Shows Like Dear Hongrang
If you liked Dear Hongrang (2025), a drama and mystery 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.
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Our Blooming Youth (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mysteryPrince Lee Hwan receives a cursed letter from a supernatural entity detailing several dark predictions for his future and is horrified to realize that the curses are indeed coming true one by one. Min Jae-yi, on the…
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Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaThe story takes place at the beginning of the 19th century. Goo Hae-Ryung is a historian who tries to fight gender stereotypes as her work is often looked down on. She meets Prince Yi Rim.
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The Story of Park's Marriage Contract (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA woman travels from 19th century Joseon to modern-day Seoul, her fate takes a twist with a ‘fake marriage’ with a man who resembles her ex-husband.
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The Scandal (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaIn Joseon, a secret proposal ignites hidden desires in a gifted noblewoman, a famed lover and an unsuspecting lady caught in their dangerous game.
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Captivating the King (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mysteryAmid a royal and political power struggle, a king entangles with an intriguing woman — whose hidden desire for revenge transforms into unintended love.
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The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also dramaKorean 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.
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The Secret Romantic Guesthouse (2023)
★ 6/10Also drama and mysteryThe series is about an incident that takes place when the owners of the boarding house called 'Guest Summer Palace', which breaks stereotypes, and boarders with secrets gather to find Lee Seol who disappeared 13 years…
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Chicago Typewriter (2017)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaWriters that lived under Japanese rule in the 1930's are reincarnated into a bestselling writer who is in a slump, a mysterious ghostwriter and an anti-fan of the bestselling writer.
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Light Shop (2024)
★ 8.4/10Also mystery and dramaIn a mysterious shop that sells lamps, the dead may return to the world of the living, while the living may not walk out alive.
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The Crowned Clown (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaStanding in for an unhinged Joseon king, a look-alike clown plays the part but increasingly becomes devoted to protecting the throne and the people.
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My Only Love Song (2017)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaSong Soo-Jung is an arrogant pop star who believes not only that status and money can get you anywhere, but that it defines your worth. She accidentally falls into a time-slip portal and travels back in time to the…
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My Country: The New Age (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaSet 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.
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Bloody Heart (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaIt 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.
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Hello Monster (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery and dramaA top detective is reunited with a childhood friend who has since become a leading criminal profiler. Can they join forces to stop a serial killer?
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Tell Me Lies (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mysteryWhen Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. They quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will…
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Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022)
★ 8.3/10Also dramaA spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of Joseon, while her competitors vie to snatch the throne.
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Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (2016)
★ 8.5/10Also dramaA 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.
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The Red Sleeve (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaBased on a novel of the same name, it tells the record of a royal court romance between the King of Joseon who believes his duty is to his country first above love, and a court lady who wants to protect the life she…
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The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and mysteryAfter losing her parents in a mysterious fire, nine-year-old Alice Hart is raised by her grandmother June on a flower farm where she learns there are secrets within secrets. But years on, an unearthed betrayal sees…
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The King's Affection (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaWhen the crown prince is killed, his twin sister assumes the throne while trying to keep her identity and affection for her first love a royal secret.