female centric Action/Thriller drama with slight romance

ello, I am lookin for action/thriller/mystery/detective dramas that have a female lead that plays a big role in the plot, if she isn't the forefront I want her to be at least as equal or almost as equally important. It can be BL as well as long as there are well written female characters that add to the plot. And it's not a NEED but I would love to have romance sublot or at least a hint.

Some examples of ones I loved:

19th floor, 365: repeat the year, happiness, Defects, Blind, concrete market, gold land, little women, night has come, revenant, reset, revenge of others, wonderfools, vagabond,

Didn't watch many female centric drama. May not be what you're looking for so you may want to check the synopsis. Maybe:

https://kisskh.at/731967-a-journey-to-love FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/761581-beloved FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/58565-watashitachi-wa-douka-shiteiru/Cursed in Love FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/706661-saiai/Dearest FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/778244-decalcomania FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/746193-gold-spoon/Flex x Cop S1 (no romance), FL = ML's colleague and mentor

https://kisskh.at/775669-gas-ningen/Human Vapor FL = the character that's driving the plot

https://kisskh.at/752195-zheng-dang-fang-wei/Justifiable Defense FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/79997-boy-referee/Juvenile Justice (no romance, but there's an ex-husband's cameo) FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/743683-flowers-that-bloom-at-night/Knight Flower FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/752975-nine-puzzle (no romance) FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/21742-quartet FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/769541-shiawase-kanako-no-koroshiya-seikatsu FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/30740-sky-castle female centric

https://kisskh.at/802726-reboot FL = the character that's driving the plot

https://kisskh.at/805222-the-evil-lawyer (no romance) FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/764407-thicha FL = MC

https://kisskh.at/25422-unnatural FL = MC

Hmm.... female leads in action/thrillers. Are we counting movies?

• Ballerina (K-movie, 2023, no romance) - MFL friend goes missing, she beats up a whole lot of people to find what happened

• City Hunter (K-drama, 2011, romance) - MFL is a martial arts specialist and I think she protects the president. Not sure, I've watched this a long time ago

• Flex X Cop (K-Drama, 2024, no romance) - MFL is a dectective

• Flower of Evil (K-Drama, 2020, romance-ish) - MFL is a cop, warning this has disturbing scenes, subject matters

• Gyeongseong Creature (K-Drama, 2023, romance) -MFL is a bounty hunter

• Hyper Knife (K-drama, 2025, no romance) - MFL is a genius surgeon who lost her license and does forbidden operations

• Kingdom: Ashin of the North (K-special, 2021, no romance) - MFL is a warrior. This is the prequel to the series Kingdom, that I also recommend a lot. It also has a strong FL but there is no romance

• Life (J-drama, 2007, no romance) - MFL is bullied but then she decides to fight her bullies

• Military Prosecuter Doberman (K-Drama, 2022, hint of romance) - MFL is a military prosecutor and a badass

• Mr. Queen (K-drama, 2020, romance) - MFL is super badass and even if it's historical, there is action and mystery

• Parasyte: the gray (K-drama, 2024, no romance) - MFL is a human/hybrid being with superpowers

• Pyramid Game (K-drama, 2024, no romance) - MFL transfers to an all girls school where they play a weird, twisted game where who comes 'last' gets bullied.

• The Art of Sarah (K-drama, 2026, no romance) -MFL is a very smart con artist

• The Guest (K-Drama, 2018, no romance) - MFL is a cop

Not all of them are just thriller, there are a few school ones but there is always a moment of tension and girls being badass

Hope this helps

emeraldarrows:

• Coroner's Diary - detective drama, FL centric, romance

• Under the Moonlight - mystery, FL centric (and very well written female characters, imo), side of slow burn romance

• Love of Replica - thriller, mystery, FL centric, romance

• Derailment - mystery, FL centric, romance

• Queen Mantis - thriller, crime, FL is the (complex) villain and one of the two main characters, very small side of romance

• Sell Your Haunted House - thriller, FL centric, could be seen as hints of romance but it's platonic

• Save Me - thriller, FL centric, small hints of romance but very little

• The Judge from Hell - action, crime, FL centric, romance

Thank you so much! After seeing your recs I started Coroners Diary and so far I m really enjoying it. I love how smart and capable the fml is!!

Saygo:

• A Bona Fide Killer

• My Name

• Alice, the Final Weapon

• A Shop for Killers

• Inspector Koo

• Somebody

• The Judge from Hell

• Glitch

• Knight Flower

• Ashes to Crown

• Royal Betrothal

I loved My Name, Thank you for all the recs!

Phoenix23:

A Journey to Love

Unveil: Jadewind

Reset (a time travel mystery drama)

Be Your Own Light (not thriller or the genre you mentioned, but women centric especially beyond 35 who are getting their life together)

I loved reset! Thank you for all the recs!