Her Private Life

Series Similar to Her Private Life

If you enjoyed Her Private Life, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. My Lovely Sam Soon

   2005 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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   Kim Sam Soon is a baker who has a talent in making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she caught her boyfriend, Min Hyun Woo, cheating on her and breaks up on the same night. On that same night, she accidentally went into the men's restroom and met Hyun Jin Hun, a somewhat callous fellow but sometimes considerate guy. By sheer coincidence, Jin Hun needs a baker for his restaurant Bon Appetit and Sam Soon is unemployed. Sam Soon is hired as the restaurant's chief baker and the two fights like cat and dog. Nevertheless, they started to have feeling for each other and Sam Soon agreed to post as Jin Hun's girlfriend so his mother would leave him alone. Things got complicated when Jin Hun's ex-girlfriend Yoo Hee Jin came back from the States intending to win him back.

2. Personal Taste

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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   Jeon Jin Ho is a straight guy who pretends to be gay in order to become a roommate to his female friend, Park Kae In. His hobbies include organization and ironing, and he's known for his stoic poker face. He's a stickler for cleanliness, but he also has a talent for figuring out a women's feelings. Kae In is very trusting even though she has a habit of being betrayed. However that doesn't stop her from giving people the benefit of doubt and Jin Ho is no different. How will Kae In react when she finds out that her gay roommate is not actually gay at all and that he has fallen for her?

3. Oh My Venus

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Kim Yong-ho fitness coach of Hollywood stars. He grew up in a wealthy family, but no amount of money could not save him from getting childhood trauma, after which he is still trying to recover.Kang Eun Joo 33 years old, she was a lawyer. Problems of her family take up all her strength and the brand has neither the time nor the money. And because of this, it certainly can not be called a harmonious and attractive.

4. My Secret Romance

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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   Cha Jin Wook is the son of a wealthy family who runs a large firm. He is known to pursue short term love only, but he is changing when he is crossing paths with Lee Yoo Mi. They both end up having an one-night stand together in a dating world of busy people who tend to flirt and chase ''certain'' relationships rather than a connection in which they are allowed to show their true feelings. Once they meet again three years later, they kick off a shaky push-pull romance which will keep them both on their toes as they slowly fall in love.

5. She Was Pretty

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Can you over-romanticize a cherished memory from childhood? Ji Sung Joon (Park Seo Joon) was a shy, porky kid who was constantly teased by the other kids for his rotund shape. When he transfers to a new school in fifth grade and meets Kim Hye Jin (Hwang Jung Eum), the prettiest, most popular girl in school, his life turns around. The kind-hearted Hye Jin becomes his only friend and protector — and they become each other's first love. But then everything changes when Sung Joon's family immigrates to the United States and then Hye Jin's father's business goes downhill, plunging her family from their previous wealthy lifestyle. But that's not all! Hye Jin's beautiful looks initially took after her mother. But as soon as Hye Jin hits puberty, her father's genetic skin condition takes hold and leaves her with reddish facial scars that makes her resemble a raccoon. Fifteen years later, Sung Joon is a whole new person — dashing and handsome and a successful art director — who is transferred from New York to the Seoul office of "The Most" fashion magazine to work as the deputy chief editor. He tries to find his childhood friend, Hye Jin, again. But embarrassed by her current unglamorous appearance, Hye Jin passes off her best friend, the stunning Min Ha Ri (Go Jun Hee), as herself. But when Hye Jin is suddenly transferred to the magazine department at her new job to work as in intern under Sung Joon, how much longer can she keep her true identity a secret? "She Was Pretty" is a 2015 South Korean drama series directed by Jung Dae Yoon

6. Answer Me 1988

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on tvN.

   A drama about a small cluster of neighboring families set in 1988.

7. Love to Hate You

   2023 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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   A romantic comedy drama in which a woman who doesn't want to lose pathologically to a man and a man who pathologically suspects the women are healed through war-like love.

8. Crash Landing on You

   2019 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8), also on tvN.

   Crash Landing on You follows a wealthy heiress named Yoon Se Ri, who, while paragliding, is forced to land in North Korea due to high winds. A North Korean officer named Ri Jung Hyuk hides and protects her, and in doing so, comes to love her

9. Memories of the Alhambra

   2018 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem, also on tvN.

   Yoo Jin Woo is the CEO of an investment company. He has good sense at his work, a strong adventurous spirit and a strong desire for winning. Yoo Jin Woo is going through a hard time emotionally due to things like betrayal from his friends. He visits Granada, Spain on business and stays at an old hostel run by Jung Hee Joo. There, Yoo Jin Woo gets involved in a strange affair.

10. Because This Is My First Life

    2017 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8), also on tvN.

    A house-poor man and homeless woman become housemates in a drama that examines the institution of marriage and the problems that young people face today.Nam Se Hee is a single man in his early 30's. He has chosen to not marry. He owns his home, but he owes a lot on his mortgage. Meanwhile, Yoon Ji Ho is a single woman in her early 30's. She does not own a home and envies those that do. She has given up on dating due to her financial struggles. Yoon Ji Ho begins to live at Nam Se Hee's house. They become housemates.