Recommendations

i am surprised no one recommended Vampire Detective yet since the feels are so similar compared to other recommended dramas here. Yoon San and the vampire lady has the same energy as The K2 and his lady boss. in fact whenever Lee Joon fights off the bad guys, his action skills really reminds me of Ji Chang Wook. Lee Joon is such a hugely underrated action star!

Arisu—a listless, jobless, and video-game-obsessed young man—suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive. In this strange world, Arisu meets Usagi, a young woman who’s navigating the games alone. Together, they set out to unravel one mystery after another as they risk their lives and confront what it means to live.

Both are survival show

Both are Thai BL dramas with a lower budget and quite underrated but still enjoyable to watch between other series. Plus, both of them have some good LGBT support moments that I really liked :)

This is the original story to the movie. They are made by the same production, have the same cast, and have the same content. The drama series aired first and contains scenes from the story that are not shown in the movie. This is recommended if you want to see more of the characters and get a more in-depth understanding of the movie and drama.

Both movie about video game. Action, adventure, some romance. Excitement. Traveling. Some touch of family. Resilient. Friendship

Innocent men are subjected to physical abuse and torture by police in order to force a false confession.

Innocent men are subjected to physical abuse and torture by police in order to force a false confession.

Innocent men are subjected to physical abuse and torture by police in order to force a false confession.

In both films an innocent man is subjected to physical abuse during a police interrogation. Though there is evidence of his innocence, police continue to try and pin him for the crime.

the main cast is weak but very clever. intrigue and politics, love and hate, when love has to face loyalty to country, fillial piety, and urge to revenge

Similar plot points but different angles on story and character developments. Both dramas are filmed really well with a great story of love and personal development. The lead actors do a really good job of protraying their characters.

both had that unexpected familyhoodness. basically both start with people who share nothing and also have nothing but they just click as if they're each other's missing piece uwu

ML in Shopping King Louie is rich (but loses his memory)

Both are light fluffy romcoms with lots of cute moments

ML in Shopping King Louie becomes much nicer and adorably cute (and a bit stupid) after he loses his memory but is the brooding type before then.

Both are about webtoons

W is about the FL going into the webtoon and then meeting the ML whilst True Beauty is a webtoon itself.

Both have bright cinematography and are fairly light romcoms

Both involve MLs that are quite stoic at first

Both involve affairs and a missing child

Both have issues between the married couple and one being unfaithful

Both have other individuals helping the leads

Both in the crime/mystery/ thriller genre

Secret Mother doesn't have communication between past and future