Fantasy romance Marriage contract dramas
MD has reincarnation/past life trope while TSOPMC is time travel to the present trope with the male lead being a reincarnation.
- Both have cold chaebols who fall in love with people born in Joseon (200+ year old demon/Joseon noble lady) and have marriage contracts with them
- Strong female leads
- Cold male leads
- Cohabitation trope
MD has reincarnation/past life trope while TSOPMC is time travel to the present trope with the male lead being a reincarnation.
- Both have cold chaebols who fall in love with people born in Joseon (200+ year old demon/Joseon noble lady) and have marriage contracts with them
- Strong female leads
- Cold male leads
- Cohabitation trope
Time travel dramas with romance and comedy.
In TSOPMC, female lead time travels to the present day from Joseon while in Mr Queen, a man from the present day transmigrates into the Queen’s body in Joseon.
In TSOPMC, female lead time travels to the present day from Joseon while in Mr Queen, a man from the present day transmigrates into the Queen’s body in Joseon.
Slice of life films focusing on food and interpersonal relationships. With Rolling Girl being specifically set during Covid-19 pandemic.
Both are 2023 fantasy romance dramas with female leads from Joseon time traveling to the present and falling in love there.
Both produced by Chorokbaem Media and are romance fantasy dramas with time travel from Joseon era to the 21st century. In The Story of Park's Marriage Contract, the FL time travels while in Queen In Hyun's Man, the ML time travels.
Coming of age films about teenager female leads and their struggles. Both of the films have LGBT coded FLs.
Same director and writer with Park So Dam appearing in both films. Both are set during the Japanese colonialism in Korea and have strong female characters. The Silenced is set in a boarding school while Phantom is set in an isolated hotel. The Phantom is an action thriller espionage film while The Silenced is a horror mystery film. LGBT-coded characters in both films. Both show violence towards Koreans and the horrors of Japanese colonialism during the Japanese colonial period in Korea.
Same director and female centered plots. Both are slice of life and focus on the relationships that the characters have with each other.
Revenge dramas with FLs. The FL from The Glory has a tragic past while the FL from Girl From Nowhere is implied to have one.
The FL from Girl From Nowhere is a high school student and a “demon” while the FL of The Glory is an elementary school teacher.
The FL from Girl From Nowhere (which has supernatural elements) gets revenge on those who do wrong while the FL of The Glory is getting revenge on her bullies from high school.
The FL from Girl From Nowhere is a high school student and a “demon” while the FL of The Glory is an elementary school teacher.
The FL from Girl From Nowhere (which has supernatural elements) gets revenge on those who do wrong while the FL of The Glory is getting revenge on her bullies from high school.
Although Weak Hero Class is set in high school unlike The Glory, where the FL is an elementary school teacher. The Glory has intense flashbacks of the FL being bullied by her high school classmates. Both dramas have revenge towards bullies. The leads of the dramas have also trauma from bullying/violence. Warning for violence for both dramas.
Revenge thrillers with strong female leads. In Lady Vengeance, there is a (younger) man who falls for the female lead. The male lead, in The Glory, who is younger also has feelings for the FL. The Glory is about revenge towards bullies while in Lady Vengeance it’s also towards those who have wronged the FL (but not bullying).
- Both have a focus on societal problems (ex: bullying, child abuse, sexual abuse, etc.) each episode with TLC showing societal problems through legal cases and Tomorrow showing suicide “cases”.