This Is Us mastered the art of making you cry about parenthood, siblings, and the way small moments ripple through generations. Korean dramas are built for this kind of storytelling — family sagas with devastating emotional payoffs delivered in a fraction of the episodes. Bring tissues.
Multi-generational family storytelling set across different eras. Same time-jumping structure, same focus on how parents shape their children and how children finally understand their parents. The Korean This Is Us.
The next chapter of Ae-sun and Gwan-sik's multigenerational family saga, following their descendants as they navigate love, hardship, and hope in contemporary Korea.
A sprawling family saga about siblings, parents, and the messy love that holds them together. Same ensemble family drama DNA — if This Is Us made you cry about the Pearsons, this will destroy you with the Cha family.
A family drama exploring the conflicts and bonds between three siblings and their extended family as they deal with life's challenges.
Five families in one neighborhood, decades of shared history, and a focus on the quiet sacrifices parents make that you don't understand until you're older. You will ugly-cry. Guaranteed.
Five families in a Seoul neighborhood navigate life, love, and growing up in the late 1980s.
Three kids from broken families become each other's chosen family. Years later, they navigate adult life while confronting childhood wounds. Same "family isn't just blood" theme that powers This Is Us.
Two childhood neighbors who grew up like siblings discover unexpected romantic feelings as adults, threatening to destroy the chosen family they built together.
An autistic young man and his rough uncle clean up the belongings of deceased people — and discover the stories they left behind. Each episode is a self-contained tearjerker that connects to a bigger family story. Devastating.
A young autistic man and his ex-convict uncle run a trauma cleaning service, uncovering stories of the deceased.
Anthology format following different characters in a Jeju fishing village across multiple timelines. Same generational storytelling, same "small moments that define a life" approach. This Is Us would approve.
Interconnected stories of people living on Jeju Island, each facing their own joys, sorrows, and loves.
If you loved This Is Us's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Generation to Generation 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.
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 grandmother built it; her son …
Start with When Life Gives You Tangerines Season 3 and What Happens to My Family? — both share the same Drama and Romance DNA that makes This Is Us so addictive. DramaMatch found 7 strong matches total.
Yes — Korean dramas excel at Drama and Romance storytelling. When Life Gives You Tangerines Season 3 is the closest match at 35%. K-dramas often tell complete stories in 16 episodes, so you get the same emotional payoff without years of commitment.
Most K-dramas similar to This Is Us are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+. Each recommendation on this page shows exactly which platforms carry it, so you can start watching immediately.
Yes! Chinese dramas (C-dramas) share many storytelling elements with This Is Us. DramaMatch's algorithm matches across both K-dramas and C-dramas to find the best fits regardless of origin.
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