Tense K-dramas & movies: Politics and power

100 titles, most popular first

Theme: Politics and power

Masquerade

ReleasedMovie13 Sept 2012

My Country: The New Age

Completed4 Oct 2019

Sandglass

Completed9 Jan 1995

Seoul 1945

Completed1 Jan 2006

Tempest

Completed10 Sept 2025

The King

ReleasedMovie18 Jan 2017

Times

Completed20 Feb 2021

Anarchist from Colony

ReleasedMovie28 Jun 2017

Asura: The City of Madness

ReleasedMovie28 Sept 2016

Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers

Completed23 Mar 2013

Gabi

ReleasedMovie15 Mar 2012

Queen Woo

Completed29 Aug 2024

The Blade and Petal

Completed3 Jul 2013

The Mayor

ReleasedMovie26 Apr 2017

The Net

ReleasedMovie6 Oct 2016

The Point Men

ReleasedMovie18 Jan 2023

The Whirlwind

Premiered28 Jun 2024

Behind the White Tower

Completed6 Jan 2007

Buried Hearts

Completed21 Feb 2025

Chief of Staff

Completed14 Jun 2019

Default

ReleasedMovie28 Nov 2018

Empire of Lust

ReleasedMovie5 Mar 2015

Insu, the Queen Mother

Completed3 Dec 2011

Jeong Do-jeon

Completed4 Jan 2014

Kingmaker

ReleasedMovie26 Jan 2022

Lobbyist

Completed3 Oct 2007

Rampant

ReleasedMovie25 Oct 2018

The Crowned Clown

Completed7 Jan 2019

The Good Wife

Completed8 Jul 2016

The Great King, Sejong

Completed5 Jan 2008

The Great Seer

Completed10 Oct 2012

Trolley

Completed19 Dec 2022

Undercover

Completed23 Apr 2021

Artificial City

Completed8 Dec 2021

Eight Days, Assassination Attempts against King Jeongjo

Completed17 Nov 2007

Kim Su-ro, The Iron King

Completed29 May 2010

Queen: Love and War

Completed14 Dec 2019

Secret Boutique

Completed18 Sept 2019

The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won

Completed11 Dec 2021

The Lies Within

Completed12 Oct 2019

The President

Completed15 Dec 2010

5th Republic

Completed23 Apr 2005

Climax

Completed16 Mar 2026

Conspiracy in the Court

Completed9 Jul 2007

Endless Love

Completed21 Jun 2014

Foundation of the Kingdom

Completed2 Jan 1983

Punch

Completed15 Dec 2014

Rustic Period

Completed29 Jul 2002