Shows Like The Apothecary Diaries

In Joseon, a widowed noblewoman who secretly runs the kingdom's most successful matchmaking service and a widowed court official who needs a match arranged for political reasons te…

If you loved The Apothecary Diaries's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, The Matchmakers delivers exactly that. The pacing is sharp and witty — you'll miss lines if you look away.

A woman disguises herself as a man to attend an elite Joseon academy and gets caught in political intrigue and romance.

If you loved The Apothecary Diaries's hidden identity that creates impossible, irresistible dramatic tension, Sungkyunkwan Scandal delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — political intrigue — is the same.

She wakes up with no memory of who she was — only the stubborn instinct that the handsome, solicitous man by her bedside is not telling her the truth. He isn't. Xiao Yu came into h…

If you loved The Apothecary Diaries's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Are You the One delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — political intrigue — is the same. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.

In the Joseon era, a widower with a troubled past makes his living by kidnapping widows for wealthy clients — a practice called "bossam." He accidentally kidnaps a royal princess w…

If you loved The Apothecary Diaries's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Bossam: Steal the Fate delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about class divide that poisons every relationship it touches. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

Goo Hae-ryung becomes one of the first female royal historians in Joseon — a role so scandalous that the king's advisors lose their minds over it. She's assigned to chronicle the r…

If you loved The Apothecary Diaries's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp and witty — you'll miss lines if you look away.

When her scholar brother falls gravely ill before he can sit the imperial exams, Shen Ruoxi cuts her hair, binds her chest, and takes his identity to enter the prestigious Yujian A…

If you loved The Apothecary Diaries's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Pursuit of Jade delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — political intrigue and identity — is the same. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.

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 The Apothecary Diaries's hidden identity that creates impossible, irresistible dramatic tension, The Crowned Clown delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about class divide that poisons every relationship it touches.

In an alternate modern Korea where the monarchy survived, a clumsy art-school girl is suddenly betrothed to the cold, aloof Crown Prince per a childhood arrangement — navigating pa…

If you loved The Apothecary Diaries's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Goong (Princess Hours) delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about class divide that poisons every relationship it touches. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

In Joseon Korea where alcohol is forbidden, a sharp-tongued noblewoman secretly brews illegal liquor to survive poverty — until an upright royal inspector assigned to catch her bec…

If you loved The Apothecary Diaries's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Moonshine delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about survival that strips characters down to what they're actually made of. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

When her scholar brother falls gravely ill before he can take his place at the prestigious Yujian Academy, Shen Ruoxi cuts her hair, binds her identity, and walks into a world of b…

If you loved The Apothecary Diaries's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Pursuit of Jade delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — political intrigue — is the same. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.