Shows Like The Heavenly Idol

If you liked The Heavenly Idol (2023), a drama and comedy series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The First Night with the Duke (2025)
★ 8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and comedy
Reincarnated as a minor character in a novel, Cha Seon-taek unexpectedly spends a night with Prince Kyungsung, sparking an intense and unexpected romance.
2
High School Return of a Gangster (2024)
★ 8.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A spirit of a middle school dropout gangster who accidentally possesses an 18-year-old boy’s body who killed himself, goes back to high school to take a revenge against the bullies with his gangster skills and…
3
Come Back Alive (2016)
★ 8.3/10Also comedy and drama
After being literally worked to death, one man comes back to life while possessing a handsome man for a limited time.
4
Lovely Runner (2024)
★ 8.6/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Right after Ryu Sun-jae, a top star, ends his life, Im Sol, his top fan, somehow ends up at a time when they were in high school and tries to protect him. A fantasy romance unfolds where people who missed each other in…
5
The Hunger (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title…
6
High Fidelity (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy and drama
Rob Brooks, a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisit past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.
7
Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020)
★ 8.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A TV producer discovers a secret supernatural world as she becomes entangled with a former deity who's spent centuries searching for his lost lover.
8
The Vampire Lestat (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
The Vampire Lestat goes on tour while being haunted by "muses" from his past. As the band's popularity grows, so does Lestat's influence over vampires & humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat's power in…
9
Abyss (2019)
★ 8/10Also comedy and sci-fi & fantasy
After meeting an untimely demise in separate incidents, Cha Min and Go Se-yeon discover they’ve come back to life in new bodies they don’t recognize.
10
Midnight, Texas (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Welcome to a place where being normal is really quite strange. In a remote Texas town no one is who they seem. From vampires and witches to psychics and hit men, Midnight is a mysterious safe haven for those who are…
11
Wolf Pack (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
When a raging wildfire releases a supernatural creature, four young adults find themselves drawn together under a full moon.
12
Love in Disguise (2026)
★ 9.2/10Also comedy and drama
Taekang Group's successor, Yoon Yi-jun, is the prime suspect of a shocking murder. To uncover the truth, Kang Jae-hee goes undercover as a male secretary to keep an eye on Yi-jun. The closer they get to what really…
13
Masters of Horror (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.
14
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
15
The Girl Who Sees Smells (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and sci-fi & fantasy
With help from a young woman with synesthesia, a cop who lost his sense of pain tracks down the serial killer who brought tragedy to both their lives.
16
Connect (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Dongsoo leads a solitary life, spending his time uploading music to the internet. His ordinary life is upended when he is kidnapped by an organ hunter, who takes out one of his eyes. Soon, Dongsoo is sharing the vision…
17
The Beauty Inside (2018)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and comedy
The love story between a top actress and an airline director who each suffers an unusual phenomenon. He suffers from prosopagnosia, while every month she transforms into someone else for a week.
18
Spooky in Love (2026)
★ 8.7/10Also comedy and sci-fi & fantasy
When a ghost-seeing heir and an ace prosecutor learn that a single touch makes them a strangely effective duo, they team up to crack unsolved murders.
19
The Forbidden Marriage (2022)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedy
A hilarious royal scheme begins when a fraud pretends to bring back the crown princess with spirit possession.
20
Hellbound (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.