Orphan 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...

The Guest (2018)

The Guest

Rank #171

Yoon Hwa Pyung, a young psychic born into a shaman family, learns about the powerful demon called “Son” (Guest). The demon has the power to control other demons and allows...

Jewel in the Palace (2003)

Jewel in the Palace

Rank #250

About 500 years ago during the time of Chosun Dynasty, Korea boasted a rigidly hierarchical and male dominated social structure. Based on a true story about a legendary girl, Jang...

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...

Dong Yi (2010)

Dong Yi

Rank #482

“Dong Yi” is a historical drama based on the life of Dong Yi later known as Choi Suk Bin. She worked in the royal palace as a lowly water maid....

Angel's Last Mission: Love (2019)

Angel’s Last Mission: Love

Rank #543

Lee Yeon Seo, is a cynical and arrogant ballerina. She is the prima ballerina, but after an accident she has to give up her dream. After her parents’ sudden death,...

Train (2020)

Train

Rank #611

Haunted by the thought that his drunkard father terminated another man before also dying on the same day and not paying for his crime, Seo Do Won lives his life...

Canola

Canola

Rank #810

High school student Hye Ji is a troubled teen with a scarred mind and a secret. She is dramatically reunited with her grandmother, Gye Choon, after going missing for 10...

Who Are You: School 2015

Who Are You: School 2015

Rank #1182

Sekang High School is the most prestigious private high school in Seoul’s Gangnam District, and Go Eun Byul is the most popular girl there. Meanwhile, her identical twin Lee Eun...

Once Upon a Small Town

Rank #2018

Han Ji Yool works as a veterinarian in Seoul. One day, he receives a phone call from his grandfather. His grandfather doesn’t mention specifics, but his voice sounds serious. Han...

My Love Eun Dong: The Beginning

My Love Eun Dong: The Beginning

Rank #2109

My Love Eun Dong: The Beginning is a web-drama that will show more about the love of the main characters of My Love Eun Dong during their mid-teens and mid-twenties....

Pied Piper

Pied Piper

Rank #2138

Every day on the job is tense, dangerous and possibly lethal! But the dangerous situations are diffused without using force by the expert negotiator Joo Sung Chan, who leads the...

Queen of Mystery 2 (2018)

Queen of Mystery Season 2

Rank #2346

Queen of Mystery is back! Housewife-turned-investigator Yoo Seol Ok and passionate detective Wan Seung collaborate to solve mysterious cases and cure the hearts of those who were wounded by crimes...

The Girl Who Sees Scents

The Girl Who Sees Scents

Rank #2561

Officer Choi Moo Gak lost his younger sister to a barcode-tragic end case and lost his ability to taste, smell, and feel pain. He then meets a girl named Oh...

Bride of the Century (2014)

Bride of the Century

Rank #2698

Taeyang Group is the largest conglomerate in South Korea but the Choi family, who runs Taeyang, has supposedly been under a hundred-year-curse – the first bride of the eldest son...

Naked Fireman (2017)

Naked Fireman

Rank #2818

Kang Chul Soo is an enthusiastic fireman who poses as a unclothed model to make money for his sick friend. He is then targeted as the criminal of an arson-tragic...

The Game: Towards Zero (2020)

The Game: Towards Zero

Rank #2908

When looking into someone’s eyes, Kim Tae Pyung sees the moments right before their death. He takes advantage of his gift to earn money by selling this information to rich...

Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency (2019)

Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency

Rank #3203

Growing up an ordinary country blacksmith, Lee Soo had no idea he would ever rule all of Joseon; but, at the age of twenty-three, that’s exactly what happened. Now as...

My Love Eun Dong

My Love Eun Dong

Rank #3250

“We were together for too short and separated for too long.” Eun Ho is an A-list South Korean actor, and for 20 years, he is searching for his first love,...

The Ghost Detective (2018)

The Ghost Detective

Rank #3331

Lee Da Il is a private investigator, who catches ghosts. He runs into a mysterious woman in red called Sunwoo Hye who appears at every crime scene. Jung Yeo Wool...

A Millionaire's First Love (2006)

A Millionaire’s First Love

Rank #3645

Kang Jae Kyung is your typical rich kid. He is arrogant, drives sports cars, frequents posh nightclubs, and skips school. With his eighteenth birthday approaching, he is set to inherit...

Monster (2014)

Monster

Rank #3650

Bok Soon runs a street stall while taking care of her younger sister. Not the brightest girl, but what she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in uncontrollable rage....

Agency (2023)

Agency

Rank #3728

An office drama depicting a woman who became the first female executive in her group to make her career beyond her first to the highest position. In the background of an...

SF8: Blink (2020)

SF8: Blink

Rank #3757

Ji Woo, who lost her parents in an autonomous car accident during childhood, is a detective who believes in her instincts and abilities rather than relying on the force’s artificial...