Movies and TV shows like Itaewon Class

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Itaewon Class (2020)
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Itaewon Class (2020)
Original name: 이태원 클라쓰
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: In a colorful Seoul neighborhood, an ex-con and his friends fight a mighty foe to make their ambitious dreams for their street bar a reality.
Style: dorama, romantic, captivating, suspense, uplifting, touching, thought provoking, disturbing, feel good
Plot: rags to riches, revenge, restaurant, faithfulness, love, inheritance, restaurant owner, friendship, asian, lgbtq, business, vengeance, family business, co worker co worker relationship, workplace, faith, entrepreneurship, couples, female protagonist, entertainment, strong female character, storytelling, youth, social media, professional ...
Place: seoul, thailand, south korea
Keyword: korean

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Most similar movies to Itaewon Class

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dorama, romantic, captivating and sincere films and TV series with plots about couples, friendship, love, love and romance, asian, fall in love and couple relations mostly in Romance, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Itaewon Class: Start-Up (2020), Search: WWW (2019), Wanna Taste? (2019), Graceful Family (2019), One Spring Night (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Start-Up (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry.
Style: uplifting, dorama, thought provoking, touching, romantic
Plot: computer genius, pen pal, computers and web, rags to riches, ambition, life philosophy, youth, first love, creator, faithfulness, character study, rivalry ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: seoul
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85%
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Search: WWW (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: The stories of ambitious career women working at the top of the best portal sites in the IT industry. Paved with wins and losses, their road to success takes a new turn when love comes along the way.
Style: dorama, romantic, sentimental, light
Plot: female protagonist, friendship, feminist, workplace, media, internet, love story, rise to the top, strong female lead, ceo, job, coworker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.8
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Wanna Taste? (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Hae-Jin is 36-years-old. She is married to Jin-Sang, who is 6 years younger than her, and they have a daughter Yoo-Ri. Hae-Jin runs a restaurant that she took over from her father-in-law. She supported her husband Jin-Sang while he studied to enter ...
Style: disturbing, romantic, captivating, psychological, telenovela
Plot: food, love and romance, restaurant owner, unfaithful husband, marital infidelity, romantic relationship, love triangle, love interest, restaurant, infidelity, husband wife relationship, male female relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Graceful Family (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: Mo Seok-hee is an only child and her father runs the large company MC Group. She is beautiful, smart and rich. Mo Seok-hee appears like she is arrogant, but she struggles over her mother’s death. Her mother was killed 15 years ago. Meanwhile, Heo ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, sincere, suspense
Plot: heiress, murder, corruption, revenge, death, escapades, youth, friendship, disorder, love, strong female character, heir ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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One Spring Night (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: When Lee Jeong-in and Yu Ji-ho meet, something unexpected happens. Or it just may be that spring is in the air -- and anything is possible.
Style: dorama, exciting, light, romantic, contemplative ...
Plot: dating show, librarian, spring, father son relationship, couple relations, love affair, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, routine, unspoken love, doomed love, new love, entertainment ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Husband, Mr. Oh! (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Han Seung-Joo is a single woman in her mid 30's and she works as a PD at a broadcasting station. She does well at her job, but she is not nearly as good when it comes to housework. Han Seung-Joo has a hard time dealing with social prejudices ...
Style: feel good, sweet, affectionate, romantic, funny ...
Plot: inheritance, recluse, dating show, female journalist, workaholic, save the lady, love story, love, death of aunt, couples
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.4
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Ugly Alert (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Gong Joon-soo is a man who's had a rough life and early on had to fend for himself. He takes the blame for a murder his younger sibling commits and serves time in prison. There he learns to sew and acquires a trade. With his newly acquired ...
Style: captivating, sincere, dorama
Plot: ex convict, romantic relationship, relationships, love and romance, fall in love, couple relations, love affair, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, coworker, accused of murder, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Fight For My Way (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Drama tells the story of Ko Dong-Man and Choi Ae-Ra. In their school days, Ko Dong-Man took part in taekwondo. Now, he makes a living by working as a contract employee and also goes after the UFC title. Choi Ae-Ra hoped to become an announcer, but ...
Style: uplifting, light, captivating, sincere, dorama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ambition, life is a bitch, friends, youth, couple relations, love and romance, friends to lovers, fall in love, rivalry, coming of age, adaptation, family relations ...
Place: korea, busan
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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My Mister (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: In a world that is less than kind, a young woman and a middle-aged man develop a sense of kinship as they find warmth and comfort in one another.
Style: dorama, thought provoking, sincere, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: hardship, healing, life is a bitch, relationships, social problems, supportive friend, employee employee relationship, workplace, loneliness, stealing money, male female relationship, co worker co worker relationship ...
Time: 2010s
Place: east asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Wok of Love (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: It's a love story hotter than the boiling oil in a sizzling hot wok. Across the street of the 6-star Hotel Giant, there stands a small, shabby Chinese restaurant, Hungry Wok. Chil Seong, the owner of the restaurant, originally took over the ...
Style: captivating, dorama, light, sincere, humorous ...
Plot: love triangle, restaurant, food, fall in love, chef, popularity, friendship, workplace, revenge, rivalry, entrepreneurship, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.7
 3K
Dakteoseu (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When Hye-Jung was young, her life was difficult. She was good at fighting, but also studied well. Overcoming her tough situation, she is now a doctor.
Style: captivating, dorama, sentimental, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot: medical profession, strong female lead, doctor, coworker, surgeon, medical, hospital, prejudice, doubts and hesitations, fall in love, teacher, wedding ...
Place: south korea, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 723
Miss Hammurabi (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: Park Cha O Reum works as a rookie judge. She is in her mid-20's and follows "an eye for an eye" principle. She does not accept prejudice or blindly follow authority. Dealing with cases, she and her colleagues, including Im Ba-Reun, ...
Style: dorama, thought provoking, romantic, sweet
Plot: office romance, judge, legal, courtroom drama, justice, love, couple relations, society, danger, murder suspect, investigation, partner ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
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Run On (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Veering off course from his preset path, a track star follows his own pace and heart for the first time after a film translator steps into his life.
Style: dorama, emotional, melancholic, romantic, psychological ...
Plot: couples, love, love and romance, love affair, youth, relationships, love interest, society, lovers, couple relations, young lovers, in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Record of Youth (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: In a cutthroat world where the life you’re born into decides your success, three aspiring youths are determined to change that perception as they fight for their dreams.
Style: dorama, touching, sincere, captivating, light ...
Plot: makeup artist, love triangle, youth, actor, follow your dream, fandom, modeling, professional rivalry, fashion, declaration of love, multiple contestants, entertainment ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
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My Holo Love (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Go Nan Do, the owner, and creator of an IT research company must hide his existence from the world after his involvement as a hacker in a major case ten years ago. Presumed dead, the only people who knew of his existence are his step-sister and his ...
Style: social, dorama, feel good, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: couples, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, single woman, amnesia, love story, couple relations, memory loss, male female relationship, loneliness, technology, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Age of Youth (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: University students Yoon Jin-Myung, Jung Ye-Eun, Song Ji-Won, Kang Yi-Na and Yoo Eun-Jae share a house. Jin-Myung is busy supporting herself financially and studying. She suffers from lack of sleep. Ye-Eun is devoted to her boyfriend, she is clear ...
Style: dorama, humorous, feel good, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: female friendship, youth, friendship, life lesson, house party, inferiority complex, love at first sight, friends who live together, love and romance, couples, female protagonist, entrepreneurship ...
Place: seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Reply 1997 (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the 1990's, the drama centers around a female high school student Shi Won, who idolizes boyband H.O.T and her 5 high school friends in Busan. As the timeline moves back and forth between their past as 18-year-old high schoolers in 1997 ...
Style: dorama, sincere, not serious, light, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, friends to lovers, first love, love, family relations, fall in love, ambition, teenage life, family problems, parents and children, lifestyle, past ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: seoul, thailand, busan
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Legendary Witch (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Orphan Moon Soo-in marries Ma Do-hyun, the eldest son of the chaebol family who owns bakery corporation Shinhwa Group. But when Do-hyun dies unexpectedly, the Ma family makes Soo-in take the fall for their illegal business practices and she ends up ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: bonding, friendship, vengeance, social problems, women, wrongful conviction, life is a bitch, false accusation, female protagonist, revenge, falsely accused, food
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Dr. Romantic (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Boo Yong Joo was once a famous surgeon at the peak of his career at a major hospital. But he suddenly gives it all up one day to live in seclusion and work as a neighborhood doctor in a small town. He now goes by “Teacher Kim” and refers to ...
Style: psychological, sincere, romantic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: hospital, doctor, surgery, talented, workplace situations, doctors and patients, medicine, obsession, cure, treatment, teamwork, against the rules ...
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Just Between Lovers (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Two survivors of a building collapse discover support and love in each other as they overcome the pain of loss and reconstruct a hopeful future.
Style: dorama, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, romantic ...
Plot: first love, family tragedy, love at first sight, love and romance, young love, love, poverty, couples, siblings, asian, society, female protagonist ...
Place: busan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
My First First Love (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Due to various personal reasons, a group of Yun Tae-o’s friends move into his house, where they experience love, friendship, and everything in between.
Style: dorama, humorous, touching, sincere, sweet ...
Plot: couples, first love, twenty something, friends to lovers, love, love affair, love and romance, friends who live together, grownups, love story, romantic relationship, fall in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Radio Romance (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Song Geurim is a radio program writer who isn't exactly talented in writing. She's got the passion, initiative, and drive, but due to her lack of writing skills, she still remains an assistant writer. When she was young, the radio was the ...
Style: dorama, captivating, disturbing, sweet, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: radio, love affair, adaptation, workplace situations, family relations, escapades, couples, promise, friendship, society, happy ending, ambition ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Beyond the Clouds (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Jung Se Ro (Yoon Kye Sang) lost his father and his life was destroyed by a murder case in Thailand which also involved stolen diamonds. After that incident, Se Ro lives his life as a swindler. Park Kang Jae (Jo Jin Woong) is his partner in crime and ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: heist gone wrong, criminal's revenge, love and romance, relationships, male female relationship, love story, couple relations, in love, love affair, love interest, revenge, bandit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Beauty Inside (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: It is a love story of Han Se-gye who is an A-list actress. She is known as a troublemaker and the object of many rumors. Her life is a mystery, but, in reality, she suffers from an unusual phenomenon. At a certain point every month, her appearance ...
Style: dorama, romantic, sweet, light, feel good ...
Plot: couples, secret, body swapping, actress, hidden identity, love and romance, disorder, illness, happy ending, youth, transformation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Call It Love (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A woman vows revenge on her for, a heart-wrenchingly lonely and gentle man.
Style: captivating, sentimental, romantic, dramatic, touching ...
Plot: revenge, couples, death of father, love, love story, love and romance, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, love affair, relationships, enemies to lovers ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Follow four people as they seek love and happiness: Kim Seol-A who once worked as an announcer and is now married to CEO Do Jin-Woo; Moon Tae-Rang, a chef and the oldest brother from a family of adoptees; and Moon Hae-Rang, Moon Tae-Rang's ...
Style: romantic, uplifting, sincere, captivating, touching ...
Plot: family drama, family relations, siblings, ambition, friendship, relationship vs career, fall in love, romantic relationship, youth, relationships, job, workplace ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Kill Me, Heal Me (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cha Do Hyun is a rich heir to a family company with one major problem. Due to suppressed childhood trauma, he suffers from dissociative identity disorder manifested in 7 unique personalities who are out of his control. In order to overcome this ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, captivating, light, dorama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dissociative identity disorder, psychiatrist, doctor patient relationship, mental illness, split personality, love, childhood memory, friendship, wealthy family, twists and turns, family relations, doctor ...
Place: korea, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 8.6
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Meet Yourself (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Because of the death of her best friend, Xu Hongdou's life and work falls into a slump. She goes to the "windy courtyard" in Yun Miao Village, Dali, to recuperate by herself. There, she meets Xie Zhiyao, a local who quit his ...
Style: romantic, touching, dramatic, captivating, entertaining
Plot: friendship, healing, relationships, friends, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, fall in love, love and romance, couples, female protagonist, death of friend ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A professional woman leaves her dental practice in Seoul and moves to a seaside village. There she meets a local resident who is unemployed but seems to do everything around town, from helping those in need to being a part of everyone's life. ...
Style: dorama, smart, sincere, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: friendship, friend, love, seaside, love and romance, dentist, romantic friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love interest, love story, romantic relationship, fall in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Oh My Ghost (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Na Bong Sun may be a skilled sous chef, but she lacks the self-esteem to shine professionally and socially. Beyond her cooking talents, however, is an uncanny ability to communicate with ghosts. One day, her mystic senses go out of control when the ...
Style: captivating, touching, dorama, romantic, entertaining ...
Plot: ghost, memory loss, friendship, couples, love and romance, possessed human, shaman, employer employee relationship, romantic relationship, workplace situations, supernatural, brother sister relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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