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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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.
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2. Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
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
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3. Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
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4. Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude to All Legends
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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9. The Great Battle
Korean Movie - 2018
Portrays the Siege of Ansi in the year 645 AD
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10. Shadowless Sword
Korean Movie - 2005
It's 927 AD, after the fall of the capital of Balhae (a multiethnic kingdom in Manchuria)
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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
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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
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13. A Frozen Flower
Korean Movie - 2008
Is loosely based on the reign of Gongmin of Goryeo (1330-1374)
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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
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15. The Pirates
Korean Movie - 2014
Late 14th century, on the eve of the founding of the Joseon Dynasty
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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
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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
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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
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19. The King’s Case Note
Korean Movie - 2017
Late 1460s, during the reign of King Yejong (possibly 1468-1469)
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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)
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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
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22. The King and the Clown
Korean Movie - 2005
Set in the late 1490s during the reign of the notorious King Yeonsan of Joseon
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23. Queen for Seven Days
Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
A love story in 1506 between Queen Dangyeon and King Jungjong
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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.
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25. Kingdom
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
Crown Prince Lee Chang stumbles across a political conspiracy while investigating a mysterious plague. Probably set in the 1590s
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26. Kingdom Season 2
Korean Drama - 2020, 6 episodes
A continuation of events in season 1, probably still set in the 1590s (based on wiki)
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27. The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Korean Movie - 2014
Based on the historical Battle of Myeongryang in 1597
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28. Gu Family Book
Korean Drama - 2013, 24 episodes
Possibly set in the late 16th century
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29. Masquerade
Korean Movie - 2012
During the reign of King Gwanghae in 1608-1623
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30. The Crowned Clown
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
A remake of the movie Masquerade. also set in the early 17th century
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31. The Tale of Nokdu
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
Set during the reign of King Gwanghae (1608-1623) and King Injo (1623-1649)
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32. Iljimae
Korean Drama - 2008, 20 episodes
A Robin Hood in the Joseon era during King Injo reign, at about the year 1633
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33. War of the Arrows
Korean Movie - 2011
Set during the 2nd Manchu Invasion of Korea in late 1630s
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34. Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River
Korean Movie - 2016
Possibly set in the mid 17th century during the reign of King Hyojong
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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.
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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
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37. The Throne
Korean Movie - 2015
Tells the unfortunate story of Crown Prince Sado, the son of King Yeongjo. Set in the year of 1735 to 1762
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38. The Royal Tailor
Korean Movie - 2014
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
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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
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40. The Grand Heist
Korean Movie - 2012
During the last years of King Yeongjo's reigns in the late 18th century
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41. Detective K 2: Secret of the Lost Island
Korean Movie - 2015
In 1795, the 19th year of King Jeongjo's reign
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42. Detective K 3: Secret of the Living Dead
Korean Movie - 2018
Mid to late 18th century, during the reign of King Jeongjo
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43. The Sword with No Name
Korean Movie - 2009
A fictionalized account of Empress Myeongseong, the wife of Gojong. Set in the 1860s-1890s
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44. Mr. Sunshine
Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
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
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45. Snowy Road
Korean Movie - 2017
Portrays the story of two teenage girls during the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945)
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46. The Age of Shadows
Korean Movie - 2016
Set in Seoul and Shanghai in the 1920s
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47. The Hymn of Death
Korean Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
A tragic romance between Joseon's first soprano and a genius playwright set in the 1920s
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48. Anarchist from Colony
Korean Movie - 2017
Based on the independence activist Park Yeol and is set in 1923, around the event of the Great Kanto Earthquake
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49. The Last Princess
Korean Movie - 2016
Tells the story of the last princess of Korea, Princess Deokhye in the years 1925 to 1962
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50. My Way
Korean Movie - 2011
Set between the year 1928 to 1948 at the height of WW2
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51. The Bridal Mask
Korean Drama - 2012, 28 episodes
About a Korean police officer commissioned by the Japanese police in the year 1930s
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52. The Handmaiden
Korean Movie - 2016
1930s Korea during the Japanese occupation
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53. Dong Ju: The Portrait of a Poet
Korean Movie - 2016
Tells the life of the renowned poet, Yoon Dongju in the 1940s
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54. Love, Lies
Korean Movie - 2016
Takes place in 1943, about the two of the last remaining geishas in Korea
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55. Operation Chromite
Korean Movie - 2016
Based on the real-life events of the Battle of Incheon in September 1950
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56. Swing Kids
Korean Movie - 2018
During the Korean War in 1951 at the Geoje POW camp
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57. The Long Way Home
Korean Movie - 2015
Set in July 1953, a few days before an armistice
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58. The Front Line
Korean Movie - 2011
Set during the 1953 ceasefire of the Korean War
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59. The Attorney
Korean Movie - 2013
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
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60. May 18
Korean Movie - 2007
Set during the Gwangju Uprising, May 18 to May 27 of 1980
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61. A Taxi Driver
Korean Movie - 2017
Set during the Gwangju Uprising
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62. 1987: When the Day Comes
Korean Movie - 2017
Portrays the events leading up to the June Democratic Uprising in 1987
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63. As One
Korean Movie - 2012
Set in 1991 during the World Table Tennis Championship