A River Runs Through It (2021)

They are both about the journey of growing up and all it's up and downs. They also both have a strong core of friendship. And both are also based in high school and then University.

Both are dramas with a school setting and a nostalgic feeling, with the older FL reflecting on the past. The main couple are close friends throughout the drama, parting near the end, then get together romantically in the final scene.

- college setting
- multiple characters and couples
- ML falls for FL first (while FL likes 2nd ML)
- cute, fluffy and youthful

Both drama is about growing from school life to social life.
The female lead is becoming more confident with Time
Secret crush

Both drama are about Childhood friends and Friendship between multiple people.
male lead chases female lead first and unconditionally supported until their proposal of marriage.
Both drama is about Secret love and family drama.

School setting to adult life. Youth dramas. Characters support and help each other. Very likeable characters without as much of the scheming SLs.

SPOILER ALERT
Starts at 1997
Really close friends from the same neighborhood.
FL doesn't ML as a guy at first.
3 main couples.
Love triangle
Overall really similar plot

Both series give very similar vibes of late 90's

Male and female lead meet nearby female lead's house

First they fight and then get to know eachother, the friendship begins

Both start sharing their personal problems with eachother.

Main lead is supportive and inspire the Female lead to do better in life and motivates her to persue her passion

Female lead makes Male lead realise the value of life and make him stronger.

Heroine have a doubt that the Hero likes the other girl because they were talking and having intimate conversation.

In both series female lead have a diary, keep cassettes, strict mother and have a similar haircut.

Career and life circumstances make them part their ways. They then realize how much they mean to eachother.

In both series ML and FL go to beach and have memorable trip of their life with their friends.

You will definitely love the journey of love, emotions and friendship!
Give it a try <3

- high school drama
- excellent teacher-student dynamics
- multiple mains
- family struggles in a working class setting
- transfer student

Both are youth dramas set in the 90's and focusing on the friendship of a group of high school misfits and their adventures and misadventures, with a rogue-ish yet good-hearted male lead.

Main lead and Female lead are neighbours and childhood friends, have great bond with eachother

Both can't stay away from eachother and Male lead does a lot for Female lead without showing that he love her inspite of being so popular and rich at school

Both involves the tragedies and different people the Main lead meets in life and their family backgrounds

Female lead have no idea that her best friend like her, she takes him as her best friend initially

Female lead is strong and have her own view about her life to change her lifestyle. Both female leads start working part time.

In both series you will realize how beautiful it is to have somebody by yourside and both of them defines value of love and friendships.

Like A river runs through it, River flows to you is also shot in neighbourhood. You will get to see a lot of college scenes and neighbourhood scenes.

Be prepared for a lot of melodrama, both series have ups and downs. So keep the tissue box closer while bingewatching them.

Both dramas have male leads that almost feel like second male leads because both don't get their girls until many years later. Both spend wonderful college time with the girls they love but the girls love another men instead.

This one is a underrated slice-of-life drama.
Similarities :
-growing up
- friendships
- family
- love stories that last for a life time.
- slow burn romance.

School setting, sweet, supportive relationship between mains and their group of friends. Both are lovely, easy watches about growing up and love.

Both are set in school and the FL has a crush on someone who likes a different girl. The ML is the FL's classmate and friend and secretly has a crush on her which she doesn't notice. Both MLs tease and sort of pick on the FL, with both couples having a bickering but affectionate sort of relationship.