2010
Kim Jee-woon
Thriller Crime Action
A secret agent relentlessly hunts the serial killer who murdered his pregnant fiancée, blurring the line between predator and prey.
Like Memories of Murder, 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 tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2022
16 eps
KBS2
Crime Thriller Mystery
Detectives Oh Joo-hyun and Kang Do-chang return for a second season, this time investigating a sensational murder case tied to a powerful political figure and a media empire willin…
If you loved Memories of Murder's mismatched detective duo whose chemistry carries the entire show, The Good Detective 2 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.
2021
16 eps
JTBC
Thriller Mystery Crime
Two detectives in a small town become suspects and investigators in a serial murder case linked to the past.
If you loved Memories of Murder's mismatched detective duo whose chemistry carries the entire show, Beyond Evil 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.
2023
10 eps
Disney+
Crime Thriller Mystery
A former genius detective, now a reclusive puzzle constructor, is pulled back into an active case when a series of murders with perfectly crafted puzzles left at each scene seems d…
Both are built around an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2015
8 eps
OCN
Crime Thriller Mystery
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 the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2020
16 eps
tvN
Thriller Mystery Supernatural
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…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2025
8 eps
Disney+
Thriller Mystery Drama
A journalist investigating a cold case involving a prominent politician's family disappears. Her younger sister, a civil servant with no investigative experience, starts pulling on…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2016
Na Hong-jin
Horror Mystery Thriller
A bumbling policeman investigates mysterious deaths in a village after a Japanese stranger arrives, as the situation spirals into supernatural horror.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: evil. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2019
16 eps
OCN
Thriller Crime Mystery
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…
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.
2026
8 eps
Netflix
Crime Mystery Thriller
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…
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.