2022
Crime Action Thriller
Action Comedy Unstoppable Detective
Ma Seok-do travels to Vietnam to extradite a petty criminal and discovers a larger operation: a Korean criminal syndicate running scams that have killed multiple people in both cou…
Like The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, it leans hard into action comedy. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
you'll love
2015
Action Comedy Crime
Unstoppable Detective Corrupt Chaebol
A gruff, unstoppable detective investigates a charismatic chaebol heir who has assaulted a truck driver and covered it up — and finds his entire department aligned against him purs…
Like The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, it leans hard into action comedy. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.
2023
16 eps
SBS
Action Thriller Crime
Vigilante Team Heist Adjacent
Do Ki and the Rainbow Taxi crew are back, taking on cases the law can't reach — vigilante justice delivered in style, with more elaborate schemes, darker targets, and a new threat …
The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
you'll love
2012
Choi Dong-hoon
Action Crime Comedy
Heist Ensemble Team
A team of Korean and Hong Kong thieves join forces to steal a priceless diamond from a Macau casino, but loyalties shift as secrets emerge.
The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.
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2025
10 eps
Netflix
Action Crime Thriller
Buddy Cop Escalating Stakes
Two men — a veteran cop who fights like he has nothing to lose and a former military expert with a code he can't break — are thrown together when a wave of illegal firearms floods …
Like The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, it leans hard into buddy cop. At its core, it's about survival that strips characters down to what they're actually made of. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
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2018
14 eps
OCN
Action Crime Comedy
Con Artist Heist Crew
A master con artist assembles a team of elite specialists — a driver, hacker, and fighter — to run elaborate stings on corrupt rich people. Part Ocean's Eleven, part vigilante just…
The Player scratches the same itch as The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil — different world, same emotional frequency.
you'll love
2016
16 eps
OCN
Crime Comedy Thriller
Odd Couple Heist
A city tax collector at the end of his rope teams up with a charming con artist who specializes in extracting money from people who've spent decades evading it. Part procedural, pa…
Squad 38 scratches the same itch as The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil — different world, same emotional frequency.
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2017
16 eps
OCN
Thriller Crime Mystery
Detective Duo Race Against Time
A detective haunted by his wife's murder and a 112 emergency call center operator with extraordinary hearing team up to catch killers in real time. Every episode is a race against …
Like The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, it leans hard into serial killer hunt. The emotional territory — serial killer — is the same. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
2017
Action Comedy Crime
Mismatched Partners Fish Out Of Water
A North Korean detective crosses into South Korea to pursue a dangerous criminal — and is partnered with a South Korean cop whose first priority is his career and whose second is n…
Like The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, it leans hard into buddy cop. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.
you'll love
2023
8 eps
Netflix
Action Thriller Crime
Reluctant Hero Bromance
Two young men with exceptional combat skills become loan shark collectors to fight back against a predatory lending empire that is destroying ordinary people's lives. What starts a…
Both are built around survival that strips characters down to what they're actually made of. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.