Themes abt transforming ones life for the better

If completed, must have a happy ending

These are all romance dramas with happy endings: 

  • Just Between Lovers - Healing from trauma.
  • Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo - the FL pursues her dream of becoming a champion weightlifter, gets over her plan to lose weight in order catch the eye of an older doctor at a weight loss clinic that she has a crush on, and instead enters into a relationship with a boy her own age who is completely supportive and doesn't make her feel like she needs to change herself.
  • Splash Splash LOVE - Short and light mini drama where the modern day FL struggles with math school work, but when she finds herself in the past and forced to apply math in a practical way to solve problems she finds new confidence.
  • Fight For My Way - The leads are friends who have very plain / ordinary jobs but big personalities, and they pursue their dreams.
  • The Happy Loner - A boy who is extremely energetic and clingy because he's desperate for love and a girl who is very cold and keeps everyone at arms length help each other grow and deal with their insecurities.
  • Itaewon Class - A boy who refuses to bow to injustice and who endures significant hardship because of it pursues a dream of establishing his own pub.
  • Door to Door (drama special) 
  • Paparotti  (movie) 
  • Hula Girls (movie) 
  • Take Off (movie) 
  • Dangal (india) - movie
  • 3 idiots - movie
  • Every Child's special - movie

As for dramas, try out:  GTO, ugly alert, Just Dance, My Story of You, Juhan Shuttai!, an incurable case of Love, recors of youth, Emperor's cook

  • It's Okay Not To Be Okay
  • Prison Playbook
  • The Beauty Inside
  • My ID is Gangnam Beauty

SERIES

Tumbling: finding and following your dream

My mister: not enough words to describe this one.

Grand Maison Tokyo: following their dream job and overcoming many difficulties.

MOVIES

The nokdu flower: fighting against oppression for their rights. (Bittersweet ending, since it is based on real events, but very hopeful)

A taxi driver: an every day man becoming a hero in turbulent times.