Shows Like Joy of Life
If you liked Joy of Life (2019), 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.
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Guardians of the Dafeng (2025)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and comedyXu Qi’an, a recent police academy graduate, awakens in a strange world filled with Confucians, Taoists, Buddhists, demons, and warlocks. Facing imminent exile to a remote frontier town, he seizes the chance to change…
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Immortal Samsara (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyYan Dan is the only descendant of an ancient tribe, the four-leaf scorpion. Since ancient times, her whole body has been a treasure of medicine. She and her twin sister Zhixi were able to cultivate into human form at…
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Ever Night (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyAs the lone survivor of his kingdom, Ning Que joins a martial arts academy and must fight to protect his beloved, who's prophesied to bring about chaos.
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The Vendetta of An (2025)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and war & politicsXie Huai'an, son of the Huben Army's creator, survives his family's massacre. After ten long years in hiding, he returns to Chang'an disguised as a lowly registrar, moving step by step through jianghu clashes and…
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Word of Honor (2021)
★ 8/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyA disillusioned leader of assassins sets out for the martial arts world, where he encounters a bosom friend and becomes entangled in a conspiracy.
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See (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyA virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.
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Eternal Love of Dream (2020)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyHaving been saved by Emperor Dong Hua from a vicious monster attack, Princess of Qingqiu, Bai Fengjiu becomes immensely indebted to him. To repay him, Fengjiu follows Donghua around on his adventures to eliminate evil…
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My Heroic Husband (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedyNing Yi, a determined woman from a cold background, grows through poetry, business, and martial arts, taking on increasing responsibilities and, with the help of her friends and family, using courage and wisdom to…
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The Advisors Alliance (2017)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and war & politicsThe story of Sima Yi, a great politician and strategist who lived during the Three Kingdoms era. By his side, Sima Yi has his politically-astute distaff members of his household, and pitted against them are the…
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Into the Badlands (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyIn a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese…
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Who Rules The World (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and war & politicsA legendary wuxia romance that focuses on the decade-long romance between Hei Fengxi and Bai Fengxi, and the adventures they embark on together.
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The Last Kingdom (2015)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and war & politicsA 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…
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Eternal Love (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyThree hundred years ago, Bai Qian stood on the Zhu Xian Terrace, turned around and jumped off without regret. Ye Hua stood by the bronze mirror to witness with his own eyes her death. Three hundred years later, in the…
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Legend of the Seeker (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaThe adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With the help of a mysterious woman named Kahlan and a wise old wizard…
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The Romance of Tiger and Rose (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and dramaChen Xiaoqian, a struggling screenwriter suddenly finds herself trapped inside her own script as the Third Princess of Dongliang, a female-led kingdom. With her character caught between an arranged engagement to the…
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The Blood of Youth (2022)
★ 8/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyA young martial artist's quest to prove himself takes an unexpected turn when he and his companions stumble into a mystery surrounding a golden coffin.
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LINK CLICK (2021)
★ 8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaUsing superpowers to enter their clientele’s photos one by one, Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang take their work seriously at “Time Photo Studio,” a small photography shop set in the backdrop of a modern metropolis. Each job…
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Fangs of Fortune (2024)
★ 8.8/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyDuring the Zhenyuan era, the accidental death of the Bai Ze goddess, who governed both human and demon realms, leads to chaos as demon beasts run rampant. Disguised as Zhao Yuanzhou, the demon leader Zhu Yan offers to…
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The Legend of ShenLi (2024)
★ 8.4/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyThe ancient gods died, and there is only one last god in the world - Xingzhi. Rumor has it that this God of Action has lived alone in the heavens for tens of thousands of years, ruthless and lustless. In the battle of…
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The Imperial Coroner (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and comedyA female coroner and royal detective solve a decades-old mystery in Tang Dynasty China, risking all to expose dangerous secrets.