Asian Dramas Like Those About to Die

The crown prince believed dead for fifteen years returns from the northern borderlands where he has been living as a garrison commander, having built a reputation for military bril…

If you loved Those About to Die's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Prince of the North delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic energy throughout.

A Joseon crown prince, forced to wear a mask to survive a conspiracy that controls the water supply, must outwit a powerful merchant guild monopolising the nation's most essential …

If you loved Those About to Die's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Ruler: Master of the Mask delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic energy throughout.

Li Changge is a Tang Dynasty princess who escapes a massacre and vows revenge on the uncle who destroyed her family. To survive, she must navigate the world of the Eastern Turkic K…

Both are built around survival that strips characters down to what they're actually made of. Same epic energy throughout.

Set during the fall of Goryeo and the founding of the Joseon Dynasty, six individuals — idealists, warriors, scholars, and schemers — each pursue their vision of what a new nation …

If you loved Those About to Die's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Six Flying Dragons delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic energy throughout.

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…

If you loved Those About to Die's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, The Crowned Clown delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same political energy throughout.

The reign of King Sejong the Great — not the history-book version, but the man: the battles with his court, the resistance from scholars who saw the creation of Hangul as a threat …

If you loved Those About to Die's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Perfect Crown delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic energy throughout.

A Joseon prince investigates a mysterious plague that turns the dead into zombies while facing political enemies.

If you loved Those About to Die's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Kingdom delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic energy throughout.

In the ancient land of Arth, warring tribes, prophesied heroes, and political power struggles play out on an epic scale. Eun-seom, born under a cursed star, rises from slavery to l…

If you loved Those About to Die's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Arthdal Chronicles delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic energy throughout.

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…

If you loved Those About to Die's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Uncle Sam-sik delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it.

Wang Xuan is the favored daughter of a powerful prime minister, betrothed to a prince and expecting a life of privilege. When a political upheaval leaves her married instead to Xia…

If you loved Those About to Die's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, The Rebel Princess delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic energy throughout.