you'll love
2020
16 eps
MBC
Thriller Crime Drama
Survivor Becomes Detective Cold Case Reopened
Twenty years ago, Cha Young-jin survived an attack that killed other children and destroyed the investigation. Now a detective, she recognizes the same pattern in a new series of m…
Like Gap-dong, it leans hard into detective obsession. 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.
you'll love
2021
20 eps
tvN
Thriller Mystery Crime
Serial Killer Hunt Twist Identity
A justice-seeking rookie cop and a detective hunt a serial killer while questioning if psychopathy is genetic.
Like Gap-dong, it leans hard into serial killer hunt. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
you'll love
2017
16 eps
OCN
Thriller Crime Mystery
Detective Duo Race Against Time
A detective haunted by his wife's murder and a 112 emergency call center operator with extraordinary hearing team up to catch killers in real time. Every episode is a race against …
Like Gap-dong, it leans hard into serial killer hunt. The emotional territory — serial killer and obsession — is the same. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
you'll love
2015
8 eps
OCN
Crime Thriller Mystery
Brilliant Detective Procedural Investigation
An elite FBI-trained detective joins Korea's first Missing Persons Crime Investigation Unit, tackling meticulously crafted disappearance cases that reveal the dark psychology behin…
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.
you'll love
2006
37 eps
NTV / Crunchyroll
Thriller Mystery Psychological
Cat And Mouse Anti Hero
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 Gap-dong's relentless game of predator and prey where the tables keep turning, Death Note 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.
you'll love
2022
6 eps
Coupang Play
Thriller Mystery Drama
False Identity Impostor
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.
you'll love
2019
16 eps
OCN
Thriller Crime Mystery
Internal Affairs Corruption Investigation
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…
Like Gap-dong, it leans hard into psychological thriller. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
you'll love
2020
16 eps
tvN
Thriller Mystery Supernatural
Supernatural Detective Buddy Cop
A detective with a rare supernatural ability to read memories by touch teams up with a cold but brilliant criminal profiler to hunt a serial killer whose methodical crimes seem imp…
Like Gap-dong, it leans hard into serial killer hunt. 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.
you'll love
2026
8 eps
Netflix
Crime Mystery Thriller
Con Artist Cat And Mouse
A Korean-American woman builds an elaborate false identity as a high-society luxury brand executive, targeting the ultra-wealthy elite of Seoul. When her fabricated persona — and t…
If you loved Gap-dong's relentless game of predator and prey where the tables keep turning, The Art of Sarah delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
you'll love
2022
8 eps
Netflix
Thriller Crime Psychological
Psychopathic Love Interest Cat And Mouse
Sum is an antisocial app developer who built Somebody — a dating app that matches people based on deep psychological profiles. When a beautiful, dangerous man named Yun Oh starts u…
If you loved Gap-dong's relentless game of predator and prey where the tables keep turning, Somebody 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.