K-Dramas like The Flatterer

12 shows with a similar feel

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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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  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.

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  My Dearest Nemesis (2025)Also comedy · drama

  Baek Su-jeong leads a planning team at a renowned department store. She meets her new boss, Ban Ju-yeon, her first love from an online game 16 years ago, stirring up memories of when he confessed his feelings but she rejected him.

  ★ 4.3 from 3 members11 tracking it here
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  Spirit Fingers (2025)Also comedy · drama

  About an ordinary high school sophomore, Song Woo-yeon, who joins a drawing club called Spirit Fingers and paints the story of finding her own color, personality, and dream.

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  My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018)Also comedy · drama

  Bullied for her looks, Mi-rae gets plastic surgery hoping for a better kind of life but faces new challenges in college. Based on a hit Korean webtoon.

  ★ 4.5 from 4 members9 tracking it here
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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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  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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  Backstreet Rookie (2020)Also comedy · drama

  It tells an unpredictable 24-hour love story of the four-dimensional innocent girl Jung Saet Byeol who was once a troublemaker and the adorkable caring male store manager, Choi Dae Hyun, in the context of a convenience store. They have met each other accidentally 4 years ago, back then Saet Byeol asked Dae Hyun to buy cigarettes for them. Until now, Saet Byeol comes to the convenience store Dae Hyun runs for a part-time job, their hilarious romantic story starts.

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  All of Us Are Dead (2022)Also drama

  A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.

  ★ 4.6 from 9 members21 tracking it here
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  Mousetrap (2026)Also drama

  A reclusive writer wakes to find his identity stolen — and must ally with a ruthless loan shark to reclaim his life from a man known as "The Rat."

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  Love Revolution (2020)Also drama · comedy

  Gong Ju Young is a 17-year-old high school student who thinks he has found love at school when he falls in for Wang Ja Rim at first sight. But winning her heart won’t be easy. Wang Ja Rim has earned a reputation for being cold and aloof – and, at first, seems totally unimpressed by Gong Ju Young’s garish displays of affection. But Gong Ju Young won’t be deterred so easily. Persistence is the key, he thinks – and, over time, Wang Ja Rim starts to open up to her classmate. Gong Ju Young’s best buddy since elementary school is Lee Kyung Woo. Will he prove to be a help to Gong Ju Young in his quest for Wang Ja Rim’s heart – or a hindrance?

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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?

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