5 shows like You and Everything Else: Can't get over You and Everything Else? Watch these 5 similar shows next and you won't regret it

Netflix’s Kdrama, You and Everything Else, recounts the story of friendship between two childhood friends. The Kdrama brings one of the most vulnerable and raw feelings that exists in a friendship- the feeling of resentment when one sees their friend doing better than them.

Through the feelings of jealousy and resentment between Kim Go-eun’s Eun-jung and Park Ji-hyun’s Sang-yeon, the show beautifully depicts the tale of how the two became friends in elementary school and the eventual breakup, and reconnection when they were in their 40s.

Like any other Kdrama that depicts friendship in all its glorious and humiliating moments, You and Everything Else will also take you on a ride where you will be left shattered and also cry happy tears when the friends get rid of their negative feelings toward each other and become friends again.

There are numerous Kdramas that depict various colors of friendship with different stories, and will make you reminisce about your friendships. Here’s a list of five shows that, just like You and Everything Else, capture friendship.

Disclaimer: This entire article is based on the writer's opinion. Reader discretion is advised.

5 shows like You and Everything Else

5) Thirty-Nine

If you enjoyed You and Everything Else, you should definitely catch Thirty-Nine. This Kdrama depicts the friendship between three friends who are about to turn forty. It showcases their hardships in life, their jobs, and their love lives as well. The show revolves around the friendship of Mi-jo, a physician, Chan-young, a drama coach, and Joo-hee, a cosmetic saleswoman.

The series narrates the story of how, even after having starkly different personalities, the characters have been friends for a long time. Furthermore, amid the turmoil in their personal lives, they also find out that one of them is dying, drawing more similarities to the Netflix show. To know how they deal with the news of one of their friends dying and the various challenges in their lives, you can binge the 12 episodes of the series.

4) Hello, My Twenties

Hello, My Twenties | Image via Celltrion Entertainment

This is another Kdrama that explores female friendships with five characters in their twenties. Despite coming from different backgrounds, the young women grow closer and become friends while dealing with the traumas and challenges that come with living in the city. They try to navigate their lives and circumstances and juggle between their personal lives and school, college, and work.

If you enjoyed the female friendship in You and Everything Else, this show should definitely be on your watchlist next, which would show you various other colors of female friendships.

3) Hospital Playlist

Hospital Playlist | Image via YouTube/Netflix

This popular Kdrama takes us to the lives of doctors in their forties, who have been friends since their college days. Through dealing with patients and sometimes encountering the loss of them, while also dealing with various other challenges in life, the five friends, namely Ik-jun, Jeong-won, Song-hwa, Seok-hyeong, and Jun-wan, find happiness in their love for music.

The Kdrama is heartfelt, funny, and has numerous moments that will make you miss your friends, and therefore should be on your watchlist. Like You and Everything Else, this Kdrama also shows a different kind of friendship that his heartwarming to watch.

2) Twinkling Watermelon

Twinkling Watermelon | Image via Pan Entertainment

This time-travel Kdrama is among the most popular shows in the genre. The show follows the story of Eun-gyeol, a CODA and a modal student who loves music. However, his father despises music and wants him to do something meaningful with his job.

After arguing with his father, he stumbles into a music shop and travels back in time to 1995, where he encounters his father, who was still in school, and surprisingly could hear and talk. In an attempt to stop the accident that caused his father to lose his hearing ability, he also becomes a part of his friend circle and band.

With themes revolving around family love, the show also subtly brings out the friendships between Eun-gyeol and his teenage father and his friends. Like every other show depicting friendship, Twinkling Watermelon will make you cry, reminisce about your school days, first crush, and also depict the challenges that come with all of it.

1) Reply 1988

When we discuss Kdramas depicting friendships, Reply 1988 will always rank as number one in the list. The show follows the story of Deok-sun, Jung-hwan, and their friends’ lives in the neighborhood of Ssangmun-dong. The show depicts the lives of the friends in and out of school, and also among their families, who are all close-knit.

The show follows Deok-sun’s narration as she describes how they grew up in the neighborhood, their memories, and their heartbreaks. The show depicts how the friends supported each other in their worst times, and also hyped up when they needed it. It is one of the best shows that authentically describes the 1990s Asian neighborhoods and the lives of the people who grew up at the time in these places.

While there are numerous other stories in the show, the friendship between the group is the highlight of the Kdrama, and you should definitely add it to your watchlist if you loved You and Everything Else.

Watch You and Everything Else on Netflix.