Movies like The King's Warden

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   The Face Reader

   Strong story similarity

   2013 · 140 min · Drama · History

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   An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: 15th century and coup d'etat
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Masquerade

   Strong story similarity

   2012 · 131 min · Drama · History

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   Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: joseon dynasty (1392–1910) and king
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Forgotten

   Same director

   2017 · 108 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

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   Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok's eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • similar audience response

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   The Book of Fish

   Strong story similarity

   2021 · 126 min · Drama · History

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   When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write a fish-based encyclopaedia.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: exile and joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

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   The Throne

   Strong story similarity

   2015 · 126 min · Drama · History

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   Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: joseon dynasty (1392–1910) and king

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   The Match

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 115 min · Drama · History

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   When a legendary Go master loses his title to a one-time friend and protégé, he sets out to reclaim it in a high-stakes battle of wits and skill.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Me and Me

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 105 min · Drama · Mystery

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   In a small South Korean village, while investigating the death of two people in strange circumstances, a grumpy policeman will live an overwhelming experience beyond the reality he has known so far.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared production studio: BA Entertainment

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   Intruder

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 102 min · Mystery · Thriller

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   Seo-jin is a widower still grieving his wife's death. Then he receives the news that his long-lost younger sister, Yoo-jin, who went missing 25 years ago, has turned up. Unlike the rest of his family, who welcome her into their arms, Seo-jin feels that Yoo-jin is a stranger.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared production studio: BA Entertainment

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   The Singer

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 119 min · Drama · History

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   In the era of corruption, Hak-gyu sings songs and tells stories on the street with his band. One day, Hak-gyu's wife Gan-nan is kidnapped by gangsters and his daughter Cheong loses her eyesight after the incident. He decides to travel in search of his missing wife and learns that corrupted noblemen are behind the mob.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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    The Fatal Encounter

    Strong story similarity

    2014 · 135 min · Action · History

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    Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling elite. They plan to assassinate and replace him with a puppet. But the King has some aces up his sleeve that may help him defeat them all.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: coup d'etat and joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

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