Overview
A tough high school senior discovers that love can change everything, even when wealth is out of reach.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- sincere
- wistful
- melodramatic
- romantic movie night
- quiet evening
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jae-kyung loses access to wealth and status when his inheritance is made conditional on graduating from Boram High School.
Jae-kyung grows closer to Eun-hwan before learning the secrets surrounding her life.
Jae-kyung changes from an isolated, money-driven troublemaker into someone capable of friendship and devoted love.
The countryside school and local community become the main spaces where Jae-kyung forms relationships beyond his inherited wealth.
Films like A Millionaire's First Love, and why
The Classic
teen romance, fish out of water premise, and emotionally earnest coming-of-age drama
A Walk to Remember
youthful romance with a secretive love interest, melodramatic tenderness, and bittersweet emotional stakes
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
wealth disparity, opposites-attract romance, and heightened young-adult sentiment
Movie Details
- Director
- Kim Tae-gyun
- Release Date
- 2006-02-09
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (89)
Cast
- Lee Yeon-hee
- Hyun Bin
- Lim Ju-hwan
- Jeong Wook
- Lee Han-sol
- Lee Young-hoo
- Lee Kan-hee
- Do Yong-gu
- Park Yoo-Sun
- Kim Byeong-se
Common questions
- What is A Millionaire's First Love about?
- A spoiled chaebol heir must graduate from a rural high school to claim his fortune, where an unexpected first love transforms his view of money and belonging.
- What is A Millionaire's First Love like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Millionaire's First Love as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is A Millionaire's First Love violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in A Millionaire's First Love.
- Which films are like A Millionaire's First Love?
- Films with a similar feel include The Classic, A Walk to Remember, and Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
- How long is A Millionaire's First Love?
- A Millionaire's First Love runs 116 minutes.
