Television series
Vincenzo
A Korean-Italian mafia consigliere hides out in a shabby Seoul building, only to find its elderly tenants under threat from a monstrous conglomerate — so he weaponises mob tactics, legal loopholes and sheer style to burn the whole thing down. It swings wildly between slapstick, melodrama and genuinely brutal violence. For anyone who wants their revenge served stylish, funny and a little deranged.
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Reborn Rich2022
A wrongly murdered chaebol employee reincarnates into the very family that ruined him and dismantles their empire from the inside — the same fantasy of outplaying the powerful at their own game.
But Sixteen episodes of slow corporate maneuvering test patience if you came for Vincenzo's snappier pace and comic timing.
Itaewon Class2020
An ex-convict opens a bar to take down the conglomerate that destroyed his family, delivering the same scrappy pleasure of ordinary people out-strategizing corporate monsters.
But Earnest and melodramatic where Vincenzo is knowing and stylish; heart-on-sleeve instead of ironic.
My Name2021
A woman infiltrates the police to avenge her father, cutting through gang and corporate corruption with gorgeously brutal, unrelenting violence — the same revenge engine, stripped of jokes.
But Grim and relentless throughout; skip it if the comic relief was half the reason you loved Vincenzo.
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Kind Hearts and Coronets1949
Vincenzo's charm-laced elimination of enemies has direct ancestry here — the same urbane wit weaponised into murder, and the same trick of making the audience complicit in rooting for it.
A disinherited aristocrat murders his way up the family tree with impeccable manners and dry narration, inventing the 'likable schemer you root for' mode Vincenzo plays sixty years later.
But Black-and-white 1949 pacing and clipped British restraint are a world away from Vincenzo's maximalist set pieces.
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The Glory2022
A meticulously plotted, years-in-the-making revenge against wealthy tormentors, with the same satisfaction of watching a patient mastermind dismantle untouchable people piece by piece.
But Cold, controlled and nearly humourless — the tonal opposite of Vincenzo's comic chaos.
La Casa de Papel2017
A charismatic mastermind assembles a crew to outsmart an entire institution, making you root for the criminals the whole way through, exactly as Vincenzo does.
But Spanish heist-thriller energy rather than Korean corporate satire; broader humour, less dry wit.
Kill Boksoon2023
An elite contract killer juggles motherhood and murder-for-hire office politics, mixing slick violence with the same dark comic detachment, in two tight hours.
But Trades Vincenzo's sprawling ensemble and legal chess game for a tighter, more solitary story.
Extraordinary Attorney Woo2022
A brilliant, unconventional lawyer wins cases nobody expects her to, delivering the same courtroom-underdog thrill with warmth where Vincenzo brings menace.
But Gentle and heartwarming where Vincenzo is dangerous; almost no crime-thriller stakes.
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon2017no page yet
A superhumanly strong woman metes out vigilante justice with bright, breezy comic energy — the same gleeful genre mashup, just lighter and sillier.
But Romantic comedy at its core; the crime plot is garnish, not the main course.
Ozark2017
A financial expert launders cartel money while playing every side against the middle, matching Vincenzo's fascination with a smart man weaponizing the system's own rules.
But American, humourless and slow-building; none of Vincenzo's cartoonish flourish or comic relief.
Dirty Money2018
Vincenzo's cartoonish corporate villains are exaggerations of something real; this anthology documents actual companies doing comparable damage, with nobody riding in to fix it.
Each episode dissects a real corporate scandal — payday lending, emissions fraud, opioid pricing — with the same fury at unpunished power, minus the fantasy of comeuppance.
But No hero, no catharsis, no jokes — just the slow, infuriating truth Vincenzo turns into entertainment.
Gomorra: La Serie2014
This is the real Neapolitan mafia world Vincenzo claims descent from, stripped of style and comedy — the lineage he's cosplaying, shown grinding and joyless.
A brutally unglamorous, novelistic portrait of Camorra clans fighting for territory, showing what being embedded in the mafia might actually look like without the tailored suits and one-liners.
But Bleak, subtitled and utterly without humour — everything Vincenzo cushions with jokes, this delivers raw.
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