Biographical Korean Dramas & Movies

Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)

Ayla: The Daughter of War

Rank #313

Süleyman was dispatched to the Korean War in 1950 and he finds a 5 year-old girl all alone in the dark. She lost her parents and couldn’t speak due to...

The Hymn of Death (2018)

The Hymn of Death

Rank #876

Kim Woo Jin is a stage drama writer while Korea is under Japanese occupation. He is married, but he falls in love with Yun Shim Deok. Shim Deok is the...

The Himalayas (2015)

The Himalayas

Rank #1658

Based on true events, renowned mountaineer Uhm Hong Gil set out on a mission to Everest to retrieve his late junior climber’s body and faces the greatest challenge of his...

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...

Jang Young Shil

Jang Young Shil

Rank #3413

The drama series follows the life of Jang Yeong Shil: a scientist, technician and inventor during the Joseon period. Jang Yeong Shil was born in the lower class nobi. King...

Fighter in the Wind (2004)

Fighter in the Wind

Rank #6087

A young Korean Taekwondo competitor arrives in Japan near the end of World War II with hopes of being a fighter pilot, but ends up on the streets battling bias,...

Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)

Ayla: The Daughter of War

Rank #6401

Süleyman was dispatched to the Korean War in 1950 and he finds a 5 year-old girl all alone in the dark. She lost her parents and couldn’t speak due to...

Season of You and Me

Season of You and Me

Rank #34067

‘Season of You and Me,’ which is the story of late singer-songwriter Yoo Jae Ha and Kim Hyun Sik. Yoo Jae Ha is a musician who has released one hit...

A Birth (2022)

A Birth

Rank #34479

The film deals in depth with the patience and courage of Kim Dae Gun, a young man who had to create his own hope, his willingness to throw his body,...

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...

Why Were You Uncomfortable With Sulli? (2020)

Why Were You Uncomfortable With Sulli?

Rank #38817

An official from MBC told CBS No Cut News on the 31st that “a documentary about Sulli is being produced. However, the broadcast date has not been set exactly.” It...

I Am Sun Mu (2015)

I Am Sun Mu

Rank #39772

The life and work of North Korean defector-turned political pop artist Sun Mu. (Source: IMDb) ~~ Co-production of South Korea, China, and the USA....

Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin (2004)

Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin

Rank #40600

It is late 1598, shortly before the Battle of Noryang, the final confrontation of the Imjin War. The remnants of the Japanese invasion force are desperate to go home but...

A Single Spark (1995)

A Single Spark

Rank #41872

Wanted by the police for his history of student activism, Kim Young Soo is writing the biography of Jeon Taeil, a worker at a clothing factory in Cheonggyecheon who opened...

Jeong Do Jeon (2014)

Jeong Do Jeon

Rank #42842

In the late 14th c, Goryeo. damaging action of power and bribery made people leave the government offices and only the corrupted people are left in the high offices. When...

Beyond That Mountain (2020)

Beyond That Mountain

Rank #47513

Biographical film about the childhood of the late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou Hwan. (Source: HanCinema)...

Amnok River Flows (2008)

Amnok River Flows

Rank #53036

This drama portrays the turbulent life of Lee Mi Reuk, a Korean expatriate who fought for the freedom of his country while studying medicine in Tokyo, during the period when...

Lee Soon-Shin's Unauthorized Biography

Lee Soon-Shin’s Unauthorized Biography

Rank #99999

Korean naval commander Lee Soon-Shin survives the Battle of Noryang on December 16, 1598. With the help of a woman named Heo Cho Hee, Lee Soon-Shin then tries to build...