Asian Dramas Like Better Things

A famous baseball pitcher ends up in prison and navigates life behind bars with colorful cellmates.

If you loved Better Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Prison Playbook delivers exactly that. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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 …

If you loved Better Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Curtain Call delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Kyoko Hori is popular, cheerful, and responsible at school — but at home she's a domestic powerhouse raising her little brother while her parents work. Izumi Miyamura is quiet and …

If you loved Better Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Horimiya delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

Ryuuji Takasu has a terrifying face that makes everyone think he's a delinquent; he's actually the gentlest person in school. Taiga Aisaka is tiny and easily overlooked; she's actu…

If you loved Better Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Toradora! delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

Three women in their early 30s navigate love, friendship, and career in the Korean entertainment industry.

Both navigate the same emotional territory: female friendship. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Three women with completely different careers and personalities have one thing in common: they need a drink at the end of the day. Ahn So-hee is a fitness influencer keeping secret…

If you loved Better Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Work Later, Drink Now delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — female friendship — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Five very different young women share a college house called Belle Epoque — each carrying a secret that explains why she is the way she is. A quiet, brilliant ensemble drama about …

If you loved Better Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Age of Youth (Hello, My Twenties!) delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — female friendship — is the same. The pacing is bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.

Mitsumi Iwakura moves from rural Ishikawa to Tokyo for high school, armed with a five-year plan, an overachiever's work ethic, and almost no social skills. Sousuke Shima is effortl…

If you loved Better Things's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Skip and Loafer delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

Five families in a Seoul neighborhood navigate life, love, and growing up in the late 1980s.

Both are built around the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

A high-powered prosecutor who has spent her career being the only woman in the room gives birth at 38 and finds herself in a postpartum care center — surrounded by women from very …

Both navigate the same emotional territory: motherhood and identity. The pacing is bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.