1990s Korean Dramas & Movies

Through the Darkness

Rank #156

Back in the 1990s, the citizens of Seoul were gripped with a paralyzing fear after a series of brutal attacks and criminals occurred. A mysterious figure dubbed ‘Red Cap’ was...

Go Back Couple (2017)

Go Back Couple

Rank #204

38-years-old married couple, Choi Ban Do and Ma Jin Joo, were in love when they got married but now, hate each other and regret marrying at such a young age....

20th Century Girl (2022)

20th Century Girl

Rank #294

In 1999, a teen with a heart of gold begins keeping close tabs on a popular classmate as a favor to her smitten best friend. Bo Ra is 17-year-old high...

Go Back Couple (2017)

Go Back Couple

Rank #333

38-years-old married couple, Choi Ban Do and Ma Jin Joo, were in love when they got married but now, hate each other and regret marrying at such a young age....

As One (2012)

As One

Rank #431

The movie recounts the dramatic tale of the first unified Korean team that competed at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in China, Japan. South Korea’s table tennis star Hyun...

Reply 1997 (2012)

Reply 1997

Rank #463

Set in the 1990s, the drama centers around a female high school student Shi Won, who idolizes boyband H.O.T and her 5 high school friends in Busan. As the timeline...

Nine: Nine Times Time Travel (2013)

Nine: Nine Times Time Travel

Rank #645

Park Sun Woo works as an anchorman at a TV broadcasting station. He is in love with news reporters Joo Min Young, who is bright and honest. Park Sun Woo...

Tune in for Love (2019)

Tune in for Love

Rank #1482

In 1994, on the first day that Yoo Yeol went on air as the new DJ of the popular radio show ‘Music Album’, a college girl Mi Soo meets Hyun...

Reply 1994 (2013)

Reply 1994

Rank #1609

Set in 1994, six university students from various provincial areas live together at a boarding house in Sinchon, Seoul, which is run by a couple with a daughter named Na...

Spirits' Homecoming

Spirits’ Homecoming

Rank #1779

In 1943, 14-year-old Jung Min’s ordinary yet happy life shatters when she is taken by Japanese soldiers to a comfort station located in China. There, as comfort women, a bunch...

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...

Her Story (2018)

Her Story

Rank #2399

In 1991, Busan, Bae Jung Gil, who had been working as a housekeeper for Moon, the owner of a leading travel agency, suddenly disappears soon after Kim Hak Soon’s confession...

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...

Take Off

Take Off 1

Rank #2737

“Take Off” is centered around the joy and sorrow of the first Korean national ski jump team. In 1997, the county of Muju in South Korea bids to host the...

Children... (2011)

Children…

Rank #3063

On March 26, 1991, the local elections are being held. Since it is a school day off, the five boys set off to the nearby mountain and never return. Their...

Nameless Gangster: Rules of Time (2012)

Nameless Gangster: Rules of Time

Rank #4300

In 1982, Busan, South Korea’s second city, Ik Hyun is a corrupt customs officer on the verge of getting fired. When he comes upon a mother lode of heroin, he...

Your Name is Rose (2019)

Your Name Is Rose

Rank #5605

Based on Korean history from 1979 to 2015 about a woman named Hong Jang Mi (lit. Hong Rose) who wants to be a singer. The movie revolves around Jang Mi...

Peppermint Candy (2000)

Peppermint Candy

Rank #5735

Outdoor Excursion: Spring 1999. A group of middle-aged, working-class friends meet for the 20th year reunion of their old factory worker’s association. While they sing and dance up a storm,...

Miss Korea (2013)

Miss Korea

Rank #6320

An “inelegant” young woman who works as an elevator operator at a department store that lays off workers in the worst 1997 financial crisis ever to hit the nation crosses...

Bogotá: City of the Lost

Bogotá: City of the Lost

Rank #33987

“Bogotá” is criminal thriller set in Colombia. It tells the story of a young korean man in his 30s who emigrated to Colombia in the ’90s settling in a traditional...

A Diamond in the Rough (2019)

A Diamond in the Rough

Rank #43764

A man promises his mother to come back a greater person. Until now, he’s been a condemned criminal with false hopes and dreams. Only after his life tanked did he...

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...

Downfall

Downfall

Rank #56051

Since she flew in a brothel at her age of 17, Young Eun sells her body roaming from here to there until she becomes a shabby middle-aged woman. At first,...

Park Ha Kyung’s Journey

Rank #99999

Set in the 1990’s, Park Ha Kyung teaches Korean literature at a high school. To escape her ordinary days, Park Ha Kyung decides to take one day trips on Saturdays....