2021
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…
If you loved A Million Little Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Young Lady and Gentleman delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2020
46 eps
iQiyi
Drama Romance Family
Three children from broken homes become each other's family without legal recognition or blood relation: Li Jianjian, whose mother abandoned her; Ling Xiao, whose mother chose anot…
If you loved A Million Little Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Go Ahead delivers exactly that. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2014
53 eps
KBS
Drama Family Romance
A family drama exploring the conflicts and bonds between three siblings and their extended family as they deal with life's challenges.
If you loved A Million Little Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, What Happens to My Family? delivers exactly that. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2022
16 eps
KBS2
Drama Romance Family
A carefree young man from a North Korean defector family impersonates the long-lost grandson of a South Korean hotel mogul to fulfill the dying grandmother's final wish to reunite …
Like A Million Little Things, Curtain Call is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2023
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…
If you loved A Million Little Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Family delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2014
16 eps
SBS
Romance Drama Medical
A crime-fiction writer with severe OCD and a psychiatry resident who refuses to be analyzed move in together as an experiment — and fall in love despite themselves. Groundbreaking …
Both navigate the same emotional territory: mental health and love. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2024
16 eps
KBS
Romance Drama Family
Two childhood neighbors who grew up like siblings discover unexpected romantic feelings as adults, threatening to destroy the chosen family they built together.
The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2020
16 eps
tvN
Drama Romance Family
A seemingly perfect family unravels when all four members secretly want to change their lives, leading to unexpected revelations.
The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2018
54 eps
MBC
Drama Family Romance
A woman discovers she was adopted and sets out to find her biological family while navigating love and family secrets.
The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2025
32 eps
KBS
Drama Family Romance
Two couples at different stages of uncoupling — one mid-process, one recently finalized — find their lives entangled when their children become friends. A frank, intelligent family…
Both are built around a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.