Shows Like 49 Days

Loved 49 Days? These picks share the same story DNA — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of show.

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Familiar Wife

22% match
16 eps tvN Romance Fantasy Melodrama

An exhausted, dissatisfied husband uses a mysterious opportunity to travel back in time and choose a different woman — and wakes up in a comfortable life with his ideal partner. Bu…

Like 49 Days, it leans hard into second chance. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

12 eps tvN Romance Fantasy Drama

The continuation of Sol and Ryu Sun-jae's time-crossing love story, as new temporal complications threaten the future they fought so hard to create together.

Both navigate the same emotional territory: love. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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12 eps tvN Romance Fantasy Drama

A woman who remembers all her past lives searches for her soul connection from her most recent life.

The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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12 eps tvN Romance Fantasy Comedy

The Do family has supernatural powers — or they used to. Grandma can see the future, the eldest son can time travel in his dreams, and various other relatives have abilities that a…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: love and second chance. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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I Have a Lover

21% match
38 eps SBS Romance Drama Melodrama

Choi Jin-eon and Han Jung-hoon were once married, but the death of their child and professional betrayal ended them. When Choi Yoon-gi — a woman with no memory of her past — begins…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: love and betrayal. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Midnight Studio

20% match
16 eps tvN Fantasy Romance Mystery

A photographer who can capture the souls of the dead in his studio encounters a mysterious woman who is slowly disappearing from the world, and must solve the supernatural mystery …

Both navigate the same emotional territory: love and death. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Hi Bye, Mama!

19% match
16 eps tvN Melodrama Fantasy Drama

A woman who died in childbirth watches as a ghost while her husband remarries and her daughter grows up not knowing her real mother. She is given 49 days to become human again — an…

Like 49 Days, it leans hard into second chance. The emotional territory — second chance — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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50 eps MBC Romance Drama Family

A widower with three children hires a nanny. The nanny is a bright, cheerful young woman who wins over the children before she wins over their guarded father. A long-form family me…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: love and second chance. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Crazy Love

18% match
16 eps MBC Romance Comedy Drama

Noh Go-jin is Korea's most arrogant math genius — the CEO of a private education company who treats everyone around him as furniture. Lee Shin-a is his assistant, long-suffering an…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: love and second chance. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Family

17% match
12 eps tvN Melodrama Drama Family

A cold, successful man and a fierce, outspoken woman become unlikely partners in raising a child neither of them expected — discovering in the process that the family you build fro…

The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Shows Like 49 Days: FAQ

What dramas are most similar to 49 Days?

The closest match to 49 Days is Familiar Wife, scoring 22% on DramaMatch. You should also check Lovely Runner Season 2.

Is there a show like 49 Days I can watch next?

DramaMatch found 10 shows with the same story DNA as 49 Days. Top picks: Familiar Wife, Lovely Runner Season 2, See You in My 19th Life.

Where can I watch dramas like 49 Days?

Dramas similar to 49 Days are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. DramaMatch lists the exact streaming platform for each recommendation.

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