Shows Like While You Were Sleeping

A public defender with a troubled past teams up with a young man who can read minds to pursue justice.

Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

A lawyer who used to fight with his fists teams up with a righteous attorney to take down a corrupt judge.

Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

A trainee prosecutor becomes entangled with an attorney when they both become murder suspects.

Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

When two people are murdered on the same night, a magical marble resurrects them — but in new bodies. A lonely prosecutor wakes up as an averagely-looking man. His beautiful neighb…

Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

A grim reaper possesses a detective's body and teams up with a woman who can see death shadows.

Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

A woman is repeatedly pulled into a webtoon world where she becomes entangled with the story's hero.

Both are built around fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

A literal demon from hell possesses the body of a recently deceased judge — and discovers that delivering human justice from behind a bench is infinitely more satisfying than tortu…

Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

A Joseon crown prince whose wife is murdered mysteriously is transported 300 years into the future — arriving in modern Seoul with three loyal retainers — and discovers his reincar…

Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

A woman who can detect lies with her hearing becomes involved with a composer suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend.

The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

A photographer who can see death becomes entangled with a woman from the spirit world in his midnight studio.

Both are built around fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.