K-Dramas like Backstreet Rookie

12 shows with a similar feel

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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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  Yumi's Cells (2021)Also comedy · drama

  Yumi is a 30-year old, ordinary woman who struggles with expressing her feelings. Told from the perspective of the many brain cells in her head, she experiences growth in both her love life, her career, and finds happiness in the small joys of everyday life.

  8 tracking it here
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  Sold Out on You (2026)Also comedy · drama

  A work-obsessed cosmetics CEO and a top home-shopping host struggling with insomnia cross paths, and through an unexpected romance, begin to heal the emptiness in their lives.

  ★ 4.3 from 3 members8 tracking it here
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  Flower Boy Next Door (2013)Also comedy · drama

  Go Dok Mi doesn't spend all day dreaming about her knight in shining armor — she’s too busy spying on her neighbors who all happen to be hot, "flower-boy" types, including cartoon artist Oh Jin Rak. But when Enrique Geum, the new pretty boy next door, catches her, Dok Mi is finally forced to face the consequences - without the safety of binoculars and curtains. Will he be able to convince this “urban Rapunzel” to let her hair down? Whether you’re a lover or a fighter, this sensitive man will captivate your sensibilities.

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  What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018)Also comedy · drama

  When his secretary unexpectedly quits, an arrogant executive will do anything to bring her back.

  ★ 3.8 from 4 members10 tracking it here
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  Hello, My Twenties! (2016)Also comedy · drama

  With different personalities, life goals and taste in men, five female college students become housemates in a shared residence called Belle Epoque.
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  Fated to Love You (2014)Also comedy · drama

  An office worker has an unexpected one-night stand with a wealthy business heir. When she discovers she’s pregnant, will love – or heartbreak – follow?

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  Tastefully Yours (2025)Also comedy · drama

  Driven to claim top culinary honors, an arrogant heir meets a low-profile but stubborn chef whose recipes astonish him — sparking an unlikely romance.

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  Once Upon a Small Town (2022)Also drama · comedy

  Against his wishes a veterinarian from the big city relocates to the countryside, where he meets a policewoman, a town insider with a friendly secret.

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  Filing for Love (2026)Also comedy · drama

  A romantic comedy about Joo In-ah, a charismatic audit department head with a secret, and Noh Ki-joon, the department's ace who is suddenly demoted to deal with the company's scandals.

  3 tracking it here
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  Head Over Heels (2025)Also drama · comedy

  A teenage shaman determined to change fate sets out to save a mysterious boy destined to die. As danger looms, their fated encounter sparks a powerful first love that defies darkness and reclaims hope.

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  Marry Me, Mary! (2010)Also comedy · drama

  Wi Mae-ri is the cheerful, pragmatic girl who finds herself reluctantly being set up in an arranged marriage by her father. In order to avoid it, she enlists help from an indie rocker Kang Mu-gyul who pretends to be her husband.