K-Dramas like Papa
Finished Papa (1996) and want that feeling again? These 11 shows come closest.
11 shows with a similar feel
Love in Contract (2022)Also drama · comedyContract marriage master Choi Sang-eun's alternate day romance with a long-term mystery client on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and a new superstar client on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
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Surely Tomorrow (2025)Also comedy · dramaIn their twenties, Lee Kyeong-do and Seo Ji-woo part ways after two passionate relationships. A decade later, they meet again as a reporter who covers an adultery scandal and the wife of the man at the center of that scandal. Reuniting in their late thirties, their youth has passed, but their love remains vivid. Kyeong-do now strives to prove to her and to himself that he still loves her.
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Nice to Not Meet You (2025)Also comedy · dramaA hateful romance between a professional detective actor who wants to become a melodrama master and a female reporter who was demoted from a political reporter who won the Reporter of the Year award to the entertainment department.
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Absolute Value of Romance (2026)Also drama · comedyHigh schooler Yeo Eui-ju secretly writes web novels by night. When four charming new teachers arrive, they inspire her stories and shake up her school.
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Crazy Love (2022)Also drama · comedyNo Go Jin is the most popular mathematics instructor in the private education field and the CEO of GOTOP Education. Even though he has only a high school level education, he has achieved all of his success due to his extreme intelligence. He seems like a perfect man with a handsome appearance, high IQ, and wealth. He is also narcissistic. One day, he is suddenly warned that he will be murdered. Lee Shin A works as No Go Jin’s secretary. She is a diligent and responsible employee. Due to her quiet and introverted personality, she has little presence with her boss No Go Jin and her colleagues at work. Her colleagues begin to recognize her, because she has worked for the notorious No Go Jin for more than 1 year. She then learns that she does not have much time left to live.
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Princess Hours (2006)Also comedy · dramaA high school girl’s world turns upside-down after she learns her grandfather promised her hand in marriage to the nation’s crown prince!
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No Gain No Love (2024)Also drama · comedySon Hae-yeong seeks out a fake wedding with her neighbourhood convenience store employee, Kim Ji-uk, to avoid missing out on a promotion.
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Our Sticky Love (2026)Also drama · comedyAn ambitious prosecutor loses her memory and moves in with a boxing coach who claims to be her boyfriend. Can this sticky situation turn into real love?
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Love to Hate You (2023)Also drama · comedyFor an attorney who despises losing to men and an A-list actor who distrusts women, love means nothing — until they're forced to date each other.
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Welcome to Waikiki (2018)Also drama · comedyKang Dong-Goo dreams of becoming a movie director, but he is cynical due to bad luck. Cheon Joon-Ki wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become an actor, but he is now just a minor actor. Bong-Doo-Sik came to Seoul to become a scenario writer, but things have not been easy for him.
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Eve (2022)Also drama · comedyThe Republic of Korea is overturned by 2 trillion-won divorce scandal of a chaebol caused by one ordinary woman. It is about getting into the truth of the scandal and the top 1% rich couple who made it. Surprisingly, Lee Ra-el, a nobody who's not rich nor famous has caused the divorce. But Ra-el is a charming and intelligent woman who's mastered art, psychology, and even economics. if she wants to, she can get any kind of man with her looks and brain.
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