Asian Dramas Like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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

Both are built around ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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. The pacing is sharp and witty — you'll miss lines if you look away.

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…

If you loved The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Bossam: Steal the Fate delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

A straight architect pretends to be gay to rent a room from a woman who only trusts gay men. As fake platonic roommates slowly develop real feelings, his pretence becomes increasin…

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Corrupt prosecutor Jo Yeon-joo gets knocked unconscious during a sting operation and wakes up having swapped lives with chaebol daughter Jo Yeon-joo — who looks identical, has the …

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same fast paced and comedic energy throughout.

Oh Woo-ri has kept a virginity pledge since high school, waiting until marriage. During a routine procedure, she is accidentally artificially inseminated by a fertility specialist …

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

In an alternate modern Korea where the monarchy survived, a clumsy art-school girl is suddenly betrothed to the cold, aloof Crown Prince per a childhood arrangement — navigating pa…

If you loved The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Goong (Princess Hours) 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 sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Two women from different backgrounds become rivals as they both enter the same university and compete for everything.

Both navigate the same emotional territory: female empowerment and identity. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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 …

Both are built around ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. The pacing is sharp and witty — you'll miss lines if you look away.