The Return of Hwang Geum-bok

K-Dramas like The Return of Hwang Geum-bok

Finished The Return of Hwang Geum-bok (2015) and want that feeling again? These 12 shows come closest.

12 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.

  • Reunited Worlds (2017)Also drama

    Although born in the same year, two childhood friends end up being 13 years apart because they have aged surprisingly at different places (worlds) for some strange reason. Now Eom Hyeon Soo is a 31-year-old woman but Sung Hae Sung is still a 18-year-old boy. Cha Won Yooung is a chef also interested in Eom Hyeon Soo.

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  • Red Swan (2024)Also drama

    Oh Wan-soo, who married into the powerful Hwain Group, faces death threats. She crosses paths with Seo Do-yoon, a bodyguard investigating a friend's death that is tied to the Hwain Group. Together, they unravel Hwain Group's secrets tainted with desire.

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  • Mine (2021)Also drama

    Encaged in a gold-clad life of secrets and lies, two women in a conglomerate family seek to topple all that stands in their way of finding true joy.

  • The Penthouse (2020)Also drama

    A 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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  • The Impossible Heir (2024)Also drama

    An ambitious boy grows up and joins an intense war of desires to become a star of his own.

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  • Light Shop (2024)Also drama

    In a mysterious shop that sells lamps, the dead may return to the world of the living, while the living may not walk out alive.

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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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  • Graceful Family (2019)Also drama · family

    Mo Seok-hee is an only child and her father runs the large company MC Group. She is beautiful, smart and rich. Mo Seok-hee appears like she is arrogant, but she struggles over her mother’s death. Her mother was killed 15 years ago. Meanwhile, Heo Yoon-do is a lawyer, but he doesn’t even have an office. He solves small problems of neighborhood residents at a restaurant. He is full of love. Miraculously, Heo Yoon-do is headhunted to join the TOP team at MC Group. The TOP team manages the affairs of the family who runs the MC Group. Their job includes covering up immoral or illegal behaviors done by the family.

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  • The Price of Confession (2025)Also drama

    Accused of killing her husband, a woman is offered a way out by a mysterious stranger: in exchange for a confession in her place, she must commit murder.

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  • Summer Strike (2022)Also drama

    After getting dumped by her boyfriend and losing her mother in an accident, Yeo-reum decides to move to a small village to do nothing.

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  • Farewell Vivian (2022)Also drama

    Lin Yu, who plans everything, and Chen An An, a smart and quick-witted girl were deskmates in high school for a short time. After eight years of separation, they reunited and live under the same roof. Despite different personalities and dispute, they often comfort each other. However, what they don't know is that a wonderful fate called "Vivian" has already sprouted eight years ago and connected the hearts of these two. Because of "Vivian", they fell in love with each other. And eventually they will bid farewell to "Vivian" and be a better version of themselves.

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