• Because This is My First Life - Tackles unaffordable housing, patriarchy, misogyny, sexism, underemployment, societal expectations + romance
  • Cheongdamdong Alice- I love this oldie. The chaebol plot is a commentary on social mobility.
  • Diary of a Prosecutor- follows the mundane lives of prosecutors. Realistic and hilarious.
  • Fight My Way- Questions the concept of success, dreams and career. For latebloomers, life curveballs and failure + romance
  • Hot Stove League- a baseball sports drama depicting the power struggle between running a struggling organization and a corporation intent on cutting its losses.
  • Life - follows the struggle between profits and ethics in healthcare.
  • Misaeng - Daily life, nepotism, self-esteem, workplace politics, sexism
  • Prison Playbook - Black comedy, humanizing life in prison from jail guards to inmates and their families.
  • Radiant Office - Tackles unemployment, underemployment, inequality, workplace politics + romance
  • Reply series - Follows the zeitgeist of the times (1988, 1994, 1997)
  • Hospital Playlist- slice of life of a group of friends working as physicians (not really underrated)

Where you can find these:

may 5 2020 ∞
apr 3 2021 +