South Korea Synopsis
드림
“You are hopeless, helpless and homeless? No, you are NOT!”
A top football player Hong-dae gets involved in an assault case and winds up being appointed as the coach for the national football team. This team will compete in the 'Homeless World Cup'. A documentary producer So-min films their story while Hong-dae struggles to coach the homeless because of his misconceptions about them.
Audience Engagement
63 audience reviews — more than 76% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity (91th percentile) outruns review volume (76th) — a trending, discussed title among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dream. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Plus M Entertainment
Comedy + Drama in South Korea
214 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dream itself).
The 2022–2024 South Korea Window
Dream holds position #86 of 129 South Korea films in the 2022–2024 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1TOMORROW X TOGETHER: OUR LOST SUMMER
★ 9.4 · 2023
#2Under the Queen's Umbrella
★ 9.1 · 2022
#3BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA
★ 9.0 · 2022
#4BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
#5The Good Bad Mother
★ 8.9 · 2023
#6The Fabulous
★ 8.8 · 2022
#7My Lovely Liar
★ 8.7 · 2023
#8Duty After School
★ 8.6 · 2023
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
Dream premiered in 2023 — a quieter year for South Korea cinema with only 32 titles in our catalog. The 2020s overall landed 301 films and series across 4 years of activity.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 31 other South Korea films in 2023.
The 1385th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dream, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- homeless · 5
- controversy · 2
- football (soccer) team · 2
- cheerful · 2
- optimistic · 2
- chasing a dream · 1
- leadership · 1
- football (soccer) · 18
- based on true story · 98
- sports · 59
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #590 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Comedy productions specifically: #180 of 427 (top 42%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Korean |
| Production Companies | Plus M Entertainment, October Cinema |
| Runtime | 2h 5m |
| Release Date | April 26, 2023 |
| IMDb | tt13814704 |