K-Dramas like When the Phone Rings

10 shows with a similar feel

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  The Judge from Hell (2024)Also drama · crime · mystery

  A cruel and vicious judge, who wields power only for herself, meets a warm and cheerful detective who puts the victims first.

  7 tracking it here
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  My Dearest (2023)Also drama · mystery

  A love-story between a noblewoman and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown set in the 1600s during the Qing invasion.

  1 tracking it here
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  Sonny Boy (2021)Also drama · mystery

  On August 16, midway through a seemingly endless summer vacation, middle school third-year student Nagara, transfer student Nozomi, classmates Mizuho, Asakaze and their entire class are suddenly transported from their tranquil lives to a school adrift in an alternate dimension. They must survive with the super powers that have awakened within them.
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  Redeeming Love (2024)Also drama

  After losing her closest family, Jiang Tong makes a powerful comeback, determined to expose hidden crimes and take down the mastermind. Along the way, she becomes entangled in a passionate struggle with her former love, Gao Xiuyu, while her return brings about new fates for those from her past.
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  丈夫的陷阱 (2024)Also drama
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  Moon River (2025)Also drama · mystery

  In Joseon, a vengeful crown prince and a memory-lost merchant mysteriously swap bodies, unraveling a web of chaos, secrets, and unexpected fate.

  3 tracking it here
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  Long Coveted (2025)Also drama

  Lin Wu is forced to marry the dissolute Zhou Shanhai to make way for her stepsister Lin Qingqing's arranged marriage with Xie Yanshen. Unwilling to accept her fate, she plots revenge by seducing Xie Yanshen. At Lin Qingqing's Welcoming Banquet, while Lin Wu and Xie Yanshen are engaged in a sultry affair in the stairwell, Lin Qingqing senses something unusual about their relationship. The three of them become entangled in a fierce game of desire, ruining the arranged marriage and turning fate on its head.
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  Tomb of Fallen Gods (2022)Also drama

  The book takes the protagonist Chennan's search for his lover Yuxin 10,000 years ago and the pursuit of the secrets of the destruction of gods and demons as clues, leading to the vast six paths, heaven and earth chess game, and deducing a legend full of blood, heroic and poignant, telling the legends of countless heroes and beauties, and discussing human nature, society, life and other elements.
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  Trigger (2025)Also drama · crime

  As illegal firearms flood into a gun-free South Korea, a resolute cop and a mysterious partner join forces to stop the chaos from sweeping the nation.

  ★ 4.0 from 3 members4 tracking it here
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  Cordial Companions (2023)Also drama

  Lin Wanqing, the timid and hesitant leader of the Miduoduo Armed Escort Agency, infiltrates the supreme court as a part-time assassin to revive the agency. Su Moyi, the cold and ruthless official of the supreme court, plays along and gets acquainted with the kind Lin Wanqing head-on. They join forces to investigate cases and protect the imperial city, ultimately achieving a successful love story that goes both ways.