South Korea Synopsis
소울메이트
“At our brightest moment, we were together”
Mi-so and Ha-eun meet in elementary school and quickly become best friends. In high school, Ha-eun meets Jin-woo and starts to have feelings for him, but he starts to have feelings for Mi-so. When they all meet again as adults, they are very different people, but they try to remember what friendship is really about.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Soulmate. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Studio & New
Drama + Romance in South Korea
150 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Soulmate itself).
The 2022–2024 South Korea Window
Soulmate holds position #48 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
Soulmate 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 1378th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
26 audience reviews — more than 52% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity (85th percentile) outruns review volume (52th) — a trending, discussed title among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Soulmate, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- korean · 4
- best friends · 4
- aspiring artist · 2
- soulmates · 1
- difficult childhood · 1
- estranged mother · 1
- female friendship · 18
- childhood friends · 17
- friendship · 134
- remake · 101
- romance · 94
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #279 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (80th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #203 of 868 (top 23%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Korean |
| Production Companies | Studio & New, Climax Studios, ANDMARQ Studio, KEYEAST |
| Runtime | 2h 4m |
| Release Date | March 15, 2023 |
| IMDb | tt13086130 |