Best Slice-of-Life Dramas

Tae Ho Dec 12, 2019
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  • Just Between Lovers

    1. Just Between Lovers

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.5
    698 points by 7 voters
    A tragic accident kills 48 people, leaving the survivors and those connected to the event forever changed. Lee Gang Du, once a hopeful soccer player, now struggles with physical and emotional pain ...more
  • Reply 1988

    2. Reply 1988

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    9.1
    696 points by 7 voters
    Five childhood friends, who all live in the same Ssangmundong neighborhood of Seoul, lean on each other to survive their challenging teen years and set a path for their futures. Sung Deok ...more
  • Search: WWW

    3. Search: WWW

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.3
    493 points by 5 voters
    This drama delves into the challenges and triumphs of modern women who have chosen career over traditional family roles. Bae Ta Mi, a competitive director at a major web portal company in ...more
  • My Mister

    4. My Mister

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    9.0
    399 points by 4 voters
    Park Dong Hun is a middle-aged engineer who is married to attorney Kang Yun Hui. However, his life is not that happy as he has two unemployed brothers, Sang Hun and Gi ...more
  • Reply 1994

    5. Reply 1994

    Korean Drama - 2013, 21 episodes
    8.1
    398 points by 4 voters
    Set in 1994, six university students from various provincial areas live together at a boarding house in Sinchon, Seoul, which is run by a couple with a daughter named Na Jung. The ...more
  • Reply 1997

    6. Reply 1997

    Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
    8.4
    396 points by 4 voters
    Set in the 1990s, 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 ...more
  • Kinou Nani Tabeta?

    7. Kinou Nani Tabeta?

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
    8.0
    395 points by 4 voters
    Kakei Shiro, a 45-year-old lawyer, lives with his boyfriend, Yabuki Kenji, a hairdresser. After work, Shiro sticks to a simple routine: he shops for groceries on a budget, then cooks a basic ...more
  • When the Camellia Blooms

    8. When the Camellia Blooms

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    8.4
    394 points by 4 voters
    Dong Baek is a single mother living in the small town of Ongsan. She runs the bar-restaurant Camellia, while also taking care of her son Pil Gu. The people of Ongsan frequently ...more
  • Tokyo Bandwagon

    9. Tokyo Bandwagon

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 10 episodes
    7.7
    392 points by 4 voters
    The somewhat peculiar Hotta family runs Tokyo Bandwagon, a secondhand bookstore and cafe in the old part of Tokyo. They are a big four-generation family that is rare these days. The Hottas ...more
  • Tonbi

    10. Tonbi

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 10 episodes
    8.5
    297 points by 3 voters
    Ichikawa Yasuo, who goes by the nickname Yasu, is a ‘dumb’ man unequalled anywhere in the world. He has not had schooling, is boorish and would immediately let his fists fly if ...more
  • When the Weather Is Fine

    11. When the Weather Is Fine

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    8.2
    296 points by 3 voters
    Tired of life in Seoul, Hae Won, a cellist who has closed her heart due to past emotional wounds, returns to her hometown, Bookhyun Village. There, she meets Eun Seob, the owner ...more
  • Kisarazu Cat's Eye

    12. Kisarazu Cat's Eye

    Japanese Drama - 2002, 9 episodes
    7.9
    294 points by 3 voters
    Twenty-one year old former high school baseball player, Kohei (nickname: Bussan), learns that he is dying from cancer. He is told that he only has six months to live, and decides that ...more
  • Live

    13. Live

    Korean Drama - 2018, 18 episodes
    8.6
    293 points by 3 voters
    Yeom Sang Soo, determined to become a public official, faces misfortune with every case and conflicts with his superiors. His co-worker, Han Jung Oh, is a female officer fighting male chauvinism. Together, ...more
  • Chocolate

    14. Chocolate

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.1
    291 points by 3 voters
    The story of a man who became a neurosurgeon, though he dreamed of becoming a cook, and a woman who became a cook because of him. Lee Kang is a neurosurgeon who ...more
  • My Girl

    15. My Girl

    Japanese Drama - 2009, 10 episodes
    7.6
    290 points by 3 voters
    The story revolves around a 23-year-old man named Kazama Masamune. During high school, he had a girlfriend four years older than him, but she suddenly decides to study abroad. Six years later, ...more
  • The Story of Ming Lan

    16. The Story of Ming Lan

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 78 episodes
    8.8
    200 points by 2 voters
    Set in the Northern Song dynasty, the story follows Sheng Ming Lan, an unfavored concubine-born 6th daughter of an official. After losing her mother at a young age, Ming Lan is raised ...more
  • Because This Is My First Life

    17. Because This Is My First Life

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.4
    198 points by 2 voters
    A house-poor man and homeless woman become housemates in a drama that examines the institution of marriage and the problems that young people face today. Nam Se Hui is a single man ...more
  • Gibo to Musume no Blues

    18. Gibo to Musume no Blues

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
    8.2
    198 points by 2 voters
    Miyamoto Ryoichi, a father to an 8-year-old daughter, proposes to and marries Akiko Iwaki, a career-minded 32-year-old woman. What happens when a career-oriented woman who has never raised a child before now ...more
  • A Little Thing Called First Love

    19. A Little Thing Called First Love

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 36 episodes
    8.1
    198 points by 2 voters
    The story of an ordinary girl who falls head over heels for the most popular guy in school. Xia Miao Miao is a shy, artistic student who develops a crush on a ...more
  • The Third Charm

    20. The Third Charm

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    6.7
    197 points by 2 voters
    The Third Charm tells the 12-year love story of how two young people with completely different personalities manage to find each other again. From the tender age of 20 to 27 years ...more
  • Misaeng: Incomplete Life

    21. Misaeng: Incomplete Life

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.6
    196 points by 2 voters
    Jang Geu Rae, a former Go prodigy, struggles after his dream of becoming a professional player fails. Forced into an internship at the company One International, he meets fellow intern An Yeong ...more
  • Something in the Rain

    22. Something in the Rain

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.0
    196 points by 2 voters
    Yun Jin A, a woman in her mid-30s, has never experienced a successful relationship. After being dumped countless times for her clumsy and reckless behavior, she is heartbroken when a man breaks ...more
  • Wakamono Tachi

    23. Wakamono Tachi

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
    8.0
    194 points by 2 voters
    Five siblings live together. They have arguments everyday and sometimes even fight with each other. Each of the siblings have their own problems like studying, finding a job, marriage, etc. There are ...more
  • Mukodono!

    24. Mukodono!

    Japanese Drama - 2001, 12 episodes
    7.5
    192 points by 2 voters
    An icy-cool pop idol, Sakuraba Yuuichiro, is actually a happy-go-lucky smiling idiot. After falling in love with Sakura, trouble ensues after agreeing to marry into Sakura's family, which consists of her 3 ...more
  • Nagi no Oitoma

    25. Nagi no Oitoma

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.2
    189 points by 2 voters
    28-year-old Oshima Nagi works for a home appliance manufacturer in Tokyo. She conforms to her surroundings as she constantly gauges people’s moods. Because of that, her goal is to pass each day ...more
  • Going My Home

    26. Going My Home

    Japanese Drama - 2012, 10 episodes
    7.4
    100 points by 1 voters
    The drama focuses on 45-year-old Tsuboi Ryota, the coordinator of a large CM company who is receiving a request from one of their clients to change some parts of their new CM. ...more
  • Sakanoue Animal Clinic Story

    27. Sakanoue Animal Clinic Story

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 8 episodes
    7.5
    99 points by 1 voters
    Tatsuya is a veterinarian who recently quit his job. He lands a new job at Veternarian Tokumaru in Kagurazaka, Tokyo where he was born and raised. Suddenly, the owner of the hospital ...more
  • Be Melodramatic

    28. Be Melodramatic

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.3
    99 points by 1 voters
    Im Jin Joo, Lee Eun Jung, and Hwang Han Joo are best friends who are 30-years-old. Hwang Han Joo is the head of a marketing team for a drama production company. She ...more
  • Bread and Soup and Cat Weather

    29. Bread and Soup and Cat Weather

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 4 episodes
    7.7
    99 points by 1 voters
    Akiko lives with her mother, but suddenly her mother passes away. Since then she quits her editing job and takes over her mother's small restaurant. At the restaurant there's only two items ...more
  • Yoo Na's Street

    30. Yoo Na's Street

    Korean Drama - 2014, 50 episodes
    7.6
    98 points by 1 voters
    Yu Na, who used to be part of the dark world as a thief, sometimes goes back to her old habits. When she moves into a multiplex house, she meets a group ...more
  • Just Dance

    31. Just Dance

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    7.9
    98 points by 1 voters
    “Dance Sports Girls” is based on the documentary of the same name and will tell the story of girls in Geoje Girl’s Vocational High School, who dream different dreams while preparing to ...more
  • Woman

    32. Woman

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 11 episodes
    8.2
    93 points by 1 voters
    After unexpectedly losing her husband Shin, Koharu works hard to provide for her two children, Nozomi and Riku, despite facing financial hardships. When denied assistance at the social welfare office, Koharu reveals ...more

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