Hwarang

Series Similar to Hwarang

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

1. Red Sleeve

   2021 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

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

   Red Sleeve tells the record of a royal court romance between the King of Joseon who believes his duty is to his country first above love, and a court lady who wants to protect the life she has chosen.

2. War & Peace

   2016 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

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

   In a new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's timeless novel, three young people experience life, love and loss against the epic backdrop of Russia's wars with Napoleon.

3. My Dearest

   2023 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance / History profile.

   A love-story between a noble woman and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown set in the 1600s during the Qing invasion. Yu Gil Chae is a pretty, bubbly and a bit spoiled young lady who's named as the 99 tailed fox of Neunggun-ri. She is a bit of an outcast too because other young ladies are jealous of her. They seem to think she's too straight forward and her behavior is inappropriate for a young lady while young noble men think highly of her. Gil Chae knows how to get men to fall for her but fails to capture the heart of the person she likes. Lee Jang Hyun is a mysterious man who suddenly appears in the Neunggun-ri social scene one day. Nobody really knows about him. Young nobles don't like him while he has elderly people wrapped around his finger. He's been dating around a lot but becomes curious about a certain 99 tailed fox. And one day, the said fox crash lands to his arm literally. With the brewing war, the pair find themselves separated even before they start to make sense of their feelings.  

4. The King's Affection

   2021 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance / History profile, also on KBS2.

   When the crown prince is killed, his twin sister assumes the throne while trying to keep her identity and affection for her first love a royal secret.

5. The Rise of Phoenixes

   2018 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance / History profile, hidden gem.

   The story of power, desire, lust and love among people of different kingdoms in ancient China. No matter who you are, you have to rise from the mud to become The Great Phoenix.

6. Inspiring Generation

   2014 · Action, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance / History profile, hidden gem, also on KBS2.

   Based in the 1930's of Shanghai, China, this drama is a story about love, friendship, patriotism and desire. Shin Jung Tae is an outrageous and clumsy man, but has an unconditional love for his country and family. He was known as one of the best fighter in the alleys of Shanghai.

7. The Dovekeepers

   2015 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

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

   Based on Alice Hoffman's historical novel about the Siege of Masada, the miniseries focuses on four extraordinary women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada. Set in ancient Israel, "The Dovekeepers" is based on the true events at Masada in 70 C.E. After being forced out of their home in Jerusalem by the Romans, 900 Jews were ensconced in a fortress at Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. Besieged at Masada, the Jews held out for months against the vast Roman armies. The project will recount the events from the perspective of a few extraordinary women who arrive at Masada with unique backstories, but a common bond for survival. Additionally, these women, who work together daily as dovekeepers, are all concealing substantial secrets.

8. The Borgias

   2011 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance / History profile.

   This expansive drama series stars Oscar winner Jeremy Irons in his Golden Globe-nominated role as Pope Alexander VI, the cunning, manipulative patriarch of the infamous Borgia dynasty, who builds an empire by bribing, buying and muscling his way into the papacy.

9. The Paradise

   2012 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance / History profile.

   An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s.

10. The Empress Ki

    2013 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

    Recommended for similar Romance / History profile.

    This drama is about the loves and battles of Empress Ki from Goryeo who exercises her influence in the Yuan Dynasty.