Hardworking Female Lead Korean Dramas & Movies

I'm Not a Robot (2017)

I’m Not a Robot

Rank #18

Kim Min Kyu is the largest shareholder of a financial company. He suffers from a “human allergy”, preventing him from normal interactions with other people. He becomes interested in a...

Healer

Healer

Rank #86

Seo Jung Hoo is a special kind of night courier, known only as “Healer” by his clients. For the right price and with the help of a genius hacker, he...

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021)

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

Rank #155

After a conflict with her boss, dentist Yoon Hye Jin escapes the city to a seaside village where she had vacationed as a young girl. When she learns the village...

Dr. Romantic 2 (2020)

Dr. Romantic Season 2

Rank #181

A “real doctor” story set in a small, humble hospital called Doldam Hospital. It is a story about people who meet Kim Sa Bu, a genius doctor, and discover “real...

18 Again (2020)

18 Again

Rank #193

After nearly twenty years of marriage, Jung Da Jung and Hong Dae Young seem to be well settled in their domestic lives. The proud parents of a pair of eighteen...

Misaeng: Incomplete Life

Misaeng: Incomplete Life

Rank #208

Jang Geu Rae has played the game of Go since he was a child. When his plans of becoming a professional Go player fail, the down-and-out Geu Rae is forced...

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...

Hot Stove League (2019)

Hot Stove League

Rank #220

About the preparation period of a major league baseball team. The drama focuses on a loser team that prepares for an extraordinary season upon the arrival of their new general...

Dr. Romantic (2016)

Dr. Romantic

Rank #226

Kim Sa Bu was once a famous surgeon at the peak of his career at a major hospital. But he suddenly gives it all up one day to live in...

Descendants of the Sun

Descendants of the Sun

Rank #275

A love story that develops between a surgeon and a special forces officer. Kang Mo Yeon is a pretty and assertive woman who works as a cardiothoracic surgeon at Haesung...

Law School (2021)

Law School

Rank #285

When a grim incident occurs at their prestigious school, justice through law is put to the test by a tough law professor and his ambitious students. Yang Jong Hoon is...

Juvenile Justice

Rank #330

Sim Eun Seok is an elite judge with a prickly personality who hates juvenile offenders. After she gets assigned to a local juvenile court, she tries to balance her aversion...

Age of Youth (2016)

Age of Youth

Rank #379

Five girls in their twenties come to live together in a house called “Belle Epoque,” which means “a beautiful time” in French. Each girl has a particular personality, background, and...

Just Between Lovers (2017)

Just Between Lovers

Rank #395

A major accident takes the lives of 48 people. The lives of the survivors, those who lost loved ones and those connected to the parties blamed for the tragic event...

Doctor John (2019)

Doctor John

Rank #436

“Doctor John” is a medical drama about doctors specializing in pain management. In a refreshing take on the genre, “Doctor John” will portray the doctors’ search for the cause of...

When the Camellia Blooms (2019)

When the Camellia Blooms

Rank #502

Dong Baek is a single mother living in the small town of Ongsan. She runs the bar-restaurant Camellia, while also taking care of her son Pil Gu. The people of...

Lost (2021)

Lost

Rank #546

At forty years old, Lee Boo Jeong has lost her way. She feels like she has reached the end of her potential and achieved absolutely nothing. Lee Kang Jae is...

Doom at Your Service (2021)

Doom at Your Service

Rank #585

Tak Dong Kyung has been working hard ever since her parents passed away. Her life seemed more stable after working as a web novel editor for 6 years, but then...

Birthcare Center (2020)

Birthcare Center

Rank #625

Oh Hyun Jin has had a glittering career in her work life. She is the youngest member on the board of executives at the company she works at and is...

I'm Not a Robot (2017)

I’m Not a Robot

Rank #627

Kim Min Kyu is the largest shareholder of a financial company. He suffers from a “human allergy”, preventing him from normal interactions with other people. He becomes interested in a...

Hello Monster

Hello Monster

Rank #633

Genius profiler Lee Hyun, returns home to Korea after something from a case he’s been sent triggers a memory he thought he’d lost forever. Unbeknownst to him, one of his...

100 Days My Prince (2018)

100 Days My Prince

Rank #783

Lee Yul, Crown Prince of Joseon, is a perfectionist who disregards most royal palace nobles. His cold and demanding demeanor masks deeply-rooted loneliness. He comes to pass a law stating...

Tale of the Nine-Tailed (2020)

Tale of the Nine-Tailed

Rank #806

The mythical nine-tailed fox, or gumiho, Lee Yeon had to settle in the city many centuries ago. Able to transform into human form, he eradicates supernatural beings that threaten the...

Suspicious Partner (2017)

Suspicious Partner

Rank #949

Noh Ji Wook is a brainiac prosecutor and Eun Bong Hee is a rookie justice department intern, who always seems to find herself in the most unfortunate and embarrassing situations....