Political Korean Dramas & Movies

Queen for Seven Days (2017)

Queen for Seven Days

Rank #1039

This drama is about the love story between King Jung Jong and his Queen Dan Kyung, who was crowned and deposed within the span of a week due to rival...

Into the Ring (2020)

Into the Ring

Rank #1147

Seo Gong Myung is an efficient and hard-nosed elite civil servant, who can multi-task with ease and is titled the ‘Number One Handsome Man’ on the District People’s Committee. However,...

History of the Salaryman (2012)

History of the Salaryman

Rank #1215

Part melodrama, part comedy, this series takes its cues from the epic legend “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” One night, Yoo Bang enters a dark, mysterious villa with nothing...

Chief of Staff 2 (2019)

Chief of Staff Season 2

Rank #1249

The real political players behind the spotlight take a dangerous gamble. Now an assemblyman, Jang Tae Joon, heads towards the peak of power and fiercely struggles for survival. (Source: MyDramaList)...

Punch

Punch

Rank #1427

Park Jung Hwan is the chief of the anti-bribery investigation team for the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office. To get to his position, he has made compromises on achieving justice. Jung Hwan...

The Terror Live (2013)

The Terror Live

Rank #1512

Yoon Yeong Hwa, once a top, national news anchor, gets demoted to radio news. One day, a call comes in during his radio show threatening to blow up Mapo Bridge....

Haechi (2019)

Haechi

Rank #1650

Set during the Joseon Dynasty period, four people from different walks of life come together to make Prince Lee Geum the King and reform the Saheonbu. The four people are...

Encounter (2018)

Encounter

Rank #1703

What happens when an encounter between a man and a woman who seem to have nothing in common develops into a complicated love story? Cha Soo Hyun is the daughter...

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

Rank #1749

A husband works as a successful prosecutor and his future appears bright, but he gets arrested for bribery in a political scandal. His wife who worked as an attorney prior...

Yi San (2007)

Yi San

Rank #1805

This drama details the life of King Jeong Jo, Joseon’s 22nd monarch, who is remembered in Korean history as one of Korea’s greatest kings, one who loved the people and...

Argon (2017)

Argon

Rank #1887

Kim Baek Jin is a popular anchor, reporter, and leader of investigative reporting program Argon. He does not tolerate unverified reports and requires facts he can personally stand behind. He...

The Spy Gone North (2018)

The Spy Gone North

Rank #1958

In 1993 Korea, the only country where the Cold War continues, tensions surrounding the development of nuclear weapons escalate. Park Seok Young, an army major in the South Korea military...

Chief of Staff (2019)

Chief of Staff

Rank #2034

Jang Tae Joon graduated from the Korean National Police University and worked as a detective. He wanted to gain more power and decided to work in the National Assembly. Now,...

The Emperor: Owner of the Mask (2017)

The Emperor: Owner of the Mask

Rank #2148

The story of a crown prince named Lee Sun who fights the Pyeonsuhwe society that holds absolute power over the kingdom and also controls the water supply by privatizing it....

Queen: Love And War (2019)

Queen: Love And War

Rank #2373

Kang Eun Bo is a woman on a mission. When her twin sister is tragic ended, she vows to find the terminateer and bring them to justice. But during the...

River Where the Moon Rises (2021)

River Where the Moon Rises

Rank #2415

Born a princess and raised a soldier, Pyeong Gang is a woman with big dreams and limitless ambition. Determined to become the first Empress of Goguryeo, Pyeong Gang will stop...

Dong Ju: The Portrait of a Poet

Dong Ju: The Portrait of a Poet

Rank #2418

Based on the life and work of Korea’s renowned poet, Yun Dong Ju. Dong Ju, while studying literature in Japan, was charged and detained for having participated in the Korean...

The King

The King

Rank #2441

Born in a poor family, Park Tae Soo learns that power is the most important thing in life and decides to become a prosecutor, the biggest symbol of power in...

City Hall (2009)

City Hall

Rank #2546

City Hall is a drama that deals with politics in a romantic comedy genre. It’s about the happenings between a young woman mayor and an elite bureaucrat. Jo Gook is...

Sandglass

Sandglass

Rank #2566

The Sandglass is a story of two men whose friendship is put to the test through the 1970s and 1980s, one of Korea’s politically tumultuous periods. Park Tae Soo, tough...

The Painter of the Wind (2008)

The Painter of the Wind

Rank #2584

Shin Yoon Bok is a talented painter who disguises herself as a boy to search for her father’s criminal and meets a master painter who guides her into being a...

Money Game (2020)

Money Game

Rank #2650

Twenty years after the IMF’s outbreak, the drama depicts the conflict between the head of the Financial Policy Bureau seeking to dispose of the Jungin Bank, which is on the...

Grand Prince (2018)

Grand Prince

Rank #2857

Centered around one woman who gets caught up in a bloody romance with two princes. This drama tells the story of a man who would terminate even his younger brother...

The King in Love (2017)

The King in Love

Rank #2870

Wang Won’s father is the king of Goryeo while his mother is the Yuan emperor’s daughter. He was born with many gifts as he has good looks, the wisdom of...