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.
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Welcome to Waikiki
으라차차 와이키키
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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Prison Playbook
슬기로운 감빵생활
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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Perfect Crown
21세기 대군부인
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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One Day Off
박하경 여행기
Ha Gyeong teaches Korean literature at a high school and, to break up her routine, starts taking one-day trips alone every Saturday.
Same feel: Life Lesson, Life, Drama
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Dear My Friends
디어 마이 프렌즈
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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18 Again
18 어게인
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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Navillera
나빌레라
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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Perfect Marriage Revenge
완벽한 결혼의 정석
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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Still 17
서른이지만 열일곱입니다
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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Suspicious Partner
수상한 파트너
Ji Wook is a brilliant, hot-tempered prosecutor, and Bong Hee is a clumsy rookie intern who gets falsely accused of murder.
Same feel: Cohabitation, Comedy, 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, Prison Playbook, Perfect Crown, followed by One Day Off. 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.
Where can I watch Because This Is My First Life?
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