Shows Like Ode to My Father

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 Ode to My Father, 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 emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

A woman discovers she was adopted and sets out to find her biological family while navigating love and family secrets.

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

A family drama exploring the conflicts and bonds between three siblings and their extended family as they deal with life's challenges.

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 …

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.

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.

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 Ode to My Father, 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 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.

The Yoon family has run the same traditional Korean restaurant for three generations — each one with a completely different idea about what the restaurant should be. The grandmothe…

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 king falls in love with a shaman who unknowingly resembles his first love, sparking dangerous memories.

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 seemingly perfect family unravels when all four members secretly want to change their lives, leading to unexpected revelations.

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