Shows Like Frankly Speaking

A surgeon pressured by his family to marry brings a loud, unsophisticated woman to family events to scare his parents off — not expecting to actually fall for her. A beloved rom-co…

If you loved Frankly Speaking's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Marriage Not Dating delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — authenticity and self discovery — is the same. Same funny and warm energy throughout.

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 Frankly Speaking, it leans hard into workplace romance. The emotional territory — authenticity and self discovery — is the same. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

Kang Ji-yoon is the ruthless, exacting CEO of a headhunting firm who has built her reputation on never letting sentiment cloud a placement decision. When her own company hires an i…

Like Frankly Speaking, Love Scout is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.

A relationship counsellor who is secretly going through her own difficult break-up meets a novelist who writes about perfect relationships but has never had one. They agree to help…

If you loved Frankly Speaking's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, My Sweet Lie delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — authenticity — is the same. Same funny and warm energy throughout.

CEO Jang Sun-gyul has severe mysophobia — a pathological fear of uncleanliness that has shaped his entire adult life and business. Gil Oh-sol is a cleaning worker who needs money b…

If you loved Frankly Speaking's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Clean With Passion for Now delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — love — is the same. Same funny and warm energy throughout.

Lee Ho-joon is Korea's top idol — handsome, famous, and accustomed to adoration. Choi Geun-young is a tabloid reporter and one of his most vocal anti-fans, known for writing unflat…

Like Frankly Speaking, it leans hard into opposites attract. The emotional territory — authenticity and love — is the same. Same funny and warm energy throughout.

Kim Dal-li is the sophisticated, Harvard-educated daughter of a museum director who has spent her life surrounded by art and culture. Jin Moo-hak is a self-made entrepreneur from a…

If you loved Frankly Speaking's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Dali and the Cocky Prince delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — love — is the same. Same funny and warm energy throughout.

Go Eun-ha runs a small but wildly popular online content business, and her biggest financial backer turns out to have a considerably murkier background than she knew. Seo Il-hwan i…

If you loved Frankly Speaking's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, My Sweet Mobster delivers exactly that. Same funny and warm energy throughout.

Kim Nak-su is the writer behind a beloved webtoon romance, pouring into the characters everything she can't say in her own life. Her leading man is inspired by a man she loved year…

Like Frankly Speaking, it leans hard into workplace romance. Same funny and warm energy throughout.

Cha So-ra is pathologically honest — she says exactly what she thinks, which has destroyed every relationship she's ever had. Park Chan-yeol is pathologically composed — he never s…

Like Frankly Speaking, it leans hard into workplace romance. Same funny and warm energy throughout.