2013
20 eps
tvN
Sci Fi Thriller Romance
A news anchor discovers nine incense sticks that each transport him exactly 30 years back to 1992 for 30 minutes. Each trip is a chance to fix a tragedy — but every change ripples …
If you loved My Perfect Stranger's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Nine: Nine Time Travels delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and family secrets — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2022
10 eps
Disney+
Sci Fi Thriller Mystery
A government worker discovers a mysterious woman from the future is connected to a dangerous fugitive and the fate of humanity.
If you loved My Perfect Stranger's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Grid delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and fate — is the same. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
2020
16 eps
MBC
Thriller Mystery Sci Fi
A man in 2020 and a woman in 2019 are mysteriously connected by a one-minute daily window across time, working together across the temporal gap to change both their fates.
Like My Perfect Stranger, it leans hard into unlikely partnership. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. Same mysterious and emotional energy throughout.
2020
16 eps
SBS
Sci Fi Thriller Romance
A detective discovers time travel exists and that his murdered mother traveled from the future to give birth to him.
If you loved My Perfect Stranger's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Alice delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and fate — is the same. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
2018
16 eps
OCN
Crime Thriller Sci Fi
A meticulous 2018 detective is hit by a car and wakes up in 1988 as a young cop in a rural city. Trapped between a time he knows nothing about and a case he can't solve, he must fi…
If you loved My Perfect Stranger's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Life on Mars (Korean) delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel — is the same. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
2022
16 eps
tvN
Romance Mystery Thriller
A chef who can physically feel the emotions of a stranger he's inexplicably linked to opens his restaurant in the town where his twin sister disappeared 20 years ago. There he meet…
If you loved My Perfect Stranger's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Link: Eat Love Kill delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2021
16 eps
JTBC
Sci Fi Thriller Action
A genius engineer from the present and a warrior from the future team up to prevent an apocalyptic disaster.
If you loved My Perfect Stranger's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Sisyphus: The Myth delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel — is the same. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
2017
16 eps
OCN
Sci Fi Crime Thriller
Detective Park Gwang-ho is chasing a serial killer in 1986 when he stumbles through a tunnel and emerges in 2017. The serial killer's case is still open. His daughter — who was jus…
If you loved My Perfect Stranger's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Tunnel delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and serial killer — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2023
16 eps
MBC
Romance Fantasy Historical
On her wedding night in Joseon Korea, noblewoman Park Yeon-woo drinks poison and wakes up in 2023 Seoul — with no idea what happened or how to get home. She encounters Tae-ha, a qu…
If you loved My Perfect Stranger's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, The Story of Park's Marriage Contract delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and fate — is the same. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2011
24 eps
TV Saitama / Crunchyroll
Sci Fi Thriller Drama
A self-proclaimed mad scientist accidentally invents a method of sending messages to the past using a microwave. What starts as gleeful tinkering becomes a nightmare when he realiz…
If you loved My Perfect Stranger's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Steins;Gate delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.