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Shows that feel likeEmily in Paris (2020–)

New passions. New fashions. New Emily? A plucky American marketing whiz spreads her wings in life and love after landing her dream job in Paris.

If you loved Emily in Paris, the closest series we have are Sex and the City (1998), Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016) and Love Is in the Air (2020). All three share Emily in Paris' contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018).

★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗6 seasons · Netflixcreated by Darren Starcontemplativewittyplayfulwarmromantic
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video
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If Emily in Paris hit the spot, these will too

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Sex and the City
1998–2004 · 6 seasons · HBO
★ 7.4drama · comedyMax

Darren Star's original fantasy of a stylish city built for romance

The difference: Franker and more grown-up — the sex talk is not window dressing

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene. 

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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo
2016–2017 · 1 season · MBC
★ 8.3comedy · drama

Pure comfort-watch romance where the crush warms every episode

The difference: A college gym in Korea, not couture — humbler in every way

A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.

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Love Is in the Air
2020–2021 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.3drama · comedy

An enemies-to-lovers office fantasy that runs on pure chemistry

The difference: Telenovela-length episodes and bigger, soapier swings

Eda, who ties all her hopes to her education, confronts Serkan Bolat, who cuts off her international education scholarship and leaves her with high school diploma. Serkan Bolat offers Eda to give her scholarship back if she pretends to be his fiance for two months. Although Eda rejects the offer of this man as she hates him, she has to accept it when the conditions change. While pretending to be engaged, Serkan and Eda begin to experience a passionate, challenging relationship that will make them forget all they know right. Because love is difficult. And that's why it's amazing.

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Boys Over Flowers
2009 · 1 season · KBS2
★ 7.8comedy · dramaNetflixPrime Video

A scrappy outsider dropped among the rich, collecting suitors

The difference: Full melodrama — the bullying gets rough before the swooning

A poor high school student earns a scholarship to an elite academy, where she clashes with the most popular boy in school!

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Baby Reindeer
2024 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.7dramaNetflix

A big-city life upended by one relationship that will not stay casual

The difference: Harrowing true-story territory — the opposite of escapism

When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives.

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Merlí. Sapere Aude
2019–2021 · 2 seasons · TV3
★ 7.7comedy · dramaNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

In this drama set at a university, a wayward philosophy student navigate life on campus while seeking guidance from an intriguing new professor.

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Love Alarm
2019–2021 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.5drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Romance run through a shiny modern filter of apps and image

The difference: Teen melancholy under the gloss — it turns wistful fast

Love Alarm is an app that tells you if someone within a 10-meter radius has a crush on you. It quickly becomes a social phenomenon. While everyone talks about it and uses it to test their love and popularity, Jojo is one of the few people who have yet to download the app. However, she soon faces a love triangle situation between Sun-oh whom she starts to have feelings for, and Hye-young, who has had a huge crush on her.

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Never Have I Ever
2020–2023 · 4 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.8comedy · dramaNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: friendship

After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on her.

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What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
2018 · 1 season · tvN
★ 8comedy · drama

Office flirtation with an arrogant boss who slowly comes undone

The difference: One central couple, patiently built — no love-triangle churn

When his secretary unexpectedly quits, an arrogant executive will do anything to bring her back.

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The Summer I Turned Pretty
2022–2025 · 3 seasons · Prime Video
★ 7.2dramaPrime Video

Common ground: a woman at the center

The difference: Takes it somewhere less witty than Emily in Paris does

Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be forever changed. It’s a summer of first love, first heartbreak and growing up — it's the summer she turns pretty.

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Merlí
2015–2018 · 3 seasons · TV3
★ 8.6comedy · drama

Contemplative where it counts, witty underneath

He’s surly, unorthodox, unapologetically blunt, and he’s about to change your life. Meet the new philosophy teacher, Merlí, who will help his students view the world in a whole new light, both in and out of the classroom.

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iCarly
2007–2012 · 6 seasons · Nickelodeon
★ 6.8comedyNetflixParamount+

Both land play and warmth at once

Watch Carly, Sam, and Freddie, as they try to balance their everyday 8th grade lives with their newfound fame managing and starring in the most awesome show on the web.

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