Shows Like Jeong Nyeon

In 1950s Korea, when female pansori performers were considered scandalous, a young woman with a voice powerful enough to make audiences forget propriety fights her way from rural p…

Same inspiring and emotional energy throughout.

Crown Prince Yi Geon has been raised in perfect isolation, groomed to become a ruler who leads with reason, not feeling — until a woman from outside the palace walls crashes into h…

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.

A med student and a nurse fall in love during the Gwangju Uprising of May 1980.

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.

Set in the tangerine orchards of Jeju Island, two people fall in love across multiple decades — from the 1960s through the present. A sweeping, multigenerational saga about ordinar…

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.

Set during the Manchu invasion of 1636, Gil Chae is a noblewoman obsessed with marrying well — until she crosses paths with Jang Hyun, an enigmatic man of mysterious origins who sa…

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.

Five first-year medical residents at a major Seoul hospital navigate the brutal learning curve of actual practice — the gap between what they were taught and what emergency medicin…

If you loved Jeong Nyeon's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Resident Playbook delivers exactly that. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

In the Joseon dynasty, a nobleman encounters Hongrang — a gisaeng (courtesan artist) whose intelligence and dignity defy every boundary the era draws. Their love is impossible by e…

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.

A court lady who refuses to surrender her freedom falls in love with the crown prince destined to become king.

Like Jeong Nyeon, it leans hard into period drama. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath.

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 Jeong Nyeon'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 emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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 Jeong Nyeon's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Curtain Call delivers exactly that. 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.