Shows Like Little Women — K-Dramas With the Same Sisterhood, Class & Heart
Little Women, whether you mean the 2019 film or the brilliant 2022 K-drama adaptation, works because it's about what women do for each other when the world gives them nothing. The March sisters' dynamics — loyalty, jealousy, sacrifice, and fierce love — translate perfectly into K-drama's own specialty: family sagas where the women carry the emotional weight. These are stories that will leave you thinking about your own family.
2019
Drama Romance Period Coming Of Age
K-Drama
2022
12 eps
tvN
Thriller Mystery Drama
Why you'll love this
The K-drama Little Women that won the Cannes International Drama Festival Grand Prize. Three sisters from poverty stumble into the orbit of a supremely powerful family and discover the secrets that hold their empire together. Same story DNA as the original — women who won't break, a system that won't bend, and the question of whether you can beat the machine by joining it.
Three sisters born into poverty discover that the country's most powerful family has been hiding a secret for 70 years — and that secret is worth billions and lives. Oh In-joo (eldest, pragmatic, desp…
K-Drama
2015
20 eps
tvN
Slice Of Life Comedy Romance
Why you'll love this
Five families in one neighborhood, decades of shared history, and three best friends whose lives are about to split in different directions. Reply 1988 is Little Women expanded to a whole community — same focus on female relationships, same bittersweet ending, and the same feeling that you lived those years yourself.
Five families in a Seoul neighborhood navigate life, love, and growing up in the late 1980s.
K-Drama
2022
16 eps
Netflix
Thriller Drama Revenge
Why you'll love this
A woman who was bullied in high school spends her adult life systematically dismantling the people who destroyed her. The Glory has Little Women's quality of women who have been wronged and refuse to accept the world's verdict on their story. The revenge is extraordinary, the sisterly bond is the emotional anchor, and the class commentary cuts deep.
A woman meticulously plots revenge against the bullies who destroyed her life in high school.
K-Drama
2024
16 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
Why you'll love this
A chaebol heiress and her working-class husband face a marriage crisis that forces them to remember why they chose each other. Queen of Tears has Little Women's quality of class dynamics as a love story — the question of whether people from different worlds can build something together when society is working against them.
A chaebol heiress and her seemingly incompatible husband rediscover their love when life-threatening events reunite them.
K-Drama
2014
53 eps
KBS
Drama Family Romance
Why you'll love this
A sprawling family saga about siblings who grew up together but ended up in completely different places — and the father whose stubborn love holds them together even when they're tearing themselves apart. What Happens to My Family has Little Women's ensemble quality, the same generational reach, and the same "family as the thing you can't escape and can't live without" feeling.
A family drama exploring the conflicts and bonds between three siblings and their extended family as they deal with life's challenges.
K-Drama
2022
20 eps
tvN
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Why you'll love this
An anthology on Jeju Island following the women of a fishing village across different phases of life. Same ensemble female cast as Little Women, same focus on what women say to each other when men aren't listening, and the same emotional honesty that makes you feel like you're watching real people.
Interconnected stories of people living on Jeju Island, each facing their own joys, sorrows, and loves.
K-Drama
2024
16 eps
KBS
Romance Drama Family
Why you'll love this
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same warm and emotional energy throughout.
Two childhood neighbors who grew up like siblings discover unexpected romantic feelings as adults, threatening to destroy the chosen family they built together.