Thirty-Nine is a South Korean television series directed by Kim Sang-ho that premiered in 2022 and starred Son Ye-jin, Jeon Mi-do, and Kim Ji-hyun. This series follows the lives, friendships, romances, and loves of three friends who are about to reach 40. It debuted on JTBC on February 16, 2022, and ran for 12 episodes every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 (KST). Netflix has it accessible for streaming. The series' last episode had the highest national rating of 8.1 percent. Furthermore, it was included in the Global Top 10 weekly list of the most-watched worldwide Netflix TV programs for four weeks as of April 3.

A trio of closest friends remains together through thick and thin as they navigate life, love, and grief on the verge of reaching 40. Cha Mi Jo (Ye-jin) is the director of a dermatology clinic in Gangnam. She is a kind character who grew up in a prosperous home with all she could want. Jung Chan Young (Jeon Mi-do) aspired to be an actor but instead became an acting instructor. Although her demeanor may appear direct and unpleasant, the sincerity in her statements makes her a difficult figure to dislike. Jang Joo Hee (Kim Ji-hyun) is the cosmetics manager at a department store. She has yet to have a romantic connection because of her shy attitude.

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Starring: Son Ye-jin, Jeon Mi-do, Kim Ji-hyun

Original release: February 16 – March 31, 2022

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt15181094/

Crash Landing on You is a South Korean television series that premiered in 2019-2020 and was written by Park Ji-eun, directed by Lee Jeong-hyo, and starred Hyun Bin, Son Ye-jin, Kim Jung-hyun, and Seo Ji-hye. It tells the story of a successful South Korean businesswoman and chaebol heiress who, while paragliding near Seoul, South Korea, is swept up in a sudden storm, crashes lands in the North Korean portion of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and meets an army captain in the Korean People's Army who decides to help her hide. Despite the difference and controversies between their respective countries, they grow in love over time.

Yoon Se Ri (Son Ye-jin), a South Korean heiress, crashes landings in North Korea after a paragliding mishap. She encounters North Korean army commander Ri Jung Hyuk (Hyun Bin) there, who promises to assist her in returning to South Korea. Despite the tensions between their countries, the two begin to fall in love.

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Starring: Hyun Bin, Son Ye-jin, Kim Jung-hyun, Seo Ji-hye

Original release: December 14, 2019 – February 16, 2020

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt10850932/

The series follows two people as they progress from "simply acquaintances" to "a true partnership". Jin-ah (Son Ye-jin) is a district supervisor in her 30s at Coffee Bay (a genuine Korean business), while Joon-hee (Jung Hae-in) is an animator in his early 30s at Smilegate Entertainment, a video game company. When he returns after working abroad, he reconnects with Jin-ah, who has been close friends with Joon-hee's sister since they were children. The episodes provide an intimate look at how they fall in love, deal with their age disparities (which are considered taboo in some circles), and find the confidence to tell everyone about their relationship.

A secondary plot is around the difficulties that female employees encounter at the firm Jin-ah, where she works, as they attempt to climb the corporate ladder in the face of extreme sexual harassment, maltreatment, discrimination, and career sabotage by their male bosses. A sexist culture that is deemed typical yet unsaid in South Korean corporations.

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Starring: Son Ye-jin, Jung Hae-in, Jang So-yeon

Original release: March 30 – May 19, 2018

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt8078816/

Han Yi-soo’s (Kim Nam-gil) father is the chauffeur of the owners of Gaya Hotel Group, the family of Jo Hae-woo (Son Ye-jin). The driver is convinced to accept responsibility for a hit-and-run accident caused by the family's inebriated son. However, when he changes his mind, he is assassinated before he can recant. Yi-soo, then a high school student, attempts to discover the truth and clear his father. He dials Hae-woo, his first love, but the phone box is purposefully rammed by a vehicle. Following the assassination attempt, Yi-soo vanishes and finds up in Japan, where he is adopted by Yoshimura Junichiro (Lee Jae-gu), a wealthy and prominent Japanese-Korean businessman.

He returns to Korea 12 years later, with a new identity as Japanese-Korean businessman Yoshimura Jun and well-planned intentions. Hae-woo, who thought Yi-soo was dead, became a prosecutor to find out what happened to him. She marries Oh Joon-young (Ha Seok-jin), the son of Chief Prosecutor Oh Hyun-shik (Jung Won-Joon), and a childhood friend of Yi-soo. No one in Korea, including Hae-woo, recognizes Yi-soo, despite his continuous attempts to see Hae-woo, and even after Hae-woo knows Yi-soo is still alive. Yi-soo and Hae-woo are torn between love and vengeance.

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Starring: Kim Nam-gil, Son Ye-jin

Original release: May 27 – July 30, 2013

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt2932820/

Personal Taste is a South Korean television series that premiered in 2010 and starred Son Ye-jin and Lee Min-ho. It is based on Lee Se-in's 2007 novel of the same name, about Park Kae-in, a furniture designer who lives with architect Jeon Jin-ho under the incorrect notion that he is gay. From March 31 to May 20, 2010, it aired 16 episodes on MBC on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST).

When Jeon Jin Ho applies to be Park Gae In's (Son Ye-jin) roommate, he is misunderstood as a gay man. His interests include organizing and ironing, and he is well-known for his poker face. He is a stickler for cleanliness, but he also has a flair for reading women's emotions. Gae In is highly trusting, despite her history of betrayal. That doesn't stop her from giving others the benefit of the doubt, and Jin Ho (Lee Min-ho) is no exception. How will Gae In respond when she discovers that her homosexual roommate is not gay at all and has fallen for her?

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Starring: Son Ye-jin, Lee Min-ho

Original release: March 31 – May 20, 2010

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt1666217/

Yoo Eun-ho (Son Ye-jin) and Lee Dong-jin (Kam Woo-sung) meet one day in his bookshop and are instantly drawn to one other. Following several meetings, they fall in love and finally marry. They divorced two years later. Dong-jin continues to work at the bookshop, while Eun-ho works at a gym. Even still, a year and a half after their divorce, the two still meet for breakfast at their favorite bakery, argue over small matters like a married couple, and celebrate their wedding anniversary with a free meal ticket supplied by the hotel where they married.

As new love partners enter their life, the story is punctuated by either character's internal monologue about their previous and current relationships. All of this makes them wonder if these lingering sensations are love, despite the fact that they are both too terrified to start afresh, and even more afraid to leave the relationship entirely. They are unable to go on because neither is bold enough to address the other about the misunderstanding on the day Eun-ho had a stillborn kid.

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Starring: Kam Woo-sung, Son Ye-jin, Gong Hyung-jin, Lee Ha-na

Original release: April 3 – May 23, 2006

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt0843239/

The Negotiation is a 2018 South Korean action crime thriller film directed by Lee Jong-seok and starring Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin. The film was released on September 19, 2018. An ace crisis negotiator Ha Chae-yoon (Son Ye-jin) faces off against a ruthless hostage taker Min Tae-gu (Hyun Bin), who kidnapped two Koreans in Bangkok, Thailand. Over the course of 21 hours, she attempts to force him to reveal his motivations.

Yoon Je-kyoon directs The Negotiation, a psychological thriller brimming with Korean swear words (who also directed Sex is Zero and Haeundae). Son Ye-jin, who portrays professional negotiator Ha, goes up against a vicious and clever Hyun Bin, who plays kidnapper Min. If you're familiar with Korean films and dramas, these seasoned names should undoubtedly pique your interest. The Negotiation's strong characteristics are its quick tempo and numerous curveballs. The film combines each scene smoothly and impressively—there are no lulls, no moments of respite to break the suspense. The film keeps you guessing by dropping tidbits of information like Chinese water torture. You're not sure when the next hint will arrive, but when it does, the understanding slams you like a brick, leaving you with even more questions than you started with.

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Starring: Son Ye-jin, Hyun Bin

Original release: September 19, 2018

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt6904272/

Be with You is a 2018 South Korean romantic film directed by Lee Jang-hoon and starring So Ji-sub and Son Ye-jin. The film is a remake of the 2004 Japanese film of the same name, which is based on Takuji Ichikawa's novel of the same name. Before passing away, Soo-ah (Son Ye-jin) makes an extraordinary vow to her husband, Woo-jin (So Ji-sub), to return one year later at the onset of the rainy season.

She somehow honors her vow and returns in front of her husband and son, but she has no memory of what happened. Unfortunately, their happiness is short-lived since Soo-ah must leave her family at the conclusion of the rainy season. Son Ye-jin and So Ji-sub have previously worked together in the 2001 drama series Delicious Proposal as siblings. Ko Chang-seok and So Ji-sub have also appeared together previously in the 2008 film Rough Cut. Be with You surpassed 1 million viewers within seven days since its local release and is ahead of popular melo-romance films Architecture 101 and The Beauty Inside which took eight and nine days respectively to achieve 1 million moviegoers.

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Starring: So Ji-sub, Son Ye-jin

Original release: March 14, 2018

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt8092252/

In 1925, Japan rules Korea, and Princess Deokhye (Son Ye-jin), the last princess of the Joseon Dynasty, is compelled to migrate to Japan to attend school. She misses her home and makes many efforts to return after finishing school, but is stopped by pro-Japanese commander Han Taek-soo (Yoon Je-moon). One day, she is reunited with her childhood buddy, Kim Jang-han (Park Hae-il), a Japanese army officer who is also involved in the Korean independence fight. Kim devises a covert plot to transport Deokhye and her brother Yi Un (Park Soo-young) to Shanghai, the headquarters of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.

This attempt fails when Han Taek-soo (Yoon Je-moon) learns the scheme, and Deokhye and Kim are separated and lose communication. In 1931, she is forced to marry Count S Takeyuki, and the following year, after giving birth to their daughter, she gets into insanity. Kim goes on to become a newspaper writer and ultimately tracks down Deokhye in a Japanese mental institution, decades after they were separated. He then persuades the South Korean authorities to let her stay, and Deokhye is ultimately allowed to return to her motherland in 1962.

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Starring: Son Ye-jin, Park Hae-il

Original release: August 3, 2016

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt5947416/

Da-eun (Son Ye-jin) has finished graduate school and plans to work as a newspaper writer. Son-man (Kim Kap-soo), her father, tenderly calls to her as "my heart". Da-eun is proud of her father, despite the fact that he does a menial job. Da-eun goes to the cinema with her lover Jae-kyung (Lee Kyu-han) and her friend Bo-ra one day (Jo An). They watch a film based on a true-life unsolved incident in which a boy was stolen and the kidnapper sought a ransom from the parents, but the youngster was subsequently discovered dead.

The only indication the authorities had of the killer's identity was the phone call he made to the parents demanding a ransom. They play the real recorded audio from the phone call at the end of the film. When Da-eun hears the voice, she stops; the man's voice sounds hauntingly similar to her father's, and he also employs the phrase "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over", which her father usually used. When Da-eun returns home, she searches the internet for the crime that occurred nearly 15 years ago. Awash with shock and shame for even suspecting her father, she proceeds to investigate his history with only a few days till the statute of limitations on the unsolved crime expires. As the relationship between father and daughter wrenches apart due to mounting distrust, a man (Im Hyung-joon) from Son-man's past suddenly appears.

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Starring: Son Ye-jin, Kim Kap-soo

Original release: October 24, 2013

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt3271700/