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- A Korean immigrant in L.A. encounters difficulties when he refuses to join the all-Korean gang in his highschool.
- A disillusioned student meets a eccentric beggar and a mute prostitute he falls in love with. Together, without money, they cross South Korea to help the girl go home.
- Two ruined, old adversaries meet in a rehab center and reassess the conflict that dominated their lives since the Korean War. One man is a former cop and the other is a former communist guerrilla. The film flashes back to their tragic pasts to explain how they arrived where they are.
- Korean-American Seo Seung-cheol is looking for a wife but requires any potential canidates to be similar to his mother. Feeling American women are too independent, he goes to Korea to search for a suitable bride. He meets Su-jin but is put off by the fact that she works in a carwash. However, as he gets to learn more about her, his feelings begin to change
- The sudden execution of his mother leaves a deep scar on the psyche of young Prince Yeongsan. When he ascends to the throne, he becomes attracted to a woman based on her resemblance to his mother. She uses his love and mother-fixation as a means to empower herself. She become more tyrannical and mad with power while he slips into insanity
- Cellist Yu-kyeong begins an affair with a pediatrician while his wife is overseas. The doctor decides to break off the affair before his wife returns when he learns that Yu-kyeong is pregnant and suicidal
- Ik-sang is arrested at his sister's wedding for his involvment with the activities of the Korean Independence Movement. After 10 years, he is released from prison and moves to Shanghai to avoid persecution by the Japanese colonial government. He is joined by his sister and her husband, Yeong-cheol. When the Korean war breaks out, Ik-sang joins the northern army and Yeong-cheol and his children join the southern forces.
- Backstabbing and infighting in the communist party operating in South Korea at the end of the 1940's, causes upheavals in leadership and confusion among the ranks. This makes it easier for Inspectors Kim and Parkm to bring the group to its knees and prevent it from spreading its ideology.
- A Parent-trap-like movie. Twins, separated at birth, meet by chance and decide to exchange places in the hope of bringing their parents back together.
- Two school troublemakers decide to become better students. They visit their suspicious teacher everyday after school to ask questions and offer help. When their teacher falls ill due to overwork and is hospitalized, they decide they must find a way to show their appreciation.
- Three friends invent a 'super-car' that does not require fossil fuels. However, they destroy it when they realize it would destroy many jobs in the oil and automotive industries.
- Hyeon-shik, an underground rock singer whose songs touch the hearts of his fans due to their lonely lyrics, falls in love with a photo journalist. However, she breaks up with him just before their wedding and sends him down a road of drugs and alcohol abuse from which he may not recover
- Bong-seon goes to Japan to meet her father after a long separation. Her brother accompanies her for protection. Almost as soon as they gett off the plane, they are attacked by North Koreans who are collecting money for Kim Il-sung's birthday
- The pupils of rival martial arts schools attempt to destroy each other using super-martial arts and spells raising the dead.
- Man-seok, a cow-seller, receives the girl Ok-sun in lieu of payment for a cow. He abuses her horribly and disfigures her face during one of his rages before losing her to a gambler.
- A man visits his nine children who are scattered across the country and is proud to learn that each one is honest and hardworking.
- A student in an all-girls highschool develops a crush on her homeroom teacher. Ethics prevent him from returning her feelings but she will try anything to be near him
- Seong Ji-yeon, a female officer of the North Korean army, is discovered by southern forces on a snow covered mountain. She suffers from severe frostbite so she is taken to a military hospital. There she falls in love with a doctor, Captain Lee. However, when he is sent to the front, she is sent to try to survive the hardships of a POW camp
- Two rival martial arts masters duel over territory and the loser plots revenge. Years later the victor has become more benevolent and sends out students to spread the good will of martial arts, only to inadvertently stir up old grudges.
- Dong-shik, a reformed bankrobber, is shocked to learn that his girlfriend had been driven mad by his former compatriots' brutality in his absence. In a rage, he sets out for vengence.
- Recently released from prison, Cheol-ho is expelled from his brother's house after he beats his sister-in-law. His brother decides that the family would be better off if Cheol-ho were dead and tries to arrange it.
- Three girls meet while searching for a chicken one of them had lost. They discover they have a lot in common and form the Yalgae Girls' Club at their school.
- A scandal from the past of two friends haunts them to the present and may result in the loss of any future happiness
- Based on the life of Korean folk-hero, Hong Kil-dong. Born of a concubine and an outcast of society, Hong Kil-dong rages against the corruption and hypocrapsy he sees around him. He becomes a Robin-hood style adventurer/thief to make the government officials and nobles aware of their faults
- Ae-bun feels pity for Seong-shin who is dying from a rare blood disease. She tries to make him enjoy his last days only to have her efforts rebuffed by his overly-protective father
- Sun-woo is fired from his advertising job in Japan after it is revealed that his parents were Korean. His girlfriend, Hideko, also leaves him, more for his sudden lack of money than out of racism. Sun-woo decides to attempt a bank robbery in order to win her back
- Four brothers live together and share the duties of a single household while trying to set their eldest brother up with the perfect woman.
- Based on a true story of a young boy who cares for his three younger siblings after their mother abandons them in the custody of their alcoholic father.
- Yong-pal and Yong-chil raise young Ji-hye whos e father is wanted by the police. There happy lives are turned to chaos when her father shows up wanting to live with them and be part of his daughter's life while continuing to hide from the police
- An ex-con falls in love with a nurse and tries to live an honest life for her sake. Following his example, his sister attempts to leave her position as a barmaid at a disreputable club
- A madam in a cabaret has worked hard to earn money for her elderly mother and to marry off her sisters to good husbands. She herself has dreams of marriage but, because of her seedy occupation, her dreams may never be realized
- When his classmate is injured while delivering milk before school, a friend takes over his task and pays the hospital bill for his friend's poor family.
- During the war, 2 brothers are forced to work for the Japanese in the mines of Sakhalin. At the conclusion of the war however, they find that the Soviet Union, now in control of the area, has no intention of letting them go
- Nan learns that Mr Oh is not her real father when he kicks her out of the house after the death of her mother. Lacking any means to survive on her own, Nan marries the abusive Do-seon, but when she winds up in a hospital after being severely beaten, a mysterious benefactor steps in to aid her
- Blind popular singer, Lee Yong-bok, relates the story of how he lost his vision and his tragic first romance.