K-Dramas like Secret Playlist

12 shows with a similar feel

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  True Beauty (2020)Also comedy · drama

  After being bullied and discriminated because of her ugly looks, a high school girl transforms herself into a gorgeous "goddess" and quickly rises to fame after mastering the art of makeup via online tutorial videos.

  ★ 4.3 from 9 members21 tracking it here
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  Absolute Value of Romance (2026)Also drama · comedy

  High 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.

  4 tracking it here
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  The Sound of Magic (2022)Also drama

  An enigmatic magician living in an abandoned amusement park introduces magic into the life of a high schooler struggling with harsh realities.

  4 tracking it here
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  Doona! (2023)Also drama

  A college student navigates life and school while dealing with a unique predicament — he's living with a beautiful former K-pop sensation.

  5 tracking it here
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  Moving (2023)Also drama

  Children who live in hiding with superpowers, along with their parents who live with painful secrets of the past, face enormous dangers together.

  ★ 4.3 from 3 members13 tracking it here
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  Study Group (2025)Also comedy · drama

  A struggling student at Korea's worst high school forms a study group while protecting his classmates with his fighting skills, hoping to overcome academic challenges and secure a spot in college.

  ★ 4.4 from 5 members16 tracking it here
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  Cheese in the Trap (2016)Also comedy · drama

  Hong Seol and Yoo Jung attend the same college, but they couldn't be more different. Hong Seol is a poor, unpopular student with no money, while Yoo Jung is rich, well-liked, extremely smart, and popular. Hong Seol just wants to get through her college career quietly, but finds herself getting caught up in whatever Yoo Jung drags her into. Can Hong Seol break away, or will she continue to be the only person who sees Yoo Jung's true self?

  1 tracking it here
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  Weak Hero (2022)Also drama

  With the aid of unexpected friends, a gifted but introverted student confronts bullies and violent foes — unaware of how dangerous his world will become.

  ★ 4.6 from 7 members31 tracking it here
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  Friendly Rivalry (2025)Also drama

  A high-teen mystery thriller about a close relationship between teenage girls in a harsher survival competition than entrance examinations.

  5 tracking it here
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  The Tale of Nokdu (2019)Also comedy · drama

  While on the run for his life, a young man discovers that the best place to lie low is in a village of widows — disguised as a woman.

  4 tracking it here
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  Hierarchy (2024)Also drama

  The top 0.01% of students control law and order at Jooshin High School, but a secretive transfer student chips a crack in their indomitable world.

  ★ 3.0 from 3 members11 tracking it here
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  The Liar and His Lover (2017)Also comedy · drama

  Kang Han-Kyeol is a great yet sullen composer who becomes inspired by the voices of others and keeps his identity secret from people. He meets Yoon So-Rim, a high school student who possesses beautiful singing, whilst under his secret identity, and she falls in love with him. Adaptation of the manga by Kotomi Aoki under the same name, which has been running since 2009.