K-Dramas like Payback: Money and Power

12 shows with a similar feel

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  The Prosecutor's Proposal (2026)Also mystery · drama

  A victim’s son and a killer’s son reunite as a prosecutor and investigator, fighting systemic corruption while becoming each other's salvation.

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  The Good Detective (2020)Also drama · mystery

  A drama about the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up. Jang Seung Jo will take on the role of Oh Ji Hyuk, an elite detective of nine years who does not share his feelings with others due to pain he experienced when he was young. He is not swayed by money and power, even with the huge wealth he inherited from his uncle.

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  The Devil Judge (2021)Also mystery · drama

  The court system is corrupted and old-fashioned. People desire a new system that can satisfy the crowds. However, are the crowds always correct? The drama shows how judges discover the truth about people in court. It centers around a chief judge who doesn’t believe in justice, but only makes judgements that the crowds will be satisfied with. An assistant judge starts to question his motives and tries to find the truth.

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  Connection (2024)Also drama · mystery

  Someone causes a narcotics unit detective to become addicted to drugs. What is the connection between them?

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  Reborn Rich (2022)Also drama

  After ten years, a loyal employee is framed for embezzlement, then murdered by his employers, only to be reborn as their youngest son, with a yearn for revenge guiding his hostile takeover.

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  Tracer (2022)Also drama · mystery

  Members of the NTS track down the traces of shameless and corrupt money.
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  Made in Korea (2025)Also 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.
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  Legal Boy (2025)Also drama

  Migrant worker Li Gouwa suddenly finds himself in the world of the wealthy, seeking justice for his brother. What begins as revenge becomes a deadly conspiracy that sparks a fierce battle for the Dongcan Group inheritance. As an unlikely underdog, Li navigates the treacherous power struggle, ultimately toppling the corrupt system and uncovering the truth behind the plot.
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  I Became the Main Role of a BL Drama (2023)Also drama

  Yuichiro Akafuji and Hajime Aoyagi are cast as co-leads in a BL manga adaptation and move in together for publicity, but Akafuji remains distant.
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  Still Not Enough (2020)Also drama
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  Great Gift (2024)Also mystery

  An original medical murder mystery surrounds an unknown killer coccus (bacteria), that leaves no trace in the victim's body, which enables it to be used as the perfect weapon to kill. Fujimaki Tatsuomi is a pathologist working at the Pathlogy department at Meikyo Medical University Hospital. He's looked down upon by the other staff around him, and his relationship with Maho his wife, a former nurse, has cooled down. After a patient's suspicious death, he makes a new discovery; when the deadly bacteria "Gift" invades the body, the patient soon dies, but the "Gift" leaves no trace thereafter, enabling it to be used as the perfect weapon to kill. As a result of this discovery, Fujimaki's life dramatically changes. While searching for a way to treat his ailing wife's heart disease, he becomes embroiled in a conspiracy surrounding the killer bacteria "Gift."
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  The Investigator (2022)Also drama · mystery

  After transferring from the U.S. to Shanghai, risk management investigator Xia Dong teams up with a former schoolmate to investigate corporate fraud while secretly seeking the truth behind the incident that once framed him—until their work exposes a conspiracy that puts their lives in danger.