Shows Like Queen Woo

If you liked Queen Woo (2024), a action & adventure and drama 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
Jumong (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Jumong examines the life of Jumong Taewang, founder of the kingdom of Goguryeo. Few details have been found in the historical record about Jumong, so much of the series is fictionalized.
2
My Country: The New Age (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and action & adventure
Set during the turbulent time of the fall of Goryeo and the founding of Joseon, two former friends face-off against one another over a woman and the future shape of the nation.
3
River Where the Moon Rises (2021)
★ 6/10Also drama
Born a princess and raised a soldier, Pyeong Gang is a woman with big dreams and limitless ambition. Determined to become the first Empress of Goguryeo, Pyeong Gang will stop at nothing to make her dream come true…
4
Bloody Heart (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
It is a fictional historical drama about the story of King Seonjong who ascends to the throne due to a rebellion, and Lee Tae who becomes the King after him.
5
The Crowned Clown (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and action & adventure
Standing in for an unhinged Joseon king, a look-alike clown plays the part but increasingly becomes devoted to protecting the throne and the people.
6
Kung Fu (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also action & adventure and drama
A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and…
7
The King 2 Hearts (2012)
★ 7/10Also action & adventure and drama
Set in the constitutional monarchy in an imaginary South Korea, South Korea's Crown Prince Lee Jae Ha is forced to join the World Officers Competition, WOC, by his brother. There, he meets North Korea's strongest…
8
Empress Ki (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.
9
Made in Korea (2025)
★ 8.2/10Also drama
In 1970s South Korea, follow two men on opposite sides of power — one driven by ambition, the other by justice. As their worlds collide, greed, loyalty, and survival intertwine in a battle that will shape a nation.
10
The Last Empress (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and action & adventure
In an alternate-reality South Korea, where a constitutional monarchical system prevails, Oh Sunny, a musical actress, becomes the empress of the country. Thus begins a dispute for power in the royal palace. Nothing is…
11
The Murky Stream (2025)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and action & adventure
The fates of a man with a hidden past, a wise and just woman, and an upright man intertwine.
12
Knightfall (2017)
★ 7/10Also action & adventure and drama
Go deep into the clandestine world of the legendary brotherhood of warrior monks known as The Knights Templar.
13
Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (2016)
★ 8.5/10Also drama
A story of a 25-year-old Go Hajin who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She then wakes up in the body of Lady Hae Soo and finds herself amongst the ruling princes of the Wang Family.
14
The Last Kingdom (2015)
★ 8.3/10Also action & adventure and drama
A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with…
15
Iljimae (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also action & adventure and drama
Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Ryung acts as a useless gangster in the marketplace by day but at night he is a chivalrous robber who robs corrupt government officials to give to the poor. After each robbery he leaves…
16
The Great Queen Seondeok (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
A royal prophecy warns that the birth of twins will end the male line of succession. To protect the kingdom, one twin sister is exiled to a distant desert, growing up unaware of her royal heritage. Years later, she…
17
The Unit (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also action & adventure and drama
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.
18
The Assassin (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and action & adventure
Secluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward, visiting from England. Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward…
19
WWE ECW (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also action & adventure and drama
ECW was a professional wrestling television program for WWE, based on the independent Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion that lasted from 1992 to 2001. The show's name also referred to the ECW brand, in which WWE…
20
The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also drama
Korean emperor Lee Gon tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons; a detective tries to protect the people and the one she loves.