Personal Taste

Series Similar to Personal Taste

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

1. Her Private Life

   2019 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Duk Mi lives a double-life. By day, she is the respected curator of an art gallery, but by night she secretly obsesses over a boy group idol named Shi Ahn, even running a fansite about him. Her obsession with the idol has already ruined several personal relationships. When a new director of the art gallery, named Ryan, discovers her secret, he is intrigued.

2. My Secret Romance

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   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.

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. Marriage, Not Dating

   2014 · Comedy, Romance · ended

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

   A romantic comedy about a man who doesn't want to get married and a woman who earnestly wants to get married. Gong Ki Tae is a successful plastic surgeon who keeps getting pressured by his family to get married but all he wants is to live alone in peace. He then comes up with a plan to introduce Joo Jang Mi to his family, believing that they will never be able to accept her as their daughter-in-law.

5. Love to Hate You

   2023 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   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.

6. Coffee Prince

   2007 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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

   The life of Go Eun Chan is not easy; she works many jobs to pay off debts and even gave up her feminine image. Choi Han Kyul is the heir of a big food company, but his grandmother wants him to settle down, so she arranged many dates for him. After Eun Chan bumped into Han Kyul and was mistaken for a boy, Han Kyul decided to hire Eun Chan to be his gay lover in order to avoid the arranged dates. Desperately in need of money, Eun Chan had no choice but to accept. Han Kyul's grandmother also made Han Kyul in charge of a filthy coffee shop in danger of being bankrupt. Eun Chan begged to work at the coffee shop, and not long after, feelings start to spark, except, how would Han Kyul accept his "homosexuality"?

7. Heartstrings

   2011 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, also on MBC.

   Lee Shin is a university student majoring in modern music. He is also the vocalist and guitarist of the band "The Stupid". Shin is known for his good looks and strong passion for music, but in reality he is cold, lacks interest in anything unrelated to music and has neither dreams nor plans for the future. He initially likes Jung Yoon Soo, a dance professor at university, but this all changes when he meets Lee Kyu Won.Lee Kyu Won is a bright and outgoing student who was born into a prestigious family and is majoring in traditional Korean instruments, especially the gayageum. Kyu Won's grandfather, Lee Dong Gun, is one of the top 3 traditional musicians of his age and his biggest wish is to see his granddaughter become a traditional music prodigy. Trying to live up to her grandfather's expectations, Kyu Won immerses herself in training and becomes a university student who knows nothing outside of her studies. As her friends are fans of "The Stupid", she was forced to go to the band's concert with them. There she saw Lee Shin performing live, and is immediately captivated by him.

8. She Was Pretty

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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

   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

9. My Lovely Sam Soon

   2005 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, also on MBC.

   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.

10. You're Beautiful

    2009 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

    The management company of the idol group A.N.JELL insisted on adding a new singer to the group as the lead vocal, Tae Kyung's voice was hurting. However,the new member, Mi Nam, had to go to the States to repair a botched eye job just before signing the contract. His agent came up with the idea of having his twin sister, Mi Nyu,to stand in for him and pretend that she was her brother. The two of them grew up in an orphanage and Mi Nyu, who was all set to become a nun, agreed to this charade as she didn't want to spoil her brother's chance of fame which would make it easier to look for their mother.