K-Dramas like Monster
Finished Monster (2016) and want that feeling again? These 12 shows come closest.
12 shows with a similar feel
The Impossible Heir (2024)Also dramaAn ambitious boy grows up and joins an intense war of desires to become a star of his own.
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Red Swan (2024)Also dramaOh Wan-soo, who married into the powerful Hwain Group, faces death threats. She crosses paths with Seo Do-yoon, a bodyguard investigating a friend's death that is tied to the Hwain Group. Together, they unravel Hwain Group's secrets tainted with desire.
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Made in Korea (2025)Also dramaIn 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.
Reborn Rich (2022)Also dramaAfter 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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Curtain Call (2022)Also dramaA drama about an elderly woman from North Korea who doesn’t have much time left to live and a theatre actor who acts as her grandson in order to fulfill her final wish.
Yong Pal (2015)Also dramaOperating under the alias Yong-pal, a surgeon gets enmeshed in a dark conspiracy involving a chaebol heiress forcibly put in a medically induced coma.
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The Manipulated (2025)Also dramaTaejoong'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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Hyper Knife (2025)Also dramaSeok, an eager yet genius neurosurgeon is reunited with Deokhee, the professor who ruined her life long ago. Once, the two surgeons cared for each other more than anyone else. But now with nothing but hatred toward each other, Seok is furious that he is back in her life and vows to take revenge.
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Tempted (2018)Also dramaLove is just a game for a chaebol heir who agrees to a petty bet with his friends to seduce a college student — until he starts to fall for her.
Celebrity (2023)Also dramaFame. Money. Power. One young woman fights to become the next hottest celebrity in the glamorous yet scandalous world of influencers in Seoul.
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The Glory (2022)Also dramaYears after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.
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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.
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