2016
20 eps
SBS
Medical Drama Romance
A brilliant but eccentric surgeon mentors two young doctors at a small countryside hospital.
Like Dr. Romantic 2, it leans hard into workplace romance. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
2016
20 eps
MBC
Medical Romance Drama
A delinquent girl transformed by a dedicated teacher's belief in her becomes a top neurosurgeon — then faces her former mentor again as a colleague, reopening every wound and possi…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: mentorship and second chances. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.
2023
12 eps
Netflix
Drama Slice Of Life Romance
A nurse who transfers to a psychiatric ward learns to see the world through her patients' eyes. As she helps patients living with depression, OCD, schizophrenia, and anxiety, she c…
Like Dr. Romantic 2, Daily Dose of Sunshine 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.
2017
40 eps
MBC
Medical Romance Drama
Song Eun-jae is a brilliant but arrogant Seoul surgeon reassigned to a hospital ship serving remote island communities — patients who have no other access to medical care. Kwon Hyu…
Like Dr. Romantic 2, it leans hard into workplace romance. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same heartfelt and emotional energy throughout.
2016
14 eps
KBS2
Medical Romance Thriller
A brilliant but emotionally detached neurosurgeon who cannot feel empathy slowly learns to understand human connection through a tenacious detective whose life he saved. As a serie…
Both are built around the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
2019
32 eps
JTBC
Medical Romance Drama
A brilliant pain management doctor — jailed for euthanizing a patient who begged him — is released to work at a pain clinic where a resident doctor who can't feel emotional pain be…
The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
2025
16 eps
Netflix
Medical Drama Romance
Five medical interns navigate the intense pressures of residency at a Seoul hospital, forming bonds and rivalries as they discover who they really are under extreme professional an…
Like Dr. Romantic 2, Resident Playbook is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
2024
8 eps
Netflix
Medical Action Drama
An unconventional trauma surgeon with unorthodox methods joins a struggling hospital's emergency department and fights to save lives while battling the bureaucracy threatening to s…
The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
2025
8 eps
Netflix
Medical Action Drama
A wild, unorthodox trauma surgeon storms into a struggling hospital emergency department and single-handedly transforms it into a world-class trauma center — saving lives nobody el…
The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
2021
12 eps
tvN
Drama Medical Slice Of Life
The five doctors are back — Ik-jun, Jeong-won, Seok-hyeong, Jun-wan, and Song-hwa — navigating everything they carry: the work, the patients, the choices they've deferred, and the …
Like Dr. Romantic 2, Hospital Playlist Season 2 is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. The emotional territory — belonging — is the same. Same heartfelt and emotional energy throughout.