2020
16 eps
MBC
Thriller Crime Drama
Twenty years ago, Cha Young-jin survived an attack that killed other children and destroyed the investigation. Now a detective, she recognizes the same pattern …
Like Gap-dong, it leans hard into detective obsession. At its core, it's about an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2021
20 eps
tvN
Thriller Mystery Crime
A justice-seeking rookie cop and a detective hunt a serial killer while questioning if psychopathy is genetic.…
Like Gap-dong, it leans hard into serial killer hunt. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2017
16 eps
OCN
Thriller Crime Mystery
A detective haunted by his wife's murder and a 112 emergency call center operator with extraordinary hearing team up to catch killers in real time. Every episod…
Like Gap-dong, it leans hard into serial killer hunt. The emotional territory — serial killer and obsession — is the same. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2015
8 eps
OCN
Crime Thriller Mystery
An elite FBI-trained detective joins Korea's first Missing Persons Crime Investigation Unit, tackling meticulously crafted disappearance cases that reveal the d…
Both are built around an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2006
37 eps
NTV / Crunchyroll
Thriller Mystery Psychological
A genius high school student finds a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. He decides to use it to cleanse the world of criminals, becoming a …
If you loved Gap-dong's relentless game of predator and prey where the tables keep turning, Death Note delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
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