Merry Go Round

K-Dramas like Merry Go Round

Finished Merry Go Round (2003) and want that feeling again? These 11 shows come closest.

11 shows with a similar feel

  • Curtain Call (2022)Also drama · family

    A drama about an elderly woman from North Korea who doesn’t have much time left to live and a theatre actor who acts as her grandson in order to fulfill her final wish.

  • Family by Choice (2024)Also drama · family

    A youth romance about two men and woman who aren't blood related but treated each other as family during their teens and how they meet again after 10 years.

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  • Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022)Also drama

    Eun Gye-hoon, a famous chef, opens a restaurant in a town he lived when he was a little kid. In the past, he had a twin sister. But after a traumatic incident tat the hometown, the family lost her. He used to have a strong emotional link to his sister, able to synchronize with any kinds of feelings she was having. When Noh Da-hyun, a young woman in need of help, visits him one day, Gye-hoon starts to feel that strong link again.

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  • Down with Love (2010)Also drama

    Xiang Yu Ping, a divorce and inheritance lawyer, is seen by others as cold, selfish, and ruthless. He had taken in his brother's orphans and was in need of a nanny. But after he exhausted his supply of nannies, he still couldn't find one who doesn't fall in love with him or gets scared off by the kids. Fed up, Yu Ping asks his secretary, Yang Duo, to find a nanny that meets his requirements. She recommends her younger sister, Yang Guo, for the job; assuring Yu Ping that her tomboyish sister will not fall in love with him by lying that she does not like men at all.

  • Cat's Eye (1983)Also drama

    Cat's Eye is the most notorious group of art thieves in Japan. No one knows their identities, but for most of Tokyo, the mystery only heightens their allure.

  • Legend of Mi Yue (2015)Also drama

    Mi Yue, a princess from Chu, is sent to Qin as a concubine. She loses her first love and becomes entangled in royal power struggles. After being exiled with her son, she returns during a time of chaos to try to defeat her rival and secure the throne for her child.

  • Kokoro Library (2001)Also drama

    Kokoro Library lies nestled in an unpopulated mountain far away from town. Three sisters, Iina, Aruto and Kokoro, call the library home and run it from day to day. Kokoro is just beginning her adventures at the library. Will she be become a full-fledged librarian? Will the remote library ever attract readers? Kokoro tries her best to make her dreams come true at Kokoro Library, a place where miracles can happen.

  • Legacy (2022)Also drama

    Set in the late 1920s, it follows the three daughters of Shanghai department store giant Xinghua as they go head to head against each other to determine the true heir who will ensure the family’s continued prosperity.

  • Little Women (2022)Also drama

    Three sisters, who only have each other and never enough money, get entangled in a conspiracy involving the rich and powerful.

    4 tracking it here
  • Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023)Also drama

    After suffering a fall from grace, a photographer returns to her hometown and bumps into her childhood friend — rekindling an unfinished romance.

    8 tracking it here
  • Behind the QueensAlso drama · family

    As an outside threat approaches, estranged sisters must unite, setting aside old grudges to protect their family and find their own paths in a rapidly changing world.

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