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Korean romance films from the 2000s
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3-Iron
A drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy marriage.
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Castaway on the Moon
Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River – only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and
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My Sassy Girl
A dweeby, mild-mannered man comes to the aid of a drunk young woman on a subway platform. Little does he know how much trouble he’s in for.
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A Moment to Remember
A young couple's love is tested when Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
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Oasis
A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.
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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.
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The Classic
Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is
- 8
Il Mare
A man and a woman realize they are separated by two years of time when they exchange letters from different years in a mailbox.
- 9
200 Pounds Beauty
Hanna, an overweight lip-sync artist who ghost sings for Ammy, a known pop diva, secretly likes Han Sang-jun. When Ammy humiliates Hanna in Han's presence, Hanna decides to undergo a cosmetic surgery.
- 10
Time
Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love with the new face, not knowing it's the same woman.
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Windstruck
Kyung-jin, a police officer who finds herself chasing down a suspected bag-snatcher on her day off. However, the man she catches turns out to be Myungwoo, a passer-by who was himself trying to apprehend the real criminal.
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Failan
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency.
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Once Upon a Time in High School
A model student transfers to the notorious Jungmoon High School known for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs.
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Daisy
A painter in Amsterdam receives flowers from a mysterious admirer, while a hitman and cop find themselves in conflict.
- 15
More Than Blue
A terminally ill man tries to find a suitable husband for the friend he has loved since childhood.
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A Millionaire's First Love
When a high school diploma becomes the key to unlocking his inheritance, a spoiled teen gets an invaluable lesson in life and love in a rural village.
- 17
My Little Bride
A teenage girl tries to continue her normal social and school life, after her grandfather forces her into an arranged marriage with a man in his twenties.
- 18
A Man Who Was Superman
A snobbish producer makes a documentary about the extraordinary behavior of her neighbor who believes himself to be Superman.
- 19
Lovers' Concerto
A college student befriends two cute girls his age. He loses contact with them. He tries to find them years later.
- 20
Maundy Thursday
Yu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time.
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Ditto
In this endearing supernatural love story spanning two decades, a university student finds himself communicating with a female classmate from the same school through an antique ham radio.
- 22
Bad Guy
A pimp enforcer takes revenge on a woman who rejected his advances by tricking her into prostitution, but complications arise.
- 23
One Fine Spring Day
A recording engineer falls for a radio announcer after they work together to capture sounds of the natural world.
- 24
...ing
Follows the life of a young woman who has become reserved and indifferent to the world as a result of her chronic illness deformed hand and quietly portrays the unconventional, yet endearing relationship between mother and daughter as well as the development of Min-ah as she is befriended by the high spirited and carefree photographer Young-jae who moves into their apartment complex.
- 25
Dream
In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger's sleepwalking.
- 26
Once in a Summer
An assistant to a TV producer, eager to stay off his bad side, promises to convince her former professor, a famous but reclusive academic, to appear on their show, which helps locate long-lost persons. Who does grey-haired Professor Yun Suk-Young want to see again more than anything? The answer to that question lies decades in the past.
- 27
Happiness
Young, a careless person, suffers from terminal illness and gets admitted in a hospital for treatment. There, he falls in love with another patient. After recovering, will he get back to his former life?
- 28
Sad Movie
These intertwining stories about romance and separation follow a firefighter who can't find the right time to propose, a shy theme park worker who falls for an artist, an estranged mother and son, and a man seeking to regain his lost love.
- 29
Wanee & Junah
Wanee an animator and Junah a scriptwriter are lovers living together when one day an old friend of Wanee's drops in and brings to fore, all supressed memories of Wanee's love for her step brother.
- 30
100 Days with Mr. Arrogant
After being dumped by her boyfriend just before their 100-day anniversary, Ha-young meets a college guy named Hyung-joon when she kicks a can that accidentally hits him in the face and causes him to scratch his Lexus. He demands she pay him $3000 on the spot.
- 31
Please Teach Me English
Young Ju is forced to take English classes after failing to assist a foreigner at her government office. At English class she develops feelings for classmate Moon Su, but he might not feel the same way.
- 32
Heaven's Postman
Jae-jun delivers letters to heaven from those who can't get over the loss of their loved ones. One day Ha-na, who writes to her late boyfriend, discovers Jae-jun's secret identity. He offers her a part-time job assisting him, and they set o
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BA:BO - Miracle of Giving Fool
Seung-ryong owns a small toast shop, who is sick from taking in briquette gas in the past after his parents died. One day, his first love comes back to Korea, and they become close. However, he finds out that his little sister is sick.
- 34
Someone Special
A baseball player learns he has three months to live and drowns his sorrows at a bar, where the female bartender turns out to be a longtime admirer.
- 35
My Mighty Princess
So-hwi is a martial arts prodigy and college student. Realizing that her superhuman strength is holding back her love life, she decides to quit martial arts to pursue handsome hockey player Joon-mo. But Joon-mo is in love with an older woman, and when So-hwi's mystical martial arts community comes under threat from an old enemy, Heuk-bong, her childhood friend Il-yeong must persuade her to return.
- 36
Never Forever
When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order to save her marriage, she finds her true self.
- 37
Chunhyang
Once at a pagoda Mongryong Lee, a scion of a well-to-do family, meets Chunhyang, the young daughter of a courtesan and an aristocrat. Despite her low social standing she is smart and well-educated. The young people fall in love and think about marriage so that they could always be together. Mongryong is soon to go to the capital to take the state civil service exam. They part and in Chunhyang's life there appears the greedy and lustful Byun Hak-do, who tries to seduce her.
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Marriage Is a Crazy Thing
Joon-yeong is a Korean professor of English literature and confirmed bachelor. But when he meets Yeon-hee on a blind date, his days of bachelorhood seem numbered.
- 39
Project Makeover
An unhappy woman goes back in time and poses as her cousin to prevent her younger self from making the same mistakes and ruining her future.
- 40
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in their respective homes.
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Conduct Zero
When Joong-pil, the biggest bully in his high-school by far finds himself harboring feelings for a classmate, his entire identity is thrown off balance. Suddenly his smoking, his drinking, his constant swearing and his habit of pushing underclassmen into walls don't seem like good habits anymore. Without his nastiness, who is he? He might just like this girl enough to find out, if he can figure out how.
- 42
My Girl and I
Su-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For some unknown reason, Su-eun has a crush on the boy, and for equally mysterious reasons she rescues Su-ho in the sea though he doesn't know who actually saved him.
- 43
He Was Cool
When high school girl Han Ye-won finds an offensive note on the internet school board left by arrogant Ji Eun-seong from vocational school, she replies even more offensively. She doesn't know he's hot-tempered and well-known as a bully. So when Ji Eun-seong starts looking for her to teach her a lesson, Han Ye-won realizes how big her mistake was.
- 44
My Tutor Friend
A touching story of two completely different students from two completely different worlds. One is a rich male repeating his third year of high school and the other a poor girl in her second year of university struggling to make ends meet.
- 45
Lump of Sugar
The daughter of a poor rancher, Si-eun's only hope is to one day, become a jockey. With her mother passing away at her birth, her favorite horse, Chun-doong, has become not only her friend, but also a soul mate. She is devastated when Chun-doong is sold to another owner, but when they are reunited two years later they have a chance to create a miracle by teaming up in a race.
- 46
Bungee Jumping of Their Own
A likeable, married high school teacher spirals out of control when a student in his class begins unintentionally reminding him of his doomed first love, which ended 17 years earlier.
- 47
My Mother the Mermaid
Na-young works at a post office and is sick and tired of being around her shamefully unyielding mother and her pushover father who's excessively nice. The only thing that she can look forward to is her trip abroad in a few days. But one day, her father leaves home without any notice. Her mother doesn't care what happens to him and doesn't care to look for him. Na-young has no choice but to give up her dream trip abroad and to search for her father instead. Once she arrives at her parents' hometown, Na-young is shocked to meet someone she'd never expect, even in her dreams.
- 48
Kiss Me, Kill Me
A quiet, professional killer, Hyun-jun, arrives at a house to kill a man in his sleep, only to discover a woman alone under the sheets. Jin-young has decided to kill herself after a traumatic break up with her lover of seven years, but she wants to go out with a bang, not with a miserable and lonely dose of commonplace sleeping pills. The most extraordinary love story begins.
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Love, So Divine
Kyu-sik is a seminary student, who one day falls during a church service, dropping a precious, pope-blessed relic. As punishment, he and his comic relief friend Seon-dal are sent away to a small church in rural Korea to work in a sort of priest limbo until they get their act together.
- 50
Surprise Party
How do you go about detaining a total stranger for 12 hours? This is what Ha-young (Lee Yo-won) has to do for her best friend, Mi-ryung (Kim Min-hee). Mi-ryung has been planning for a surprise party for her overseas boyfriend Jun-woo (Shin Ha-gyun), but her plans are stopped short when her father finds out that Jun-woo is half-Hawaiian, and forbids the party from being held. Mi-ryung is put under even greater pressure when Jun-Woo tells her that he would arrive early, and she pleads with Ha-Young to intercept Jun-Woo at the airport, and to keep him from turning up at Mi-ryung's place before she can iron things out.
- 51
I Wish I Had a Wife
A lonely Korean banker drags himself through the mundanity of his job and his vacuous social life in the hope that he will eventually find that special someone.
- 52
Jenny, Juno
Jenny, Juno centers on the title characters of Jenny and Juno, two fifteen year old middle school students whose one night of romance has dramatic consequences for both their lives. After careful deliberation, the two expectant parents decide to keep the baby.
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Scent of Love
In-ha and Hee-jae were together in college and meet again after years. Their love is being tested when Hee-jae finds out she is ill.
- 54
Hwang Jin Yi
Although born a daughter of an aristocratic family, Jin-yi discovers the secret behind her birth and enters into a life in a brothel as a gisaeng.
- 55
Oishii Man
Once a promising musician, Hyeon-seok has been living as a commoner after he found the symptom of Meniere’s syndrome. He had to stop playing music because his ears distorted sounds into noise. To run away from reality and depression he heads to Japan. Arriving at Monbetsu, a small city in Hokkaido, Japan, he meets Megumi at the train station, the local travel guide. Staying at ‘Megumi Inn’, they get to share emotions through music, natural sounds and having meals together.
- 56
Untold Scandal
In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if he succeeds.
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Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
When filmmaker Young-soo introduces writer Soo-jung to his friend Jae-hoon, he unintentionally creates a love triangle. While Jae-hoon pursues Soo-jung, Young-soo clashes with his crew. Yet, just as the story appears to end, it starts all over again, this time with plenty of variations.
- 58
She's on Duty
A boisterous detective goes undercover in a high school in order to befriend the teenage daughter of a notorious gangster.
- 59
Innocent Steps
Chae-rin, who has come to Seoul from Yanbian after tricking as a sports dancer, becomes a partner of Yeong-sae who dreams of a coming back to field, and prepares for a dance competition.
- 60
Singles
Na-nan has known best pals Dong-mi and Jung-joon since childhood, and now the trio shares the ups and downs of their turbulent single lives together. But everything gets turned on end when Dong-mi and Jung-joon end up in bed!
- 61
Over the Rainbow
After a tragic road accident, broadcast journalist Jin-soo finds he's lost pockets of his memories, including that of a woman he once loved. Nagged by unrelenting feelings of loss, Jin sets out to find her. His quest lands him face to face with Yeon-hee, a woman who's trying to forget a man she once loved. What begins as a journey of sadness turns into a triumphant story of love for the pair.
- 62
Dance of the Dragon
The story of three people whose lives are pulled into review and assessment when their paths cross. The initial sparks of what could be a new romance plays off against a couple falling out of love, a student and teacher, a father and son, a mother's influence and competing suitors - all explored with sensitivity, delicacy and refined artistry.
- 63
Lost in Love
Woo-jae and Yeon-soo had been platonic friends for years when they went their separate ways. Now, ten years later, they bump into each other again and are forced to re-think things. Will they have the courage to risk their friendship for love?
- 64
Blossom Again
A 30-year-old teacher at a private school in Seoul falls in love with a teenage student in one of her night classes.
- 65
Maybe
May returns to Seoul looking for her birth mother after 23 years of life as a Korean-American adoptee. En-seol is a taxi driver suffering from a rare cardiac disease. Following their chance encounter at the airport, they come to help each other, also by chance.
- 66
Jealousy Is My Middle Name
Quiet, intelligent, solemn and recently dumped by his girlfriend, graduate student Lee Weon-san takes a job at a literary magazine, ostensibly to supplement his income, but really to get close to the editor - the reason he’s now single. The editor, unaware of who Lee is, takes a shine to him and makes him his personal assistant.
- 67
Lovers of 6 Years
Da-Jin and Jae-Young have been in an all too comfortable relationship for the past six years. Although they don't live together, their apartments reside side by side. But trouble brews for the couple when they begin to fall for their respective co-workers. Can Da-Jin and Jae-Young's relationship survive these outside temptations?
- 68
Lost and Found
Ji-ho is a writer who cannot forget her first love Min-woo at high school. She meets Min-woo and acts as if she lost her memories to grab his attention. As she lives with him, Dong-sik comes along and annoys her plans.
- 69
Love Talk
A lonely masseuse Sunny is reluctant to have an intimate relationship because of her painful memories of the past. Ji-seok comes to LA with a vague wish to meet his ex-girlfriend and becomes a roommate with Sunny. Young-shin, also known as Helen Jung, is the host of a late night local radio advice show called "Love Talk". Through various incidents, these three characters slowly open up their hearts and wish for another chance of love and new life.
- 70
Road Movie
Suk-won, a trader who loses all of his money and his wife in a market downturn is left homeless until Dae-shik, a homeless loner, rescues him. Together the two travel across the country and Dae-shik falls in love with Suk-won. Joining them
- 71
The Beast and the Beauty
An unattractive guy and a beautiful blind girl are in love. But their relationship is turned upside down when she regains her eyesight and he doesn't want to show her his face.
- 72
Season of Good Rain
A traveling architect meets an old friend from his student years; the pair realize their connection has always been a romantic one.
- 73
Almost Love
Ji-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality.
- 74
Crazy Waiting
"Crazy Waiting" follows four different couples as they deal with the separation caused by the men serving their mandatory military duties.
- 75
Addicted
Two brothers get into a sudden tragic accident and they both fall into a coma at the same time. A year later, the younger brother Dae-jin wakes up believing he is his older brother Ho-jin.
- 76
Woman on the Beach
A movie director entices his young friend to come to the beach on the pretext of writing a script. He then starts an affair with the friend's girlfriend.
- 77
Portrait of a Beauty
Born to a family of established court painters, seven-year-old Yoon-jeong is a young girl gifted at painting. However, the pressure is on her brother to carry on the proud family tradition, as women aren’t allowed to become professional pai
- 78
Secret Tears
A man becomes involved in some extra-sensory experiences after hitting a woman while driving drunk and bringing her home. She has amnesia and cannot speak, but that doesn't prevent her from communicating with him in other ways...
- 79
Closer to Heaven
A funeral director meets a man who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease since he was young. The two fall in love and hope for a cure that can keep him alive.
- 80
My Girlfriend Is an Agent
Ahn Soo-ji and Lee Jae-joon, who are oblivious to each other's real profession as secret agents, are in an ill-fated relationship. Three years later, they accidentally meet targeting the same enemy.
- 81
M
A young writer can't write a word for his next novel, he also doesn't feel right with his fiancée; because he falls in love with a woman, but he can't remember who she is and can't figure out if she's real or just a dream.
- 82
White Night
A pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town in a derelict building. Three people come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill. Almost fifteen years pass and the lead inspector deci
- 83
The Intimate
Her lover has never taken a dangerous risk in his life. She has been for seven years and is going to get married next month. One day she meets a handsome stranger, who asked her to spend one day with him. It might be a mistake to accept his
- 84
Green Chair
When she falls in love with a handsome minor, a South Korean housewife finds herself at the center of a sexual scandal and hounded by hungry tabloid journalists. She vows to cut him out of her life but then he reaches the age of legal conse
- 85
Plum Blossom
High school senior, Jayo is seduced into his first sexual experience by classmate Hara, who eventually kills herself when he ignores her. Since then, he immerses himself in loveless sex until he meets cheerful nurse, Namok. Meanwhile, his p
- 86
Love Is a Crazy Thing
A woman gets drawn deeper into an escort service until she meets a special man. Juggling the two different lives, she falls for a friendly customer.
- 87
Romantic Warriors
A group of deadly assassins kidnap a hostage in the hope of getting a high ransom but when they manage to lose themselves in a forest and end up spending the night in a haunted house they manage to disrupt the plans of the ghosts to ascend to heaven. The assassins hatch a plan to solve the problem but in doing so reveal themselves to be incompetent, so the ghosts decide to give them some training themselves…
- 88
Happy_Ero_Christmas
Byung-ki is a clumsy village policeman who helps out with trivial tasks like distributing promotional papers, though he dreams of fighting evil. One day, he runs into Min-kyong, an employee at the neighborhood bowling alley, and falls for her at first sight. However, his attempts to woo her go unnoticed. Meanwhile, Sang-doo, the boss of the local gang—with whom Byung-ki harbors a boyhood grudge—also swoons over Min-kyong and vows to take her virginity on Christmas Eve.
- 89
Paju
A young woman living in the South Korean town of Paju recalls the last 8 years of her life, since a young man on the lam escaped to it from Seoul and married her older sister.
- 90
Love Now
Young-joon and So-yeo are a young couple with their marriage relatively stable. On a day their mutual friend opens a wine bar, they come across Min-jae and Yu-na, a couple quite the opposite of themselves.
- 91
My Beautiful Days
While approaching the end of his mundane military service, directionless 24-year-old Joon attempts to sort out his complicated feelings for an older married woman, his ex-girlfriend and her vivacious sister.
- 92
Hellcats
A screenwriter dreams of success and has a boyfriend who is a member of an unsuccessful rock band. Her sister, an interior designer, meets an actor she falls for. Her niece is trying to figure out how to get her first kiss from her boyfriend. Three stories about life and dating.
- 93
Hypnotized
A psychiatrist fails to help a mental patient during her stay in hospital. The doctor becomes obsessed with his former patient, seeks her on the outside and uses hypnosis to fulfill his sexual desires.
- 94
April Snow
A man and a woman are brought together after their spouses, who were having an affair, are hospitalized after a car crash.
- 95
My Wife Got Married
Deok-hoon falls in love with In-ah, who shares his love and passion for football. They quickly become lovers and he proposes. After her initial refusal, they are eventually happily married. Marriage is like a dream until one day In-ah declares her wish to marry another man.
- 96
The Sword with No Name
Mu Myeong is a Joseon dynasty headhunter who meets and falls in love with lady Ja Yeong who will become the future Empress Myseongseong. A few years later, Ja Yeong enters the royal palace to marry King Gojong. Mu Myeong still having feelings for Ja Yeong and in an attempt to get closer to her becomes her personal body guard.
- 97
Marrying the Mafia 2
A powerful crime matriarch wants her eldest son to marry well and tasks his brothers with finding the perfect match. When he falls for a beautiful woman, he discovers her career could threaten his entire family's empire.
- 98
Love Impossible
An archaeological site in China was selected to send two teams, North and South Koreans, and students to collaborate and continue reconciliation of the two countries. But the team leader of the South decided to dredge the leader of the North group.
- 99
Woman Is the Future of Man
As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search
- 100
Forbidden Quest
A noble, high-class scholar starts to write erotic novels in 18th century of Chosun dynasty and falls in love with a king's woman.