Best movies & TV Shows like Why R U?

A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Why R U? Starring Lee Jung-min, Lee Sang-min, Park Chang-hoon, Lee Ye-hwan, and more. If you liked Why R U? then you may also like: The Eighth Sense, Semantic Error: The Movie, Method, Blossom Again, Beautiful Sister and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.

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Jung Lee Won is a student at a leading South Korean university. He's majoring in acting and hopes to become a star in the future. His nemesis is Kim Ji Oh, a student in the same academic year who's majoring in directing. They bicker whenever they meet and constantly accuse one another of getting in their way. The nature of their majors, however, means they often have to work together. Little did Jung Lee Won know, that his younger sister is writing a web novel where he and Kim Ji Oh are lovers! One day, Jung Lee Won uncovers his sister’s secret writings and becomes outraged. He vows that if there is any truth in the fact that he secretly likes Kim Ji Oh, the novel’s fantastic storyline should become reality. He may soon rue this vow, though! At university, he finds he must spend more time with Kim Ji Oh than ever. And he starts to wonder if he really is starting to feel the pull of attraction to his bitterest enemy… Korean remake of the 2020 Thai drama of the same name.

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The Eighth Sense

Ji Hyun is a freshman at a university in Seoul. He comes from a small rural town and is used to living in the quiet countryside. He struggles to form meaningful relationships, and moving to the busy South Korean capital has left him feeling disorientated and confused. The older Jae Won, meanwhile, is now returning to Seoul – and the same university – after completing his mandatory military service. The duo starts to develop a mutual curiosity about one another. But things begin to escalate when Ji Hyun joins the same surfing club that Jae Won attends. Their bond begins to deepen as Ji Hyun discovers a love of surfing and the sea. When the surfing club embarks on a journey, the duo finds themselves together alone – and share kisses. Later, though, Jae Won begins to act as if nothing happened between them. Is this just a fleeting attraction...or the love of a lifetime?

Semantic Error: The Movie

Choo Sang-woo is the epitome of an inflexible and strict rule-abiding person. Jang Jae-young is like a semantic error in the perfect world of Choo Sang-woo. Will Sang-woo be able to work with Jae-young as an artist and engineer?

Method

A seasoned actor and a pop star are cast as leads in a gay romantic play. As the actor teaches the pop star method acting, the line between fiction and reality is blurred and they become drawn to each other.

Blossom Again

Thirty year-old teacher In-young falls in love with her own student, Suk. What attracted her to the boy was the fact that he resembled her first love in every way, and even shared the same name. But with the sudden return of her long-lost love, and the appearance of a cute high school girl who confesses her love towards the boy Suk, In-young finds herself lost among the two first loves.

Beautiful Sister

Byung Chul, a graduate of a prestigious university, is a preparatory student. He has a crush on his younger sister, Ji-young, who saved her from childhood youth. Jiyoung is dating celebrity manager Jiwan, who was once a big fan of her, but she doesn't love her. By chance, he dreams of a new love with him again, but Ji-wan starts to hinder their love.

The Lover

An omnibus series about four different couples living together in one apartment complex.

Orange Marmalade

Despite a 200-year-old treaty between humans and vampires, both races still don't get along. Amidst the looming tension, Jung Jae Min, a posh yet kindhearted high school student, quickly falls for the mysterious new girl Baek Ma Ri. But can Ma Ri conceal her true vampire identity and give love an honest chance? If these star-crossed lovers can find the courage to make the leap, Jae Min and Ma Ri may just be the key to a final resolution between humans and vampires...

Long Time No See

The renowned hitman, ‘Flying Dagger,’ bumps into ‘Wild Dog,’ who happens to be a hired assassin for the mobster, ‘Black Leopard.’ While both of them try to be incognito, they cannot help falling in love with each other. However, ‘Wild Dog’ has a secret that he couldn’t confide to ‘Flying Dagger.’ After all, ‘Flying Dagger’ and ‘Wild Dog’ reveal their secret identities to each other during the fight led by their bosses. They run into danger as gangsters brand them as traitors. Will they be able to overcome obstacles and keep their love?

Where Your Eyes Linger

High school students Han Tae-joo and Kang-gook have always been together for 15 years. Although they are friends, Gook is actually a bodyguard for Tae-joo, the heir of a chaebol family. But before they know it, they feel different kinds of feelings for each other. What does Gook mean to Tae-joo, and what does Tae-joo mean to Gook?

Do You Like Brahms?

A drama about the dreams and love of classical music students who find their own happiness after wandering between talent and reality.

WISH YOU: Your Melody From My Heart

The story of Kang In Soo, a busker who hopes to someday turn his love of music into a full-time career. After he catches the eye of Yoon Sang Yi, a keyboardist working at a major record company, he joins the company’s rookie discovery project, and the pair begin to form a relationship that must overcome numerous obstacles in order to blossom.

Color Rush

Yeon-woo sees the world only in grey light by a neurological blindness. When he meets Yoo-han, it's like a meeting of destiny: Yeon-woo experiences a color rush, a phenomena which makes him suddenly see colours through intense experiences. Next to these strange experience and the question whether Yeon-woo and Yoo-han are destined lovers, there is also the mystery of a mother's disappearance to unfold.

To My Star

The love story between actor Kang Seo-joon, who deviates from the traditional route, and chef Han Ji-woo, who doesn't want to deviate from the straight path. It's a romance-boosting story that claims to be a type of drama that's never been seen before.

Nevertheless,

The intoxicating charm of a flirtatious art school classmate pulls a reluctant love cynic into a friends-with-benefits relationship.

Light on Me

A high school loner who has difficulty making new friends joins the school's student council to meet new people — but discovers that making friends may be harder than it seems.

Cherry Blossoms After Winter

The death of his parents forces a seven-year-old boy named Seo Hae Bom to move in with an adoptive family who have a young son of the same age named Jo Tae Seong. Seo Hae Bom is in awe of Jo Tae Seong – he considers the boy to be everything that he is not: tall, handsome, popular, caring, and worthy of love and attention. The diminutive Seo Hae Bom thinks himself inferior and is humbled by the kindness of the family that took him in.

Tinted With You

In Korea’s feudal past, the deposed Crown Prince Lee Heon has been forced into a lonely exile by his cruel older brother, who has usurped the throne. Lee Heon fears for his life at every moment, as his brother plans to secure his place on the royal seat by killing him. Assassins and other schemes are a constant threat for Lee Heon, whose only true ally is his faithful and kind-hearted bodyguard Geum. Meanwhile, in modern times, a high school student named Eun Ho loves paintings. In fact, art is his whole world. And when he is tasked with completing a mysterious painting, he is unexpectedly drawn back into the distant past, where he meets Lee Heon. The duo starts to form a close, romantic, and tender bond. But as the acting king grows restless, hoping to kill the exiled Crown Prince as soon as possible, Eun Ho begins to understand that he may be Lee Heon’s best – or perhaps only – chance of survival...

Kissable Lips

Jun Ho is a vampire who is about to die. To survive, he will need to drink pure blood and thus become a human. One day, while searching for this pureblood, he meets Min Hyun, a human with pure blood. But another vampire named Hae Soo, who knows about Jun Ho's past traumas, causes Min Hyun and Jun Ho to fall out.

Semantic Error

Choo Sang-woo is the epitome of an inflexible and strict rule-abiding person. Jang Jae-young is like a semantic error in the perfect world of Choo Sang-woo. Will Sang-woo be able to work with Jae-young as an artist and engineer?

Again My Life

Kim Hee Woo came from an inauspicious start as a low-grade high schooler to work his way up through university and finally pass the bar examination. His relentless hard work has finally paid dividends, and he has become a public prosecutor. During the course of his investigations, he must conduct a probe into a politician suspected of corruption. But his investigation is abruptly ended when a mysterious man kills him. However, he later comes to, finding that he is actually alive. Restored to the mortal realm, he finds that he must return to university and complete his academic journey again – while he tries to discover the truth about what happened to him.

Oh! Boarding House

Sul Won is an out-of-work young man whose mother runs a low-cost boarding house for students and men who don’t have enough money to buy or rent an apartment on their own. But when his mother suddenly has to up sticks to return to her provincial hometown, she leaves Sul Won in charge of the boarding house – becoming the de facto live-in landlord. The residents of the boarding house are a mixed bunch. They include a high school senior, who also happens to be Sul Won’s cousin. There is also Sul Won’s former college friend, as well as Kim Chun Seo, a high school teacher. Rounding out the number is a third-year Art student who dreams of becoming a cartoon author. As the young men spend more time together, a close bond of friendship begins to form in the house. But when Sul Won discovers that some of the tenants have begun to develop a crush on him, Cupid could well come calling!

Blueming

Si-won has worked hard and diligently to raise his popularity in college after being a victim of childhood bullying. But will he lose his composure once he meets Da-woon, who was born with the popularity Si-won has worked so hard to attain?

Ocean Likes Me

Ocean Like Me' is a healing food romance between Han Ba Da, a young entrepreneur who dreams of starting an udon restaurant with a beach in the background but finds serving customers difficult. Ba Da then meets Tommy, a failed musician who returns to his hometown after wandering and has a new dream. Together, both of them step towards their dreams

Love Class

As part of a class called "Marriage and Family", Ji-woo is given the opportunity to meet new people through a dating assignment . Unfortunately, though, there are more male students enrolled in the class than those of female, so Ji-Woo is ultimately forced to choose a male partner against his will. It is at this point that Ji-woo encounters his soon-to-be tall and handsome partner, Roa.

Once Again

Jae-woo is a young man who lives with childhood trauma and finds himself traveling to the past where he meets Ji-hoon, a law student preparing for a bar exam and the person Jae-woo admires the most. As he travels to the past, will he be able to change each other's fate?

The New Employee

After spending his 20s getting over a crush, Seunghyun vowed to never give his heart to someone in the same field again. Enter Jongchan, Seung Hyun's tough new boss with a surprising soft side. Will Seung Hyun's first job and first relationship be a success?

Roommates of Poongduck 304

When Ho-jun receives an ultimatum to move out and become a successful team leader, he must rent from feisty Jae-yoon, who owns a villa. But when a twist of fate transfers Jae-yoon to Ho-jun's team, he becomes his unwilling employee.

Choco Milk Shake

A cat and dog crossed a rainbow bridge, but came back as humans?! Jung Woo lives alone after losing his parents at the age of 20 and working part-time in his Uncle's shop. One day, two strangers enter the house and claim they were Choco and Milk! The two were indeed the reincarnation of Choco and Milk whom he raised from childhood to high school and lost by an accident. The arrival of the two embarks on a new beginning and the quest to discover love.

Happy Ending Romance

As a result of a troubling incident in his past, Jung Woo, a gifted writer, gives up his literary dreams to begin a life of anonymity, working a number of part time jobs. Throughout his hardships, Jung Woo is aided by his closest friend, Jung Hyun, a best-selling author who seems to have it all. One day, Jung Woo suddenly finds himself being approached by one of the country's most notable publishers, an offer Jung Woo outrightly declines. However, Tae Young, the young and tenacious CEO of the publishing firm, is not the one let go easily and becomes adamant about bringing Jung Woo and his talents back to the literary world. In an instant, the fate of the three young souls become intertwined and they begin penning their own love story.

Unintentional Love Story

When Ji Won-young's direct superior at work is fired due to a corruption scandal, Won-young - in spite of being innocent of any wrongdoing - finds himself unceremoniously discharged from the company as well.

All the Liquors

Han Ji-yu is an employee on the marketing team of a liquor company. Park Ki-hoon, on the other hand, is a devilishly charming, skilful chef of a famous restaurant. When Ji-yu is asked to contact Ki-hoon’s restaurant in search of a potential collaboration, he runs up against a few walls—namely, Ki-hoon’s flat out refusal to sell any alcoholic drinks in his restaurant. But Ji-yu is not ready to just give up. What will he do to break the stubborn chef? Two men from different walks of life learn to open up to each other through the intoxicating power of love.

The Eighth Sense

Ji Hyun is a freshman at a university in Seoul. He comes from a small rural town and is used to living in the quiet countryside. He struggles to form meaningful relationships, and moving to the busy South Korean capital has left him feeling disorientated and confused. The older Jae Won, meanwhile, is now returning to Seoul – and the same university – after completing his mandatory military service.

Love Mate

Jung Ha-ram, a new hire at a production company, falls in love with his team leader Seo Yi-joon, at first sight. Ha-ram, who is used to getting all the attention, is surprised to find out that Yi-joon is not easily swayed and is busy planning a reality dating show. Will the smart and introverted Yi-joon learn to accept the enthusiastic and straightforward Ha-ram both in the workplace and in love? The back-and-forth battle between the two begins to quietly play out in the office…

Jun and Jun

Lee Jun, a former singer turned office worker, finds his world turned upside down when his first love, Choi Jun, unexpectedly reappears as his department head. As their paths cross once again, the sparks of their past ignite a passionate story within the confines of the office. ☆ Will the intern or the charming department head make the first move in this captivating office romance?

A Breeze of Love

Do Hyun, the captain of the basketball team, is preparing for the championship. Hye In, the team manager, brings Dong Wook, Do Hyun's first love, to fill in for an injured teammate. Dong Wook and Do Hyun used to go to the same high school. They spent time together and eventually kissed, but Dong Wook had to transfer schools. They meet again on campus and have to play together in a game. They make a bet that if Dong Wook wins, he can officially join the basketball club. After winning, Dong Wook suggests they live together. Do Hyun is unsure, but Dong Wook can only sleep well when they are together. Will they be able to fix their relationship?

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