10 Dramas like The K2 Which You Should Definitely Give a Watch

The K2 is a political thriller K-drama with the best action and twists to keep audiences on the edge. In the drama, Ji Chang Wook plays the role of Kim Je Ha, a ruthless former soldier. He was unjustly blamed for killing his girlfriend while being on a secret mission in Iraq. After the incident, he becomes a fugitive in the eyes of people, but soon after, he finds a job that would lead him to take his revenge. 

Je Ha gets a job as a bodyguard for Choi Yoo Jin, who happens to be the owner of JSS Security and is running for president, too. She is teh wife of Jang Se Joon, whose illegitimate daughter is Go An Na. Therefore, Choi Yoo Jin always had a bitter relationship with her. 

Je Ha, in excuse of his job, plans to take revenge on Park Kwan Soo, who is the current party leader and rival of Choi Soo Jin and his husband. Choi Soo Jin joins Je Ha’s revenge ally to win the presidency and take down Park Kwan Soo. However, she orders Je Ha to get rid of Go An Na. But Je Ha and Go An Na are already in love with each other. Now, whom Je Ha will show his loyalty to his boss or his lover?

The K2 is a thriller yet traumatic drama as it keeps viewers more and more in suspense as it proceeds to the end. If you have already watched The K2 and now you crave drama that will give off the same vibe as it, then this is the right place.

Below, we have provided ten similar dramas to The K2 that you should watch. Do let us know in the comments if you have already watched any of these dramas or which drama you will start watching right away. 

1. Healer (2014)

Healer has managed to be at the top of the list, not only because it features the same Ji Chang Wook as K2 but also because the characters he played in both dramas have some similarities. The genres of both dramas are also similar. This mystery thriller drama was one of a hit in 2015. 

After seeing Ji Chang Wook in a dark-themed drama, fans became overwhelmed and demanded more characters like the actor. The story revolves around an illegal organization that works for people at night. They can do any kind of hob to them as far as murder is concerned. 

Ji Chang-Wook Seo Jung-hoo is the top member of the gang who is famous for his uncanny fighting skills, and he is not alone in this accompanied by a trusted hacker, a clumsy yet witty news reporter, Chae Young-shin, and a famous journalist broadcast station. As these three work on an unsolved case of 1992, they get embroiled in white lies and endanger each other. 

• Release Date: December 8, 2014
• No. of Episodes: 20
• Cast: Lee Jung Sub, Kim Jin Woo
• Director: Ji Chang Wook, Park Min Young, Yoo Ji Tae 
• Streaming Platforms: KOCOWA, Apple TV, iQIYI, Rakuten Viki, Netflix
• Reviews: IMDb- 8.5/10

2. Vagabond (2019)

Vagabond is one of the best action dramas, keeping viewers stuck until the end. The drama has no extra fillers, and its twisting plots make it more special. Unlike K2, in this drama, our main lead walks on a revengeful path and will be accompanied by the female lead. 

The story of Vagabond revolves around a normal citizen, Cha Dal Gun, who works as a stuntman. His family dies early, and that too his brother leaves his son to him. Cha Dal Gun raised his nephew Cha Hoon as his son. Both share a very lovely and unique relationship. 

But things stirred up when he reluctantly let go of Cha Dal on a Morocco trip. Cha Hoon sends a video message to his uncle, encouraging him to master Taekwondo and follow his dream. But who knew it was his last message to his uncle Dal Gun? 

Dal Gun watches the news about a plane crash and soon realizes his nephew is on that same flight. Shocked and destroyed, Dal Gun goes to Morocco to attend a funeral for all the victims of the incident. But he discovers something which he shouldn’t have noticed. 

Soon, he faced the ugly truth of the plane crash and that someone did it intentionally. Dal Gun begins to gather evidence and catch the real culprit, but only to put himself in grave danger. He was later accompanied by an NIS agent, Go Hae-ri, who joined him in aspiring for a promotion. 

• Release Date: September 20, 2019
• No. of Episodes: 16
• Cast: Lee Seung Gi, Bae Suzy, Shin Sung Rok
• Director: Yoo In Shik
• Streaming Platforms: Netflix
• Reviews: IMDb – 8.1/10

3. Lawless Lawyer (2018)

Lawless Lawyers revolves around the trials of two lawyers fighting against a corrupt organization. Bong Sang Pil, the main protagonist of the drama, is a ruthless lawyer who uses his law skills and fist to fight against injustice. Snag Pil was raised by his uncle, who is a gang leader in Seoul, after the death of his mother in a tragic accident. 

Therefore, Sang Pil fears nothing. When cases get out of hand, he uses his gangster connections, which leads him to hold a record of most won cases as a lawyer. On the other hand, our female protagonist, Ha Jae Yi, was raised by his father in a tough situation. Her mother was murdered, but no one knows the real truth about it. 

Ha Jae Yi believes in law and hates unjust rulings that she once, out of rage, ends up hitting a judge for unjust rulings during a trial. She ends up getting her law license suspended. Jae Yi ends up working for Sang Pil, who promises to return her his license. 

As they work together, they discover the connection between the well-known, kind-hearted lawyer Cha Moon Sook and Ahn Oh Joo, CEO of a corporation. Both investigate that Moon Sook is a vicious person and Oh Joo is a former gangster. How will this duo unravel the whole truth and show the real face of these people to the world?

• Release Date: May 12, 2018
• No. of Episodes: 16
• Cast: Lee Joon Gi, Seo Yea Ji, Lee Hye Young, Choi Min Soo
• Director: Kim Jin-Min
• Streaming Platforms: Netflix, Apple TV, Rakuten Viki
• Reviews: IMDb – 7.6/10

4. My Name (2021)

My Name is one of the perfect action thrillers to watch right after watching K2. It is dark, whimsical, violent, and heartbreaking at the same time. Han So Hee has done a great job of portraying the role of the main protagonist. 

The story of this drama revolves around Yoon Ji Woo, who is an outcast student in her school. Her only support and pillar is her father, who raised her single-handedly. She was spoiled by her father’s love and affection. 

Her world gets upside down when his father is killed by an anonymous person in front of her eyes. She goes to Choi Moo Jin to find her father’s murderer’s name. Choi Moo Jin is the leader of Seoul’s top gangster organizations, and he also happens to be Ji Woo’s father’s close friend.

Yoon Ji Woo becomes desperate to kill her father’s murderer, so she becomes part of Moo Jin’s organization. After a few years, as per Choi Moo Jin’s plan, she joins the police force and becomes a spy for him so that Choi Moo Jin can run his drug racket smoothly and she can investigate her father’s murderer. 

As Yoon Ji Woo investigates her father’s murderer and exposes Choi Moo Jin’s black business racket with her police force partner Jeon Pil Do, things start to seem vivid to her between both events. But what if the truth after which she is chasing brings more destruction in her life? 

• Release Date: October 15, 2021
• No. of Episodes: 8
• Cast: Han So Hee, Park Hee Soon, Ahn Bo Hyun
• Director: Kim Jin-Min
• Streaming Platforms: Netflix
• Reviews: IMDb – 7.8/10

5. Mouse (2021)

In the list, we are talking about dramas that are thriller and action-packed like The K2, so the 2022 released drams Mouse can not be an exception to this list. Mouse focuses on psychopaths, unlike the revenge plot like K2. 

The drama follows the concept of how or why psychopaths don’t feel remorse or guilt. The psychopaths only think of themselves and feel no emotions like love, sadness, jealousy, and guilt are nothing to them. And maybe that’s why they don’t even flinch while killing someone. 

The main lead of the drama Go Moo-chi is a detective who fails to catch a psychopath, which traumatizes him forever. Not only that, but the tragic incident which he saw in his childhood with his eyes traumatized him till today and became a trauma for him. 

His younger partner, Jeong Ba-Reum, is rather a strong-willed person, but his life turns upside down when he encounters a serial killer. This duo investigate and try to find a way to make these psychopathic serial killer feel the pain and remorse they have caused to others. 

• Release Date: March 3, 2021
• No. of Episodes: 20
• Cast: Lee Seung Gi, Lee Hee Joon, Park Ju Hyun, Kyung Soo Jin 
• Director:  Choi Joon Bae, Kang Cheol Woo
• Streaming Platforms: Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, TVING
• Reviews: IMDb – 8.7/10

6. Flower of Evil (2020)

Flower of Evil is one of the best-directed thriller K-drama of 2020. The storyline of the drama is gripping and excellent. The cast did their best job in portraying their character, and even the directions of teh drama were well executed. 

Flower of Evil is a thriller action drama that keeps one on the edge of one’s seat. The story follows the life of Baek Hee Sung, played by Lee Jong Gi, who is a lovely father to his six-year-old daughter and a caring husband to her wife. 

His wife, Cha Ji-won, played by Moon Chae Won, is a homicide investigator and has the best records on the team. She is witty, sharp, and excellent at fighting too. Cha Ji-won mostly depends on her husband as she has to spend her time in the police station. Her husband, most of the time, looks after their daughter and the home. 

But she suddenly noticed some change in her husband’s behavior. Baek Hee Sung was living with her, hiding her true identity. As Cha Ji-won and his team investigate an unsolved mass murder case from 15 years ago, she finds some connection to her husband. 

• Release Date: July 29, 2020
• No. of Episodes: 16
• Cast: Lee Joon Gi, Moon Chae Won, Jang Hee Jin, Seo Hyun Woo
• Director:  Kim Chul Gyu, Yoon Jong Ho
• Streaming Platforms: We TV, Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV, Hulu, iQIYI, Rakuten Viki
• Reviews: IMDb – 8.6/10

7. Vincenzo (2021)

Vincenzo is one of the popular thriller action dramas of 2021. Its popularity is more because it was actor Song Joong Ki’s comeback drama, his mandatory military duty completion. As the name of the drama suggests, the drama set its original roots in Italy. 

Vincenzo Cassano is a consigliere of one of the top mafia families in Italy. His birth name is Park Joo Hyeong, and he was adopted at the age of eight years after he was left at the orphanage. He grew up with a longing for his hometown and his mother. 

But the real reason he fleed to Korea was to recover 1.5 tons of gold, which was secretly hidden in the basement of a lousy building of Seoul Geumga Plaza. But it becomes tough for him to recover the gold since the residents of the building are unlikable to him. 

While he struggles to recover the gold, he bumps into Cha-young, who is in dire need of a witty lawyer in her team as she has to fight against a corrupt company like Babel, who is also responsible for her father’s death. Vincenzo offers to join her in her investigation. 

But their investigation only makes things even more complicated for them, putting each other’s lives in danger. Since Babel Corporation is not a mere small company, it is a large company with political support. The real fight is between Geugma Plaza and Babel Corporation. 

• Release Date: February 20, 2021
• No. of Episodes: 20
• Cast: Song Joong Ki, Jeon Yeo Been, Ok Taec Yeon
• Director: Kim Hee Won
• Streaming Platforms: Netflix, TVING
• Reviews: IMDb – 8.4/10

8. Big Mouth (2022)

Big Mouth is a 2022 mystery thriller K-drama starring two prominent actors, Lee Jong Suk and Im Yoon Ah. This drama was able to grasp most views in 2022 and even won the Daesang 2022 award at the MBC Drama Awards. 

Park Chang Ho has the lowest rate of successful cases in his law firm. He is known by the nickname “Big Mouth” because of his habit of talking big before action. He was later hired by a mayor because of his ineptitude. 

Whereas Park Chang Ho’s loving wife, Go Mi Ho, played by Im Yoon Ah, is a bold and expert nurse. She holds a very strong personality and sometimes even defends those who talk ill about her husband. Their life was going normal until Park Chang Ho was embroiled in a murder case. 

He was framed for being a famous and suspicious con artist known as “Big Mouse” and was sent to prison as the culprit. Go Mi Ho determines to bring out the real “Big Mouth” and rescue her husband. 

But as Go Mi Ho investigates the case and tries to prove her husband’s innocence, she falls into a new trap. This drama has an amazing storyline with a plot full of twists. If you are a big fan of thrillers, do give this drama a watch; it will not disappoint you. 

• Release Date: July 29, 2022
• No. of Episodes: 16
• Cast: Lee Jong Suk, Im Yoon Ah, Kim Joo Heon 
• Director: Oh Choong Hwan, Bae Hyun Jin
• Streaming Platforms: Disney Plus, Hulu, Wavve
• Reviews: IMDb – 7.9/10

9. Graceful Family (2019)

If you want to try some family political drama just like K2, then Graceful Family is one of the go-to dramas for you. The drama has a cliche of mystery unfolding one by one, which makes it watch it till the end. 

At the young age of 15, Mo Seok Hee, the only daughter of the chaebol Mo family, was sent to the United States for studies unwillingly after the mysterious murder of her mother. Her resentment toward her mother’s loss made her ruthless and arrogant, but she does have kindness in her heart. 

She comes back to South Korea after 15 years, and even tho her comeback was opposed by her family. She meets Hee Yoon Do on the way home from the airport. Who is a clumsy lawyer, but his personality is liked by Seok Hee, so she gives him the job of being his lawyer.

He starts working under the TOP team, which manages the Mo family’s reputation and investigates other chaebols’ weaknesses to threaten them. Soon later, Seok Hee discovers that some big secrets are kept buried in Mo’s family and that also, Yeon Doo’s mother was falsely accused of murdering her mother.

Both join hands to uncover the whole truth of the murder, and in the process, they get unexpected help from others, too. But Mo’s family’s TOP team’s reach is very far. Can they find out the real truth without getting into new trouble? 

• Release Date: August 21, 2019
• No. of Episodes: 16
• Cast: Im Soo Hyang, Lee Jang Woo, Bae Jong Ok
• Director: Han Cheol Soo
• Streaming Platforms: Rakuten Viki
• Reviews: IMDb – 7.6/10

10. Worst of Evil (2023)

Worst of Evil is the latest drama being included in the list. This action thriller drama features two handsome hunks, Ji Chang Wook and Wi Ha Joon. Not only does this drama serve visually, but the storyline is also grasping. 

Set in the 1990s in Seoul, Worst of Evil shows the reality of gangsters in famous areas of Seoul like Gagnam and the widespread of drugs because of them. Wi Ha Joon, as Jung Ki Chul, is a former DJ of Gangnam who became the master of a gangster organization. 

The anti-narcotics department of Korea and Japan got a heads up that Jung Ki Chul from Gangnam is the lead in the drug smuggling of the rarest drug called “Gagnam Crystal.” However, they don’t have solid proof against him to arrest Jung Ki Chul. 

For this, they hired Park Jun-mo Ji Chang Wook as a secret agent to collect evidence against Jung Ki Chul by digging and joining his organization. His investigation gets more dangerous when he discovers that his wife, Yoo Eui Jung, is connected with Jung Ki Chul. 

Park Jun-mo must investigate and discover all the truth about Jung Ki Chul without putting himself and his wife in danger. Can he complete the secret mission while protecting his wife? 

• Release Date: September 27, 2023
• No. of Episodes: 12
• Cast: Ji Chang Wook, Wi Ha Joon, Im Se Mi
• Director: Park Geun Beom, Han Dong Wook
• Streaming Platforms: Disney Plus, Hulu
• Reviews: IMDb – 8.6/10