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- DirectorKim Yong-hwaStarsJu Jin-moKim Ah-jungSung Dong-ilA talented but obese girl, who ghost-sings for a not-so-talented pop star, undergoes extensive plastic surgery to become a slender beauty with a new identity.done
- DirectorJeong-kwon KimStarsCha Tae-hyunHa Ji-WonJo Ah-raA mentally challenged man trying to keep his mother's only wish alive at any cost while trying to reconcile with his first and only real crush.done
- DirectorKyeong-hyeong KimStarsKim Ha-neulKwon Sang-wooJeong Gwang-jaeA man from a wealthy family who should be in his second year of college, is still finishing his highschool requirements. His family hire a tutor for him who is his own age but she comes from a poor background.done
- DirectorKim Ho-jungStarsLee Chung-AhPark Gi-woongJeong Eun-wooJunko, a Japanese of Korean ancestry, comes to Korea and finds lodging at a guest house, .But the room that she is supposed to stay in belongs to the owner's son, Jong-man. On her first night in Seoul, Junko is forced to share the room with Jong-man and quickly decides she needs to find alternate accommodation. But the owner hopes to keep Junko as a guest and offers Junko free Korean lessons - from Jong-man.
- DirectorHyun-seok KimStarsUhm Tae-woongLee Min-JungDaniel ChoiThe Cyrano Agency is a dating agency which helps people who can't date to have a love life. The agency staff try helping their clients without being noticed. The agency's representatives Byeong-hoon (played by Eom Tae-woong)and Min-yeong (Park Sin-hye) are giving their best to pair up their client, Sang-yong (Choi Daniel), with his love interest named Hee-joong (Lee Min-jeong). But when Byeong-hun sees Hee-joong's profile, he begins to doubt their abilities. Will "Cyrano Agency" succeed in their mission? This is a fun little romantic comedy made the Korean way. And a special notice for Eom Tae-woong, who i think is a good actor.
- DirectorKi-hwan OhStarsSon Ye-jinSong Il-gukWoo HyeonMin-jun and Ji-won are first-rate "players" who are used to getting their way in the field of love and sex, until they run into each other. Let the games begin.done
- DirectorIn-ho HwangStarsSon Ye-jinLee Min-kiPark Chul-minA magician meets an eccentric girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It is only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.done
- DirectorJung-hwan KimStarsHan Ye-seulSong Joong-kiLee Sang-YeobJi-woong is a loser who can't find a job so he lies to his mom for money, but his mom abruptly cuts him off one day, and he becomes homeless. But that same day, salvation arrives in the form of Hong-sil who's extremely stingy. Her hobby is visiting the bank to make savings deposits, and her specialty is selling empty glass bottles and old newspapers for cash. One day, her savings plans are brought to a screeching halt when she learns she needs a separate bank account under someone else's name to reach her goal of 20 million dollars. That's when Ji-woong comes into the picture.
- DirectorHeo In-mooStarsKwon Sang-wooHa Ji-WonKim In-kwonKyu-sik is a seminary student, who one day falls during a church service, dropping a precious, pope-blessed relic. As punishment, he and his comic relief friend Seon-dal are sent away to a small church in rural Korea to work in a sort of 'priest limbo' until they get their act together. Upon his arrival, Kyu-sik ends up in an awkward position with a groggy Bong-hee, a pretty girl who just flew in from America to visit her uncle-the priest of the rural church. However, Bong-hee's true reason for coming is to see her beloved boyfriend, but things don't go terribly smoothly and she is stuck in the church without a way home. Of course, all while she and Kyu-sik are slowly testing each other's nerves. Hate soon amounts to affection and the film gradually moves from playfully mean situations to the cute fuzzy ones banking on Kwon Sang-woo's and Ha Ji-won's endearing chemistry.
- DirectorHyun-seok KimStarsKim Ah-jungKim Hyeong-minKim Ju-hyukTwo brothers, Kwang-Sik and Kwang-Tae, have very different attitudes toward women. Kwang-Sik is extremely shy and can't say a word to a woman. But Kwang-Tae is a playboy who just sleeps around. One day, Kwang-Sik meets Yoon-Kyung for the first time in seven years and he tries to confess his feelings to her, in his own way. Similarly, Kwang-Tae meets Kyung-Jae during a marathon and he tries his own ways on her.At first Kwang-Sik still finds it very difficult to even talk to Yoon-Kyung and Kwang-Tae thinks of Kyung-Jae as yet another temporary conquest, but in each case something changes in the brothers. Will they be able to love this time?
- DirectorSuh-Goon LeeStarsRyu Seung-ryongLee Yo-wonLee Dong-wookThe Recipe centers on a TV producer searching for the recipe for an enchanting spicy bean-curd stew--and its elusive creator. Producer/presenter Choi Yu-jin smells a scoop when he learns that the last request of mass murderer and famed fugitive Kim Jong-gu before he was executed in February 2009 was for a bowl of dwinjang jjigae (beancurd stew). Choi discovers Kim was arrested at the tiny Sanjang Restaurant in a mountain pine forest outside Seoul, while eating a bowl of dwinjang jjigae so delicious that it reduced him to a state of pure bliss. Choi discovers that the soup was made not by the restaurant's owner but by a mysterious young woman, Jang Hye-jin, who turned up one day with a suitcase and was taken in by the owner. Choi becomes obsessed with finding Jang, who's since disappeared, and tracing her precise ingredients and preparation method.
- DirectorKim Sung-suStarsLee Na-youngJang HyukAngela KellyReserved 25 year old Na Young-ju has to attend an English course but she would be much more interested in getting a boyfriend.
- DirectorYi YongStarsBae DoonaNam-jin KimYun Ji-hye(Korean with English subtitles) Hyun-jae (Bae Doona of Cloud Atlas) is down on love; her boyfriends can't ever seem to get beyond her rough personality. When she finds a string of love notes in the library books she checks out, she becomes obsessed with finding the writer of the notes, ignoring the fact that true love may be found closer than she anticipates.
- DirectorJang-ha RyuStarsYoo Ji-taeLee Yeon-heeChae Jeong-anThirty-year-old Yun-woo bumps into a high school student in the elevator while on his way to work. His heart starts pounding at this teenager's boldness. At a subway station, KANG Sook can't stop staring at the long-haired, beautiful Ha-kyung. Ha-kyung breaks up with KANG Sook only a few hours after they first meet. However, KANG Sook has already fallen in love with her.
- DirectorSeok-hoon LeeStarsShin Eun-jungSa HeeLee Hye-eunGu-chang meets a sweet, cute girl, also a college student. They date. Later, he discovers her dissociative identity disorder, when she becomes vicious at times.
- DirectorWon Tae-yeonStarsKwon Sang-wooLee Bo-youngLee Beom-su"K" loves Cream but has terminal cancer so he keeps his love for her secret and tries to find a mate for her before he dies so she will not be alone after he dies.
- DirectorJo Byung-SukShin Jae HoShin Jai-HoStarsKim Jae-wonHa Ji-WonJin Tae-hyunA cute, poor, Korean high school senior's dumped by her boyfriend so she kicks a beer can hitting a handsome driver, who "crashes" his convertible. He insists on 3M won/USD3000 in damages. She can work it off over 100 days. Comedy follows.
- DirectorKyu-dong MinStarsJo Han-chulPark Hee-bonKim Jeong-taeDu-hyeon can't stand his wife anymore. He wants a divorce but he's weak. He hires a Casanova to seduce her and make her leave him. Will he succeed?done
- DirectorGi-hoon JeongStarsGo SooHan Hyo-jooLee Dong-kyuWhen a doctor gets sued for misdiagnosing a patient, she reaches out to a dedicated firefighter to be a character witness for her. An unlikely romance sparks between the two of them.
- DirectorKwang-shik KimStarsLee Chae-eunWon-tae ChoiChoi Gwi-hwaAn unlikely romance brews between Dong-chu, a tough-acting thug with a tender heart, and his bookish, and recently single, IT consultant neighbor, Se-jin.
- DirectorLee HanStarsJeong Gyu-suKim Ha-neulPark Ji-binJi-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality.
- DirectorHwan-kyung LeeStarsSong Seung-heonDa-bin JeongLee Ki-wooA girl insults a bully on internet. He starts calling her repeatedly and finally finds her. On an escape attempt she trips and their lips meet. Being the first to kiss him, she now has to promise to marry him. Is life over or...?
- DirectorJeong-sik KongStarsHyun BinOh Dae-gyooPark Eun-hyeYoung-mi (played by the fresh and wonderful Ha Ji-won) lost her parents when she was still young, but despite such hardship, she manages to live her life cheerfully. Helping her out is a mysterious benefactor. When the time comes for her to attend university, this secret patron pays her tuition and other fees. Young-mi wants to meet this man some day and thank him, but she never manages to glimpse more than his long shadow - and from this shadow she comes up with his nickname, DADDY LONG LEGS. A few years later, after Young-mi graduates from school, she gets a job writing for a morning program at a radio station. On her first day at her new job, she gets a present from DADDY LONG LEGS. Young-mi loves her job and the people she works with. She even starts to fall in love with Jun-ho (Yeon Jeong-hun), a researcher at the station. Meanwhile, Young-mi begins looking for an apartment near her work. With the help of a producer, Young-mi finds an apartment where a former co-worker from the station used to live. In the apartment is an old, abandoned computer that the co-worker used to use. On the computer, Young-mi finds an unsent email, with the Subject line: The Letter I Could Not Send - a sad tale of unrequited love. Touched by the tragic letter, Young-mi vows to help the woman who wrote it, just as the mysterious DADDY LONG LEGS once helped her. But, to Young-mi's great heartache, she soon discovers that the man her former co-worker loves is Jun-ho. Young-mi had solemnly promised herself to help this woman any way she could, but her love for Jun-ho is growing, too...
- DirectorHyun-seok KimStarsKim Ah-jungKim Hyeong-minKim Ju-hyukTwo brothers, Kwang-Sik and Kwang-Tae, have very different attitudes toward women. Kwang-Sik is extremely shy and can't say a word to a woman. But Kwang-Tae is a playboy who just sleeps around. One day, Kwang-Sik meets Yoon-Kyung for the first time in seven years and he tries to confess his feelings to her, in his own way. Similarly, Kwang-Tae meets Kyung-Jae during a marathon and he tries his own ways on her.At first Kwang-Sik still finds it very difficult to even talk to Yoon-Kyung and Kwang-Tae thinks of Kyung-Jae as yet another temporary conquest, but in each case something changes in the brothers. Will they be able to love this time?
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsLim Soo-jungRainPark Byeong-eunA girl who thinks she is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls.