K-Dramas like Cruel City

12 shows with a similar feel

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  The Manipulated (2025)Also crime · drama

  Taejoong's life is torn apart when he's framed for a heinous crime and imprisoned. Discovering it was all orchestrated by someone on the outside, he embarks on a rage-fueled quest for revenge.

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  Agent Kim Reactivated (2026)Also action & adventure · crime · drama

  When an unassuming dad's daughter goes missing, he dusts off his old black-ops skills to track her down — only to attract the wrong kind of attention.

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  Mousetrap (2026)Also crime · drama

  A reclusive writer wakes to find his identity stolen — and must ally with a ruthless loan shark to reclaim his life from a man known as "The Rat."

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  The Summer That I Loved My Teacher (2016)Also drama

  The story of how a high school student, Takanashi Fuuka, who falls in love with her teacher, Sawada Hiroki, after meeting him by chance one night.
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  Blue Box (2024)Also drama

  Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!
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  Say Cheese (2018)Also drama

  Peace Photography Studio is an established but traditional studio founded 80 years ago and had 5 branches in its heyday. Now, there's only a single studio left and is managed by Pan Renyi and daughter Pan Zejia . Pan Zejia quietly helped out at the studio as she feels indebted to Pan Renyi who helped her settle a huge debt 10 years ago, and as a result, she remained single since then. Ke Yuanhang is a newspaper reporter who is kind and magnanimous, although 5 years younger than Pan Zejia, a friendship soon developed. While Pan Zejia is irritable and impatient, Ke Yuanhang is gentle and caring. Their hindrances do not stop there, as Pan Renyi is constantly at loggerheads with Ke Yuanhang's mother, Hong Ziyi. Due to Pan Renyi's temperament, he does not get along with all his children, the matter is made worse when Pan Zejia's mother suddenly died in a car accident.
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  Miss the Dragon (2021)Also action & adventure · drama

  A young maidservant named Liu Ying saves a snake on behalf of her young mistress in a chance encounter. However, the snake turns out to be a thousand year ancient dragon named Yuchu Longyan, who now wants to marry her to repay her kindness. The two's lives then becomes entangled with each another as their love transcends over three lifetimes.
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  Eighties Hustle: Love and Legacy (2025)Also drama

  Qian Lingling works herself to death at her modern office job and wakes in the 1980s as the wife of Xie Yan, a cold-faced military officer crippled in a flood rescue — and the future richest man alive. Her predecessor despised him and pushed for divorce. Qian Lingling has other plans: she'll win over both her husband and the orphan girl he's raising, who's destined to become China's wealthiest woman, and build the fortune with them.
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  Prince of Lan Ling (2013)Also drama

  A prophecy foretold that victory goes to the one who has the priestess' blessing. Yang Xue Wu, the last priestess of her clan, unwittingly embroiled in a war between Northern Qi and Northern Zhou. Although she foresees the tragic fate of Lan Ling Wang, the general of Northern Qi, she nonetheless falls in love with him and helps him win the war against Yuwen Yong, the king of Northern Zhou. But destiny can not be altered.
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  Oh! My Goddess (1993)Also drama

  When college student Keiichi Morisato dials the wrong number while ordering for some food at his dormitory, he accidentally gets connected to the Goddess Hotline and a beautiful goddess named Belldandy appears out of a mirror in front of him. After getting kicked out of the dorm, Keiichi and Belldandy move to an old shrine and soon afterwards, Belldandy's sisters Urd and Skuld move in.
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  Way Back Love (2025)Also drama

  After losing all hope to live, Jeong Hee-wan unexpectedly reunites with her first love, Kim Ram-woo, who is now a grim reaper, opening a new chapter in her life.

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  God of Illusionary Needle (2006)Also action & adventure

  The story is about an old feud between two people - Liu Lang Yue and the feudal lord of the Yue clan. Apparently, horrible things were done to Lang Yue as a child, which left her horribly scarred, and now, she has to use a fake face. Since then, she has hidden in a valley with two disciples, Jin Cheng and Jin Bao, and their buddies, a pack of wolves with Lassie-like tendencies. As fate would have it, Lord Yue's eldest son decides to go hunting for wolves, and he ends up getting skewered with his own banner by Jin Cheng. But Jin Cheng is also severely injured, having taken half-a-dozen arrows in the process. Who else would save him but Tong Fu Er, daughter of the master physician Tong Yuan, the person who semi-healed Lang Yue in the first place?