If you want to know about the most exciting new Korean shows coming out in May 2026, from “The WONDERfools” to “My Royal Nemesis,” read on.
Fans of Korean dramas all over the world are in for a great month in May 2026. Netflix, tvN, Viu, and MBC are all leading the way. Here are the most popular Korean movies this month, ranging from dream stories to action comedies to plays set at the beach that are good for you.
1. The WONDERfools
Release Date: May 15, 2026
Platform: Netflix
Cast: Park Eun Bin, Cha Eun Woo, Kim Hae Sook
Kang Eun-kyung, who created Dr. Romantic, is back with her new show, The Wonderfools, a superhero action comedy on Netflix. Park Eun-bin (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) and Cha Eun-woo (A Good Day to Be a Dog) play the lead roles in the show.
The show is set in Haeseong in 1999 and is about a girl named Eun Chae-ni (Park) who lives with her grandmother, Kim Jeon-bok (Kim Hae-sook, Strong Girl Nam-soon) and gets a strange talent after something strange happens.
The people who live next door to her, Son Kyung-hoon (Choi Dae-hoon, When Life Gives You Tangerines) and Kang Ro-bin (Im Sung-jae, The Worst of Evil), also have strange new skills.
Cha plays Lee Woon-jung, a socially awkward government worker who moves from Seoul to Haeseong and starts to look into a recent string of disappearances. (May 15 on Netflix)
2. My Royal Nemesis
Release Date: May 8, 2026
Platform: Netflix
Cast: Im Ji Yeon, Heo Nam Jun, Jang Seung Jo
Lim Ji-yeon got praise for her intense performance in The Tale of Lady Ok. In May’s first new K-drama, My Royal Nemesis, she is back in a period drama role. That is, until her character, Kang Dan-sim, is taken from the Joseon era to present-day Seoul in this dream show.
In Joseon, Dan-sim was known as a sneaky bad girl, and for her crimes, she was finally given the death penalty by poison. When she wakes up, she is in the year 2026 and in the body of an actor named Shin Seo-ri.
Cha Se-gye is played by co-star Heo Nam-jun (A Hundred Memories). He is the cruel heir to the powerful Chail Group and is known for being rude. She acts weirdly because she is possessed one day when she shows up in front of him. (May 8 on SBS and Netflix)
3. The Legend of Kitchen Soldier
Release Date: May 11, 2026
Platform: tvN
Cast: Park Ji-hoon, Lee Shin-young
Ji-hoon Ark is currently stealing the show in Korean theaters with his role in The King’s Warden, the second-most-watched Korean movie of all time with over 16 million viewers. He will be back on TV in The Legend of Kitchen Soldier, a military comedy about food.
He plays the part of Kang Seong-jae, a soldier who is sent to the Gangrim Post. Even though he did really well in training camp, his bad past holds him back, and he is put in charge of cooking.
Suddenly, a virtual task system that looks like a game pops up in front of him. He gets a lot better at cooking as he completes his cooking tasks.
Yoon Kyung-ho (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call), Han Dong-hee (Climax), and Lee Hong-nae (Aema) play the rest of his new unit. tvN (May 11), TVing.
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4. Azure Spring
Release Date: May 11, 2026
Platform: Viu
Cast: Kang Sang-joon, Yeri
In this show, Yeri from the girl band Red Velvet plays Anna, a young woman with severe anxiety that has made it hard for her to get a job. The show is similar to Little Forest and other healing stories that take place in rural areas.
Kang Sang-jun, who plays Cashero, plays Deok-hyeon, who is a little older and also having trouble moving forward with his life. Anna is afraid of the future, but Deok-hyeon’s problems are rooted in the past.
Anne and Deok-hyeon both end up in a small town on the coast, where they become traditional freedivers who gather shellfish off the coast.
Even though their job is hard, the two of them find comfort in the ocean, which they use as a safe place to be and a break. No matter how long they wait, their fears will not go away. (MBN+, May 11)
5. Fifties Professionals
Release Date: May 22, 2026
Platform: MBC
Cast: Shin Ha-kyun, Oh Jung-Se, Heo Sung-Tae
The movie appropriately named Fifties Professionals is a comedy about three middle-aged men who seem normal, but their violent pasts come to light when strange things happen in Yeongseon Island, the quiet beach town they live in.
Shin Ha-kyun, who plays Jeong Heo-myung in Beyond Evil, is a former spy of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service who can fit in with anyone.
Oh Jung-se, who is currently in the movie We Are All Trying Here, plays Bong Je-soon, who used to be a top-level North Korean spy. He used to be a dangerous human weapon, but now he has bad dreams all the time.
In Squid Game, Heo Sung-tae plays Kang Bum-ryong, who used to be the second-in-command of a well-known gang and now runs a store on an island. (MBC, May 22)
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