Asian Dramas Like Scandal

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…

If you loved Scandal's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, The Whirlwind delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.

A tenacious investigative journalist and a prosecutor team up to expose a massive conspiracy that has been buried for decades, threatening the powerful figures who benefit from the…

Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.

Oh Kyung-sook is a ruthless PR strategist who has crushed careers and built corporate empires. When a worker's death exposes the chaebol family she serves, she defects — and decide…

Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.

Bank of Korea officials face a financial crisis that threatens the entire Korean economy — and the decisions made in a few days of panic will determine whether the system survives.…

Like Scandal, it leans hard into crisis management. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.

South Korea, the early 1970s. A young KCIA operative is assigned to accompany a legendary fixer — known simply as Uncle Sam-sik — as he navigates the murky world of political power…

If you loved Scandal's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Uncle Sam-sik delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.

The reign of King Sejong the Great — not the history-book version, but the man: the battles with his court, the resistance from scholars who saw the creation of Hangul as a threat …

If you loved Scandal's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Perfect Crown delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.

In a dystopian Korea, a charismatic judge runs a live courtroom show while harboring mysterious motives.

If you loved Scandal's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, The Devil Judge delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.

A tyrant king, threatened by conspirators, secretly replaces himself with a peasant clown who looks exactly like him. As the clown impersonates the king and begins to genuinely gov…

If you loved Scandal's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, The Crowned Clown delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.

A playboy South Korean prince and a North Korean special forces captain are thrown together for a joint military training exercise — then forced into a political marriage as both c…

Like Scandal, it leans hard into strong female lead. The emotional territory — political intrigue — is the same. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.

A disgraced journalist investigates a powerful business family and becomes entangled in a web of manipulation, desire, and betrayal with the family's dangerous heir.

If you loved Scandal's love story the world is determined to crush — which only makes it burn hotter, Seduction delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.