Lee Joon-gi Dramas: Where to Start After Flower of Evil

Choose a Lee Joon-gi drama with this guide to Flower of Evil, Lawless Lawyer, Again My Life and Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, with roles and viewing tips.

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Start here: Flower of Evil. Its marriage-centered suspense makes Lee Joon-gi's small reactions as important as his physical intensity. Already finished it? Take Lawless Lawyer for a more outward, combative hero. Choose Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo when palace loyalties and romantic pressure sound more compelling than a modern investigation.

Choose the source of the pressure

Lee's screen presence suits characters under threat, but the threat takes different forms. A family man fears exposure; a lawyer confronts a corrupt city; a prosecutor receives another chance to plan his fight; a prince negotiates belonging and power. This route separates those experiences so that your next choice offers a deliberate change of pace.

Series	Lee's role	Choose it for
Flower of Evil	The man living as Baek Hee-sung, a metal craftsman and husband	Intimate suspense and questions of trust
Lawless Lawyer	Bong Sang-pil, a lawyer with fighting skills	Action, revenge and corrupt institutions
Again My Life	Kim Hee-woo, a prosecutor given another life	A strategic second-chance revenge story
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo	Wang So, Goryeo's fourth prince	Palace romance and emotional intensity

Flower of Evil: start with a familiar home becoming uncertain

Baek Hee-sung appears to be a considerate husband and father, but has a past he is determined to conceal. His wife, Cha Ji-won, is a detective. tvN's official character introduction establishes the metalworking profession and the hidden history beneath the domestic surface. That is enough information to begin.

Choose it if you enjoy watching an expression acquire a different meaning once another person enters the room. The investigation matters because it reaches into a relationship that already exists, rather than simply putting two strangers together. Avoid detailed cast explanations and ending summaries until you have watched: identity and suspicion are part of the experience, not administrative details to settle beforehand.

Lawless Lawyer: trade guarded behavior for open confrontation

Bong Sang-pil returns to his hometown, Giseong, after years of preparation to confront the powers tied to his mother's death. tvN's program introduction sets his revenge against a network connecting the city's legal and political institutions. His partnership with lawyer Ha Jae-yi brings another strong personality into that fight.

This is the clearest next step for viewers who want Lee in motion. The title signals a legal action drama, so expect physical confrontations alongside maneuvering over cases and evidence. It has more room for swagger than Flower of Evil's tense domestic performance. Choose it for an active campaign against powerful opponents, rather than expecting a restrained, realistic account of daily legal practice.

Again My Life: follow the preparation, not just the payoff

Kim Hee-woo is a prosecutor whose confrontation with politician Jo Tae-seob ends in his death. He receives the chance to live again on the condition that he brings that powerful adversary to account. SBS's character profile makes the second life the opening premise rather than a late reveal.

Choose this if the most satisfying part of revenge fiction, for you, is seeing resources and alliances assembled. The fantasy allows Hee-woo to reconsider choices with knowledge he lacked before. Compared with Lawless Lawyer's immediate collisions, the attraction here is the opportunity to rebuild a strategy. Both involve justice and power, but the mechanism driving the story is distinctly different.

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo: move into the palace

Lee plays fourth prince Wang So opposite IU's Hae-soo. SBS's interview with Lee discusses the character's isolation, facial scar and changing confidence. A Weekly Gonggam feature also places the fictional romance in its Goryeo setting.

Pick it for the tension between private attachment and a public position inside a royal family. Wang So's guardedness gives the romance an emotional weight different from a straightforward charming-prince story. Let the early episodes establish the brothers and their relationships before deciding which connections matter most. This is a substantial shift in setting and mood, with political conflict running through the romantic experience.

Two quick questions and your next guide

Are Lawless Lawyer and Again My Life connected? No. Bong Sang-pil and Kim Hee-woo are different characters in separate stories. You can choose between a hometown legal action plot and a fantasy second-life revenge plot.

What should I watch after exploring Lee's range? For another actor whose roles combine action and personal stakes, use our Ji Chang-wook watchlist. To move toward romance and fantasy with a different emotional rhythm, continue with our Shin Min-a guide.

Explore more actors and viewing moods in our K-drama Watchlist Finder.

Role and premise sources checked on 28 October 2026. Streaming access can vary by country.