Kingdom

Series Similar to Kingdom

If you enjoyed Kingdom, 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 Fantasy / Horror profile, also on Netflix.

   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. Arthdal Chronicles

   2019 · Drama, Fantasy, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / History profile.

   A gripping tale of love, ambition, and tragedy, with four characters whose destinies are intertwined fighting for what they want in the city of Arthdal.

3. Death's Game

   2023 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Horror profile.

   Death's Game will tell the story of a man who gets more than one second chance at life after facing death. 

4. All of Us Are Dead

   2022 · Drama, Horror · returning

   Recommended for similar Horror profile, also on Netflix.

   A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.

5. Kang Chi, the Beginning

   2013 · Drama, Fantasy, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / History profile.

   When Yoon Seo Hwa falls for Gu Wol Ryung the guardian spirit of the Jiri mountains, their doomed love quickly blossoms in the form of their child, Kang Chi. As a newborn, Kang Chi is sent down a river, and is raised amongst humans. Life is normal as he works for Park Moo Sol at the Hundred Year Inn, until he realizes his otherworldly nature: he's neither completely human, nor a true gumiho. When tragedy befalls his loved ones, Kang Chi realizes he'll need to control his newfound power in order to protect his family and come to terms with his unique identity.

6. Happiness

   2021 · Action, Fantasy, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile.

   Happiness takes place in a time in which infectious diseases have become the new normal. In a newly constructed apartment in a large city where the higher floors are up for general sales and the lower floors are rented out, the series depicts the subtle psychological battle and the class discrimination that occurs. The city hits rock bottom when an impending apocalypse hits in the form of a new type of infectious disease in which people suffer from unabated thirst.

7. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

   2016 · Fantasy, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / History 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.

8. Nirvana in Fire

   2015 · Drama, Fantasy, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / History profile, hidden gem.

   During the Datong era of the Southern Liang Dynasty, Northern Wei sent troops southward and General Lin Xie took his only child, the 17 year old Lin Shu to the battlefield. Unexpectedly, Lin Xie was framed by a political rival, causing the unjust deaths of seventy thousand Chi Yan army soldiers, just after they drove off the hostile Wei forces. Fortunately, Lin Shu was rescued by a loyal subordinate, although he barely escaped with his life.

9. Becoming Human

   2011 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Horror profile, hidden gem.

   Follow Adam, Being Human's teenage vampire, as he becomes embroiled in a dark and dangerous mystery. At the heart of Becoming Human are the eight episodes where the story unfolds... but there's more. You can get deeper into the mystery with mobile phone videos, newspaper clippings, character profiles and other updates revealed by the characters themselves as they try and track down the killer.

10. Carnival Row

    2019 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · ended

    Recommended for similar Fantasy / Horror profile.

    Carnival Row is a fantasy-noir set in a neo-Victorian city. Mythical creatures fleeing their war-torn homeland have gathered in the city, and tensions are simmering between citizens and the growing immigrant population. We follow the investigation of a string of unsolved murders which are eating away at whatever uneasy peace still exists.