K-Dramas like Sang Doo! Let's Go to School
Finished Sang Doo! Let's Go to School (2003) and want that feeling again? These 12 shows come closest.
12 shows with a similar feel
The Penthouse (2020)Also dramaA woman puts everything on the line to achieve her goal of being able to move into a luxury penthouse in the Gangnam District. In the process, she gradually finds herself turning into a monster.
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Angel Eyes (2014)Also dramaYoon Soo-wan and Park Dong-joo were each other's first loves, but were forced to separate due to painful family circumstances. Soo-wan, who had been blind, eventually undergoes an eye transplant surgery that restores her sight.
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Dear X (2025)Also dramaBehind a beautiful face hides a cruel nature—Baek Ah-jin, who sees through and manipulates others' hearts. After stepping on the sacrifices of many to reach the top, everything begins to change the moment she arrives there. A woman wearing a mask to escape hell and climb to the highest place. And the story of the Xs being brutally crushed by her.
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High Society (2015)Also dramaJang Yoon-Ha is the youngest daughter of a chaebol. Even though her family is extremely wealthy, she holds a part-time job at a food market. She hides her background as an heiress and attempts to find a man that loves her for herself.
The Husband (2026)Also dramaTaeju and Seyun are on the verge of divorce. But when a drunken comment from Taeju gets Seyun kidnapped, everything changes. Even worse, he's now the prime suspect. Forced to go on the run, Taeju must rescue his wife on his own. To save her, he pushes himself to the absolute limit.
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My Old Friend (2016)Also dramaA drama about a grandpa and his granddaughter with very different personalities spend a weekend together and form a bond as they become friends.
When We Meet (2022)Also dramaAn office worker, Lu Ming, and a high school student, Deng Yu, look exactly alike and cross paths by chance, intertwining their fates. As they navigate each other’s worlds, they gradually learn to understand and heal one another, growing closer until they become an inseparable part of each other’s lives.
Somali and the Forest Spirit (2020)Also dramaThe world is ruled by spirits, goblins, and all manner of strange creatures. Human beings are persecuted, to the very point of extinction. One day, a golem and a lone human girl meet. This is a record of the pair, one a member of a ruined race, the other a watchman of the forest. It tells of their travels together and of the bond between father and daughter.
Love Under the Moon (2019)Also dramaStruggling to afford university, Xiang Yuan accepts financial support from the wealthy Ye family, unaware of how deeply it will shape her future. As she builds her career and nears independence, she unexpectedly falls for the eldest son, Ye Qianze—while the younger son, Ye Yun, quietly falls for her. Caught in a complicated love triangle, Xiang Yuan must balance gratitude, ambition, and love as she fights to stay true to her dreams.
媽媽不見了 (2017)Also drama
My Dearest (2023)Also dramaA love-story between a noblewoman and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown set in the 1600s during the Qing invasion.
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MARS (2016)Also dramaThe story revolves around Kira and Rei, two high school students. Kira is an extremely introverted artist, and Rei is an outgoing playboy with a frightening violent side. The two start a friendship and eventually a romance after Rei sees a drawing that Kira drew on the back of a map she gave him. However, both Kira and Rei are hiding troubled pasts, and through their relationship they confront their past demons. Masao, a student at Kira and Rei's school, has a connection to Rei's violent past. He enters Kira and Rei's lives to try to force Rei to return to the person he used to be.
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