Asian Dramas Like Barbie

Han Yoo-hyun is 37, broke, exhausted, and completely adrift — her bright, ambitious 17-year-old self would be horrified. When that 17-year-old actually shows up from the past, they…

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

If you loved Barbie's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Knight Runner 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 sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

A young man accidentally joins a team of grim reapers who prevent suicides by helping the living resolve their pain.

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

A pompous CEO and a stuntwoman swap bodies and discover they may be connected by fate and a magical garden.

Both navigate the same emotional territory: self discovery. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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

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 middle-aged man on the verge of divorce wakes up 18 again and must decide if he wants to reclaim his past.

Both navigate the same emotional territory: growing up. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

The water god Habaek descends to the human world to retrieve divine stones — and by ancient prophecy, a human woman named So-ah is destined to serve as his guide. The problem: she'…

If you loved Barbie's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, The Bride of Habaek delivers exactly that. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Pontifex Lembrary, a saintly religious leader in a high fantasy kingdom, is transported into the body of Wild Animal — a notoriously arrogant K-pop idol with scandals stacked to th…

If you loved Barbie's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, The Heavenly Idol 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 heartfelt energy throughout.

The soul of Korea's most ruthless CEO gets trapped inside a smartphone, forcing him to manipulate a bumbling but kind-hearted employee to reclaim his company from within.

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.

The last deity in charge of spring — responsible for renewal, growth, and the particular grief of things ending so other things can begin — has been demoted to human form as punish…

If you loved Barbie's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, The Last God of Spring delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.