K-Dramas Like Beautiful World

Loved Beautiful World (2019), jTBC, and want more with the same feel? It is known for school bullying, coma and tearjerker. Here are 10 Korean dramas that come closest, ranked from the best match down.

School BullyingComaTearjerkerHigh SchoolInvestigationSuspense
  1. 1

    Angry Mom

    앵그리맘

    2015 · MBC · 16 episodes · Comedy, Drama, Melodrama

    Kang Ja was a feared troublemaker in high school before dropping out to become a mother, and now, at thirty-four, her relationship with her own teenage daughter is strained and…

    Same feel: School Bullying, High School, Melodrama

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  2. 2

    Still 17

    서른이지만 열일곱입니다

    2018 · SBS · 32 episodes · Music, Mystery, Comedy

    Seo Ri was a violin prodigy at seventeen when a bus accident left her in a coma. She wakes thirteen years later, thirty on the outside but still seventeen inside.

    Same feel: Coma, Mystery

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  3. 3

    Mother

    마더

    2018 · tvN · 16 episodes · Thriller, Mystery, Psychological

    Soo Jin is a quiet science teacher who notices that one of her young pupils is being hurt at home and that nobody around the girl will step in.

    Same feel: Tearjerker, Investigation, Melodrama, Thriller

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  4. 4

    Boyhood

    소년시대

    2023 · Coupang Play · 10 episodes · Action, Thriller, Comedy

    In the late 1980s, a small, bullied boy transfers to a rough agricultural high school where fists decide everything.

    Same feel: School Bullying, High School, Thriller

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  5. 5

    Life on Mars

    라이프 온 마스

    2018 · OCN · 16 episodes · Action, Mystery, Psychological

    Han Tae Joo is a modern, by-the-numbers detective who trusts data over instinct.

    Same feel: Coma, Mystery

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  6. 6

    The King of Pigs

    돼지의 왕

    2022 · TVING · 12 episodes · Thriller, Mystery, Drama

    Two men who were friends in school are reunited by a message from someone they have not heard from in twenty years, and old wounds from their bullied youth come back with it.

    Same feel: School Bullying, Thriller, Mystery

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  7. 7

    Blind

    블라인드

    2022 · tvN · 16 episodes · Thriller, Mystery, Drama

    A killer starts targeting the members of a jury, and the case pulls in a detective, his perfectionist judge brother and a kind-hearted social worker.

    Same feel: Suspense, Investigation, Thriller, Mystery

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  8. 8

    Beyond Evil

    괴물

    2021 · jTBC · 16 episodes · Thriller, Mystery, Psychological

    Twenty years ago a girl vanished from a quiet town, and her disappearance has never been solved. Now a series of new murders has shaken the same place.

    Same feel: Suspense, Investigation, Thriller, Mystery

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  9. 9

    49 Days

    49일

    2011 · SBS · 20 episodes · Romance, Drama, Melodrama

    Ji Hyun is about to marry the love of her life when a car accident leaves her in a coma.

    Same feel: Coma, Melodrama

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  10. 10

    Missing Noir M

    실종느와르 M

    2015 · OCN · 10 episodes · Thriller, Mystery, Drama

    Su Hyeon is a genius who attended Harvard at ten years old and went on to work for the FBI, before returning to Korea to lead a Special Missing Persons Unit.

    Same feel: Suspense, Investigation, Thriller, Mystery

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About Beautiful World

After their teenage son is left brain-dead following an incident at his new school, his parents and little sister start looking for what really happened. See the full page, cast and where to watch →

Questions about dramas like Beautiful World

What are the best dramas like Beautiful World?

Our top picks are Angry Mom, Still 17, Mother, followed by Boyhood. Each one shares parts of its feel, such as school bullying, coma and tearjerker, and links to a page with the story, cast and where to watch.

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