Shows Like IRIS

After her uncle Jeong Jin-man dies under suspicious circumstances, his niece Ji-an discovers his unassuming online shop is a front for a world-class weapons marketplace — and that …

Like IRIS, it leans hard into morally grey characters. The emotional territory — conspiracy and identity — is the same. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.

A stuntman investigates a plane crash that kills his nephew and uncovers a massive government conspiracy.

Both are built around betrayal from the people closest to them — which always hits the hardest. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

A genius engineer from the present and a warrior from the future team up to prevent an apocalyptic disaster.

Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

Detective Park Joon-mo goes deep undercover into the most dangerous drug syndicate operating across Korea, China, and Japan — a criminal empire bridging three countries. To gain th…

If you loved IRIS's love triangle where every choice breaks someone's heart, The Worst of Evil delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.

Park Chang-ho is a mediocre lawyer with a 10% win rate. When he takes a murder case to save his career, he gets framed as "Big Mouse" — a legendary criminal genius no one has ever …

Both navigate the same emotional territory: conspiracy and identity. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.

Kim Yo-han is a promising judicial trainee sent undercover inside a maximum-security prison to expose an illegal gambling ring run by powerful inmates. When his cover is blown and …

Both are built around betrayal from the people closest to them — which always hits the hardest. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.

A legendary NIS field agent returns from a year of amnesia with one mission: find the mole inside the agency that tried to have him killed. Namgoong Min delivers one of K-drama's m…

Both are built around betrayal from the people closest to them — which always hits the hardest. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.

A skilled mercenary becomes a bodyguard for a presidential candidate's daughter while navigating political conspiracies.

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.

A young man raised in the Thai jungle as a weapon of revenge returns to Seoul and infiltrates the Blue House as a presidential bodyguard — secretly targeting the corrupt officials …

Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.

Won Mi-ho, a heiress with a cheerful exterior and a past full of mysterious tragedy, is exiled to Jeju Island as a schoolteacher. There she meets Ban, a legendary exorcist who has …

If you loved IRIS's love triangle where every choice breaks someone's heart, Island delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.