Asian Dramas Like The Gentlemen

Same energy. Different language. These Korean, Chinese, and Japanese dramas share the exact DNA of The Gentlemen — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of story.

2024 TV Show Crime Comedy Action
10 Asian Drama Matches

Vincenzo

25% match
20 eps tvN Crime Comedy Drama

A Korean-Italian mafia consigliere returns to Seoul to recover gold hidden beneath a building, teaming up with eccentric tenants.

Same stylish and action packed energy throughout.

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Spy x Family

23% match
37 eps TV Tokyo / Crunchyroll Comedy Action Family

A spy who needs a fake family for a mission. An assassin who needs a husband. A telepath child who needs parents. None of them know the others' secrets. All of them accidentally be…

If you loved The Gentlemen's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Spy x Family delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

Noblesse

23% match
13 eps Production I.G / Crunchyroll Action Supernatural Comedy

Rai, an ancient and impossibly powerful Noble, awakens after 820 years of slumber and enrolls in a South Korean high school run by his loyal servant. While trying to adapt to moder…

If you loved The Gentlemen's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Noblesse delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same stylish and action packed energy throughout.

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Insider

20% match
16 eps KBS2 Crime Thriller Action

Kim Yo-han is a promising judicial trainee sent undercover inside a maximum-security prison to expose an illegal gambling ring run by powerful inmates. When his cover is blown and …

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

The Worst of Evil

19% match
12 eps Disney+ Crime Thriller Action

Detective Park Joon-mo goes deep undercover into the most dangerous drug syndicate operating across Korea, China, and Japan — a criminal empire bridging three countries. To gain th…

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.

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Cashero

19% match
12 eps ENA Comedy Action Crime

Bankrupt and three years behind on everything, Chul-su discovers he has accidentally acquired a superpower: physical contact with money reveals its hidden history — fraud, launderi…

Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is sharp and witty — you'll miss lines if you look away.

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16 eps JTBC/Netflix Romance Comedy Action

Gang Nam-soon was separated from her family as a child and raised in Mongolia, where she developed extraordinary physical strength. When she finally returns to Seoul to find her mo…

If you loved The Gentlemen's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Strong Girl Nam-soon delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

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Taxi Driver 2

19% match
16 eps SBS Action Thriller Crime

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 kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

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16 eps SBS Comedy Action Drama

Song Yi-heon, the most feared gangster boss in Korea, is in the middle of a fight when he wakes up inhabiting the body of a bullied high school student. Stuck as a teenager with no…

If you loved The Gentlemen's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, High School Return of a Gangster 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 kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

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16 eps tvN Romance Comedy Drama

A South Korean heiress crash-lands in North Korea and falls for a military officer who hides her.

If you loved The Gentlemen's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Crash Landing on You delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.

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Asian Dramas Like The Gentlemen: FAQ

What K-drama should I watch if I like The Gentlemen?

If you love The Gentlemen, start with Vincenzo or Spy x Family — both share the same Crime and Comedy DNA. DramaMatch found 10 Asian drama matches total.

Is there a Korean version of The Gentlemen?

The closest Korean equivalent to The Gentlemen is Vincenzo (2021), which scores a 25% match on DramaMatch. Same stylish and action packed energy throughout.

Where can I watch Asian dramas like The Gentlemen?

Asian dramas similar to The Gentlemen are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and Hulu. DramaMatch shows the exact streaming platform for each recommendation so you can start watching immediately.

Why do The Gentlemen fans like K-dramas?

The Gentlemen fans tend to love K-dramas because Korean drama storytelling delivers the same emotional intensity, strong character arcs, and genre-blending — especially Crime and Comedy. K-dramas often tell tighter, season-long stories without filler episodes.

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