K-Dramas Like Because This Is My First Life

Loved Because This Is My First Life (2017), tvN, and want more with the same feel? It is known for contract relationship, marriage of convenience and life lesson. Here are 10 Korean dramas that come closest, ranked from the best match down.

Contract RelationshipMarriage Of ConvenienceLife LessonCohabitationMultiple CouplesMultiple Mains
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    Welcome to Waikiki

    으라차차 와이키키

    2018 · jTBC · 20 episodes · Comedy, Romance, Life

    Three friends who have never had much luck, an aspiring film director, an eccentric actor and a lazy writer, open a small guesthouse in Itaewon to fund their dream movie.

    Same feel: Cohabitation, Multiple Couples, Life, Comedy

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  2. 2

    Perfect Crown

    21세기 대군부인

    2026 · 12 episodes · Drama, Romance

    Set in a modern-day Korea where the monarchy still exists, this romance drama follows two people trapped by status, expectations, and the lives chosen for them. Seong Hui Ju is…

    Same feel: Marriage Of Convenience, Contract Relationship, Drama, Romance

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  3. 3

    Prison Playbook

    슬기로운 감빵생활

    2017 · tvN · 16 episodes · Comedy, Crime, Life

    Star baseball pitcher Kim Je-hyuk is sentenced to a year in prison after a fight he tried to stop goes wrong.

    Same feel: Life Lesson, Life, Comedy, Drama

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  4. 4

    Navillera

    나빌레라

    2021 · tvN · 12 episodes · Life, Drama

    At seventy, retired postman Deok Chul finally decides to chase the dream he buried decades ago and learn ballet.

    Same feel: Life Lesson, Life, Drama

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  5. 5

    18 Again

    18 어게인

    2020 · jTBC · 16 episodes · Romance, Life, Drama

    Dae Yeong is a tired, laid-off father of twins whose marriage has hit the rocks after years of small regrets.

    Same feel: Life Lesson, Life, Drama, Romance

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  6. 6

    Dear My Friends

    디어 마이 프렌즈

    2016 · tvN · 16 episodes · Life, Drama, Melodrama

    A translator keeps getting pulled into the company of her mother's friends, a lively group of older women and men who refuse to slow down.

    Same feel: Life Lesson, Life, Drama

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  7. 7

    Perfect Marriage Revenge

    완벽한 결혼의 정석

    2023 · MBN · 12 episodes · Business, Romance, Drama

    I Ju is a painter who feels overlooked by her adoptive family and finds out her husband loves her younger sister.

    Same feel: Contract Relationship, Drama, Romance

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  8. 8

    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: Cohabitation, Comedy, Romance

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  9. 9

    It's Okay, That's Love

    괜찮아, 사랑이야

    2014 · SBS · 16 episodes · Comedy, Romance, Drama

    Jae Yeol is a famous mystery novelist and radio host with a sharp tongue and a very hidden set of worries.

    Same feel: Cohabitation, Comedy, Drama, Romance

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  10. 10

    The Legend of the Blue Sea

    푸른 바다의 전설

    2016 · SBS · 20 episodes · Comedy, Romance, Drama

    Sim Cheong, a mermaid from the Joseon era, follows her true love to modern-day Seoul.

    Same feel: Cohabitation, Comedy, Drama, Romance

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About Because This Is My First Life

A house-poor man in his late thirties and a homeless young woman become housemates in a contract marriage of convenience. See the full page, cast and where to watch →

Questions about dramas like Because This Is My First Life

What are the best dramas like Because This Is My First Life?

Our top picks are Welcome to Waikiki, Perfect Crown, Prison Playbook, followed by Navillera. Each one shares parts of its feel, such as contract relationship, marriage of convenience and life lesson, and links to a page with the story, cast and where to watch.

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