15 Movies Like What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop

Loved What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Obsessed
#1

Obsessed

A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

Strange Hair Salon
#2

Strange Hair Salon

Mi Na opens her new beauty salon. However, Mi Na doesn't reseive customers even though she has opend her salon for a while. Therefore, she tries to attract customers by implementing a sexy concept, which proves to be a jackpot.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

The Handmaiden
#3

The Handmaiden

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

Happy End
#4

Happy End

When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

Sex Plate 17
#5

Sex Plate 17

A woman who can make all of one man’s fantasies come true moves in next door .

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

Japanese Mom
#6

Japanese Mom

"Innocent face, D-cup breasts and perfect intercourse skills! Son, this is not your girlfriend anymore but your mother!" Ki-ho brings Yuki from Japan to marry her. However, he starts cheating on her with his ex-girlfriend in Korea. Min-cheol comforted Yuki and thought of her as his daughter-in-law, but one day he realizes he is looking at her as a woman. In the end, Yuki and Min-cheol have intercourse without Ki-ho knowing...

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

Eungyo
#7

Eungyo

A reclusive elderly poet feels the fire of his youth when gamine schoolgirl Eun-gyo enters his life, to the chagrin of the old man's assistant.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

Scarlet Innocence
#8

Scarlet Innocence

A university professor gradually succumbing to blindness is entranced by an obsessive love, in this modern-day adaptation of a classic Korean fairy tale.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

One Night Only
#9

One Night Only

Three 20-year-old-men visit Seoul after their college entrance exam ends. They expect to have some fun with gay people in Itaewon. Meanwhile, in Jongno, two gay men, Han-jae and Ji-hoon, struggle to solve their problems.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

Erotic Tutoring 2
#10

Erotic Tutoring 2

Bar examiner Yoo-jeong likes sex more than studying. Thanks to the secretive, but erotic tutoring by the teacher her boyfriend introduced to her, Yoo-jeong’s grades shoot up. Yoo-jeong’s mom, Mi-jin, however, feels attracted to her tutor and starts seducing him.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

20th Century Girl
#11

20th Century Girl

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

Love Lesson
#12

Love Lesson

Korea's most popular song writer Hee-soo runs into a nineteen-year-old boy in the elevator. Hee-soo is inspired by a new song watching him shake at her figure. She starts to tell him about women under the excuse that she's teaching him music. They fall for each other but things get complicated when her life teacher, Joon-ho who taught her about life and music comes back.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

Young Mother 3
#13

Young Mother 3

Twenty year-old Ki-chan lives alone with his father. One day Yoon-seo (Kim Jeong-ah), his stepmother comes to live with them. She tries to be friendly with Ki-chan but he appraoches her as a woman and starts showing her that. Yoon-seo strongly rejects him but he knows that she wants him too. Their relationship turns into something dangerous. Then one day, Min-jeong, who has had a crush on Ki-chan for a long time, finds out what is going on between the two. The young stepmother fools her husband and falls in love with his son and the son falls in love with his father's woman. They make a deal with Min-jeong to make sure she doesn't say anything.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

Buddy's Mom
#14

Buddy's Mom

20-year-old Kyeong-soo is a man who's full of assumptions. He learned about sex from Internet porn, but nothing about the real thing. He's only had crushes and has never even kissed before. He got embarrassed when he confessed his feelings to Ji-yeon, his crush. He comforted himself from the shame with Japanese girls in his room with his right hand. One day, he has a fight with his father and remembers his friend Baek-hyeon had invited him over to Gangwon-do. There he falls in love with his friends' mother.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.

My Name Is Loh Kiwan
#15

My Name Is Loh Kiwan

After defecting from North Korea, Loh Kiwan struggles to obtain refugee status in Belgium, where he encounters a dejected woman who has lost all hope.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop.