The Last Empress

Series Similar to The Last Empress

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

1. Welcome

   2020 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Kim Sol Ah is an out-going graphics designer, who aspires to be a webcomic artist. One day, she brings home a cat, who unbeknownst to her has the ability to transform into a human male.

2. Find Me in Paris

   2018 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile.

   Find Me in Paris is centering on Lena Grisky, a typical teenage girl attending the Paris Opera Ballet School, the most elite dance institution in the world. But Lena has a secret. She's a time traveler, accidentally propelled from 1905 into the 21st century by her boyfriend Henri. Stuck in the past, Henri does everything he can to find a way to bring her home. Meanwhile, Lena tries to fit in, juggling high school and rigorous ballet training. She even becomes a member of an elite underground dance crew, the BLOK, all while trying to keep her secret.

3. While You Were Sleeping

   2017 · Fantasy, Romance, Legal · ended

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

   Can tragedies be avoided if they can be foreseen? In life, we witness small and big events. What would happen if someone can foresee every single event? A woman, played by Suzy, can see accidents that take place in the future through her dreams. A prosecutor, played by Lee Jong Suk, struggles and does everything he can to stop those dreams from becoming real. Will they be able to save our world from tragedies?

4. The King: Eternal Monarch

   2020 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, highly rated (8), also on SBS.

   The Devil is released into the human world and soon opens a door into a parallel world. The Devil asks if he lived a better life in the other world, if he could live in the other world. Against the Devil's question, Korean Emperor Lee Gon tries to close the door to the parallel world and South Korean Detective Jung Tae Eul tries to protect the lives of people and the person she loves.

5. Thirty But Seventeen

   2018 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, also on SBS.

   Gong Woo Jin is a set designer and is afraid to have a relationship due to a trauma he experienced. Woo Suh Ri is a 30-year-old female who awakes of a 13 year long coma, however due to this her mental age is still of that of a 17-year-old child. Somehow both of them get to know each other and slowly fall in love.

6. To My Star

   2021 · Drama, Romance · ended

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

   Actor Kang Seo Joon was once one of South Korea's biggest and most popular stars, but his career is now in decline.But despite his fall in popularity, he believes he has had a change of fortune when he meets and falls for a dashing young chef named Han Ji Woo.Despite having wildly different personalities, the two begin on a relationship. But their love comes under threat when the more conservative Han Ji Woo and the free-spirited Kang Seo Joon realize that their outlook on life, love, and everything else appears irrevocably different.

7. One Spring Night

   2019 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Lee Jung In decides to prioritize happiness in her life. She works as a librarian. Her longtime boyfriend is Kwon Gi Suk. He has impressive credentials like a good job as a department head at a bank, wealthy family, handsome and smart. Lee Jung In meets Yoo Ji Ho one fated day after heavy night of drinking with a friend. He is a pharmacist. 

8. 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.

9. Extraordinary You

   2019 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   It tells the story of a girl who realizes that she is a supporting character inside a romance manga named "Secret". She tries to change the fixed story for her love and life.

10. The Girl Who Can See Smells

    2015 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

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

    Three years ago, Choi Moo Gak lost his younger sister in the "Bar Code" murder case. Since then, he has become cold and insensible, as he lost his ability to taste, smell, and feel pain. Meanwhile, Oh Cho Rim miraculously survived that the same incident. Since then she has lost her memory, but also gained the ability to see smells.