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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
Best tv shows and movies like Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016):
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Descendants of the Sun (2016)
Plot Summary:
A drama about the love of people who get closer as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times and sacrifices made by people who throw themselves into natural disasters.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, scenic, light, humorous, dorama, feel good, romantic drama, exciting, multicultural
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Start-Up (2020)
Plot Summary:
Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: dorama, uplifting, romantic, thought provoking, touching
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Another Miss Oh (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two women working in the same industry with the exact same name keep getting their lives entangled both professionally and personally.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, psychological, light, sincere, novela
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It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jang Jae-yeol is a writer of bestselling mystery novels and a radio DJ. Playful and a bit arrogant, he also suffers from obsessive–compulsive disorder. Ji Hae-soo is a psychiatrist on her first year of fellowship. Driven and ambitious with her career yet compassionate towards her patients, Hae-soo has a negative attitude towards love and relationships in her personal life. Once Jae-yeol and Hae-soo meet, there is much contention between them caused by their strong personalities and refusal to give in to each other. But slowly their bickering turns into love and they begin to learn how compatible they are. Jae-yeol and Hae-soo attempt to heal each other's deep-seated wounds, but their fledgling relationship takes a blow when they learn that Jae-yeol's mental health issues are more serious than they initially suspected.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, romantic, dorama, semi serious, sincere, captivating, suspenseful, romantic drama, medical drama
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Twenty Five Twenty One (2022)
Plot Summary:
The dreams of two young people are crushed by an overwhelming financial crisis in the 1990s. But when they reunite at the ages of 25 and 21, the spirited pair finds friendship and affection in times of adversity as they venture into adulthood together.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sincere, dorama, captivating, disturbing, epic, inspirational, romantic drama, nostalgic
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My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018)
Plot Summary:
This romantic comedy chronicles the life of Mirae, who has always believed that her life would be better if she were born more beautiful. After she goes under the knife, she comes out looking like the beautiful woman she has always dreamed of becoming. She feels ready to take on the world for the first time, and she falls madly in love with Seok, the perfect man. Except Seok hates people who get plastic surgery.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, exciting, romantic, romantic drama, psychological, romantic comedy, light, not serious, uplifting
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Mr. Queen (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the present day, Jang Bong Hwan works as a chef at the President's Blue House. She has a free spirit, but her spirit somehow finds its way into the body of Queen Kim So Yong in the Joseon period. King Cheol Jong has secrets. He seems like a figurehead, who is gentle and easygoing. In fact, he hides his strong aspects. Queen Sunwon is the late King Sunjo’s wife. She wields the true power in the country and, thus, relegates King Cheol Jong as just a figurehead. Kim Jwa Geun is Queen Sunwon’s younger brother. He is extremely ambitious.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, romantic, sweet, dorama, entertaining, costume drama, hilarious, period piece
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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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The Bride of the Water God (2017)
Plot Summary:
Yoon So Ah is a pragmatic neuropsychiatrist who carries a tremendous financial burden to run her own practice. Her family has been tasked with serving Ha Baek, a reincarnated water god, for many generations, and So Ah is forced to do the same. Ha Baek starts to develop feelings for So Ah, but he has competition for her heart from Hoo Ye, the CEO of a resort company, who clashes with So Ah over a piece of land but then falls in love with her. Can a relationship between a mortal female and a god have a future?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: exciting, dorama, romantic, enigmatic, sentimental, romantic drama, romantic comedy, humorous, teen comedy
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Cheongdam Dong Alice (2012)
Plot Summary:
'Cheongdam-dong Alice' is a drama about women looking to climb up the social ladder by mixing the sanctity of marriage with business, and the men who hate them for it.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, funny, light, romantic, sweet
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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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Temperature of Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hyun-Soo is an aspiring drama series writer. She uses "Jane" as her username and begins chatting with username “Chakhan Seupeu” (‘Good Soup’) online. “Chakhan Seupeu” is actually Jung-Sun. He dreams of becoming a French food chef. They meet in real life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, light, thought provoking, touching, sweet, disturbing, dorama
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Princess Hours (2006)
Plot Summary:
Princess Hours is a 2006 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Yoon Eun-hye, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Jeong-hoon and Song Ji-hyo. It is based on Korean manhwa Goong by Park So-hee. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from January 11 to March 30, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Princess Hours was one of MBC's most popular dramas of 2006, second only to Jumong. Overall, the show was the tenth most popular drama of 2006, according to TNS Media. Due to its success, a spin-off series, Goong S, was broadcast on January 10, 2007.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, dorama, semi serious, light, sweet, novela, sentimental, humorous, realistic, romantic drama
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Cinderella and the Four Knights (2016)
Plot Summary:
Eun Ha-Won is a college student. She is a bright girl who wants to be a veterinarian, but at home she is lonely. She is isolated from her family members. Eun Ha-Won lives with father, step-mother and step-sister after her mother died in a car accident. One day, she helps a mysterious old man. The old man suggests to her to live in a mansion and pursue her dream of becoming a veterinarian. Since than, she moves into the mansion and lives with three cousins Kang Ji-Woon, Kang Hyun-Min, Kang Seo-Woo and their bodyguard Lee Yoon-Sung.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, touching, sincere, captivating, dorama, novela, romantic comedy
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Rooftop Prince (2012)
Plot Summary:
Rooftop Prince is a 2012 South Korean fantasy romantic comedy television drama, starring Park Yuchun, Han Ji-min, Jeong Yu-mi, Lee Tae-sung, Lee Min-ho, Jung Suk-won and Choi Woo-shik. It is about a Joseon crown prince who, after his wife dies mysteriously, time travels to the future where he encounters familiar faces, modern-day devices, and corporate intrigue. It aired on SBS from March 21 to May 24, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, semi serious, romantic, captivating, entertaining, dorama
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Her Private Life (2019)
Plot Summary:
An art curator's life unravels, as she tries to keep her pastime as a die-hard K-pop fan secret from her gallery's new director.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, touching, captivating, entertaining, sentimental, feel good, romantic comedy
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The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007)
Plot Summary:
Han-gyeol is a smart young man who hates to be tied down to one career in his life. Abhorring the idea of joining the family business, he is ordered by his grandmother to manage a cafe. Unable to disobey his grandmother, he reluctantly takes over the responsibility of running a cafe and begins to immerse himself in the gourmet coffee business. One day, he meets Eun-chan, whom he mistakes as a boy, and learns the meaning of true love.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: romantic, dorama, feel good, inspirational, touching, captivating, entertaining, emotional, novela, romantic drama
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Don't Dare to Dream (2016)
Plot Summary:
Depicts the fierce competition at a broadcasting station and the love between anchor Lee Hwa-Shin and weather caster Pyo Na-Ri.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, dorama, romantic comedy
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Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017)
Plot Summary:
She is no ordinary woman. Do Bong Soon is a woman who possesses Herculean strength. She can crush objects in her bare hands when she holds them too tightly. Although Bong Soon longs to be a dainty, elegant woman that men fall in love with, she can’t deny her superhuman strength. Her special attribute allows her to get a job as a bodyguard for Ahn Min Hyuk, the chaebol heir with eccentric tendencies who runs a gaming company. Bong Soon’s childhood friend In Gook Doo has had a secret crush on her since elementary school. How will he react when sparks begin to fly between Bong Soon and her crazy boss?.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: exciting, romantic, touching, sweet, dorama, feel good, romantic drama, humorous
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Boys Over Flowers (2005)
Plot Summary:
Hana Yori Dango is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS in 2005. It is based on Japanese shōjo manga series, Boys Over Flowers, written by Yoko Kamio. The series is the third television adaptation of the manga following Meteor Garden and its sequel Meteor Garden II in Taiwan. It also resulted in a sequel Hana Yori Dango Returns and a movie adaptation Hana Yori Dango Final. It was one of the most popular dramas of the year and won many major awards.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: touching, dorama, humorous, semi serious, sincere, sweet, captivating, entertaining, shoujo, anime
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True Beauty (2020)
Plot Summary:
Lim Ju-kyung is a high school student. Since she was little, she has had a complex about her appearance. To hide her bare face, Ju-kyung always wears make-up. Her excellent make-up skills make her pretty and she hides her bare face in front of others. She gets involved with 2 men; Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, sincere, romantic, sentimental
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The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019)
Plot Summary:
Do Min-Ik works as a director of the mobile media 1 team at T&T. He is smart and excellent at his job. His secretary is Jung Gal-Hee. Do Min-Ik often does childish things like calling Jung Gal-Hee continually. Jung Gal-Hee carries out Do Min-Ik's orders without complaints. She looks soft, but she hides her tough side.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: dorama, feel good, funny, light, romantic, touching, captivating, sentimental, humorous, 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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My Secret Romance (2017)
Plot Summary:
After sharing a night with Jin Wook, Yoo Mi departs, never to see him again. Three years later, she achieves her goal of becoming a nutritionist.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, sweet, touching, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic drama
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Oh My Venus (2015)
Plot Summary:
Kim Young Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. Even though he comes from a wealthy family background, he suffered a devastating injury during his childhood days. Now, he overcomes his problems with patience and stubbornness. Meanwhile, Kang Joo Eun is 33-years-old lawyer. She has struggled to support her family. Now, she is overweight and challenge her-selves for a diet.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, dorama, humorous, romantic, romantic drama, exciting
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EXO Next Door (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ji Yeon-hee is an extremely shy, introverted 23-year-old girl with zero dating experience and a tendency to blush when talking to someone she likes. One day, four young men move into the house right next door to Yeon-hee's home, and to her surprise, they turn out to be Chanyeol, D.O, Baekhyun, and Sehun from her favorite boy band EXO, who are looking to lay low for a while. They hire her to clean their house part-time during the winter vacation and that's when Yeon-hee found out that Chanyeol was her long lost childhood friend and crush "Chan" and is the grandson of the house owner. As the story goes on, Yeon-hee soon becomes involved in a love triangle with Chanyeol and D.O.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, humorous, touching, feel good, romantic, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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She Was Pretty (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ji Sung Joon has a crush on the most beautiful girl in town, Kim Hye Jin - the only problem is, he's unattractive and lacks self-esteem. As fate would have it, years later Sung Joon grows up to be not only successful, but extremely attractive. However, when he runs into his first love Hye Jin, she has become unattractive and poor. Can their love transcend the vanity they both associated with each other?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, dorama, romantic, sweet, sincere, feel good, funny, captivating, satirical