Sex & the City: Wine, Men & Song
While not one of my go-to US shows, Sex & the City immediately summons a few common elements: girl squads, love, sex, careers, drinks, and fashion. I've yet to find another title that connects these better, and we probably won't.
Here's a list of dramas that definitely check the majority of these boxes:
- Girl squad goals and sismance (usually with professional women beyond high school/college) but a few loners, too
- Bonding/commiserating over drinks at a favorite watering hole
- Multiple couples with romantic subplots
- Questionable romantic choices and their fallout, whether the choice of the FLs or their partners (affairs, etc)
- A level of content maturity in romantic themes (sexually mature relationships, one-night stands, divorce/separation, parenting, etc)
- Honorable mention: feminine sexual independence: Female characters who are free to have sexual relations or to explore more than one partner without being "punished" by the plot (i.e., not perceived as loose or a villain, not just for a pregnancy/forced marriage subplot, no tragic ending). Japanese dramas are particularly good at this concept in their mature female-oriented dramas
All these titles have some elements of the above. If you're adverse to alcohol or potential infidelity/affairs, be sure to check out those drama tags before watching!
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1. Sexy Central
Hong Kong Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
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2. Tokyo Tarareba Musume
Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
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3. Fukigen na Kajitsu
Japanese Drama - 2016, 7 episodes
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4. Busujima Yuriko no Sekirara Nikki
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
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5. Fabulous 30: The Series
Thai Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
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6. Hajimete Koi wo Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
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7. Koi ga Heta demo Ikitemasu
Japanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
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8. Otona Joshi
Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
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9. It's Not That I Can't Marry, But I Don't Want To
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
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10. Around 40
Japanese Drama - 2008, 11 episodes
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11. One More Happy Ending
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
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12. Wake Up Ladies
Thai Drama - 2018, 13 episodes
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13. Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
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14. Women of Shanghai
Chinese Drama - 2018, 20 episodes
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15. Women in Beijing
Chinese Drama - 2018, 20 episodes
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16. Iron Ladies
Taiwanese Drama - 2018, 13 episodes
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17. Single Ladies Senior
Taiwanese Drama - 2018, 15 episodes
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18. Hirugao
Japanese Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
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19. Hello, My Twenties
Korean Drama - 2016, 12 episodes
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20. My Fearless Youth
Taiwanese Drama - 2020, 60 episodes
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21. Female Friend
Japanese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
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22. It Will Be Breakfast at Tiffany's Some Day 2
Japanese Drama - 2016, 12 episodes
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23. It Will Be Breakfast at Tiffany Some Day
Japanese Drama - 2015, 12 episodes
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24. Peanut Butter Sandwich
Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
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25. Followers
Japanese Drama - 2020, 9 episodes
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26. The Wonder Woman
Taiwanese Drama - 2020, 18 episodes
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27. Kuan Kaan Tong Gub Gang Por Pla Lai
Thai Drama - 2014, 14 episodes
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28. Zoeken: WWW
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
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29. Avengers Social Club
Korean Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
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30. Be Melodramatic
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
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31. XX
Korean Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
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32. Ode to Joy
Chinese Drama - 2016, 42 episodes
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33. Nothing But Thirty
Chinese Drama - 2020, 43 episodes
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34. Love in Shanghai
Chinese Drama - 2020, 36 episodes
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35. Tokyo Alice
Japanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
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36. Karera wo Mireba Wakaru Koto
Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
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37. Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu
Japanese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
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38. Motokare Mania
Japanese Drama - 2019, 9 episodes
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39. Madoromi Barmaid
Japanese Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
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40. Gisou Furin
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
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41. Another Miss Oh
Thai Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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42. The Way We Love
Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 15 episodes
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43. Before We Get Married
Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 13 episodes
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44. Mistress - Onnatachi no Himitsu
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
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45. Mistress
Korean Drama - 2018, 12 episodes
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46. Watashi, Teiji de Kaerimasu
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
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47. Hakui no Senshi!
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
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48. Daisy Luck
Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
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49. Shinya no Damekoi Zukan
Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
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50. Jigoku no Girlfriend
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
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51. Tokyo Tarareba Musume 2020
Japanese Special - 2020, 1 episode
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52. Magerarenai Onna
Japanese Drama - 2010, 10 episodes
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53. Renai Senryaku Kaigi
Japanese Drama - 2024, 4 episodes
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54. 30 Made ni to Urusakute
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes