Shows Like Lovestruck in the City

Loved Lovestruck in the City? These picks share the same story DNA — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of show.

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Crazy Love

34% match
16 eps MBC Romance Comedy Drama Fake Marriage Arrogant Boss Love Interest

Noh Go-jin is Korea's most arrogant math genius — the CEO of a private education company who treats everyone around him as furniture. Lee Shin-a is his assistant, long-suffering an…

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If you loved Lovestruck in the City's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Crazy Love delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

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Love in Contract

31% match
16 eps tvN Romance Comedy Drama Contract Relationship Love Triangle

Choi Sang-eun is a professional contract wife — she marries lonely men for exactly 3 days a week, providing warmth, companionship, and the appearance of a normal life, before retur…

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Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.

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To My Star

31% match
8 eps Watcha Romance Comedy Drama Forced Cohabitation Opposites Attract

A famous actor hiding from his antifan stalker crash-lands in the home of a reclusive chef who hates celebrities. Two people who are opposites in every possible way — one craving q…

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If you loved Lovestruck in the City's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, To My Star delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — self discovery — is the same. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

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Lucky Romance

31% match
16 eps MBC Romance Comedy Drama Opposites Attract Fake Relationship

A superstitious woman convinced she's cursed decides she needs to sleep with a 'tiger-born' man to break her bad luck — and the only tiger-born man she can find is the calculating,…

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If you loved Lovestruck in the City's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Lucky Romance delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — self discovery — is the same. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

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Personal Taste

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16 eps MBC Romance Comedy Drama Fake Relationship Cohabitation

A straight architect pretends to be gay to rent a room from a woman who only trusts gay men. As fake platonic roommates slowly develop real feelings, his pretence becomes increasin…

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If you loved Lovestruck in the City's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Personal Taste delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

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24 eps MBC Romance Comedy Drama Arranged Marriage Enemies To Lovers

In an alternate modern Korea where the monarchy survived, a clumsy art-school girl is suddenly betrothed to the cold, aloof Crown Prince per a childhood arrangement — navigating pa…

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If you loved Lovestruck in the City's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Goong (Princess Hours) delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

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Coffee Prince

29% match
17 eps MBC Romance Comedy Drama Gender Bender Poor Girl Rich Boy

A tomboyish woman is mistaken for a man and hired at a coffee shop by its owner who begins to fall for her.

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If you loved Lovestruck in the City's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Coffee Prince delivers exactly that. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

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16 eps tvN Romance Comedy Drama Contract Marriage Roommates To Lovers

A cash-strapped screenwriter and a house-owning loner enter a contract marriage for mutual benefit.

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If you loved Lovestruck in the City's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Because This Is My First Life delivers exactly that. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

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16 eps MBC Romance Comedy Drama Amnesia Fish Out Of Water

A shopping-obsessed heir loses his memory and is taken in by a country girl searching for her missing brother.

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Both are built around found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

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Love Next Door

29% match
16 eps JTBC Romance Comedy Drama Friends To Lovers Childhood Connection

Two childhood best friends who went separate ways reconnect in adulthood and discover their feelings run deeper than friendship.

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If you loved Lovestruck in the City's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Love Next Door delivers exactly that. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

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Shows Like Lovestruck in the City: FAQ

What dramas are most similar to Lovestruck in the City?

The closest match to Lovestruck in the City is Crazy Love, scoring 34% on DramaMatch. You should also check Love in Contract.

Is there a show like Lovestruck in the City I can watch next?

DramaMatch found 10 shows with the same story DNA as Lovestruck in the City. Top picks: Crazy Love, Love in Contract, To My Star.

Where can I watch dramas like Lovestruck in the City?

Dramas similar to Lovestruck in the City 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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