Movies like Eungyo (2012)
The best movies like Eungyo (2012) are A Frozen Flower (2008), Untold Scandal (2003) and Happy End (1999). If Eungyo hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest rated3-Iron (2004)7.8/10 from 1,318 votes
- NewestPurpose of Reunion (2015)Released 2015
- In KoreanA Frozen Flower (2008)Also in Korean
A Frozen Flower (2008)
A despotic king orders his male lover to produce an heir for him with his Queen. But when they instead fall in love, will tragic consequences follow?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUntold Scandal (2003)
In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if he succeeds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHappy End (1999)
When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGreen Chair (2005)
When she falls in love with a handsome minor, a South Korean housewife finds herself at the center of a sexual scandal and hounded by hungry tabloid journalists. She vows to cut him out of her life but then he reaches the age of legal consent.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
The Servant (2010)
A servant falls in love with a girl whom his master also desires. Although the girl loves the servant, she also longs to improve her station in life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisObsessed (2014)
A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScarlet Innocence (2014)
A university professor gradually succumbing to blindness is entranced by an obsessive love, in this modern-day adaptation of a classic Korean fairy tale.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Power of Kangwon Province (1998)
After a breakup, a young woman goes to a mountain resort on vacation and falls for a married policeman. Unbeknownst to her, her ex is also vacationing there.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Late Spring (2014)
Set in the 1960's. Joo-goo is viewed as Korea's best sculptor, but he suffers from a disease which will slowly paralyze his body. He gives up interests in the arts and just spends his days meaninglessly. His wife, Jung-sook, tries to find a nude model for him, hoping the model might inspire him to sculpt again. One day, Jung-sook meets Min-gyung.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Plum Blossom (2000)
High school senior, Jayo is seduced into his first sexual experience by classmate Hara, who eventually kills herself when he ignores her. Since then, he immerses himself in loveless sex until he meets cheerful nurse, Namok. Meanwhile, his pal Seuin has developed a crush on his teacher, which is socially taboo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
The Harmonium in My Memory (1999)
Hong-yun is a high school girl in little mountain village when she falls head-over-heels for a handsome new school teacher, Mr. Kang. What with taking care of her youngest baby brother for her widowed mother and the impossible age difference, it is a roller-coaster ride for her as she tries to become someone special for Mr. Kang while he seems interested in the other new teacher at the school, Miss Yang.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime (2006)
Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love with the new face, not knowing it's the same woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChunhyang (2000)
Once at a pagoda Mongryong Lee, a scion of a well-to-do family, meets Chunhyang, the young daughter of a courtesan and an aristocrat. Despite her low social standing she is smart and well-educated. The young people fall in love and think about marriage so that they could always be together. Mongryong is soon to go to the capital to take the state civil service exam. They part and in Chunhyang's life there appears the greedy and lustful Byun Hak-do, who tries to seduce her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPurpose of Reunion (2015)
Dongchul, who is managing a small bar, is always enthusiastic about his school reunions. One day, Yujin, who has never showed up to a reunion, shows up at his bar. Her baby face and vitality make her unlike other married women and all the men fall for her, especially Dongchul. They start a relationship but it abruptly flames out due to the sudden arrival of Dongchul’s wife. As they get to know each other's secrets, will their love be allowed to grow?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Christmas in August (1998)
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLovers' Concerto (2002)
A college student befriends two cute girls his age. He loses contact with them. He tries to find them years later.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPaju (2009)
A young woman living in the South Korean town of Paju recalls the last 8 years of her life, since a young man on the lam escaped to it from Seoul and married her older sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Woman on the Beach (2006)
A movie director entices his young friend to come to the beach on the pretext of writing a script. He then starts an affair with the friend's girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Oasis (2002)
A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFailan (2001)
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Classic (2003)
Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like this3-Iron (2004)
A drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Concubine (2012)
A tragic love triangle story between Hwa-yeon, a daughter of a nobleman, her true love Kwon-yoo, a servant and the man who will be King, Prince Sung-won.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisNo Regret (2006)
Su-min is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Sweet Sex and Love (2003)
Shin-ah, a free spirit, has an unexpected encounter with Dong-gi, who seeks excitement. After a passionate night, she breaks up with her boyfriend and reunites with Dong-gi when he calls. The two fall madly in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Pharisee (2014)
Seung-gi has been living under a strict father, blaming himself everytime when a natural but uncontrollable desire surges from inside of him. However, because he can't spurt that desire in reality, every night Seung-gi shares passionate love with a mystery woman in his dreams. He meets Eun-ji ("Viki") a senior from school and gets provoked by her as well as Soo-jeong who he's had a crush on forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Innocent Thing (2014)
A high school teacher whose wife is about to give birth finds himself tangled in temptation and obsession when a student falls for him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Affair (2014)
Ga-hee appeared in front of Seong-min who was bored running a book store after retiring. Ga-hee runs a ballet school and wasn"t on very good terms with her husband, which led to her and Seong-min falling madly in love together. They know they shouldn"t be together, but that"s what makes everything even better. Later on, their love reaches the point of destruction...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (2002)
After being rejected for a film role, a stage actor leaves Seoul to visit a friend and, in his travels, winds up getting involved with two women.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPortrait of a Beauty (2008)
Yun-jeong, a skilled painter, disguises herself as a man in court to continue her family's legacy. Circumstances become difficult when her relationship with Kang-mu draws jealousy from the others.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Eungyo?
The closest matches to Eungyo are A Frozen Flower (2008), Untold Scandal (2003) and Happy End (1999). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Eungyo?
People who watched Eungyo most often go on to A Frozen Flower (2008), Untold Scandal (2003) and Happy End (1999).
What is the highest-rated movie like Eungyo?
3-Iron (2004), rated 7.8/10 by 1,318 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Eungyo?
Purpose of Reunion (2015) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Eungyo?
Yes: A Frozen Flower (2008), Untold Scandal (2003) and Happy End (1999).
How are movies similar to Eungyo chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Eungyo, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.