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Queen of Tears is a tvN original K-drama series, starring Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won that was recently released. Right from its premiere, fans fell in love with the plot. The show revolved around a couple who fell out of love after three years of marriage.
However, the sudden announcement of the wife's terminal illness brings the two closer together again. Their love sees a new light in the thought of losing each other. Filled with heartbreak, romance, and tears, the show swept several viewers off their feet. Naturally, bidding farewell to the Queen of Tears has been quite a difficult task for the viewers.
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Nevertheless, several previously released K-dramas have showcased similar plotlines or themes used in Queen of Tears for people who want to smoothly transition their way out of the show.
7 best K-dramas that employ similar themes found in Queen of Tears
1) Now, We Are Breaking Up
A 2021 series starring Jang Ki-yong and Song Hye-kyo as Yoon Jae-gook and Ha Yeong-eun, respectively is Now, We Are Breaking Up. The plot revolves around a team leader at a leading fashion company who meets a photographer who marks as a definition of a perfect man. Despite their odds, the two find themselves falling in love.
However, they face a bumpy round as their relationship goes back and forth between break up and dating. Both Queen of Tears and Now, We Are Breaking Up share a similar context of falling in and out of love.
2) Because This Is My First Life
A more basic take on the plot of Queen of Tears is Because This Is My First Life. The 2017 series starring Lee Min-ki and Jung So-min Nam Se-hee as Yoon Ji-ho talks about the life of an IT employee and a recently unemployed screenwriter. To save up money and make more economic benefits, the two decide to marry each other.
However, as they spend more time with each other, they end up falling in love. The two shows at hand not only share similarities in unexpected love but also address the economic differences between the couple.
3) Emergency Couple
The 2014 series starring Choi Jin-hyuk and Song Ji-hyo as Oh Chang-min and Oh Jin-hee is Emergency Couple, a show that shares the same base plot as Queen of Tears. It revolves around two medical students who decide to marry young, However, they fall out of love and eventually get a divorce. When they meet each other after six years as interns at the same hospital, their love for each other returns.
4) Strangers Again
A more recently released K-drama series similar to Queen of Tears is Strangers Again, a 2023 series starring Kang So-ra and Jang Seung-jo as Oh Ha-ra and Goo Eun-beam. The show talks about two divorce lawyers who themselves are a divorced couple. Though they've stayed away from each other since the divorce, they return to each other's lives after being hired by the same law firm.
5) Marriage Contract
Marriage Contract is a 2016 K-drama revolving around a single mom who enters a contract marriage with a chaebol's son. Both this show and Queen of Tears' female leads have brain tumors. After learning about her brain tumor, to save funds for her daughter, she makes a deal with a chaebol, promising the son's mother her liver in exchange for money.
6) Go Back Couple
Another K-drama like the recent tvN show is Go Back Couple starring Son Ho-jun and Jang Na-ra in lead roles. The show begins around the life of a middle-aged couple. As life pushes them, they reach the brink of divorcing each other. However, one morning when they wake up, they are suddenly brought back to their university days as 20-year-olds. From there, they chose to change their future while experiencing their love for each other again.
7) Encounter
The last on the list of shows similar to Queen of Tears is Encounter, a 2018 K-drama series starring Park Bo-gum and Song Hye-kyo. It showcases the evident and impactful role of class difference in a couple. A woman from an extreme family and a man who's trying to make ends meet fall in love with each other. They are then left with the question of who'll give up their life to live with the other.
Some other shows such as Call It Love, Crash Landing On You, It's Okay To Not Be Okay, It's Okay That's Love, etc., also hold similar plotlines and themes to Queen of Tears.
