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. The King: Eternal Monarch

   2020 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended99% match

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

2. Welcome

   2020 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended93% match

   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.

3. Thirty But Seventeen

   2018 · Drama, Romance · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem, 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.

4. Extraordinary You

   2019 · Drama, Romance · ended87% match

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   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.

5. To My Star

   2021 · Drama, Romance · ended87% match

   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.

6. Lovestruck in the City

   2020 · Drama, Romance · ended86% match

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Lovestruck in the City is a realistic portrayal of young people who pursue romance and happiness while struggling to get by in a busy, competitive urban environment. 

7. Find Me in Paris

   2018 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended85% match

   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.

8. Light On Me

   2021 · Drama, Romance · ended85% match

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Tae Kyung is an 18-year-old high school student. He is also a lifelong loner. But one day, he starts questioning his own judgment and tells a teacher that he no longer wishes to go it alone. The problem is, he has no idea how to start going about making new friends. The teacher advises him to join the school's student council. He agrees, but discovers that making friends may be harder than it seems.He meets the Vice President of the council, Shin Woo, who is cool and level-headed, but also somewhat cold toward him and reluctant to accept Tae Kyung. However, he also meets the super-attractive President of the council: Da On, who appears to take an instant shine to him. The beginnings of a romance appear to be in the cards for Da On and Tae Kyung, but Shin Woo does not seem to approve. Matters are further complicated by the fact that Da On's close female friend – who secretly loves Da On – is jealous of their closeness, and attempts to drive a wedge between them!

9. One Spring Night

   2019 · Drama, Romance · ended85% match

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   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. 

10. Faith

    2012 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended85% match

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

    This drama shows the romance between a warrior from the ancient times and a female doctor from the modern times, their love transcending time and space. It will also tell the story about the process of making a true king. Yoo Eun Soo is a 33-year old plastic surgeon in the year 2012. She was originally a general surgeon, but quickly found that it was an overworked, under-paid profession and jumped ship to plastic surgery. Her dream is to someday open her own practice. One day, Choi Young kidnaps her and takes her back to the Goryeo era, requesting that she use her medical skills to save the life of the Queen. Their ensuing love story is a long journey of faith that spans centuries and transforms them both, as Eun Soo finds true purpose in her medical knowledge for the first time while Young is inspired to live again through Eun Soo's determination, indefatigable cheerfulness and love of life.