Best Asian suspense series
A curated collection of popular suspense series from Asia.
Triage (2022)
Wonderful World (2024)
Light the Night (2021)
Aftermath (2014)
Aftermath (2014)
Aftermath is a supernatural crime drama based on the popular Naver webtoon by Kim Sun Kwon ("Survivors of Those Days," "K Errands Center"). It is a thrilling story of murder, mystery, and love that was made exclusively for Naver TVCast for viewing on mobile devices. Ahn Dae Yong (Dong Jun) is a quiet high school student who suddenly develops the super power to predict who is a murderer and who is about to die. Those who appear to have red eyes are destined to die soon, while those with blue eyes are about to commit murder. Ahn Dae Yong decides to use this power to save lives and becomes an unexpected hero for the people.
Informa (2023)
Informa (2023)
A Japanese tabloid reporter tired of working simply as a celebrity scandals writer accepts a new challenge when he is assigned to make contact with a former Yakuza informant.
The Embroidered Shoes (2022)
The Embroidered Shoes (2022)
Police officer Qiao Heng came to the haunted Pinghe village during the Chinese Republican era to investigate the murder case of embroidered shoes. Qiao Heng encountered all kinds of terror and bizarre events in Pinghe village. Successive death cases introduced the truth about the past secrets of Pinghe village. What is hidden in this small village?
Killer And Healer (2021)
Killer And Healer (2021)
A ruthless cop and a kind doctor—one kills, one heals. As they grow closer, they face crime, warlords, and buried secrets that test their bond.
Dare You to Death (0)
Dare You to Death (0)
When Puifai dies after a night of partying with friends, new police inspector Khamin and Captain Jade, adversaries, join forces to find out the truth behind her passing. The case, however, proves not to be as simple as it first appears. Will solving the case also spark an unexpected romance?
Die Now (2017)
Die Now (2017)
When his girlfriend suddenly disappears, a university student and his friend are pulled into a dangerous alternate gaming universe. They have to use their superior problem-solving skills and intellect to win challenges and advance to the next level. Can they find Qing Zhi in time and make it out alive?
Sleepless Society: Insomnia (2019)
Sleepless Society: Insomnia (2019)
Aya is a young female model that has always had a recurring dream: She always dreams of seeing her mother kill someone in a house, which is located on the island she used to live in when she was a child. These dreams cause insomnia, eventually leading up to chronic insomnia to the point that she is confused and begins to separate reality and dreams.
Trick in Love (2023)
Trick in Love (2023)
Mo Su Qing, a seemingly weak orphan girl in trouble, who approaches Ye Zhong Jue, the president of the group, to avenge her family, and sets up a scheme step by step. It never occurred to her that the smooth progress of all plans was due to the many routines set up by Ye Zhong Jue. The little white rabbit VS the big bad wolf: both sides claim to control the overall situation, but they don't know that there is no hunter in this love game, both of them are prey...
Why Try to Change Me Now (2023)
Why Try to Change Me Now (2023)
In the 1990s, a series of murders rocks a run-down industrial city in north-eastern China. Dalei Zhang, winner of a Silver Bear in 2021, adapts the award-winning novel “Moses on the Plain” by Xuetao Shuang with precision and poetry.
Dalah: Death and the Flowers (2025)
Dalah: Death and the Flowers (2025)
When her client dies on the eve of his wedding, a florist sets out to find the killer, unearthing high society's dark secrets — while keeping her own.
Dirty Linen (2023)
Dirty Linen (2023)
To exact vengeance, a young woman infiltrates the household of an influential family as a housemaid to expose their dirty secrets. However, love will get in the way of her revenge plot.
Thicha (2024)
The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.”
Blast of Tempest (2012)
Blast of Tempest (2012)
The Kusaribe family is a family of sorcerers under the protection of the ‘Tree of Origins.’ Their princess, Hakaze Kusaribe, was the greatest sorceress of their family. But Samon Kusaribe, a member of their family seeking to resurrect the ‘Tree of World's End,’ a tree that opposes the ‘Tree of Origins’ and controls the power of destruction, stuffs her into a barrel, and banishes her to a deserted island.
Kaiji (2007)
Kaiji (2007)
Kaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps—that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by himself, Kaiji is offered a shady deal to participate in an illegal underground gamble on a cruise ship. This turns out to be nothing more than the beginning of his new life of hell—thrown headlong into a life-threatening roller coaster of mind games, cheating, and deceit.
The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
Mihama Academy—on the surface, a closed learning environment established to nurture students who find themselves at odds with the world around them; in actuality, an orchard-cum-prison built to preserve fruit that has fallen too far from its tree. Yet with the arrival of the institute's first male student, the nearly preposterously opaque Kazami Yuuji, the students at Mihama begin to fall out of step with their predetermined rhythms. Will Yuuji prove to be the element the girls around him needed to take hold of their lives once more, or will the weight of their pasts prove too steep a wall to overcome?
Talentless Nana (2020)
Talentless Nana (2020)
It is the year 20XX. Earth was assaulted by monsters that would come to be known as "the Enemy of Humanity." In order to deal with this threat, special schools composed of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be known as "the Talented," had abilities that could defy the rules of reality.Among these people with supernatural powers was an outlier, an individual who was sent to one of these schools despite having no innate special abilities whatsoever. This is the story of our protagonist, who attempts to defeat the Enemies of Humanity through the use of intelligence and manipulation alone.
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009)
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009)
Mafia is rife in America where assassinations are a regular occurrence on the streets. Inferno, a mysterious company, is behind most of these dealings through the use of their near-invincible human weapon, "Phantom."One day, a Japanese tourist accidentally witnesses Phantom's latest murder. Desperate to escape, the tourist hides in a secluded building. However, Phantom, revealed to be a young woman named Ein, and the leader of Inferno "Scythe Master" captures the tourist and brainwashes him.Given the name "Zwei," this once peaceful tourist is now a puppet of Inferno with no memories. Drawn into a world of lies, deceit, and violence, Zwei must fight to survive, hopefully to one day regain his memories and escape from this world where he is constantly on the brink of death.
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[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control (2011)
[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control (2011)
Kimimaro works two jobs to make ends meet. He could go from pauper to prince in a parallel world called the Financial District—if he’ll invest his future as collateral in a dangerous game. Winning gets you more wealth, but losing could erase you from existence. When the destructive forces at play compel Kimimaro to confront the most powerful player, can he save the real world from total collapse?
Burn the House Down (2023)
Glitch (2022)
Glitch (2022)
A young woman joins forces with a UFO enthusiast to investigate her boyfriend’s sudden disappearance and stumbles into a wild conspiracy.
Mother (2018)
Mother (2018)
A young girl named Hye-Na is abused by her mother, Ja-Young. Although she is not okay, she tells other people she is alright. Soo-Jin is a temporary teacher at the elementary school where Hye-Na attends. Soo-Jin is aware of her situation and decides to become her mother.
A Model Family (2022)
Defendant (2017)
Defendant (2017)
Park Jung-Woo is a prosecutor at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. One day, he wakes up and finds himself in locked up at the police station. He has temporary amnesia. Park Jung-Woo is falsely accused and is sentenced to death. He must struggle to prove his innocence.
Grid (2022)
Grid (2022)
In 1997, a mysterious ghost saved humankind and then disappeared. The mysterious ghost appears again 24 years later and helps a serial killer escape. Kim Sae Ha, Jung Sae Byeok and Song Eo Jin pursue the ghost for different reasons.
