K-Dramas like Painter of the Night
Finished Painter of the Night (2026) and want that feeling again? These 12 shows come closest.
12 shows with a similar feel
Secret Relationships (2025)Also dramaTrapped in an escalating love square, a salaryman must navigate his tumultuous feelings for a colleague, a former tutor, and an heir.
Nevertheless, (2021)Also dramaThe intoxicating charm of a flirtatious art school classmate pulls a reluctant love cynic into a friends-with-benefits relationship.
★ 4.5 from 4 members7 tracking it here
Friendly Rivalry (2025)Also dramaA high-teen mystery thriller about a close relationship between teenage girls in a harsher survival competition than entrance examinations.
5 tracking it here
Love for Love's Sake (2024)Also dramaA man winds up inside a video game where he plays a teen character who must make a tragic athlete happy — or risk dying. Can their love survive?
1 tracking it here
My Roommate Is a Gumiho (2021)Also dramaTo become a human, a 999-year-old Gumiho, Shin Woo-yeo needs to fill his fox bead with human energy before he turns 1,000 years old. One day, a college girl, Lee Dam accidentally swallows Woo-yeo's fox bead.
4 tracking it here
Bloodhounds (2023)Also dramaFaced with ruthless foes with a violent thirst, two young boxers band together — risking life and limb to bring justice and protect their loved ones.
★ 4.6 from 8 members20 tracking it here
MIGNON (2023)Also dramaIn a brutal underground world, a vampire medic and a wounded young fighter form a fragile bond—one built on pain, longing, and forbidden desire.
Doona! (2023)Also dramaA college student navigates life and school while dealing with a unique predicament — he's living with a beautiful former K-pop sensation.
5 tracking it here
Love Alarm (2019)Also dramaLove Alarm is an app that tells you if someone within a 10-meter radius has a crush on you. It quickly becomes a social phenomenon. While everyone talks about it and uses it to test their love and popularity, Jojo is one of the few people who have yet to download the app. However, she soon faces a love triangle situation between Sun-oh whom she starts to have feelings for, and Hye-young, who has had a huge crush on her.
★ 4.0 from 3 members6 tracking it here
Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022)Also dramaEun Gye-hoon, a famous chef, opens a restaurant in a town he lived when he was a little kid. In the past, he had a twin sister. But after a traumatic incident tat the hometown, the family lost her. He used to have a strong emotional link to his sister, able to synchronize with any kinds of feelings she was having. When Noh Da-hyun, a young woman in need of help, visits him one day, Gye-hoon starts to feel that strong link again.
1 tracking it here
Love In The Big City (2024)Also dramaA young gay man and his spirited roommate help each other navigate love, mortality and sexuality in the bustling city of Seoul.
2 tracking it here
Dear X (2025)Also dramaBehind a beautiful face hides a cruel nature—Baek Ah-jin, who sees through and manipulates others' hearts. After stepping on the sacrifices of many to reach the top, everything begins to change the moment she arrives there. A woman wearing a mask to escape hell and climb to the highest place. And the story of the Xs being brutally crushed by her.
6 tracking it here
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