Political Korean Dramas & Movies

Crash Landing on You (2019)

Crash Landing on You

Rank #48

After getting into a paragliding accident, South Korean heiress Yoon Se Ri crash lands in North Korea. There, she meets North Korean army officer Ri Jung Hyuk, who agrees to...

A Taxi Driver

A Taxi Driver

Rank #52

“A Taxi Driver” is a South Korean movie based on a true story that took place in 1980. The story follows the life of a taxi driver named Kim Man-seob,...

Kingdom (2019)

Kingdom

Rank #121

No sooner does the Joseon King succumb to smallpox, do the rumors of his death begin. The Cho Clan, the clan of the pregnant Queen and her father, Chief State...

Six Flying Dragons

Six Flying Dragons

Rank #137

A fictional, historical drama about the ambition, rise and fall of real and fictional characters based around Yi Bang Won. Yi Bang Won was the third king of the Joseon...

Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude To All Legends (2019)

Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude to All Legends

Rank #165

Ta Gon gets what he wants as he sits atop his throne. However, now his life and throne are threatened when Eun Seom begins to gather power among the servitudes...

Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out

Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land

Rank #169

Ta Gon has now become the most powerful man in Arthdal. He has an affectionate relationship only with Taealha, the daughter of the rival Hae Tribe, because of their shared...

Chicago Typewriter (2017)

Chicago Typewriter

Rank #218

This drama follows the lives of two men and a woman through two eras: one during the 1930s Japanese occupation of Korea and the other in the 21st century. The...

The Bridal Mask (2012)

The Bridal Mask

Rank #325

Lee Kang To is an ambitious and callous Korean officer employed by the Japanese colonists. Despite his mother’s disapproval of his work and his own brother’s antagonistic history with the...

Empress Ki (2013)

Empress Ki

Rank #331

Genghis Khan built an empire that spanned vast regions in East Asia and East Europe. And there was one woman who held immense power in the Yuan Dynasty, which Genghis...

1987: When The Day Comes (2017)

1987: When the Day Comes

Rank #352

The story of the public authorities and the people trying to reveal the truth to conceal the tragic end of Park Jong Cheol, who became the fuse of democratization in...

Designated Survivor: 60 Days (2019)

Designated Survivor: 60 Days

Rank #353

Park Moo Jin is a former professor of chemistry and now holds the Minister of Environment position. He doesn’t have ambition, personal beliefs or political sense. One day, the cabinet...

Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy (2019)

Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

Rank #414

Set in the fictional land of Arthdal during ancient times(bronze age). Eun Seom was born with a fate to bring disaster to Arthdal, which leads him and his mother, who...

Queen Seon Duk (2009)

Queen Seon Duk

Rank #421

The story of a beautiful queen, who has to give up her love to save the people. A biopic of Queen Seondeok, who was born a princess and later became...

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...

Snowdrop (2021)

Snowdrop

Rank #547

In 1987, a bloody man jumps into a women’s university dormitory in Seoul. Young Ro, a female university student who falls in love with him at first sight on a...

Moon Embracing the Sun (2012)

Moon Embracing the Sun

Rank #607

Thirteen-year-old Heo Yeon Woo, the daughter of a high-ranking official, accompanies her mother to the royal palace to attend her brother, Heo Yeom’s civil service examination congratulatory ceremony. By chance,...

Hwarang Special (2016)

Hwarang Special

Rank #622

The behind-the-scenes story of the production process and interviews with the actors in a talk show format....

The Crowned Clown (2019)

The Crowned Clown

Rank #657

Joseon is in a state of disorder due to uprisings and a power struggle surrounding King Lee Hun. To avoid targeted end, a clown named Ha Sun is brought to...

Jumong (2006)

Jumong

Rank #753

Jumong was the founder of Goguryeo in 37 BC. He was the son of General Hae Mo Su and Lady Yoo Hwa and was raised by King Geum Wa, who...

Masquerade (2012)

Masquerade

Rank #755

Amid national chaos and fear for his life, tyrannical King Gwang Hae orders his trusted councilor Heo Kyun to find a royal body double. He hires Ha Seon, a peasant...

The Negotiation (2018)

The Negotiation

Rank #894

The story revolves around Ha Chae Yoon, a crisis negotiator for the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. She ends up in a duel with Min Tae Koo, who unauthorized takings her...

WATCHER (2019)

WATCHER

Rank #971

After a dramatic incident 15 years ago, a senior detective, Do Chi Kwang, a former prosecutor Han Tae Joo and a young policeman, Kim Young Koon, become members of an...

Tree With Deep Roots (2011)

Tree With Deep Roots

Rank #974

Early in his reign, King Se Jong accidentally causes the death of his in-laws and their servitudes in an attempt to save them from his brutal father, King Tae Jong....

Escape from Mogadishu (2021)

Escape from Mogadishu

Rank #996

“Escape from Mogadishu” deals with a real-life defection incident between the two Korean embassies in Somalia back in the nineties that purports to explore the relevant motives behind the event....