20 Best South Korean Romance Movies, Ranked

There’s nothing cozier than curling up with a blanket and a heartfelt movie, and South Korea’s romantic feature films offer concentrated, emotionally rich stories that often get overlooked beside sprawling K-dramas. While series can unpack characters over many episodes, Korean romance films deliver compact, intense journeys—heartwarming and heartbreaking alike—perfect for a single evening.

Bungee Jumping of Their Own (2001) pairs Lee Byung-hun and Lee Eun-ju as students In-woo and Tae-hee, whose romance is shattered when Tae-hee dies in a car accident. Seventeen years later, In-woo—now a high school teacher—meets a student, Hyun-bin, who resembles his lost love; the film probes self-acceptance, self-discovery and the idea of a destined partner.

Love and Leashes (2022) presents an unconventional office romance in which Ji-hoo and his senior Ji-woo explore a BDSM relationship that begins transactionally but grows into genuine affection, helped by a wide Netflix audience.

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