Asian Dramas Like The Great

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 love that crosses a line society drew and the price they pay for it.

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…

If you loved The Great's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.

Shin Dan-ah has spent her life believing she's the ordinary character in someone else's story — the kind of woman who ends up with a comfortable enough life but never the fairytale…

If you loved The Great's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, Dreaming of a Freaking Fairytale delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. Same sharp energy throughout.

Cheng Shaoshang grew up lonely — neglected by parents too consumed by war and duty to raise their own daughter. She emerged from it practical, self-protective, and deeply funny abo…

If you loved The Great's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, Love Like the Galaxy delivers exactly that.

Crown Princess Le Yan of a small kingdom is politically married to General Xu Jie from a more powerful neighboring state. He arrives expecting a compliant bride; she arrives having…

If you loved The Great's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, Wonderland of Love delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it.

Han Gi-jun and Go In-a have competed for every promotion, every project, and every scrap of recognition at their company for years — and they are equally matched in every way that …

If you loved The Great's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, My Dearest Nemesis delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. Same sharp energy throughout.

A young woman disguised as a eunuch becomes the Crown Prince's attendant, leading to a forbidden romance.

Both are built around love that crosses a line society drew and the price they pay for it.

A queen fights to protect her sons in a brutal royal competition to become the next crown prince.

Like The Great, it leans hard into political scheming. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely.

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 Great — different world, same emotional frequency.

A tyrant king, threatened by conspirators, secretly replaces himself with a peasant clown who looks exactly like him. As the clown impersonates the king and begins to genuinely gov…

Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it.