Historical Korean Dramas & Movies

Obaltan (1961)

Obaltan

Rank #55165

The Aimless Bullet is a Korean classic, which captured the social issues at its extremities in Korea of the late 1950s. Song Cheol Ho, a clerk at an accounting office...

TV Novel: Dear My Sister (2011)

TV Novel: Dear My Sister

Rank #55167

Bok Hee is a girl who studies very hard and works at a brewery. When she was 5-years-old, her parents’ divorced and Bok Hee then lived with her mother. Her...

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...

1724 Hero

1724 Hero

Rank #55409

Korea, 1724. Once upon a time in the Joseon Dynasty, Chun-doong meets a beautiful woman while in the middle of a fight in an old market. Having fallen in love...

The Wind Orchid (1985)

The Wind Orchid

Rank #55557

The fourth episode of 500 Years of Joseon Dynasty covers the first half of the 16th Century, from the reign of Jungjong to Myeongjong. The drama focuses in particular on...

Silver Stallion (1991)

Silver Stallion

Rank #55573

Soldiers with the U.N. forces that entered Korea during the Korean War assault a village girl named Eon Rae. The villagers ostracize Eon Rye and her son. Unable to make...

A Flower in Hell (1958)

A Flower in Hell

Rank #55579

A young man comes to Seoul from the country in search of his older brother, who turns out to be making a living with a group of thieves who boost...

Viva Freedom!

Viva Freedom!

Rank #55582

In August 1945, Nam Bu, a Japanese collaborator, reveals the name of an independence activist, Choi Han Jung, who puts him in prison. But Choi successfully escapes and secretly hides...

Jang Hee Bin

Jang Hee Bin

Rank #55592

A drama depicting the life of Jang Hee Bin, who raised up as a royal concubine in the midst of political struggle during the reign of King Sukjong (Joseon). (Source:...

Bang Ja Chronicles (2011)

Bang Ja Chronicles

Rank #55791

The drama’s story twists around to ask what would happen if Lee Myong Ryong was unattractive, while his servant Bang Ja Jeon was attractive? During Lee Myong Ryong’s courtship with...

Hwang Jin Yi (1986)

Hwang Jin Yi

Rank #56199

Jin Yi, daughter of magistrate Hwang, with both wits and beauty, is dumped the day before her wedding because of the Self-harm of a leather-shoe maker who had a crush...

The Influence (2010)

The Influence

Rank #56239

A beautiful woman J, who has been trapped inside a massive water tank to be with W, invites TV anchorman Kim Woo Kyung and auctioneer Choi Dong Hoon to make...

The Celebrated Gisaeng

The Celebrated Gisaeng

Rank #56692

Ae Rang is a celebrated gisaeng who has the ability to knock out any man in the world with the flick of her hand or skirt and in the blink...

White Badge (1992)

White Badge

Rank #56716

In 1979, after the Planned demise of President Park Chung Hee, Han Ki Ju is paid to write about his experiences in the Vietnam War. He is reluctant at first,...

The Hut

The Hut

Rank #56905

When Seong Min, the oldest son of Kang of Suri village, falls sick, he calls Ok Hwa, a shaman priestess. She performs a ritual and finds the calabash containing the...

A Man and a Gisaeng (1969)

A Man and a Gisaeng

Rank #57290

A young man who was fired from his job for being unmanly decides to dress as a woman and work as a gisaeng. He gets proposals from several of his...

Once Upon a Time in Gwangju (2016)

Once Upon a Time in Gwangju

Rank #57438

Yeo Ju’s cell phone returned to the Joseon Dynasty 500 years ago under the influence of a giant comet! Two men and women from different eras meet because of this!?...

School of Youth: The Corruption of Morals (2014)

School of Youth: The Corruption of Morals

Rank #58148

Troublemakers Mok Won, Ryu and Hak Moon are far from passing the state examinations. Three female students enter the school during a new spring term and the atmosphere changes. Then...

Sweet Dream - The Death Lullaby

Sweet Dream – The Death Lullaby

Rank #58426

Middle-class housewife Ae Soon is excessively vain and Ignoranceful of her duties as a homemaker. Unable to tolerate her any longer, Ae Soon’s husband kicks her out, and she leaves...

A Reluctant Prince (1963)

A Reluctant Prince

Rank #58648

A power struggle erupts behinds the scene in the late Joseon Dynasty when King Heonjong becomes gravely ill. An abandoned branch of the royal family is found to be living...

Cobweb (2023)

Cobweb

Rank #58718

“Spiderweb” is set in the 1970s and centers around Director Kim, (Song Kang Ho) who is pressured to re-shoot the ending of a finished movie called “Spiderweb.” As the re-shoot...

Descendants of Cain (1968)

Descendants of Cain

Rank #59312

An anti-communist film depicting North Koreans extorting the land and property of civilians in the name of revolution after the liberation from Japan in 1945. (Source: Wikipedia)...

The Secret Studio

The Secret Studio

Rank #59668

Servant Je Ho and maiden Mae Hyang are from a respectable family. One day, in the past, when it was raining, the two had to love in secret due to...

The Ukishima Maru Massacre (2019)

The Ukishima Maru Massacre

Rank #99999

22nd of August, 1945. Japan lost the war and they loaded an 8,000 person Joseon laborer force onto a ship called the Ukisima to take them to the Busan Port....