you watch
2024
36 eps
iQiyi / CCTV
Historical Action Drama
Clever Underdog Court Intrigue
Fan Xian returns to Jingdu to navigate a web of political intrigue thicker than anything he survived in Season 1. With old alliances fractured, new enemies emerging from every dire…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.
you watch
you'll love
2022
16 eps
MBC
Historical Romance Comedy
Historical Romance Fake Identity
In Joseon Korea, a grieving king who has banned all marriage after his queen's death falls for a clever con artist who claims to share his late queen's mysterious affliction.
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.
you watch
you'll love
2019
16 eps
MBC
Historical Romance Comedy
Class Divide Fake Identity
In Joseon, three handsome specialists run a clandestine agency that pairs nobles with suitable spouses — for a price. When a low-born woman catches the eye of the king, she's secre…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.
you watch
you'll love
2022
32 eps
Youku
Comedy Romance Historical
Fish Out Of Water Bickering Leads
A princess who is supposed to be learning to behave like a princess keeps failing in spectacularly unimpressive ways — until she's assigned a young official as her etiquette tutor,…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.
you watch
you'll love
2019
48 eps
NHK / Crunchyroll
Action Drama Historical
Revenge Anti Hero
Young Thorfinn watches his father — a legendary warrior turned pacifist farmer — murdered by Viking mercenaries. He joins the mercenary band to get close enough to their leader to …
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.
you watch
2019
40 eps
MBC
Historical Romance Comedy
Slow Burn First Female Lead
Goo Hae-ryung becomes one of the first female royal historians in Joseon — a role so scandalous that the king's advisors lose their minds over it. She's assigned to chronicle the r…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.
you watch
you'll love
2010
20 eps
KBS
Romance Historical Comedy
Gender Bender Hidden Identity
A woman disguises herself as a man to attend an elite Joseon academy and gets caught in political intrigue and romance.
Sungkyunkwan Scandal scratches the same itch as The Good Lord Bird — different world, same emotional frequency.
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you'll love
2021
20 eps
MBN / TV Chosun
Historical Romance Comedy
Accidental Kidnap Romance Fish Out Of Water
In the Joseon era, a widower with a troubled past makes his living by kidnapping widows for wealthy clients — a practice called "bossam." He accidentally kidnaps a royal princess w…
Bossam: Steal the Fate scratches the same itch as The Good Lord Bird — different world, same emotional frequency.
you watch
2025
16 eps
MBC
Historical Romance Comedy
Cross Dressing Class Reversal
A brilliantly educated but socially invisible low-born scholar and a nobly-born pickpocket who hides her identity as a woman are thrown together in a conspiracy that threatens the …
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.
you watch
you'll love
2024
16 eps
Disney+
Thriller Political Historical
Odd Couple Political Intrigue
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…
The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.