If I can only pick one, it'd be Life on Mars for sure. It is near-perfect as a drama with excellent writing, pacing and performances with Jung Kyung-ho truly shining throughout.

IIRC Jung Kyung-ho was in almost every scene of the show and yet you don't feel exhausted with his character. He's playing a competent, intelligent cop but also manages to project this feeling of being a lost soul who must be protected. An extremely restrained but nuanced performance.

I'm going way back and picking Smile, You. It was the first drama of his that I watched, and he was such a refreshing change from the typical cold-hearted chaebol so prevalent everywhere in Kdramaland. I could totally understand why the FL fell for him. I've enjoyed every performance of his since.

I was just scanning Viki to find an old drama to watch that I have missed. Heartless City it is. Been on my list for years.

If I have to pick one I will pick Hospital Playlist. I loved his character in this drama. He came across as prickly, yet he was extremely professional with incredible bed side manners. As a no nonsense doctor he stole my heart in that show. Plus, he was such a softie when he was not working. I loved his rapport with his hoobae, eating dynamic with Song Hwa, his romance with Ik-sun and everything. He was hilarious when he was with his friends. This man can pull of humor one minute and be swoony in the next. And I think this show showed his range very well.

You can only pick one Jung Kyung-ho drama
Well that's not fair! My pick would be Heartless City (a.k.a. Cruel City). It was a memorable character/role for so many of us beanies back in 2013. Couldn't help but be enamored by him. Jung Kyung-ho shines in this stylish noir crime drama projecting a tall, svelte, sexy, and smart brainiac screen presence against the backdrop of the criminal underworld.

I will never forget Jung Kyung-ho as Doctor's Son/Baksa Adeul/Jung Shi Hyun! Along with the noir cinematography, atmosphere and mood of the story, memorable characters, bromance and OST.

Memorable characters: Choi Moo Sung as Moon Duk Bae / Safari; Kim Yoo Mi as Madame Kim Hyun Soo; Yoon Hyun Min as Kim Hyun Soo

OST: Kim Yong Jin (김용진) - 상처 (Hurt)
https://youtu.be/4AQC4gyH7jg

Runner-up: Life on Mars

I have to choose Life on Mars, in fact Life on Mars by a very long way. Even though, as an ardent and devoted lover of the extraordinary original, it didn't come close to that piece of brilliance. But then it was never going to and if you are going to adapt something then this is the way to do it. In fact, it's maybe Korea's best adaptation (a thought that is now making me wonder if there ever was a better one).

Of course this come with a hefty dose of personal preference since the kind of slice-of-life of Hospital Playlist and Prison Playbook is not my cup of tea.

But as much as I think that Jung Kyung-ho is amazing and Life on Mars is a very good show, I can only recommend people watch the original, which is one of the best pieces of television ever made.

Baksa forever! 💕

Heartless City, of course! Baksa lives!

I am partial to Hospital Playlist and Prison Playbook. 😊

This is easy for me because I have only seen one of his dramas all the way through : One More Happy Ending.

I don’t even really remember the drama 😅 so I’m not sure this really counts.

This is an easy one for me, I'm Sorry I Love You. Oddly, I've seen him in later dramas without recognizing he's the same actor, even though he has a distinctive look.

It’s difficult to not select Heartless City or Life on Mars, both of which are great! So instead I will name the JKH show I’d pick first to rewatch and that’s Hospital Playlist 1.

Heartless City

My favourite role from Jung Kyung-ho. Dude was incredible in the drama and urghh so damn sexy. While he has been in plenty of good dramas THIS show is where I fell in love ♥️

First place goes to Jun-wan from Hospital playlist second to Prison Playbook.
Actually I am in love with Jung Kyung-ho

Family drama Smile You (2009) with Lee Min-jung. He starts off as the beta to Lee, and slowly becomes her rock and guide, making his character my favourite K-drama boyfriend.
On it's own, the drama is great fun, and would have easily been a classic, had it not been extended. That hurt the story. The first 20-25 episodes are *chef's kiss*

JKH is really great in comedy roles, he knows how to use his body for comedy like in Life on Mars, Prison Playbook, Falling for Innocence, Hospital Playlist.

But nothing can beat his role in Heartless City!

This role was so unique! He was perfect as a badass drug dealer/cop.

The only ones I have watched him in are Hospital Playlist and Prison Playbook. He was great in both. I will pick Hospital Playlist as that was my happy place during the pandemic.

The thing with Jung Kyung Ho is that even if I dislike the show, I love his role. He is incredibly versatile and charismatic.

My #1 pick: Heartless City!! That's where it all started for me as a Jung Kyung Ho fan😍🤩... I even still remember the OST😃

It has to be Falling for Innocence for me because that was his first I ever saw and instantly became a fan. Though performance wise I did see clips of Life on Mars and Heartless city and he looked pretty good there. He was also the scene stealer in Prison Playbook. Though I feel in his recent shows Hospital Playlist and CCIR he didn't get the chance to shine to his full potential, in CCIR especially. He's easily one of the most versatile actors in SK dramaland where he can go from serious to funny to swoony in a matter of seconds. Seeing his bts clips l, he does quite a lot of ad libs and does like elevating the funny scenes even further.

Prison Playbook, without a doubt. After all, it's my favorite k-drama, and as it happens Jung Kyung-ho is in it, so I pick it :)

Is it me or does he have a big head?

Oh, this is tough. I've watched almost every project he was in, and I like most of it. Even if I ended up hating the bewildering and disappointing second half, like in Missing Nine and One More Happy Ending, he still made his character shine through, which wasn't easy.

Still, if I have to choose one drama, it would be Prison Playbook. Between his unusual career choice, his steadfast friendship with Jae-hyuk, the swoony romance he got, his hilarious bickering dynamic with his exasperating brother, and the evolving relationship he got going with the inmates under his watch, this drama gave me so many new Jung Kyung-ho experiences. I love how he still managed to surprise me with this role even after years watching him being the versatile actor that he was.

His Hospital Playlist's Kim Jun-wan would be a close second. His cute dynamic with Chae Song-hwa is still high up there in my list of k-drama platonic goal.

I've only seen him in two so far (the cameo in CLOY notwithstanding): Prison Playbook and Crash Course in Romance. Any wild guesses which one I'd recommend? Hint: In one of these Shin Jae-ha is a smiley genuine person who was caught in a bad situation and in the other he is a smiley person who is also a serial killer.

Prison Playbook was incredible and Joon-ho was my favorite thing. He was charming and smart and an excellent foil to his friend who was a bit of a dolt (but endearingly so). Even though his romance was a bit of a side story, it is one that has stuck with me because so many of its moments were phenomenal. I also loved the growth we saw from his character, as he went from fairly indifferent interloper in the prison, to someone more committed to his job and having a greater appreciation for what he was there to do.

Heartless City for me.

Life on Mars.

Perfect.

Just absolutely perfect.

This one is hard so i won't just one as i loved at it's due time Smile, You,Cruel City among his best projects and his after military return drama and Prison Playbook

Time to cheat again. As I read each comment of our DB staff I came to the conclusion that in some cases its not only great writing and directing but the actor that makes the drama and Jung Kyung-ho is such and actor. He draws me into whatever one he is in and I love watching him act. (beautiful hands aside) So, my vote has to be anything he is in pretty much! (He had my heart at Heartless City first).

This one is hard as I like all the characters he has played and that was a diverse range.

But Life on Mars is it because of the totality of how good this drama is in every aspect.

It's been two weeks in a row but I really can't pick. 🥺
I was going to choose Prison Playbook but then I remembered Life on Mars. I also love Hospital Playlist and Smile You.

Thinking that I'm choosing the drama "just for him" doesn't help since I really like his characters in those shows. They're all charming.

Heartless City for me. There are several truly memorable scenes, it was more hard core than his other dramas. And I learned that you can exist on nothing but straight up scotch.

This is an easy question, for me. I've only seen him in Prison Playbook and Hospital Playlist before Crash Course in Romance, so that narrows my choices significantly!

I'm going with Hospital Playlist because I loved his character as well as story with Ik-jun's sister :)

Life on Mars!
Drama trifecta in excellent directing, great writing (adaptation) & awesome acting led by JKH!

Definitely I have to select HEARTLESS CITY (2013) (Viki US).
I came to kdramaland in 2016 and HC was my fifth kdrama. It made me a Jung Kyung-ho (and Yoon Hyun-min) fan for life.
Two observations:
1. From HC to CCIR Jung Kyung-ho’s body type has been the same. He is a thin guy; and
2. We are way overdue for a JKH and YHM reunion. Please drama gods get these two back together and not as antagonists like in BEATING AGAIN (2015) available on Viki US under the title: FALLING FOR INNOCENCE.

Some of his dramas aren't perfect, but he always stands out and makes his character special. My favorite Kyung Ho drama is probably Prison Playbook. But my favorite Kyung Ho character is every character. They're all so precious! Loved him in Hospital Playlist, Devil, Missing 9, One more happy ending. Thanks to all of you, I realllllly need to start Life on Mars!

I watched Kyung Ho first in One More Happy Ending and he's been my favorite bias ever since. Oddly, I haven't yet watched the show that launched him to most of the beanies' radar - Heartless City. I guess I'm waiting for it to be available on the streaming sites I'm on. Or perhaps for a better, more vacant time to give it my full attention. But to pick one show? Hmm.. Yeah. It would most probably be Life On Mars. His acting is always impeccable but his take on that drama was just *chef's kiss*. A close second would be Hospital Playlist. Although his roles in Falling for Innocence was also so swoony. I can still remember that scene where he cried in frustration to the FL because he's finally experienced the brunt of all the wrong things he did in the past - and hating himself so much for it. I remember replaying that scene over and over trying to soak his amazing acting. 😍

Out of all the shows I watched him in, I have to choose Prison Playbook. It was simply superb in every way (except for the romance).

I tried giving Falling for Innocence another chance last week but both lead characters are simply not my cup of tea. If I had to choose the drama(s) in which I found him most attractive in, I would say Crash Course in Romance and When the Devil Calls Your Name.

Every word on missvictrix's post about Heartless, yes.

Based on comments, the runner -up seems to be Life on Mars. I loved the show also, but for me it falls in the category of came for/stayed for: I came for Jung Kyungho and I stayed for Park Sungwoong.

My very first introduction to Jung Kyung Ho is through Heartless city drama. He was cold and brutal in the drama and I got so hooked to his character. He was really hot in that drama. I couldnt take my eyes of him. Since then I have wanted to see him in many more projects. He has a very different charm which draws his viewers to watch the show.

My second favourite drama of his is Life of Mars. A very lost soul found himself in the 80's and he nailed his character there. I could feel his pain and how he wanted to get out of that inner turmoil.

I haven't watched a lot of his shows (just Prison Playbook and Hospital Playlist) but this list will prompt me to look for and watch his other dramas. For this list though, I have to go with Hospital Playlist!

I mean, prickly but adorable boss, fantastic doctor who is cold but goes above and beyond for his patients, loving and boisterous friend, deep lover, quirky stone age man, absolute foodie... The list goes on. He was multifaceted in the show and I never got tired of his scenes. Beautiful 🥰