Asian Dramas Like Arrested Development

Anthony Kim is Korea's most feared drama producer — arrogant, brilliant, and willing to do literally anything for ratings. A catastrophic financial disaster forces him into an unli…

The pacing is sharp and witty — you'll miss lines if you look away.

A cash-strapped landlord buried in debt agrees to a 'fake kidnapping' scheme targeting a wealthy real-estate investor — not realizing the target plays a very different game. What b…

Like Arrested Development, it leans hard into dark comedy. The emotional territory — greed — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

An employee goes on a blind date in place of her friend, only to discover her date is her company CEO.

The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

A Korean-Italian mafia consigliere returns to Seoul to recover gold hidden beneath a building, teaming up with eccentric tenants.

Like Arrested Development, Vincenzo is built around ensemble where every character earns their screen time.

Oh Dan-ah is a no-nonsense fraud detective who has spent her career catching con artists — which makes it spectacularly inconvenient when the most charming man she has ever met tur…

The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

A famous baseball pitcher ends up in prison and navigates life behind bars with colorful cellmates.

If you loved Arrested Development's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Prison Playbook delivers exactly that. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

A film producer creates a club for his ex-girlfriends to help them succeed while dealing with their past relationships.

The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Five doctors who have been friends since med school navigate hospital life, love, and their band practice.

If you loved Arrested Development's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Hospital Playlist delivers exactly that. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

A professional art curator secretly leads a double life as a devoted K-pop fangirl until her new boss discovers her secret.

The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

A man-hating attorney and a women-fearing top actor wage war on each other while falling unexpectedly in love.

The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.