2025
12 eps
tvN
Romance Fantasy Drama
The continuation of Sol and Ryu Sun-jae's time-crossing love story, as new temporal complications threaten the future they fought so hard to create together.
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2019
Jung Ji-woo
Romance Drama
Two young people meet and keep missing each other over a decade as fate and circumstances keep them apart — until one radio show brings them back together.
The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2019
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.
Like La La Land, it leans hard into bittersweet ending. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.
2019
12 eps
Netflix
Romance Sci Fi Drama
In a world where a smartphone app alerts you when someone within a 10-metre radius is romantically in love with you, a high school girl with a complicated home life becomes the cen…
Like La La Land, it leans hard into bittersweet ending. The emotional territory — nostalgia — is the same. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2024
16 eps
KBS
Romance Drama Family
Two childhood neighbors who grew up like siblings discover unexpected romantic feelings as adults, threatening to destroy the chosen family they built together.
If you loved La La Land's delicious tension of two people circling each other for far too long, Family by Choice delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2023
12 eps
tvN
Romance Fantasy Drama
A woman who remembers all her past lives searches for her soul connection from her most recent life.
The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2005
14 eps
MBC
Romance Drama
A love story between two people who meet in Macau and face obstacles including a terminally ill character.
The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2019
32 eps
KBS2
Romance Fantasy Drama
A mischievous, rule-breaking angel is assigned his final mission: make a cold, injured ballerina fall in love and rediscover her joy before he loses his wings forever. Lee Yeon-seo…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2025
16 eps
Netflix
Romance Drama Historical
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…
Like La La Land, it leans hard into bittersweet ending. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.
2020
16 eps
tvN
Drama Romance Slice Of Life
Sa Hye-jun is a model grinding to become an actor while his wealthy family expects him to give up. Ahn Jeong-ha is a makeup artist who pours everything into her craft. When their w…
Both are built around ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.