2020
16 eps
JTBC
Crime Thriller Drama
An honest but struggling detective partners with an experienced but morally flexible colleague to solve a difficult case.
Like The Good Detective 2, 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.
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 2, it leans hard into buddy cop. At its core, it's about systemic corruption grinding down everyone who tries to fight it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2022
8 eps
Disney+
Action Crime Thriller
Yeon Si-eun is the top student at a school dominated by violent bullies — and he has zero fighting ability. What he does have is cold, calculated intelligence and a complete willin…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
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. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
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. The pacing is the kind of suspense that makes you forget to breathe.
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.
Like The Good Detective 2, it leans hard into against all odds. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
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.
2023
16 eps
JTBC
Drama Thriller Workplace
A passionate tax investigator who believes in absolute fairness is assigned to a prestigious accounting firm as an embedded auditor — where he meets a senior accountant who has spe…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2020
11 eps
TBS Japan
Thriller Crime Drama
The Mobile Investigative Unit 404 consists of two detectives who couldn't be more different: Ibuki, who acts on instinct and charges at problems head-on, and Shino, who thinks four…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
2023
8 eps
Netflix
Action Thriller Crime
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 the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. Same gritty and intense energy throughout.