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If “Dear X” Hooked You, Watch These 7 Kim Yoo-jung Dramas Next! (2025)

Updated: Nov 25, 2025

Kim Yoo-jung as Baek Ah-jin in K-drama Dear X (Credits: TVING)
Kim Yoo-jung as Baek Ah-jin in K-drama Dear X (Credits: TVING)

Kim Yoo-jung has officially entered her villain era, and we’re eating it up!


In HBO’s new thriller Dear X, she transforms into Baek Ah-jin, a woman who brilliantly manipulates everyone around her, from her classmates to her bosses, and still manages to look innocent while doing it.


This isn’t your cute-and-clumsy rom-com, Yoo-jung. This is psycho mastermind Yoo-jung, and honestly, we’re terrified and obsessed at the same time.


If this drama turned you into a Yo-jung disciple (welcome to the cult), here are 7 of her best dramas to binge next!


1) My Demon (2023–2024)


My Demon (Credits: SBS)
My Demon (Credits: SBS)

Do Do-hee (Kim Yoo-jung) is a wealthy CEO who doesn’t believe in love or trust. Jeong Gu-won (Song Kang) is a demon who feeds on human desperation. After an accidental spiritual contract, Gu-won loses his powers, and the only way to keep them is by staying close to Do-hee.


They start as a business arrangement but get dragged into murder threats, company politics, and a relationship neither of them expected.



2) Lovers of the Red Sky (2021)


Lovers in the Red Sky (Credits: SBS)
Lovers in the Red Sky (Credits: SBS)

Hong Chun-gi (Kim Yoo Jung) is the only female painter in a male-dominated royal art academy. She regains her sight after being blind as a child. She meets Ha Ram (Ahn Hyo-seop), who lost his vision and carries a cursed spirit inside him.


Their past lives, a demon sealed inside the palace, and a royal power battle all collide as their destinies keep pulling them together and tearing them apart.




Backstreet Rookie (Credits: SBS)
Backstreet Rookie (Credits: SBS)

Jung Saet-byul (Kim Yoo Jung) once kissed a convenience store worker on a dare. Years later, she unexpectedly becomes a part-timer at his store. Choi Dae-hyun (Ji Chang-wook) tries to manage his messy life, but Saet-byul brings chaos, fights, random friendships, and comfort into his boring routine.


The closer they get, the more complicated their feelings become.



4) Clean With Passion For Now (2018)


Clean with Passion For Now (Credits: JTBC)
Clean with Passion For Now (Credits: JTBC)

Gil Oh-sol (Kim Yoo-jung) doesn’t care about cleaning, appearance, or order. She meets Sun-kyul (Yoon Kyun-sang), a CEO with severe germ-phobia who avoids any contact.


Forced to work together, Oh-sol’s messy world crashes into his perfectly sanitized lifestyle. As she brings warmth into his sterile life, he helps her confront the trauma she has been hiding for years.


  • Aired: Nov 2018 – Feb 2019

  • No. of Episodes: 16

  • Cast: Kim Yoo-jung, Yoon Kyun-sang, Song Jae-rim

  • Streaming Platform: Netflix / Viki / MX Player


5) Love in the Moonlight (2016)


Love in the Moonlight (Credits: KBS2)
Love in the Moonlight (Credits: KBS2)

Hong Ra-on (Kim Yoo-jung) disguises herself as a man for survival. Due to a debt, she’s forced to work in the palace as a eunuch, still hiding her real gender. She ends up serving Crown Prince Lee Young (Park Bo-gum).


He finds her interesting without knowing she’s a woman. Their growing feelings put both of them in danger as palace politics close in.


  • Aired: Aug 2016 – Oct 2016

  • No. of Episodes: 18

  • Cast: Kim Yoo-jung, Park Bo-gum, Chae Soo-bin, Jinyoung

  • Streaming Platform: Netflix / Viki / Amazon Prime


6) Love Cells (2014)


Love Cells (Credits: Naver TV Cast)
Love Cells (Credits: Naver TV Cast)

A man can’t confess to the girl he likes. His “love cells” appear in the form of a girl,

played by Kim Yoo-jung, who becomes his personal dating coach.


She tries to guide him step-by-step into love, but things get complicated when she starts catching feelings.


  • Aired: Nov 2, 2014 - Nov 20, 2014

  • No. of Episodes: 15 (short web episodes)

  • Cast: Kim Yoo-jung, Park Sun-ho, Nam Ji-hyun

  • Streaming Platform: Viki


7) Angry Mom (2015)


Angry Mom (Credits: MBC)
Angry Mom (Credits: MBC)

Oh Ah-ran (Kim Yoo-jung) is bullied at school. Her mother enrolls herself in the same school, pretending to be a student to protect her. Inside, she discovers violence, abuse, and a dark system that covers up everything. Yoo-jung delivers one of her strongest emotional performances here, fragile, quiet, and hurting.


  • Aired: Mar 2015 – May 2015

  • No. of Episodes: 16

  • Cast: Kim Yoo-jung, Kim Hee-sun, Ji Soo, Baro

  • Streaming Platform: Viki / Amazon Prime


Before You Go… A Little Dear X Trivia


Did you know that Dear X is Kim Yoo-jung’s first-ever full-on villain role?


She has always been loved for her bright, lovable character, but this time, she dives into a morally rotten, manipulative character who does whatever it takes to get what she wants.


And she SLAYS. Like… Oscar-level slays.


Which Kim Yoo-jung era did you love the most? Comment below and let’s see which drama wins.




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