Healing K-Dramas
If you love healing stories, these 44 Korean dramas are a good place to start, from when life gives you tangerines, twinkling watermelon and reply 1988. Each page has the story, the cast and where to watch.
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When Life Gives You Tangerines
2025 · Netflix · 16 episodesThis story looks back on the youthful days of our parents, when life was uncertain but hearts were full.
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Twinkling Watermelon
2023 · tvN · 16 episodesTwinkling Watermelon tells the story of Eun Gyul, a CODA who is born to deaf parents but has a natural gift for music.
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Reply 1988
2015 · tvN · 20 episodesIn a small Seoul neighborhood in the late 1980s, five families live so close that their doors are never really shut.
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Hospital Playlist
2020 · tvN · 12 episodesFive doctors who became friends in medical school in 1999 now work at the same hospital.
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My Mister
2018 · tvN · 16 episodesPark Dong-hoon is a tired man in his forties who quietly carries a strained marriage, a difficult family and a…
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It's Okay to Not Be Okay
2020 · tvN · 16 episodesMoon Gang Tae is a community health worker at a psychiatric hospital, gifted with intelligence, physical strength…
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Daily Dose of Sunshine
2023 · Netflix · 12 episodesNurse Jung Da-eun is transferred to a psychiatric ward, a place she knows nothing about, and has to learn how to care…
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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
2016 · MBC · 16 episodesA story of love and dreams between three young potential athletes: weightlifter Kim Book Joo, swimmer Jung Joon Hyung…
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Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
2021 · tvN · 16 episodesAfter clashing with her boss, dentist Yoon Hye Jin leaves the city and heads to a quiet seaside village she used to…
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Our Unwritten Seoul
2025 · tvN · 12 episodesTwin sisters Yoo Mi Ji and Yoo Mi Rae share the same face but lead completely different lives.
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The Good Bad Mother
2023 · jTBC · 14 episodesYoung Soon is a pig farmer who raised her son alone through sheer stubbornness, and her strictness has left him cold…
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Our Blues
2022 · tvN · 20 episodesOn the beautiful island of Jeju, the stories of many ordinary people cross paths: a truck-selling trader, a woman with…
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It's Okay, That's Love
2014 · SBS · 16 episodesJae Yeol is a famous mystery novelist and radio host with a sharp tongue and a very hidden set of worries.
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My Liberation Notes
2022 · jTBC · 16 episodesIn a village that people move out of more than into, three grown siblings of the Yeom family feel stuck in lives that…
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Avengers Social Club
2017 · tvN · 12 episodesA fish-shop owner, a housewife and a sheltered heiress have nothing in common until they meet in a secret club.
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Rain or Shine
2017 · jTBC · 16 episodesA terrible accident once killed dozens of people, and the survivors have never really recovered.
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Still 17
2018 · SBS · 32 episodesSeo Ri was a violin prodigy at seventeen when a bus accident left her in a coma.
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Summer Strike
2022 · ENA · 12 episodesAfter her mother dies in an accident and her boyfriend leaves her, Yeo Reum quits her job and retreats to a small…
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Mad for Each Other
2021 · Kakao TV · 13 episodesNo Hwi O is a Gangnam detective who suddenly suffers a breakdown and is overcome by uncontrollable anger.
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If You Wish Upon Me
2022 · KBS2 · 16 episodesKyeo Re has grown up through abuse, orphanages and prison, and is close to giving up.
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Yumi's Cells
2021 · TVING · 14 episodesEvery human is run by a network of cells, and the drama lets us see the tiny animated cells inside Yu Mi's head as she…
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Way Back Love
2025 · tvN · 6 episodesHui Wan is twenty-four and has lost her will to live.
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My Unfamiliar Family
2020 · tvN · 16 episodesEun Hee is the middle child of a family that has slowly drifted apart.
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One Day Off
2023 · wavve · 8 episodesHa Gyeong teaches Korean literature at a high school and, to break up her routine, starts taking one-day trips alone…
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Her Private Life
2019 · tvN · 16 episodesDeok Mi is a dedicated art gallery curator who excels at her job, but she has a secret: she's an obsessive fan running…
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Call It Love
2023 · Disney+ · 16 episodesTwo people carrying more pain than they let on cross paths under complicated circumstances that start as something…
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Doctor Slump
2024 · jTBC · 16 episodesJeong U is a successful plastic surgeon whose picture-perfect career is derailed by a medical accident that changes…
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Our Beloved Summer
2021 · SBS · 16 episodesYears after a high school documentary unexpectedly goes viral, two ex lovers who once couldn’t stand each other are…
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Family By Choice
2024 · jTBC · 16 episodesKim San Ha, Yun Ju Won, and Kang Hae Jun grow up under one unconventional household, bound together not by blood but by…
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Surely Tomorrow
2025 · jTBC · 12 episodesLee Gyeong Do and Seo Ji U have crossed paths at the most important moments of their lives.
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What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
2018 · tvN · 16 episodesThe series centers on Lee Young Joon, a narcissistic vice chairman of a company run by his family.
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The Potato Lab
2025 · tvN · 12 episodesSet in a potato research center nestled in a serene mountain valley, this refreshing romance follows slightly tangled…
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My Dearest Nemesis
2025 · tvN · 12 episodesBaek Su Jeong once experienced an embarrassing first love in high school after falling for an online gamer known as…
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Mr. Plankton
2024 · Netflix · 10 episodesHae Jo has lived his entire life on the margins, marked by the stigma of not knowing who his parents are.
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Welcome to Samdal-ri
2023 · jTBC · 16 episodesAfter losing his mother at a young age due to an incorrect weather report, Cho Yong Pil decides to become a weather…
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Your Personal Taxi
2026 · Netflix · 8 episodesSome days all you want is for someone to really listen, and sometimes a song says what you can't.
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Sold Out on You
2026 · SBS · 12 episodesA healing romantic comedy about two people who look successful on the outside — but quietly carry emptiness in their…
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We Are All Trying Here
2026 · jTBC · 12 episodesHwang Dong Man is an aspiring film director and the only member of the famous industry circle known as “The Eight” who…
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Our Universe
2026 · tvN · 12 episodesThe drama follows two in-laws who, despite deep misunderstandings and constant friction, are brought together by…
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Positively Yours (2026)
2026 · Channel A · 12 episodesThe drama is a reverse romantic comedy that begins with a one-night encounter between a man and a woman who have both…
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The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun
2025 · 125 episodesBaek Seol Hui is a cheerful single mother who runs a small restaurant and raises her daughter on her own.
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Heavenly Ever After
2025 · jTBC · 12 episodesAfter a lifetime of love and devotion, Hae Suk lives happily alongside her husband, who has always cherished her beauty…
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Melo Movie
2025 · Netflix · 10 episodesKim Mu Bi is an aspiring film director who works quietly as an assistant director, determined to follow in her father’s…
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Love Next Door
2024 · tvN · 16 episodesChoi Seung Hyo, Korea’s rising star architect and founder of Atelier In, seems to have it all—talent, charm, and a…
Questions about Healing K-Dramas
What are the best Healing K-Dramas?
Our top picks are When Life Gives You Tangerines, Twinkling Watermelon, Reply 1988, followed by Hospital Playlist. Open any drama for its story, cast and where to watch.
How often is this list updated?
Automatically. The list changes as new dramas air, episodes come out and streaming links change.
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