Based On True Story Korean Dramas & Movies

Georgia (2020)

Georgia

Rank #36451

A sick and poor couple sets out to investigate their daughter’s unfair death. When the police refused to re-investigate the Self-harm case of their daughter, which was ended without revealing...

The Soup (2018)

The Soup

Rank #37607

Based on a true tale, the story of an ex-con who enters a house without being invited to live with a married couple with intellectual difficulties and a seven-year-old daughter....

Death Song

Death Song

Rank #37842

A melodrama dealing with the life of Yoon Shim Dok, a modern woman and pioneer of free love in the 1920’s, who drowns herself in the waters of the Korea...

Another Family (2014)

Another Family

Rank #39278

Taxi Driver Sang Gu is an ordinary father. He is so proud of his daughter Yoon Mi who works at a factory for a large corporation, but somehow also feels...

The Point Men

The Point Men

Rank #39558

An extremist Taliban group takes a group of Korean tourists hostage in Afghanistan. The Korean government dispatches Jae Ho, known as one of Korea’s most sterminateed diplomats, to handle the...

Man of Will (2017)

Man of Will

Rank #40398

Young Kim Chang Soo is placed behind bars, charged with tragic ending a Japanese person who took part in Empress Myeongseong’s Planned demise. In prison, Kim Chang-Soo sees how Koreans...

Lifting King Kong (2009)

Lifting King Kong

Rank #40586

Lee Ji Bong is a 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation...

Jang Hee Bin (1961)

Jang Hee Bin

Rank #41262

The king falls in love with Jang Hee Bin, a woman of low birth and makes her his second wife. She plots against the queen, the king’s first wife, and...

Jiseul (2013)

Jiseul

Rank #42012

A local film worthy of notice, the monochrome JISEUL is the fourth film by Jeju director O Muel. It is based on the true story of the townsfolk that took...

National Security (2012)

National Security

Rank #42107

Kim Geun Tae is an ex-advisor to the Democratic United Party. When he was younger, he was a leader for the democracy movement during Korea’s autocratic rule. In September of...

Champ (2011)

Champ

Rank #42518

Seung Ho is a former star horse jockey who becomes involved in a serious accident that terminates his wife and damaged his eyesight. His life and career crash downhill, but...

Children Gone to Poland (2018)

Children Gone to Poland

Rank #42525

Tracing the footsteps of North Korean orphans who went to Poland during the Korean War, two women, one from the North and the other from the South, bond through the...

Into the Flames (2014)

Into the Flames

Rank #43365

The true story of chairman Park Tae-joon who lead the impossible to success along with various fictional stories that show the financial growth of Korea....

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinary (2004)

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinary

Rank #43649

Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he’s Korean. But when Rikidozan introduces pro wrestling to Japan in the 1950s, he becomes...

The Peak (2011)

The Peak

Rank #43992

For 35 years of the Japanese colonial period, Joseon had been in pitch-darkness. Even amid the darkness, Yi Yuk Sa wrote poems to send messages of hope to those who...

Haunted Place (2019)

Haunted Place

Rank #44066

Two Ghost Hunting YouTuber goes to Gonjiam...

The Tenor Lirico Spinto (2014)

The Tenor Lirico Spinto

Rank #44611

The talented Korean tenor, Bae, who penetrate the audience’s ears through his delicate and powerful singing, is on the rise to stardom at the European opera scene. Sawada, a Japanese...

A Little Pond (2010)

A Little Pond

Rank #44671

The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and despite US reinforcements from Tokyo, the US army is making a...

Apostle

Apostle

Rank #49614

Chul Ho and his wife live in North Korea. They are supporters of a church which is strictly forbidden in their country. When their ties to the church are discovered,...

Blue Swallow (2005)

Blue Swallow

Rank #49827

Based on the true story Park Kyung Won, one of the first Korean female pilots. Park Kyung Won dreamed of flying since she was a little kid. To achieve her...

Fearsome (2021)

Fearsome

Rank #50212

Based on a true story about the horrifying incident that happened to the band who went on a trip to Chuncheon. (Source: Naver)...

Minority Opinion

Minority Opinion

Rank #52243

Residents, who are evicted from their homes in a designated urban renewal, demonstrate against their removal. The police arrive and attempt to end the demonstration. A 20-year-old police officer and...

Drama Special Season 6: Crimson Moon

Drama Special Season 6: Crimson Moon

Rank #52683

Crown Prince Sado spirals down due to his own insanity and his father King Yeongjo’s complex. (Source: AsianWiki)...

No Tomorrow

No Tomorrow

Rank #53024

Hye Ri, a TV reporter, decides to cover the story about a disabled run-away modern slave. She learns of suspicious activity related to bondage at salt mines on a remote...