Normal People

Series Similar to Normal People

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

1. The Beautiful Lie

   2015 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   A contemporary re-imagining of Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina' that explores over six episodes the different kinds of love and all that goes with it; family and loyalty, marriage and seduction, passion and obligation, jealousy and envy. This is a timeless love story that asks the questions; is there such thing as a soul mate? And would you destroy your life to be together? But it is more than a great love story. It's a sprawling saga of adultery, scandal, manners and mayhem — about the fates of three enmeshed families across three generations. (6 x 60min)

2. To My Star

   2021 · Drama, Romance · ended

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

   Actor Kang Seo Joon was once one of South Korea's biggest and most popular stars, but his career is now in decline.But despite his fall in popularity, he believes he has had a change of fortune when he meets and falls for a dashing young chef named Han Ji Woo.Despite having wildly different personalities, the two begin on a relationship. But their love comes under threat when the more conservative Han Ji Woo and the free-spirited Kang Seo Joon realize that their outlook on life, love, and everything else appears irrevocably different.

3. SKAM

   2015 · Drama, Romance · ended

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

   SKAM is a Norwegian teen drama television series about the daily life of teenagers at the Hartvig Nissen School, a gymnasium in the wealthy borough of Frogner in West End Oslo.

4. Revenged Love

   2025 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8.1).

   After Suowei's girlfriend dumps him, he decides to get revenge by seducing her new boyfriend, Chi Cheng! It started as a game, but falling in love was never part of the plan.

5. Zac & Mia

   2017 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Zac & Mia is a moving story about two ordinary teenagers who find hope, love and courage in exceptional circumstances. In the real world, these two 17-year-olds would have little to say to each other, but in the hospital where both are undergoing treatment for cancer, the usual rules no longer apply.

6. Stay with Me

   2023 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

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

   Su Yu, a high school student who lives a simple life with his father, faces a major change when his mother remarries a wealthy man, introducing him to his step-brother Wu Bi. Despite their initial differences-Wu Bi being a cold and arrogant top student, while Su Yu is an unreasonable underachiever-their relationship takes an unexpected turn after an accident. As they gradually warm up to each other, their bond grows stronger. However, when a heated fight arises, their true identities are revealed.

7. Young Royals

   2021 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.

8. Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

   2019 · Drama, Romance, Medical · ended

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

   The story is set in the 19th century where men and women are not seen as equal. A woman will try to become a historian and try to ‘change' society. And it tells the romance between her and the prince.

9. Semantic Error

   2022 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Computer science major Chu Sang Woo is the epitome of an inflexible and strict rule-abiding person. While working on a liberal arts group project with freeloaders who don't put in any effort, Sang Woo reasonably decides to remove their names from the final presentation. But he didn't imagine how involved he would become with the person whose study-abroad plans were messed up because of that project. The involved person: the campus star who everyone knows, Department of Design's Jang Jae Young. He has everything from skills, looks, family background and good relationships except for 1 big problem: Chu Sang Woo. What happens when an engineer and an artist whose personalities are like oil and water have to work together? Jang Jae Young is like a semantic error in the perfect world of Chu Sang Woo. Will Sang Woo be able to debug this?

10. Mr. Cinderella

    2021 · Drama, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

    Follows the story of Dung, who often called Khoa his "Cinderella" when they were young but he losses contact with her (he thought Khoa is a girl). A few years later, Dung worked in a small restaurant and was later fired. An incident happened but luckily he was saved by a doctor. Later, he found out the one who save him was "his Cinderella" that he likes.