Asian Dramas Like Behind Her Eyes

Same energy. Different language. These Korean, Chinese, and Japanese dramas share the exact DNA of Behind Her Eyes — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of story.

2021 TV Show Thriller Mystery Drama
10 Asian Drama Matches

The Trunk

33% match
8 eps Netflix Thriller Romance Mystery

NM, an elite agency that provides temporary spouses for the wealthy who need social cover, assigns its top operative to a cold, enigmatic client with dark secrets. What begins as a…

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.

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Anna

32% match
6 eps Coupang Play Thriller Mystery Drama

A woman tells a small lie to impress someone, and that lie spirals into an entirely fabricated identity — a stolen name, stolen credentials, stolen life. Anna is a slow-burn psycho…

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.

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Death Note

32% match
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 god-like figure call…

If you loved Behind Her Eyes's rug-pull ending that reframes everything you thought you knew, Death Note delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.

Steins;Gate

29% match
24 eps TV Saitama / Crunchyroll Sci Fi Thriller Drama

A self-proclaimed mad scientist accidentally invents a method of sending messages to the past using a microwave. What starts as gleeful tinkering becomes a nightmare when he realiz…

If you loved Behind Her Eyes's rug-pull ending that reframes everything you thought you knew, Steins;Gate delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.

8 eps Coupang Play Thriller Mystery Drama

A woman discovers a corpse buried in her garden — and her perfectly arranged suburban life begins to unravel around the secret. Her neighbor, controlling a quiet home with a brutal…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: secrets. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.

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Hierarchy

28% match
7 eps Netflix Thriller Drama Romance

Jooshin High School is a fortress for Korea's ultra-wealthy — a place where invisible social rules govern everything and scholarship students exist purely to serve the elite. When …

If you loved Behind Her Eyes's love triangle where every choice breaks someone's heart, Hierarchy 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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Liar Game

27% match
12 eps tvN Thriller Mystery Drama

An intensely trusting, naive young woman gets recruited into a high-stakes psychological game show where contestants win money by deceiving each other — and enlists the help of a b…

Like Behind Her Eyes, it leans hard into psychological warfare. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.

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Oshi no Ko

27% match
29 eps Tokyo MX / Crunchyroll Drama Mystery Thriller

A doctor who's a superfan of an idol named Ai is murdered and reborn as her son. His twin sister is also a reincarnation with her own agenda. When their idol mother is killed by a …

If you loved Behind Her Eyes's rug-pull ending that reframes everything you thought you knew, Oshi no Ko delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.

Mouse

26% match
20 eps tvN Thriller Mystery Crime

A justice-seeking rookie cop and a detective hunt a serial killer while questioning if psychopathy is genetic.

If you loved Behind Her Eyes's narrator you can't quite trust — and love for exactly that reason, Mouse 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 the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.

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10 eps Disney+/TVING Thriller Horror Mystery

A young man from the countryside moves into a goshiwon — a budget housing complex where residents live in rooms barely bigger than a coffin. His neighbor is magnetic, generous, and…

If you loved Behind Her Eyes's narrator you can't quite trust — and love for exactly that reason, Hell Is Other People delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — secrets — is the same. Same unsettling energy throughout.

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Asian Dramas Like Behind Her Eyes: FAQ

What K-drama should I watch if I like Behind Her Eyes?

If you love Behind Her Eyes, start with The Trunk or Anna — both share the same Thriller and Mystery DNA. DramaMatch found 10 Asian drama matches total.

Is there a Korean version of Behind Her Eyes?

The closest Korean equivalent to Behind Her Eyes is The Trunk (2024), which scores a 33% match on DramaMatch. 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.

Where can I watch Asian dramas like Behind Her Eyes?

Asian dramas similar to Behind Her Eyes are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and Hulu. DramaMatch shows the exact streaming platform for each recommendation so you can start watching immediately.

Why do Behind Her Eyes fans like K-dramas?

Behind Her Eyes fans tend to love K-dramas because Korean drama storytelling delivers the same emotional intensity, strong character arcs, and genre-blending — especially Thriller and Mystery. K-dramas often tell tighter, season-long stories without filler episodes.

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