Independent Female Lead Korean Dramas & Movies

Mother (2018)

Mother

Rank #43

Realizing one of her students is being damaging actiond, school teacher and bird researcher Soo Jin impulsively unauthorized takings the girl and acts as a substitute mother in an attempt...

It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

Rank #54

Moon Gang Tae is a community health worker at a psychiatric ward who was blessed with everything including a great body, smarts, ability to sympathize with others, patience, ability to...

Mr. Sunshine (2018)

Mr. Sunshine

Rank #69

Mr. Sunshine centers on a young boy born into a house servant’s family who travels to the United States during the 1871 Shinmiyangyo (U.S. expedition to Korea). He returns to...

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...

Be Melodramatic (2019)

Be Melodramatic

Rank #541

Im Jin Joo, Lee Eun Jung, and Hwang Han Joo are best friends who are 30-years-old. Hwang Han Joo is the head of a marketing team for a drama production...

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...

Search: WWW (2019)

Search: WWW

Rank #668

This drama is about the conflicts, the wins, and losses one experiences when working. It will follow the story of 21st century women, who chose not to be a wife...

Little Forest (2018)

Little Forest

Rank #701

Hye Won gets tired of her difficult life in the city and moves back to her hometown in the countryside. There, she heals her emotional wounds with the help of...

Her Private Life (2019)

Her Private Life

Rank #714

A dedicated professional, Sung Deok Mi lives for her work as an art gallery curator. Devoting herself to her work, she is exceptional in every way, save one. Beneath that...

My Roommate Is a Gumiho (2021)

My Roommate Is a Gumiho

Rank #724

Shin Woo Yeo is a handsome and smart writer, who is actually a 999-year-old nine-tailed fox. To become a human, he collects human energy in a bead. One day, the...

Angry Mom

Angry Mom

Rank #965

The protagonist, Jo Kang Ja was once legendary for being the toughest, most feared troublemaker at her high school in Busan. Due to her pregnancy in her late teens, she...

A Gentleman's Dignity (2012)

A Gentleman’s Dignity

Rank #1032

Four men in their forties go through love, breakup, success and failure. The story includes the romantic relationship between Kim Do Jin, an architect with a scathing tongue, and strict...

XX (2020)

XX

Rank #1075

Yoon Na Na is a well-regarded bartender at XX bar. She takes pride in her work and position as the head bartender. She involves herself in other parts of XX...

Shopping King Louie (2016)

Shopping King Louie

Rank #1380

The romantic comedy series “Shopping King Louie” revolves around a handsome shopaholic named Louis, who is the successor of a vast business empire but becomes homeless after suffering from amnesia....

Woman of Dignity (2017)

Woman of Dignity

Rank #1410

Ah Jin has it all; beauty, wealth, influence and the respect of her father-in-law, the CEO of a paper goods company. To be the caregiver for her wheelchair-bound father-in-law, she...

Witch's Court (2017)

Witch’s Court

Rank #1621

Ma Yi Deum, a materialistic female prosecutor who does not hesitate to use personal attacks, fabricate evidence, and incite perjury in order to win her case is assigned to a...

It's Okay To Be Sensitive (2018)

It’s Okay to Be Sensitive

Rank #1731

The story revolves around five first-year students and the challenges they face on and off campus. The web series brings awareness to gender issues. (Source: MyDramaList)...

Here's My Plan (2021)

Here’s My Plan

Rank #1905

A story where a girl who thinks she has lived an unfortunate life her whole life dreams of revenge on those people who made her life unhappy. Lee So Hyun...

Hope or Dope

Rank #2611

Eighteen-year-old Kyung Da Jung, who should be concentrating on completing her last year of high school, is used by her ruthless mother as a substance mule – transporting narcotics to...

When You Love Yourself (2018)

When You Love Yourself

Rank #2897

Can I be happy if I meet someone’s standards? How to love myself as I am?...

Microhabitat (2018)

Microhabitat

Rank #3642

Mi So lives from day to day by housekeeping. Cigarettes and whiskey are the two things that get her through the day. When the government doubles the price of cigarettes,...

Secret Boutique (2019)

Secret Boutique

Rank #3643

Do Young lived and worked in a public bathhouse after leaving the orphanage. Yeo Ok, the head of Deo Group, finds favor in her eyes of Do Young, and with...

Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi

Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi

Rank #3997

Although renowned as the youngest team supervisor in her company, Da Jung has been divorced three times already and is always surrounded by suspicion and disdain because of her bad...

Dal Ja's Spring

Dal Ja’s Spring

Rank #4102

The drama aims to comically and candidly portray the reality and undying pursuit of the romance of a thirty-something single woman. It also highlights the life and work of women...