2026
8 eps
Netflix
Crime Mystery Thriller
A Korean-American woman builds an elaborate false identity as a high-society luxury brand executive, targeting the ultra-wealthy elite of Seoul. When her fabricated persona — and t…
If you loved The Night Of's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, The Art of Sarah delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2022
16 eps
MBC
Crime Legal Thriller
Han Yi-han was once the best thoracic surgeon in Korea — until a powerful pharmaceutical company destroyed his career by framing him for a patient's death. Years later, he returns …
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2017
16 eps
tvN
Crime Thriller Legal
An emotionless prosecutor and an empathetic detective team up to uncover corruption within the prosecution.
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2022
12 eps
SBS
Crime Thriller Drama
Based on true events, Korea's first criminal profiler navigates bureaucracy to build a profiling unit in the 1990s.
If you loved The Night Of's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Through the Darkness delivers exactly that. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2022
10 eps
Netflix
Legal Drama Thriller
A strict judge who hates juvenile criminals takes on juvenile court cases and confronts the complexities of youth crime.
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2020
16 eps
tvN
Thriller Mystery Supernatural
A detective with a rare supernatural ability to read memories by touch teams up with a cold but brilliant criminal profiler to hunt a serial killer whose methodical crimes seem imp…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2025
16 eps
Disney+ Original
Legal Thriller Drama
A veteran defense attorney who has never lost a case takes on a client he privately believes is guilty — and a young prosecutor who idolized him discovers that the idol's winning r…
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
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.
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2022
16 eps
MBC
Thriller Action Drama
A third-rate lawyer is falsely accused of being a genius conman and must survive prison while finding the real criminal.
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
10 eps
Disney+
Crime Thriller Mystery
A former genius detective, now a reclusive puzzle constructor, is pulled back into an active case when a series of murders with perfectly crafted puzzles left at each scene seems d…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.