K-Dramas like Boyhood

12 shows with a similar feel

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  Weak Hero (2022)Also action & adventure · 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.

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  My Strange Hero (2018)Also drama · comedy

  When Kang Bok-Soo was a high school student, he was falsely accused of committing violence and kicked out of school. This was caused by his first love Son Soo-Jung and a male student Oh Se-Ho. Kang Bok-Soo is a now an adult, but his life has not gone smoothly. To get revenge on Son Soo-Jung and Oh Se-Ho, he returns to the same high school as a student. The environment at the school has changed and Kang Bok-Soo gets involved in unexpected cases.

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  Study Group (2025)Also action & adventure · 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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  The Apartment Job (2026)Also drama · comedy

  Desperate for cash, a former gang boss teams up with an aspiring lawyer to steal an apartment complex's reserve fund — only to uncover deep corruption.

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  Vincenzo (2021)Also action & adventure · comedy · drama

  During a visit to his motherland, a Korean-Italian Mafia lawyer gives an unrivaled conglomerate a taste of its own medicine with a side of justice.

  ★ 4.8 from 4 members15 tracking it here
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  Surely Tomorrow (2025)Also comedy · drama

  In 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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  The Heirs (2013)Also comedy · drama

  After a chance encounter in LA, two teens from different social backgrounds reunite at an exclusive high school attended by Korea's über rich.

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  Life on Mars (2018)Also comedy · drama

  While investigating a serial murder case, Detective Han Tae Joo gets into a catastrophic incident. When he wakes up, he finds himself transported back to 1988, appointed to work at a police station in a small city. Believing he is there for a reason, he tries to solve the case from the past in hopes of finding a way back to his life in 2018.
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  Please Classmate (2021)Also comedy

  The story tells of two groups of youths who are at odds with one another, who must work together to merge the two factions together. Chaos arises when the leader of the Northern faction Ming Ze Yu, and the leader of the Southern faction Yi Zheng He become classmates in the same class.
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  Super GALS! (2001)Also comedy

  Sporting designer clothes, make-up, and nails, Ran Kotobuki is the very picture of a trendy, young Shibuya girl, but don't let that fool you. This girl comes from a family of cops, and she’s ready to lay you out flat if you even think about causing trouble in her town! At least, she will... when she’s not distracted with karaoke, shopping, and dodging her homework. Join Ran and her friends as they defend the streets of Shibuya and attempt to shop their way into the history books as the most famous Gals ever!
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  The Scent of Lime (2024)Also drama

  In their final year of high school, three teens in the least promising class each grapple with personal struggles. Gao Ling, brilliant but withdrawn, is haunted by his father's arrest. Wei Yuno hides her loneliness behind a fearless façade, while Zhang Wenqi, from a single-parent household, seeks to prove her maturity by rushing into adulthood. Together, they navigate the challenges of adolescence, facing emotional scars and self-discovery.
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  Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (2019)Also comedy

  Fourteen-year-old Iruma Suzuki has just been abandoned and sold to a demon by his irresponsible parents! Surprisingly, the next thing he knows he's living with the demon who has adopted him as his new grandson and has been transferred into a school in the Netherworld where his new demon grandfather works as the principal. Thus begins the cowardly Iruma-kun's extraordinary school life among the otherworldly as he faces his true self, takes on challenges, and rises to become someone great.