Shows Like Cheer Up

Do Hae-yi enrolls in a university cheer squad not because she has any interest in cheering but because she needs a specific scholarship and the squad is attached to it. Teacher Kim…

If you loved Cheer Up's campus romance that manages to feel both specific and universal, Cheer Up! delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. Same warm energy throughout.

Jin Ha-kyung is a meticulous deputy director at Korea's Meteorological Administration — and just got publicly dumped by a colleague for a younger woman. Lee Si-woo is the new trans…

Like Cheer Up, it leans hard into rivals to lovers. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same warm energy throughout.

Three struggling filmmakers running a guesthouse have their lives turned upside down when a baby is left at their door.

If you loved Cheer Up's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Welcome to Waikiki delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. Same warm energy throughout.

Seo Mok-ha dreamed of becoming a singer since childhood, but at age 15 she was stranded alone on a deserted island — surviving for 15 years before being rescued. She returns to a w…

Same warm and uplifting energy throughout.

A webtoon writer and a music teacher become neighbors in an apartment building and grow closer over the Christmas season through a series of small but meaningful encounters.

If you loved Cheer Up's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Happy Merry Christmas delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same warm energy throughout.

Two former rival students who were top of their class reunite after both hitting rock bottom in adulthood.

Like Cheer Up, it leans hard into rivals to lovers. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness.

A wealthy heir falls for a woman who works at his grandmother's resort, navigating class differences and family expectations.

If you loved Cheer Up's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, My Secret Romance delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness.

A competitive, image-obsessed PR strategist and a free-spirited, principled product developer are thrown into a high-stakes rivalry for the same senior position at Korea's top car …

Like Cheer Up, it leans hard into rivals to lovers. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely.

Two childhood best friends who gave up on their dreams push each other to pursue what they truly want.

Both are built around a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. Same uplifting energy throughout.

Shin Dan-ah has spent her life believing she's the ordinary character in someone else's story — the kind of woman who ends up with a comfortable enough life but never the fairytale…

Both are built around ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. Same warm energy throughout.