dreams, friendship, and love during a transformative era.
- Cast: Kim Dae Mi, Shin Yun Seung, Ho Nam Jun
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: JTBC
- Release date: September 13, 2025
Intimate Ripley
A daily melodrama exploring themes of family, revenge, and manipulation through the story of two fierce rivals locked in a web of lies and power struggles.
- Cast: Seo Ji Hye, Sol Jung Hwan
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: KBS 2TV
- Release date: September 22, 2025
First Lady
A political melodrama chronicling a First Lady embroiled in ambition, betrayal, and conspiracy, facing scandals that threaten to unravel her marriage and political standing.
- Cast: Eugene, Ji Han-woo, Im Han-young
- Director: TBA
- Streaming platform: To Be Announced
Release date: September 2025
