Tired of watching the same old rom-coms? Why not give something different a try? Full of everything from intense crime and puzzling mystery to sumptuous food and thrilling suspense, this collection of dramas and movies is sure to spice up your watchlist!

Try Something Different!

Do Ki has lived more honestly than anyone else as an officer in the Special Forces. Yet, when a serial killer murders his mother, he spends his days in agony. While feeling wronged and broken, Do Ki meets Jang Sung Chul, who recruits Do Ki to work for his company, Rainbow Taxi. Far from an ordinary taxi service, Rainbow Taxi is a secret organization that avenges victims whom the law didn\u2019t protect. Here, Do Ki becomes a star driver who delivers satisfying revenge. Meanwhile, Ha Na is a prosecutor who investigates Rainbow Taxi. She is furious with their lawless behavior, but at the same time, she feels confused to see them solve cases that the law cannot. Between those who believe that revenge embodies true justice and those who pursue the outlaws, Do Ki seeks what justice truly means.

Taxi Driver

SBS, KOCOWA

Do Ki seals the end of the painful vengeance against his mother's killer, but the wounds remain. The whistling that reminds him of his mother's last moment still lingers around his ears. Ha Joon newly joins Rainbow Transport as a troublemaker taxi driver, and he holds Do Ki as his role model. Ha Joon accidentally finds a secret passage that leads to the underground maintenance room. What is this place for? How will Do Ki's vengeful journey for the victims unfold along with the precious people around him?

Taxi Driver 2

Tencent

Wang Miao (Zhang Lu Yi) is one of China’s leading nanomaterials experts. Shi Qiang (Yu He Wei) is a police detective who specializes in counterterrorism. Shi Qiang has learned of strange goings-on that began taking place in the scientific community many years ago, leading to the apparent suicide of a number of leading researchers – and is determined to get to the bottom of this case. Shi Qiang enlists Wang Miao to help investigate.
 
Wang Miao agrees, but soon begins to learn about a secret organization named The Frontiers of Science, apparently fronted by the mysterious scientist Shen Yu Fei (Li Xiao Ran). He also starts to get to know an elderly astrophysicist named Ye Wen Jie (Chen Jin), the mother of one of the now-dead scientists. As Wang Miao digs deeper, he makes remarkable discoveries about events from the past, as well as a strange online virtual reality game named “Three-Body.” Could playing this unusual game help him and Shi Qiang unlock the secrets of the suicides – and learn what The Frontiers of Science is really up to?
 
This drama series was based on a hit sci-fi novel Liu Ci Xin named “The Three-Body Problem.”
 
“Three-Body” is a 2023 Chinese drama series that was directed by Vincent Yang and Yang Lei.

Three-Body

Turkeys in a Dark Forest

Through the "Bobble Incident" that started the revenge and ended in blood, Do Hyuk became the culprit and lost his life. However, he didn't die. Do Hyuk returns with seething vengeance to expose Matthew's true identity to everyone. Kang Ki Tak and the unknown aide who goes by "Medusa" appear to help him. Matthew has no intention of stopping. With his fake identity, Matthew has the whole world crazy about him. He endeavors to be the epitome of his phony identity and take over Sungchan Group, the company his father raised with his life. Only then will his revenge be complete. The seven wicked associates will now regroup to play the game of revenge that has reset in desperation. Some will be out for revenge, some for power, and some will hide their true goal in a new game where they will deceive and betray each other. How will the fates of the Seven reborn from lies end?

The Escape of the Seven: Resurrection

Run, Run, as Fast as You Can

A girl disappears from the world due to the Bobble Incident, and seven wicked people are involved in the incident. Seven villains, including the CEO of a drama production company, Geum La Hui, a gangster, Min Do Hyuk, a girl group trainee, Han Monet, CEO of entertainment, Yang Jin Mo, a teacher, Go Myoung Ji, a detective, Nam Chul Woo, and a gynecologist, Cha Ju Ran. They will play a game designed by convict Matthew Lee for seven charges of greed, betrayal, falsehood, distortion, incitement, envy, and indulgence. In order to escape the deity's punishment, the villains cleverly unite and deceive each other. What were the unwashed sins committed by the wicked? How has the fate of a girl changed due to fake news that began with selfishness and desire? Who will be able to survive this bloody revenge?

The Escape of the Seven

For years, children and teens have enjoyed playing the game of “mafia,” whereby one mystery member of the group “kills” others – as the rest of the group tries to identify the “mafia” killer. But when second-year high school classmates Yoon Seo (Lee Jae In), Joon Hee (Kim Woo Seok), Jung Won (Choi Ye Bin), Kyung Joon (Cha Woo Min), Da Bum (Ahn Ji Ho), and So Mi (Jeong So Ri) head off to a class retreat, they are forced to play this bloody game...for real!

Unexplained text messages arrive on their phones, informing them that one of their classmates is the “mafia” killer. All of a sudden, they are thrust into a high-stakes game where the losers die a gruesome death. The classmates must pool their wits if they are to survive, and channel all of their abilities. But can they identify the “mafia” killer...before it’s too late?

“Night Has Come” is a 2023 South Korean drama series that was directed by Lim Dae Woong.

Night Has Come

In order to deal with a rise in crime and unusual deaths, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare launches a new forensics agency. The agency is named the Unnatural Death Institute, or UDI for short. The ministry appoints Yasuo Kamikura (Matsushige Yutaka), a veteran politician and former high-ranking official at the ministry as the UDI’s Director.

The star of his team is Mikoto Misumi (Satomi Ishihara), a 33-year-old female forensics expert who has conducted autopsies on over 1500 bodies. She will be working alongside her lab assistant Shoji Yuko (Ichikawa Mikako) and Kei Nakado (Arata Iura), an older, male forensics expert. Along with a team that also comprises a technician and a recorder, the UDI is tasked to investigate a range of baffling deaths. These include an apparent suicide that isn’t quite what it seems, a “poisoning” case involving an apparent heart disease victim...and more! Will Mikoto Misumi and the gang solve all the mysteries that come before them?

“Unnatural” is a 2018 Japanese drama series that was directed by Tsukahara Ayuko, Takemura Kentaro, and Murao Yoshiaki.

Unnatural

🧬 Mysterious Murders 🧬

Wavve

When former high school friends Lee Jun Seong (Yoo Seung Ho) and Song Jae Hyo (Kim Dong Hwi) meet their former classmate Park Min Woo (Yoo Su Bin) for drinks one night, the booze flows and flows until the latter passes out drunk. Jun Seong and Jae Hyo are both mired in financial difficulties. The former has had to turn his back on a promising sports career, and is now being swallowed up by a mountain of debt. Jae Hyo, meanwhile, is struggling to make ends meet as he tries to make his way through medical school.

Min Woo, on the other hand, comes from a wealthy family and has no financial worries. As he slumps over the table in his drunken stupor, his former classmates hatch a plan. They decide to fake a kidnapping in a bid to raise the money they both need. But things quickly take an unexpected turn – and little do they know, a witness has seen key events that could spring their rouse...and land them all in very hot water!

“The Deal” is a 2023 South Korean drama series that was directed by Lee Jung Gon.

The Deal

Let's Make a Deal Team

JTBC, KOCOWA

What if you went on a dating show only to find your sibling in the room next door? Under the watchful eyes of each other, siblings have gathered to seek their significant others. For 24 hours, they must hold their laughter and urge to cringe as they watch their siblings flirt and make physical contact with their date. Here is the star-studded host of the show! Han Hye Jin, a blunt critic, Code Kunst, a dating show expert, BamBam from a family of four siblings, MIYEON, the only child who has dreamed of having a sweet elder brother, and Jonathan and Patricia, the hottest siblings in Korea. Let's join them to delve into the interesting relationships of siblings. Will your sibling prove to be the cupid that helps you find your love or the villain who ruins your romance?

My Sibling's Romance

Chun Yu (Sun Qian) is a university student whose life is thrown into unspeakable turmoil when she receives a chilling text message that reads: “I know what the 19th floor of hell is.” Soon, she realizes that other students on campus have received the very same message. Before long, she learns that she has been sucked into the macabre reality of a mobile game that takes place in a ghostly “haunted” building where every floor is full of dangers, horrors, and terrifying secrets.

Worse still, she observes, when unwitting players fail to beat a level in the game, they immediately fall into a coma. With no other choice, she begins to play the game, where she meets fellow player Gao Xuan (Wei Zhe Ming). The duo begins to navigate the perils of the building together, slowly heading toward the dreaded 19th floor. But what awaits them if they make it to the game’s final, decisive level?

This drama was based on a novel named “The Nineteenth Floor of Hell” by Cai Jun, which also spawned a 2007 Hong Kong movie named “Naraka 19.”

“19th Floor” is a 2023 Chinese Drama that was directed by Cai Cong.

19th Floor

The hellbound team 😈

By the seaside in a quiet Japanese town, there is a remarkable guesthouse. Its owner (Tomochika) is a cook like no other. She is a veritable walking encyclopedia of recipes. When guests come to stay at the guesthouse, breakfast is always the most important meal. But there’s a twist: It is not the owner who cooks the breakfast – it’s the guests! The owner sets out the ingredients, writes out the recipe...and leaves it to the hungry guest to put everything together. And this process unfailingly helps the guests solve a problem, and hopefully better their lives!

The adventure kicks off when Taisei Shima calls to announce his arrival. He turns up with a bunch of flowers he bought from a shop, explaining that he fell in love with the woman who sold them to him! He wants to luck up the courage to make a confession of love, and as it will be the first he has ever made, he needs inspiration. The breakfast he must prepare is full of color...and helps him understand what he must do. More guests are on their way, however, including Oribe Yoshinari, Yamada Kent, Sakata Ryuichiro, Ken Shimazu, and Kihara Rui. Will they also manage to solve their problems...by learning to cook delicious breakfasts?

“Boys Who Cook” is a 2022 Japanese drama series that was directed by Nao Nomura, Saki Michimoto, Jimbo Haruaki, and Natsuki Nakagawa.

Boys Who Cook

🍘The Breakfast Team🍚

TV Chosun

To everyone around her, Seo Jae Won (Jang Nara) seems to be blessed with the perfect life, both personally and professionally. Professionally, Jae Won is not only the CEO of a multi-million dollar furniture company but is a wildly popular social media influencer as well. Equally successful in her personal life, Jae Won is happily married to warm-hearted Heo Soon Young (Son Ho Jun), a freelance designer, professor of industrial design, and the proud father of their only child.&nbsp;

Successful and surrounded by those she loves, Jae Won couldn’t be happier. But things in Jae Won’s life start to take an uncomfortable turn after she reconnects with an old university classmate, Kwon Yoo Jin (So Yi Hyun). Having graduated from the same art department, Yoo Jin and Jae Won were once close but time and circumstances have led them down very different paths. Now divorced, with a failing art career, Yoo Jin’s life has taken a rather difficult turn and her jealousy of Jae Won and her perfect life quickly builds.

Soon after reuniting with Yoo Jin, Jae Won’s perfect life begins to crumble as she learns the people closest to her have been hiding terrible truths. Betrayed by those she once held so dear, will Jae Won find a way to restore order to her now chaotic world?

A story shrouded in mystery, “My Happy Ending” is a 2023 psychological thriller drama directed by Jo Soo Won.&nbsp;

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