2005
Kim Jee-woon
Action Crime Thriller
A loyal crime boss enforcer refuses to kill his boss's girlfriend after discovering her affair — setting off a deadly chain of events.
Like I Saw the Devil, A Bittersweet Life is built around protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do. At its core, it's about a revenge plot that's really about grief, identity, and what getting even actually costs. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2023
8 eps
Disney+
Thriller Action Crime
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 I Saw the Devil's relentless game of predator and prey where the tables keep turning, Vigilante 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.
2024
14 eps
JTBC
Thriller Action Crime
A police detective becomes addicted to drugs after being unknowingly exposed, and investigates a drug cartel from the inside while battling his own dependency.
Both are built around 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.
2003
Park Chan-wook
Thriller Mystery Action
A man is imprisoned without explanation for 15 years and released without reason. He has five days to uncover who imprisoned him and why.
Like I Saw the Devil, Oldboy is built around protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do. At its core, it's about a revenge plot that's really about grief, identity, and what getting even actually costs. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2022
8 eps
Disney+
Action Crime Thriller
Yeon Si-eun is the top student at a school dominated by violent bullies — and he has zero fighting ability. What he does have is cold, calculated intelligence and a complete willin…
Both are built around 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.
2024
12 eps
ENA
Crime Thriller Action
An elite traffic investigation unit — staffed by cops with too much ambition, too much trauma, and zero social skills — investigates accidents that turn out to be murders. When a n…
Both are built around a revenge plot that's really about grief, identity, and what getting even actually costs. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2025
12 eps
OCN/Wavve
Thriller Crime Drama
A team of elite financial crimes investigators, assembled from the wreckage of careers destroyed by the cases they couldn't solve, are given unofficial license to pursue the untouc…
If you loved I Saw the Devil's relentless game of predator and prey where the tables keep turning, The Hunters 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.
2003
Bong Joon-ho
Crime Thriller Drama
Two detectives investigate South Korea's first serial murders in the 1980s. Based on the true story of the Hwaseong serial murders.
Like I Saw the Devil, it leans hard into dark ending. 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.
2023
8 eps
Netflix
Action Thriller Crime
Two young men with exceptional combat skills become loan shark collectors to fight back against a predatory lending empire that is destroying ordinary people's lives. What starts a…
Both are built around 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.
2022
10 eps
Netflix
Crime Thriller Drama
Dong-ha is a failing chemistry professor drowning in debt — until he stumbles onto a dead drug courier's stash and makes a desperate decision to take the cash. That single moment p…
The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.