School and Youth K-Dramas
If you love school and youth stories, these 38 Korean dramas are a good place to start, from when life gives you tangerines, twinkling watermelon and weak hero: class 1. 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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Weak Hero: Class 1
2022 · Netflix · 16 episodesAn action-driven coming-of-age drama centered on Yun Shi Eun, a top student who consistently ranks in the top 1% of his…
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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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Moving
2023 · Disney+ · 20 episodesThree high schoolers, Bong-seok, Hui-su and Gang-hoon, each have unusual powers they have to hide, inherited from…
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The Glory
2022 · Netflix · 16 episodesMoon Dong-eun was tormented so badly by her high school classmates that she had to drop out.
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Twenty-Five Twenty-One
2022 · tvN · 16 episodesIn 1998, in the shadow of a national financial crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do dreams of becoming a champion.
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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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Resident Playbook
2025 · tvN · 12 episodesAt the Jongno branch of Yulje Medical Center, a group of young residents choose the obstetrics and gynecology…
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Youth of May
2021 · KBS2 · 12 episodesIn Gwangju in 1980, medical student Hwang Hee-tae, a golden boy from a comfortable family, meets nursing student Kim…
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Our Unwritten Seoul
2025 · 12 episodesTwin sisters Yoo Mi Ji and Yoo Mi Rae share the same face but lead completely different lives.
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Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Netflix · 10 episodesThe series follows the Educational Rights Protection Bureau (ERPB), a special organization created to restore order…
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The Penthouse: War in Life
2020 · SBS · 21 episodesHera Palace is a hundred-floor luxury apartment tower where the residents are rich, ambitious and hiding plenty.
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All of Us Are Dead
2022 · Netflix · 12 episodesA science experiment gone wrong turns a high school into the first place a zombie virus spreads.
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High School Return of a Gangster
2024 · wavve · 8 episodesDeuk Pal is a middle-aged gangster who always wished he had gone to school.
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Law School
2021 · jTBC · 16 episodesA death at a top law school shakes the students and staff who were all there that night.
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Begins Youth
2024 · Xclusive · 12 episodesSeven boys in the small town of Songju each carry something heavy, from family troubles and poverty to grief and…
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The King of Pigs
2022 · TVING · 12 episodesTwo men who were friends in school are reunited by a message from someone they have not heard from in twenty years, and…
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Pyramid Game
2024 · TVING · 10 episodesAt a girls' high school, students vote once a month in a ranking that decides everyone's place in the social order.
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Revenge of Others
2022 · Disney+ · 12 episodesAfter her twin brother dies in what is called a suicide at school, Chan Mi refuses to believe it and transfers to his…
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Hello, My Twenties!
2016 · jTBC · 12 episodesFive young women in their twenties live together in a shared house called Belle Epoque.
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Boyhood
2023 · Coupang Play · 10 episodesIn the late 1980s, a small, bullied boy transfers to a rough agricultural high school where fists decide everything.
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Beautiful World
2019 · jTBC · 16 episodesAfter their teenage son is left brain-dead following an incident at his new school, his parents and little sister start…
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Save Me
2017 · OCN · 16 episodesSang Mi's family moves to a small town after her father's business fails, and a charismatic religious leader offers…
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Reply 1997
2012 · tvN · 16 episodesIn 1997, Shi Won is a high school fan of a famous boy band, and she and her five friends in Busan share everything.
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Undercover High School
2025 · MBC · 12 episodesJung Hae Seong is a top agent from the National Intelligence Service who is on the verge of being demoted.
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Study Group
2025 · TVING · 10 episodesYun Ga Min is a determined student at the struggling Yusung Technical High School, dreaming of going to college despite…
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Spring Fever
2026 · tvN · 12 episodesYun Bom escapes the emotional exhaustion of her life in Seoul by moving to the quiet village of Sinsu, where she starts…
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True Beauty
2020 · tvN · 16 episodesTrue Beauty is a romantic comedy centered on Lim Ju Gyeong, a high school girl who transforms her life after mastering…
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Four Hands, Two Sonatas
2026 · tvN · 12 episodesKang Pi-o has spent his whole life at the top — first in his class, first at the piano, already talked about as a…
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Summertime
2026 · wavve · 10 episodesYeo Eun Ho and Cha Do Hyeon have been inseparable for nineteen years — close enough that Eun Ho thinks he knows every…
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Spirit Fingers
2025 · 12 episodesSong U Yeon is a quiet, awkward high school student who blends into the background and lives a life that feels dull and…
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The Winning Try
2025 · 12 episodesJu Ga Ram was once the brightest hope of Korean rugby.
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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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Family By Choice
2024 · 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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Our Beloved Summer
2021 · 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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A Love So Beautiful
2020 · 24 episodesCha Heon is the kind of student everyone notices. He is smart, good looking, and keeps his distance, even though he is…
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Boys over Flowers
2009 · KBS1 · 25 episodesGeum Jan Di comes from a poor family that runs a small dry-cleaning shop.
Questions about School and Youth K-Dramas
What are the best School and Youth K-Dramas?
Our top picks are When Life Gives You Tangerines, Twinkling Watermelon, Weak Hero: Class 1, followed by Reply 1988. 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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