Doctor Prisoner (2019)

The main lead had an accident and he is forced to quit working at a hospital after being accused of medical malpractice. He starts working in a prison with the goal of acquiring enough connections to take his revenge.

Doctor Prisoner was a great drama that kept me on my toes with an entertaining ML. Stranger may not have as entertaining a male lead as Doctor Prisoner because... you'll see in the first episode, but that does not mean that the ML did not have some great acting.
The stories for both are intriguing and deal with crime and corruption.
They are both really highly rated on my list.
The interplay between the good and bad guys is always tense and that is why I highly recommend this.

Same Male Lead
Similar themes
Fighting corruption, etc.
HSL is sports centered
DP is medical/prison centered

Both drama has
-Prison
-Scheme
-Corruption
-Deception
-Fighting against rich corrupt
The male leads are both very smart and lowkey mysterious in their ways. The Female leads are also smart and tricky.

both male lead treats his patients with full devotion and without discrimination. However, his medical license gets suspended as a result of a medical malpractice incident . so how he will be come back its interesting to watch

A tale of power, ambition and corruption

The plots may seem very different, however they have some of the same noir, thrilling elements to it
Both are dramas that feature chaebols and normies, plagued by ambitions, who are playing dirty tricks on each other to achieve their goals. In both cases, the ML is an outsider from the corrupt chaebols ( in Doctor Prisoner, ML is a doctor that wants to destroy the people in power and get revenge, in Impossible Heir, ML wants to steal the company from said people in power )
Both have tense suspenseful moments, business tricks that shock the opponent, race against the clock to one-up the villain.

Nevertheless, there are also a lot of differences : there is no cute romance in doctor prisoner, don't expect kisses and confession. It is also darker in my opinion Than the impossible heir

male lead also passionate about his work, then got betray by his boss.

This show is also related to business and revenge

If you want some kind of revenge vibe with smart main lead, then you should watch Doctor Prisoner.
There are similar vibes.

Both drama plot is about main lead seek revenge and success. In IC the story revolve around business and how main take revenge and success to get justice for his father while in DP the story is about a talented doctor try to get revenge from chairman of big corporation that cause her mother's death. Both story is worth to watch.

Family death ,going to prison, making connections, revenge plot. These are present in both drama's. But not too sure it works vice-versa

Revenge plot for the main male character mostly. In Lawless lawyer, there's more romance scenes but doesn't become too much it's a good balance with the plot.

The male leads are both very smart and lowkey mysterious in their ways. The females are also smart and strong.

Both MLs are motivated by revenge.
No romance
Both fighting corruption.
Both have strong ladies supporting them.

-The same protagonist
-Funny moments ( more so in Chief Kim)
-He plays a much lighter role in Chief Kim, but if you loved him in Doctor Prisoner, you will love him here to

Again the male leads are both in Chief Kim and play really good roles as dark characters.
They deal with crime and law and prison and provide really good storylines with plot twists (though Doctor Prisoner definitely had better plot twists)
There are much stronger partnerships in Confession which makes it less of a one-man fight, but there is still corruption and a large power difference between the good and bad guys.
I hope you enjoy!

- Both leads are fighting for revenge
- Both leads are often fighting against a powerful cooperation