Rooftop Prince

Series Similar to Rooftop Prince

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

1. My Girlfriend is a Gumiho

   2010 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

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

   Cha Dae Woong is a spoiled brat with plans to become a successful action star. One day, on the run from his rich grandfather's latest fit of rage towards him, he accidentally frees a nine-tailed fox, Gu Mi Ho, who has been imprisoned in a painting for 500 years. Frightened at first, he runs away to the woods and ends up getting seriously injured. Feeling indebted to him, Gu Mi Ho gives him her " fox orb " a powerful part of her life force, to heal him. When he wakes up, the two form an awkward partnership, as Dae Woong begins to rely on the power of the orb to shoot his action sequences, while also giving in to Mi Ho's request to teach her how to act human. Though Dae Woong is initially acting out of fear, things start to change as he gradually begins to fall for her. However, Mi Ho will be faced with a terrible choice as her time in human form runs out in this heart-wrenching comedy.

2. The Legend of the Blue Sea

   2016 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

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

   How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son of a nobleman from the Joseon Dynasty. But in the present time, Joon Jae works with Jo Nam Doo, a skilled conman who guides Joon Jae to become a genius scammer. But Joon Jae's friend, Cha Shi Ah, who works as a researcher at KAIST, may be Chung's only hope for surviving in her strange new world.

3. Princess Hours

   2006 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   In an imaginary world, modern-day Korea is run by a constitutional monarchy facing crumbling popularity after the recent death of the reigning King. To try to help the situation, the Royal Family decides to marry off the Crown Prince, Lee Shin, prior to his ascension to the throne. To their horror, however, they discover that the dead King's father, Shin's grandfather, had a pact with a commoner that their grandchildren would marry.Enter headstrong, klutzy, Shin Chae Kyung, an average girl who is now suddenly engaged to the country's Crown Prince. Prince Shin has no intention of making things easy for his commoner fiancée, however, especially since he's got his eye on someone else. Chae Kyung soon finds her work cut out for her in adapting to palace life and trying to please the Royal Family. Her optimistic spirit captures the attention of Lee Yul, the other contender for the throne who, while trying to win the Princess in order to gain the throne, finds himself falling in love with her for real.Among the plots, deceptions, and expectations in the mix, can the Royal couple see one another for who they really are and manage to fall in love?

4. Queen In Hyun's Man

   2012 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Kim Boong Do is a scholar who had supported the reinstatement of Queen In Hyun when Jang heebin's schemes resulted in her being deposed and replaced as King Sukjong's queen consort. He travels 300 years into the future of modern Seoul and meets Choi Hee Jin, a no-name actress who is expecting a career renaissance through her role as Queen In Hyun in a TV drama.

5. Chicago Typewriter

   2017 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Chicago Typewriter is a story about three writers who lived during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1930s, and are reincarnated into the present as a best-selling writer in a slump, an anti-fan and a ghostwriter.

6. 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.

7. Splash Splash Love

   2015 · Fantasy, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Senior High school student Dan Bi has to take the College Scholastic Ability test. While failing a different study due to stress, she falls into a time lapse on the day of her exam and arrives in the Joseon Era. Lee Do is a king who can't be stopped and is trying to put effort in everything as he received the throne at his young age.

8. Cherry Magic

   2023 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

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

   Meet Achi, an extremely ordinary employee at a stationery company. He is single and a virgin because he has never been in a relationship in his life. On his 30th birthday, Achi is shocked to discover his superpower to read minds by touching people. Of course, it's not something he wants. Believing mind reading is only going to give him headaches, he avoids touching anyone at all costs. Unfortunately, Achi's situation takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally reads his handsome, perfect colleague Karan and learns that this guy who is always in a good mood and has a smile on his face is falling for him. To stop things from going too far, Achi tries to keep a distance from Karan.Achi goes to his 30-year-old writer best friend Jinta for advice, considering he might be a love expert. At first, Jinta thinks Achi has probably worked too hard and imagined things in his head. On Jinta's birthday not long after, it turns out that he is also a virgin with the same superpower. More importantly, Jinta is currently falling in love with a delivery guy named Minwho is almost 10 years apart. The two best friends are caught up in a love mess. Also in the picture are Rock, a younger staff member who seems very close to Achi and gets Karan into his possessive mode, and Pai, a cute single girl at the office whom everyone roots for to date Achi. However, Pai is a boys' love fan who can't help but notice that there's something going on between Karan and Achi in secret. How will the love story of 30-year-old virgins unfold? 

9. Lovely Runner

   2024 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile.

   Im Sol is devastated by the sudden and tragic death of her idol Ryu Sun-Jae, a former swimmer turned K-pop star. But in the midst of her grief, she magically travels back to 2008 - when Sun-Jae was only 19 years old! Sol is delighted that she can help him escape his sad future fate, and makes it her mission to change the future ... and maybe even find true love in the process. Will her attempts to change the course of the past succeed - or could they have unexpected consequences? 

10. Secret Garden

    2010 · Drama, Comedy, Fantasy · ended

    Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, also on SBS.

    Kim Joo-won is the arrogant, eccentric heir to a large company who is poised to inherit a large department store. He constantly rejects the girls his matchmaking mother sends his way. When he meets Gil Ra-im, a beautiful, driven stunt-woman, she changes his life as he becomes fascinated by her strength and vulnerability.One day, a magical incident occurs and they find that they have switched bodies.