Shows Like Pending Train

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…

If you loved Pending Train's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Generation to Generation delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

A driven aerospace medical officer arrives at Korea's first orbital space station with a mission — and no room for distractions. The problem is the station's irreverent, rule-bendi…

If you loved Pending Train's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, When the Stars Gossip delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about survival that strips characters down to what they're actually made of. The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.

A man in 2020 and a woman in 2019 are mysteriously connected by a one-minute daily window across time, working together across the temporal gap to change both their fates.

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.

Two orphans who grew up as fake siblings reunite in adulthood and must navigate the fine line between family and love.

If you loved Pending Train's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Family by Choice delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

Five medical interns navigate the intense pressures of residency at a Seoul hospital, forming bonds and rivalries as they discover who they really are under extreme professional an…

If you loved Pending Train's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Resident Playbook 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 emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

A South Korean heiress crash-lands in North Korea and falls for a military officer who hides her.

If you loved Pending Train's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Crash Landing on You 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 commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.

A man who has spent his entire life in and out of juvenile detention and prison is sentenced to community service at a hospice. There he joins a team of volunteers who fulfill the …

If you loved Pending Train's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, If You Wish Upon Me delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — community and found family — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

University students from across Korea share a boarding house in Seoul during 1994, while a future-flashback teases which of the men the central female character eventually marries.…

If you loved Pending Train's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Reply 1994 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 emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

Ji Yoon-soo was a rising math prodigy in her youth whose career was derailed by a false accusation. Fifteen years later, she's a high school math teacher at an elite school, trying…

If you loved Pending Train's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Melancholia 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 emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

Six high school boys from a rough-and-tumble background form a band that's too raw, too real, and too good to stay small. When they're forced to transfer to an elite prep school, t…

If you loved Pending Train's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Flower Boy Band 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 emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.