Asian Dramas Like What We Do in the Shadows (US)

Kang Nam-soon has had superhuman strength since birth, spending her childhood raised by nomads on the Mongolian steppe. Back in Seoul to find her long-lost family, she meets a narc…

If you loved What We Do in the Shadows (US)'s fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Strong Girl Nam-soon delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Rai, an ancient and impossibly powerful Noble, awakens after 820 years of slumber and enrolls in a South Korean high school run by his loyal servant. While trying to adapt to moder…

If you loved What We Do in the Shadows (US)'s fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Noblesse delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind.

A shopping-obsessed heir loses his memory and is taken in by a country girl searching for her missing brother.

If you loved What We Do in the Shadows (US)'s fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Shopping King Louie delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Seul-bi is a woman who brings miraculous good fortune to anyone she touches — but has been locked away from the world by the powerful family that exploits her gift. When she escape…

If you loved What We Do in the Shadows (US)'s fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Jinxed at First delivers exactly that. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Three female NIS agents who've been sidelined for various embarrassing failures are given one last shot at redemption: go undercover at a tech company suspected of leaking national…

If you loved What We Do in the Shadows (US)'s fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Good Casting delivers exactly that. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Pontifex Lembrary, a saintly religious leader in a high fantasy kingdom, is transported into the body of Wild Animal — a notoriously arrogant K-pop idol with scandals stacked to th…

If you loved What We Do in the Shadows (US)'s fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, The Heavenly Idol delivers exactly that. Same absurd and warm energy throughout.

A thousand-year-old supernatural woman runs a mysterious pop-up bar that appears in people's dreams. Cursed to resolve 100,000 han (resentments) before she can rest, she reluctantl…

Both are built around found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Do Hae-yi enrolls in a university cheer squad not because she has any interest in cheering but because she needs a specific scholarship and the squad is attached to it. Teacher Kim…

Both are built around found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Three friends scrape together their savings to buy a crumbling motel in a coastal town, dreaming of turning it into a boutique destination. What they didn't budget for: the local g…

If you loved What We Do in the Shadows (US)'s fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Motel California delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

The Do family has supernatural powers — or they used to. Grandma can see the future, the eldest son can time travel in his dreams, and various other relatives have abilities that a…

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