Asian Dramas Like The Favourite

A husband plotting to murder his wife to be with his mistress has his scheme unravel spectacularly when his wife discovers the plan — and decides to turn the tables in the most ter…

Like The Favourite, it leans hard into dark comedy. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same darkly comedic energy throughout.

The epic true-ish story of Ki Seung-nyang, a Goryeo woman who rises from virtual slave to become Empress of the Yuan dynasty — navigating two men who love her, a throne she was nev…

If you loved The Favourite's love triangle where every choice breaks someone's heart, Empress Ki delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it.

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…

Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same stylish energy throughout.

Wei Yingluo enters the Forbidden City as a palace maid, searching for her sister who died under suspicious circumstances. What she finds instead is the most dangerous social battle…

Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same sharp energy throughout.

A low-ranked court lady in the Joseon inner palace discovers a hidden ledger containing evidence of systematic financial fraud that has been draining the state treasury for decades…

Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it.

In Joseon-era Korea, Lady Ok — a noblewoman whose family has been falsely accused of treason — disguises herself as a merchant to rebuild her family's fortune and clear their name.…

Both are built around survival that strips characters down to what they're actually made of.

In the gleaming headquarters of Korea's most powerful conglomerate, a scholarship student from nowhere has clawed his way into the inner circle of the chaebol heir — and the friend…

If you loved The Favourite's love triangle where every choice breaks someone's heart, The Impossible Heir delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about betrayal from the people closest to them — which always hits the hardest. Same stylish energy throughout.

Go Ah-in has clawed her way to the top of South Korea's most powerful advertising agency through talent, ruthlessness, and the kind of calculated sacrifices most people can't make.…

Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same sharp and stylish energy throughout.

A queen fights to protect her sons in a brutal royal competition to become the next crown prince.

Like The Favourite, it leans hard into palace intrigue. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely.

A jester who looks exactly like the Joseon king is brought in as a body double — and gradually wins the hearts of the court and people.

Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it.