Movies and TV shows set in korea
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in korea ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, dorama, romantic, serious, realistic and romantic drama films and TV shows about / with asian, friendship, couples, love and romance, love, family relations, love triangle, danger, fall in love and murder plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in South Korea, France, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as korea: The Housemaid (2010), Iris: The Movie (2010), A Werewolf Boy (2012), Portrait of a Beauty (2008), Marriage Is a Crazy Thing (2002), Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017), Silenced (2011), Descendants of the Sun (2016), The K2 (2016), Untold Scandal (2003).
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List of movies set in korea
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to a dark consequences. Eun-yi is hired as an au pair for Hae-ra (pregnant with twins) and her rich husband Hoon. Eun-yi's primary task is watching the couple's young daughter, ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
master and servant, maid, eroticism, dangerous attraction, adulterous husband, abuse of power, jealous wife, sexual relations, strong sexual content, destructive relationship, asian prostitute, servant ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, east asia, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Hyunjun and Sawoo, close friends and rivals from the South Korean special forces, are recruited by the secret agency NSS. They both fall for Seunghee, the beautiful but lethal profiling specialist at NSS. When they are faced against each other in a ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
true love, espionage, rivalry, terrorism, special agent, danger, assassination, political conspiracy, spy, covert operation, confrontation, government agency ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Summoned by an unexpected phone call, an elderly woman visits the country cottage she lived in as a child. Memories of an orphan boy she knew 47 years ago come flooding back to her.
Style:
sentimental, romantic, atmospheric, ambiguous ending, surreal ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
werewolf, love and romance, orphan, single parent, bittersweet, transformation, genetic mutation, teenage love, false accusation, love story, winter, missing girl ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
korea, asia, east asia
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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: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jun-young (Kam Woo-seong) is a man in his early thirties who has seen his friends and younger brother get married but has yet to open himself to a serious relationship. Rather he is happy floating through life with little direction or ambition. ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
true love, looking for sex, sex, sexual relations, looking for love, love affair, womanizer, fear of commitment, passionate sex, family relations, love and romance, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 67 min.
TV show
Story:
She is no ordinary woman. Do Bong Soon is a woman who possesses Herculean strength. She can crush objects in her bare hands when she holds them too tightly. Although Bong Soon longs to be a dainty, elegant woman that men fall in love with, she ...
Style:
romantic, dorama, sweet, exciting, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
love triangle, superhuman powers, friendship, fall in love, investigation, kidnapping, couple relations, heroes, destiny, strong female lead, twists and turns, danger ...
Place:
korea, thailand
Is relevant?
27K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, dark, intense ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
rape, child abuse, deaf mute, sex crime, mute or deaf, courtroom, sign language, disability, punishment, school, life is a bitch, deaf ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
korea, south korea, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Scarlet Heart: Ryeo is the remake of Chinese drama Bu Bu Jing Xin that stars IU as a woman who gets time-warped back to the Goryeo dynasty, and becomes involved with a very large family of princes, some of whom are vying for the throne, or her ...
Style:
touching, romantic, captivating, dorama, costume drama ...
Plot:
sweetheart, love triangle, time travel, broken heart, mad love, palace, royal family, rivalry, throne, romantic triangle, palace intrigue, love ...
Time:
10th century, 21st century
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A drama about the love of people who get closer as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times and sacrifices made by people who throw themselves into natural disasters.
Style:
romantic, scenic, light, dorama, humorous ...
Plot:
medical, army, soldier, friendship, love affair, love, military officer, doctor, military, danger, playing footsie, love and romance ...
Place:
korea, afghanistan, thailand
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A patriotic bodyguard who was abandoned by his country and colleagues, a hidden daughter of leading Presidential candidate who regards love as a tool for revenge, and the First Lady contender who hides her ambition and charisma behind a kind and ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tear jerker ...
Plot:
bodyguard, protector, politician, corruption, investigation, rivalry, government corruption, political candidate, political campaign, political unrest, ex soldier, political activism ...
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Based on the novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' this film is set in aristocratic 18th-century Korea at the end of the Chosun Dynasty. The irresistible temptress Lady Cho asks her cad of a younger cousin, Jo-won, to deflower the innocent ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, period piece, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
cousin cousin relationship, seduction, nobility, murder, virginity, passionate sex, love and romance, betrayal, loss of virginity, dishonesty, couple relations, rivalry ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
korea, asia
Is relevant?
36K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Kim Shin is an immortal “goblin,” and has the rather honorable title of being the Protector of Souls. His roommate Wang Yeo also happens to have the equally lofty, if thoroughly opposing, title of Angel of Death, and he acts as the storied grim ...
Style:
dorama, romantic, mysterious, emotional, humorous ...
Plot:
reincarnation, ghost, past life, supernatural, angel of death, immortal, punishment, fiancee, supernatural power, orphan, death, demon ...
Place:
korea, thailand
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bleak, neo noir, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, incest, violence, psychopath, captivity, older man younger woman relationship, hypnosis, mind game, plot twist, psychological torture, torture ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, distant future, near future, y2k ...
Place:
south korea, korea, stockholm sweden, oceania, east asia ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Han Hyo-joo plays a surgeon whose father is a famous comic book creator. One day Dad goes missing and she rushes to his workshop to look for him, and instead finds a strange man bathed in blood. She gets kidnapped by the bloody man, which is where ...
Style:
sentimental, captivating, romantic drama, dorama, exciting ...
Plot:
parallel world, surrealism, parents and children, heroes, happy ending, fantasy world, fall in love, alternate reality, supernatural, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, twists and turns ...
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard. Under the dominance of Yuan Dynasty China, the king of Goryeo Dynasty Korea is pressured to produce a successor to the throne. Unable to ...
Style:
sexy, touching, erotic, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay, royal family, gay love, love triangle, love and romance, gay asian, unrequited love, gay husband, gay sex, sex ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, 13th century
Place:
korea, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
As a child, Park Hoon and his dad were kidnapped and taken to North Korea. He grew up there, learning to be a doctor just like his father. When Park Hoon escapes back to South Korea and begins work at a prestigious hospital, he makes it his goal to ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, exciting, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
doctor, heroes, twists and turns, unrequited love, dishonesty, danger, hospital, father son relationship, hidden identity, second chance, kidnapping, scheme ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Heirs follows a group of privileged, elite high school students as they are groomed to take over their families' business empires. These wealthy students seem to have everything under control–except their love lives. Kim Tan is heir to the ...
Style:
dorama, semi serious, social, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, rich and poor, love and romance, teenage love, heir, family business, rich man poor woman, social differences, high school life, bullying, poverty, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Ji Sung Joon has a crush on the most beautiful girl in town, Kim Hye Jin - the only problem is, he's unattractive and lacks self-esteem. As fate would have it, years later Sung Joon grows up to be not only successful, but extremely attractive. ...
Style:
light, humorous, satirical, dorama, romantic ...
Plot:
childhood friend, opposites attract, love and romance, romantic triangle, fashion magazine, unrequited love, fashion, relationships, romantic relationship, love affair, love story, satire ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Gu Family Book is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Seung-gi and Suzy. The fusion martial arts action historical drama is about a half man-half monster who is searching for a centuries-old book that according to gumiho legend, ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, light, humorous, sageuk ...
Plot:
betrayal, couples, transformation, healing power, immortality, supernatural, danger, friendship, love and romance, love, rivalry, interspecies romance ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip. The film is ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
hopes, children, adoption, youth, dysfunctional family, family relations, parents and children, girl, orphan, abandoned by father, family problems, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2009, 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
korea, south korea, seoul, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
You're Beautiful is a 2009 South Korean romantic comedy television drama series, starring Park Shin-hye, Jang Keun-suk, Lee Hong-ki of F.T. Island and Jung Yong-hwa of CN Blue. It is about a fictional boy band A.N.Jell and the relationship ...
Style:
sentimental, dorama, humorous, novela, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, cross dressing, friends, gender bending, love and romance, rising to stardom, fall in love, music band, hidden identity, unrequited love, gender, celebrity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A missing person case involving a female university student and the victim in a hit and run case appears to be the same person. Detectives look for a witness. A witness, Min Soo-Ah appears, but Min Soo-Ah is blind. She used to be a promising student ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, blindness, police detective, delivery, serial killer, loss of eyesight, missing person, investigation, blind character, partner, unlikely partners, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Eun Ha-Won is a college student. She is a bright girl who wants to be a veterinarian, but at home she is lonely. She is isolated from her family members. Eun Ha-Won lives with father, step-mother and step-sister after her mother died in a car ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
rivalry, friendship, fall in love, love and romance, love triangle, family problems, lifestyle, twists and turns, parents and children, inheritance, music, family relations ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two childhood friends are separated after one’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one week as they confront notions of destiny, love and the choices that make a life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, semi autobiographical, independent film ...
Plot:
childhood friend, love, husband wife relationship, city, travel, life, male female relationship, friendship, korean american, immigrant, coming of age, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, year 2000 ...
Place:
korea, new york, south korea, seoul
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Do Min Joon is an otherworldly beauty, literally. After crash landing on Earth 400 years ago, Min Joon has diligently observed humans for centuries, ultimately coming to cynical conclusions. On top of being a super babe, Min Joon's got enhanced ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, romantic, dorama, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
danger, fall in love, love affair, love and romance, heroes, supernatural ability, alien, hopes, destiny, immortal, interspecies romance, life philosophy ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
korea, thailand
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A supernatural romance about a woman who can see the future in her dreams, and a prosecutor who fights to stop these future events from happening. The heroine has dreams about unfortunate events that will happen to other people, and the hero is a ...
Style:
humorous, sincere, dorama, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
friendship, danger, precognition, love triangle, seeing the future, prosecutor, legal, supernatural, justice, lawyer, couples, asian ...
Time:
future
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son ...
Style:
romantic, humorous, dorama, romantic drama, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mermaid, erased memory, sea, destiny, past life, rebirth, relationships, embezzler, supernatural, star crossed lovers, magical creature, love ...
Place:
korea, seoul
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the Silla dynasty, Sam Maekjong is the son of the fallen king and present queen regent, Jiso, but he has been kept in hiding for protection ever since he was a young boy, when his father was murdered. Over the years the powerful nobles ...
Style:
dorama, captivating, disturbing, period piece, visually appealing ...
Plot:
ancient korea, heir to the throne, heir, korean history, brotherhood, king, warrior, friendship, assassination plot, friends, showdown, fight ...
Time:
6th century
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
Rooftop Prince is a 2012 South Korean fantasy romantic comedy television drama, starring Park Yuchun, Han Ji-min, Jeong Yu-mi, Lee Tae-sung, Lee Min-ho, Jung Suk-won and Choi Woo-shik. It is about a Joseon crown prince who, after his wife dies ...
Style:
touching, sincere, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
time travel, tragic love, friendship, time warp, sister sister relationship, heir, memory loss, self sacrifice, korean history, changing lives, murder mystery, uncover truth ...
Place:
korea
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