Political Korean Dramas & Movies

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...

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....

Going to the Blue House Like This (2021)

Political Fever

Rank #43709

A black comedy political sitcom about an Olympic gold medalist who was appointed as minister of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and is facing a unauthorized takingping incident of...

Lights and Shadows (2011)

Lights and Shadows

Rank #43952

The storyline covers periods from the 1960s to the present day. Various historical incidents like the Vietnam War, the May 16 military coup d’etat, and the targeted end of Korean...

Korean Peninsula (2012)

Korean Peninsula

Rank #45498

Seo Myung Joon is a South Korean scientist who falls in love with North Korean scientist Im Jin Jae while developing an alternative energy source together. But when Myung Joon...

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...

Chilsu and Mansu (1988)

Chilsu and Mansu

Rank #45993

Two painters struggle to get by amidst the social changes sweeping South Korea in the late 1980s. Chil Su is determined not to let lack of money ruin his chances...

Drama Festival 2013: Rebellious (2013)

Drama Festival 2013: Rebellious

Rank #46891

A drama about some men who suffer the unjust because of the caste system and corrupt government....

The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War

The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War

Rank #46959

The drama will be a telling of historical events with the scholar as the central character. Ryu Seong Ryong was an official who served during King Seon Jo’s reign in...

The President's Barber (2004)

The President’s Barber

Rank #46970

The personal barber to the president, as well as his wife and only son, get tangled in the political chaos that gripped South Korea in the late 1900s (during Park...

Troubleshooter (2010)

Troubleshooter

Rank #47921

Ex-detective and now private eye Kang Tae Shik enters a love motel to take pictures of a couple for an unknown client. Tae Shik is then shocked to discover a...

La Vie en Rose (1994)

La Vie en Rose

Rank #48798

Set days after dictator Chun Doo Hwan declares free elections, poor men at the bottom of society spend their nights at a comic book shop run by the beautiful woman...

The Mayor (2017)

The Mayor

Rank #50008

Byun, the Mayor of Seoul who is in his second term, announces his plans to run for mayor again while hinting the political party of his ultimate goal to run...

Low Life (2004)

Low Life

Rank #50673

The life of a gangster, Choi Tae Woong, is followed through the tumultuous events of the second half of the 20th century in Korea. It was invited to the 2004...

Life of Jung

Life of Jung, Lee, Ro, and Woon

Rank #51673

“Life of Assemblyman Jung, Lee, Ro, and Woon” depicts the story of four friends who are elementary school classmates meeting later in life as a provincial councillor. The series was...

The Romantic President (2002)

The Romantic President

Rank #51696

A gum-popping student wearing a very short uniform and a weird hair-do is looking for ‘zzang’, the school boss. She turns out to be the new teacher, Choi Eun Soo,...

Amnok River Flows (2008)

Amnok River Flows

Rank #53036

This drama portrays the turbulent life of Lee Mi Reuk, a Korean expatriate who fought for the freedom of his country while studying medicine in Tokyo, during the period when...

Spotlight

Spotlight

Rank #53164

Oh Tae Suk is the supervisor for the society news division and he is someone who never gives up until the truth is told even at the expense of exposing...

The 12th Suspect (2019)

The 12th Suspect

Rank #53229

Just after the end of the Korean War in 1953, an investigation into the tragic end of a poet in Namsan is launched and focuses on ten suspects. (Source: HanCinema)...

The Fifth Republic

The Fifth Republic

Rank #53887

This drama is about the takeover of the Korean government in 1979 by Chun Doo Hwan....

Romantic Warriors (2003)

Romantic Warriors

Rank #54450

Desperate for a better life with his younger sister, Yo Yi gangs up with “Romantic Warriors”, an criminal squad, to make money. The squad, however, consists of dummy criminals who...

The Anarchists (2000)

The Anarchists

Rank #55282

In 1924, Shanghai, five members of a rebel group called the Anarchists were in the pursuit of their own individual freedom, and a society with no authority or domination. During...

Modern Boy (2008)

Modern Boy

Rank #55815

Set against the backdrop of the Japanese occupation of Korea in 1937, “Modern Boy” tells the story of Hae Myeong, a government general who falls in love at first sight...

Idol (2019)

Idol

Rank #58342

Myung Hoi’s successful political life is in danger as a result of an accident involving his son. An upstanding citizen with a strict moral code, he convinces his son to...