Have you finished watching Unforgotten Nights? If yes, then continue with the list given below. The article has a good collection of BL series that are similar to Unforgotten Nights. But before proceeding, let’s have a look at Unforgotten Night’s story. Kim is a 25-year-old employee at a company.
His office work is kind of a burden to him, but because of his senior crush, he works there. Well, he likes seniors for a very long time, but the fact is that they can never be together. Thus, Kim wants to forget him, and for that, he decides to have a one-night stand with a random stranger at a bar.
That stranger is Kamol, a 30-year-old mafia. Kamol has some unique needs in bed. For that, he keeps on changing partners, but none can satisfy the mafia. The day when Kim and Kamol get into bed, things change. Kamol doesn’t want to let Kim go because he is the one the mafia has been looking for so long.
Wish You
Wish You is a magical love story between a singer and a talent hunter. In Soo is a young, self-made singer who uploads music videos on his YouTube channel. He works very hard so that someone from the industry notices him. One day, things turn over, and a guy named Sang Yi notices In Soo Singing.
He realizes that this street singer is overly underrated. Sang Yi has an idealistic and romantic personality, and he has a deep fondness for music. He works for a music talent company that works with musicians. The day when he notices In Soo, he understands that he is an upcoming star.
Also, he kind of fell in love with In Soo at first sight. Sang Yi initiates the first talk, and slowly, they become friends. Sang Yi promises to himself that he will take care of In Soo and help him with his music career. He takes In Soo to his office and helps him grab a position at the company.
In Soo and Sang Yi in Wish You (Credits: Viki)
He shows his talent, and everyone in the company loves his talent and adores it. Everything seems to be nice, right? Well, the problems start. Soo is a freestyle musician, and he loves to work according to himself.
He isn’t able to meet the expectations of the company, but Sang Yi tries his best to convince In Soo. You can watch Wish You after Unforgotten Nights, and you will enjoy the simplicity and the intense romantic angle of the BL series.
Happy Merry Ending
Happy Merry Ending can also be in the drama list of series similar to Unforgotten Nights. Seung Jun is a struggling vocal coach, and sometimes, he works for a Hotel as a wedding singer. He is stunning in his looks, but he is an introvert. He has a horrible past that has changed him a lot.
A person who used to be an upcoming star singer is now just a normal vocal coach. That incident is responsible for his introverted lifestyle and panic attacks. Seung Jun takes medication to prevent panic attacks and to control his anxiety level, and he feels highly self-conscious in groups.
Seung Jun and Jae Hyun in Happy Merry Ending (Credits: Viki)
Also, while performing at the hotel, he wears sunglasses indoors to avoid eye contact with the audience. One fine day, Seung Jun meets a cheerful guy, Jae Hyun. Well, he was hired as a pianist at the hotel and to be Seung Jun’s partner at the performances. He came as a lift for Seung Jun.
When he realizes that Seung Jun suffers panic attacks around people, he tries different ways to make him feel good. Seung Jun discovers that Jae Hyun is not a good singer but likes singing, so he starts training Jae Hyun. Both the guys become very close to each other, but Seung Jun doubts if Jae Hyun will turn like his past someday.
Talking about the past, Seung Jun was a trainee in an idol group. He had a crush on Joo Won, his mentor. Joo Won betrayed Seung Jun when he spoke up. Joo Won sabotaged his career and threw him out of the idol group. Now, he is just an ordinary singer with very low self-esteem.
Hard Love Mission
You can watch Hard Love Mission after Unforgotten Nights, but some of you might not like the series. The ones who enjoy watching budding romance and celebrity love can go for it. Yoshi and Ampere are good friends and partners in a media company.
They are journalists, and you might often find them interviewing celebrities. The company’s owner wants these two to interview Putter, one of the most famous actors. Everyone in the town knows that Putter is elusive and shows the least interest in personal interviews.
Now, Yoshi’s boss warns him and says if he can not take an interview with Putter, he will fire him. Fortunately, Yoshi knows Putter’s manager, Louis, and vice versa. Louis informs that Putter will go to an island where there is a photoshoot for him.
Hard Love Mission (Credits: Dailymotion)
Yoshi and Ampere immediately decide to go to the island, and they arrive, but Louis is missing. Yoshi gets a call from Louis where he mentions that he is busy, so he won’t be able to show up with Putter.
Louis asks Yoshi to act as temporary manager and handle the celebrity throughout the shoot. Putter has some weird habits that are not known by many. When Yoshi learns about those habits, he feels uncomfortable, but for the sake of his job, he does everything.
Well, Putter’s habit is that he can not sleep alone, so he asks Yoshi to sleep with him. The two spend a lot of time together since their room is the same now. The celebrity gradually develops feelings for Yoshi and tries his best to impress the guy.
You might love the budding romance between a celebrity and a journalist. But you might not like the evil things that different celebrities do to take down Putter.
Lovely Writer
Gene is the protagonist of the series Lovely Writer. Also, he is an amazing writer in the story whose BL plot went viral and was adapted into a television series. He starts writing for a new fantasy story, but his editor interrupts and asks him for another BL story.
Gene wants to write something different, but he has a deadline on his head and no inspiration for the story. An author always wishes to write on his own, and here, Gene has to fulfill demands. For advertising and marketing purposes, Gene’s editor demands Gene attend the production of the BL series.
The name selected for the series is Bad Engineer, and the protagonist in the story is a very handsome actor, Nubsib. The three lead actors in the Bad Engineer series are Nubsib, Mhok, and Aoey. At the audition, Nubsib involved Gene and performed his part.
Lovely Writer (Credits: WeTV)
His performance makes a very big impression on the casting director, thus, he is selected. Nubsib’s agent, Tum, is an old friend of Gene from his university. When the filming locations and everything is set, Tum asks Gene for a favor.
He says he wants Nubsib to live in his apartment till the shoot ends since his house is close to the filming location. At first, Gene opposes, but later, he agrees for one month. Nubsib shifts his luggage to Gene’s house. Well, Nubsib has been crushing over Gene since they first met.
The actor flirts a lot with Gene, and the author gets perplexed. After shifting to the same house, Nubsib gets more seductive and tries to make out with Gene several times. Gradually, Gene gets attracted to Nubsib, and the author gets inspiration too.
When Nubsib’s fan notices a romantic bond between the two, they develop a lot of interest in Gene. But Gene is uncomfortable with all the spotlight he is getting. It will be interesting to watch such a love chemistry.
I Will Knock You
Thi is a very smart guy who is an undergraduate living on his own. He doesn’t have a hand on his head that can help him with money, so he works as a high school tutor to earn his bread. On the other hand, Noey is a teen gangster with a group of boys bullying others under his orders.
If you look at them, the group of Noey gives out the vibe of the 80s era. They dress up in street style and never get frightened out of anything. Noey is the gang leader, here. Whatever he does is perfect for him. He stalks a girl, Pam (a student of Thi) and reveals his feelings to her to which she dumps that gang leader. Well, which girl would prefer a gangsta, no one, for sure? Anyway, Thi was looking at everything but didn’t say a word.
I Will Knock You (Credits: TV Time)He, silently, starts walking towards the exit but unknowingly steps on the flower. It appeared as a humiliation to the gang leader. The banter tries to hurt to follow Thi so that they can take revenge. The next day Noey catches O (Pam’s best friend) and forces him to help him to propose to Pam. But nothing works out. Now, Noey and his gang members try to hurt O out of frustration, but Thi enters the arena all alone to protect O.
This is all prepared to be attacked, but Noey lets Thi and O leave the place. This is the first time Noey shows tenderness towards Thi. Soon, Thi becomes Noey’s tutor when Noey’s dad initiates Thi to teach his daughter. But in reality, he wants Thi to teach Noey, and their love story begins.
The budding love story of a bad boy and a good boy is fascinating. You might enjoy watching Thi changing Noey into a good person in love. After Unforgotten Night, I Will Knock You can be the best drama to watch and relate to.
Fish Upon The Sky
Fish Upon The Sky drama series revolves around university students. Pi is an introvert who has very low self-esteem, and he often avoids talking to the students at the university. Also, he is a 2nd-year student and aspires to become a dentist one day.
He wears thick glasses and has braces on his teeth, which gives him a nerdy look. People often ignore him however, he has an online friend from another university with whom he shares several incidents. Pi has a secret crush on a boy, Muang Nan.
He is a handsome young man at the university, and everyone likes him. Also, he has a best friend, Mork, who always stays around him. Pi often gets jealous of Mork because that best friend is always with Muang.
Pi and Mork in Fish Upon The Sky (Credits: 129Ashley129)
Mork somewhat knows about Pi’s feelings towards his best friend, so he teases Pi several times. Therefore, Pi sees Mork as a love rival, but what can he do with low self-esteem? He decides to change himself.
He seeks help from his older brother, Duean, who is a fifth-year university student. Duean fails a lot as he is not good at his studies and has a very close friend, Meen. Both of them develop a very strong bond.
Now, coming back to Pi, Duean helps him with his get-up. Pi removes his braces and specs and becomes one of the handsome pupils of the university. Now, he recollects courage as he needs to confess Muang.
Later, it is revealed that Mork has been crushing on Pi, and he always wants to be in Pi’s sight, so he appears whenever Pi comes close to Muang. You might enjoy the love triangle where Mork crushes on Pi and Pi crushes on Muang, and Muang spends a lot of time with Mork as they are best friends.
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My Mate Match
My Match Mate is a drama series with good humorous scenes as well as romantic scenes. Match is an online content creator. He needs to shift to a fancy house because of the background and different corners that he can use in his content.
He gets one, and he shifts into it, but his salary or payment isn’t stable enough to pay the huge rent of the house. Therefore, he wishes to have a roommate with whom he can divide the rent. For that, he added an ad on the internet and received a few applications.
The landlord of the same house has strict instructions for the tenants. One of those instructions is that no tenants should have more than one roommate. Among those applications, Match fixes a house tour with a musician, Mix.
My Mate Match (Credits: BetaSeries)
He performs and wants the room because his performance venues are close to the apartment. The day Mix arrives at the doorstep, another person, Ryu, shows up, too. He is a culinary student, and he, too, wants the room because his culinary institute is close to the apartment.
Match realizes that he made a silly mistake. That’s why both the candidates are at the doorstep. Match isn’t left with any option, so he accepts both of them. Now, three of them are adjusting themselves in the flat for a month, and they develop a very strong bond.
However, a love triangle does create a bit of trouble, but you might love it. They are hilarious, Mix is lazy, and Ryu is a very bad cook. No one speaks up the truth in front of Ryu. The budding romance and friendship will let you feel butterflies in your stomach. It can be the best choice after Unforgotten Nights.
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Secret Crush On You
Secret Crush On You is a comedy Thai drama series revolving around an avid photographer and a popular, handsome guy. Toh is a timid guy who studies visual arts at the university.
Toh is bounded by three friends only, and they are Daisy, Jao, and Som. Also, Toh has a secret crush at the university, namely Nuea, an engineering student. Nuea is very popular, and he has fans and girls crushing on him. He has a rumored girlfriend, Prao.
Toh is highly nervous about confessing his feelings to Nuea. You can say it is next to impossible for Toh. Thus, he decides to be a silent admirer rather than confess his feelings to Nuea. However, Toh’s crush has evolved into an obsession.
He starts stalking Nuea. He takes sneaky pictures and has covered his bedroom walls with Nuea’s pictures. Both of them never met face to face or never communicated; still, Toh is obsessed with Nuea.
Secret Crush On You (Credits: Viki)
A few pictures of Nuea playing basketball that were taken by Toh went viral, and Nuea’s sister saw it. She is impressed and offers Toh to become the photographer for her birthday party. Toh said yes because such an opportunity can help him be around Nuea.
Because of the photo shoot, Nuea and Toh finally meet and exchange a few words. Toh gets so nervous around Nuea that he becomes clumsy and often says the wrong things. Nuea notices everything. During the party, Toh and Nuea get more close to each other.
To Toh’s surprise, Nuea gives a lot of attention to him, which is unexpected for him. Gradually, what happens is that Nuea hits on Toh romantically, and he flirts more. Toh and Nuea’s budding love story would be fun to watch, so you can choose Secret Crush On You after you finish Unforgotten Nights.
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The Warp Effect
The Wrap Effect is not based on a gay love story, but it covers different love concepts, including LGBTQ. Alex is a teenager who lives with his father, younger brother, and father. He wants to experience sex but can not.
That is because his mother strictly warned him not to have sex before he reached a certain age. His mother told him this when she was alive. After that, Alex is careful and tries not to be involved in such activity even if he wants to.
Alex is not a popular person in high school. He hangs out with ordinary people, and his best friend is Ew. Alex and Ew spend a lot of time together because both have a similar hobby, which is photography. Alex and Ew have bullies, too, and they are Army, Jocks, and Joe.
The Warp Effect (Credits: MyDramaList)
But there’s nothing to worry about because Alex has another best friend, Nim, who has a wild personality. Well, Nim is a lesbian and is in a relationship with Mollie, a graduate. Alex has a secret crush on his bully’s girlfriend, Kat.
He likes to stalk her and be around her, but the Army shows up every time. Kat is one of the most beautiful girls in the high school, and everyone crushes on her. Alex’s friends keep on telling him that she is out of his league since both of them are way too different.
Apart from Alex’s crush, he has a girlfriend, Jean. On one party day, Alex is about to leave his house, and he receives an unknown present, which is an instant camera. He took it to the party. At the party, Alex and his girlfriend are having a good time, and in the heat of the moment, they enter a room to have sex.
One of Alex’s bullies arrives, takes the instant camera, and clicks a picture of Alex. Now, Alex is in the future. What happens next? You need to watch the series.
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Golden Blood: Love Enormously
Phupa is a mafia boss who has a son, Sky. As Sky is the only son of Phupa, he is overly protective towards him. Sky hates his father’s overprotective behavior. When Sky got university admission, he decided to move out and live on his own.
This freedom is the most desired one for him as he is out of the reach of his dada’s controlling nature. After a few days, Phupa and Another mafia boss, Sakkhee, develop tensions between them.
Sakkhee wants to sell drugs in Phupa’s area, but Phupa has a principle, that is, not to let anyone do any illegal business in his area. They talk but aren’t able to settle the matter. Therefore, they get furious. Phupa thinks that Sakkhee might hurt his son to retaliate against him. Thus, he sends a bodyguard, Sun, to Sky.
Golden Blood: Love Enormously (Credits: GDATAMART)
Sun has been instructed to stick to Sky 24/7. Sun is admitted to the same class as Sky’s university and follows Sky everywhere. Mafia’s son feels so irritated that he never behaves well with Sun.
It doesn’t affect the bodyguard Sun because protecting and following the young Sky is the bodyguard Sun’s job. However, Sun’s duties go beyond the assigned ones as he has to cook, clean, and drive Sky to university.
Sky makes a few friends: Bank, Toktang, Juno, and Pitch. Well, at first, Pitch makes a bad impression but later is involved in the group. Sky instructs Sun to hide his bodyguard identity in front of his friends as it is embarrassing for Sky.
One fine day, bodyguard Sun protects young Sky from Sakkhee’s deadly attacks, after which Sky behaves with Sun well. Also, the two men slowly get attracted to each other. You might love the twists in the story, so you can go for this one.
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Even Sun
Sun hails from Bangkok, where he works as a debt collector. But, he is horrible in his job as he fails to collect debt from people. For every dept collection, he calls his friend, Mek, to help him.
Sun’s boss has been controlling his anger for a long but finally scolds Sun and warns him that if he doesn’t succeed in his next dept collection assignment, he will be fired.
As a replacement, Sun’s boss hired a new employee, Tai, who is eligible to take the position of Sun anytime, when Sun discovers that this time he has to collect a debt from his dad, he is tense.
Well, Sun’s dad borrows a lot of money because of his gambling purposes. Now, he is in debt. When Sun asks his dad about the money and stuff, his dad says that a man who lives on the island owes him money.
Sun and Athit fell in love with each other in the story, Even Sun (Credits: iQIYI)
He requests his son to collect the debt from that person, or else he will be bankrupt. While traveling to Surat Thani to meet the islander, Sun makes a friend, Nemo, who is living in the same hotel as Sun.
After a few moments, Sun discovers that Nemo’s older brother, Athit, is the one who owes Sun’s father. Athit seems too rude and mannerless, but Sun, anyway, works up the courage and asks him for money.
However, Athit’s behavior seems opposite to what it looks like. Gradually, Athit and Sun grow an emotional bond between them. They get very close to each other when they spend time together.
On the other hand, Sun’s boss has a son, Mangkorn, who runs a boxing business, and Sun’s Boss owns it. Well, none of them have a good personality.
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Happy Ending Romance
Jungwoo is an upcoming star in the writer’s field. He wrote a book, A Man Stays Within A Man, and it is a super hit that has the potential to stick the readers till the end.
Taeyoung is an employee at a publishing company who is a die-hard fan of Jungwoo. The publishing company where Taeyoung works is Munhagnemo, and from here, Jungwoo decided to publish his new book.
However, the publishing company canceled the proposal because of a controversy between Jungwoo and a famous author, Jang Su Cheol. Jungwoo’s accusations were valid enough against the famous author, but as Jang became more powerful, Jungwoo came into a bad light.
Happy Ending Romance (Credits: Viki)
Every publishing company blacklisted Jungwoo, and Munhagnemo refused to publish his book. When Taeyoung discovers the reason behind the cancellation, he quits his job. Now, both are on their own, and they need to figure out how to earn bread.
Jungwoo has been dependent on his old friend and current boyfriend Junghyun, who is a popular writer now. Taeyoung and his friend Woojoo have opened a publishing house.
Taeyoumg wants to onboard Jungwoo to restart his career, but Woojoo wants Junghyun as he is trending. But Junghyun dislikes the decision of Taeyoung working with Jungwoo.
After this, Jungwoo leaves Junghyun and meets Taeyoung, who is much better than his ex. So, this is how Taeyoung and Jungwoo meet, and soon, they become very close to each other.
First Love Again
Yeon Seok is a very famous writer who has written a novel that is now a hit. Everyone loves it because it has a new concept that is a bit different from others.
The story is about a man who incarnates multiple times to find his love of life. No one knows that this novel is the autobiography of the author. Yes, it is. Author Yeon Seok remembers everything from his past life.
Yeon Seok and Male Ha Yeon in First Love Again (Credits: Viki)
The present life is his third incarnation in which he is finding his love. Let’s begin from the start! In Yoen Seok’s first life, he saved a cat, Sin Bi, who was a goddess in reality.
For such warm behavior, she asks Yeon to submit his wishes to her. Instead of asking for money or a good career, Yeon Seok asked for love. In the first life, he was a servant in the feudal era.
He fell in love with a lady, Ha Yeon, with high standards, but because of society, they had to part ways. In the second life, Ha Yeon became a spy, and her job was very risky. Ha Yeon and Yoen Seok were together, but Ha Yeon died at an early age, so Yeon Seok’s love remained incomplete.
In the third or present life, Sin Bi is determined to give Yeon Seok’s love, but this time, Ha Yeon is a male, not a female. When Yeon discovers this, he doesn’t react well. It will be interesting to watch how Yeon Seok and Ha Yeon’s love will spark again.
Korean Drama has successfully made a special space in the entertainment world. Their genre, storyline, cast line, and camerawork are all responsible for their huge fandom.
Out of all the genres, one of the most loved genres of K-drama are romance and Family. In Family, K-dramas aren’t melodramatic like typical TV serials.
One of the best examples of such K-drama is the 2021 released rom-com drama “Young Lady and Gentlemen.” This rom-com drama revolves around the love story of a widower and his children’s tutor. Lee Young Kook is a wealthy businessman; he has everything except a mother for his three children.
As much as his children long for motherly warmth, he also spends his lonely nights lamenting over his wife’s death.
Even after being admonished by his family, he decides to stay a widow forever and not to marry someone else. Practically, Lee Young Kook is more cold and arrogant toward all other women. But his nature changes when he encounters Park Dan Dan, who is a live-in tutor of his three children.
Dan Dan is a bright, cheerful, and sweet girl in her mid-twenties. Her whole presence brings charm to Lee Young Kook’s mansion, and even his children start loving her. But Dan Dan has a harsh past which she must hide.
Young Lady and Gentlemen [Credit: KOCOWA] This drama is full of laughter as we see the growing chemistry and some fun, awkward moments between the sunny Dan Dan and tough Young Kook.
There are many other dramas that provide the same fun and family warmth, like “Young Lady and Gentlemen.” We have provided a list below. o if you want to watch a drama of the same genre, do give the below-mentioned drama a watch.
1. The Real Deal Has Come! (2023)
The Real Deal Has Come is also a long-running family Kdrama, just like Young Lady and Gentlemen. The story revolves around a Korean Language teacher, Oh Yeon Doo, who got pregnant by his boyfriend.
Just to make things worse, Yeon Doo finds out that her boyfriend is cheating on her and even asks Yeon Do to get an abortion. This whole thing turns Yeon Doo’s life upside down.
However, he doesn’t have any plans for marriage. On knowing Yeon Doo’s situation, he offers a plan to Yeon Doo, which can be beneficial for both.
Yeon Doo and Gong Tae Kyung get into a fake relationship and declare they are going to be parents, which results in Tae Kyung’s unwanted marriage getting called off, and Yeon Doo gets enough time to plan her future with her baby.
Slowly, Tae Kyung and Yeon Doo living together, start having feelings for each other. But their love and plan don’t go as planned when Tae Kyung’s ex-finance Se Jin and Yoen Doo’s boyfriend, Kim Joo Ha, join hands to destroy the couple’s perfect happy life.
The drama is invested with many family melodramas, too, where Tae Kyung’s family seems to have a problem with his unexpected wife reveal. The drama shows the struggle of a single mother, Yeon Doo struggling between love and family just to give her baby a healthy welcome to this world.
- Release Date – 25 March 2023
- No. of Episodes – 50
- Cast – Baek Jin Hee, Ahn Jae Hyun, Cha Joo Young, Jung Eui Jae
- Director – Han Joo Seo
- Streaming Platforms – KBS World, Rakuten Viki, Netflix, Kocowa
- Reviews – IMDb- 6.8/10
2. Hi Bye, Mama! (2020)
Hi Bye, Mama! is the highlight dram in this list. This drama is not just an emotional one that makes you cry tears, but also, each episode makes one question their world’s existence.
The story tells the tale of a mother, Cha Yu Ri, who died while leaving her little daughter behind to her husband. Her husband, Jo Kang Hwa, is a skilled thoracic surgeon and a caring personality.
Hi Bye, Mama! [Credit: tvN] It becomes very tough for him to overcome the pain of losing his wife so early and, at the same time, taking care of their daughter as a single father. After two years, he got remarried, and his new wife seems to be the calm one, too.
Cha Yu Ri begins her project of 49-day reincarnation, where she can become a human again only if she diligently comes back in 49 days. She decides to sue this as a chance to reunite with her daughter and her family.
Hi Bye, Mama! Presents the very idea of death and how it affects the people emotionally associated with it afterward. Jo Yu Ri, despite being close to her daughter and having the best time of her life, has to say goodbye to her daughter as well as her family after 49 days.
- Release Date – 22 February 2020
- No. of Episodes – 16
- Cast – Kim Tae Hee, Lee Kyu Hyung, Go Bo Gyeol, Seo Woo Jin
- Director – Yoo Je Won
- Streaming Platforms – Netflix
- Reviews – IMDb- 7.9/10
3. Encounter (2018)
Next up on our list is a K-drama that shows the complicated courtship between two isolated characters, just like “Young Lady and Gentlemen.” There is even a Filipino remake of this drama with the same title, “Encounter.”
The story introduces two opposite characters, Cha Soo Hyun and Kim Jin Hyuk. Cha Soo Hyun is the only daughter of a politician who lives her life following the path his father has made for her. Patriarchy rules in their home, and no one can act on their own.
After completing her graduation from college, she was forced into a loveless marriage with the only son of a wealthy family in the town, which could benefit her father’s political career in the future. But soon after, she gets divorced and starts leading a simple life.
Encounter [Credit: tvN] Then, she encountered an ordinary yet poetic man, Kim Jin Hyuk, who is innocent and likes to lead a nostalgic life. He finds happiness even in the tiny things around him.
He does several part-time jobs, and from his savings from so many years, he decides to travel across the world, where he met Cha Soo Hyun.
Encounter is a very simple drama where the makers have tried to put the main focus on the character rather than the plot, so it can be said that it is a perfect character-driven drama where the characters will keep you attracted to it.
- Release Date – 28 November 2018
- No. of Episodes – 16
- Cast – Song Hye Kyo, Park Bo Gum
- Director –
- Streaming Platforms – Netflix, Rakuten Viki, iQIYI, Apple TV, Hulu
- Reviews – IMDb- 7.6/10
4. My Only One (2018)
My Only One, also known as My Beautiful Side, is the most similar drama to “Young Lady and Gentlemen”. This K-drama also follows the typical storyline of Korean serials where the female lead is poor, and the male lead is chaebol.
My Only One follows the story of poor girl Do-ran, whose mother died shortly after her death, and her father was jailed for 28 years for murder. Amidst deciding who will take care of Do-ran, her father’s friend adopted her and raised her as well as her daughter.
The Only One [Credit: KBS] But Do-Ran’s foster mother and sister were always envious of her. Her foster mother never regarded Do-Ran as her daughter.
Things get worse when Do-Ran’s foster father passes away, and his property is inherited by the foster mother and sister. They thrash out Do-Ran from the house.
Poor Do-Ran manages to find a studio apartment and a job at a renowned food company of the wealthy Wong Family. The story of the drama takes a romantic turn when the elder son of the Wang family, who is also the director of the company, starts having romantic feelings for Do-ran.
The drama revolves around the suffering and prevails of a helpless girl with no parental support fighting in the real world to meet her needs end. Also, the problem she faces is just to live a happy life with her love because of the societal hierarchy.
- Release Date – 15 September 2018
- No. of Episodes – 106
- Cast – Choi Soo Jung, Uee, Lee Jang Woo, Yoon Jin Yi, Jung Eun Woo, Na Hye Mi
- Director – Hong Seok Goo
- Streaming Platforms – Kocowa, Netflix Korea, KBS World, Rakuten Viki
- Reviews – IMDb- 7.1/10
5. Vengeance of the Bride (2022)
We have added another similar drama to the list, but this one also has a pinch of mystery and suspense. Vengeance of the Bride is a long-run Korean television series with a total of 102 episodes.
This drama was enjoyed by viewers while ongoing because of its thrilling plotline and the amazing work of the cast, which pulled it to the end. The drama is centered on the theme of revenge or vengeance, as the title suggests.
Vengeance of the Bride [Credit: KBS] Vengeance of the Bride opens up with an introduction to an unworldly and timid makeup artist, Kang Ba-ram, who is struggling in her life.
But the moment she gets exposed to the true reason for her parent’s death, she becomes vengeful and decides to take down the evil with her own hands.
Ironically, the evil murderer happens to be the wealthy owner of a renowned makeup brand, Kang Baek-san.
The label originally belonged to Kang Ba-ram’s father, but blinded by greed for money; he ruthlessly killed her parents. Now, Kang Ba Ram’s first step in her revengeful journey is to marry Kang Tae-poong.
Kang Tae Poong is Kang Baek-san’s son. She successfully marries and enters her enemy’s home. But things get complicated for her when Kang Tae Poong starts expressing his love to her, and Kang Ba-ram’s feelings are mutual, too. What will she choose, her love or her revenge, to give her parents justice?
- Release Date – 10 October 2022
- No. of Episodes – 102
- Cast – Park Ha Na, Kang Ji Sub, Oh Seung Ah, Park Yoon Jae, Son Chang Min
- Director – Park Ki Hyun
- Streaming Platforms – Wavve, KBS World, Rakuten Viki, Kocowa
- Reviews – Viki- 8.6/10
6. Familiar Wife (2018)
Familiar Wife, also known as Wife That I Know, is another best option on the list that one can give a try after watching “Young Lady and Gentlemen.”
This drama only focuses on healthy relationships but also presents the feelings invested by both partners in a relationship and their hardships, which they mostly dealt with alone.
The main couple of Familiar Wife are Cha Joo Hyuk and Seo Woo Jin. The couple, after five years of marriage, suddenly decides to part ways due to a tragic incident, which leads their fate to some unexpected roads.
Familiar Wife [Credit: tvN] Cha Joo Hyuk is an ordinary bank employee who is hardly happy with his life. At work, his superiors tormented him, and at home, his wife nagged at him all the time for earning so little.
Whereas Seo Woo Jin, the wife, tries her best to maintain a balance between her work life and family. All these years of struggle have developed anger issues in her. So she gets flustered even at the simple mistake of her husband.
The couple feels suffocated in their marriage life but doesn’t realize they still have feelings for each other. This time, they prioritize themselves and decide to end their relationship for personal benefit. But will their life be just like how they imagined after their divorce?
- Release Date – 1st August 2018
- No. of Episodes – 16
- Cast – Ji Sung, Han Ji Min, Kang Han Na, Jang Seung Jo
- Director – Lee Sang Yeob
- Streaming Platforms – iQIYI, Netflix, Rakuten Viki, WeTV
- Reviews – Viki- 9.4/10
7. The Good Bad Mother (2023)
Good Bad Mother is one of the most loved K-dramas of 2023. From the talented cast and amazing storyline, the drama is a whole ride of laughter, warmness, and emotional bursts.
Good Bad Mother tells the story of a single mother facing struggles to raise his son well, whereas his son thinks his mother is just heartless and cruel.
Young Soon is a single mother whose husband dies in a very mysterious way. She left the town and moved to the Countryside to raise his son. There, she opens a pig farm.
The Good Bad Mother [Credit: JTBC] At first, Young Soon faced a lot of trouble settling into a new place and dealing with the neighbors who were against her pig farm. But soon, she got habituated to the new place, and the neighbors also formed an irreplaceable bond like family.
However, Young Soon was strict with her son. Her strict parenting made her son Kang-Ho grow up as an arrogant prosecutor.
After moving to Seoul, he even started keeping his distance from her mother. But due to one tragic accident, he had to come back to his hometown. Now, his mother needs to raise his son again from scratch.
But this time, Young Soon decides to give him all the love and warmth she should have given him since childhood. Kang Ho reunites with his childhood lover Mi-Jo, who is a single mother of two now when he returns to his hometown.
The Good Bad Mother is a very emotional drama that makes viewers sympathize with almost all the characters. All the characters have their own story full of struggle, yet when they are together in one hometown, their miseries are just gone.
- Release Date -16 April 2023
- No. of Episodes – 14
- Cast – Ra Mi Ran, Lee Do Hyun, Ahn Eun Jin, Yoo In Soo, Choi Moo Sung, Jung Woong In
- Director – Shim Na Yeon
- Streaming Platforms – Netflix, TVING
- Reviews – IMDb- 8.4/10
8. Prime Minister and I (2013)
Prime Minister and I is a 2013 Korean Comedy Romance Drama. The drama became really popular during its time because of the amazing storyline and the cast.
The female lead in the drama is a well-known face in the K-pop industry; it’s none other than Im Yoon Ah, a member of the revolutionary K-pop girl group Girl’s Generation.
The story of the drama revolves around the love story of a Prime Minister and a news reporter, but the twist is both have an age gap and also a gap in their lifestyle. How these two fell in love is an interesting element of the drama.
The drama first introduces us to Prime Minister Kwon Yool, who is smart and intelligent; he is also the youngest Prime Minister at the age of 42.
Even tho he is good at his political work, he struggles every now and then to take care of his children at home. Since his wife died in a car accident seven years ago, and the children long for their mother.
Prime Minister and I [Credit: KBS] On the other hand, Nam Da Jung is a 28-year-old newspaper reporter. She is very hard working and working on one of the important papers which will cover all romance scandals.
Even tho she works very hard in collecting proofs and news for her papers at the same time; she is very clumsy too. Her clumsiness puts her in an embarrassing moment many times.
Nam Da Jung’s next target is Prime Minister Kwon Yool for her papers. So, she decides to follow and keep track of Kwon Yool every day and night.
But her investigation leads her to know more than she needs to, and both end up in a contract marriage with a personal benefit. However, their fake relationship turns into a true one in no time when both fall in love with each other.
- Release Date – 09 December 2013
- No. of Episodes – 17
- Cast – Im Yoon Ah, Lee Bum Soo, Yoon Shi Yoon, Chae Jung Ah
- Director – Lee So Yeon
- Streaming Platforms – Rakuten Viki, KBS World
- Reviews – IMDb- 6.9/10
9. Marriage Contract (2016)
The Kdrama Marriage Contract is yet another must-watch Kdrama on the list if you have watched “Young Lady and Gentlemen.”
As the name of the title suggests, this drama presents the love story of a couple who get into a contractual marriage with monetary benefit to the female lead, but eventually, both learn the biggest lesson of life: money isn’t everything.
The drama opens up with an introduction to the female lead, Kang Hye-soo, who is a single mother and struggling in her life to pay off his husband’s debt. On top of that, she discovers she has brain tumors and has a very short life. Her life takes a new turn when a new boss comes to their office.
Marriage Contract [Credit: MBC] Han Ji Hoo, the new boss of Kang Hye-soo’s office, is very arrogant and full of attitude. But his soft-hearted attitude is best revealed when he gets concerned for his mother’s health and searches for a liver donor desperately.
Kang Hye-soo decides to be the donor in return for handsome money which she can inherit from her daughter after she dies.
However, in order to pass the screening test, Han Ji Hoo must prove that Kang Hye-soo is her wife and they are in a long-lived marriage. So what?
They get into a fake marriage relationship, but eventually, their relationship gets more complicated as Kang Hye-soo’s seven-year-old daughter intervenes, leading their bonding to a different extent where both realize it’s not money that makes one happy but rather compassion and care.
- Release Date – 5 March 2016
- No. of Episodes – 16
- Cast – Lee Seo Jin, Uee, Shin Rin Ah
- Director – Kim Jin Min
- Streaming Platforms – Kocowa, Rakuten Viki, Netflix
- Reviews – IMDb- 7.5/10
10. Not Others (2023)
Not Others is one of the hilarious yet emotional K-dramas we added to this list because it has a similar plot to the Kdrama Young Lady and the Gentlemen. In that drama, we see the chemistry and mainly the story of the parents with some relevance to the children.
Whereas Not Others tells the story of a single mother and her daughter who grew up pretty like siblings with one motto: to not date any men. Not Others was originally adapted from a webtoon with the title “Namnam” (남남) by Jeong Young Ryong.
Not Others [Credit: ENA] The drama opens with high school student Kim Eun Mi, who finds out that she is pregnant, and from here, her life takes a huge turn as she is conclusive with her decision to keep her baby and raise her alone.
The upbringing of her daughter, Kim Jin Hee, practically grew up together mentally and physically.
Now, Eun Mi, in her forties, is a physical therapist and bumped into a mysterious man, Dr. Park Jin Hong, who brings change to her heart. Jin Hee, the civil officer who works at Namchon Police Substation, is having a tough time getting along with his new senior, Eun Jae Won.
This mother-daughter duo will bring laughter and emotions as we see their unbreakable bond and the choices they make just to protect each other while respecting individual boundaries.
- Release Date – 17 July 2023
- No. of Episodes – 12
- Cast – Jeon Hye Jin, Choi Soo Young, Ahn Jae Wook, Park Sung Hoon
- Director – Lee Min Woo
- Streaming Platforms – TVING, Rakuten Viki
- Reviews – Viki- 9.1/10
