K-Dramas like L.U.C.A.: The Beginning

12 shows with a similar feel

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  Sisyphus (2021)Also sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · action & adventure

  An unfathomable incident introduces a genius engineer to dangerous secrets of the world — and to a woman from the future who's come looking for him.

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  The East Palace (2026)Also mystery · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

  A man who walks the spirit world and a court lady who hears the dead enter the East Palace by the king's orders — can they unravel its dark secrets?

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  Lazarus (2025)Also sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure

  In 2052, a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist develops a drug called Hapna — a cure-all that has the unexpected side-effect of causing death three years later. In response to this threat, a special force of agents—nicknamed "Lazarus"— is assembled to take on the malevolent Skinner.
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  Signal (2016)Also mystery · sci-fi & fantasy

  
Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.

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  Grid (2022)Also sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · action & adventure

  In 1997, a mysterious ghost saved humankind and then disappeared. The mysterious ghost appears again 24 years later and helps a serial killer escape. Kim Sae-ha, Jung Sae-byeok and Song Eo-jin pursue the ghost for different reasons.
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  S Line (2025)Also sci-fi & fantasy · mystery

  A young woman with the ability to see mysterious red connections between lovers discovers her secret gift is no longer unique when special glasses granting similar powers appear on the black market.

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  Love Better Than Immortality (2019)Also action & adventure

  A woman from the future arrives at a fantasy-like universe to experience love for the first time. She goes by the name Chun Hua and falls into a complicated romance with two young men who are opposites like black and white.
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  The Dance of the Storm (2021)Also mystery

  When a talented intelligence agent is framed for his mentor's murder, he embarks on a dangerous quest to uncover a sinister conspiracy and clear his name.
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  Mistress (2019)Also mystery

  Shibasaki Kaori is a doctor. Her patient that she was having an affair with dies. Kaori is suspicious of the patient's son Kido Takashi about the death. Noguchi Tomomi is a single mother. She is excited in experiencing love for the first time in 7 years. Harada Saeko is in conflict with her husband Harada Satoshi about having a child. Mizushima Juri insists on having freewheeling romance. She feels excitement with meeting a woman. These four women's lives connect and an unexpected story begins.
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  Return the World to You (2019)Also mystery

  After losing her boyfriend Qi Lei in a suspicious accident, aspiring designer Yi En builds a thriving fashion brand on her own. But Qi Lei, secretly alive and seeking revenge, returns under a new identity.
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  Mine (2021)Also mystery

  Encaged in a gold-clad life of secrets and lies, two women in a conglomerate family seek to topple all that stands in their way of finding true joy.
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  Talking Bones (2018)Also mystery

  The story revolves around Shang Jie, the overly critical head of a crime investigation team; Xia Ying, a forensic examiner who is completely engrossed with her profession; Li Xue Kai, a detective and a good tracker; Song Mi, an innocent and ditsy analyst and Ying Ming, a second-generation rich who works as a criminal psychologist. The five form an unlikely team as they are the rejects of the department, yet through teamwork and dedication, they succeed in solving the most unusual murder cases.