Shows Like Arang and the Magistrate

An immortal goblin seeks his bride to end his cursed immortality, finding unexpected love and friendship.

If you loved Arang and the Magistrate's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Goblin (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. Same whimsical and comedic energy throughout.

When two people are murdered on the same night, a magical marble resurrects them — but in new bodies. A lonely prosecutor wakes up as an averagely-looking man. His beautiful neighb…

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

A Joseon crown prince whose wife is murdered mysteriously is transported 300 years into the future — arriving in modern Seoul with three loyal retainers — and discovers his reincar…

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same whimsical and comedic energy throughout.

A king falls in love with a shaman who unknowingly resembles his first love, sparking dangerous memories.

If you loved Arang and the Magistrate's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, The Moon That Embraces the Sun delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — memory and fate — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

A Joseon-era scholar facing execution discovers a mysterious talisman that transports him to modern-day Seoul each time he opens it. In the present, he meets a warm, struggling act…

If you loved Arang and the Magistrate's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Queen In-hyun's Man delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

A noblewoman disguised as a male bookseller discovers that a powerful vampire scholar has been protecting the Joseon dynasty from an evil vampire lord for over 120 years. To end th…

If you loved Arang and the Magistrate's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Scholar Who Walks the Night delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. Same mysterious energy throughout.

In Joseon Korea, a legendary female painter blessed with the ability to see demons and a brilliant blind scholar connected to an ancient evil are drawn together by fate, prophecy, …

If you loved Arang and the Magistrate's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Lovers of the Red Sky delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. Same whimsical and emotional energy throughout.

A demon who feeds on human desires loses his powers and enters a contract marriage with a fearless heiress.

If you loved Arang and the Magistrate's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, My Demon delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same whimsical and comedic energy throughout.

A mermaid from the Joseon era and a con man karma-reconnect across lifetimes in modern Seoul.

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same whimsical and comedic energy throughout.

A civil servant finds a spell book sealed for 300 years and accidentally binds herself to a cold lawyer through a love spell.

If you loved Arang and the Magistrate's two souls pulled together by something bigger than either of them, Destined with You delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. Same whimsical and comedic energy throughout.