Descendants of the Sun

2 Shows Like Descendants of the Sun (2016) to Watch When You're Done

2016·1 seasonsiRank84
Action & AdventureDrama

After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.

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If you loved Descendants of the Sun (2016), here are 2 TV series that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are House, The Good Doctor. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.

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House

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100

2004 · Peter Blake

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The Good Doctor

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100

2017 · Erin Gunn

SeriesDrama

Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, S

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