Smart Male Lead Korean Dramas & Movies

Weak Hero Season 1

Weak Hero Class 1

Rank #12

Yeon Shi Eun is a model student who ranks at the top of his high school. Physically, Yeon Shi Eun appears weak, but by using his wits and psychology, he...

Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow

Rank #33

Jang Uk returns from death, and three years later, the story of the mages unfolds anew. Jang Uk becomes a hunter of the soul-shifters when a young woman, a prisoner...

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...

Semantic Error: The Movie (2022)

Semantic Error: The Movie

Rank #47

Chu Sang Woo is a perennial loner. He is a junior computer science major and his Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) type is ISTJ – the Logistician. This means he is...

Vincenzo

Rank #53

At the age of eight, Park Joo Hyeong left for Italy after being adopted. Now an adult, he is known as Vincenzo Cassano and employed by a Mafia family as...

Happiness (2021)

Happiness

Rank #65

Yoon Sae Bom is a special agent with quick wits and reflexes and another special quality. She earns the opportunity to move into a new apartment set aside for civil...

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...

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...

The Man from Nowhere (2010)

The Man from Nowhere

Rank #129

The Man from Nowhere is a Korean action-thriller movie that follows the story of a reclusive former special agent named Cha Tae-sik (played by Won Bin). He lives a solitary...

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...

Life on Mars (2018)

Life on Mars

Rank #141

As the leader of a crime investigation team, Han Tae Joo has propelled his career and risen through the ranks by trusting data over all else. One day, while investigating...

The Devil Judge (2021)

The Devil Judge

Rank #144

Set in a dystopian version of present-day Korea where daily life is chaos and society has collapsed to the point that people openly voice their distrust and hatred for their...

Beyond Evil (2021)

Beyond Evil

Rank #152

Meet the two fearless men willing to go to extreme lengths in their pursuit of a serial terminateer that has shaken up their quiet city: Lee Dong Sik, a once...

While You Were Sleeping (2017)

While You Were Sleeping

Rank #182

A young woman with bad premonition dreams meets two people who suddenly develop the same ability. Nam Hong Joo lives with her mother, Yoon Moon Sun, a widow who runs...

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...

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...

Crash Course in Romance (2023)

Crash Course in Romance

Rank #302

Nam Haeng Sun used to be a national athlete. She now runs a side dish store. She has a super positive personality and seemingly unlimited stamina. She chooses a new...

Good Manager (2017)

Good Manager

Rank #308

Can corporate politics turn a bad person into a good person? Kim Sung Ryong is a sterminated accountant who works for gangsters. He makes his way into a company called...

Innocent Witness (2019)

Innocent Witness

Rank #327

An old man suffering from depression is found dead, and his housekeeper, Mi Ran, is charged with tragic end. Mi Ran’s defense attorney, Soon Ho, is surprised to learn the...

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,...

Cruel City (2013)

Cruel City

Rank #349

Portrays the cruel life of the substance cartels and the story of revenge for a loved one. Jung Shi Hyun is a newly appointed under-boss of the substance cartel. He...

Avengers Social Club (2017)

Avengers Social Club

Rank #365

Features three women from different walks of life coming together for revenge: a middle-aged fish store owner who envisioned a better life for herself, a housewife, and an heiress who...

Dr. Romantic: APPENDIX

Dr. Romantic: APPENDIX, The Beginning of Everything

Rank #376

SBS stated, “There was a flood of requests from the viewers to extend the drama, and writer Kang Eun Kyung even said, ‘I want to give back to the viewers.’...