Shows Like Hi Bye, Mama!

Loved Hi Bye, Mama!? These picks share the same story DNA — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of show.

2020 TV Show Melodrama Fantasy Drama
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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…

Both are built around grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Family

24% match
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…

The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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14 eps JTBC Melodrama Family Drama

A cold, ruthless prosecutor is gravely injured and regresses to the mind of a child — and his fiercely tough-love farmer mother must learn to care for him all over again. What begi…

Like Hi Bye, Mama!, it leans hard into sacrifice. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Familiar Wife

22% match
16 eps tvN Romance Fantasy Melodrama

An exhausted, dissatisfied husband uses a mysterious opportunity to travel back in time and choose a different woman — and wakes up in a comfortable life with his ideal partner. Bu…

Like Hi Bye, Mama!, it leans hard into second chance. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

12 eps JTBC Romance Fantasy Drama

A young woman gains a watch that controls time and uses it to help others, but each use costs years of her own life.

Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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16 eps JTBC Romance Melodrama Drama

A 35-year-old woman working in a coffee franchise and enduring relentless marriage pressure from her family falls slowly, quietly in love with her best friend's younger brother. So…

The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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49 Days

19% match
20 eps MBC Fantasy Romance Melodrama

A woman in a coma following a car accident is given 49 days to collect three genuine tears of love from people who truly love her. She must inhabit the body of a part-time 'schedul…

Like Hi Bye, Mama!, it leans hard into second chance. The emotional territory — second chance — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

Chocolate

19% match
16 eps tvN Romance Melodrama Food

A chef with an extraordinary gift for recreating the exact tastes of memory and a cold, guarded neurosurgeon are reunited by chance at a hospice in Greece, where her cooking become…

Both are built around grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Angel Eyes

19% match
20 eps MBC Melodrama Romance Drama

Two childhood sweethearts are separated after a tragic accident gives a blind girl her sight — twelve years later, a firefighter returns to find her, not knowing she's become engag…

Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Lovely Runner

19% match
16 eps tvN Romance Fantasy Drama

Sol is a lifelong fan of K-pop idol Ryu Sun-jae — his music has been the thing she returned to every time she needed to feel okay through years of chronic illness. Then she wakes u…

Like Hi Bye, Mama!, it leans hard into sacrifice. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Shows Like Hi Bye, Mama!: FAQ

What dramas are most similar to Hi Bye, Mama!?

The closest match to Hi Bye, Mama! is Young Lady and Gentleman, scoring 25% on DramaMatch. You should also check Family.

Is there a show like Hi Bye, Mama! I can watch next?

DramaMatch found 10 shows with the same story DNA as Hi Bye, Mama!. Top picks: Young Lady and Gentleman, Family, The Good Bad Mother.

Where can I watch dramas like Hi Bye, Mama!?

Dramas similar to Hi Bye, Mama! are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. DramaMatch lists the exact streaming platform for each recommendation.

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