Alice
A time-travel melodrama built on tragic separation and maternal loss, where a son searches across decades for answers about his mother's murder while confronting her doppelgänger.
It’s the year 2050 and time travel exists thanks to Alice, the mechanism through which the intriguing practice is made possible. But a rumor based on a prophecy beings to spread about time travel coming to an end. When You Min Hyuk and Yoon Tae Yi are sent to the year 1992 to find out about the prophecy, Tae Yi realizes she’s pregnant and decides to stay in the past by herself. She changes her name to Park Sun Young and eventually gives birth to a beautiful son named Park Jin Gyeom, whose mental health suffers due to radiation exposure. Fast forward to the year 2010, and Sun Young is murdered by someone. 10 years after her death, her son Jin Gyeom is on a mission to find who is responsible for his mother’s death. But while searching, he runs into Yoon Tae Yi, a physics professor who looks exactly like this mother. What will become of these individuals caught tragically between time and space?
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Questions people ask
Is Alice sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of series.
Is Alice scary? Yes. More frightening than 79% of series.
Is Alice easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 75% of series.
Does Alice leave you hopeful? Not especially. Less hopeful than 73% of series.
Is Alice violent? Somewhat. More violent than 64% of series.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Alice
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Alice
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Alice, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Alice, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Alice, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
