Best of South Korea - Romance Movies
Best of South Korea - Romance Movies
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1. My Sassy Girl
2001 2h 17m Not Rated
7.9 (51K) Rate
A young man sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to the tracks at a metro station in Seoul and
pulls her back. She ends up getting him into trouble repeatedly after that, starting on the train.
Director Jae-young Kwak Stars Cha Tae-hyun Jun Ji-hyun In-mun Kim
2. 3-Iron
2004 1h 28m R
7.9 (59K) Rate 72 Metascore
A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few
days.
Director Kim Ki-duk Stars Lee Seung-yun Jae Hee Hyuk-ho Kwon
3. A Moment to Remember
2004 1h 57m PG-13
8.1 (26K) Rate
A young couple's enduring love is tested when 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of
Alzheimer's disease.
Director Park Kyung-Jin John H. Lee Kim Tae-won Stars Jung Woo-sung Son Ye-jin
Baek Jong-hak
4. Oasis
2002 2h 13m
7.8 (11K) Rate 79 Metascore
An irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively
stronger bond with her.
Director Lee Chang-dong Stars Sul Kyung-gu Moon So-ri Ahn Nae-sang
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5. The Classic
2003 2h 7m
7.7 (10K) Rate
Shy Ji-hae's friend asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to the boy she loves in her name. As the boy falls in love with
her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own
circumstances.
6. Il Mare
2000 1h 45m
7.5 (9.6K) Rate
In 1999, a voice actor moves from Il Mare, a seaside house, and leaves a Christmas card in its mailbox. An
architecture student receives it in 1997, and a friendship separated by two years begins.
Director Hyun-seung Lee Stars Lee Jung-jae Jun Ji-hyun Kim Moo Saeng
7. Daisy
2006 1h 50m Not Rated
7.4 (6.8K) Rate
About a tragic love triangle story involving young painter Hye-young, Interpol detective Jeong Woo, and
professional hitman Park Yi.
Director Wai Keung Lau Stars Jun Ji-hyun Jung Woo-sung Lee Sung-jae
8. Time
2006 1h 37m Not Rated
7.1 (13K) Rate 73 Metascore
To save her relationship, a woman puts herself through extensive plastic surgery.
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9. Windstruck
10. I'm2ha 3m
2004 Cyborg, But That's OK
2006 1h 47m Not
7.1 (7.8K) RateRated
6.9 (26K) Rate
The heart-warming romance story between Kyungjin and Myungwoo. Even though he has passed away, he
will
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she forever.
is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other
psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls.
Director Jae-young Kwak Stars Jun Ji-hyun Jang Hyuk Kim Soo-ro
Director Park Chan-wook Stars Lim Soo-jung Rain Park Byeong-eun
11. ...ing
2003 1h 44m
7.2 (2.3K) Rate
Mi-na, a high school student living alone with her mother, dreams of having the perfect boyfriend. But can
any man hope to live up to her image of the ideal partner?
Director Lee Eon-hie Stars Lim Soo-jung Kim Rae-won Lee Mi-sook
12. Always
2011 1h 48m
7.7 (12K) Rate
Jang Cheol-min is a former boxer who finds work as a parking space attendant. His life turns upside down
when he meets Jung-hwa, a blind girl, and they begin to fall in love.
13. Failan
2001 1h 55m Not Rated
7.5 (6.3K) Rate
A marriage of convenience between a petty gangster and an illegal immigrant he has never met has
unforeseen consequences for them both.
Director Hae-sung Song Stars Choi Min-sik Cecilia Cheung Son Byung-ho
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A terminally ill bachelor Hahn Suk-Kyu runs a photo studio in Seoul. One day a young meter maid Shim Eun-
Ha visits his studio. Over time they form an untimely though touching bond which leads to an unfinished
love story.
Director Hur Jin-ho Stars Han Suk-kyu Shim Eun-ha Shin Goo
"K" loves Cream but has terminal cancer so he keeps his love for her secret and tries to find a mate for her
before he dies so she will not be alone after he dies.
Director Won Tae-yeon Stars Kwon Sang-woo Bo Young Lee Lee Beom-su
A suicidal girl started to visit a convicted murderer awaiting execution every Thursday.
Director Hae-sung Song Stars Lee Na-young Gang Dong-won Youn Yuh-jung
Woo Jin takes care of his son Ji Ho alone after his wife Soo A passed away. Before she passed away, she
promised she would be back on a rainy day one year later. One year later, Soo A appears again, but she
does not remember anything.
In 1999, a teen with a heart of gold begins keeping close tabs on a popular classmate as a favor to her
smitten best friend.
Director Bang Woo-ri Stars Kim Yoo-jung Byeon Woo-seok Park Jung-woo
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A mentally challenged man trying to keep his mother's only wish alive at any cost while trying to reconcile
ith hi fi t d l l h
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.
When a high school diploma from a school in Gangwon Province becomes the key to unlocking his vast
inheritance, a spoiled teen Kang Jae Kyung gets an invaluable lesson in life and love in a rural village.
Director Tae-gyun Kim Stars Hyun Bin Lee Han-sol Park Jin-young
A South Korean has a different person's body, changing every morning to a body "borrowed" for a day - man,
woman, old, child and sometimes a foreigner. "He" works as furniture designer. He loves a girl. She loves
him for the beauty inside.
Director Jong-Yeol Baek Stars Han Hyo-joo Park Seo-joon Juri Ueno
This film follows the lives of four very different couples as they deal with love, loss and life in these
romantic, loosely interconnected tales.
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Hong-yun is a high school girl in a little mountain village who falls head-over-heels for a handsome new
school teacher, Mr Kang. What with taking care of her youngest baby brother for her widowed mother and
the impossible age difference, it is a roller-coaster ride for her as she tries to become someone special for…
Director Young-jae Lee Stars Lee Byung-hun Lee Dae-yeon Jeon Do-yeon
A 20-year-old architecture student, falls in love with a music student. However, he fails to confess his
feelings to her, and they grow apart. 15 years later, she reappears before him and asks him to design her
house.
Director Lee Yong-ju Stars Uhm Tae-woong Han Ga-in Lee Je-hoon
Two girls, Soo-In and Gyung-Hee,confused between love and friendship leave their mutual friend Ji-Hwan
unexpectedly. Years later, Ji-Hwan departs on a long journey to find his old friends as he confronts a
beautiful yet sad secret.
Director Lee Han Stars Cha Tae-hyun Son Ye-jin Lee Eun-ju
27. Chunhyang
2000 2h 17m R
7.1 (1.8K) Rate 79 Metascore
A governor's son falls in love and marries a beautiful girl, the daughter of a courtesan. Their marriage is
kept a secret from the governor who would immediately disown him if he found that his son married
beneath him.
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Once in a Summer (Hangul) is a 2006 South Korean melodrama/romance film directed by Jo Keun-shik. The
film stars Lee Byung-hun and Soo Ae. It won Best Film and Best Director (for Jo) at the 15th Chunsa Film
Art Awards in 2007
29. Unforgettable
2016 1h 53m PG-13
7.2 (2K) Rate
People reminiscing about their first love stories as they listen to love stories on the radio. During a live
broadcast, a radio DJ receives a letter that shares stories from a fishing village 23 years ago.
In 1994 during the IMF crisis, two people meet while exchanging stories on a radio program. They fall in
love, but can't quite seem to get the timing right.
Director Jung Ji-woo Stars Kim Go-eun Jung Hae-in Park Hae-joon
Jun-young enjoys his carefree life while Yeon-hee seeks a suitable husband. Their intellectual
incompatibility contrasts with chemistry, leading to a casual relationship and evasion of commitment.
Hyeon-seong, a film director struggling with writing a new screenplay, visits a remote southern island he
stayed 10 years ago to fulfill a promise he made with his girlfriend at the time. As he waits on the secluded
island to see if the promise will also be kept by now his ex-girlfriend, he gets to know an oddly charming…
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Director Song Il-gon Stars Jang Hyun-sung Yong-cheol Kim Lee So-yeon
A teenage girl tries to continue her normal social and school life, after her grandfather forces her into an
arranged marriage with a man in his twenties.
Director Ho-joon Kim Stars Kim Rae-won Moon Geun-young Ahn Sun-young
Beautiful student Su-Eun prevents her fellow student Su-Ho to drown in the ocean. Su-Ho however, does not
know who saved him, until Su-Eun tells him after a while. The love between them starts to grow, seemingly
infinite. But then something terrible happens.
Director Yun-su Chong Stars Cha Tae-hyun Song Hye-kyo Song Chang-ui
35. Ditto
2000 1h 50m
7.0 (2.3K) Rate
Two students, separated in time, are somehow able to talk to each other using amateur radio, one in 1979
and the other in 2000.
Director Jeong-kwon Kim Stars Yoo Ji-tae Kim Ha-neul Ha Ji-Won
A sound engineer falls in love with a radio show host after they work together on a project capturing natural
sounds.
Director Hur Jin-ho Stars Lee Yeong-ae Yoo Ji-tae Sang-hui Baek
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A pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town. Police suspect that he was murdered by an
acquaintance, as even the most experienced investigator on the case could identify no signs of resistance.
Three people come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a…
Director Park Shin-woo Stars Han Suk-kyu Son Ye-jin Go Soo
While a man is out of town, a con-woman claims to be his fiancée and moves in with his family.
Director Hyeong-jun Bae Stars Kim Ha-neul Gang Dong-won Song Jae-ho
Thirty-year-old Yun-woo bumps into a high school student in the elevator while on his way to work. His
heart starts pounding at this teenager's boldness. At a subway station, KANG Sook can't stop staring at the
long-haired, beautiful Ha-kyung. Ha-kyung breaks up with KANG Sook only a few hours after they first mee…
Director Jang-ha Ryu Stars Yoo Ji-tae Lee Yeon-hee Chae Jeong-an
Relationship filled with pitfalls between a pleasant female video producer and a gallery owner as they
become embroiled in their self-spun web of illusions. Bitter-sweet serenade to modern courtship.
Director Hong Sang-soo Stars Lee Eun-ju Moon Sung-keun Jeong Bo-seok
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A struggling for love, Baseball players discovers he has terminal illness and meets a girl who has had a
crush on him since times immemorial. The twists and turns of events bring them together.
43. Happiness
2007 2h 4m
7.0 (712) Rate
A love story about two people who meet while battling serious illnesses.
Director Hur Jin-ho Stars Kong Hyo-jin Park In-hwan Hwang Jung-min
44. Breath
2007 1h 24m
6.9 (5.2K) Rate
A love story involving a convicted prisoner who "slowly falls for a woman who decorates his prison cell".
Director Kim Ki-duk Stars Chang Chen Kang In-hyung Park Ji-ah
45. Spellbound
2011 1h 54m PG-13
6.8 (3.8K) Rate
A magician meets an eccentric girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It is only until a year
later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.
Director In-ho Hwang Stars Son Ye-jin Lee Min-ki Park Chul-min
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When a doctor gets sued for misdiagnosing a patient, she reaches out to a dedicated firefighter to be a
character witness for her. An unlikely romance sparks between the two of them.
When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part
of her life.
Director Ji-eun Kang Stars Cho Seung-woo Kang Hye-jeong Ju-yeon Byeon
The story of the man who receives a wedding invitation from his first love that he met in high school.
Director Lee Seok-geun Stars Park Bo-young Song Jae-rim Kim Young-kwang
Seok-joong, a farmer in his mid thirties falls head over heels in love with local tabang delivery girl Eun-ha,
but the couple's marital bliss is short lived as Eun-ha tests positive for HIV.
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Soo Hyun discovers time-traveling pills. His future self warns him that his girlfriend will die due to his
actions. Together, they attempt to alter the past to save her, but create an entirely new timeline.
Director Ji-Yeong Hong Stars Kim Yoon-seok Byun Yo-han Chae Seo-jin
Tae-Il lives a fast life as low level thug. He then learns that he has a terminal illness and not much time left
to live. For the first time in his life falls in love. The woman's name is Ho-Jung.
Director Dong-wook Han Stars Hwang Jung-min Han Hye-jin Nam Il-woo
Story follows Jung So-Yool who dreams of becoming the best singer during the time of Japanese
occupation of Korea.
Director Heung-sik Park Stars Han Hyo-joo Yoo Yeon-seok Chun Woo-hee
Yoon-Jung accidentally calls a stranger instead of her boyfriend, and has phone sex with the unknown man.
When her relationship with her boyfriend turns sour, she meets Hyun-Seung and falls in love with him, but
finds out he is that stranger.
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A high-school teacher in 1983 and a detective in 2015 join forces through their dreams to change the
perilous fate of the woman they both love--30 years apart.
A talented but obese girl, who ghost-sings for a not-so-talented pop star, undergoes extensive plastic
surgery to become a slender beauty with a new identity.
A man and a woman meet in the hospital after their respective partners are involved in a car accident. After
learning that their spouses have been having an affair, the two begin one of their own.
Director Hur Jin-ho Stars Bae Yong-jun Son Ye-jin Kook-huan Chun
A Korean company analyst rear-ends an American man's car then discovers he's her new boss. Unlucky at
love, she begins to take romance lessons from him in order to seduce him.
Director Sang-woo Kim Stars Uhm Junghwa Daniel Henney Holly Karrol Clark
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60. A Muse
2012 2h 9m
6.6 (2.7K) Rate
In this film, Lee Jeok-yo is a respected poet who cares fondly for his 30ish year old disciple Seo Ji-woo. The
world of these two men is shaken when 17-year-old Han Eun-gyo comes into the picture.
Director Jung Ji-woo Stars Park Hae-il Kim Mu-yeol Kim Go-eun
A womanizer and a cute woman (in a 10 year relationship going nowhere) on business trip are seated next
to each other on a full train from Seoul to Busan. They start talking when she accepts she can't escape him.
A young woman returning to her old school to visit her professor also runs into her old boyfriend and her
senior, each of whom has a past with her.
Director Hong Sang-soo Stars Jung Yu-mi Lee Sun-kyun Jeong Jae-yeong
Ji-woong is a loser who can't find a job so he lies to his mom for money, but his mom abruptly cuts him off
one day, and he becomes homeless. But that same day, salvation arrives in the form of Hong-sil who's
extremely stingy. Her hobby is visiting the bank to make savings deposits, and her specialty is selling emp…
Director Jung-hwan Kim Stars Han Ye-seul Song Joong-ki Lee Sang-Yeob
Strangers Young-ho and So-hee confide in each other through the exchange of handwritten letters in the
early 2000s.
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Director Jin-mo Cho Stars Kang Ha-neul Chun Woo-hee Alexandre Dummond
A white lie makes things even more difficult for Dong-gun when his blind girlfriend regains sight after a
successful operation. Will she love him for who he is?
Director Kae-Byeok Lee Stars Ryu Seung-beom Shin Min-a Sang-tae Ahn
Jaejoon, isn't your ordinary postman, he delivers letters to Heaven from those missing their loved ones.
A man from a wealthy family who should be in his second year of college, is still finishing his highschool
requirements. His family hire a tutor for him who is his own age but she comes from a poor background.
Director Kyeong-hyeong Kim Stars Kim Ha-neul Kwon Sang-woo Jeong Gwang-jae
Du-hyeon can't stand his wife anymore. He wants a divorce but he's weak. He hires a Casanova to seduce
her and make her leave him. Will he succeed?
69. Dream
2008 1h 35m Not Rated
6.5 (4.1K) Rate
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In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger's sleepwalking.
Director Kim Ki-duk Stars Joe Odagiri Lee Na-young Park Ji-ah
The Cyrano Agency is a dating agency which helps people who can't date to have a love life. The agency
staff try helping their clients without being noticed. The agency's representatives Byeong-hoon (played by
Eom Tae-woong)and Min-yeong (Park Sin-hye) are giving their best to pair up their client, Sang-yong (Choi…
Director Kim Hyun-seok Stars Uhm Tae-woong Lee Min-Jung Choi Daniel
Reserved twenty five year old Na Young-ju has to attend an English course but she would be much more
interested in getting a boyfriend.
Director Sung Soo Kim Stars Lee Na-young Jang Hyuk Angela Kelly
Gi-joon starts an agency that helps people locate their long-lost first loves and Ji-woo becomes his first
client. She is dragged there by her worried father, Captain SEO, who learns that she's still hung up on Kim
Jung-wook, a man she fell in love with on her trip to India in her early 20s. To identify the face of Ji-woo's…
Director You-Jeong Jang Stars Lim Soo-jung Gong Yoo Ryu Seung-su
Min is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets
Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. Min falls in love at first
sight and finds out that Nanae attends the school to which he has just transferred. Their friendship…
Director Han Sang-hee Stars Lee Joon-gi Aoi Miyazaki Seon-Yeong Baek
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Han-kyung comes to town to live with her mom. Attracted to her pure charm, the most popular guys Hae-
won and Tae-sung fight each other for her.
75. No Breathing
2013 1h 58m
6.4 (1K) Rate
A gifted swimmer rediscovers his talent by entering a competition against his long-time rival.
Ji-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's
answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because
of her timid personality.
Director Lee Han Stars Jong-Ryul Choi Jeong Gyu-su Kim Ha-neul
When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order to
save her marriage, she finds her true self.
Director Gina Kim Stars Vera Farmiga David Lee McInnis Ha Jung-woo
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.
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Director Yun-su Chong Stars Kim Gyu-ri Kim Young Ho Kim Nam-gil
A girl insults a bully on internet. He starts calling her repeatedly and finally finds her. On an escape attempt
she trips and their lips meet. Being the first to kiss him, she now has to promise to marry him. Is life over
or...?
Director Hwan-kyung Lee Stars Song Seung-heon Da-bin Jeong Lee Ki-woo
Man Soo (Kang-woo Kim) is a train conductor. Everyday he performs the same old routines, and gradually
his days begin to feel as uneventful and predictable as the ongoing rotation of the wheels on his train. One
day, his train gets caught in a messy accident involving a passenger's suicide, and he is forced to take lea…
Director Heung-sik Park Stars Son Tae-Yeong Lee Chang-Yeop Su-Jeong Eom
A comic artist and an unemployed sex columnist are trying to work together in order to win a lucrative
comic-book competition.
A traveling architect meets an old friend from his student years; the pair realize their connection has always
been a romantic one.
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Two college friends get together and reminisce on the woman they both fell in love with at different times in
Kyu-sik is a seminary student, who one day falls during a church service, dropping a precious, pope-blessed
relic. As punishment, he and his comic relief friend Seon-dal are sent away to a small church in rural Korea
to work in a sort of 'priest limbo' until they get their act together. Upon his arrival, Kyu-sik ends up in an…
When an ordinary housewife is convicted for seducing a minor, reckless love leads to obsession and
creeping doubt.
An elegant weather reporter on TV and a foul-mouthed boozer off, Hyun-woo juggles three relationships
with three men of different personalities. This is the "love story" of her life.
Director Park Jin-Pyo Stars Lee Seung-gi Moon Chae-won Son Ga-in
A beautiful martial arts prodigy becomes a ruthless warrior to guard the world against the evil spell.
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A cute, poor, Korean high school senior's dumped by her boyfriend so she kicks a beer can hitting a
handsome driver, who "crashes" his convertible. He insists on 3M won/USD3000 in damages. She can work
it off over 100 days. Comedy follows.
Director Jo Byung-Suk Shin Jae Ho Shin Jai-Ho Stars Kim Jae-won Ha Ji-Won Jin Tae-hyun
Min-jun and Ji-won are first-rate "players" who are used to getting their way in the field of love and sex, until
they run into each other. Let the games begin.
Revolves around Soo-hyun and the three sisters. While he is falling in love with the youngest sister Mi-
young, he also tries to seduce her two sisters. Everything become complicated.
Director Hyeon-su Jang Stars Lee Byung-hun Choo Sang-mi Kim Hyo-jin
A teen girl, Jeong-min, stays with her grandpa and helps in his bookstore. A young bird store owning man
with a broken heart sends off a pigeon with a letter that arrives at the now adult Jeong-min.
Director Yun-ho Yang Stars Park Shin-yang Jun Ji-hyun Jeon Moo-song
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92. Lover
2005 1h 38m
5.7 (1.2K) Rate
Woo-sung just joined Joong-hyun and his friends' journey to climb Mt. Asiaq of Alaska. However, a raging
snowstorm was waiting for them descending from the summit and it isolates Woo-sung and Joong-hyun in
an icy cave. To stay awakened, Joong-hyun whose leg is severely wounded starts his story and they get…
Director Eun-seok Kim Stars Lee Sung-jae Song Seung-heon Kim Ha-neul
Country boy Suk-ie learns the meaning of love and loss when he meets city girl Yeon-ie.
Director Young Nam Ko Stars Yeong-su Lee Yun-suk Jo Shin-jae Kim
Two strangers with very little in common, find themselves forced to live together.
Director Jeong-hyang Lee Stars Shim Eun-ha Lee Sung-jae Ahn Sung-ki
Wanee, a young animator, and Junah, a scriptwriter, are lovers leading a peaceful life together. And one day,
an old friend of Wanee's pays her a visit and unearths Wanee's hidden memories of her first love, her
stepbrother.
Director Yong-gyun Kim Stars Kim Hee-seon Ju Jin-mo Cho Seung-woo
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Jin-soo works at a local weather channel as an anchorman. His life is pretty simple until the day he got into
a car accident. Fortunately he didn't get any serious physical injuries but he's suffering from partial
amnesia. Trying to get back to his normal life, he finds clues about a woman that he seemed to have had …
Director Jin-woo Ahn Stars Lee Jung-jae Jang Jin-young Kong Hyeong-jin
98. Josée
2020 1h 57m
6.5 (1K) Rate
A story that depicts the brightest moments of Josee and Young-Seok. Josee has a physical disability and
lives in her own world. Young-Seok enters her world.
Director Jong-kwan Kim Stars Han Ji-min Nam Joo-hyuk Jo Bok-rae
A heartwarming and romantic melodrama about the guests and employees that work at Hotel Emros
around the New Year's holiday.
Director Jae-young Kwak Stars Han Ji-min Lee Dong-wook Kang Ha-neul
100. An Affair
1998 1h 48m
6.8 (567) Rate
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The relationship of a third-rate comedian, Yong-ki, and his wife, Jung-yun is growing cold after the
miscarriage of their baby. Yong-ki becomes increasingly suspicious of the wife's coldness towards him.
The male radio presenter Donghyun and the female TV home shopping phone operator Soohyun are both
lonely. While Donghyun is focused on getting back to his ex-girl-friend Younghae who has sent him a
special LP, Soohyun is crazy for her friend's boy-friend. Via Internet and music Soohyun and Donghyun get…
Director Yun-hyeon Jang Stars Han Suk-kyu Jeon Do-yeon Choo Sang-mi
Stories about the Most Beautiful Love Affairs in Their Lives All for Love is a romantic comedy which
portrays the most beautiful period in the lives of different couples who have just fallen in love. Breaking
away with the omnibus style movies, the director interweaves stories of different couples into one…
Director Kyu-dong Min Stars Lee Byung-joon Lim Chang-jung Jo Hie-bong
The story begins with a man left by his girlfriend on Christmas Eve and unfolds across the city of Seoul.
Director Sung-il Jung Stars Shin Ha-kyun Jung Yu-mi Moon Jeong-Hee
Pungshik has lived in a boring life and met a school friend Man-su one day accidentally,who seduced
women teaching dance and suck the money from the rich women. Pungshik despised Man-su but he got to
be fascinated by dance as soon as starting learning dance. He traveled to learn dance from the master ov…
Director Jeong-woo Park Stars Lee Sung-jae Park Sol-mi Kim Soo-ro
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Julian has lived off the money he lures from his rich female customers. But now he faces usurious debts
from a hasty expansion of his business and he will be killed unless he clears the debt in one month. The
l t hi lf i t t d t b th l l t b th f h i d kill h t th h
107. Pained
2011 1h 44m
6.7 (702) Rate
After losing his family when he was young, Nam-soon feels no pain. He cannot feel physical pain and is
emotionally barren until he meets Dong-hyeon, who calls herself a vampire because she suffers from
hemophilia. Unlike Dong-hyeon, when Nam-soon is injured, she bleeds from even the smallest wound. As…
Director Kwak Kyung-taek Stars Kwon Sang-woo Jung Ryeo-won Ma Dong-seok
The Recipe centers on a TV producer searching for the recipe for an enchanting spicy bean-curd stew--and
its elusive creator. Producer/presenter Choi Yu-jin smells a scoop when he learns that the last request of
mass murderer and famed fugitive Kim Jong-gu before he was executed in February 2009 was for a bowl …
Director Suh-Goon Lee Stars Ryu Seung-ryong Lee Yo-won Lee Dong-wook
109. Singles
2003 1h 50m
6.4 (373) Rate
Na-Nan has known best pals Dong-Mi and Jung-Joon since childhood, and now the trio shares the ups and
downs of their turbulent single lives together. But everything gets turned on end when Dong-Mi and Jung-
Joon end up in bed. Should the longtime friends make it official or call it a mistake? Na Nan has a job offe…
Director Chil-in Kwon Stars Jang Jin-young Lee Beom-su Uhm Junghwa
110. Couples
2011 1h 50m
6.7 (319) Rate
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Yoo-Suk (Ju-hyuk Kim) looks for a girlfriend who disappeared. Ae-Yeon (Yun-ji Lee) has a fake diamond
which her ex-boyfriend gave to her. Ae-Yeon was dumped by her ex boyfriend. Byung-Chan (Kong Hyung-
Jin) does not believe in love. Bok-Nam (Oh Jung-Se) is in love with a friend of a friend.
Director Yong-ki Jeong Stars Kim Ju-hyuk Lee Yoon-ji Lee Si-young
111. My Love
2007 1h 51m
6.6 (302) Rate
My Lovely Week is a romance film about a divorced psychiatrist who meets a tough, macho detective.
Director Lee Han Stars Kam Woo-seong Choi Kang-hee Lee Han-wi
The First Lady Korean Aircraft Pilot "Pak Kyeong-Won" was born as poor Korean girl during the Japanese
occupation of Korea. She went to become lady pilot in Japan. To earn study fee, first she became cab
driver, afterwards she get second flight license. She was dead by flight accident of tour to Korea by single…
Director Jong-chan Yun Stars Jang Jin-young Kim Ju-hyuk Yûko Fueki
The collapse of a department store disturbs a local community, causing strife for some, and bringing some
people closer than ever before.
Director Kim Dae-seung Stars Eun-mi Bang Kim Bi-bi Lee Bong-gyu
A fine arts student meets an attractive bartender, and the two women begin an intimate relationship.
Director Hyun-ju Lee Stars Lee Sang-hee Ryu Sun-young Park Keun-rok
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Gu chang meets a sweet cute girl also a college student They date Later he discovers her dissociative
Two brothers, Kwang-Sik and Kwang-Tae, have very different attitudes toward women. Kwang-Sik is
extremely shy and can't say a word to a woman. But Kwang-Tae is a playboy who just sleeps around. One
day, Kwang-Sik meets Yoon-Kyung for the first time in seven years and he tries to confess his feelings to…
Director Kim Hyun-seok Stars Kim Ah-jung Kim Hyeong-min Kim Ju-hyuk
After a youth of sickness left her lonely and shy, a young woman befriends a kindly aquarium employee.
When he proposes marriage, their love affair brings the two great challenges.
Director Jeong-kwon Kim Stars Pyun Bo-Seung Oh Eun-Ho Park Hae-jin
A man calling himself Jin-young walks into a police station to report a missing person: himself. Starting at
the end of the story, Jin-young is revealed to be be Suk-won, a lawyer suffering severe memory loss and a
total change of character. Formerly ruthless and calculating, the amnesiac Suk-won is kind and gentle;…
Director Yoon-Jung Lee Stars Sin Dong-ryeok Park Eun-yeong Kim Ha-neul
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Suk-won, a trader who loses all of his money (and his wife) in a market downturn is left homeless until Dae-
shik, a homeless loner, rescues him. Together the two travel across the country and Dae-shik falls in love
with Suk-won. Joining them in their journey is Il-joo, a wacky hooker who falls in love with Dae-shik.
Director Kim In-shik Stars Hwang Jung-min Jung Chan Rin Seo
U-in (Lee Jung-jae) is a public servant and bored by his job and his life. He feels lonely and is interested in a
red-haired girl he meets at work. However, she isn't interested in him. He turns to the internet and even gets
himself a credit card only to watch the webcam girl Asako day after day, who happens to have red hair.…
Director Je-yong Lee Stars Lee Jung-jae Misato Tachibana Urara Awata
122. Calla
1999 1h 38m
6.1 (188) Rate
Seon-woo receives calla every morning and wants to find out who the secret admirer is. One day, he goes to
a nearby florist's where he meets Ji-hee. He falls in love with her at first sight, thinking she is the one who is
sending him flowers. Seon-woo asks Ji-hee to go on a date and she agrees. He arrives at the rendenvous…
Director Hae-sung Song Stars Song Seung-heon Kim Hee-seon Choi Chul-ho
Bong Soo has been working as manager of a small bank in an apartment complex for three years. During
his three years there, no, for 23 years if you count his school days, he has never been late. However, he
purposely decides to skip work one day. There is only one reason. Inside a subway train that has suddenly…
Director Heung-sik Park Stars Sul Kyung-gu Jeon Do-yeon Jin Hee-kyung
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Lee Hyeong is wonderful songwriter. After an accident he is transformed into a messenger of love who has
Woo Ri is a 33-year-old single man. He is a rookie reporter and he writes a sex column, although he wants
to become a novelist. Woo Ri hates being lonely, but he is not very good with romantic relationships. Ja
Young is a 29-year-old single woman. She has a daring personality. Ja Young strives to become a mature…
Director Ga-Young Jeong Stars Son Suk-ku Jeon Jong-seo Kim Jae-hwa
Based on the novel of the same name, Scent of Love chronicles several years in the life of a man and
woman who were never able to fully realize their love for each other.
Director Lee Jeong-wook Stars Jang Jin-young Park Hae-il Song Seon-mi
An orphaned boy falls in love with and writes anonymous letters a to 30-year old woman because she
reminds him of his mother.
Director Tae-yeong Yun Stars Lee Chang-Yeop Oh Gwang-Rok Park Hae-il
An introvert, indifferent woman joins a high school as a student teacher, under supervision of a shameless,
nymphomaniac man who is a year younger than her. On a school trip, the supervisor tells the trainee that he
wants to have sex with her. The movie deals with the woman willing yet indifferent to indulge in physical…
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Director Han Jae rim Stars Park Hae il Lee Dae yeon Kang Hye jeong
Young-min and Mi-young are a young couple who get married after graduating from college. Following the
honeymoon period, they begin to bicker with each other. While waiting for her husband at a café one day,
Mi-young bumps into her ex-boss. Young-min sees this and gets the wrong idea. As they struggle to make…
130. Madeleine
2003 1h 58m
6.2 (348) Rate
Madeleine is a South Korean movie released in 2003. The story follows the lives of two girls living together
and their separate love lives as they struggle to find and maintain their new relationships. The movie mainly
focuses on pretty girl Lee Hee-Jin (Shin Min-a). Hee-Jin is a hair stylist working at a salon when she meets…
Director K.C. Park Stars Zo In-sung Shin Min-a Hahm Eun-jung
Hyungtae is a game programmer working on the ultimate online dating game. Working 24/7 on the 30th
floor of the tallest building in Seoul, the company's future, whether or not it sinks to the bottom depends on
the success of the game.
Director Ho Choi Stars Lee Na-young Cho Seung-woo Jo Eun-ji
Struggling to support herself and teenage daughter, widow Yeon-ju rents out the second floor of her home
to Chang-In, who claims to be a novelist working on a new book. The neighbors suspect Chang-In's true
identity, as he spends an inordinate time in Yeon-ju's quarters whenever he's left home alone. A battle of…
Director Jae-gon Son Stars Han Suk-kyu Kim Hye-su Shin Dong-ho
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Two misfits form an unlikely relationship after a woman breaks into a man's house only to discover him in
the midst of a suicide attempt.
A thirty-two year old man falls in love with a seventeen year-old highschool student whom he sees at the
bus stop everyday
Director Mi-yeon Lee Stars Kim Tae-woo Kim Min-jung Ban-ya Choi
135. Daddy-Long-Legs
2005 1h 39m
6.3 (601) Rate
Young-mi (played by the fresh and wonderful Ha Ji-won) lost her parents when she was still young, but
despite such hardship, she manages to live her life cheerfully. Helping her out is a mysterious benefactor.
When the time comes for her to attend university, this secret patron pays her tuition and other fees. Young…
Director Jeong-sik Kong Stars Hyun Bin Geum Bo Ra Oh Dae-gyoo
Now and Forever tells the emotional journey of a playboy who finds true love in his relationship with a
beautiful girl he met at the hospital.
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This award winning debut film from director Park chan-ok tells the story of a young graduate student who
takes a job under false pretenses in order to get close to an editor at a magazine. The editor takes
advantage of his passive ways and makes him do things for him excessively. Later, the graduate student's…
Director Chan-ok Park Stars Park Hae-il Bae Jong-ok Moon Sung-keun
Four very different couples with very different problems, needs, and concerns face up to their worries and
obstacles at the start of a brand new year. Ji Ho is a divorcee police detective from a violent crime unit who
meets Hyo Young.
Director Ji-Yeong Hong Stars Kim Kang-woo Yoo In-na Yoo Yeon-seok
Easy-going Dong Joo (Tae Woong) hasn't been too organized about his life. While bank teller Song Kyung
(Jung Ryeo Won) plans everything. They both get diagnosed with a terminal illness. It is said that polar
opposites attract but is it true? Neither of them plan on falling in love with each other, but will this new an…
Director Yong-ju Joung Stars Hye-Kyung Ahn Lee Byung-joon Eun-ju Choi
A self-sufficient librarian helps a distraught man search for a message left in a book for him by his former
girlfriend.
Director Jeong-kwon Kim Stars Lee Dong-wook Kim Yoo-jin Jo Ah-ra
141. Humming
2008 1h 36m
6.2 (230) Rate
Jun-Seo (Lee Chun-Hee) and Mi-Yeon (Han Ji-Hye) have been dating for a long time. Jun-Seo grows tired of
his girlfriend's unfailing love, and volunteers to do research work in Antartica. One day, Mi-Yeon visits him,
but he runs away only to find out that she had been injured in a car accident the day before. Did she really…
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Director Dae-yeong Park Stars Lee Cheon-hee Lee Jeong-hoon Han Ji-hye
Vibrant and charming, but as passionate as one can get when it comes to work, fashion consultant Yu-Na
(Uhm Jung-Hwa) lead on a cheerful life with her husband - humorous and sentimental hotelier, Min-Jae
(Park Yong-Woo). But with 4 years of dating and 3 years of marriage, their love life is more consoling than…
Director Yun-su Chong Stars Uhm Junghwa Park Yong-woo Lee Dong-geon
A love story between Jae Hoon, who couldn't let go of his ex-girlfriend, and Sun Young, who is splitting up
with her boyfriend. The couple got trouble and were hurt by love.
Director Kim Han-Gyul Stars Kim Rae-won Kong Hyo-jin Kang Ki-young
To keep their sexual orientation a secret, a gay man and a lesbian woman gets married. Now they have to
juggle their identities to fool parents and co-workers, all while trying to find real love.
Director Jho Kwang-soo Kim Stars Dong-Yoon Kim Ryu Hyun-kyung Jeong Ae-yeon
It depicts a romance between Mu Gwang, a model soldier, and Su-ryun, the young wife of the division
commander and the inner conflicts of Mu Gwang.
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The story is of a playboy who has, through an unavoidable circumstance, run into a woman from his past.
The most unexpected entanglement with Mr. HONG begins!! HONG Doo-shik, there is something special
about him!! He's a good-looking 31 year-old man who knows everything and knows how to do everything.
He's a delivery man for a Chinese restaurant. He's a clerk at a convenient store. And he's even a singer at …
Director Seok-beom Kang Stars Kim Ju-hyuk Uhm Junghwa Kim Ga-yeon
A couple is besieged with the problem of sexual dysfunction. They one day invite in an unexpected
roommate and soon find themselves caught in a maddening love triangle that ends in tragedy.
Director Il-seon Eo Stars Jo Eun Sook Kim In-kwon Kim Jung-hyun
149. Maybe
2009 1h 41m Not Rated
6.1 (198) Rate
Director Ji-Hong Joo Stars Jang Hyuk Jang-hyeon Lee Kang San
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150. Pisces
151. Casa
2000 Amor: Exclusive for Ladies
1h 38m
2015 1h 52m Rate
6.1 (167)
6.1 (709) Rate
Ae-Ryun runs a video store called "Sad Movie" on her own. She is a typical Pisces who likes French films
and takes
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Director Hyung-tae Kim Stars Seo Dong-soo Kim Ga-yeon Kim Jeong-ah
Director Jung Bum-shik Stars Cho Yeo-jeong Clara Lee Kim Tae-woo
A bus driver (Beom-soo Lee) with a love of music falls in love with one of his passengers (Eun-ju Lee) who
happens to be blind.
Director Jin-min Kim Stars Lee Eun-ju Lee Beom-su Bong Tae-gyu
Yoon-hee is harassed by her husband's excessive obsession and crazy love so much that even breathing is
painful. Her sudden suicide attempt fails when someone takes her in his arms and saves her. Hyung-jun is a
rough-looking detective. He asks nothing, but maybe he knows that for some people, just being alive is har…
Director Seung-wook Moon Stars Eom Hyo-Seob Jang Hyun-sung Cho Jae-hyun
During the joseon dynasty in Korea, the princess travels to the Qing to have a beneficial marriage. On her
journey to the Qing, she meets and falls in love with a magician.
Director Kim Dae-seung Stars Go Ara Son Byung-ho Park Choong-seon
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k f d fi d l d i h h
A comedy centered on the romance between an obscure novelist and his new girlfriend, who also becomes
his muse.
Director Kye Soo Jeon Stars Ha Jung-woo Kong Hyo-jin Lee Byung-joon
Three Korean couples travel separately to the Phillipines. A middle aged couple first time abroad, a
convenience store clerk bumps into an incognito pop star and the runaway Soo-jin meets a businessman
who is there for his father's death.
Director Cheol Woo Kang Stars Lee Sun-kyun Lee Soo-kyung Lee Min-ki
158. Interview
2000 1h 47m
6.0 (216) Rate
A documentary filmmaker falls for one of his subjects while interviewing her about her relationship with her
boyfriend.
Director Hyuk Byun Stars Lee Jung-jae Shim Eun-ha Cho Jae-hyun
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Ji-hyeon is enjoying her life after a female sex-change operation. One day a boy knocks on her door
claiming that she is his father. Her attempts to act like an ordinary father conflicts with her life as a woman.
Director Kwang-Jae Lee Stars Lee Na-young Kim Ji-seok Hee-soo Kim
162. S Diary
2004 1h 46m
6.0 (434) Rate
(Korean with English subtitles) Jini gets dumped by her boyfriend with the final note saying he was only
interested in having sex with her but not in a lasting relationship. This triggers her to go back and
investigate her previous relationships and ultimately to gain revenge on her ex-boyfriends - a religious…
Director Kwon Jong-kwan Stars Kim Seon-a Kim Soo-ro Hyun-Woo Lee
(Korean with English subtitles) Hyun-jae (Bae Doona of Cloud Atlas) is down on love; her boyfriends can't
ever seem to get beyond her rough personality. When she finds a string of love notes in the library books
she checks out, she becomes obsessed with finding the writer of the notes, ignoring the fact that true love…
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Wh th if f i it f di dh h b dh i ff i ith hi t d t d t hi
Mo-rae struggles to remain loyal to her husband while living with a handsome and exciting stranger. Her
husband is her childhood best friend, but the seductive stranger is imaginative and adventurous. Whom will
she choose?
The scent of a woman... on my guy! Hyun-joo is an average girl, with seven years of her life invested in her
boyfriend So-hoon, an employee at an extermination company. Sure, he can be a bit boring, but he has a
warm and caring heart. He's someone Hyun-joo can rely on. Or he was. One day So-hoon finds filmself…
Director Je-hyeon Park Stars Kim Jeong-eun Kim Sang-kyung Lee Yu-jin
A reporter and a photographer work together at a weekly magazine and navigate their way through a series
of misunderstandings on their way to falling in love.
Director Tae-gyun Kim Stars Ahn Jae-wook Choi Ji-woo Lee Kyoung-young
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Marriage Blue is a romantic comedy film that follows the misadventures of four engaged couples in the
week leading up to their weddings. Tae-kyu is a former professional baseball player who currently coaches
for a minor league team. His girlfriend Joo-young runs a successful urology clinic. They've broken up once…
i i S i i ji h
Hong Seol is an ordinary university student. She is busy working part-time jobs to pay for her tuition fee and
living expenses. Yoo Jung is her senior at the same university. He seems perfect. He comes from a wealthy
family, he has a kind attitude to others and he is handsome, but Hong Seol does not feel comfortable with…
Adult movie director Jung-Woo dreams of working as a regular commercial film director. Eun-Soo is a
commercial film actress, who began her career when she was a child. After Jung-Woo meets Eun-Soo he
faces enormous changes in his life.
Director Park Beom-su Stars Yoon Kyesang Ko Jun-hee Son Byung-wook
The classic love story between the famous actress and the plain ordinary man.
172. Ardor
2002 1h 52m
5.6 (450) Rate
Mi-heun, a housewife, begins an affair with a doctor after her husband's infidelity. Despite her husband's
attempts to reconcile and societal disapproval, she abandons her conventional life.
Director Young-Joo Byun Stars Yunjin Kim Lee Jong-won Son Byung-ho
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173. Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Do
2008 1h 45m
5.7 (482) Rate
A South Korean teenage tomboy, working as a dragon, gets her dragon head twisted, causing her to fall.
The culprit later turns out to be her new neighbor. He has a rock band that includes her ex. How can
romance develop from this?
Romance develops between a girl and her friend's fiancee, when she is assigned to keep him busy for a day.
Director Jin-seong Kim Stars Shin Ha-kyun Lee Yo-won Kim Min-hee
Little Seung Jae stays up all night and writes letters to So Hee, pretending to be her father on Mars. Leaving
Seung Jae's innocent heart behind, So Hee leaves for a big city. Both grown up to be adults, Seung Jae is a
postman who writes letters to So Hee's grandma--the letters that never came from So Hee. So Hee's heart…
Director Jeong-kwon Kim Stars Kim Hee-seon Shin Ha-kyun So-hyeon Park
Seon-guk, is a stingy writer who gets kicked out of his own room when a coffee shop hostess, Hwa-jung
moves in.
Director Jang Hang-jun Stars Kim Seung-woo Kim Jeong-eun Sung Ji-ru
Song Yoon Ah portrays Yeon Ju, a timid young girl who maintains a secret crush on her platonic male
friend, Woo Jae. Her shyness frequently gets the better of her, and she can only stand idly by and watch as
Woo Jae suffers a broken heart at the hands of his ex-girlfriend and, consequently, get kicked off the…
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Young cop with debilitating phobia meets a hyperactive young journalist who complicates his life and
career by always managing to do the wrong thing.
Director Jeong-woo Kim Stars Lee Dong-wook Hyun Young Jeong-heon Lee
he movie looks at four couples whose lives are interrupted by South Korea's mandatory military service.
Hyo-jeong is dating the much-younger Won-jae when he leaves for military service, and his visits home put
a strain on her wallet. Bo-ram has a crush on bandmate Min-cheol, who ignores her in favor of Han-na. Jin-…
Director Seung-jin Ryoo Stars Son Tae-Yeong Jang Keun-suk Jang Hie-jin
180. Romang
2019 1h 52m
6.7 (216) Rate
75 year old Jo Nam Bong and 71 year old Lee Mae Ja have dementia. They've been married for 45 years
and they are alike in all ways, mentally and physically. Now they live like they are the only two in the world.
Everyday their memories blur, but the romance they had forgotten comes back to them more clearly.
181. A Promise
1998 1h 49m
6.2 (135) Rate
When she met him at the first time, he was a wounded person. However, she saw him through his clear
eyes hidden in the bandage. She, Chae Hi-Ju, is a doctor and he, Kong Sang-Du, is a boss of a bandit.
Director Yoo-jin Kim Stars Jeon Do-yeon Park Hae-jin Park Hee-jin
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Situated in the small poverty stricken town of Woomukbaemi, South Korea, this film centers on a clothes
factory manager and the triangular relationship between himself, his insatiably jealous and violent wife, and
Eun Jin has been unlucky in her six relationships. With her seventh man she is determined to make it work,
even if he is a bit awkward and unromantic. But is he hiding something?
Director Kwon Lee Stars Hyun Jun Kim Jo Kyeong-sook Greena Park
Eun-hee is an actress whose acting is poor, but she also plays in her real life. Her performance full of lies
helps her feel she creates different personalities each time she dates separate men. Eventually a pack of
her lies is tangled up and everything is about to be messed up. Ryohei, a Japanese writer, visits Seoul for…
Director Jong-kwan Kim Stars Seol Chang-hee Lee Hee-joon Ryô Iwase
Au-jin is a mother of two children and wife to a husband in deep financial difficulties. To augment her
income, she works for a telephone sex-chat service. After a chance meeting with Madam Kim, she is
offered a job in an all-night bar acting as a companion for lonely men. She is uncomfortable as the level of…
Director Seok-geun Oh Stars Jang Hyun-sung Jeong In-gi Kim Ji-sook
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A young woman with a miserable life receives a magical book that gives her the power to make every man
she encounters fall for her.
187. Solace
2006 1h 54m
5.9 (116) Rate
In-ku (HAN Seok-kyu) is a neighborhood pharmacist with a good job and great personality. But for In-ku,
marriage is nothing short of an unattainable dream, as long as his mentally handicapped brother In-seob
(LEE Han-ewi) remains his responsibility. Hye-ran (KIM Ji-soo) moves into In-ku's neighborhood. She is a…
Director Seung-wook Byeon Stars Seon-Yeong Baek Ban-ya Choi Choi Chul-ho
Young-min and Mi-yeong are college sweethearts who naively believe that their love will remain unchanged
forever at the time of their wedding. But their married life gets off to a rocky start when Mi-yeong locks
Young-min out of the bedroom on their honeymoon
Director Lee Myung-se Stars Park Joong-hoon Choi Jin-shil Kim Bo-yeon
Kim In-Seo is an up-and-coming patent lawyer. He graduated from Yale University and was recently featured
in Fortune Magazine. Kim In-Seo accepts an invitation to speak at a University and then takes a long bus
ride to give the special lecture on patent law. A lady he met the day before, at an arranged matchmaking…
Director Sang-wook Yu Stars Lee Ah-hyeon Jo Eun Sook Jin-myeong Go
Director Hun-Su Park Stars Choi Min-soo Hwang Sin-hye Lee Mi-yeon
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191. Mate
2018 1h 32m
7.0 (25) Rate
Jun-ho is a freelance photographer. His independence is also reflected in his relationships with women, as
he avoids any commitment. When he takes on a job for a magazine, he runs into Eun-ji, a woman he met
Han is a video store owner who has been receiving anonymous lover letters. After finding a videotape that
belongs to one of his customers, he uses it to start a relationship with the tape's owner Jan, without telling
her that he has found the tape. As their affair deepens, Han begins to suspect Jan to be the letters' writer.…
In-young, a 32-year-old housewife, discovers a café that she finds comfortable to be in on her own, and
becomes a regular. At the café, she meets Hee-su, a 39-year-old carpenter, who also comes on his own.
Hee-su suggests In-young that they becomes 'coffeemates,' friends who meet only at that café. They don't…
Director Hee Jung Ryu Hyun-Ha Yi Stars Jee An Oh Ji-ho Kim Ji-sung
194. Swallow
2023 2h 17m
6.5 (12) Rate
"Swallow" depicts the story of Cha Eun-sook, who published a book titled "Jebi," which tells a story of the
past during the military regime of Chun Doo-hwan in 1983, and her son, Lee Ho-yeon, who finds himself
hidden in the book.
Stars Yoon Park Jang Hee-ryung Yoo In-soo
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Joon Ho and Ah Yeong have been best friends since college and now a couple living together. Ah Yeong is
making the best of her situation, but she feels his boyfriend Joon Ho is wasting his life in excuse of
preparing for an exam.
Director Hyung Seul-woo Stars Lee Dong-hwi Jung Eun-chae Jung Da-Eun
196. Byeol
2003 1h 46m
6.3 (59) Rate
Bittersweet romance between a shy, introverted telephone technician and a cute, saucy and very
extroverted veterinarian.
Director Hyeong-ik Jang Stars Yu Oh-seong Park Jin-hee Kong Hyeong-jin
A lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the love he
feels for her. However she feels obligated to marry him. In time, her former boyfriend finds her and takes a
job working with the potter until he can convince her to run away with him.
Director Ha Won Choi Stars Hae Hwang Yun Jeong-hie Won Namkung
The film is about these three young people whose lives are thrown into uncertainty. Jung-hee, a 21 year-old
college student is a lover of dance. She is confused when her father comes back after a fifteen-year
absence and finds it difficult to accept him. 25 year-old Keun-woo is a telephone mechanic who enjoys…
Director Young-nam Kim Stars Kim Hye-na Kim Tae-woo Lee Sang-woo
The story of a guesthouse and it's four inhabitants that explores their lives past and present and beautiful
Jeju Island.
Director Cho Sung-kyu Stars Lee Kyu-hoi Shin So-yul Jun Suk-ho
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There is 'Si-hyung' who wants to be a novelist but has never completed one yet. He promises to write an
essay every month to his cousin's husband 'Jong-pil' while drunk. He doesn't have any source to write,
however, he experiences special meetings one day in a month. 7 months and 7 meetings. This is the story…
Adapted from the novel by Kim Nam Jo, it reminds us of the short dramas of the 80s, full of artistic
sensibilities and without worrying about the current dynamism of television today. What we have is a
classic and tragic love story, with little dialogue, allowing the stunning scenery and the emotions around…
Director Hwang In-roe Stars Jeon Do-yeon So Ji-seob Lee Ki-young
A man determines to kill himself every day, but continues with his life because he forgets to end himself
due to alcoholic dementia. A severely alcoholic woman is living her life under grief and helplessness. These
two utter strangers run into each other and happen to sit down for a drink.
Director Kim Ji-seok Stars Omar Arafat
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