2022
8 eps
Kakao TV
Crime Thriller Drama
A veteran detective is framed for murder and must uncover the truth while working with a young detective who distrusts him.
Like The Good Detective, it leans hard into buddy cop. At its core, it's about systemic corruption grinding down everyone who tries to fight it. Same gritty and suspenseful energy throughout.
2022
16 eps
KBS2
Crime Thriller Mystery
Detectives Oh Joo-hyun and Kang Do-chang return for a second season, this time investigating a sensational murder case tied to a powerful political figure and a media empire willin…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. Same gritty and suspenseful energy throughout.
2024
14 eps
Disney+
Crime Thriller Drama
A detective becomes addicted to drugs after being injected during an investigation, uncovering a drug cartel tied to his past.
Both are built around systemic corruption grinding down everyone who tries to fight it. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
2025
10 eps
Netflix
Action Crime Thriller
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 Good Detective, it leans hard into buddy cop. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. Same gritty energy throughout.
2019
16 eps
OCN
Thriller Crime Mystery
Three people with shattered lives — a detective whose wife was murdered, an internal affairs officer whose career was destroyed by corruption, and a crime profiler caught in the mi…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. Same gritty and suspenseful energy throughout.
2022
6 eps
Netflix
Crime Action Thriller
Based on true events: a Korean businessman living in Suriname gets arrested when cocaine is found in his shipment. The National Intelligence Service offers him a deal — go undercov…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. Same gritty and suspenseful energy throughout.
2022
16 eps
JTBC
Crime Thriller Drama
Detectives Kang Do-chang and Oh Ji-hyuk return to investigate a case that links a cold-blooded murder to a high-profile politician with the connections to bury it. The sequel deepe…
Like The Good Detective, it leans hard into buddy cop. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. Same gritty and suspenseful energy throughout.
2024
14 eps
JTBC
Thriller Action Crime
A police detective becomes addicted to drugs after being unknowingly exposed, and investigates a drug cartel from the inside while battling his own dependency.
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. Same gritty energy throughout.
2023
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 systemic corruption grinding down everyone who tries to fight it. Same gritty and suspenseful energy throughout.
2020
16 eps
tvN
Thriller Mystery Supernatural
A detective with a rare supernatural ability to read memories by touch teams up with a cold but brilliant criminal profiler to hunt a serial killer whose methodical crimes seem imp…
Like The Good Detective, it leans hard into buddy cop. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.