[Top 10] Korean Movies That Will Instantly Make You Happier

Sometimes life is just not going the way you want it to be. Then, a little pick-me-up film is all you need to cry it out, laugh out loud, smile and start feeling much better. It isn’t going to solve any problems but it’s a good way to start. These ten amazing feel good movies are guaranteed to do just that.

As we all know, life is better with cheer, laughter and a bit of a singalong.

My Sassy Girl

Gyun Woo is a college student, more interested in picking up girls, drinking with his buddies and avoiding his nagging mother whenever possible. While riding the subway, a drunken girl then changes his fate forever. She's nearly unconscious on the train and vomits on an older guy. She then leans over to Gyun Woo and everybody assumes she is his girlfriend! Gyun Woo soon finds himself in a relationship he didn't ask for, but soon unable to forget this sassy girl.

Be With you

Soo Ah, before passing away makes an unbelievable promise to her husband, Woo Jin, to return one year later on a rainy day. Miraculously, she keeps the promise and reappears before her husband and son but all her memories have disappeared. Tragically, the relief at their reunion is short-lived, because it turns out that Soo Ah has to leave her family once again.

Miracle in Cell No. 7

Lee Yong Gu is a mentally impaired father, who lives in a run-down house along with his daughter of the same age, Ye Seung. One day, he gets into a physical altercation with the police commissioner, who has just purchased the last Sailor Moon backpack for his daughter, a gift Yong Gu was saving up to buy for Ye Seung. Soon after, the police commissioner's daughter dies in a freak accident while she is taking Yong Gu to another store that sells the same backpack. When he tries to resuscitate her, a woman witnesses him and mistakes him to be molesting her. Yong Gu is falsely accused of the abduction, murder, and rape of a minor. The police quickly take advantage of his disability and force him to admit to committing the crimes, while ignoring exonerating evidence. Yong Gu is imprisoned and assigned to Cell No. 7, the harshest cell in a maximum security prison.

Sunny

Na Mi fondly recalls her childhood pal Chun Hwa, who befriended her as the ostracized, new girl in school, welcoming her into a clique nicknamed “Sunny.” Together, they survive tumultuous ’80s Seoul and vow to remain together forever. Now a housewife with an ungrateful teenage daughter and trapped in a stale marriage to a wealthy but unaffectionate husband, Na Mi long ago lost touch with the six girls from whom she was once inseparable, torn apart by circumstance. But one day while visiting her mother at the hospital she encounters Chun Hwa, who is now terminally ill. As the two renew their relationship and reminisce, Chun Hwa implores Na Mi to bring the scattered group together one last time. Featuring an ’80s pop hits soundtrack, this heartwarming film will alternately make you laugh and cry as these long-lost friends discover they can still change one another’s lives.

Miss Granny

Oh Mal Soon is a 74-year-old widow that realizes she is becoming a burden on her family. As she is roaming the streets, she comes across a photo studio and dresses up for a self-portrait. When she walks out, she mysteriously regains her physical appearance from the age of 20. Making the most out of this one in a lifetime opportunity, she changes her name to Oh Doo Ri and decides to enjoy the best out of her youth…

My Little Bride

Bo Eun is an ordinary high school girl who worries about SAT's and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, named Jung Woo. One day, Bo Eun's grandfather orders her to marry Sang Min. When they were very young, Bo Eun's and Sang Min's grandfathers had promised that they would become in-laws. Despite their opposition, they are forced to marry because of the strong influence of Bo Eun's grandfather. Bo Eun's undercover married life begins: She pretends that she doesn't have a husband and starts dating Jung Woo. Bo Eun believes that she can manage both men and live a double life. Everything goes smoothly until Sang Min visits Bo Eun's school as a student teacher.

Tune in For Love

In 1994, on the first day that Yoo Yeol went on air as the new DJ of the popular radio show ‘Music Album', a college girl Mi Soo meets Hyun Woo who happens to drop by the bakery she works at. Like the music streaming from the radio, their frequencies slowly come in sync; even when they're apart, the show brings them together through ebbs and flows of events arising from both pure coincidence and inevitability, until the bitter reality drives them apart. In 1997, during the IMF crisis, two people meet while exchanging stories on a radio program. They fall in love, but can't quite seem to get the timing right. The film is a romantic melodrama that will tell the love story of the optimistic Hyun Woo and the hard-working Mi Soo, who end up meeting by chance. Although the young couple’s paths keep crossing, the timing never appears to be in their favor.

The Beauty Inside

What would you do if you woke up with a new face every day? Woo Jin, a man who designs furniture for a living, is used to this. An elderly man, a little boy, a chubby woman, a foreigner, Woo Jin has grown accustomed to his supernatural “situation.” The only people that know of his illness are his mother and his best friend, Sang Baek. One day, Woo Jin meets Yi Soo, a girl who works for a furniture store and instantly falls in love with her. Since his physical identity changes frequently, he continues to visit her daily, acting as a customer that she has never seen before. Woo Jin finally musters up the courage to talk to her and ask her out on a date. The perfect date passes by and Woo Jin, knowing that his face will change once he falls asleep, attempts to stay awake for as long as he can. He meets Yi Soo for three consecutive days and Yi Soo also falls in love with him. However, Woo Jin can no longer fight sleep. He passes out and wakes up with a new face. Will Woo Jin tell Yi Soo about his condition? What will Yi Soo think?

200 Pounds Beauty

Hanna is a lip sync vocalist for the famous Korean pop singer, Ami. Even though everyone ignores her because of her appearance, Hanna is a bright and lighthearted girl. Until one day when Ami humiliates her in front of her crush, Sang Jun. Spurred on by this incident, she makes the life-altering decision to undergo plastic surgery to her entire body.

Love 911

A fire fighter, who lost his wife, & a doctor, who doesn't open her mind to others, meet. Through each other they are able to cure the scars they hold internally and slowly open their minds.

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(Source & Credits: Wikipedia, MyDramaList, Viki)