Shows Like The Matchmakers

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 …

If you loved The Matchmakers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, The Scholar and the Thief delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — partnership and gender — is the same. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.

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 Matchmakers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung delivers exactly that. Same warm and witty energy throughout.

Maomao, a pharmacist's daughter sold into service at the imperial palace, keeps her head down — until she can't resist solving a poisoning mystery that's killing the emperor's babi…

If you loved The Matchmakers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, The Apothecary Diaries delivers exactly that. The pacing is sharp and witty — you'll miss lines if you look away.

A woman disguises herself as a man to attend an elite Joseon academy and gets caught in political intrigue and romance.

If you loved The Matchmakers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Sungkyunkwan Scandal delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

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 Matchmakers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Bossam: Steal the Fate delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

Two ex-colleagues who had a brief, unspoken almost-relationship years ago find themselves unexpectedly working together again. Neither has moved on as thoroughly as they pretended.…

If you loved The Matchmakers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Optional Romance delivers exactly that. Same warm and witty energy throughout.

A relationship counsellor who is secretly going through her own difficult break-up meets a novelist who writes about perfect relationships but has never had one. They agree to help…

If you loved The Matchmakers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, My Sweet Lie delivers exactly that. Same warm and witty energy throughout.

On her wedding night in Joseon Korea, noblewoman Park Yeon-woo drinks poison and wakes up in 2023 Seoul — with no idea what happened or how to get home. She encounters Tae-ha, a qu…

If you loved The Matchmakers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, The Story of Park's Marriage Contract delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

Go Eun-ha runs a small but wildly popular online content business, and her biggest financial backer turns out to have a considerably murkier background than she knew. Seo Il-hwan i…

If you loved The Matchmakers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, My Sweet Mobster delivers exactly that. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.

A broadcast writer takes experimental medication and loses his filter — unable to say anything but the absolute truth, no matter how catastrophic the social fallout. His unfiltered…

If you loved The Matchmakers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Frankly Speaking delivers exactly that. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.