Poor Female Lead Korean Dramas & Movies

Panda and Hedgehog (2012)

Panda and Hedgehog

Rank #7266

Pan Da Yang is a bright young woman and the owner of a small neighborhood cake shop. She then becomes involved in a love triangle with Ko Seung Ji, a...

Unstoppable Marriage (2007)

Unstoppable Marriage

Rank #7382

Sweet and easygoing Eun Ho grew up in a normal middle-class household with a strict and traditional father. Willful plastic surgeon Ki Baek was born into a wealthy family, and...

Spark (2016)

Spark

Rank #7413

‘Spark’ is a mini music drama like a night concert in the summertime, centering on a man who leaks a great deal of electricity after a sudden accident and a...

Powerful Opponents

Powerful Opponents

Rank #7439

Cha Young Jin is the first female to ever work as a bodyguard in the Presidential resident, Chungwadae. Young Jin and Yoo Gwang Pil work as bodyguards assigned to watch...

Successful Story of a Bright Girl (2002)

Successful Story of a Bright Girl

Rank #7479

Cha Yang Soon is a cute and innocent country girl who often daydreams of rescuing her prince. One day, she meets Han Ki Tae, who accidentally falls into her bathtub...

100 Days with Mr. Arrogant (2004)

100 Days with Mr. Arrogant

Rank #7496

After being dumped by her boyfriend just before their 100 day anniversary, Ha Young meets a college guy named Hyung Joon whom she accidentally hits in the face with a...

Drama Special Season 4: Come To Me Like A Star (2013)

Drama Special Season 4: Come To Me Like A Star

Rank #7643

Having to pay for his mother’s hospital bills, lecturer Kang Seok can’t seem to get ahead. He lives in room 303 of a hostel, while Ha Jin lives in room...

Number Six (2018)

Number Six

Rank #8045

Won Tak, Min Joo, Eun Kyung, Chang Kyung, Se Joon, and Se Ra were the best of friends. Inseparable from childhood, they did everything together, sharing every moment of their...

Beautiful Vampire (2018)

Beautiful Vampire

Rank #8049

Vampire Ran runs a small makeup shop within a quiet alley in the Mangwon Neighborhood area of Seoul. She has run the shop for 500 years. One day, a new...

The Third Charm (2018)

The Third Charm

Rank #8201

The Third Charm tells the 12-year love story of how two young people with completely different personalities manage to find each other again. From the tender age of 20 to...

City of Stars (Cancelled)

City of Stars (Cancelled)

Rank #33878

About a friendship between astronauts, conflicted by differing patriotic loyalties. Two starry-eyed boys dream of exploring space since childhood. As adults, they are selected to be potential astronaut candidates for...

My Heart Is Beating

Rank #34803

A love story between the half-human and half-vampire Seon Woo Hyul, who was unable to become human due to a one-day difference over 100 years, and Joo In Hae, a...

Go To Kill (2021)

Go To Kill

Rank #37409

Go Soo is worried about her immobile husband, mother-in-law, and her obese son who likes snacks. After her husband was deceived by a scammer and lost all his fortune, and...

The Transfer Student (2015)

The Transfer Student

Rank #39239

The day before attending the new school, the girl practiced how to say hello. But because of the teacher’s careless words, the first trip to school is different from what...

Drama Special Season 13: Nineteen Otters

Rank #40429

The story of the precarious and affectionate first love of a 19-year-old who carries around a letter of resignation....

Drama Special Season 11: One Night (2020)

Drama Special Season 11: One Night

Rank #43734

A black comedy about a test-taker who tried to pay for a motel overnight with a bag of 100 million dollars in a delivery accident. (Source: HanCinema)...

Into the Sunlight (1999)

Into the Sunlight

Rank #45032

Self-absorbed and rebellious, In Ha constantly knocks heads with his disapproving father and estranged brother Myung Ha, an angry gangster that has nothing but hate for the family he never...

Truth (2000)

Truth

Rank #45543

Lee Ja Young comes from a poor family who lives in the basement of one of her rich schoolmates, Lee Shin Hee. Ja Young is one of the top students...

Thorn Flower (2013)

Thorn Flower

Rank #45678

A college student and aspiring actress, Se Mi, comes from a family that has never been rich but always been happy. On the very day Se Mi wins the Best...

Triangle

Triangle

Rank #48388

Han Ji Yeong is a wealthy widow. She then meets Ryu Sang Woo at a ski resort. Sang Woo seems different from other men and passes himself off as the...

Noble Woman (2014)

Noble Woman

Rank #48744

Born to a single mom working as a maid, Shin Ae gives up her studies to work as a salesperson in a department store. Mi Na is the only daughter...

Mothers and Sisters

Mothers and Sisters

Rank #49216

Seong Ri and Kyeong Bin are twins born via artificial insemination, later separated at birth. Both twins are unaware of each other until Seung Ri’s mother abandons her one day...

Joseon Beauty Pageant (2018)

Joseon Beauty Pageant

Rank #49377

Kyu Hun is a son of a noble family. He seems to study hard, but, in fact, he is interested in various kinds of dances. To learn about the dance...

Drama Special Series Season 3: Like a Fairytale (2013)

Drama Special Series Season 3: Like a Fairytale

Rank #49573

Kim Myung Je and Baek Jang Mi meet for the first time at their college’s club. Myung Je likes the prettiest girl in the club (Han Seo Young) but she...