2023
16 eps
KBS
Romance Thriller Sci Fi
Two strangers travel back to 1987 and must prevent a serial murder while hiding their identities.
If you loved Nine: Nine Time Travels's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, My Perfect Stranger 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.
2016
16 eps
tvN
Crime Thriller Mystery
A criminal profiler communicates with a detective from the past via a mysterious walkie-talkie to solve cold cases.
Like Nine: Nine Time Travels, it leans hard into butterfly effect. The emotional territory — time travel — is the same. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
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 Nine: Nine Time Travels's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Grid delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel — is the same.
2021
16 eps
tvN
Drama Romance Thriller
Ji Yoon-soo was a rising math prodigy in her youth whose career was derailed by a false accusation. Fifteen years later, she's a high school math teacher at an elite school, trying…
Same intelligent and tense energy throughout.
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.
The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
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 Nine: Nine Time Travels's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Alice delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel — is the same.
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 Nine: Nine Time Travels'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.
2016
12 eps
Fuji TV / Crunchyroll
Mystery Thriller Sci Fi
Satoru Fujinuma has an involuntary ability: he gets sent back in time moments before a disaster, just far enough to prevent it. When his mother is murdered, the ability sends him b…
If you loved Nine: Nine Time Travels's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Erased delivers exactly that. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
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 Nine: Nine Time Travels'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 emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2018
36 eps
KBS2
Sci Fi Romance Thriller
A chaebol heir falls into a coma, and his genius scientist mother sends his android double — identical in face and memories — to infiltrate the company and survive a power struggle…
The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.