Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

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1. Sky Castle

   2018 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8.5), hidden gem, also on jTBC.

   Sky Castle is set in a four-story apartment building in Seoul's suburbs, which is inhabited by some professionals such as judges, prosecutors, doctors, professors and their wives.It will depict their efforts to have their children admitted into good universities. Some grew up in families with many generations of doctors or lawyers. Thus, their ambitions will be shown with comedy and realism.

2. Alchemy of Souls

   2022 · Action, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Fantasy profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Set in a fictional country called Daeho that does not exist in history or on maps, it is about the love and growth of young mages as they overcome their twisted fates due to a magic spell known as the "alchemy of souls", which allows souls to switch bodies. It follows the story of an elite assassin named Naksu, whose soul is accidentally trapped inside the weak body of Moo Duk—Jang Wook's servant from a powerful and noble family in the country. The young master of the Jang Family, Jang Wook, holds a dark secret about his scandalous birth. He wants the formidable assassin to help change his destiny. 

3. The Good Bad Mother

   2023 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on jTBC.

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4. Because This Is My First Life

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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

   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.

5. Twinkling Watermelon

   2023 · Fantasy, Music, Romance · ended

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

   Twinkling Watermelon follows a story about CODA, (a deaf child born under deaf parents) a boy born of natural talent for music, and Eun Gyul, crash-landing into an unfamiliar space through a suspicious musical instrument store. Eun Gyul forms the band Watermelon Sugar with the youth he met there and communicates with them through music.

6. Kill Me, Heal Me

   2015 · Comedy, Romance, Medical · ended

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

   A romantic comedy between a third-generation billionaire with Dissociative Identity Disorder and a first-year Psychiatrist resident who treats him secretly.After a traumatic experience in his childhood, Cha Do Hyun suffers memory lapses and his personality then fractured into seven different identities. He tries to regain control over his life with the help of Oh Ri Jin, a first-year psychiatric resident who treats him secretly. But Ri Jin's twin brother, Oh Ri Ohn, is a famous mystery novelist who investigates about Do Hyun and his family.

7. Answer Me 1988

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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

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8. Vincenzo

   2021 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

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

   During a visit to his motherland, a Korean-Italian mafia lawyer gives an unrivaled conglomerate a taste of its own medicine with a side of justice.

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   2019 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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

   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

10. Law School

    2021 · Thriller, Mystery, Legal · ended

    Recommended for highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on jTBC.

    Law School is about the students and professors of South Korea's top law school who get caught up in an unusual case.It follows the case of a murder of a professor at a prestigious law school. Professors and students become suspects in the murder, and the drama will feature its characters making realizations about the law and justice as they search for the killer.