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. Alchemy of Souls

   2022 · Action, Fantasy, Romance · ended87% match

   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. 

2. Sweet Home

   2020 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · ended84% match

   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.

3. Bad and Crazy

   2021 · Action, Thriller, Supernatural · ended83% match

   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.

4. Healer

   2014 · Action, Romance, Thriller · ended82% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Thriller profile, highly rated (8).

   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.

5. City Hunter

   2011 · Action, Romance, Thriller · ended81% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Thriller profile, highly rated (8).

   Not long after his birth in October 9, 1983, the same day as the notorious bombing at Aung San in Myanmar, Lee Yoon Sung is kidnapped and raised by Jin Pyo believing Jin Pyo is his father. Trained like a special military agent spending years in deadly places like the Golden Triangle, deserts and battlefields, Yoon Sung becomes the most capable man who can survive in any situation anywhere.

6. Hunted

   2012 · Drama, Action, Thriller · ended78% match

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

   Sam is a spy, a hunter who now finds herself hunted by a ruthless hidden enemy. Trapped in an intricate web of suspense and paranoia, she must discover who wants her dead by confronting her past.

7. Maskineriet

   2020 · Action, Thriller · ended78% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Thriller profile, hidden gem.

   Olle wakes up next to a balaclava, a gun and a bag full of money. He can't remember how he got there, and soon he'll get chased by both the police and dark secrets from his past.

8. Missing Noir M

   2015 · Action, Crime, Thriller · ended78% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Thriller profile.

   Gil Soo-hyun is a genius who entered Harvard University at the age of ten, and graduated with doctorate degrees in math, physics and philosophy. After working for the FBI for a decade, he mysteriously decides to return to Korea, where he gets assigned to lead a a special missing persons task force that goes after the 1% toughest unsolved cases.He is forced to become partners with Oh Dae-young, a dogged veteran detective with twenty years' experience and a strong sense of justice. Whereas Soo-hyun is overly analytical, Dae-young goes with his gut feeling, and their different approaches causes antagonism.

9. Heartless City

   2013 · Action, Crime, Thriller · ended78% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Thriller profile.

   A drama revolves around the struggle between undercover agents and members of an infamous drug ring, and the love interests of the three main characters that emerge in the process.

10. Athena: Goddess of War

    2010 · Action, Thriller, Espionage · ended77% match

    Recommended for similar Action / Thriller profile.

    A terrorist group known as Athena and led by evil mastermind Son Hyuk threatens South Korea and the world. It is now up to special agent Lee Jung Woo of the National Security Agency to foil their terrifying conspiracy. Jo Soo Young, the daughter of the South Korean president, is kidnapped and hidden away in Italy. Jung Woo and his team are given the assignment to find her and bring her back.