K-Dramas Like If You Wish Upon Me

Loved If You Wish Upon Me (2022), KBS2, and want more with the same feel? It is known for healing, hospice care and found family. Here are 10 Korean dramas that come closest, ranked from the best match down.

HealingHospice CareFound FamilyCharacter DevelopmentTearjerkerSecond Chance
  1. 1

    Summer Strike

    아무것도 하고 싶지 않아

    2022 · ENA · 12 episodes · Life, Drama, Melodrama

    After her mother dies in an accident and her boyfriend leaves her, Yeo Reum quits her job and retreats to a small seaside village to recover.

    Same feel: Found Family, Healing, Life, Drama

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  2. 2

    Doctor Slump

    닥터슬럼프

    2024 · jTBC · 16 episodes · Comedy, Romance, Drama

    Jeong U is a successful plastic surgeon whose picture-perfect career is derailed by a medical accident that changes everything.

    Same feel: Second Chance, Healing, Medical, Drama

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  3. 3

    Thirty-Nine

    서른, 아홉

    2022 · jTBC · 12 episodes · Romance, Life, Drama

    Three best friends have leaned on each other since childhood, and now, on the brink of turning forty, they're facing love, loss and everything in between together.

    Same feel: Tearjerker, Life, Drama, Romance

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  4. 4

    My Mister

    나의 아저씨

    2018 · tvN · 16 episodes · Drama, Family, Melodrama

    Park Dong-hoon is a tired man in his forties who quietly carries a strained marriage, a difficult family and a workplace that has little use for him.

    Same feel: Found Family, Healing, Drama

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  5. 5

    Way Back Love

    내가 죽기 일주일 전

    2025 · tvN · 6 episodes · Romance, Youth, Fantasy

    Hui Wan is twenty-four and has lost her will to live. Then her childhood friend and first love, Ram U, appears in front of her. He died four years ago and is now a grim reaper.

    Same feel: Second Chance, Healing, Romance

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  6. 6

    The Uncanny Counter

    경이로운 소문

    2020 · tvN · 16 episodes · Action, Mystery, Drama

    Behind the counter of a small noodle restaurant, a group of demon hunters called Counters works in secret to catch evil spirits that have come to the human world.

    Same feel: Found Family, Drama

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  7. 7

    Recipe for Farewell

    오늘은 좀 매울지도 몰라

    2022 · Watcha · 12 episodes · Food, Life, Drama

    Chang Wook is a middle-aged translator and lecturer whose wife is dying of cancer and can hardly eat.

    Same feel: Tearjerker, Life, Drama

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  8. 8

    Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

    갯마을 차차차

    2021 · tvN · 16 episodes · Drama, Romance, Life

    After clashing with her boss, dentist Yoon Hye Jin leaves the city and heads to a quiet seaside village she used to visit as a child.

    Same feel: Healing, Life, Character Development, Drama

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  9. 9

    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

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  10. 10

    Beautiful World

    아름다운 세상

    2019 · jTBC · 16 episodes · Thriller, Mystery, Life

    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.

    Same feel: Tearjerker, Life

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About If You Wish Upon Me

Kyeo Re has grown up through abuse, orphanages and prison, and is close to giving up. His court-ordered community service at a hospice changes everything. See the full page, cast and where to watch →

Questions about dramas like If You Wish Upon Me

What are the best dramas like If You Wish Upon Me?

Our top picks are Summer Strike, Doctor Slump, Thirty-Nine, followed by My Mister. Each one shares parts of its feel, such as healing, hospice care and found family, and links to a page with the story, cast and where to watch.

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