Power Struggle Korean Dramas & Movies

My Mister (2018)

My Mister

Rank #23

Park Dong Hoon is a middle-aged engineer who is married to attorney Kang Yoon Hee. However, his life is not that happy as he has two unemployed brothers, Sang Hoon...

Mr. Queen (2020)

Mr. Queen

Rank #41

Jang Bong Hwan is a South Korean chef who has risen up the ranks to cook for the country’s top politicians in the Blue House’s presidential residences. After a serious...

Kingdom: Season 2 (2020)

Kingdom Season 2

Rank #64

Following the events in season one, waves of the undead threaten to reach the capital. In an attempt to save the people during the plague and regain his right to...

Kingdom (2019)

Kingdom

Rank #121

No sooner does the Joseon King succumb to smallpox, do the rumors of his death begin. The Cho Clan, the clan of the pregnant Queen and her father, Chief State...

Six Flying Dragons

Six Flying Dragons

Rank #137

A fictional, historical drama about the ambition, rise and fall of real and fictional characters based around Yi Bang Won. Yi Bang Won was the third king of the Joseon...

Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude To All Legends (2019)

Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude to All Legends

Rank #165

Ta Gon gets what he wants as he sits atop his throne. However, now his life and throne are threatened when Eun Seom begins to gather power among the servitudes...

Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out

Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land

Rank #169

Ta Gon has now become the most powerful man in Arthdal. He has an affectionate relationship only with Taealha, the daughter of the rival Hae Tribe, because of their shared...

Defendant (2017)

Defendant

Rank #172

Park Jung Woo is a prosecutor at Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. One day, he wakes up and finds himself a convict on death row. Suffering from temporary amnesia, Jung...

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

Rank #206

When a total eclipse of the sun takes place, Go Ha Jin is transported back in time to the start of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea during King Taejo’s rule....

Reborn Rich

Rank #286

Yoon Hyun Woo is a devoted, hard-working, and loyal secretary to the Soonyang chaebol family, which runs the lucrative Soonyang Group business empire, founded by Jin Yang Cheol. During a...

Empress Ki (2013)

Empress Ki

Rank #331

Genghis Khan built an empire that spanned vast regions in East Asia and East Europe. And there was one woman who held immense power in the Yuan Dynasty, which Genghis...

Stranger 2 (2020)

Stranger Season 2

Rank #346

The prosecutor’s office and the police find themselves on opposing sides. The prosecutors, including elite prosecutor Woo Tae Ha, want discretionary power over investigations. Meanwhile, the police, including Choi Bit,...

Designated Survivor: 60 Days (2019)

Designated Survivor: 60 Days

Rank #353

Park Moo Jin is a former professor of chemistry and now holds the Minister of Environment position. He doesn’t have ambition, personal beliefs or political sense. One day, the cabinet...

Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy (2019)

Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

Rank #414

Set in the fictional land of Arthdal during ancient times(bronze age). Eun Seom was born with a fate to bring disaster to Arthdal, which leads him and his mother, who...

Queen Seon Duk (2009)

Queen Seon Duk

Rank #421

The story of a beautiful queen, who has to give up her love to save the people. A biopic of Queen Seondeok, who was born a princess and later became...

Vagabond (2019)

Vagabond

Rank #446

Cha Dal fire-arm becomes an awakened tiger in the face of his nephew’s death in a mysterious plane crash. As an orphan himself, he had raised his nephew singlehandedly in...

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....

The Princess's Man (2011)

The Princess’s Man

Rank #506

Princess Se Ryung is the headstrong and forward-thinking daughter of Grand Prince Su Yang, who is determined to be King. She falls in love with the son of his mortal...

Moon Embracing the Sun (2012)

Moon Embracing the Sun

Rank #607

Thirteen-year-old Heo Yeon Woo, the daughter of a high-ranking official, accompanies her mother to the royal palace to attend her brother, Heo Yeom’s civil service examination congratulatory ceremony. By chance,...

The Crowned Clown (2019)

The Crowned Clown

Rank #657

Joseon is in a state of disorder due to uprisings and a power struggle surrounding King Lee Hun. To avoid targeted end, a clown named Ha Sun is brought to...

Doctor Prisoner (2019)

Doctor Prisoner

Rank #690

Doctor Prisoner centers around an ace doctor in a university hospital’s emergency care center, a sterminated professional who treats his patients with full devotion and without discrimination. However, his medical...

My Country: The New Age (2019)

My Country: The New Age

Rank #692

Set during the end of the Goryeo period to the early Joseon period. Two friends aim their swords against one another due to differences in opinion about “my country.” Seo...

Jumong (2006)

Jumong

Rank #753

Jumong was the founder of Goguryeo in 37 BC. He was the son of General Hae Mo Su and Lady Yoo Hwa and was raised by King Geum Wa, who...

Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung (2019)

Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

Rank #1037

The story takes place at the beginning of the 19th century. Goo Hae Ryung is an intern to become a palace historian. However, it was not acceptable for women to...