When Time Stopped

Series Similar to When Time Stopped

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

1. 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.

2. The King: Eternal Monarch

   2020 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

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

   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.

3. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

   2016 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Guardians are always whom we fear. Surely not this time. A guardian living in Seoul in 2016 is the sexiest chick magnet. More than a hundred years old in reality, he hangs out with the young. But not many people know that he is hollow inside. He has been searching for the ‘goblin bride' for decades, but she is no where to be found. Then one day, he keeps getting summoned by Eun-tak. There, he sees the Reaper, not knowing that they are to become roommates. That's where the story begins. A Goblin, trying to protect a girl who should have been dead a long time ago. A Reaper, desperately wanting to take the girl to complete his task.

4. Doom at Your Service

   2021 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Dong Kyung is an editor for a web novel company. Myul Mang, suddenly appears in her ordinary life. She makes a 100 day contract with Myul Mang, risking her life and her love.

5. Twenty-Five Twenty-One

   2022 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Twenty-Five Twenty-One depicts a story from 1998 to 2021. In 1998, twenty-two and eighteen meet for the first time in an uneasy year as the whole world shook and called each others' name and when they became twenty-three and nineteen, they hurt each other. In the year of twenty-four and twenty, they relied on each other, and they loved only when they were twenty-five and twenty-one.

6. Marry My Husband

   2024 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Kang Ji-won, a terminally ill cancer patient, is killed by her husband and best friend after she witnesses them having an affair. She wakes up 10 years before the incident and decides to seek revenge with the help of Yu Ji-hyuk, a director at the company where she works. Now, she must reclaim her fate and eliminate the trash from her life.

7. Lover Merman

   2025 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, highly rated (8.2), hidden gem.

   Phurich moves from Bangkok to Khen Island to look after ocean-themed bar Full & A Half with his close friend Pana. Upon his arrival, he meets Nava, Full & A Half's most talented bartender – who just so happens to be one of the world's last mermen. Before long, Phurich falls for with Nava, not knowing about Nava's true identity, but he clashes with Nava's best friend Prapai, another young merman who's secretly loved Nava for a long time. Prapai believes that human and merman relationships would never work, and warns Nava that dating Phurich would only end in tragedy. But one fateful night, Phurich follows Nava to the beach and witnesses a secret that changes both of their lives forever. 

8. The Girl Who Can See Smells

   2015 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile.

   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.

9. The Beauty Inside

   2018 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Top actress Han Se Kye is known to be a troublemaker and object to many rumours. While her life is for many a mystery, she actually suffers an unusual phenomenon in which her appearance changes to a complete different person once every month. One day she bumps into Seo Do Jae, an executive of an airline. Even though Seo Do Jae is unable to recognize faces, he tries his best to hide his issue and to memorize people by their habits and mannerisms.

10. Faith

    2012 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Fantasy / Romance profile, hidden gem.

    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.