11 K-Dramas That Will Give You Warm, Fuzzy Friendship Feels And Make You Miss Your Squad

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Follow the stories of five girls in their twenties who live together in a sharehouse called Belle Epoque. Each girl is unique in her own way — from personality and background to the problems they face. But as different as they are, they bond and connect over the growing pains and things they go through in their twenties, forming a tight-knit friendship along the way.

Main cast (Season 1): Han Ye-ri, Han Seung-yeon, Park Eun-bin, Ryu Hwa-young, and Park Hye-su

Main cast (Season 2): Han Ye-ri, Han Seung-yeon, Park Eun-bin, Ji Woo, and Choi Ara

Episode count: 12 (Season 1) | 14 (Season 2)

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship
- Humour
- Slice of life stories
- Coming-of-age stories
- Relatable youth issues
- Strong ensemble cast

Consisting of three separate dramas titled Reply 1997, Reply 1994, and Reply 1988, the Reply series focuses on the journeys of groups of friends growing up together in different time periods. Each drama features a new cast of different characters, but what they all have in common is the close bonds they share and the relatable issues they face. Those who grew up in the '80s and '90s will find the Reply series particularly nostalgic.

Main cast (Reply 1997): Jung Eun-ji, Seo In-guk, Hoya, Shin So-yul, Eun Ji-won, and Lee Si-eon

Main cast (Reply 1994): Go Ara, Jung Woo, Yoo Yeon-seok, Kim Sung-kyun, Son Ho-jun, Baro, and Min Do-hee

Main cast (Reply 1988): Lee Hye-ri, Ryu Jun-yeol, Go Kyung-pyo, Park Bo-gum, and Lee Dong-hwi

Episode count: 16 (Reply 1997) | 21 (Reply 1994) | 20 (Reply 1988)

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship
- Romance
- Humour
- Nostalgia feels
- Coming-of-age stories
- Relatable youth issues
- Strong ensemble cast

Meet a trio of best friends — Cha Mi-jo, the warm and caring head dermatologist of a clinic in Gangnam who grew up in a wealthy family, Jung Chan-young, a blunt acting teacher who once dreamed of becoming an actress herself, and Jang Joo-hee, a timid department store cosmetics manager dreaming of finding love.

On the brink of turning 40, these women stand together through it all as they face the challenges life throws at them, including potentially losing one of their own.

Main cast: Son Ye-jin, Jeon Mi-do, and Kim Ji-hyun

Episode count: 12

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship
- Angst
- Romance
- Drama
- Adult problems

Having gone to medical school together in 1999, Lee Ik-jun, Ahn Jeong-won, Kim Jun-wan, Yang Seok-hyeong, and Chae Song-hwa, have been friends for 20 years. Now all in their 40s, the five doctors are all working in the same hospital, and even have a band together. Follow along as they navigate life together, dealing with work, family, love, and more.

Main cast (Season 1 & 2): Jo Jung-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho, Kim Dae-myung, and Jeon Mi-do

Episode count: 12 (Season 1) | 12 (Season 2)

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship
- Comedy
- Romance
- Medical dramas
- Music / Bands
- Strong ensemble cast

Focusing on the students and teachers of Seungri High School, this drama depicts the real struggles faced by Korean youth. This includes serious issues such as bullying, suicide, school violence, academic pressure, and more.

Making their way through all this are homeroom teachers Jung In-jae and Kang Sae-chan, whose teaching philosophies are at odds, as well as students Go Nam-soon and Park Heung-soo, who are friends-turned-enemies.

Main cast: Jang Nara, Choi Daniel, Lee Jong-suk, Kim Woo-bin, and Park Se-young

Episode count: 16

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship
- Drama
- School settings and the issues that come with it
- Angst

Centred around the members of a high school rock band called Eye Candy, this drama is a coming-of-age story that deals with friendship, rivalry, love, and passion for music.

Close friends and incredibly loyal to each other, the boys of Eye Candy rule their delinquent-ridden school until it is forced to close down. When they transfer to Jungsang High School and strike up a rivalry with Jungsang's band, Strawberry Fields, events are set in motion that will change their lives forever.

Main cast: Lee Min-ki, Sung Joon, Kim Myung-soo (L), Yoo Min-kyu, Lee Hyun-jae, Kim Min-seok, and Jo Bo-ah

Episode count: 16

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship / Bromance
- Music / Bands
- Rivalry
- Romance
- Coming-of-age stories

Friendships don't end just because we get older, as proven by Jang Nan-hee, Jo Hee-ja, Moon Jung-ah, Oh Choong-nam, and Lee Yeong-won. In their golden years, the group of women are rediscovering themselves, dealing with the struggles of old age, and reflecting on their life journeys together. They share everything with Nan-hee's daughter, Park Wan, in the hopes that she'll write a novel about them.

Main cast: Go Hyun-jung, Kim Hye-ja, Na Moon-hee, Go Doo-shim, Park Won-sook, and Youn Yuh-jung

Episode count: 16

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship
- Melodrama
- Life lessons
- Family
- Generational conflict

When Na Hee-do's teenager daughter discovers Hee-do's diary, we're taken back to her youth in 1998. Switching between past and present, we see Hee-do's journey as a fencing prodigy, as well as her friendships and rivalry with fellow high school classmates, who are all trying to find their way in life. She also meets and befriends Baek Yi-jin, a hardworking young man who has gone from riches to rags due to the IMF financial crisis.

Main cast: Kim Tae-ri, Nam Joo-hyuk, Kim Ji-yeon, Choi Hyun-wook, and Lee Joo-myung

Episode count: 16

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship
- Sports
- Comedy
- Rivalry
- Family
- Coming-of-age stories
- Relatable youth struggles
- High school drama
- Work life

This drama revolves around the careers and entangled love lives of four men in their 40s, who have been friends since they were 18. Confident playboy Kim Do-jin falls for schoolteacher Seo Yi-soo, only to find out she has a crush on his best friend, Im Tae-san, who is dating Yi-soo's roommate.

Then, there's Choi Yoon, a lawyer who's still not over the death of his wife, but finds himself falling for Tae-san's younger sister, who has always had a crush on him. And finally, rounding out the quartet is Lee Jung-rok, whose constant flirting with other women causes problems in his marriage.

Everything gets more complicated when a teenager shows up in their lives, claiming one of the four men is his biological father.

Main cast: Jang Dong-gun, Kim Ha-neul, Kim Soo-ro, Kim Min-jong, and Lee Jong-hyuk

Episode count: 20

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship / Bromance
- Comedy
- Romance
- Drama
- Adult life and struggles

An unlikely foursome from different walks of life — a fishmonger whose son gets into trouble at school, an heiress whose husband betrays her, a housewife with a violent husband, and a teenager whose parents neglect him — come together to take revenge on the people who have wronged them. Though they start out as co-conspirators, they soon find a genuine friendship with each other.

Main cast: Lee Yo-won, Ra Mi-ran, Myung Se-bin, and Lee Jun-young

Episode count: 12

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship
- Family / Found family
- Revenge
- Healing from trauma
- Drama

Three men who dream of joining the entertainment industry open a guest house in Itaewon, despite having no idea how to actually run it, in order to earn money to fund the production of their film. Their lives are turned upside down when a single mother with a mysterious baby comes to stay with them.

Main cast (Season 1): Kim Jung-hyun, Lee Yi-kyung, and Son Seung-won

Main cast (Season 2): Lee Yi-kyung, Kim Seon-ho, Shin Hyun-soo, Moon Ga-young, Ahn So-hee, and Kim Ye-won

Episode count: 20 (Season 1) | 16 (Season 2)

Watch it if you like:
- Friendship
- Found family
- Comedy
- Romance
- Wacky hijinks
- Drama