Korean Drama has successfully made a special space in the entertainment world. Their genre, storyline, cast line, and camerawork are all responsible for their huge fandom.
Out of all the genres, one of the most loved genres of K-drama are romance and Family. In Family, K-dramas aren’t melodramatic like typical TV serials.
One of the best examples of such K-drama is the 2021 released rom-com drama “Young Lady and Gentlemen.” This rom-com drama revolves around the love story of a widower and his children’s tutor. Lee Young Kook is a wealthy businessman; he has everything except a mother for his three children.
As much as his children long for motherly warmth, he also spends his lonely nights lamenting over his wife’s death.
Even after being admonished by his family, he decides to stay a widow forever and not to marry someone else. Practically, Lee Young Kook is more cold and arrogant toward all other women. But his nature changes when he encounters Park Dan Dan, who is a live-in tutor of his three children.
Dan Dan is a bright, cheerful, and sweet girl in her mid-twenties. Her whole presence brings charm to Lee Young Kook’s mansion, and even his children start loving her. But Dan Dan has a harsh past which she must hide.
There are many other dramas that provide the same fun and family warmth, like “Young Lady and Gentlemen.” We have provided a list below. o if you want to watch a drama of the same genre, do give the below-mentioned drama a watch.
1. The Real Deal Has Come! (2023)
The Real Deal Has Come is also a long-running family Kdrama, just like Young Lady and Gentlemen. The story revolves around a Korean Language teacher, Oh Yeon Doo, who got pregnant by his boyfriend.
Just to make things worse, Yeon Doo finds out that her boyfriend is cheating on her and even asks Yeon Do to get an abortion. This whole thing turns Yeon Doo’s life upside down.
However, he doesn’t have any plans for marriage. On knowing Yeon Doo’s situation, he offers a plan to Yeon Doo, which can be beneficial for both.
Yeon Doo and Gong Tae Kyung get into a fake relationship and declare they are going to be parents, which results in Tae Kyung’s unwanted marriage getting called off, and Yeon Doo gets enough time to plan her future with her baby.
Slowly, Tae Kyung and Yeon Doo living together, start having feelings for each other. But their love and plan don’t go as planned when Tae Kyung’s ex-finance Se Jin and Yoen Doo’s boyfriend, Kim Joo Ha, join hands to destroy the couple’s perfect happy life.
The drama is invested with many family melodramas, too, where Tae Kyung’s family seems to have a problem with his unexpected wife reveal. The drama shows the struggle of a single mother, Yeon Doo struggling between love and family just to give her baby a healthy welcome to this world.
- Release Date – 25 March 2023
- No. of Episodes – 50
- Cast – Baek Jin Hee, Ahn Jae Hyun, Cha Joo Young, Jung Eui Jae
- Director – Han Joo Seo
- Streaming Platforms – KBS World, Rakuten Viki, Netflix, Kocowa
- Reviews – IMDb- 6.8/10
2. Hi Bye, Mama! (2020)
Hi Bye, Mama! is the highlight dram in this list. This drama is not just an emotional one that makes you cry tears, but also, each episode makes one question their world’s existence.
The story tells the tale of a mother, Cha Yu Ri, who died while leaving her little daughter behind to her husband. Her husband, Jo Kang Hwa, is a skilled thoracic surgeon and a caring personality.
Cha Yu Ri begins her project of 49-day reincarnation, where she can become a human again only if she diligently comes back in 49 days. She decides to sue this as a chance to reunite with her daughter and her family.
Hi Bye, Mama! Presents the very idea of death and how it affects the people emotionally associated with it afterward. Jo Yu Ri, despite being close to her daughter and having the best time of her life, has to say goodbye to her daughter as well as her family after 49 days.
- Release Date – 22 February 2020
- No. of Episodes – 16
- Cast – Kim Tae Hee, Lee Kyu Hyung, Go Bo Gyeol, Seo Woo Jin
- Director – Yoo Je Won
- Streaming Platforms – Netflix
- Reviews – IMDb- 7.9/10
3. Encounter (2018)
Next up on our list is a K-drama that shows the complicated courtship between two isolated characters, just like “Young Lady and Gentlemen.” There is even a Filipino remake of this drama with the same title, “Encounter.”
The story introduces two opposite characters, Cha Soo Hyun and Kim Jin Hyuk. Cha Soo Hyun is the only daughter of a politician who lives her life following the path his father has made for her. Patriarchy rules in their home, and no one can act on their own.
After completing her graduation from college, she was forced into a loveless marriage with the only son of a wealthy family in the town, which could benefit her father’s political career in the future. But soon after, she gets divorced and starts leading a simple life.
He does several part-time jobs, and from his savings from so many years, he decides to travel across the world, where he met Cha Soo Hyun.
Encounter is a very simple drama where the makers have tried to put the main focus on the character rather than the plot, so it can be said that it is a perfect character-driven drama where the characters will keep you attracted to it.
- Release Date – 28 November 2018
- No. of Episodes – 16
- Cast – Song Hye Kyo, Park Bo Gum
- Director –
- Streaming Platforms – Netflix, Rakuten Viki, iQIYI, Apple TV, Hulu
- Reviews – IMDb- 7.6/10
4. My Only One (2018)
My Only One, also known as My Beautiful Side, is the most similar drama to “Young Lady and Gentlemen”. This K-drama also follows the typical storyline of Korean serials where the female lead is poor, and the male lead is chaebol.
My Only One follows the story of poor girl Do-ran, whose mother died shortly after her death, and her father was jailed for 28 years for murder. Amidst deciding who will take care of Do-ran, her father’s friend adopted her and raised her as well as her daughter.
Things get worse when Do-Ran’s foster father passes away, and his property is inherited by the foster mother and sister. They thrash out Do-Ran from the house.
Poor Do-Ran manages to find a studio apartment and a job at a renowned food company of the wealthy Wong Family. The story of the drama takes a romantic turn when the elder son of the Wang family, who is also the director of the company, starts having romantic feelings for Do-ran.
The drama revolves around the suffering and prevails of a helpless girl with no parental support fighting in the real world to meet her needs end. Also, the problem she faces is just to live a happy life with her love because of the societal hierarchy.
- Release Date – 15 September 2018
- No. of Episodes – 106
- Cast – Choi Soo Jung, Uee, Lee Jang Woo, Yoon Jin Yi, Jung Eun Woo, Na Hye Mi
- Director – Hong Seok Goo
- Streaming Platforms – Kocowa, Netflix Korea, KBS World, Rakuten Viki
- Reviews – IMDb- 7.1/10
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5. Vengeance of the Bride (2022)
We have added another similar drama to the list, but this one also has a pinch of mystery and suspense. Vengeance of the Bride is a long-run Korean television series with a total of 102 episodes.
This drama was enjoyed by viewers while ongoing because of its thrilling plotline and the amazing work of the cast, which pulled it to the end. The drama is centered on the theme of revenge or vengeance, as the title suggests.
But the moment she gets exposed to the true reason for her parent’s death, she becomes vengeful and decides to take down the evil with her own hands.
Ironically, the evil murderer happens to be the wealthy owner of a renowned makeup brand, Kang Baek-san.
The label originally belonged to Kang Ba-ram’s father, but blinded by greed for money; he ruthlessly killed her parents. Now, Kang Ba Ram’s first step in her revengeful journey is to marry Kang Tae-poong.
Kang Tae Poong is Kang Baek-san’s son. She successfully marries and enters her enemy’s home. But things get complicated for her when Kang Tae Poong starts expressing his love to her, and Kang Ba-ram’s feelings are mutual, too. What will she choose, her love or her revenge, to give her parents justice?
- Release Date – 10 October 2022
- No. of Episodes – 102
- Cast – Park Ha Na, Kang Ji Sub, Oh Seung Ah, Park Yoon Jae, Son Chang Min
- Director – Park Ki Hyun
- Streaming Platforms – Wavve, KBS World, Rakuten Viki, Kocowa
- Reviews – Viki- 8.6/10
6. Familiar Wife (2018)
Familiar Wife, also known as Wife That I Know, is another best option on the list that one can give a try after watching “Young Lady and Gentlemen.”
This drama only focuses on healthy relationships but also presents the feelings invested by both partners in a relationship and their hardships, which they mostly dealt with alone.
The main couple of Familiar Wife are Cha Joo Hyuk and Seo Woo Jin. The couple, after five years of marriage, suddenly decides to part ways due to a tragic incident, which leads their fate to some unexpected roads.
Whereas Seo Woo Jin, the wife, tries her best to maintain a balance between her work life and family. All these years of struggle have developed anger issues in her. So she gets flustered even at the simple mistake of her husband.
The couple feels suffocated in their marriage life but doesn’t realize they still have feelings for each other. This time, they prioritize themselves and decide to end their relationship for personal benefit. But will their life be just like how they imagined after their divorce?
- Release Date – 1st August 2018
- No. of Episodes – 16
- Cast – Ji Sung, Han Ji Min, Kang Han Na, Jang Seung Jo
- Director – Lee Sang Yeob
- Streaming Platforms – iQIYI, Netflix, Rakuten Viki, WeTV
- Reviews – Viki- 9.4/10
7. The Good Bad Mother (2023)
Good Bad Mother is one of the most loved K-dramas of 2023. From the talented cast and amazing storyline, the drama is a whole ride of laughter, warmness, and emotional bursts.
Good Bad Mother tells the story of a single mother facing struggles to raise his son well, whereas his son thinks his mother is just heartless and cruel.
Young Soon is a single mother whose husband dies in a very mysterious way. She left the town and moved to the Countryside to raise his son. There, she opens a pig farm.
However, Young Soon was strict with her son. Her strict parenting made her son Kang-Ho grow up as an arrogant prosecutor.
After moving to Seoul, he even started keeping his distance from her mother. But due to one tragic accident, he had to come back to his hometown. Now, his mother needs to raise his son again from scratch.
But this time, Young Soon decides to give him all the love and warmth she should have given him since childhood. Kang Ho reunites with his childhood lover Mi-Jo, who is a single mother of two now when he returns to his hometown.
The Good Bad Mother is a very emotional drama that makes viewers sympathize with almost all the characters. All the characters have their own story full of struggle, yet when they are together in one hometown, their miseries are just gone.
- Release Date -16 April 2023
- No. of Episodes – 14
- Cast – Ra Mi Ran, Lee Do Hyun, Ahn Eun Jin, Yoo In Soo, Choi Moo Sung, Jung Woong In
- Director – Shim Na Yeon
- Streaming Platforms – Netflix, TVING
- Reviews – IMDb- 8.4/10
8. Prime Minister and I (2013)
Prime Minister and I is a 2013 Korean Comedy Romance Drama. The drama became really popular during its time because of the amazing storyline and the cast.
The female lead in the drama is a well-known face in the K-pop industry; it’s none other than Im Yoon Ah, a member of the revolutionary K-pop girl group Girl’s Generation.
The story of the drama revolves around the love story of a Prime Minister and a news reporter, but the twist is both have an age gap and also a gap in their lifestyle. How these two fell in love is an interesting element of the drama.
The drama first introduces us to Prime Minister Kwon Yool, who is smart and intelligent; he is also the youngest Prime Minister at the age of 42.
Even tho he is good at his political work, he struggles every now and then to take care of his children at home. Since his wife died in a car accident seven years ago, and the children long for their mother.
Even tho she works very hard in collecting proofs and news for her papers at the same time; she is very clumsy too. Her clumsiness puts her in an embarrassing moment many times.
Nam Da Jung’s next target is Prime Minister Kwon Yool for her papers. So, she decides to follow and keep track of Kwon Yool every day and night.
But her investigation leads her to know more than she needs to, and both end up in a contract marriage with a personal benefit. However, their fake relationship turns into a true one in no time when both fall in love with each other.
- Release Date – 09 December 2013
- No. of Episodes – 17
- Cast – Im Yoon Ah, Lee Bum Soo, Yoon Shi Yoon, Chae Jung Ah
- Director – Lee So Yeon
- Streaming Platforms – Rakuten Viki, KBS World
- Reviews – IMDb- 6.9/10
9. Marriage Contract (2016)
The Kdrama Marriage Contract is yet another must-watch Kdrama on the list if you have watched “Young Lady and Gentlemen.”
As the name of the title suggests, this drama presents the love story of a couple who get into a contractual marriage with monetary benefit to the female lead, but eventually, both learn the biggest lesson of life: money isn’t everything.
The drama opens up with an introduction to the female lead, Kang Hye-soo, who is a single mother and struggling in her life to pay off his husband’s debt. On top of that, she discovers she has brain tumors and has a very short life. Her life takes a new turn when a new boss comes to their office.
Kang Hye-soo decides to be the donor in return for handsome money which she can inherit from her daughter after she dies.
However, in order to pass the screening test, Han Ji Hoo must prove that Kang Hye-soo is her wife and they are in a long-lived marriage. So what?
They get into a fake marriage relationship, but eventually, their relationship gets more complicated as Kang Hye-soo’s seven-year-old daughter intervenes, leading their bonding to a different extent where both realize it’s not money that makes one happy but rather compassion and care.
- Release Date – 5 March 2016
- No. of Episodes – 16
- Cast – Lee Seo Jin, Uee, Shin Rin Ah
- Director – Kim Jin Min
- Streaming Platforms – Kocowa, Rakuten Viki, Netflix
- Reviews – IMDb- 7.5/10
10. Not Others (2023)
Not Others is one of the hilarious yet emotional K-dramas we added to this list because it has a similar plot to the Kdrama Young Lady and the Gentlemen. In that drama, we see the chemistry and mainly the story of the parents with some relevance to the children.
Whereas Not Others tells the story of a single mother and her daughter who grew up pretty like siblings with one motto: to not date any men. Not Others was originally adapted from a webtoon with the title “Namnam” (남남) by Jeong Young Ryong.
The upbringing of her daughter, Kim Jin Hee, practically grew up together mentally and physically.
Now, Eun Mi, in her forties, is a physical therapist and bumped into a mysterious man, Dr. Park Jin Hong, who brings change to her heart. Jin Hee, the civil officer who works at Namchon Police Substation, is having a tough time getting along with his new senior, Eun Jae Won.
This mother-daughter duo will bring laughter and emotions as we see their unbreakable bond and the choices they make just to protect each other while respecting individual boundaries.
- Release Date – 17 July 2023
- No. of Episodes – 12
- Cast – Jeon Hye Jin, Choi Soo Young, Ahn Jae Wook, Park Sung Hoon
- Director – Lee Min Woo
- Streaming Platforms – TVING, Rakuten Viki
- Reviews – Viki- 9.1/10
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