K-Dramas Like Resident Playbook
Loved Resident Playbook (2025), tvN, and want more with the same feel? It is known for senior-junior relationship, friendship and resident doctor male lead. Here are 10 Korean dramas that come closest, ranked from the best match down.
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Ghost Doctor
고스트 닥터
Young Min is a supremely talented but cold surgeon who dies in an accident, only for his spirit to end up in the body of Seung Tak, a rich, easygoing young resident who has no…
Same feel: Hospital Setting, Medical, Comedy
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The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
중증외상센터
Baek Gang-hyeok is a brilliant trauma surgeon who has worked in war zones, and he arrives at a university hospital with a big personality and no patience for red tape.
Same feel: Hospital Setting, Medical, Comedy
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Dr. Romantic
낭만닥터 김사부
Teacher Kim was once one of the best surgeons in the country, but he walked away and now works quietly at a small-town hospital under a fake name.
Same feel: Hospital Setting, Medical
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Make Me Tremble
내가 떨릴 수 있게
Kong Yeon-su grew up in a strict, traditional family, works in marketing, and has lived by one careful rule: she won't get close to anyone without love.
Same feel: Senior-Junior Relationship, Comedy
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Emergency Couple
응급남녀
Oh Chang-min and Oh Jin-hee were college sweethearts turned bitter divorcees, and years later, after his once-wealthy family has fallen apart, he ends up retraining as a doctor in…
Same feel: Hospital Setting, Medical, Comedy
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Flex x Cop Season 2
Flex x Cop
After officially completing his police academy training, chaebol heir-turned-detective Jin I Su returns to Violent Crimes Unit 1, determined to prove himself as a real detective.
Same feel: Senior-Junior Relationship, Comedy
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Merry Berry Love
メリーベリーラブ
After a devastating failure as a spatial designer in South Korea, Lee Yu Bin retreats to a remote Japanese island to start over.
Same feel: Senior-Junior Relationship
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Positively Yours (2026)
아기가 생겼어요
The drama is a reverse romantic comedy that begins with a one-night encounter between a man and a woman who have both decided they will never get married. Kang Du Jun is a…
Same feel: Senior-Junior Relationship, Comedy
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Thirty-Nine
서른, 아홉
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: Friendship, Life
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Begins Youth
비긴즈 유스
Seven boys in the small town of Songju each carry something heavy, from family troubles and poverty to grief and loneliness.
Same feel: Friendship, Youth, Life
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About Resident Playbook
At the Jongno branch of Yulje Medical Center, a group of young residents choose the obstetrics and gynecology department, a specialty few people want in an age of falling birth… See the full page, cast and where to watch →
Questions about dramas like Resident Playbook
What are the best dramas like Resident Playbook?
Our top picks are Ghost Doctor, The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Dr. Romantic, followed by Make Me Tremble. Each one shares parts of its feel, such as senior-junior relationship, friendship and resident doctor male lead, and links to a page with the story, cast and where to watch.
Where can I watch Resident Playbook?
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