Korean (Historical) Movies + Dramas: Chronologically

If I butchered the years/period during the events of the movies/dramas, please let me know and I'll be sure to correct it. Thank you!

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  • The Restless

    1. The Restless

    Korean Movie - 2006

    Not sure where I should put this one cause it is set in a Purgatory or Jungcheon, so there's not quite a definite year but this film is tag as historical and based on wiki, is set during (fictionalized) ancient Korea. 

  • Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

    2. Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes

    8.0

    There's no definite time period stated in this series, probably during the Bronze Age (as hinted throughout the 3 parts) so I'll use that as a reference. Based on wiki, Bronze Age in Korea started the earliest at around 1000 to 800 BC

  • Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude to All Legends

    4. Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude to All Legends

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes

    8.0
  • Jumong

    5. Jumong

    Korean Drama - 2006, 81 episodes

    The series started during the conquest of Gojoseon by Han China in 108 BCE until the death of Jumong at the age of 40 in the year 19 BCE

  • The King's Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang

    6. The King's Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang

    Korean Drama - 2013, 108 episodes

    During the reign of King Muryeong of Baekje, possibly in 501-523

  • Queen Seon Deok

    7. Queen Seon Deok

    Korean Drama - 2009, 62 episodes

    A biopic of Queen Seondeok who became the ruler of Silla. The series started from the late 570s at the end of the reign of King Jinheung of Silla until the end of Queen Seondeok's reign, 647.

  • Once Upon A Time In A Battlefield

    8. Once Upon A Time In A Battlefield

    Korean Movie - 2003

    Set in the year early 600s to 660 AD during the Battle of Hwangsanbeol where Baekje's forces is led by Gyebaek

  • The Great Battle

    9. The Great Battle

    Korean Movie - 2018

    Portrays the Siege of Ansi in the year 645 AD

  • Shadowless Sword

    10. Shadowless Sword

    Korean Movie - 2005

    It's 927 AD, after the fall of the capital of Balhae (a multiethnic kingdom in Manchuria)

  • Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    11. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes

    A 21st-century woman is transported in time back to the year 941 during the reign of King Taejo of Gaeryo

  • Empress Ki

    12. Empress Ki

    Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes

    A Goryeo-born woman ascends to power and becomes an empress of the Yuan Dynasty. Set during the early to mid 14th century

  • A Frozen Flower

    13. A Frozen Flower

    Korean Movie - 2008

    7.0

    Is loosely based on the reign of Gongmin of Goryeo (1330-1374)

  • My Country: The New Age

    14. My Country: The New Age

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    Set between the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty in the year 1390s

  • The Pirates

    15. The Pirates

    Korean Movie - 2014

    8.5

    Late 14th century, on the eve of the founding of the Joseon Dynasty

  • Six Flying Dragons

    16. Six Flying Dragons

    Korean Drama - 2015, 50 episodes

    Set during the reign/life of the first 3 kings of Joseon: Taejo, Jeongjong and Taejong in the years 1390s to early 1400s

  • Tree With Deep Roots

    17. Tree With Deep Roots

    Korean Drama - 2011, 24 episodes

    Portrays the early reign of King Sejong until the creation and publishment of Hangul, 1418-1446

  • The Princess's Man

    18. The Princess's Man

    Korean Drama - 2011, 24 episodes

    Set during the reign of King Munjong and King Sejo, from the year 1450 to 1468

  • The King’s Case Note

    19. The King’s Case Note

    Korean Movie - 2017

    9.0

    Late 1460s, during the reign of King Yejong (possibly 1468-1469)

  • Jewel in the Palace

    20. Jewel in the Palace

    Korean Drama - 2003, 54 episodes

    Based on the true story of Jang Geum, the first female royal physician of the Joseon Dynasty. Set during the reign of King Seongjong until King Myeongjong (from 1457 to March 1550)

  • Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People

    21. Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People

    Korean Drama - 2017, 30 episodes

    Tells the story of Hong Gildong during the reign of King Yeosangun in the year 1490s to early 1500s

  • The King and the Clown

    22. The King and the Clown

    Korean Movie - 2005

    9.0

    Set in the late 1490s during the reign of the notorious King Yeonsan of Joseon

  • Queen for Seven Days

    23. Queen for Seven Days

    Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes

    A love story in 1506 between Queen Dangyeon and King Jungjong

  • Blades of Blood

    24. Blades of Blood

    Korean Movie - 2010

    Set in 1592 during the reign of King Seonjo and is based on a graphic novel Like the Moon Escaping from the Clouds. 

  • Kingdom

    25. Kingdom

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes

    10

    Crown Prince Lee Chang stumbles across a political conspiracy while investigating a mysterious plague. Probably set in the 1590s

  • Kingdom Season 2

    26. Kingdom Season 2

    Korean Drama - 2020, 6 episodes

    10

    A continuation of events in season 1, probably still set in the 1590s (based on wiki)

  • The Admiral: Roaring Currents

    27. The Admiral: Roaring Currents

    Korean Movie - 2014

    9.0

    Based on the historical Battle of Myeongryang in 1597

  • Gu Family Book

    28. Gu Family Book

    Korean Drama - 2013, 24 episodes

    Possibly set in the late 16th century

  • Masquerade

    29. Masquerade

    Korean Movie - 2012

    9.0

    During the reign of King Gwanghae in 1608-1623

  • The Crowned Clown

    30. The Crowned Clown

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    A remake of the movie Masquerade. also set in the early 17th century

  • The Tale of Nokdu

    31. The Tale of Nokdu

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes

    Set during the reign of King Gwanghae (1608-1623) and King Injo (1623-1649) 

  • Iljimae

    32. Iljimae

    Korean Drama - 2008, 20 episodes

    A Robin Hood in the Joseon era during King Injo reign, at about the year 1633

  • War of the Arrows

    33. War of the Arrows

    Korean Movie - 2011

    Set during the 2nd Manchu Invasion of Korea in late 1630s

  • Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

    34. Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

    Korean Movie - 2016

    Possibly set in the mid 17th century during the reign of King Hyojong

  • Dong Yi

    35. Dong Yi

    Korean Drama - 2010, 60 episodes

    Centers on the love story between King Sukjong and Choi Sukbin, his royal concubine. From the late 17th century to the start of King Yeongjo's reign, 1724.

  • Queen In Hyun's Man

    36. Queen In Hyun's Man

    Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes

    A noble-born scholar of the Joseon Dynasty in the year 1694 mysteriously jumps forward to the year 2012

  • The Throne

    37. The Throne

    Korean Movie - 2015

    10

    Tells the unfortunate story of Crown Prince Sado, the son of King Yeongjo. Set in the year of 1735 to 1762

  • The Royal Tailor

    38. The Royal Tailor

    Korean Movie - 2014

    8.0

    Tells the rivalry between two tailors in charge of the royal attire. Possibly set during the reign of King Yeongjo in the mid 18th century

  • Portrait of a Beauty

    39. Portrait of a Beauty

    Korean Movie - 2008

    Portrays painter Shin Yunbok (pen name Hyewon) as being a woman disguised as a man. An adaptation of the novel Painter of the Wind. Set in the 1750s to late 1790s

  • The Grand Heist

    40. The Grand Heist

    Korean Movie - 2012

    During the last years of King Yeongjo's reigns in the late 18th century

  • Detective K 2: Secret of the Lost Island

    In 1795, the 19th year of King Jeongjo's reign

  • Detective K 3: Secret of the Living Dead

    Mid to late 18th century, during the reign of King Jeongjo

  • The Sword with No Name

    43. The Sword with No Name

    Korean Movie - 2009

    A fictionalized account of Empress Myeongseong, the wife of Gojong. Set in the 1860s-1890s

  • Mr. Sunshine

    44. Mr. Sunshine

    Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes

    10

    During the Shinmiyangyo and the early efforts of Japanese occupation in Korea. From the year 1871 to the early 1900s. Also, during the reign of King Gojong

  • Snowy Road

    45. Snowy Road

    Korean Movie - 2017

    Portrays the story of two teenage girls during the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945)

  • The Age of Shadows

    46. The Age of Shadows

    Korean Movie - 2016

    8.0

    Set in Seoul and Shanghai in the 1920s

  • The Hymn of Death

    47. The Hymn of Death

    Korean Drama - 2018, 6 episodes

    8.5

    A tragic romance between Joseon's first soprano and a genius playwright set in the 1920s

  • Anarchist from Colony

    48. Anarchist from Colony

    Korean Movie - 2017

    10

    Based on the independence activist Park Yeol and is set in 1923, around the event of the Great Kanto Earthquake 

  • The Last Princess

    49. The Last Princess

    Korean Movie - 2016

    9.0

    Tells the story of the last princess of Korea, Princess Deokhye in the years 1925 to 1962

  • My Way

    50. My Way

    Korean Movie - 2011

    9.0

    Set between the year 1928 to 1948 at the height of WW2

  • The Bridal Mask

    51. The Bridal Mask

    Korean Drama - 2012, 28 episodes

    About a Korean police officer commissioned by the Japanese police in the year 1930s

  • The Handmaiden

    52. The Handmaiden

    Korean Movie - 2016

    9.5

    1930s Korea during the Japanese occupation

  • Dong Ju: The Portrait of a Poet

    53. Dong Ju: The Portrait of a Poet

    Korean Movie - 2016

    Tells the life of the renowned poet, Yoon Dongju in the 1940s

  • Love, Lies

    54. Love, Lies

    Korean Movie - 2016

    8.0

    Takes place in 1943, about the two of the last remaining geishas in Korea

  • Operation Chromite

    55. Operation Chromite

    Korean Movie - 2016

    8.0

    Based on the real-life events of the Battle of Incheon in September 1950

  • Swing Kids

    56. Swing Kids

    Korean Movie - 2018

    During the Korean War in 1951 at the Geoje POW camp

  • The Long Way Home

    57. The Long Way Home

    Korean Movie - 2015

    Set in July 1953, a few days before an armistice

  • The Front Line

    58. The Front Line

    Korean Movie - 2011

    Set during the 1953 ceasefire of the Korean War

  • The Attorney

    59. The Attorney

    Korean Movie - 2013

    8.0

    Set during the regime of the authoritarian Chun Doo Hwan and is inspired by the real-life Burim Case in 1981. It is set in the years 1978 to 1987

  • May 18

    60. May 18

    Korean Movie - 2007

    Set during the Gwangju Uprising, May 18 to May 27 of 1980

  • A Taxi Driver

    61. A Taxi Driver

    Korean Movie - 2017

    10

    Set during the Gwangju Uprising

  • 1987: When the Day Comes

    62. 1987: When the Day Comes

    Korean Movie - 2017

    10

    Portrays the events leading up to the June Democratic Uprising in 1987

  • As One

    63. As One

    Korean Movie - 2012

    Set in 1991 during the World Table Tennis Championship

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