Joseon dynasty movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant joseon dynasty movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, period drama, disturbing, tense, suspense and exciting films and TV shows about / with joseon dynasty, korean history, king, palace intrigue, rivalry, ancient korea, asian, political intrigue, royalty and power struggle plots mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres shot in South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as joseon dynasty: The Treacherous (2015), Empire of Lust (2015), Horse Doctor (2012), The Crowned Clown (2019), The Moon Embracing the Sun (2012), Masquerade (2012), The Great Jang-Geum (2003), Splendid Politics (2015), Six Flying Dragons (2015), Dong Yi (2010).
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List of joseon dynasty movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance.
Style:
sexy, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, rape, korean history, medieval, palace intrigue, fetish, sex, female nudity, passionate sex, obsession, ancient, revenge ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in 1398. Kim Min-Jae (Shin Ha-Kyun) is the supreme commander of the Joseon Dynasty. He falls in love for the first time and for that woman he takes risks. Yi Bang-Won (Jang Hyuk) is the King’s son. He helped his father setup the Joseon Dynasty ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, sex, mistress, royal court, unrequited love, forbidden love, palace intrigue, korean history, revenge, rescue from drowning, suicide attempt, love and romance ...
Time:
14th century, 15th century
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
The King's Doctor is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Jo Seung-woo and Lee Yo-won. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from October 1, 2012 to March 25, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 50 episodes. The drama ...
Style:
suspenseful, medical drama, historical drama, semi serious, romantic ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, doctor, medical, physician, peasant, queen, king, veterinarian, royal court, medicine, betrayal, friendship ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
The story takes place at a time in Joseon history, when upheaval and power struggles surrounding the throne had reached extreme levels. In order to escape those who plan to assassinate him, the king puts a clown, who looks exactly like him, on the ...
Style:
romantic drama, suspenseful, suspense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, true love, tudors, politics, love and romance, forbidden love, impossible love, king, korean history, couple relations, death, betrayal ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
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Story:
Moon Embracing the Sun is a 2012 South Korean historical television drama series, starring Kim Soo-hyun, Han Ga-in, Jung Il-woo and Kim Min-seo. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from January 4 to March 15, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays ...
Style:
captivating, serious, stylized, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, true love, royalty, loveless marriage, royal court, memory loss, ancient korea, wedding planning, love and romance, society, state affairs, political conspiracy ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
korea, south korea, ancient china, thailand, asia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
During the confusing and conspiratorial Joseon Dynasty King Gwang-hae orders his councilor, HEO Kyun, to find him a double in order to avoid the constant threat of assassination. HEO Kyun finds Ha-sun, a jester who looks remarkably like the king, ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, stylized, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, throne, medieval, royal court, korean history, hidden identity, treason, political intrigue, save the kingdom, ruler, political conspiracy, head of state ...
Time:
middle ages, 17th century
Place:
korea, south korea, east asia, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Starring Lee Young Ae, it tells the tale of an orphaned kitchen cook who went on to become the king's first female physician. In a time when women held little influence in society, young apprentice cook Jang Geum strives to learn the secrets of ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, politics, medicine, cooking and food, korean history, eunuch, doctor, palace, royal family, intrigue, state affairs, orphan ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century
Place:
korea, south korea, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Fair Princess Jungmyung lives a life of the highest privilege, until her half-brother Prince Gwanghae executes the rightful crown prince and usurps the throne. Exiled from court, Jungmyung goes under disguise as a man and learns to adapt to life as ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, palace intrigue, revenge, exile, female protagonist, power struggle, political intrigue, prince, palace, princess, kingdom, intrigue ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
“Six Flying Dragons” is a Period drama depicts the ambitions and success stories of 6 people around Prince Lee Bang Won. This drama also depicts the ideological and political conflict between Prince Lee Bang Won and Jung Do Jeon who is the man ...
Style:
tense, exciting, enigmatic, sageuk, disturbing ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, joseon dynasty, tragedy, ambition, political corruption, political repression, politics, traitor, martial arts, treason, royal family, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
14th century, medieval times
Place:
korea
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1961, there is a young girl named Dong Yi who lives in a slave village. She then decides to work in the palace as a servant. A few years later, she meets King Sukjong and they fall in love with each other. The King later makes her his concubine. ...
Style:
costume drama, sageuk, captivating, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, queen, royal court, rich man poor woman, love, palace, love triangle, murder, palace intrigue, revenge, korean history, medieval ...
Place:
korea, east asia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a novel of the same name, it tells the record of a royal court romance between the King of Joseon who believes his duty is to his country first above love, and a court lady who wants to protect the life she has chosen.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, historical romance, period drama
Plot:
palace intrigue, king, joseon dynasty, palace, power struggle, prince, love affair, love and romance, kingdom, intrigue, romantic relationship, love story ...
Time:
18th century
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Genre: Comedy, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When Huh Saek decides to become a male gisaeng, he captivates countless women with his looks and talents but doubts the existence of true love — until he meets a girl with progressive ideas.
Style:
entertaining, romantic, satirical, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
joseon dynasty, love and romance, love story, romantic relationship, satire, love interest, royal court, relationships, love affair, male female relationship, identity, sensuality ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
13 years after the King Injo Revolt, the Chosun Dynasty is attacked by the Chung Dynasty of China. A young man named Na-mi leaves his demolished village to find his young sister, Ja-in, and her finance Su-koon, who were to wed on the very day of the ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
archery, master warrior, archer, medieval, bow and arrow, joseon dynasty, death, asian, kidnapping, battles, daring rescue, military ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times, year 2011
Place:
korea, ancient china, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the turbulent time of the fall of Goryeo and the founding of Joseon, two former friends face-off against one another over a woman and the future shape of the nation.
Style:
exciting, tense, sincere, disturbing, sageuk ...
Plot:
medieval, joseon dynasty, friendship, power struggle, warlord, murder, rivalry, destiny, danger, society, culture clash, violence ...
Time:
14th century
Place:
thailand
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Born to a family of established court painters, a woman is forced to carry on her family name and take over her brother's life after he commits suicide.
Style:
erotic, realistic, sexy, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
couples, family relations, hidden identity, passionate sex, swinger, injustice, prodigy, gender, unfulfillment, society, fall in love, painter ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
korea, south korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
In the present day, Jang Bong Hwan works as a chef at the President's Blue House. She has a free spirit, but her spirit somehow finds its way into the body of Queen Kim So Yong in the Joseon period.
King Cheol Jong has secrets. He seems like a ...
Style:
touching, captivating, sweet, romantic, dorama ...
Plot:
time travel, romantic relationship, gender bending, joseon dynasty, historical figure, body swapping, queen, political intrigue, sent to the past, chef, time loop, political unrest ...
Time:
17th century
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Ancient Korea, 17th century. While the paranoid King Lee Jo of Joseon, vassal of the Qing dynasty, feels surrounded by conspirators and rebels, a dark evil emerges from the bowels of a merchant ship and the exiled Prince Lee Cheung returns to the ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
joseon dynasty, medieval, zombie, ancient korea, crown, warrior, rivalry, martial arts, vengeance, danger, master warrior, duel ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
china
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Genre: Action, Comedy, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
While on the run for his life, a young man discovers that the best place to lie low is in a village of widows — disguised as a woman.
Style:
dorama, romantic, sweet, exciting, epic ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, escape, gender bending, cross dressing, switching roles, hidden identity, disorder, love and romance, strong female character, dishonesty, fake identity, fish out of water ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, psychological, serious, historical romance ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, medieval, korean history, father son relationship, royal family, family conflict, asian history, teaching the ways of the world, rivalry, politics, ancient korea, family relations ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
korea, east asia, south korea
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Danbi, a senior in high school, is whisked back in time to the Joseon Era. There she is mistaken for a servant and begins her life anew as the confidante of King Lee Do; her knowledge of mathematics and sciences, however, begins to cause ...
Style:
dorama, romantic, captivating, novela, entertaining ...
Plot:
high school student, joseon dynasty, time travel, supernatural, time traveler, love affair, male female relationship, couple relations, love and romance, romantic relationship, relationships, struggle for survival ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The film will follow Princess Songhwa, who refuses her fate to marry one of four suitors. While Seo Do-yoon, skilled at interpreting marital harmony signs is selected as the person to ascertain her best match.
Style:
historical romance, sageuk, captivating, disturbing, semi serious ...
Plot:
asian, martial arts, matchmaker, joseon dynasty, marriage proposal, palace, love story, looking for love, female protagonist, relationships, master warrior, love and romance ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
Ba-Woo is a degenerate man. He gambles, steals, fights and will do bossam (customary remarriage procedure where a widow is kidnapped) for money. He hides his real identity. While performing a bossam, he mistakenly kidnaps Princess Hwain. She is the ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, sincere, historical romance, costume drama ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, royal family, widow, hidden identity, tradition, abduction, secret identity, customs, relationship problems, male female relationship, strong female character, korean history ...
Time:
17th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the period of the 1894 Donghak Peasant Revolution against the Japanese, the drama tells the story of two half-brothers, one illegitimate and low born, and one, part of the pro-Japanese ruling elite, who find themselves on opposite sides ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, power struggle, brothers, revolutionary, japanese occupation, fight, social commentary, class struggle, korean history, rebellion, battles, revolution ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
The Slave Hunters is a 2010 South Korean action historical drama set in the Joseon Dynasty about a slave hunter who is tracking down a general-turned-runaway slave as well as searching for the woman he loves. It aired on KBS2 from January 6 to March ...
Style:
sageuk, captivating, tense, exciting, psychological
Plot:
joseon dynasty, slavery, slave, bounty hunter, conspiracy, asian history, tragic hero, political intrigue, love triangle, chase, deception, false accusation ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Deep Rooted Tree is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Shin Se-kyung and Han Suk-kyu. Based on the novel of the same title by Lee Jeong-myeong, it aired on SBS from October 5 to December 22, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at ...
Style:
captivating, tense, factual, psychological, sageuk ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, palace intrigue, murder investigation, murder, power struggle, korean history, asian history, political conspiracy, secret organization, palace, king, revenge ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
korea, thailand
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Depicts the love lives, jealousies and desires of those that work within the Sanguiwon during the Joseon Dynasty period. The Sanguiwon are responsible for the attire worn by royalty. Dol-Seok (Han Suk-Kyu) is the best master artisan in charge of ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, period piece, dorama ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, tailor, palace intrigue, king, rivalry, workplace intrigue, showdown, ambition, kingdom, dynasty, intrigue, palace ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
east asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Hong Ra On, disguises herself as a man and counsels men on dating. Due to a love letter she wrote for a client, she meets Lee Young - future Crown Prince Hyomyeong. Hong Ra On is unaware that he is the Crown Prince and Lee Young is unaware that Hong ...
Style:
touching, captivating, costume drama, period piece, humorous ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, couples, crown prince, palace, gender disguise, fall in love, friendship, cross dressing, forbidden love, coming of age, eunuch, society ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Based on the life of Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty. She was killed on October 8, 1895 by Japanese assassins.
Style:
dramatic, historical drama, period piece, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
korean history, joseon dynasty, historical figure, empress, king, assassination, tragedy, biopic, palace intrigue, royal court, political intrigue, asian history ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In 1777, one year since he had taken reign, King Jeong-jo bears a perilous palace life with his dedicated court servant, Gap-soo, amidst opposition and threats from those around with political ambitions. Meanwhile, Eul-soo, a member of a secret ...
Style:
serious, captivating, exciting, epic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
archery, royal court, joseon dynasty, rivalry, hitman, asian history, danger, master warrior, assassination attempt, murder, political unrest, asian ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
asia, ancient china
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Since Kwanghae was born from a concubine and only appointed as Crown Prince in a desperate measure, many dissatisfied officials from Northerner faction often plotted for his assassination and dethronement for 16 years. He also often quarreled with ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
crown prince, power struggle, palace intrigue, joseon dynasty, intrigue, prince, kingdom, rivalry, political intrigue, competitor, fight, mistress ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
korea
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