Alchemy of Souls

Series Similar to Alchemy of Souls

If you enjoyed Alchemy of Souls, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Tale of the Nine Tailed

   2020 · Drama, Thriller, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for also on tvN.

   Tale of the Nine Tailed follows the life of the gumiho, who once ruled as a living god of the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range but now works as a sort of public official between this world and the underworld. His main job is to clean up the mess left behind by those who disturb the world of the living while hiding behind the guise of ghost tales.

2. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

   2016 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, highly rated (8.1), also on tvN.

   Guardians are always whom we fear. Surely not this time. A guardian living in Seoul in 2016 is the sexiest chick magnet. More than a hundred years old in reality, he hangs out with the young. But not many people know that he is hollow inside. He has been searching for the ‘goblin bride' for decades, but she is no where to be found. Then one day, he keeps getting summoned by Eun-tak. There, he sees the Reaper, not knowing that they are to become roommates. That's where the story begins. A Goblin, trying to protect a girl who should have been dead a long time ago. A Reaper, desperately wanting to take the girl to complete his task.

3. Destined with You

   2023 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   The irresistible romance between a civil servant who obtains a forbidden book that was thoroughly sealed 300 years ago and a popular lawyer who becomes a victim of the forbidden book.

4. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

   2016 · Fantasy, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile.

   When a total eclipse of the sun takes place, a 21st century woman, Go Ha Jin, is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea. She wakes up in the body of 16-year-old Hae Soo, an aristocrat living with Lady Hae, her cousin who happens to be married to one of the sons of King Taejo. She soon befriends several of the princes, who find her carefree and exuberant attitude refreshing. Although she knows she should not get involved in palace intrigues over the succession to the throne, she inadvertently becomes a pawn in the struggle, as several of the Princes fall in love with her.

5. The King: Eternal Monarch

   2020 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, highly rated (8).

   The Devil is released into the human world and soon opens a door into a parallel world. The Devil asks if he lived a better life in the other world, if he could live in the other world. Against the Devil's question, Korean Emperor Lee Gon tries to close the door to the parallel world and South Korean Detective Jung Tae Eul tries to protect the lives of people and the person she loves.

6. Reborn Rich

   2022 · Drama, Fantasy, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   After 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.

7. Healer

   2014 · Action, Romance, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   A mysterious messenger, an online newspaper reporter who only concerns her own interests, a popular reporter who agonizes over the truth and reality.When these three people meet, a passionate romance starts and the truths from the past and present reveal themselves to the world. This drama features young people and how they grow into real reporters.

8. Mother

   2018 · Drama · ended

   Recommended for highly rated (8.5), also on tvN.

   This is the story of a woman becoming a mother. Soo Jin is a teacher at an elementary school. She plans to go abroad to study and teaching is just a temporary job. However, she notices that one of her student, Hye Na, is being abused by her mother and uncle at home. Soo Jin or the police cannot do anything because Hye Na doesn't know that she is being abused and says it's all good to people. As Soo Jin meets Ja Young and Seol Ak, the mother and uncle, she decides to save her from those horrible people. She makes an impulsive but sincere decision to become Hye Na's mother. Their story begins unexpectedly, but as Soo Jin and Hye Na start to believe and depend on each other, they become a real mother and daughter.

9. Psychopath Diary

   2019 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on tvN.

   Psychopath Diary is about a man named Yook Dong Shik, who coincidentally witnesses a murder and loses his memory after an accident that occurs while fleeing the scene. He wakes up with no sense of identity and mistakes himself as the killer when he finds the murderer's diary in his hands.

10. Marry My Husband

    2024 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem, also on tvN.

    Kang Ji-won, a terminally ill cancer patient, is killed by her husband and best friend after she witnesses them having an affair. She wakes up 10 years before the incident and decides to seek revenge with the help of Yu Ji-hyuk, a director at the company where she works. Now, she must reclaim her fate and eliminate the trash from her life.