Netflix will never be in danger of running low on its wide selection of action-thrillers from all around the world, but in the case of South Korea's input on the genre, 2021 was a particularly formative year. Not only did Squid Game debut that year, with it handily cinching the worldwide most-watched original on the platform, ever, but another, more sharply grounded thriller made a name for itself while breaking boundaries of its own. Squid Game may have popularized dystopian survival thrillers and "death game" gimmicks more predominantly seen in anime, but My Name subverted expectations and blew audiences away all in one season.
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