With love for all things Korean ever on the rise, Netflix recently revealed its lineup of series and movies from Seoul for the year. Complementing this is the streamer’s current and upcoming slate of reality shows and documentaries to satisfy the unscripted K-content lover in you!
Check out the list below, and don’t miss FMT’s weekly roundup of new releases on Netflix for more precise premiere dates.
REALITY SHOWS
[Now streaming]
- ‘Physical: 100’
One hundred contestants in top physical shape compete in a series of gruelling challenges to claim the honour, and cash reward, as the last one standing.
[Premiering from April]
- ‘Siren: Survive the Island’
Twenty-four female police officers, firefighters, bodyguards, soldiers, athletes, and stuntwomen team up according to profession to compete for survival on a remote island.
- ‘Nineteen to Twenty (19/20)’
A group of young adults share their last week of teens and first week of their 20s together – experiencing freedom and all the trials and tribulations of adulthood, the poor things.
- ‘Zombieverse’
In Seoul, where a zombie virus outbreak has run amok, who will outwit the undead in the face of challenging quests and come out alive?
- ‘The Devil’s Plan’
In this mind-bending game of survival hosted by “the Devil”, contestants have one week to be crowned the brainiest player and win the ultimate prize.
- ‘Singles Inferno 3’
Stranded and ready to mingle, the third series sees more flirty singles searching for love on a deserted island they can only escape as couples.
DOCUMENTARIES
[Premiering next month]
- ‘In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal’
An eight-episode true-crime documentary that explores the self-proclaimed “messiahs” in modern Korean history, and the shocking events behind them.
[Premiering in Q4 2023]
- ‘Yellow Door: Looking for Director Bong’s Unreleased Short Film’
Tracing the quest for Oscar-winning “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho’s unreleased short film, “Looking for Paradise”, which was screened for 10 members of a cinephile club on Christmas 1992 – and has never been seen since.