2023
12 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama Family
Moo-myoung, a 47-year-old woman, and her 25-year-old daughter Ji-young are both nurses — and both falling in love at the same time, with wildly different experiences of it. Moo-myo…
If you loved Parenthood's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Not Others delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2014
53 eps
KBS
Drama Family Romance
A family drama exploring the conflicts and bonds between three siblings and their extended family as they deal with life's challenges.
Like Parenthood, it leans hard into family saga. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2025
50 eps
KBS2
Drama Family Romance
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…
Like Parenthood, Generation to Generation is built around ensemble where every character earns their screen time. At its core, it's about the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2006
16 eps
MBC
Drama Family
A woman deals with her impossible mother-in-law while navigating her marriage and career.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: marriage. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2024
50 eps
KBS2
Drama Family Slice Of Life
The Lee family has run a traditional Korean iron-works business for three generations — and the fourth generation is tearing it apart. Between the eldest daughter who wants to mode…
The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2023
50 eps
KBS2
Drama Romance Slice Of Life
Tak Hong-joo has spent her entire life being the family's designated sacrificial lamb — giving up her ambitions, her relationships, and her time to support parents who take it for …
The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2020
46 eps
iQiyi
Drama Romance Family
Three children from broken homes become each other's family without legal recognition or blood relation: Li Jianjian, whose mother abandoned her; Ling Xiao, whose mother chose anot…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: growing up. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2020
46 eps
Hunan TV
Romance Family Drama
Three children from broken homes end up in the same family through circumstance: Li Jianjian's father takes in two boys whose mothers are absent. They grow up as siblings, insepara…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: growing up. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2022
12 eps
MBC
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Three best friends on the verge of turning 40 face love, loss, and life-changing decisions together.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: growing up. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2015
20 eps
tvN
Slice Of Life Comedy Romance
Five families in a Seoul neighborhood navigate life, love, and growing up in the late 1980s.
If you loved Parenthood's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Reply 1988 delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.