K-Dramas Like It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Loved It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020), tvN, and want more with the same feel? It is known for successful female lead, selfless male lead and childhood connection. Here are 10 Korean dramas that come closest, ranked from the best match down.
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My Dearest Nemesis
그놈은 흑염룡
Baek Su Jeong once experienced an embarrassing first love in high school after falling for an online gamer known as “Black Dragon,” only to discover he was actually a socially…
Same feel: Emotional Healing, Melodrama, Romance, Drama
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Daily Dose of Sunshine
정신병동에도 아침이 와요
Nurse Jung Da-eun is transferred to a psychiatric ward, a place she knows nothing about, and has to learn how to care for people whose pain she cannot see.
Same feel: Mental Illness, Drama
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Strong Girl Bong Soon
힘쎈여자 도봉순
Do Bong Sun is a petite, unemployed woman who is kind, honest, and gentle by nature.
Same feel: Strong Female Character, Fantasy, Badass Female Lead
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My Perfect Stranger
어쩌다 마주친, 그대
Two strangers, a young news anchor and a woman who once wanted to become a writer, are thrown back to 1987 through a strange twist of fate.
Same feel: Romance, Drama, Romance
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Undercover High School
언더커버하이스쿨
Jung Hae Seong is a top agent from the National Intelligence Service who is on the verge of being demoted.
Same feel: Childhood Connection, Drama, Romance
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You and Everything Else
은중과 상연
Eun Jung is a warm, open-hearted woman who makes friends without trying. Her best friend Sang Yeon has been at her side since childhood, brilliant, wealthy and quietly envied.
Same feel: Melodrama, Drama, Romance
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Secret Garden
시크릿 가든
Gil Ra-im is a stuntwoman with nothing to her name but pride in her work, and Kim Joo-won is an arrogant department store CEO who's never had to want for anything.
Same feel: Melodrama, Fantasy, Drama, Romance
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Beyond Evil
괴물
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: Trauma, Drama
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Healer
힐러
Seo Jeong-hu works as a night courier known only as Healer, and for the right price he can get his clients almost anything.
Same feel: Trauma, Romance
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Nobody Knows
아무도 모른다
Young Jin is a detective still haunted by the unsolved killing of her friend nineteen years ago. Her only warm connection is a boy who lives downstairs and helps her with chores.
Same feel: Trauma, Drama
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About It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Moon Gang Tae is a community health worker at a psychiatric hospital, gifted with intelligence, physical strength, patience, empathy, and quick judgment. See the full page, cast and where to watch →
Questions about dramas like It's Okay to Not Be Okay
What are the best dramas like It's Okay to Not Be Okay?
Our top picks are My Dearest Nemesis, Daily Dose of Sunshine, Strong Girl Bong Soon, followed by My Perfect Stranger. Each one shares parts of its feel, such as successful female lead, selfless male lead and childhood connection, and links to a page with the story, cast and where to watch.
Where can I watch It's Okay to Not Be Okay?
It's Okay to Not Be Okay is listed on Netflix. Availability can differ by country, so check the service in your region.
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