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K-dramas with happy endings

143 titles. Every drama here ends happy or hopeful. We label the ending and hide the how behind a click, so you learn whether it treats you well without learning who it happens to.

How this list is built: Ending labelled happy or hopeful. Set by hand, checked against the full run, never generated on request. Our method.

143 titles · Written by Yuna · reviewed 15 September 2026

The Wonderfools

2026 · 8 ep · ~9.5h

Brisk pace · Easy · Hopeful

Slow start

Love Scout

2025 · 12 ep · ~14h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Resident Playbook

2025 · 12 ep · ~17h

Steady pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Slow start

Business Proposal

2022 · 12 ep · ~12h

Brisk pace · Light · Happy

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

2022 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

Our Blues

2022 · 20 ep · ~23h

Slow pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Slow start

Summer Strike

2022 · 12 ep · ~12h

Glacial pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Slow start

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

2021 · 16 ep · ~21h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Hospital Playlist Season 2

2021 · 12 ep · ~20h

Slow pace · Moderate · Happy

Racket Boys

2021 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Light · Happy

Hospital Playlist

2020 · 12 ep · ~18h

Slow pace · Moderate · Happy

Mr. Queen

2020 · 20 ep · ~25h

Brisk pace · Easy · Happy

Her Private Life

2019 · 16 ep · ~20h

Steady pace · Light · Happy

Slow start

Romance Is a Bonus Book

2019 · 16 ep · ~17h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

2018 · 16 ep · ~18h

Brisk pace · Easy · Happy

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

2016 · 16 ep · ~16h

Steady pace · Light · Happy

Reply 1988

2015 · 20 ep · ~32h

Slow pace · Moderate · Happy

Slow start

Can This Love Be Translated?

2026 · 12 ep · ~13h

Steady pace · Easy · Hopeful

Perfect Crown

2026 · 12 ep · ~14h

Brisk pace · Light · Happy

The Legend of Kitchen Soldier

2026 · 12 ep · ~11h

Brisk pace · Easy · Hopeful

To My Beloved Thief

2026 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

Undercover Miss Hong

2026 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Slow start

Beyond the Bar

2025 · 12 ep · ~14h

Steady pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Law and the City

2025 · 12 ep · ~14h

Slow pace · Easy · Hopeful

Slow start

Flex X Cop

2024 · 16 ep · ~19h

Brisk pace · Easy · Happy

Good Partner

2024 · 16 ep · ~19h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Knight Flower

2024 · 12 ep · ~13h

Brisk pace · Easy · Happy

Love Next Door

2024 · 16 ep · ~21h

Slow pace · Moderate · Happy

Slow start

Lovely Runner

2024 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

The Atypical Family

2024 · 12 ep · ~14h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

Slow start

The Auditors

2024 · 12 ep · ~14h

Brisk pace · Easy · Hopeful

Castaway Diva

2023 · 12 ep · ~14h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

Divorce Attorney Shin

2023 · 12 ep · ~14h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938

2023 · 12 ep · ~14h

Brisk pace · Easy · Hopeful

Slow start

Twinkling Watermelon

2023 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

If You Wish Upon Me

2022 · 16 ep · ~19h

Slow pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

My Liberation Notes

2022 · 16 ep · ~18h

Glacial pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

Our Beloved Summer

2021 · 16 ep · ~16h

Slow pace · Moderate · Happy

Slow start

Mystic Pop-up Bar

2020 · 12 ep · ~14h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Happy

Run On

2020 · 16 ep · ~19h

Slow pace · Easy · Hopeful

Slow start

The Uncanny Counter

2020 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

True Beauty

2020 · 16 ep · ~20h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Slow start

Crash Landing on You

2019 · 16 ep · ~23h

Steady pace · Moderate · Hopeful

The Fiery Priest

2019 · 40 ep · ~23h

Fast pace · Easy · Happy

When the Camellia Blooms

2019 · 40 ep · ~23h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

My ID Is Gangnam Beauty

2018 · 16 ep · ~16h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

My Mister

2018 · 16 ep · ~21h

Glacial pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

Thirty but Seventeen

2018 · 32 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Because This Is My First Life

2017 · 16 ep · ~17h

Slow pace · Easy · Happy

Fight for My Way

2017 · 16 ep · ~16h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Strong Girl Bong-soon

2017 · 16 ep · ~18h

Brisk pace · Easy · Happy

While You Were Sleeping

2017 · 32 ep · ~16h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Happy

Dear My Friends

2016 · 16 ep · ~19h

Slow pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

Moonlight Drawn by Clouds

2016 · 18 ep · ~18h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim

2016 · 20 ep · ~20h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Happy

My Love from Another Star

2013 · 21 ep · ~20h

Steady pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Slow start

Reply 1997

2012 · 16 ep · ~16h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Agent Kim Reactivated

2026 · 10 ep · ~11h

Fast pace · Moderate · Happy

Phantom Lawyer

2026 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Reborn Rookie

2026 · 12 ep · ~14h

Brisk pace · Easy · Happy

Spring Fever

2026 · 12 ep · ~12h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Slow start

The Apartment Job

2026 · 12 ep · ~14h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Happy

Oh My Ghost Clients

2025 · 10 ep · ~12h

Steady pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Taxi Driver Season 3

2025 · 16 ep · ~19h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Hopeful

The Potato Lab

2025 · 12 ep · ~15h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Slow start

The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call

2025 · 8 ep · ~7h

Fast pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Typhoon Family

2025 · 16 ep · ~20h

Steady pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Slow start

Undercover High School

2025 · 12 ep · ~14h

Brisk pace · Easy · Happy

Bitter Sweet Hell

2024 · 12 ep · ~12h

Steady pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Brewing Love

2024 · 12 ep · ~14h

Slow pace · Light · Happy

Slow start

Chief Detective 1958

2024 · 10 ep · ~10h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Family by Choice

2024 · 16 ep · ~17h

Slow pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

2024 · 12 ep · ~14h

Steady pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Slow start

Marry My Husband

2024 · 16 ep · ~17h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Happy

Miss Night and Day

2024 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

No Gain No Love

2024 · 12 ep · ~14h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Queen of Tears

2024 · 16 ep · ~23h

Steady pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

Serendipity's Embrace

2024 · 8 ep · ~9.5h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

When the Phone Rings

2024 · 12 ep · ~14h

Fast pace · Moderate · Happy

Bloodhounds

2023 · 8 ep · ~8h

Fast pace · Moderate · Happy

Crash Course in Romance

2023 · 16 ep · ~20h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

Slow start

Destined with You

2023 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Taxi Driver Season 2

2023 · 16 ep · ~19h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Happy

Move to Heaven

2021 · 10 ep · ~8.5h

Slow pace · Devastating · Hopeful

Vincenzo

2021 · 20 ep · ~28h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Happy

Slow start

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

2020 · 16 ep · ~20h

Steady pace · Heavy · Happy

Slow start

Tale of the Nine-Tailed

2020 · 16 ep · ~19h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Hopeful

He Is Psychometric

2019 · 16 ep · ~17h

Steady pace · Moderate · Hopeful

One Spring Night

2019 · 32 ep · ~19h

Glacial pace · Moderate · Happy

Slow start

Touch Your Heart

2019 · 16 ep · ~19h

Slow pace · Light · Happy

Live

2018 · 18 ep · ~23h

Steady pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

Just Between Lovers

2017 · 16 ep · ~19h

Slow pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

Prison Playbook

2017 · 16 ep · ~25h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

Suspicious Partner

2017 · 40 ep · ~20h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

Tunnel

2017 · 16 ep · ~17h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Happy

The Legend of the Blue Sea

2016 · 20 ep · ~20h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

W: Two Worlds

2016 · 16 ep · ~16h

Fast pace · Moderate · Happy

It's Okay, That's Love

2014 · 16 ep · ~16h

Steady pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

Misaeng: Incomplete Life

2014 · 20 ep · ~27h

Steady pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Boyfriend on Demand

2026 · 10 ep · ~10h

Steady pace · Light · Happy

See You at Work Tomorrow!

2026 · 12 ep · ~14h

Slow pace · Easy · Happy

Slow start

Teach You a Lesson

2026 · 10 ep · ~11h

Fast pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Bon Appetit, Your Majesty

2025 · 12 ep · ~16h

Steady pace · Easy · Hopeful

Slow start

Good Boy

2025 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

Melo Movie

2025 · 10 ep · ~10h

Slow pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

Our Unwritten Seoul

2025 · 12 ep · ~16h

Slow pace · Moderate · Hopeful

The Haunted Palace

2025 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Moderate · Happy

Slow start

The Price of Confession

2025 · 12 ep · ~10h

Steady pace · Devastating · Hopeful

A Shop for Killers

2024 · 8 ep · ~7h

Fast pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Blood Free

2024 · 10 ep · ~8.5h

Slow pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Slow start

Connection

2024 · 14 ep · ~14h

Brisk pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Light Shop

2024 · 8 ep · ~7h

Steady pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

Parasyte: The Grey

2024 · 6 ep · ~5h

Fast pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Pyramid Game

2024 · 10 ep · ~8.5h

Fast pace · Heavy · Hopeful

The Judge from Hell

2024 · 14 ep · ~16h

Brisk pace · Heavy · Hopeful

The Tale of Lady Ok

2024 · 16 ep · ~19h

Brisk pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Wonderful World

2024 · 14 ep · ~16h

Steady pace · Devastating · Hopeful

Call It Love

2023 · 16 ep · ~16h

Glacial pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

Daily Dose of Sunshine

2023 · 12 ep · ~14h

Slow pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Gyeongseong Creature

2023 · 10 ep · ~12h

Steady pace · Heavy · Hopeful

King the Land

2023 · 16 ep · ~19h

Steady pace · Light · Happy

Moving

2023 · 20 ep · ~16h

Steady pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Slow start

My Dearest

2023 · 21 ep · ~25h

Steady pace · Devastating · Happy

Welcome to Samdal-ri

2023 · 16 ep · ~19h

Slow pace · Easy · Happy

Slow start

The Glory

2022 · 16 ep · ~13h

Steady pace · Devastating · Hopeful

Tomorrow

2022 · 16 ep · ~16h

Steady pace · Devastating · Hopeful

At a Distance, Spring Is Green

2021 · 12 ep · ~12h

Slow pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Law School

2021 · 16 ep · ~17h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Happy

Taxi Driver

2021 · 16 ep · ~17h

Fast pace · Heavy · Happy

Itaewon Class

2020 · 16 ep · ~19h

Brisk pace · Moderate · Happy

Slow start

SKY Castle

2018 · 20 ep · ~25h

Brisk pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Save Me

2017 · 16 ep · ~16h

Brisk pace · Heavy · Hopeful

Another Miss Oh

2016 · 18 ep · ~21h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Slow start

Our Sticky Love

2026 · 12 ep · ~12h

Slow pace · Easy · Happy

Slow start

Our Universe

2026 · 12 ep · ~14h

Slow pace · Moderate · Hopeful

Spooky in Love

2026 · 12 ep · ~14h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Slow start

Dynamite Kiss

2025 · 14 ep · ~16h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Tastefully Yours

2025 · 10 ep · ~10h

Steady pace · Light · Happy

Slow start

My Demon

2023 · 16 ep · ~18h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Slow start

Alchemy of Souls Part 2: Light and Shadow

2022 · 10 ep · ~14h

Steady pace · Easy · Happy

Juvenile Justice

2022 · 10 ep · ~10h

Steady pace · Devastating · Hopeful

Through the Darkness

2022 · 12 ep · ~14h

Slow pace · Devastating · Hopeful

Lost

2021 · 16 ep · ~19h

Glacial pace · Devastating · Hopeful

Slow start

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Dramas like The Wonderfools8 ep
Dramas like Love Scout12 ep
Dramas like Resident Playbook12 ep
Dramas like Business Proposal12 ep
Dramas like Extraordinary Attorney Woo16 ep
Dramas like Our Blues20 ep
Dramas like Summer Strike12 ep
Dramas like Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha16 ep
Dramas like Racket Boys16 ep
Dramas like Hospital Playlist12 ep
Dramas like Mr. Queen20 ep
Dramas like Her Private Life16 ep

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Slow and quietNothing hurries. The payoff is cumulative.Ends hardBittersweet or tragic, and worth it anyway.One weekendAbout fourteen hours or less. Start and finish it.Push throughSlow first hours, then it clicks.Nothing heavyFor when you cannot take one more sad show.Wreck meHeavy on purpose. Clear your evening.Romance firstThe couple is the plot, not the subplot.Put it on againRewatchable at any episode, any mood.