Strong Male Lead Korean Dramas & Movies

The Princess's Man (2011)

The Princess’s Man

Rank #506

Princess Se Ryung is the headstrong and forward-thinking daughter of Grand Prince Su Yang, who is determined to be King. She falls in love with the son of his mortal...

Exit (2019)

Exit

Rank #602

Yong Nam was one of the best rock climbers in college but hasn’t had much luck elsewhere after graduation. He has failed to get a job for many years and...

Train (2020)

Train

Rank #611

Haunted by the thought that his drunkard father terminated another man before also dying on the same day and not paying for his crime, Seo Do Won lives his life...

My Country: The New Age (2019)

My Country: The New Age

Rank #692

Set during the end of the Goryeo period to the early Joseon period. Two friends aim their swords against one another due to differences in opinion about “my country.” Seo...

The Flu (2013)

The Flu

Rank #710

It all starts when a human trafficker is infected with an unknown virus and dies in a Bundang hospital, covered in oozing red rashes and coughing up blood. Within hours...

The Tale of Nokdu (2019)

The Tale of Nokdu

Rank #766

Jeon Nok Du lives on an island with his father and older brother. He is smart and a good swordsman. Since he was little, his father did not let him...

City Hunter

City Hunter

Rank #781

Lee Yoon Sung is a talented MIT-graduate who works on the international communications team in the Blue House. He plans revenge on five politicians who caused his father’s death with...

The Veil (2021)

The Veil

Rank #790

A Korean-style spy investigation show with a story about a top National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent. In his endeavor to uncover the internal traitor that brought him to his downfall,...

Secretly Greatly (2013)

Secretly Greatly

Rank #872

A group of spies called the 5446 Corps were trained by North Korean elite special forces since their youth, ostensibly towards the lofty goal of unifying Korea. They are ambitiously...

Again My Life

Rank #876

Kim Hee Woo came from an inauspicious start as a low-grade high schooler to work his way up through university and finally pass the bar examination. His relentless hard work...

Are You Human Too? (2018)

Are You Human Too?

Rank #916

The drama tells of an android called Nam Shin III who must pretend to be the son of a rich family when the real Nam Shin falls into a coma....

Voice 4: Judgment Hour (2021)

Voice Season 4: Judgment Hour

Rank #932

A serial terminateer with enhanced hearing ability, identical to Kang Kwon Joo, appears and starts tragic ending people using it. Because of this, Kang Kwon Joo is driven into a...

Awaken (2020)

Awaken

Rank #973

It’s been nearly thirty years since one small village was plagued by a mysterious string of events that shook it to its core. While the events were never fully understood,...

The Nokdu Flower (2019)

The Nokdu Flower

Rank #981

Set during the Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894-1895), two half-brothers find themselves on opposing sides of the conflict. Baek Yi Kang is the first son of a prominent family whose wealthy...

Pandora

Pandora

Rank #985

A nuclear power plant is built in a peaceful small town in South Korea. All residents praise the nuclear power station for bringing new jobs and life to the quiet...

Tunnel

Tunnel

Rank #1190

Jung Soo, an ordinary car dealer, is on his way home with a birthday cake for his daughter. As he drives into a tunnel, an unbelievable thing happens; the tunnel...

The Gangster

The Gangster, the Cop and the Devil

Rank #1222

Jang Dong Soo is a gang boss in Cheonan. He becomes the target of a serial criminal, Kang Kyung Ho, but ultimately survives the attack. He is the only person...

Kill It (2019)

Kill It

Rank #1262

Will a terminateer-turned-veterinarian and a detective find common ground? Kim Soo Hyun is a veterinarian who is also a professional terminateer. Many individuals and organizations hire him for large sums...

Mission: Possible (2021)

Mission 1: Possible

Rank #1339

Yoo Da Hee is one of the Chinese Ministry of State Security’s top secret agents. When her department receives information about an arms smuggling ring in South Korea, she is...

Love 911 (2012)

Love 911

Rank #1374

A fire fighter, who lost his wife, & a doctor, who doesn’t open her mind to others, meet. Through each other they are able to cure the scars they hold...

Bring It On

Bring It On, Ghost

Rank #1387

A cohabitation comedy about a ghost of a high school girl who has been dead for 5 years and an exorcist college boy with the ability to see and hear...

The Great Battle (2018)

The Great Battle

Rank #1444

In 645AD, the Tang Dynasty’s emperor Li starts his invasion into Goguryeo, one of the ancient kingdoms of Korea. One victory after another, the Tang army marches into Ansi, protected...

Confidential Assignment 2: International

Rank #1447

Follows Rim Chul Ryung heading back to South Korea in pursuit of a brutal and secret criminal organization. He teams up again with Kang Jin Tae, who volunteers to work with the North Korean in...

Catch the Ghost (2019)

Catch the Ghost

Rank #1560

“Catch the Ghost” is a romantic investigative drama about a woman named Yoo Ryung who solves cases with her overflowing sense of justice and exceptional spatial perception but always gets...