K-Dramas Like Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Loved Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (2016), MBC, and want more with the same feel? It is known for slow burn romance, weightlifting and friends to lovers. Here are 10 Korean dramas that come closest, ranked from the best match down.
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Way Back Love
내가 죽기 일주일 전
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: Bantering Relationship, Friends To Lovers, Healing, First Love
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A Love So Beautiful
아름다웠던 우리에게
Cha Heon is the kind of student everyone notices. He is smart, good looking, and keeps his distance, even though he is much warmer than he lets on.
Same feel: Emotional Growth, Youth, Slow Burn Romance, First Love
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Fight for My Way
쌈 마이웨이
Dong Man once dreamed of becoming a fighter, and his childhood friend Ae Ra of becoming a TV anchor, but life has led them to very ordinary jobs.
Same feel: Friends To Lovers, First Love, Sports, Romance
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Avengers Social Club
부암동 복수자들
A fish-shop owner, a housewife and a sheltered heiress have nothing in common until they meet in a secret club.
Same feel: Sismance, Healing, Drama
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What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
The series centers on Lee Young Joon, a narcissistic vice chairman of a company run by his family.
Same feel: Male Chases Female First, Healing, First Love, Drama
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Reply 1997
응답하라 1997
In 1997, Shi Won is a high school fan of a famous boy band, and she and her five friends in Busan share everything.
Same feel: Friends To Lovers, First Love, Romance
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Family By Choice
조립식 가족
Kim San Ha, Yun Ju Won, and Kang Hae Jun grow up under one unconventional household, bound together not by blood but by love and shared experience.
Same feel: Youth, Healing, First Love, Drama
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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: Healing, First Love, Romance
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Twenty-Five Twenty-One
스물다섯 스물하나
In 1998, in the shadow of a national financial crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do dreams of becoming a champion.
Same feel: Youth, First Love, Sports, Drama
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It's Okay, That's Love
괜찮아, 사랑이야
Jae Yeol is a famous mystery novelist and radio host with a sharp tongue and a very hidden set of worries.
Same feel: Slow Burn Romance, Healing, Drama, Romance
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About Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
A story of love and dreams between three young potential athletes: weightlifter Kim Book Joo, swimmer Jung Joon Hyung, rhythmic-gymnast Song Shi Ho, and the nutritionist Jung Jae… See the full page, cast and where to watch →
Questions about dramas like Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
What are the best dramas like Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo?
Our top picks are Way Back Love, A Love So Beautiful, Fight for My Way, followed by Avengers Social Club. Each one shares parts of its feel, such as slow burn romance, weightlifting and friends to lovers, and links to a page with the story, cast and where to watch.
Where can I watch Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo?
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