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MAY 16, 2025

10 Korean Movies For Hopeless Romantics

Ipshita Chakraborty

Lifestyle

Krystal Jung's heartwarming rom-com follows a couple trying to make their long-distance relationship work. It is based on the novel Initiation Love by Kurumi Inui. 

Sweet & Sour (2021)

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Netflix's risqué rom-com has a woman with BDSM fantasies falling into a sweet but contractual relationship with her co-worker. 

Love and Leashes (2022)

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Kim Tae-ri and Kim Min-hee's chemistry sizzle in this queer psychological thriller studded with erotic scenes and emotionally intense moments.

The Handmaiden (2016)

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Lee Jun-ho will enchant you in the role of Heo Saek, who decides to become Joseon's first male gisaeng and falls deeply in love with a progressive woman.

Homme Fatale (2019)

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Woo-jin wakes up daily as a different person, but his love with Yi-soo never changes. Luckily, she also reciprocates his feelings despite the whole body-swapping ordeal.

The Beauty Inside (2015)

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A broke college student unexpectedly gets pursued by a popular, rich, handsome senior student in a tale full of surprising twists and turns.

Cheese in the Trap (2018)

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In this period romance set in 1398, the supreme commander of the recently established Joseon Dynasty risks it all for his first love. 

Empire of Lust (2015)

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K-pop girl group Red Velvet's Irene stars as an aspiring TV anchor working at a restaurant who sparks a cute romance with a foodie by chance.

Double Patty (2021)

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Sae-Bom accidentally learns about her mother's unexpected first love. It turns out to be a poetically heartwarming story of two women who were in love as young adults.

Moonlit Winter (2019)

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Invoking the 90s nostalgia, this romance film sparks a romance between a high school student and a teenager, and their love slowly blossoms into something deeper.

Tune In For Love (2019)

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