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Films with the genre "Romance", sorted by name
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He's on Duty (2010)
, 1h50Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Kim In-kwon, Shin Hyun-bin, Kim Jung-tae
Bang Tae-sik is perennially unemployed as he drifts from one job to another, from manual labor to serving coffee. His appearance (dark skin and short height), being rather atypical for a Korean is to blame it seems, but best buddy Yong-cheol persuades Tae-sik to make better use of these disadvantages: Desperate and having nothing better to do, he adopts a strange accent and ethnic hat and is reborn as Bang-ga (a twist on his family name) from Bhutan, and immediately lands a job at a chair manufacturing factory.
The Servant (2010)
, 2h4Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ryoo Seung-bum, Kim Joo-hyuk, Cho Yeo-jeong, Oh Dal-soo, Song Sae-byeok, Ryu Hyun-kyung
Throughout the movie, the scene switches between the 'present' Bang providing the narration, and the flashback events of his past.
White Night (2009)
, 2h15Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Son Ye-jin, Han Suk-kyu, Go Soo, Lee Min-jung, Park Sung-woong, Lee Jong-won
The film starts when Kim Si-hoo, a pawnbroker, is found dead in a remote town in a derelict building, the police are divided whether it was a murder or a suicide.
The Peach Tree (2012)
, 1h46Directed by Ku Hye Sun
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Ryu Deok-hwan, Jo Seung-woo, Nam Sang-mi, Choi Daniel, Choi Il-hwa, Choi Il-hwa
Sang-hyun and Dong-hyun were born as conjoined twins with two heads sharing one body. Dong-hyun has the full control of their shared body, except his brother's head which is attached to the back of his. The two can never look at each other directly, as their heads always face the opposite direction. Dong-hyun looks "normal" as long as he wears his hoodie, which fully covers his brother's face. The two have lived nearly 30 years in a remote house with their father, who tells them not to go outside the property. However, things change when their father brings Seung-ah, a bubbly, good-hearted young artist, to the house to help Dong-hyun publish a children's book ― one of his lifelong dreams.
Fly High (2009)
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Kim Bum, Song Ha-yoon, Bae Soo-bin, Lee Chae-young, Kim Jin-woo, Kim Hye-jin
Si-bum dreams of becoming an actor. One day, he meets Su-kyoung and falls in love with her at first sight. With Si-bum around, Su-kyoung seems to get over her depression and her strained relationship with her father, but suddenly Su-kyoung disappears to confront her mother’s death. After receiving contact, Si-bum meets up with Su-kyoung at the sea and both escape their realities. Su-kyoung becomes severely injured in an accident, and in desperately struggling to save her, Si-bum steals money to pay her hospital bills. However, he had stolen from a gang who catches and forces him to work as a male escort. Si-bum uses his acting skills to cheer up a recovering Su-kyoung pretending he makes a living from acting. As his popularity rises as an escort, he follows Ho-su, his boss and mentor, to make more money in Seoul. One day he comes across one of his old friends and gets involved in a big fight.
Beastie Boys (2008)
, 2h3Directed by Yoon Jong-bin
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Yoon Kye-sang, Ha Jeong-woo, Yun Jin-seo, Ma Dong-seok, Kwon Yul, Yoon A-jung
Against the backdrop of metropolitan Seoul's fast-changing nightlife, rich but lonely ladies (mostly 30-something businesswomen) flock to an upscale host bar or "room salon" (bar with private rooms) and pay for the services of strapping, young male hosts.
Come Rain, Come Shine (2011)
, 1h45Directed by Lee Yoon-ki
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hyun Bin, Im Soo-jeong, Kim Hye-ok, Ha Jeong-woo, Kim Ji-soo
The film opens with a 9-minute long take of a married couple riding in a car together. After several minutes of small talk, the woman (Im Soo-jung) tells the man (Hyun Bin) that she's leaving him for another man. The rest of the film takes place in the couple's home during a rainstorm on their last day together, as the husband helps his wife pack. Various quiet, introspective scenes show them doing things such as making coffee, smoking a cigarette, and reminiscing over nostalgic items. While eating together, the woman asks the man why he isn't angry with her, saying that he has a right to be. The man says that he knows she doesn't change her mind when she decides on something and feels that he is partially to blame for their rift. She then accuses the man of being selfish for acting as "the perfect man" during their breakup. Their conversation is interrupted by the meowing of a lost kitten outside. They bring it inside, but it escapes and hides elsewhere in the house. Soon, their neighbors come looking for the kitten and are invited inside. Strained conversation ensues, and the neighbors inform the couple that the rain has flooded the roads, preventing travel to Seoul. The husband answers a phone call from his wife's new lover and passes it to her. She tells him she'll have to put off leaving until the next day due to the flooding. He asks her, "Is there anything holding you back?" To which she doesn't answer. The neighbors leave without the kitten, telling the couple to call them when it comes out. Now unable to go to their planned dinner reservation, the couple prepares dinner together. The man begins sniffling while cutting onions, and goes to the bathroom to wash his eyes, silently standing while letting the faucet run. The film ends with the kitten coming out of hiding and the woman telling it that everything is going to be okay.
Sa Bang-ji (1988)
, 1h34Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lee Hye-young, Park Am
Sa Bang-ji is a hermaphrodite, born to a hardened criminal and mentally disturbed woman. Taken in at a monastery, Sa Bang-ji meets and falls in love with a grieving young widow, Lee So-sa, but she betrays him when their relationship is discovered by the elders in her family. Sa Bang-ji manages to escape and meets a shaman priestess named Myo-hwa, with whom he plots to take revenge. After Myo-hwa is killed, Sa Bang-ji and So-sa are reunited, but they Sa Bang-Ji is captured and killed, and So-sa commits suicide.
Santa Barbara (2014)
, 1h39Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lee Sang-yoon, Yun Jin-seo, Esom, Kim Tae-woo, Park Hae-il
Jung-woo is a naïve music director of film and commercials, and works part-time at a music institute run by his friend. Until one day, his friend flees from his debts and workload, leaving Jung-woo to face the angry creditors, one of whom takes Jung-woo's precious guitar. While having a drink with director Kim, one of the creditors, Jung-woo meets Soo-kyung, whose sister is involved in the director's project. Soo-kyung is a promising creative director at an advertising agency, and Jung-woo's brief encounter with her leaves a good impression on him. When Jung-woo takes a job working on commercial music to buy back his guitar, the two run into each other. As they begin to spend time together at work and after-hours drinks, the more Jung-woo and Soo-kyung learn about each other. Aside from feeling attraction towards each other, they realize that they have several things in common, like coming from an atypical family and dreams of going on a winery tour. However, their relationship is put to the test when Jung-woo doesn't show up on the day of Soo-kyung's presentation because he was caught in heavy traffic. Soo-kyung misunderstands, calling him irresponsible, and the two break up. But not long after, they get a chance to work together on a project in Santa Barbara, California, which happens to be the location of their dream winery tour.
Directed by Kim Ki-young
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror, Romance
Actors Namkoong Won, Kim Ja-ok, Park Am, Lee Hwa-si
A melodrama about a man who survives an attempted double suicide with a stranger while picnicing with friends. He goes on a cave expedition for a famous archaeologist where he discovers a skeleton several thousand years old. He meets the spirit of the skeleton in a dream, and then becomes romantically involved with the archeologist's daughter.
Sex Is Zero 2 (2007)
, 1h55Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Im Chang-jung, Song Ji-hyo, Im Chang-jung, Yoo Chae-yeong, Lee Sang-yoon, Shin Yi
Having broken up with his girlfriend, law student Eun-sik is keen to consummate a new relationship with Kyung-ah, a popular swimming champion with a painful past. Despite help from his friends, Eun-sik begins to doubt himself when Gi-joo, a suave prosecutor, tries to compete for Kyeong-ah's affections.
Steel Cold Winter (2013)
, 1h49Genres Thriller, Horror, Romance
Actors Kim Yoon-hye, Kim Shi-hoo, Gi Ju-bong, Jung In-gi, Park So-dam
Yoon-soo was once a student at one of the best high schools in Seoul, but a trivial remark he made turns into a vicious rumor that leads his friend to commit suicide. Unable to bear the guilt, Yoon-soo attempts to kill himself. To help him recover, his family moves to Ijeon-li, a snow-covered village on a mountain. On the day of the move, Yoon-soo sees a mysterious young girl skating by herself on the frozen lake. Having started school in this small, rural town, Yoon-soo slowly finds peace within. Despite the villagers' kindness and his peers' ongoing fascination with him as a cool guy from the city, he keeps to himself. There is, however, one girl who gets Yoon-soo's attention: the class outcast Hae-won. The aloof Hae-won, who lives alone with her mentally disabled father, is viewed as pariah by the entire village and constantly at the center of the townsfolk's gossip. As if seeing himself in her, he offers her sympathy and warmth, and Hae-won slowly opens up to him, feeling that he's the only one who understands and accepts her. But soon, Yoon-soo also becomes consumed by the brutal rumors surrounding Hae-won.
Mourning Grave (2014)
, 1h30Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Romance
Actors Kang Ha-neul, Kim So Eun, Kim Jung-tae, Lee Ah-hyun, Han Hye-rin, Joo Da-young
Though it is the place where his unwanted ability to see ghosts all began, teenager In-su returns to his hometown in order to face his demons. He had tried to stay away, but his ability, which led vengeful ghosts to seek him out, drew too much attention around him and forced him back to his childhood town. He goes to his uncle Seon-il for advice, who also inherited the same supernatural abilities from his great grandfather, but he is of no help. Beyond his ghostly visions, In-su's life is also made hell at his new high school, where a gang of bullies cruelly pick on the weaker children. All that In-su has in his life is a mysterious ghost girl who lurks around him. One day, the bullies at the school begin to be attacked one by one by a girl in a gruesome mask. In-su is able to sense the powerful presence of a ghost's grudge and discovers a link to a girl who was bullied at school and took her own life as a result. Looking to come to terms with his supernatural affliction and to get to the bottom of the murder mystery, In-su dives into the case.
A Boy Who Went to Heaven (2005)
, 1h54Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Yeom Jeong-a, Park Hae-il, Jo Min-Soo, Oh Kwang-rok, Lee Sung-min
Ne-mo is a thirteen-year-old boy growing up in 1980s South Korea, and is the only child of a single mother who runs a watch repair shop in their small town. Having never met his father, Ne-mo resolves to marry a single mother when he is older. Following the suicide of his mother, Ne-mo becomes acquainted with Bu-ja, who opens a comic shop in his town. Bu-ja is also a single mother with a young son of her own, and Ne-mo instantly falls in love with her. Despite their age difference he proposes to her in a movie theater, but a fire breaks out and Ne-mo is killed saving Bu-ja's son.
Empire of Lust (2015)
, 1h53Directed by Ahn Sang-hoon
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Shin Ha-kyun, Jang Hyuk, Kang Ha-neul, Gi Ju-bong, Hwang Geum-hee, Lee Jae-yong
Kim Min-jae is a brilliant general who's distinguished himself by protecting the borders of the recently established Joseon dynasty. He keeps a close eye on Yi Bang-won, the fifth son of King Taejo, whom he believes has ambitions of seizing the throne. Yi Bang-won was instrumental in helping his father overthrow the Goryeo dynasty and founding Joseon, but was passed over when Taejo chose his successor. Meanwhile, Kim Min-jae falls in love for the first time with a gisaeng named Ka-hee, whom he takes as his concubine, not realizing that she aims to carry out a vendetta against him.