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Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age story about the lives of 18-year-old high school students who are valued according to their ranking in school. Despite their frustrations, they find out how to make their own way in this world that seems to be a stagnant cycle of school and home.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, emotional, buddy comedy, humorous, captivating, dorama
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Best tv shows and movies like School 2017 (2017):
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Hi! School - Love On (2014)
Plot Summary:
High school may be tough, but Woo Hyun (Nam Woo Hyun) has a guardian angel looking over him — literally. Disguised as a naive high schooler, Lee Seul Bi (Kim Sae Ron) descends from the heavens to protect Woo Hyun's life, but discovers she's got a thing or two to learn about life as a teenager, including the pains of falling in love. Can this cherubic guardian protect the apple of her eye and also manage to survive high school?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dorama, captivating, emotional, mysterious, humorous
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Who Are You: School 2015 (2015)
Plot Summary:
After losing her memory in an accident, a bullied high school orphan finds herself in the place of an identical-looking girl who's gone missing.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, sincere, sentimental, light, visually appealing, romantic, heartfelt
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Live On (2020)
Plot Summary:
Baek Ho-rang is a high school student. Due to her pretty appearance, she is popular on social media and at her school. Yet, Baek Ho-rang only has one friend, due to her condescending personality. Baek Ho-rang encounters a problem. She learns that someone is trying to unveil her secret. To find that anonymous person, Baek Ho-rang joins her high school's broadcasting club. Go Eun-taek is the chief of the broadcasting club. He is a perfectionist and respected by the club members.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Adolescence Medley (2013)
Plot Summary:
A teen drama about high school students in a village high school. Jung Woo is a transfer student in Namil High School. After transferring schools 7 times, Jung Woo learns it is easiest not to make friends!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: dorama, sentimental, romantic, touching
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Sunny Days (2018)
Plot Summary:
After being fired from her job at a TV home shopping channel, Ha-Nee decides to start her own fashion company and soon becomes involved with Han-Kyul, a merchandiser for the shopping channel.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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My Strange Hero (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Kang Bok-Soo was a high school student, he was falsely accused of committing violence and kicked out of school. This was caused by his first love Son Soo-Jung and a male student Oh Se-Ho. Kang Bok-Soo is a now an adult, but his life has not gone smoothly. To get revenge on Son Soo-Jung and Oh Se-Ho, he returns to the same high school as a student. The environment at the school has changed and Kang Bok-Soo gets involved in unexpected cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: romantic, thought provoking, feel good, disturbing, humorous, teen comedy
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My First First Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Due to various personal reasons, a group of Yun Tae-o’s friends move into his house, where they experience love, friendship, and everything in between.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dorama, humorous, sincere, romantic, touching, sweet, captivating
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Welcome to Waikiki (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kang Dong-Goo dreams of becoming a movie director, but he is cynical due to bad luck. Cheon Joon-Ki wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become an actor, but he is now just a minor actor. Bong-Doo-Sik came to Seoul to become a scenario writer, but things have not been easy for him. These 3 men run the guest house Waikiki in Itaewon, South Korea. Their guest house is facing bankruptcy and then a mysterious baby and single mother appear at Waikiki.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, sincere, captivating, dorama, romantic drama, sitcom
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To the Beautiful You (2012)
Plot Summary:
To The Beautiful You is a 2012 South Korean television drama series starring f(x)'s Sulli, Shinee's Minho, and Lee Hyun-woo. It aired on SBS from August 15 to October 4, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. It is based on the Japanese shōjo manga series, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, written by Hisaya Nakajo. The Korean series is the fourth television adaptation of the manga following the Taiwanese Hanazakarino Kimitachihe in 2006, the Japanese Hanazakari no Kimitachi e in 2007 and its remake Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching, twist ending
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Sassy, Go Go (2015)
Plot Summary:
Despite their harsh educational environment, the cheerleading club has to keep it together for the students' sakes, and their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, humorous, exciting, thought provoking, disturbing
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Good Morning Call (2016)
Plot Summary:
A high school girl finally gets her own apartment, but she has to share it with the most popular boy in school. No one can know they're living together.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic drama, stylized
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Fight For My Way (2017)
Plot Summary:
Drama tells the story of Ko Dong-Man and Choi Ae-Ra. In their school days, Ko Dong-Man took part in taekwondo. Now, he makes a living by working as a contract employee and also goes after the UFC title. Choi Ae-Ra hoped to become an announcer, but she gave up her dream. Now, she works at the information desk of a department store.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: uplifting, light, sincere, dorama, captivating, exciting, romantic, romantic drama
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Reply 1997 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1990's, the drama centers around a female high school student Shi Won, who idolizes boyband H.O.T and her 5 high school friends in Busan. As the timeline moves back and forth between their past as 18-year-old high schoolers in 1997 and their present as 33-year-olds at their high school reunion dinner in 2012, where one couple will announce that they're getting married.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, sincere, touching, captivating, not serious, romantic, nostalgic
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Popular (1999)
Plot Summary:
Brooke McQueen, a popular cheerleader at Jacqueline Kennedy High School, and Sam McPherson, the editor of the school paper, are polar opposites. When their single parents unexpectedly meet and get engaged, Brooke and Sam have to deal with their new situation on top of regular teenage girl problems.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, realistic, witty, semi serious, offbeat, teen, telenovela, queer cinema, teen comedy
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Love, Victor (2020)
Plot Summary:
Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, light, saga, sweet, gay cinema, queer cinema, teen comedy
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SLiDE (2011)
Plot Summary:
The exploits of five 17-year-olds smashing their way into adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, psychological, humorous, serious, realistic
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The Heirs (2013)
Plot Summary:
Heirs follows a group of privileged, elite high school students as they are groomed to take over their families' business empires. These wealthy students seem to have everything under control–except their love lives. Kim Tan is heir to the Empire Group sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home schemes to takes over the family business. While in the States, Kim Tan bumps into Cha Eun Sung, who's arrived from Korea in search of her older sister. He feels himself falling for her, never realizing that she's the daughter of his family's housekeeper. When his fiancée Rachel Yoo arrives to bring him back to Korea, his heart is torn between love and duty. Meanwhile, Rachel's half-brother Choi Young Do develops his own crush on Eun Sung. Who said being a rich, beautiful high school student was easy?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: dorama, semi serious, social, uplifting, humorous, intense, sitcom, romantic drama, romantic, emotional
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Boys Over Flowers (2009)
Plot Summary:
A working class girl winds up at an exclusive prep school. Unassuming high school girl Jan Di stands up to -- and eventually falls for -- a spoiled rich kid who belongs to the school's most powerfu clique.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, sentimental, romantic, sincere, anime, novela, romantic drama, humorous, realistic
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Moment at Eighteen (2019)
Plot Summary:
Coming-of-age drama about 18-year-olds, taking a realistic look into the moments of their lives, moments that all of us might have experienced at one time or another. Ong Seong Woo plays Choi Jun Woo, for whom loneliness has become a habit. Though Choi Jun Woo appears to lack empathy at first glance, it’s just that he has always been alone and isn’t practiced in expressing his emotions. Underneath his withdrawn exterior is a goofy and cute young man. “At Eigteen” is about the events that unfold when Jun Woo transfers schools and is thrown into a new environment.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic, romantic drama, heartfelt
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Horimiya (2021)
Plot Summary:
Although admired at school for her amiability and academic prowess, high school student Kyouko Hori has been hiding another side of her. With her parents often away from home due to work, Hori has to look after her younger brother and do the housework, leaving no chance to socialize away from school. Meanwhile, Izumi Miyamura is seen as a brooding, glasses-wearing otaku. However, in reality, he is a gentle person inept at studying. Furthermore, he has nine piercings hidden behind his long hair and a tattoo along his back and left shoulder. By sheer chance, Hori and Miyamura cross paths outside of school—neither looking as the other expects. These seemingly polar opposites become friends, sharing with each other a side they have never shown to anyone else.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, light, touching, humorous
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Ma Boy (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jang Geu Rim (Kim So Hyun) is a student at an arts high school who dreams of becoming a pop singer. At school she gets a new roommate, Irene (Sun Woong) who’s actually a boy. Irene’s persona is a pretty Female CF star and his actual name is Hyun Woo.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, humorous, entertaining
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Awkward. (2011)
Plot Summary:
An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. Narration in the first-person voice of Jenna's blog posts captures the humor within the struggles and experiences everyone can relate to from their formative years.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, realistic, sitcom, teen, funny, romantic, captivating, entertaining, independent film
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90210 (2008)
Plot Summary:
90210 revolves around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School, including new Beverly Hills residents Annie Wilson and Dixon Wilson. Their father, Harry Wilson, has returned from Kansas to his Beverly Hills childhood home with his family to care for his mother, former television and theater actress Tabitha Wilson, who has a drinking problem and clashes with his wife Debbie Wilson. Annie and Dixon struggle to adjust to their new lives while making friends and yet adhering to their parents' wishes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, romantic, captivating, teen, humorous, entertaining, serious, sentimental, telenovela, teen comedy
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Life As We Know It (2004)
Plot Summary:
See life through the eyes of Dino, Ben, and Jonathan -- three teens experiencing the joys and pains of growing up. Although different in many ways, these guys have one main thing in common -- women. Together, their attitudes about women are challenged, and they discover there's more to life than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, melancholic, sentimental, romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Playful Kiss (2010)
Plot Summary:
Playful Kiss is a 2010 South Korean romantic-comedy television series, starring Jung So-min and Kim Hyun-joong. It aired on MBC from September 1 to October 21, 2010 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. It is based on the Japanese manga Itazura Na Kiss written by Tada Kaoru. The Korean series is the third television adaptation of the manga following the Taiwanese It Started With a Kiss in 2005, and its sequel They Kiss Again in 2007. Though Playful Kiss received low ratings in South Korea in the five to seven percent range, it was sold to 12 countries in Asia. Due to its international popularity, a short special edition was aired on YouTube after the series finale.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, semi serious, dorama, captivating, anime, romantic drama, touching, realistic, romantic comedy
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20th Century Boy and Girl (2017)
Plot Summary:
The heartwarming romantic comedy is about the friendship and love lives of three single virgins born in 1983. Their romantic lives begin when the boy they liked in their youth shows up one day. They live in Oksu-dong in rundown apartments, and the warm human drama will be about neighborly affection, and the meaning of home, family, and friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Love Revolution (2020)
Plot Summary:
It's a new concept of comedy romance that captures teenage romance, friendship and dreams centered on a cute and lovely couple who fell in love with Wang Ja-rim, the goddess of information.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, humorous, captivating
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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)
Plot Summary:
A spunky female weightlifter and free-spirited male swimmer meet on campus, only to find out their pasts may be intertwined.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, touching, sweet, captivating, humorous, uplifting, romantic drama, anime, inspirational
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Rebelde Way (2002)
Plot Summary:
Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was broadcast in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, Israel, Spain and Uruguay, achieving widespread success. In addition, numerous remakes of Rebelde Way have been made, most notably Rebelde by Mexican Televisa. In 2009, Jennifer Lopez bought the rights for an U.S. adaptation. Rebelde Way is set in the Elite Way School, a prestigious private boarding high school near Buenos Aires. The students of the school are the members of Argentine wealthiest families, as well as gifted students with scholarships. The series follows the lives of Elite Way students, their parents and their professors, and it also features the regular use of English language and phrases by the upper class. Its central characters are Marizza Pía Spirito, Mía Colucci, Pablo Bustamante and Manuel Aguirre, portrayed by, respectively, Camila Bordonaba, Luisana Lopilato, Benjamín Rojas and Felipe Colombo. The four form a band named Erreway, in order to pursue their dreams. The band enjoyed a great success throughout Latin America, Europe and Israel, selling over 3 million records and achieving several Platinum records. Along with spawning a series of merchandising, Cris Morena Group also released a spin–off movie Erreway: 4 Caminos in 2004.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, semi serious, humorous, novela, realistic, sentimental, romantic, feel good, entertaining, telenovela
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School 2021 (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of students attending a specialized high school and pursuing their own dreams rather than go off to college. It will delve into how these students learn about love, friendship, the things they like versus the things they’re good at, and growing up in an intense environment. Gong Ki Joon is a hardworking student who takes on work and school at the same time and achieves his dream job after learning about love and friendship. Jeong Young Joo is a transfer student with a hidden story and a past connection to Gong Ki Joon.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Romance, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious