Asian Dramas Like Deadwood

A Korean gambling magnate who built an illegal casino empire in the Philippines from nothing faces a deadly reckoning as his empire and the corrupt web supporting it begins to coll…

If you loved Deadwood's protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do, Big Bet delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — greed — is the same. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.

By day, Kim Ji-yong is a top police academy cadet. By night, he tracks down criminals who escaped justice through legal loopholes — and kills them. When a tenacious journalist begi…

If you loved Deadwood's protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do, Vigilante delivers exactly that. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.

Three people with shattered lives — a detective whose wife was murdered, an internal affairs officer whose career was destroyed by corruption, and a crime profiler caught in the mi…

If you loved Deadwood's protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do, Watcher delivers exactly that. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.

In the ancient land of Arth, warring tribes, prophesied heroes, and political power struggles play out on an epic scale. Eun-seom, born under a cursed star, rises from slavery to l…

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

Season 2 of the survival horror epic. In the aftermath of the Green Home apartment's collapse, survivors scatter across a world that is fully monstrous — and Cha Hyun-su grapples w…

If you loved Deadwood's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Sweet Home delivers exactly that. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.

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

If you loved Deadwood's protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do, Vincenzo delivers exactly that.

Set in 1920s Manchuria during Japanese colonial rule, a group of Korean independence fighters and outlaws converge on a lawless frontier. When their paths collide amid brutal gunfi…

The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.

A group of police officers at a local dispatch center deal with everyday crimes and personal struggles.

If you loved Deadwood's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Live delivers exactly that.

Seoul, 1958. Korea is three years past the armistice, the nation is still raw with war trauma, and a brilliant, unorthodox young detective named Park Young-han is building a reputa…

Same atmospheric and gritty energy throughout.

Young Thorfinn watches his father — a legendary warrior turned pacifist farmer — murdered by Viking mercenaries. He joins the mercenary band to get close enough to their leader to …

If you loved Deadwood's protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do, Vinland Saga delivers exactly that. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.