6 best dramas to watch if you liked Queen Woo

Queen Woo is a South Korean television drama that arrived on tvN from March 9 to April 28, 2024. Little Woman writer Park Ji-Eun crafted the story, which Jang Young-Woo and Kim Hee-Won directed. This drama is a compilation of 16 episodes.

The central theme of the drama is based on the complicated love story. The story revolves around a couple, Baek Hyun-woo and Hong Hae-In. My Love From The star actor Kim Soo-hyun played the role of Hyun-woo, the conglomerate's legal director. On the other hand, Kim Ji-won, the heiress of the Queens Group, portrays the character of a cold-hearted lady.

Apart from the complicated love, Queen Woo portrays the boss lady's epic role. The plot twist comes when Hae-in is diagnosed with a brain tumor and the news of divorce.

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Emergency Couple and 6 other Korean dramas to watch after Queen Woo

Queen Woo, also known as Queen of Tears, is streaming on Netflix. This drama is not only the depiction of complicated love but also portrays the powerful female characters.

The Sportskeeda team has cherry-picked some of the dramas, which are:

Go Back Couple
Strangers Again
Now We Are Breaking Up
Emergency Couple
Crash Landing on You
A Thousand Day's Promise

1) Go Back Couple

Go Back Couple is a heartwarming yet emotional drama that beautifully captures the journey of rediscovering love and life’s priorities through time travel. The show aired in 2017, featuring 1 episode on KBS2. While the drama is themed mainly on time travel, Queen Woo fans can enjoy the drama due to its complicated love story.

The story revolves around Choi Ban-do (Son Ho-Jun) and Ma Jin-Joo (Jang Na-Ra), a disillusioned 38-year-old couple.

With the help of time travel, the couple gets a second chance to reassess their decisions and rekindle their love, which is quite similar to Queen Woo. Prime Video is streaming this Korean drama.

2) Strangers Again

At the beginning of 2023, Strangers Again was released with 12 episodes. The drama blends a legal and romantic theme. Like Queen Woo, it focuses on the complexities of relationships, marriage, and divorce.

The series revolves around Oh Ha-Ra (Kang So-Ra), a skilled divorce lawyer and divorcee, and her ex-husband Ku Eun-Beom (Jang Seung-Jo). Fate brings them back together as colleagues, making them confront their past and unresolved feelings.

Their reunion forces them to grapple with their past heartbreak, unresolved emotions, and whether they can truly move on and become strangers again. This drama is streaming on Viki.

3) Now We Are Breaking Up

Now We Are Breaking Up ( Image via Viki)

The SBS drama Now We Are Breaking Up was released in 2021 with 16 episodes. Now, We Are Breaking Up revolves around the lives of two individuals deeply embedded in the glamorous yet cutthroat world of fashion.

In Queen Woo, the female lead portrays the strong, independent character of the business lady. For the audience who loves to watch independent female characters, Now, We Are Breaking Up is an appropriate choice.

In this drama, Song Hye-Kyo portrays the character of a successful leader named Ha Young-eun. She prioritizes stability and rationality in both her personal and professional life.

While Young-eun is pragmatic, Yoon Jae-Guk, played by Jang Ki-Yong, is a charming and intelligent freelance photographer. Despite their apparent differences, the two are drawn to each other, and as their paths continually cross, a complicated romantic relationship begins to form. Viki is streaming this drama.

4) Emergency Couple

Emergency Couple, a tvN show with 21 episodes, was released in 2014. The show revolves around the same themes as Queen Woo, including divorce and a complicated love story.

The drama features Song Ji-hyo, named Oh-Jin-hee, who is the dietitian. On the other hand, Choi Jin-hyuk played the role of Oh Chang Min, met Jin-hee in medical school, and fell in love with each other.

Despite the strong opposition of Jung-hee's family to the marriage, they got married. However, through the emotional roller coaster, the couple showed self-growth in the drama. This drama can be seen on MX player.

5) Crash Landing on You

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Queen Woo fans can explore Crash Landing on You as both dramas depict the story of a female businesswoman. Released in 2019, this drama blends romance, action, and political tension in a unique and heartfelt story.

Son Ye-jin plays the character of a South Korean heiress named Yoon Seri. On the other hand, the male lead, Jeong-hyeok, played by Hyun Bin, is a North Korean soldier.

When Seri crash-lands in North Korea during a paragliding mishap, she finds herself entangled in a web of danger, romance, and culture shock as Jeong-hyeok and his unit secretly hide her from the authorities. Netflix is streaming this drama.

6) A Thousand Day's Promise

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Queen Woo has widely portrayed the complicated love theme, and A Thousand Days Promise is another drama with the same theme. Released in 2011, this SBS drama lasted 20 episodes.

Lee Seo-yeon ( Soo-ae) is the female lead who lost her parents at a young age. Later, her aunt takes her and her brother and looks after them. Park Ji-hyung (Kim Rae-won), the friend of Seo-yeon's cousin, is an acquaintance during their teenage years.

The complication develops when both of them are adults and Ji-hyung is engaged with someone else, Seo-yeon and Ji-hyung fall for each other. The drama depicts this complicated love with numerous twists that hook the audience. Fans can see the drama on Prime Video.

Fans of Queen Woo can explore similar themes in other shows like Go Back Couple, Strangers Again, and Now We Are Breaking Up, all of which explore love, loss, and self-discovery.

Whether it's the heartwarming time travel in Go Back Couple or the tension-filled romance of Crash Landing on You, these dramas offer a blend of emotional highs and intricate plots, much like Queen Woo.

Edited by pshmueni