6 Shows Like Girl From Nowhere You Must See

‘Girl from Nowhere’ is the tale of Nanno (Chicha Amatayakul), a secretive and clever girl whose arrival at any private school in Thailand signals trouble. As she transfers between institutions, her aim is to expose the lies and secrets of students and the faculty. She mainly seeks to achieve justice for female victims and occasionally manipulates others to provoke them. To fix the broken education system, Nanno believes the only way is to punish the guilty. What makes the matter more complicated is Nanno’s supernatural powers and immortality.

Nanno’s crusade for justice leads to shocking revelations and dramatic moments that highlight the gravity of the crimes. The Thai thriller anthology show is written by Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Tinnapat Banyatpiyapoj, and Aticha Tanthanawigrai. These shows, similar to ‘Girl from Nowhere,’ intricately capture dark and unsettling themes, while also featuring puzzling characters.

6. Night Has Come (2023)

In ‘Night Has Come,’ a high-stakes, mystery death game unfolds at a student retreat, where students from two different classes of Yooil High School are forced into dangerous acts. Lee Yoon-Seo (Lee Jae-In) uses her sharp reasoning to attempt an escape, and class president Kim Jun-Hee is guided by his sense of justice. As the students get into the brutality, a lonely student named Oh Jeong-Won must collaborate with others to survive at any cost. However, unexpected threats and brutal moments threaten to turn the situation upside down. Written by Kang Min-ji and directed by Lim Dae-woong, the Korean horror thriller series, like ‘Girl from Nowhere,’ explores the consequences of crime and the violence among students.

5. The Glory (2022)

Netflix’s ‘The Glory’ or ‘Deo geullori’ is a Korean psychological thriller series that explores the experiences of a former school violence victim named Moon Dong-eun (Song Hye-kyo). She seeks revenge on her high school bullies after she’s forced to drop out, despite being the victim. After her vengeance simmers for a few years, she becomes a homeroom teacher at the elementary school of a bully’s child and initiates her revenge plan. As Moon’s plan unravels, the bullies from the past must face unforeseen dangers. Partly inspired by real events, the show, written by Kim Eun-sook and directed by Ahn Gil-ho, is closely connected to ‘Girl from Nowhere’ due to its revenge themes, a complex female protagonist, and the cost of violence.

4. Detention (2020-)

‘Detention’ or ‘Fan xiao’ chronicles the trials and tribulations of Yunxiang Liu (Lingwei Lee), a new transfer student at Greenwood High School, who trespasses into a prohibited area and meets the ghost of a former student named Ray-Xin Fang (Ning Han). Fang’s spirit begins communicating with Liu and reveals dangerous secrets from the past. Forgotten for three decades, Fang finally gets the chance to expose the wrongdoers. However, Liu must fight beyond her fear to get to the truth, which may have a political angle.

Based on the video game of the same name developed by Red Candle Games, the Taiwanese horror drama series is directed by I-Hsuan Su, Shiang-An Chuang, and Yi Liu, and written by Philip Ji-Syan Lyu. Akin to ‘Girl from Nowhere,’ it features supernatural occurrences, a vengeful female character, and a poignant commentary on justice.

3. Pyramid Game (2024)

‘Pyramid Game’ or ‘Piramideu Geim’ centers on Sung Soo-ji (Kim Ji-yeon), who realizes that something is not right at her class in the Baekyeon Girls’ High School in Seoul. She is a new student and is forced to take part in the “Pyramid Game,” a peculiar monthly popularity poll involving all students in her class. Being the student with the lowest score, Sung becomes the victim of bullying by her classmates. Seeing that no one will save her and that she must survive on her own, Sung decides to escape her terrible situation and put an end to the Pyramid Game forever. The Korean psychological thriller series is from J.Q. Lee, who co-created it with Dalgonyak, whose eponymous webtoon it is based on. Sung’s justice-based character arc in the show is spiritually related to the saga of Nanno in ‘Girl from Nowhere.’

2. Mr. Hiiragi’s Homeroom (2019)

‘Mr. Hiiragi’s Homeroom’ or ‘3 nen A gumi -Imakara minasan wa, Hitojichi desu-’ is the story of art teacher Ibuki Hiiragi (Masaki Suda), who takes his students hostage, just days before their graduation. Having taught at the school for two years, Hiiragi begins a lesson that has a deadly condition. He says that the hostage situation will only conclude when someone correctly reveals the reason behind the suicide of a former student that occurred a few months prior. As Ibuki threatens to kill the students if they don’t give him the correct answer, a chaotic situation unfolds. Directed by Itaru Mizuno, Naoko Komuro, and Yûma Suzuki, the Japanese thriller drama show is written by Shôgo Mutô. Ibuki’s dangerous quest for answers and justice in a school setting forges a connection between his character and Nanno’s experiences in ‘Girl from Nowhere.’

1. Master’s Daughter (2022-)

In ‘Master’s Daughter’ or ‘Kyôso no musume,’ a transfer student named Sara Kiritani (Mizuki Kayashima) develops a friendship with Kazuma Yuda (Taiyu Fujiwara), who is sad because he couldn’t save his twin sister, Ichika Yuda (Hana Toyoshima), from being bullied by an influential student. Sara proposes a project to stop the bullying and uses her charm to persuade Kazuma into joining her in the effort. The bullying seemingly stops, but Kazuma and his sister remain unaware that Sara used extreme methods to achieve this. Directed by Kô Kanai and written by Masatoshi Nakamura and Hikaru Soma, the Japanese mystery drama series is a wild and unpredictable ride. It shares similarities with ‘Girl from Nowhere’ as it features a new, mysterious female student engaging in acts of vengeance at school and standing up for what she believes is morally right in an unfair world.