- For something realistic, meaningful, and dealing with relatable issues such as family, friendship, happiness, and money,
- For a wholesome slice of life,
- For something that hits you in the feels and makes you think,
- For character-driven dramas
You might agree with the Korean drama recommendations below:
- 18 Again (2020)
- Age of Youth
- A Love To Kill (2005)
- Angry Mom (2015)
- A Poem a Day
- Awl (2015)
- Beautiful World
- Because This Is My First Life
- Be Melodramatic (2019)
- Beyond Evil (2021
- Black Dog: Being A Teacher (2019)
- 20th Century Boy and Girl
- Chief Kim (2017)
- Chocolate (2019)
- Come and Hug Me (2018)
- Dear My Friends (2016)
- Fight for My Way
- Go Back Couple (2017)
- Goodbye to Goodbye (2018)
- Heard It Through the Grapevine (2015)
- Hi Bye, Mama! (2020)
- Hospital Playlist
- Hot Stove League (2019)
- Hush (2020)
- It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
- Just Between Lovers (2017)
- Liar Game (2014)
- Life (2018)
- Live
- Matrimonial Chaos (2018)
- Marriage Contract (2016)
- Miss Korea
- Misaeng (2014)
- Misty (2018)
- Moment of Eighteen
- Mother
- Ms. Hammurabi (2018)
- My Lovely Sam Soon
- My Wife's Having an Affair this Week (2016)
- Navillera (2021)
- One Spring Night
- On the Way to the Airport (2016)
- Prison Playbook (2017)
- Radiant Office (2017
- Reply (TV series)
- Run On
- Search: WWW
- Secret Love Affair (2014)
- Signal
- SKY Castle
- Something in the Rain
- Stranger (aka Secret Forest)
- Strongest Delivery Man
- The Beauty Inside
- The Happy Loner (2017)
- The Innocent Man (2012)
- The Light in Your Eyes (2019)
- The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018)
- Thirty But Seventeen
- Two Weeks
- When The Camellia Blooms
- When the Weather Is Fine (2020)
