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The K2
더케이투
Why: Same slick tone · Also stars Ji Chang-wook · Crime
City Hunter
시티헌터
Why: Same slick tone · Also stars Lee Kwang-soo · Crime
Connection
커넥션
Why: Same paranoid tone · Crime · Same era (2024)
Parasyte: The Grey
기생수: 더 그레이
Why: Same propulsive tone · Same era (2024)
Reborn Rich
재벌집 막내아들
Why: Same propulsive tone
The Worst of Evil
최악의 악
Why: Also stars Ji Chang-wook · Crime · Both on Disney+
Suspicious Partner
수상한 파트너
Why: Also stars Ji Chang-wook · Crime
Welcome to Samdal-ri
웰컴투 삼달리
Why: Also stars Ji Chang-wook
The Scandal
스캔들
Why: Also stars Ji Chang-wook · Same era (2026)
The Sound of Magic
안나라수마나라
Why: Also stars Ji Chang-wook
Connect
커넥트
Why: Also stars Yang Dong-geun · Crime · Both on Disney+
Backstreet Rookie
Rene peech
Why: Also stars Ji Chang-wook
Lovestruck in the City
도시남녀의 사랑법
Why: Also stars Ji Chang-wook
100 Days My Prince
백일의 낭군님
Why: Also stars Doh Kyung-soo
Karma
악연
Why: Also stars Lee Kwang-soo · Crime · Same era (2025)
Healer
힐러
Why: Also stars Ji Chang-wook
EXO Next Door
우리 옆집에 엑소가 산다
Why: Also stars Doh Kyung-soo
Empress Ki
기황후
Why: Also stars Ji Chang-wook
It's Okay, That's Love
괜찮아 사랑이야
Why: Also stars Lee Kwang-soo and Doh Kyung-soo
Made in Korea
메이드 인 코리아
Why: Crime · Both on Disney+ · Same era (2025)