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Shows Like Designated Survivor: 60 Days

Loved Designated Survivor: 60 Days, should consider this hand-picked list which questions the purpose and weight of our choices while grounding the story in targets the intellect with complex, multi-layered ideas. Carefully balances character depth with narrative flow makes this a deeper look into what makes these stories stick.

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The Whirlwind
6.8

The Whirlwind

2024

A whirlwind power clash between the prime minister and deputy prime minister unravels the day the president suffers an assassination attempt.

Bodyguard
7.8

Bodyguard

2018

A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area
7.7

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area

2022

Disguised under the shadows of a mask, a crew of desperados band together under the leadership of a criminal mastermind known only as “The Professor” to pull off the biggest heist Korea has ever seen.

The Manipulated
8.3

The Manipulated

2025

Taejoong's life is torn apart when he's framed for a heinous crime and imprisoned. Discovering it was all orchestrated by someone on the outside, he embarks on a rage-fueled quest for revenge.

Iris
7.4

Iris

2009

Two friends, members of the South Korean military, are recruited by a secret black ops agency.

Emergence
7.0

Emergence

2019

A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all.

Death by Lightning
7.4

Death by Lightning

2025

The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.

Three Days
7.4

Three Days

2014

Three shots are fired and the president of South Korea suddenly goes missing from his vacation villa. Three Days is a condensed-time thriller that follows the struggles of elite Blue House bodyguard Han Tae Kyung to find and protect the president. With the aid of local police officer Yoon Bo Won and fellow Blue House guards, will Han Tae Kyung be able to save the president before it’s too late?

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Snowdrop
8.5

Snowdrop

2021

In 1987, bloodied man Soo-ho jumps into a women's university dormitory in Seoul. Yeong-ro, a female student who fell in love with him at a group blind date, tends to his wounds as the dormitory is ensnared in intense surveillance. As Soo-ho's secrets unravel, he must eventually face the conflict between his heart to Yeong-ro and responsibility to his comrades, as well as to his sibling who awaits him in his home country. What will be of their fate?

The Purge
6.9

The Purge

2018

Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.

The State Within
7.4

The State Within

2006

The State Within is a six-part British television political thriller serial written and created by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival, broadcast on BBC One from 2 November to 7 December 2006. After a plane explodes over Washington DC, panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to Washington, Mark Brydon, finds himself caught in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.

Tempest
7.5

Tempest

2025

Seo Munju, a highly accomplished diplomat and former ambassador to the United Nations, and Sanho, an international special agent shrouded in a veil of secrets, race to uncover the truth behind an attack that threatens the future stability of the Korean peninsula.

Imperfect Women
5.9

Imperfect Women

2026

After a murder shatters the lives of three best friends, their decades-long bond is tested when an investigation reveals betrayals and shocking truths.

Zero Day
7.0

Zero Day

2025

A former U.S. President is called out of retirement to find the source of a deadly cyberattack, only to discover a vast web of lies and conspiracies.

Homeland
7.6

Homeland

2011

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Fearless
6.7

Fearless

2017

Emma Banville, a human rights lawyer known for defending lost causes, sets out to prove the innocence of Kevin Russell, who was convicted for the murder of a school girl 14 years earlier.

Tyler Perry's The Oval
8.2

Tyler Perry's The Oval

2019

A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.

56 Days
7.0

56 Days

2026

When an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's deadly romance across the past 56 days.

Foyle's War
7.8

Foyle's War

2002

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

Queen Mantis
7.3

Queen Mantis

2025

Cha Su-yeol, a police officer who has long despised his mother, the notorious 'Mantis' serial killer, must reluctantly turn to her for help when a copycat killer emerges.

Why These Shows Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Designated Survivor: 60 Days (2019): Drama and Crime themes, similar pacing, and comparable production quality. NoBadPicks uses TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface series most likely to resonate with fans of Designated Survivor: 60 Days.

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