Movies in the romance genre are evergreen. They are heart-warming yet hold the ability to make us cry too. Follow up on this list to know about some of the best romance movies released in Korea.
1. My Sassy Girl
Gyun-Woo is a college student who enjoys drinking with his buddies, picking up girls, and dodging his mother, who is always nit picking. But Gyun-Woo’s life begins to change when he meets a mysterious girl at the train station. After saving her from almost dying, Gyun-Woo and the girl weirdly fall into a relationship they never asked for. But for some reason, even after they separate, Gyun-Woo still can’t get her out of his mind.
2. A Moment To Remember
Su-Jin is a forgetful and absent-minded woman. She keeps forgetting small things and makes several mistakes. One such mistake led her to cross paths with a carpenter named Chul-Soo. Even though they inevitably start dating, it isn’t until Su-Jin falls sick that Chul-Soo realizes just how precious she is to him. The couple gets married but to Su-Jin’s dismay, she realizes that her forgetfulness is becoming more severe. Upon getting diagnosed, Su-Jin learns that she has a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease, that affects the young, which is soon taking all of her memories away.
3. Be With You
Soo-Ah promised her husband and her son that she would return one year after her death, at the start of the rainy days., Soo-Ah ends up keeping her promise and reappears in front of her husband and son. The only problem is that she doesn’t remember anything before her death. With the chance to make new memories with the one person they love the most in this world, the father-son duo aims to make the best of every day, for when the rainy days come to an end, Soo-Ah will once again cease to exist.
4. The Beauty Inside
Woo-Jin has been cursed since his 18th birthday. Every time he wakes up, his physical appearance changes, from being a man to being a woman, from an older man to a child. His secret is known only to two people, his mother and his best friend. But things change when he meets ‘that girl’. For the first time in his life, Woo-Jin feels like he has found someone with who he wants to share his secret, someone he wants to spend his life.
5. A Werewolf Boy
When Kim Sun-Yi first moved into her family home in the 1960s, she discovered a young, wild and uncivilized young boy. Thinking that he might have been orphaned during the Korean War, Sun-Yi’s mother decides to take the young boy in and names him Chul-Soo. Sun-Yi slowly begins to open up to him in an attempt to ‘tame’ him. In return, Chul-Soo starts showing understanding and affection towards her. Slowly the two open up and quickly grow fond of each other, but things take a wild turn for Sun-Yi when she discovers that the young boy her family took in wasn’t human at all.
6. Always
Marcelino was an ex-boxer who racked up a few different low-paying jobs to make ends meet. One such job is that of a night watchman. One night while, working he meets a young girl, Jung-Hwa. Jung-Hwa is a telemarketer who is slowly losing her sight. When the opportunity arises to help Jung-Hwa get her eye -sight back, Marcelino begins to realize just how much he loves Jung-Hwa when he plans on risking his life in a boxing match to win some money.
7. More Than Blue
K has loved Cream ever since they were young children. He had hopes and dreams of being with her for life. But when he finds out that he is terminally ill, K decides to go hunting for a suitable man for the person he loves most so that she wouldn’t be alone after his demise.
8. BA: BO- Miracle Of Giving Fool
Seung Ryong was involved in an accident when he was a young child. The accident killed his father and left him with some severe cerebral injuries. Now even though Seung Ryong is 27 years old, he has the intelligence of a 6-year-old. A few years later, his mother also passed away. Seung Ryong is left alone with his sister, who despises him. Even though Seung Ryong feels like everyone he loves will always end up leaving him, he tries to make an exception for his childhood friend.
9. Postman To Heaven
Jae-Joon is an exceptional postman who delivers mail to heaven. His job is to help soothe the pain of those left behind. One day one such heartbroken girl Ha-Na meets him when he is picking up the letters from the box. Jae-Joon tells her who he is and offers her a part-time job. Slowly as they spent more and more time together, Ha-Na’s pain became less and less. But when Ha-Na realizes that Jae-Joon has a huge secret, it begins to beg the question, “Why is Jae-Joon a postman for heaven in the first place?”.
10. Man In Love
Tae-Il is a low-level thug whose job is to pick up loans owed to his boss. One day he comes across Ho-Jung, a young girl whose father owed the thug some money. Unwillingly she is made to sign a contract stating that she would require selling her organs if her father fails to pay the money back. But for some reason, Tae-Il just can’t seem to get Ha-Jung out of his mind. He finds himself writing up a new contract with her that makes her go on dates with him.
With each date she goes on a certain amount of her debt gets paid off. Ha-Jung was reluctant of it at first, but when she realizes that she doesn’t have another choice, she gives in. And so, the two begin going on a series of awkward dates and slowly start to fall for each other.