Historical Korean Dramas & Movies

Hong Guk Young (2001)

Hong Guk Young

Rank #40492

This is the story of Hong Guk Young; his dreams, ambitions, ideals, and desires. His intelligence and resourcefulness served him well in his struggle to overcome adversity in the palace,...

Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin (2004)

Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin

Rank #40600

It is late 1598, shortly before the Battle of Noryang, the final confrontation of the Imjin War. The remnants of the Japanese invasion force are desperate to go home but...

Iljimae (1993)

Iljimae

Rank #40636

The Korean version of Robin Hood, “Il-Ji-Mae” deals with a hero who helped the unprotected poor men by robbing the rich and the powerful ones....

Drama Festival 2014: The Diary of a Resentful Woman

Drama Festival 2014: The Diary of a Resentful Woman

Rank #40770

Resentful woman Kong Ji likes reading more than thinking about getting married. One day, she gets hunted for the first time while she’s swinging with Choon Hyang, by none other...

Jang Hee Bin (1961)

Jang Hee Bin

Rank #41262

The king falls in love with Jang Hee Bin, a woman of low birth and makes her his second wife. She plots against the queen, the king’s first wife, and...

Chosun Police (2005)

Chosun Police

Rank #41728

The story revolves around Kim Sa Yool, an elite detective with a sharp mind, set post-Gabo Reform in the late Joseon era. Kim Sa Yool and the rest of his...

Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong (2019)

Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong

Rank #41890

A true story about Uhm Bok Dong, a Korean hero, and the winner from the time when Japan held a bicycle race in order to take over Korea during the...

The Singer (2020)

The Singer

Rank #42010

In 1734, ten years into King Yeong Jo’s reign, Hak Gyu, a talented pansori singer, travels all over Joseon in search of his unauthorized takingped wife, Gan Nan, while telling...

Children Gone to Poland (2018)

Children Gone to Poland

Rank #42525

Tracing the footsteps of North Korean orphans who went to Poland during the Korean War, two women, one from the North and the other from the South, bond through the...

Jeong Do Jeon (2014)

Jeong Do Jeon

Rank #42842

In the late 14th c, Goryeo. damaging action of power and bribery made people leave the government offices and only the corrupted people are left in the high offices. When...

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

Rank #42925

A meditative film dealing with Seon Buddhist views on life. The movie follows the lives of three Buddhist monks: a child, an adult, and an old man....

Into the Flames (2014)

Into the Flames

Rank #43365

The true story of chairman Park Tae-joon who lead the impossible to success along with various fictional stories that show the financial growth of Korea....

Byul Soon Geom (2007)

Byul Soon Geom

Rank #43711

The story revolves around criminal investigation and forensic procedures in the late Joseon era, following the activities of an undercover special task force that was established to counter the increasing...

Taejong Yi Bang Won (2021)

The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won

Rank #43718

A work that sheds new light on the figure of Lee Bang Won, a leader who took the lead in the founding of the nation. (Source: Naver)...

TV Novel: Gold Land (2014)

TV Novel: Gold Land

Rank #43973

A drama about a heroine named Jeong Soon-geum who succeeds in her ginseng business around the Limjin River in the 1950s to 1970s....

The Peak (2011)

The Peak

Rank #43992

For 35 years of the Japanese colonial period, Joseon had been in pitch-darkness. Even amid the darkness, Yi Yuk Sa wrote poems to send messages of hope to those who...

Queen Insoo (2011)

Queen Insoo

Rank #44025

Queen Insu (1437~1504) was the wife of king Deok Jong and a daughter of Hanh Wak, the second state councilor. Since the 2nd year of Sung Jong’s reign, she was...

My Heart

My Heart

Rank #44227

Seventeen-year-old Soon Yi is married to the ten-year-old son of the local Korean medicine doctor. Married to a child, Soon Yi is subjected to the hard life of the traditional...

The King's Woman (2003)

The King’s Woman

Rank #44294

This drama centers around Lady Kim, a scheming concubine, and the events from the reign of King Seon Jo to Prince Gwang Hae, which were filled with acts of immorality...

Queen In Hyeon

Queen In Hyeon

Rank #44301

The eighth installment of 500 Years of Joseon Dynasty covers the reign of King Suk Jong in the late 17th-early 18th Centuries. More than any of Suk Jong’s own accomplishments,...

TV Novel: The Stars are Shining

TV Novel: The Stars are Shining

Rank #45072

Jo Bong Hee’s family falls into difficulties after the death of her father. She overcomes obstacles to become the best fashion designer in South Korea....

The Great Ambition (2002)

The Great Ambition

Rank #45113

Si Young is the first son of Park Hee Chan and knows the truth about why his father insisted that he must take over the family business. He is a...

The Map Against The World

The Map Against the World

Rank #45549

At a time when maps weren’t readily accessible to the public, ‘Gosanja Kim Jeong Ho’ sets out to walk across the Korean peninsula to make the Daedongyeojido – the Great...

Heung-boo: The Revolutionist (2018)

Heung Boo: The Revolutionist

Rank #45829

Yeon Heung Bu is an author of popular novels. He writes a novel to find his lost older brother. Heung Bu then meets Jo Hyuk. Jo Hyuk is a nobleman...