It’s hard not to love a good contract relationship/marriage of convenience story, which is exactly why we put this collection together! Full of movies and television series based on Love in Contract, this collection is sure to delight lovers of the genre everywhere!

Love in Contract

When her lifelong friend, Lee Do Han (Kim Do Wan) asks her for help, struggling actress Na A Jeong (Jeon Jong Seo) finds she can’t say no. Agreeing to a contract marriage to keep Do Han’s secret from his overbearing family, A Jeong soon finds herself in over her head as Do Han’s younger brother, Lee Ji Han (Moon Sang Min) refuses to accept the engagement. With Ji Han determined to sabotage their “marriage” at every turn, how long will it take before the truth is revealed? Adapted from the webtoon of the same name, this 2024 hijinks-filled South Korean romantic comedy series was directed by Kwon Young Il.

Wedding Impossible

🧨 Mission: Wedding 💍 

Han Yi Joo (Jung Yoo Min) naively tries to see the best in everyone, though she's shunned and betrayed by a family who never loved her. After a terrible accident at the hands of her mother, Yi Joo unexpectedly finds herself transported back in time. Realizing she has a second chance to change her fate, Yi Joo teams up with wealthy tycoon Seo Do Guk (Sung Hoon) to exact revenge on those who've wronged her. Will this new alliance allow Yi Joo to create the life she’s always wanted? Adapted from the webtoon “The Essence of a Perfect Marriage” written by Young and Lee Beom Bae and illustrated by Je Ri Bol, this is a 2023 South Korean drama directed by Oh Sang Won.

Perfect Marriage Revenge

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As a professional contract marriage master, Choi Sang Eun (Park Min Young) knows exactly what it takes to make her clients happy. Transforming herself into the perfect partner, Sang Eun gives her clients what they want: a perfect single life, free of any life-long commitments. Among her long-term clients are Jung Ji Ho (Go Kyung Pyo) and Kang Hae Jin (Kim Jae Young), two very different men who employ her services on alternating days. Though professional with every one of her clients, Sang Eun has noticed that both Ji Ho and Hae Jin have started to make her heart flutter. Torn between her professional obligations and her growing feelings for Ji Ho and Hae Jin, will Sang Eun find a way out of this unexpected predicament? Directed by Nam Sung Woo, this is a 2022 South Korean romantic drama.

Love In Contract

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Tencent

Zhou Jian Qing (Yan Zhi Chao) was raised like a princess, but when her wealthy family falls on hard times, her fairy tale life collapses. Unsure of her next move, Jian Qing follows fate and crosses path with Gu Nan Zhou (Chen Jing Ke), a successful CEO with a debilitating fear of crowds. Forced into a scandalous situation, Jiang Qing and Nan Zhou agree that a contract marriage is their only way out. Despite their initial animosity, they begin to find comfort in their married life. As they navigate their unconventional relationship, Jian Qing and Nan Zhou wonder if real love might be on the horizon. Tian Shao Bo directed this lighthearted 2021 Chinese romance series.

Hello Mr. Gu

How to raise a CEO

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At Hwayang High School, no student’s popularity eclipses that of the third-year senior Oh Ji Na (Lee Shi Woo).

Fabulously talented and impeccably fashionable Oh Ji Na has already landed a contract with a talent agency, and is training to become a member of a “girl crush”-themed all-female K-pop group.

Lee Seung Min (Shin Hyun Seung) is a junior student at the same school. And like many others, he is smitten with the many charms of Oh Ji Na. With his lack of charisma, however, he is sure that he does not stand a chance at winning her heart.

But he is in for a surprise when Oh Ji Na comes up with a plan to begin a bogus “contract” relationship with him, in order to further her career.

Spending time together softens her heart, though – could she end up falling for this unassuming younger student for real?

This drama is a spin-off of the 2019 series “Best Mistake.”

“Be My Boyfriend” is a 2021 South Korean drama series that was produced by Kim Hyun Ki and Kwon Jun Seok.

Be My Boyfriend

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Ayaka Haneda (Kanna Hashimoto)’s family is battling financial difficulties. When she takes a job at a wedding planning firm, the firm’s CEO Togo Nitta (Ryosuke Yamada) makes her a bold proposal: he will help solve her family’s problems if she agrees to marry him and help revive the firm. Faced with a choice between integrity and a loveless marriage of convenience, which will she choose? And if she says “I do,” might love unexpectedly blossom? This 2023 Japanese romantic comedy drama was based on a manga by Shiho Watanabe and was directed by Toshio Tsuboi and Masahide Izumi.

Kissing the Ring Finger

Marriage here, Love there

A dedicated professional, Sung Deok Mi (Park Min Young) lives for her work as an art gallery curator. Devoting herself to her work, she is exceptional in every way, save one. Beneath that cool, professional facade, Deok Mi carries a dark secret. A secret she desperately wants to keep from the world. A secret that has driven lovers away. A secret that rules every moment of her personal life...

Sung Deok Mi is the ultimate Cha Shi An (Jung Je Won) fangirl.

The devoted manager of a Shi An fansite, Deok Mi eats, breathes, and sleeps for Shi An. He is her sun, her moon. Her entire universe revolves around him. 

This is the secret Deok Mi must hide from the world. 

And hide it she does. At least until Ryan Gold (Kim Jae Wook), the art gallery’s new director, saunters into her life. A once famous painter, the former-artist-turned-director considers himself an indifferent being, unconcerned with the lives of others. But when he uncovers Deok Mi’s secret, everything changes. 

Based on the webtoon, “Noona Fan Dot Com” by Jeon Hye Jin & Kim Jin Hee, “Her Private Life” is a 2019 romantic comedy-drama directed by Hong Jong Chan.

Her Private Life

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A budding young art editor named Chen Jia Xin (Liang Jie) takes a cruise ship bound for Hungary.

While onboard, she happens to meet Wang Xi Yi (Xing Zhao Lin), a dashing, young, intellectual – but somewhat immature – man who happens to be the heir to a multi-billion dollar business empire.

The two are drawn together by passion, and – swept away with emotion – impulsively decide to marry.

Soon after, Chen Jia Xin discovers she is pregnant, and the newlyweds start to dream of nuptial bliss with their offspring.

But there are complications…and when it turns out they are not set to be parents after all, the heartache turns out to be too much for both Chen Jia Xin and Wang Xi Yi to bear.

Wang Xi Yi returns to his family business, and Chen Jia Xin stays in Hungary, where she slowly starts to discover a love for pottery.

But when Wang Xi Yi ends up back in Hungary seven years later, the two former lovers’ paths cross once again.

This drama is based on a 2009 Taiwanese series, also named “You’re My Destiny.”

“You Are My Destiny” is a 2020 Chinese drama series co-directed by Ding Ying Zhou and Zhou Jun Lun.

You Are My Destiny

Fated to Love

Who has time for love when finances are on the mind? Nam Sae Hee (Lee Min Ki) is a socially awkward man in his early 30s who has spent his life’s savings purchasing his own house. While he can now be called the master of his own home, his finances are in a sorry state and his job as an IT employee provides him with next to no disposable income after paying off his mortgage. Yoon Ji Ho (Jung So Min), also in her 30s, is a homeless writer who barely makes enough to feed herself. Dating is the last thing on the mind for these financially strapped singles. Through a turn of events, Ji Ho comes to rent a place to stay in Sae Hee’s house and they find themselves as landlord and tenant.
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How will these individuals grow in the unexpected circumstance of being thrust together? Is there room for romance in such impoverished situations? Can they help each other work through their personal, familial, and financial issues?
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“Because This Is My First Life” is a 2017 South Korean drama series. Reinventing a relatively predictable drama plot, this heart-fluttering and highly addictive Kdrama, together with its stellar cast, might have you on a binge spree.

Because This Is My First Life

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Mikuri Moriyama (Aragaki Yui) is a 25-years-old woman whose fledgling career has stalled. She has a degree in psychology, and even has a talent for analyzing people, but she has also just been fired from her job. Without a boyfriend and without any job leads, life is looking bleak for her – particularly as her parents are planning to relocate to the countryside. In desperation, her father decides to intervene...and finds her an unusual job!

The job involves working as a live-in housekeeper for a diligent workaholic man (36) named Hiramasa Tsuzaki (Hoshino Gen). He has never had a girlfriend and has nobody to look after him. The two agree to live together, but must later marry in order to continue this arrangement. As they spend more time together, however, this odd couple starts to hit it off. Could romance spark between a man who cares only about his work and his unconventional “housekeeper?”

This drama was based on a hit manga series title authored by Tsunami Umino and first published in 2012.

“The Full-Time Wife Escapist” is a 2016 Japanese drama series that was directed by Fuminori Kaneko.

The Full-Time Wife Escapist

Some three years ago, Mikuri Moriyama (Aragaki Yui) found an unusual new job – working as a live-in housekeeper for Hiramasa Tsuzaki (Hoshino Gen), a thirtysomething man who had never had a girlfriend and was “married” to his white-collar job. But this unconventional living arrangement eventually resulted in romance, and the duo fell for one another. Eventually, they officially started dating and began to live a happy life together.

Now, they are both working, sharing chores, and enjoying their married life. But tranquillity here is short-lived: Their attempts to legally marry have hit legal roadblocks. The global coronavirus pandemic strikes, and even threatens to temporarily separate them. And then an even bigger development materializes: Mikuri Moriyama finds she is expecting a baby! All this is happening just as Hiramasa Tsuzaki’s company is embarking on a major new business project. As his “wife” begins to suffer from crippling morning sickness, he decides to take early paternity leave to look after her. Will all these pressures drive them apart – or bring them closer together?

This drama special was based on a hit manga series that was written by Tsunami Umino and first published in 2012. It is the follow-up to the 2016 drama series “The Full-Time Wife Escapist.”

“The Full-Time Wife Escapist SPECIAL” is a 2021 Japanese drama special that was directed by Fuminori Kaneko.

The Full-time Wife Escapist SPECIAL

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Han Ji Hun is the Head of Strategy in a restaurant called Promise. Kang Hye Su on the other hand is the same restaurant's sous chef. Hye Su is a single mother, saddled by her deceased husband's debt. Ji Hun on the other hand values nothing but his money, and a woman who lives on the edge. Through lightheartedness and sorrow, the two face an encounter of love. However, the idea of true love isn't quite easy to fulfill, given their circumstances in life.

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