Long-form Dramas

Once Again - A 50-episode drama that focuses on second chances as the name suggest – “One Again”. It depicts this family where literally all of them have gone through a divorce or something similar. It’s about how life throws a second chance at them and how they grab this opportunity. It’s a pretty wholesome and cute drama. So many couples to root for and look out for, hilarious side characters and more importantly, amazing chemistry between all the couples. It’s long but an easy watch.  - u/Fatooz

Five Enough - A family drama that is mainly about a widower with two children and a divorcée with three children getting together, and their families making everything a little bit more complicated. There are a few other couples as well, so there's a good amount of romance and drama throughout. All in all, this is a generally light-hearted series with some fun moments and characters, sweet romantic scenes and lots of family drama. Has Shin Hye Sun, which is always a plus.  - u/TotoroTheGreat

My Golden Life - My Golden Life has a lot of ups and downs, with lots of melodrama in the mix. But, it still has some great characters which was the reason why I stuck with it through to the end. It's hard to shortly summarize a complex story like this, but it is mainly about a girl from a poor family, struggling to make a living, who finds out that she is actually the daughter of a chaebol house. Things get complicated when it turns out that the girl's mother lied and it was actually her sister who was from the chaebol family. The show involves drama between the two families as their lives get intertwined in this mess. Also, this has one of Shin Hye Sun's best performances. - u/TotoroTheGreat

Never Twice (Also known as Once Never Again) - A 72 episodic story focused on the residents of Paradise Inn, a hotel located in the middle of Seoul. I had come across this when I  just finished watching Vincenzo and wanted to see more of Kwak Dong Yeon’s acting. It’s pretty inspirational, sad, about creating family bonds with strangers, love lives, love loss, and overall trials of life! Basic summary of this involves multiple characters lives, but I truly stayed for the main younger couple- their chemistry was so pure and bittersweet and seeing their growth was my favorite part. This was the first long drama I watched, and it was paced very well. Hope you guys give it a shot!  - u/mosaicsoml

One Well-Raised Daughter - 122 episodes. Depicts the struggle of one honest and loving family against one deceitful family. FL has a gender secret. This drama also includes gender discrimination, as well as, self-determination and endurance. The 2 ML leads are both protective of FL and concealing secrets of their own. This drama also depicts the unbreakable bond of true friendship. This is an excellent drama from start to finish.  - u/Unhappy-Loan9457

Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life - The first 8 episodes set up the background story which handles the topic of bullying and (attempted) suicide. Then there is a time jump and the main story begins. The eldest daughter is having a hard time in her marriage (awful mother-in-law). She is materialistic and self-centered, but goes through a lot of growth during the series. The middle daughter has  been studying for the civil service exam in order to become a police officer. She is positive, hard working and very caring. Youngest daughter is a tennis player in high school. The mom is a hard worker, but doesn't always make the best decisions; and the father is a lazy bum that I could have done without, but he tones down after a while.   I loved all the growth that the two main daughters go through. I appreciated that they tackled the repercussions of (attempted suicide) for the people involved and their families. Also infidelity. Serious topics, yet, I found it to be the highlight of my week as it was airing. Loved the daughters so much!- u/LcLou02

Yoo Na's Street - Kim Ok Bin did a fantastic job portraying Yoo Na, who is a pickpocket -- all her friends and neighbours are/were criminals of some kind. I enjoyed their loyalty to each other and that they had their own moral code. Gave it a kind of found-family feeling.  - u/LcLou02