Happiness

Series Similar to Happiness

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

1. Sweet Home

   2020 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Fantasy profile.

   Adapted from a popular webtoon of the same name, Sweet Home is a VFX/SFX filled thriller based on the unique world in which people turn into monsters that reflect their internal desires. Cha Hyun Soo, a reclusive high school student who moves into a new apartment called Green Home after a personal tragedy, faces a series of life changing situations that brings him out to the world to save others.

2. Tunnel

   2017 · Crime, Fantasy, Thriller · ended

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

   In 1986, Park Kwang Ho works an excellent and enthusiastic detective. To save his daughter, he travels in time to the present day. Wherever he goes, he causes trouble and creates problems, but his antics are funny and bizarre because he is an old-fashioned detective from the past trying to adjust to life in modern day.

3. Moving

   2023 · Drama, Action, Fantasy · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Fantasy profile.

   Set in modern-day Korea, Moving tells the story of a group of superpowered individuals who hide their true abilities from the world in order to protect their families from harm and exploitation.

4. Alchemy of Souls

   2022 · Action, Fantasy, Romance · ended

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

   Set in a fictional country called Daeho that does not exist in history or on maps, it is about the love and growth of young mages as they overcome their twisted fates due to a magic spell known as the "alchemy of souls", which allows souls to switch bodies. It follows the story of an elite assassin named Naksu, whose soul is accidentally trapped inside the weak body of Moo Duk—Jang Wook's servant from a powerful and noble family in the country. The young master of the Jang Family, Jang Wook, holds a dark secret about his scandalous birth. He wants the formidable assassin to help change his destiny. 

5. Black

   2017 · Crime, Romance, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, hidden gem.

   The story of a grim reaper, Black who gets erased from the memories of the world for breaking the rules of heaven and falling in love with a mortal woman, Kang Ha Ram after inhabiting a human body.

6. Healer

   2014 · Action, Romance, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Thriller 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.

7. Vagabond

   2019 · Drama, Action, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Thriller profile.

   A mysterious plane crash kills over 200 civilians, including Cha Dal Gun's nephew. Determined to find out the truth behind the accident, Cha Dal Gun embarks on an investigation that leads him to a tangled web of corruption. His life intertwines with Go Hae Ri, a covert operative for the National Intelligence Service.

8. Bad and Crazy

   2021 · Action, Thriller, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Thriller profile, also on tvN.

   A story that is all about a corrupt yet practical detective who manifests a split personality who harbours a sense of justice. Soo Yul works as a police officer. He is competent at his job, but he also has questionable ethics. He will do anything to achieve success. Due to his ambitious personality, he has received promotions in a short period of time. His smooth life suddenly changes with the appearance of K. K is a righteous person, but also a crazy person. Whenever he faces injustice, he meets it with a fist. He dreams of being a hero. Meanwhile, Hee Kyum works as a police lieutenant on the drug squad at the Mooui Police Department. She is also a righteous person and enthusiastic at her job. She once dated Soo Yul.

9. Parasyte: The Grey

   2024 · Action, Horror, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action profile.

   When unidentified parasites violently take over human hosts and gain power, humanity must rise to combat the growing threat.

10. I Hear Your Voice

    2013 · Drama, Fantasy, Thriller · ended

    Recommended for similar Fantasy / Thriller profile, hidden gem.

    Bold, Sassy, thick-faced and comical Jang Hye Sung is a female lawyer, which doesn't have a bit of concept or manners and finds it difficult to find any enthusiasm in her job.