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Korean high school and youth romance dramas and films
Korean youth romance dramas and films follow characters in high school, university or their early twenties through first love, friendship and growing up; many are adapted from webtoons or set in earlier decades such as the 1990s. A Korean culture critic noted in 2020 that youth dramas once featured students' lives and love and have since broadened their subjects.
On this list
| Title | Year | Why it's similar | Where to watch | Official page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reply 1997응답하라 1997 | 2012series | A group of high school friends in late-1990s Busan, told alongside a class reunion in 2012. |
| View on viki.com (opens in a new tab) |
| Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo역도요정 김복주 | 2016series | A weightlifter at a sports university crosses paths with a swimmer she knew as a child. |
| View on netflix.com (opens in a new tab) |
| Extraordinary You어쩌다 발견한 하루 | 2019series | A high school student discovers she is a minor character in a comic book and sets out to change her own story. |
| View on viki.com (opens in a new tab) |
| True Beauty여신강림 | 2020series | A high school student who has learned to transform her look with makeup starts over at a new school; based on the webtoon of the same name. |
| View on netflix.com (opens in a new tab) |
| A Love So Beautiful아름다웠던 우리에게 | 2020series | A high school student and the classmate who lives next door, followed from their school days into their twenties. |
| View on netflix.com (opens in a new tab) |
| Twenty Five Twenty One스물다섯 스물하나 | 2022series | A teenage fencer and a young man whose family lost everything in the 1997 financial crisis meet in late-1990s Korea. |
| View on netflix.com (opens in a new tab) |
| 20th Century Girl20세기 소녀 | 2022film | In 1999, a high school student agrees to keep an eye on a boy her close friend has a crush on. |
| View on netflix.com (opens in a new tab) |
| Lovely Runner선재 업고 튀어 | 2024series | A woman finds herself back in her high school years and tries to change what happens to her favourite singer. |
| View on netflix.com (opens in a new tab) |
Titles are matched on genre, tone, theme or setting, with no spoilers. We don't claim that any work copies another; remakes are named only when officially announced. Where-to-watch was checked on each platform's own page on the check date and can change by country; “Not confirmed” means we couldn't verify it.
Sources
- entertainment.inquirer.net (opens in a new tab)
- netflix.com (opens in a new tab)
- m.koreaherald.com (opens in a new tab)
Checked Nov 3, 2026