Sky Castle

Series Similar to Sky Castle

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

1. The World of the Married

   2020 · Drama · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, hidden gem, also on jTBC.

   Ji Sun Woo is a family medicine doctor. She is married to Lee Tae Oh nd they have a son. She seems to have everything, including a successful career and a happy family, but she is betrayed by her husband and others.Meanwhile Lee Tae Oh dreams of becoming a famous movie director. He runs an entertainment business with the support of his wife Ji Sun Woo. Even though he loves his wife, Lee Tae Oh falls into a dangerous relationship.

2. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

   2017 · Comedy, Action, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on jTBC.

   Strong Woman Do Bong Soon tells the story about Do Bong Soon who is a woman born with Herculean strength, anything she touches with too much force crumbles in her hands. Ahn Min Hyuk is her love interest and he is an extraordinary second-generation chaebol with crazy tendencies. Meanwhile, Gook Doo is the guy who's harbored a one-sided crush on the heroine.

3. My Mister

   2018 · Drama, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

   A man in his 40's withstands the weight of life. A woman in her 20's goes through different experiences, but also withstands the weight of her life. The man and woman get together to help each other.

4. Law School

   2021 · Thriller, Mystery, Legal · ended

   Recommended for highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on jTBC.

   Law School is about the students and professors of South Korea's top law school who get caught up in an unusual case.It follows the case of a murder of a professor at a prestigious law school. Professors and students become suspects in the murder, and the drama will feature its characters making realizations about the law and justice as they search for the killer.

5. Twinkling Watermelon

   2023 · Fantasy, Music, Romance · ended

   Recommended for highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Twinkling Watermelon follows a story about CODA, (a deaf child born under deaf parents) a boy born of natural talent for music, and Eun Gyul, crash-landing into an unfamiliar space through a suspicious musical instrument store. Eun Gyul forms the band Watermelon Sugar with the youth he met there and communicates with them through music.

6. Kill Me, Heal Me

   2015 · Comedy, Romance, Medical · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8).

   A romantic comedy between a third-generation billionaire with Dissociative Identity Disorder and a first-year Psychiatrist resident who treats him secretly.After a traumatic experience in his childhood, Cha Do Hyun suffers memory lapses and his personality then fractured into seven different identities. He tries to regain control over his life with the help of Oh Ri Jin, a first-year psychiatric resident who treats him secretly. But Ri Jin's twin brother, Oh Ri Ohn, is a famous mystery novelist who investigates about Do Hyun and his family.

7. Alchemy of Souls

   2022 · Action, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for highly rated (8.1).

   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. 

8. The Good Bad Mother

   2023 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on jTBC.

   A single mom who has been widowed at a young age, Yeong-soon runs a pig farm, and raises her son Kang-ho by herself. She becomes a "bad mother" - hard on her son because she doesn't want him to grow up penniless nor powerless. Thanks to her discipline, Kang-ho grows up to be a prominent prosecutor, but loses his memory due to an unfortunate accident and becomes a 7-year-old again. Young-soon decides to become a "bad mother" again for Kang-ho in this comforting and touching comedy series that tracks the journey of recovery between mother and son.

9. Because This Is My First Life

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8).

   A house-poor man and homeless woman become housemates in a drama that examines the institution of marriage and the problems that young people face today.Nam Se Hee is a single man in his early 30's. He has chosen to not marry. He owns his home, but he owes a lot on his mortgage. Meanwhile, Yoon Ji Ho is a single woman in her early 30's. She does not own a home and envies those that do. She has given up on dating due to her financial struggles. Yoon Ji Ho begins to live at Nam Se Hee's house. They become housemates.

10. Little Women

    2022 · Drama, Family · ended

    Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

    Little Women is a work that depicts the story of three sisters who have good friendship.