K-Dramas Like When Life Gives You Tangerines
Loved When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025), Netflix, and want more with the same feel? It is known for teenage pregnancy, father-daughter relationship and chasing a dream. Here are 9 Korean dramas that come closest, ranked from the best match down.
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Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
갯마을 차차차
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.
Why it's like When Life Gives You Tangerines: A warm seaside story about ordinary people, love and community.
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Reply 1988
응답하라 1988
In a small Seoul neighborhood in the late 1980s, five families live so close that their doors are never really shut.
Why it's like When Life Gives You Tangerines: A nostalgic story of families and neighbors across the years.
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My Mister
나의 아저씨
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.
Why it's like When Life Gives You Tangerines: Quiet, emotional and deeply human, about people who slowly heal each other.
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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.
Why it's like When Life Gives You Tangerines: A tender, nostalgic love story that grows with time.
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Our Beloved Summer
그해 우리는
Years after a high school documentary unexpectedly goes viral, two ex lovers who once couldn’t stand each other are forced back in front of the camera and back into each other’s…
Why it's like When Life Gives You Tangerines: A gentle romance with a soft, nostalgic mood.
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Welcome to Samdal-ri
웰컴투 삼달리
After losing his mother at a young age due to an incorrect weather report, Cho Yong Pil decides to become a weather forecaster.
Why it's like When Life Gives You Tangerines: A slow, warm story of life in a small coastal village.
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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.
Why it's like When Life Gives You Tangerines: Comforting and kind, with a focus on healing.
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Move to Heaven
무브 투 헤븐: 나는 유품정리사입니다
Han Geu Roo is a 20 year old autistic young man who works at his father’s company Move To Heaven, a crime scene cleanup service that collects the final belongings of the deceased…
Why it's like When Life Gives You Tangerines: A moving story about life, loss and the people we leave behind.
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Hospital Playlist
슬기로운 의사생활
Five doctors who became friends in medical school in 1999 now work at the same hospital.
Why it's like When Life Gives You Tangerines: Warm friendships and everyday life at a hospital.
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About When Life Gives You Tangerines
This story looks back on the youthful days of our parents, when life was uncertain but hearts were full. See the full page, cast and where to watch →
Questions about dramas like When Life Gives You Tangerines
What are the best dramas like When Life Gives You Tangerines?
Our top picks are Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, Reply 1988, My Mister, followed by Twenty-Five Twenty-One. Each one shares parts of its feel, such as teenage pregnancy, father-daughter relationship and chasing a dream, and links to a page with the story, cast and where to watch.
Where can I watch When Life Gives You Tangerines?
When Life Gives You Tangerines is listed on Netflix. Availability can differ by country, so check the service in your region.
How does DramaHog pick similar dramas?
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