I don't know how a list like this could not include Mother. That drama was amazing, although I guess I could see forgoing it because they're not ACTUALLY related...

Here's my list:
1. Mother
2. Marriage Contract

... and oddly enough most of the other touching relationships I found were actually between a FATHER and daughter, which I find interesting considering how often the father is just dead in western tv/movies.

So honorable mentions to the fathers:
1. Defendant
2. Healer
3. Train to Busan
4. Tunnel
5. **worst dad** Hometown (the fake one for sure, the real one was good once he figured it out)

For me the one that always makes me miss my mom is Another Oh Hae Young. The FL's mother in this was so well written. When she left a note for her falling-apart daughter, that it was time for her to move out, I laughed so hard. And then when she realized that her daughter had been so terribly hurt by her fiance's way of breaking up, and had lied and fallen apart because of it, she was devastated remembering all the times she had been hard on her daughter. When she cried as she remembered her harshness towards her daughter, it made ME cry remembering my mother's tears through the years for me and my siblings. An excellent drama all around, with a moving mother-daughter relationship.

Out of these, I've only seen While You Were Sleeping and I've just started Reply 1988, as a result of everyone's love for it. It's good to see and hear of the dramas that represent mothers well. It's been one of my beefs to see how many bad mothers (and even more so, MILs) are useful plot devices: the absent, deserting, neglectful, weak, dependent, toxic, sickly ones. One mother who truly impressed me was the mother, Mun Mi-ran, in You are My Spring. I love her because
1. she told twisted fairy tales
2. she had a dark humour
3. she did not expect her children to take on the debt
4. she had a life of her own
5. she was there for them and for others too
6. For how she handled the ML, Yoo Yeong-doo as the prospective boyfriend (she established her own relationship with him)
7. Most of all for her line about the conception of the younger brother as a cautionary lesson against day-time drinking.

Loved her and her dark lines. Such a great secondary character, so well written and nicely acted.

These are all great choices. I especially have to agree with the inclusion of Go Back Spouses and Reply 1988. The mother-child relationships in those two in particular remain as one of the, if not the most, memorable aspect of those dramas. Ra Mi-ran and Ryu Jun-yeol’s relationship reminds me of my own relationship to my mother so much. Although I’m the only one who’s gruff and introverted - my mom is usually bright and sunny, but many of our interactions and everyday dynamics are very similar to the onscreen pair. It felt like seeing myself in the show itself. I loved them so much.

I would also like to add in an additional personal favourite of mine, Oh Hae-young Again. There were some incredible moments between the mother-daughter pair, played to perfection by Seo Hyun-jin and Kim Mi-kyung. There was definitely a bit of a tough love thing going on, but you couldn’t doubt for a single second that the two didn’t love each other fiercely.

Strongly agree about Ra Mi-ran and Ryu Jun-yeol in Reply 1988. K-dramas very often focus on mother-daughter relationships and Reply 1988 did too - such as Bo-ra being protected by her partially barefoot mother. But this mother-son relationship was definitely my favourite. That scene with the passport for example was just so real and relatable.

Another mother that was very memorable to me, and definitely made me miss mine, was Ji-ho's mom in Because This Is My First Life. The letter she writes to Se-hee for the wedding moved me to tears. Kim Sun-young's performance was pitch-perfect.

Reply 1988 is THE drama about mom-daughter-son relationship.
I’m currently binge-watching, 7 years behind everyone.

Another Hae young is next best one, for me. Eomma and Haeyoung are so dynamic. They yell at each other but they find solace in each other. And yes, the dance 😂😂

My Ahjussi. The unconditional love of a mother for her 3 sons is so touching. Her soft spot for her second son, her grumpiness to her other 2, is a depiction of how a mother always says she loves all her children the same, but shows it in different ways. As a mom myself, I understand it very well.

I lost my mom 5yrs ago, with a chronic liver illness, she turned from a cheerful lady to a quiet one, slowly disappearing from this world. I never really recover from the loss. I guess that’s why I love Kdrama, which often shows and includes the important role of a mother in its character(s).

Hiiiiii, spelling police here! It’s “put through the wringer”, referring to Old Tyme washing machines that didn’t spin dry. Instead you took the wet clothes from the wash water and fed them through a contraption with two rotating horizontal cylinders that squeezed the liquid out. My grandmother still used one and it was great fun for me as a kid to put the towels, sheets and clothes “through the wringer”.

My choice would be Go Back Couple and Marriage Contract. The maternal bond was tight. And yes just as missvictrix mentioned, I did visit home for a few days while I was binging Go Back Couple. Should I say Go Back Couple printed a particular fear of being alone in me that didn't end till I saw my parents faces.

As I started reading, I immediately thought of I Hear Your Voice and lo behold, it’s a a pick by @missvictrix! I always knew she has great taste.

Anyway, this mama is forever iconic to me as she was the first drama-mom in memory that made such a lasting impact on me, so much so that i always get excited when i see KHS’ name in a cast. Drama-moms aren’t always the antagonist they’re made out to be, sometimes just like in real life, they’re that precious, unconditional support a child could ever hope for.

Not sure it’ll make one miss their mom, but for her sheer determination to avenge her daughter, I recommend to you the most riveting drama about a mom EVER:
What’s Wrong with My Mother-in-Law

https://youtu.be/2ZIP0F4Yw-s

I'm not gonna read this - because I always miss my Mum, so I know I'll cry buckets - but I wanted to say that I really love this new feature! I like the idea of looking back on meaningful and memorable older shows instead of constantly making the discussion be about what's hot RIGHT NOW. There's so much pressure to keep up with that, and chasing what's current also means that older shows tend to fall through the cracks and get forgotten about easily. This is a nice way of stopping that from happening, and a nice way to get to know the current DB staff!

Not all moms are the kind that you miss. These dramas just make me sad for not having had a kind and caring mom who would protect you and have your back. All I can do is aspire to be that kind of mom with my own kids.

Han Seo Jin (Sky Castle), the diamond ahjumma (Uncle) and Hyun Soo's fake mom (Flower of Evil) are my favorite moms 😂

Now seriousky, the writer of 'Go Back Couple' and 'Hi Bye Mama' knows how to write beautiful mom-daughter relationships. And in Reply my favorite parent-child relationship was the one Taek and his dad had, but Mi Ran ahjumma's relationship with Jung Pal was my second favorite.

So what I'm saying is that this list rocks.

I don't remember much about the mom from BTIMFL, but I remember a really sad but sweet call between Ji Ho and her mom the first time JH was homeless. JH missed her mom so bad that night.

I live in a different city from my mom and there are times where I'm supposed to miss her, but I don't and I've come to the conclusion that's because must of the time I have mother-like friends and they help me with stuff my mom would or the do mother-daughter things with me.

I've seen similar situations in dramas like "Fight for my way", "Be Melodramatic", "The Red Sleeve", "Into the Ring", etc.

Ps. "Angry mom" should be on this list too.

Hi Bye Mama! was a very good show. The characters and acting was very good and the story ended in a proper way.

In an interview after the show, Kim Tae Hee mentioned that she could not do the role unless she was a mother. She had two children during her three year hiatus from acting. But she said she also felt "guilty" about taking the role because she was away from her children. It is a sad situation when you cannot have both a family and a career.

Go Back Couple is the show I immediately think of for its sweet portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship.
A few others that come to mind are:
Lie After Lie-A pregnant woman is convicted of murdering her abusive husband and has to give up her baby to her (evil) MIL. When the woman gets out of jail ten years later, she sets out to find her daughter and is determined to be a mother to her daughter, even if it means taking on a new identity and marrying the girl's adopted father.
The Great Show-This may seem like an odd choice since the girl's mother dies before the start of the drama and is only seen in a few short flashbacks. However, the mom has a major impact on the story. The mom's decision to keep her baby when she gets pregnant unexpectedly, and affirmation to her daughter that having her was the best decision she ever made, allows her daughter to also find the courage to keep her baby when faced with a similar situation.