2014
16 eps
SBS
Romance Drama Medical
A crime-fiction writer with severe OCD and a psychiatry resident who refuses to be analyzed move in together as an experiment — and fall in love despite themselves. Groundbreaking …
Both navigate the same emotional territory: love and healing. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2025
16 eps
tvN
Medical Drama Romance
Five first-year medical residents at a major Seoul hospital navigate the brutal learning curve of actual practice — the gap between what they were taught and what emergency medicin…
If you loved Private Practice's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Resident Playbook delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2016
20 eps
SBS
Medical Drama Romance
A brilliant but eccentric surgeon mentors two young doctors at a small countryside hospital.
Like Private Practice, it leans hard into workplace romance. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2017
40 eps
MBC
Medical Romance Drama
Song Eun-jae is a brilliant but arrogant Seoul surgeon reassigned to a hospital ship serving remote island communities — patients who have no other access to medical care. Kwon Hyu…
Like Private Practice, it leans hard into workplace romance. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2025
16 eps
Netflix
Medical Drama Romance
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…
Like Private Practice, Resident Playbook is built around ensemble where every character earns their screen time. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2020
16 eps
SBS
Medical Drama Romance
Master Kim is still at Doldam Hospital — the small, remote, undersourced emergency room he's turned into something extraordinary by sheer force of conviction. Two new residents arr…
Like Private Practice, Dr. Romantic 2 is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. The emotional territory — second chances and healing — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2023
12 eps
Netflix
Drama Slice Of Life Romance
A nurse who transfers to a psychiatric ward learns to see the world through her patients' eyes. As she helps patients living with depression, OCD, schizophrenia, and anxiety, she c…
Like Private Practice, Daily Dose of Sunshine is built around ensemble where every character earns their screen time. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2021
12 eps
tvN
Drama Medical Slice Of Life
The five doctors are back — Ik-jun, Jeong-won, Seok-hyeong, Jun-wan, and Song-hwa — navigating everything they carry: the work, the patients, the choices they've deferred, and the …
Like Private Practice, Hospital Playlist Season 2 is built around ensemble where every character earns their screen time. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2016
20 eps
MBC
Medical Romance Drama
A delinquent girl transformed by a dedicated teacher's belief in her becomes a top neurosurgeon — then faces her former mentor again as a colleague, reopening every wound and possi…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: second chances. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2005
11 eps
Fuji TV
Drama Romance Medical
Aya Ikeuchi is fifteen when she begins losing control of her body. She is eventually diagnosed with spinocerebellar ataxia — a degenerative disease with no cure — and keeps a diary…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: love and family. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.