Widow Female Lead Korean Dramas & Movies

Harmony (2010)

Harmony

Rank #317

Moon Ok was a musical professor at a university but is now on death row for committing a crime caused by the Harmful treatment of her husband and mother-in-law. In...

Mistress (2018)

Mistress

Rank #1616

Drama is about the scandalous lives of a group of four girlfriends – each on her own path to self-discovery as they brave the turbulent journey together. After Jan Se...

Family's Honor

Family’s Honor

Rank #2145

Ha Dan Ah is very dignified and beautiful yet she also had a sad life. Dan Ah was married in her 20’s, but her husband died in a car accident...

Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist

Rank #2210

Yoo Se Poong’s legendary abilities as a physician are well-known in the royal palace. Nonetheless, he was expelled from the royal court when his involvement in a conspiracy against the...

Determination to Part Ways

Decision to Leave

Rank #2883

Hae Joon works as a detective. He is polite to others, but passionate when investigating cases. He begins an investigation into an unnatural death case that took place on a...

Bring Me Home (2019)

Bring Me Home

Rank #4309

Jung Yeon’s son with an intellectual disability went missing 6 years ago. She still has not given up hope on finding him. One day, Jung Yeon receives a tip that...

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Rank #4924

Yeon Hee works as a director for an English Language Institute. She lives a wealthy life, but after her husband passed away, her only treasure is her daughter Ye Eun....

Be Strong Geum Soon

Be Strong Geum Soon

Rank #5166

This is a story of a young widow, Geum Soon, who never becomes discouraged or blames other people – no matter what happens in her life. The viewers will get...

Drama Special Season 4: Land of Rain (2013)

Drama Special Season 4: Land of Rain

Rank #5172

On a heavily rainy day, Na Ra lost her beloved husband and Woo Ki lost his beloved father. Two years later, Na Ra and Woo Ki meet as a teacher...

Mothers (2018)

Mothers

Rank #6359

It’s been two years since 32-year-old Hyo Jin lost her husband in an accident. One day she receives a request to take in 16-year-old Jong Wook, the son born to...

Secret Sunshine (2007)

Secret Sunshine

Rank #6560

After losing her husband, Shin Ae, a single mother, relocates to her husband’s hometown Miryang (“Secret Sunshine”) for a new start. When tragedy strikes, Shin Ae undergoes an emotionally shattering...

Robber

Robber

Rank #7045

Kwon Oh Joon is a swindler who falls for a widow with a 5 year old daughter, Jin Dal Rae. Dal Rae lives with her daughter and mother in law...

Sweet Spy

Sweet Spy

Rank #7094

Nam Sang-mi plays widowed police officer Lee Sun-ae who finds herself suddenly immersed into international espionage by Han Yoo-il (Dennis Oh), an undercover agent. Lee Joo-hyun plays Kang-Jun, who’s recently...

Let's Hold Hands Tightly and Watch The Sunset (2018)

Let’s Hold Hands Tightly and Watch The Sunset

Rank #8110

Hyun Joo had a hard life after losing her mother to a brain tumor at a young age. It was her husband Kim Do Yeong, who saved her. However, she...

Forever Love

Forever Love

Rank #42698

Set in the 70’s, it shows the eternal love of a woman for her deceased husband....

The Love in Your Eyes (2022)

The Love in Your Eyes

Rank #43182

Young Yi lost her husband at a young age, but she tries her best to move on with her husband’s family and works days and nights for her daughter. She...

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...

Home Sweet Home (2010)

Home Sweet Home

Rank #49445

Kim Jin Seo and Mo Yoon Hee are high school classmates and rivals whose different family backgrounds shaped their characters and their paths towards love and success in adulthood. Jin...

The Widow (1955)

The Widow

Rank #56664

Lee Shin-ja is a young widow, subject to the prejudices against her position in society. Trying to provide for her daughter as well as find love, Lee becomes entangled in...

Bound by Chastity Rule (1962)

Bound by Chastity Rule

Rank #99999

A widow in an aristocratic family has an affair with a servant and bears him a son. The widow’s in-laws drive the servant and his son away. As a man,...

An Old Couple's Story (2020)

An Old Couple’s Story

Rank #99999

“What’s going to happen to me and this old man?” Lee Jeom Soon, lost her husband 30 years ago and raised her three daughters alone. She sent them all to...

Wasteland (2021)

Wasteland

Rank #99999

Hwa Cheon asks to bury her husband’s dead body who did Self-harm, in Seo Am’s backyard. (Source: JIFF)...