you'll love
2022
8 eps
Disney+
Crime Thriller Drama
Crime Lord Rise And Fall
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…
Both are built around systemic corruption grinding down everyone who tries to fight it. Same gritty and tense energy throughout.
2024
10 eps
Netflix
Action Thriller Crime
Vigilante Team Morally Grey Heroes
An elite team of vigilante agents operates in the shadows, protecting citizens from crimes the official police system cannot or will not solve, guided by a mysterious benefactor wi…
Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
you'll love
2023
12 eps
Disney+
Crime Thriller Action
Undercover Cop Morally Grey Protagonist
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…
Both are built around loyalty tested until it breaks — or proves it won't. Same gritty energy throughout.
you'll love
2023
16 eps
JTBC
Drama Thriller Workplace
Unlikely Partnership Workplace Procedural
A passionate tax investigator who believes in absolute fairness is assigned to a prestigious accounting firm as an embedded auditor — where he meets a senior accountant who has spe…
Both are built around loyalty tested until it breaks — or proves it won't. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2025
8 eps
Disney+
Action Thriller Spy
Black Ops Team Countdown
A black ops unit operating outside official Korean government sanction is the only thing standing between a rogue network of intelligence operatives and a bioweapon that could trig…
Both are built around loyalty tested until it breaks — or proves it won't. Same gritty and cinematic energy throughout.
you'll love
2024
12 eps
JTBC
Thriller Drama Political
Anti Hero Political Intrigue
When the Prime Minister of South Korea assassinates the President in a desperate bid to save the country from a corrupt system, he discovers that the system fights back harder than…
Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it.
you'll love
2022
8 eps
Kakao TV
Crime Thriller Drama
Falsely Accused Buddy Cop
A veteran detective is framed for murder and must uncover the truth while working with a young detective who distrusts him.
Both are built around systemic corruption grinding down everyone who tries to fight it. Same gritty and tense energy throughout.
you'll love
2022
16 eps
MBC
Crime Thriller Mystery
Mistaken Identity Prison Thriller
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 …
Like Landman Season 2, it leans hard into corrupt system. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it.
you'll love
2015
20 eps
MBC
Legal Thriller Drama
Courtroom Thriller Corrupt System
A young man with hyperthymesia — the ability to remember everything perfectly — fights to prove his innocent father's wrongful execution on death row, confronting a corrupt system …
Like Landman Season 2, it leans hard into corrupt system. At its core, it's about systemic corruption grinding down everyone who tries to fight it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2024
14 eps
JTBC
Thriller Action Crime
Undercover Agent Against All Odds
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 systemic corruption grinding down everyone who tries to fight it. Same gritty and tense energy throughout.