Korean RomCom
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1. 200 Pounds Beauty (2006)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A talented but obese girl, who ghost-sings for a not-so-talented pop star, undergoes extensive plastic surgery to become a slender beauty with a new identity.
Director: Yong-hwa Kim | Stars: Ju Jin-mo, Kim Ah-jung, Sung Dong-il, Kim Hyun-sook
Votes: 8,810
2. My Tutor Friend (2003)
110 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A man from a wealthy family who should be in his second year of college, is still finishing his highschool requirements. His family hire a tutor for him who is his own age but she comes from a poor background.
Director: Kyeong-hyeong Kim | Stars: Kim Ha-neul, Kwon Sang-woo, Baek Il-seob, Ji-woo Kim
Votes: 2,552
3. Donggabnaegi gwawoehagi reseun II (2007)
125 min | Comedy, Romance
Junko, a Japanese of Korean ancestry, comes to Korea and finds lodging at a guest house, .But the room that she is supposed to stay in belongs to the owner's son, Jong-man. On her first ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Ho-jung | Stars: Lee Chung-Ah, Park Gi-woong, Jeong Eun-woo, Yeong-ran Jang
Votes: 441
4. Please Teach Me English (2003)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Romance
Reserved 25 year old Na Young-ju has to attend an English course but she would be much more interested in getting a boyfriend.
Director: Kim Sung-su | Stars: Lee Na-young, Jang Hyuk, Angela Kelly, In-mun Kim
Votes: 1,111
5. Too Beautiful to Lie (2004)
115 min | Comedy, Romance
While a man is out of town, a con-woman claims to be his fiancée and moves in with his family.
Director: Hyeong-jun Bae | Stars: Kim Ha-neul, Gang Dong-won, Song Jae-ho, Kim Jee-young
Votes: 1,969
6. 100 Days with Mr. Arrogant (2004)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
A cute, poor, Korean high school senior's dumped by her boyfriend so she kicks a beer can hitting a handsome driver, who "crashes" his convertible. He insists on 3M won/USD3000 in damages. She can work it off over 100 days. Comedy follows.
Directors: Jo Byung-Suk, Shin Jae Ho, Shin Jai-Ho, Dong-yeob Shin, Shin Dong Yeop | Stars: Kim Jae-won, Ha Ji-Won, Jin Tae-hyun, Min Han
Votes: 3,281
7. The Guy Was Cool (2004)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Romance
A girl insults a bully on internet. He starts calling her repeatedly and finally finds her. On an escape attempt she trips and their lips meet. Being the first to kiss him, she now has to promise to marry him. Is life over or...?
Director: Hwan-kyung Lee | Stars: Song Seung-heon, Da-bin Jeong, Lee Ki-woo, Hae-su Ahn
Votes: 1,383
8. My Boyfriend Is Type-B (2005)
96 min | Comedy, Romance
Young-bin and Ha-mi meet by accident after a row over him ruining her cellphone. She believes he and she were destined to meet, but the problem is, he has blood-type B, making him ... See full summary »
Director: Seok-won Choi | Stars: Han Ji-hye, Lee Dong-geon, Yi Shin, Baek Il-seob
Votes: 644
9. My Little Bride (2004)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Ho-joon Kim | Stars: Kim Rae-won, Moon Geun-young, Ahn Sun-yeong, Kim Bo-kyung
Votes: 5,932
10. Yonguijudo Miss Shin (2007)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Romance
For four different men, the beautiful Sin Min-joo is the center of their worlds. When they find out she's got them all played, this world of lust and seduction begins to take a ridiculous turn.
Director: Yong-jib Park | Stars: Han Ye-seul, Lee Jong-hyuk, Kwon Oh-jung, Kim In-kwon
Votes: 233
11. My Sassy Girl (2001)
Not Rated | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to the tracks at a metro station in Seoul and pulls her back. She ends up getting him into trouble repeatedly after that, starting on the train.
Director: Jae-young Kwak | Stars: Cha Tae-hyun, Jun Ji-hyun, In-mun Kim, Song Wok-suk
Votes: 50,472
12. Everybody Has Secrets (2004)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
Revolves around Soo-hyun and the three sisters. While he is falling in love with the youngest sister Mi-young, he also tries to seduce her two sisters. Everything become complicated.
Director: Hyeon-su Jang | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Choo Sang-mi, Kim Hyo-jin, Choi Ji-woo
Votes: 630
13. S Diary (2004)
106 min | Comedy, Romance
(Korean with English subtitles) Jini gets dumped by her boyfriend with the final note saying he was only interested in having sex with her but not in a lasting relationship. This triggers ... See full summary »
Director: Jong-kwan Kwon | Stars: Kim Seon-a, Kim Soo-ro, Hyun-Woo Lee, Gong Yoo
Votes: 429
14. Hello, Schoolgirl (2008)
113 min | Comedy, Romance
Thirty-year-old Yun-woo bumps into a high school student in the elevator while on his way to work. His heart starts pounding at this teenager's boldness. At a subway station, KANG Sook ... See full summary »
Director: Jang-ha Ryu | Stars: Yoo Ji-tae, Lee Yeon-hee, Chae Jeong-an, Kang In
Votes: 1,201
15. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A girl who thinks she is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Rain, Park Byeong-eun, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 25,886
16. She's on Duty (2005)
111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The film deals with a boisterous undercover female cop who gets sent to a high school in order to get close to a criminal in hideout by befriending his teenage daughter. The general set up ... See full summary »
Director: K.C. Park | Stars: Kim Seon-a, Gong Yoo, Nam Sang-mi, Ha Jung-woo
Votes: 1,066
17. Mu-rim-yeo-dae-saeng (2008)
122 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A beautiful martial arts prodigy becomes a ruthless warrior to guard the world against the evil spell.
Director: Jae-young Kwak | Stars: Shin Min-a, On Joo-Wan, Jeong Ho-bin, Park Hwi-soon
Votes: 945
18. Dal-kom-han geo-jit-mal (2008)
113 min | Comedy, Romance
TV writer Ji-ho has been secretly in love with the same man for the last ten years. One day she gets hit by a car by that very same man. After the accident she suffers from amnesia and ... See full summary »
Director: Jung-hwa Chung | Stars: Park Jin-hee, Jo Han-sun, Lee Ki-woo, Eun-ju Choi
Votes: 238
aka: Sweet Lie
19. You're My Pet (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
Eun-Yi (Kim Ha-Neul) works as an editor for a fashion magazine. She keeps failing in relationships with men, but doesn't get along with her colleagues. In-Ho (Jang Keun-Suk) was a promising... See full summary »
Director: Byeong-gon Kim | Stars: Kim Ha-neul, Jang Keun-suk, Ryu Tae-joon, Jeong Yu-mi
Votes: 1,242
20. Art of Seduction (2005)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Min-jun and Ji-won are first-rate "players" who are used to getting their way in the field of love and sex, until they run into each other. Let the games begin.
Director: Ki-hwan Oh | Stars: Son Ye-jin, Song Il-guk, Geum Bo-ra, Seong-cheol Ha
Votes: 1,528
21. Shotgun Love (2011)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sang-yeol, a 30-something loser stuck in a dead-end job as a home-shopping model, is able to marry the girl of his dreams - his modeling colleague So-yeon - when he discovers she's pregnant... See full summary »
Director: Rain Jung | Stars: Chang Jung Lim, Kim Gyu-ri, Kim Tae-hoon, Min-Hwan Park
Votes: 255
Shotgun Love
22. Innocent Steps (2005)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In pursuit of a triumphant comeback, a former dancing star imports a teenage phenom to play the role of his partner, only to discover that she barely has any experience. Can he train her to dance like a champ in just three months?
Director: Young-hoon Park | Stars: Moon Geun-young, Keon-hyeong Park, Song Ha-yoon, Kim Ji-yeong
Votes: 1,558
23. Du eolgurui yeochin (2007)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gu-chang meets a sweet, cute girl, also a college student. They date. Later, he discovers her dissociative identity disorder, when she becomes vicious at times.
Director: Seok-hoon Lee | Stars: Sin Eun-jeong, Sa Hee, Ji-min Kim, Hye Eun Lee
Votes: 652
24. Yasuwa minyeo (2005)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
A white lie makes things even more difficult for Dong-gun when his blind girlfriend regains sight after a successful operation. Will she love him for who he is?
Director: Kae-Byeok Lee | Stars: Ryu Seung-beom, Shin Min-a, Sang-tae Ahn, Yoo Da-in
Votes: 844
25. Cyrano Agency (2010)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
The Cyrano Agency is a dating agency which helps people who can't date to have a love life. The agency staff try helping their clients without being noticed. The agency's representatives ... See full summary »
Director: Hyun-seok Kim | Stars: Uhm Tae-woong, Lee Min-Jung, Daniel Choi, Park Shin-Hye
Votes: 1,511
26. Penny Pinchers (2011)
PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Ji-woong is a loser who can't find a job so he lies to his mom for money, but his mom abruptly cuts him off one day, and he becomes homeless. But that same day, salvation arrives in the ... See full summary »
Director: Jung-hwan Kim | Stars: Han Ye-seul, Song Joong-ki, Lee Sang-Yeob, Shin So-yul
Votes: 1,134
27. Motmalinun Gyerhon (2007)
115 min | Comedy
Directors: Seong-wook Kim, Young-hoon Park | Stars: Yeon-hong Ahn, Im Chae-moo, Yoon Da-hoon, Bon-im Goo
Votes: 199
28. Finding Mr. Destiny (2010)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
Gi-joon starts an agency that helps people locate their long-lost first loves and Ji-woo becomes his first client. She is dragged there by her worried father, Captain SEO, who learns that ... See full summary »
Director: You-Jeong Jang | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Gong Yoo, Ryu Seung-su, Lee Chung-Ah
Votes: 1,460
29. Project Makeover (2007)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
Feeling her age at thirty, Jung-joo despises how her life has turned out. Relegated to doing simple chores for a designer, she believes that the turning point of her life was hooking up ... See full summary »
Director: Chang-lae Kim | Stars: Ko So-young, Jo An, Geon Yu, Lee Joong-moon
Votes: 261
30. The Perfect Couple (2007)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Romance
Young cop with debilitating phobia meets a hyperactive young journalist who complicates his life and career by always managing to do the wrong thing.
Director: Jeong-woo Kim | Stars: Lee Dong-wook, Hyun Young, Jeong-heon Lee, Jeon Soo-kyeong
Votes: 297
The Perfect Couple
31. Cheongchun-manhwa (2006)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Romance
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.
Director: Lee Han | Stars: Jeong Gyu-su, Kim Ha-neul, Mi-ne Jang, Park Ji-bin
Votes: 683
32. Perfect Partner (2011)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A single father struggling to make his comeback as a screenwriter falls in love with one of his students. Meanwhile his son, studying to become a chef, falls in love with his teacher. Love ... See full summary »
Director: Hun-Su Park | Stars: Yeong-ho Kim, Chae-Yi Yoon, Kim Hye-seon, San-ho Kim
Votes: 299
rated 19+
33. Marrying the Mafia 2: Enemy-in-Law (2005)
115 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Mrs. Hong is the crime boss for a large mafia group. She orders her two sons, Kyung-Jae and Suk-Jae to find an elite wife for her eldest son In-Jae. In-Jae then meets beautiful Jin-Kyung, ... See full summary »
Director: Yong-ki Jeong | Stars: Shin Hyeon-jun, Kong Hyeong-jin, Lim Hyeong-jun, Kim Hyo-jin
Votes: 487
34. My Girlfriend Is an Agent (2009)
Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Due to her continual lying, a man breaks up with his girlfriend, unaware that she is a secret agent. A few years later, they meet again without knowing that this time they both have secrets.
Director: Terra Shin | Stars: Kim Ha-neul, Kang Ji-hwan, Ryu Seung-ryong, Jang Young-nam
Votes: 2,505
35. Fortune Salon (2009)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
Tae-rang is a successful upscale shaman with great looks. Unfortunately her love life is stunted by a prophecy that destines her to marry the unattractive and lazy Seung-won. As an alternative appears she must choose between love and fate.
Director: Kim Jin Young | Stars: Park Yejin, Chang Jung Lim, Seo Yeong-hie, Seo Yu-jeong
Votes: 187
36. Joheun saram isseumyeon sogae shikeojwo (2002)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
A South Korean woman, working at a dating agency, is having problems finding a man herself. She ends up having to deal a lot with a problematic client, a computer programmer, and somewhere along the line they fall for each other.
Director: Ji-eun Mo | Stars: Shin Eun-kyung, Jeong Jun-ho, Kong Hyeong-jin, Kim Yeo-jin
Votes: 209
37. Spellbound (2011)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A magician meets an eccentric girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It is only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.
Director: In-ho Hwang | Stars: Son Ye-jin, Lee Min-ki, Park Chul-min, Kim Hyun-sook
Votes: 3,685
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