Korean dramas and movies, that you MUST watch
This list is still in making process so don't be surprised if there are not so many titles. Those are the things i have currently watched and i think that the others must watch too.
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- StarsLee JehoonKim Hye-suCho Jin-woongA cold-case profiler in 2015 and a detective in 1989 work together to solve a series of related murders spanning three decades using a special walkie-talkie to communicate with each other.This kdrama kept me awake 4 nights until i could finish, it keeps you wanting to solve all the mysteries. Very touching stories and powerful characters. 10/10
- StarsMin Nam-koongNam Sang-miLee Jun-hoChief Kim is an eccentric, flamboyant accountant genius working in the underground and trying to save up enough money to travel abroad until he accidentally gets employed by one of the most famous corporations in Korea.Amazing comedy. I like characters like chief Kim - the clever and funny con artist, who have a kind side and changes during his journey, and decides to use his skills to trick the bad guys. 10/10
- CreatorShinobu KaitaniStarsKim So-eunJo Jae-yoonSin Seong-rokKind Nam Da Jung gets selected to participate in 'Liar Game', a reality show that gives its contestants money they have to cheat each other out of. To succeed, she seeks help from Cha Woo Jin, a convicted swindler and living lie detector.
- DirectorLee Hae-junStarsJeong Jae-yeongJung Ryeo-wonYeong-seo ParkA failed suicide attempt leads a heartbroken man to live a life in the wilderness.A story that makes you think about the important things in life
- DirectorCheol-soo JangStarsKim Soo-hyunPark Gi-woongLee Hyun-wooThree elite North Korean sleeper agents live undercover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They're shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.Action, comedy and drama - this movie has enough from each of those genres. I cried at the end.
- DirectorHun JangStarsSo Ji-seobKo Chang-seokJang Hie-jinA gangster who wants to be an actor; an actor more gangster than anything. Here their paths and lives begin to cross.The fight scenes gave me chills. The story is really interesting and unique ,you can only guess what is going to happen, but the end is always surprising me in the Korean cinema
- DirectorSoo-Kyung KwonStarsChrannyJi Dae-hanJung Doo-kyumA now-blind athlete must rely on his estranged brother, who may have just used him as an excuse to get himself out of jail. The two were never close, but brothers soon realize a connection they couldn't always see.A story that brings you into tears
- DirectorJung Byung-gilStarsJeong Jae-yeongPark Shi-hooJung Hae-kyunLee Du-Seok publishes an autobiography describing murders he committed after the statute of limitations expires. A detective and one of the victim's mothers search for the author while an anonymous person claims to be the real killer.
- CreatorPark Jae-beomStarsJoo WonMoon Chae-wonJoo Sang-ukPark Shi Ohn, who is an autistic savant, aspires to become a pediatrician. He overcomes societal discrimination and uses his exceptional abilities to achieve his dreams.Every single episode moved me to tears. The actors are very good and the characters are well build. Very touching story. 10/10
- StarsChoi Jin-hyukKang Suk-WonYoon Hyun-minA detective follows the trail of a serial killer 30 years into the future and teams up with detectives in that time period to find the culprit.
- StarsKim Nam-gilKim Ah-jungYun Ju-sangThe best acupuncturist of Joseon, Heo Im, finds himself traveling 400 years into the future, where he meets Choi Yeon Kyung, doctor in a modern hospital. Though impressed by her, differences in their methods and priorities make them clash.
- StarsJi SungHwang Jeong-eumPark Seo-joonA love story between the son from a wealthy family who has 7 personalities Cha Do Hyun (Ji Sung) and Oh Ri Jin (Hwang Jung Eum) who becomes his secret psychiatrist.
- DirectorHwan-kyung LeeStarsRyu Seung-ryongKal So-wonOh Dal-suA story about the love between a mentally-ill father and his lovingly adorable daughter.
- DirectorJe-yong LeeStarsSong Hye-kyoGang Dong-wonSeong-mok ChoDae-soo and Mi-ra have Ah-reum when they are 17. Ah-reum is diagnosed with progeria, and as his body rapidly ages, his finds comfort in writing a story about how his young parents fell in love.
- DirectorYoon-Chul JungStarsHwang Jung-minJun Ji-hyunKang Ae-shimA snobbish producer makes a documentary about the extraordinary behavior of her neighbor who believes himself to be Superman.
- DirectorHyun-seok KimStarsNa Moon-heeLee JehoonPark Chul-minAn elderly woman who constantly files complaints with the local office about the wrongs that she sees around her each day, forms an unlikely friendship with a junior civil service officer, who begins to teach her English.
- StarsPark Hae-sooJung Kyung-hoKrystal JungBaseball pitcher Kim Je-hyeok becomes a convict overnight after being sent to prison for defending his sister from a sexual assault, days before he was due to fly to the US to join the Boston Red Sox.
- DirectorKang Je-kyuStarsPark Geun-hyeongYoun Yuh-jungCho Jin-woongA love story about the 70-year-old romance novice Sungchil, the flower seller who moves his heart Geum-nim, and the people who cheer them on.
- StarsLee Yi-kyeongKim Jung-hyunJung In-sunWith big dreams of financing their own film project, three struggling young men join forces in a guesthouse venture that is anything but profitable.
- DirectorJong-Yeol BaekStarsHan Hyo-jooPark Seo-joonJuri UenoA 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.
- StarsYoon Shi-YoonPark Byeong-eunLee Yoo-youngTwo identical twins, Han Soo Ho and Han Kang Ho, look exactly alike but lead entirely different lives. Han Soo Ho is a respectable judge who does everything by the book, while Han Kang Ho is not only a convicted criminal but a repeat offender. When Han Soo Ho suddenly disappears, Han Kang Ho ends up taking his brother's place and living a new life as a judge.
- DirectorKang Hyeong-cheolStarsA.J. SimmonsOh Jung-seDo Kyung-sooThe story of Ro Gi Soo, a tap dancing North Korean soldier who was held captive in the Geoje prison camp during the Korean War.
- DirectorSoon-rye YimStarsKim Tae-riRyu Jun-yeolJin Ki-jooA young woman grows tired of life in the city and returns to her hometown in the countryside.Beautiful, just beautiful!!!
- DirectorKim Jong-hyunStarsSoo AeOh Dal-suOh Yeon-SeoVarious women, including a North Korean defector, a banned short track skater, middle age woman and a middle school student, come together to form the first South Korean woman's national ice hockey team.
- DirectorJo Chul-HyunStarsSong Kang-hoPark Hae-ilJeon Mi-seonA historical film about King Sejong who risked everything of his to invent the Hunminjungeum (Korean Script) for his people and the people who weren't recorded in history.
- DirectorJung Sung HoJoon-Hwan JangStarsKim Tae-riYeo Jin-gooHa Jung-wooIn 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens to fight for the truth and bring about justice.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
- DirectorBenson LeeStarsCha In-pyoJustin ChonJessika VanIn 1986, a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers attend a summer camp in South Korea.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsTilda SwintonPaul DanoAhn Seo-hyunA young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
- DirectorHong-Seung YoonStarsSin Eun-jeongKim Go-eunKim Hee-won12 years after having lost her grand daughter at a market, grandmother and granddaughter become reunited. But things are not as good and perfect as they were 12 years earlier.
- DirectorSung-Hyun ChoiStarsLee Byung-hunPark Jeong-minHan Ji-minA washed-up boxer reunites with his estranged brother, a pianist with savant syndrome.
- StarsKong Hyo-jinKim Ji-seokJi E-SuuA love story of the single-parent Dongbaek, the owner of Camellia Bar among a small neighborhood, who is also being the next murder target of a serial killer case.
- DirectorHun JangStarsSong Kang-hoThomas KretschmannYoo Hae-jinA widowed father and taxi driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to cover the 1980 uprising, soon finds himself regretting his decision after being caught in the violence around him.
- StarsJung Yu-miLee Kwang-sooBae Sung-wooThe drama revolves around the incidents that occur among the police force and the joy, sorrow, and pain that police officers experience as they try to protect justice.