My korean Movies
by durst1961979 | created - 13 Dec 2011 | updated - 27 Jul 2016 | PublicThe korean movies have filled up my eyes during last 5 years and they have changed my concept about movies in general and asian style in particular. They can transmit from sadness to happiness in few seconds.
My Blog: http://asiaffinity.wordpress.com/
Here, my parallel list - My Japanese movies : http://www.imdb.com/list/ibePR4NYRhw/
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1. Oldboy (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 634,761 | Gross: $0.71M
A psychological master piece. Once you watch it, you will hook up about the korean style.
2. 3-Iron (2004)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Lee Seung-yun, Jae Hee, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Joo Jin-mo
Votes: 58,228 | Gross: $0.24M
Words are not the only way to fall in love with someone special.
3. Oasis (2002)
133 min | Drama, Romance
An irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri, Ahn Nae-sang, Ryu Seung-wan
Votes: 10,380
4. I Saw the Devil (2010)
Not Rated | 144 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Choi Min-sik, Jeon Gook-hwan, Chun Ho-jin
Votes: 145,981 | Gross: $0.13M
5. The Housemaid (1960)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A composer and his wife are thrown into turmoil when a housemaid becomes more than they bargained for.
Director: Kim Ki-young | Stars: Jin Kyu Kim, Jeung-nyeo Ju, Eun-shim Lee, Aeng-ran Eom
Votes: 5,692
6. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, War
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Director: Kang Je-kyu | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Won Bin, Eun-ju Lee, Kong Hyeong-jin
Votes: 41,060 | Gross: $1.11M
7. Joint Security Area (2000)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
After a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border DMZ leaves two North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss and Swedish team investigates what actually happened.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Lee Yeong-ae, Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho, Kim Tae-woo
Votes: 34,145
8. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't follow his boss's orders.
Directors: Jung Doo Hong, Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Shin Min-a, Kim Yeong-cheol, Hwang Jung-min
Votes: 42,890
9. Sunny (2011)
PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
Seven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.
Director: Kang Hyeong-cheol | Stars: Yoo Ho-jeong, Shim Eun-kyung, Jin Hee-kyung, Kim Min-yeong
Votes: 6,548
10. The Bow (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a baby. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday, and she is 16 now. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divination rites. Their life changes when a teenage student comes aboard...
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Han Yeo-reum, Ji-Seok Seo, Jeon Gook-hwan, Seong-hwan Jeon
Votes: 11,788
11. The Chaser (2008)
Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing.
Director: Na Hong-jin | Stars: Kim Yoon-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Seo Yeong-hie, Kim Yoo-jung
Votes: 72,669
12. Memories of Murder (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho
Votes: 215,853 | Gross: $0.01M
13. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona, Lim Ji-eun
Votes: 75,059 | Gross: $0.05M
14. Arirang (2011)
100 min | Documentary, Drama
Documentary on director Kim Ki-Duk looking back at his film career.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Star: Kim Ki-duk
Votes: 1,336
15. The Man from Nowhere (2010)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
Director: Lee Jeong-beom | Stars: Won Bin, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Tae-hoon, Kim Hee-won
Votes: 74,781 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Lady Vengeance (2005)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Nam-mi Kang, Jeong-nam Choi, Hye-Sook Go, Bok-hwa Baek
Votes: 85,992 | Gross: $0.21M
17. Bedevilled (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A woman subject to mental, physical and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.
Director: Cheol-soo Jang | Stars: Seo Yeong-hie, Ji Seong-won, Min-ho Hwang, Min Je
Votes: 17,017
18. The President's Last Bang (2005)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A look at the life of President Park Chung-hee and the events leading up to his assassination.
Director: Im Sang-soo | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Baek Yun-shik, Song Jae-ho, Kim Eung-soo
Votes: 1,568 | Gross: $0.01M
19. Poetry (2010)
TV-PG | 139 min | Drama
A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Yun Jeong-hie, Lee Da-wit, Kim Hee-ra, Ahn Nae-sang
Votes: 13,518 | Gross: $0.36M
20. My Sassy Girl (2001)
Not Rated | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to the tracks at a metro station in Seoul and pulls her back. She ends up getting him into trouble repeatedly after that, starting on the train.
Director: Jae-young Kwak | Stars: Cha Tae-hyun, Jun Ji-hyun, In-mun Kim, Song Wok-suk
Votes: 50,448
21. Mother (2009)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yun Je-mun
Votes: 71,532 | Gross: $0.55M
22. Peppermint Candy (1999)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama
Following a man's suicide, time traverses back to reveal six chapters of his life on why he committed suicide.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Yeo-jin, Moon So-ri, Se-beom Park
Votes: 10,800
23. The Yellow Sea (2010)
R | 136 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life.
Director: Na Hong-jin | Stars: Lee Yoo-mi, Ha Jung-woo, Lee Hee-joon, Kim Yoon-seok
Votes: 22,937
24. Samaritan Girl (2004)
R | 97 min | Drama
Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young... See full summary »
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Lee Eol, Kwak Ji-min, Han Yeo-reum, Hyun-min Kwon
Votes: 14,071
25. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
R | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Yum Jung-ah, Kim Kap-su, Moon Geun-young
Votes: 68,211
26. Dancing Queen (2012)
124 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A husband finds himself accidentally running for Mayor of Seoul and his wife decides to become a k-pop singer
Director: Seok-hoon Lee | Stars: Jung Ah-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Park Jeong-min, Hwang Jung-min
Votes: 576
27. The Quiet Family (1998)
101 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A family opens a mountain inn where their first guest commits suicide. Suddenly all their guests befall horrible fates.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Park In-hwan, Na Moon-hee, Song Kang-ho, Choi Min-sik
Votes: 5,991
28. Time (2006)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
To save her relationship, a woman puts herself through extensive plastic surgery.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Park Ji-yeon, Baek Gwang-Doo, Jung Gyu-woon
Votes: 12,874 | Gross: $0.01M
29. Treeless Mountain (2008)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In Seoul, Korea, two sisters must look after each other when their mother leaves them to search for their estranged father.
Director: So Yong Kim | Stars: Chae Gil Byoung, Jung Gil Ja, Shin Hyun Je, Kim Mi Jung
Votes: 1,916 | Gross: $0.06M
30. Handphone (2009)
Not Rated | 137 min | Thriller
Talent manager Seung-min sees Yoon Jin Ah, a rising actress, as his one last hope to turn his life around. Just as Jin-Ah is on the path to stardom, he receives a threat from her former ... See full summary »
Director: Han-min Kim | Stars: Park Yong-woo, Uhm Tae-woong, Park Sol-mi, Bo-yeon Hwang
Votes: 566
31. Addicted (2002)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
2 Korean brothers live together with the older's wife. The 2 each have a car accident and end up in a coma. After a year the younger wakes up but behaves like and claims to be the older brother. Is he and will the wife accept it?
Director: Young-hoon Park | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Lee Mi-yeon, Lee Eol, Park Seon-yeong
Votes: 1,507
32. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A girl who thinks she is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Rain, Park Byeong-eun, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 25,876
33. Dream (2008)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger's sleepwalking.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Lee Na-young, Park Ji-ah, Chang Mi-hee
Votes: 4,083
34. Thirst (2009)
R | 134 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Choi Hee-jin, Seo Dong-soo
Votes: 51,355 | Gross: $0.30M
35. Untold Scandal (2003)
124 min | Drama
In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if he succeeds.
Director: Je-yong Lee | Stars: Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Mi-sook, Bae Yong-jun, Jo Hyeon-jae
Votes: 2,686 | Gross: $0.06M
36. Bad Guy (2001)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
An unfeeling gangster seeks to ruin the life of a young girl who rejected him. He forces her into prostitution and spies on her regularly, then he soon begins to fall for her.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Cho Jae-hyun, Won Seo, Kim Yun-tae, Choi Deok-moon
Votes: 10,588
37. Actresses (2009)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
When six famous Korean actresses gather for a Vogue photo shoot, egos collide as stars, who are used to being the center of attention must now share the limelight. Director Je-yong Lee ... See full summary »
Director: Je-yong Lee | Stars: Hye-rang Bae, Jae-ho Baek, Go Hyun-jung, Li-rang Im
Votes: 285
38. 71: Into the Fire (2010)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Drama, War
The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War.
Director: John H. Lee | Stars: Cha Seung-won, Kwon Sang-woo, Choi Seung-hyun, Kim Seung-woo
Votes: 5,804
39. My Way (2011)
R | 137 min | Action, Drama, War
In World War II-era Korea, rival runners, one Korean (Jang Dong-gun) and one Japanese (Joe Odagiri), go to war together against the Soviets.
Director: Kang Je-kyu | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Joe Odagiri, Bingbing Fan, Kim In-kwon
Votes: 12,612 | Gross: $0.07M
40. Secret Reunion (2010)
Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A fired South Korean agent and a deserted North Korean spy meet by chance after six years and start a business partnership, each with the intention of stealing information from the other.
Director: Hun Jang | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Ko Chang-seok, Yun-seo Choi
Votes: 4,326
41. The Housemaid (2010)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to dark consequences.
Director: Im Sang-soo | Stars: Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Jung-jae, Youn Yuh-jung, Woo Seo
Votes: 12,471 | Gross: $0.15M
42. The Front Line (2011)
Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Drama, History
A drama centered on the Korean War's final battle that will determine the border between north and south.
Director: Hun Jang | Stars: Shin Ha-kyun, Go Soo, Ryu Seung-su, Ko Chang-seok
Votes: 7,097 | Gross: $0.01M
43. The Unjust (2010)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the most probable serial killer suspect dies and the case looks like it's reached a dead end, police brass decide to create a killer - and anyone will do.
Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, Ryu Seung-beom, Yoo Hae-jin, Chun Ho-jin
Votes: 2,547
44. Gagman (1989)
127 min | Comedy
Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director. When he befriends barber, Mun Do-seok who has hopes ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Myung-se | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Hwang Sin-hye, Bae Chang-ho, Jeon Moo-song
Votes: 107
45. Hyeongsa (2005)
108 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
Set years ago in the era of the Joseon Dynasty, the story follows a young police officer named Namsoon (Ha Ji-won) who, along with her fellow officers, discovers a counterfeit ring ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Myung-se | Stars: Ha Ji-Won, Gang Dong-won, Ahn Sung-ki, Song Young-chang
Votes: 1,438
46. Crying Fist (2005)
134 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Tae Sik, a troubled middle aged man and Sang Hwan, a troubled youth will meet in the ring with their respective mission. To change their life.
Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Ryu Seung-beom, Jeong-ah Bae, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 3,130
47. Heartbeat (2010)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama
One middle aged women is admitted to the hospital in a coma. Yeon-hee, who has been searching for a heart to transplant to her daughter, who has critical heart disease, is begging middle ... See full summary »
Director: Jae-geun Yoon | Stars: Yunjin Kim, Park Hae-il, Da-hye Jeong, Ha-Yeong Park
Votes: 254
48. Night Fishing (2011)
30 min | Short, Fantasy
A fisherman becomes entangled in his line when he catches something unexpected.
Directors: Park Chan-wook, Chan-kyong Park | Stars: Oh Gwang-Rok, Lee Jung-hyun
Votes: 1,146
49. Nowhere to Hide (1999)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Woo is on the trail of the mysterious gangster Sungmin, a master of disguise who always manages to elude his pursuers. Eventually, the cop tracks down and confronts the master-criminal in the suburbs of a coal-mining town.
Director: Lee Myung-se | Stars: Park Joong-hoon, Ahn Sung-ki, Jang Dong-Gun, Choi Ji-woo
Votes: 2,213 | Gross: $0.02M
50. My Wife Is a Gangster (2001)
107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The story of how Eun-jin (Eun-kyung Shin) became a legend in the South Korean underworld by defeating an army of gangsters.
Director: Jin-gyu Cho | Stars: Shin Eun-kyung, Ahn Jae-mo, Kim In-kwon, Jang Se-jin
Votes: 3,496
51. Shiri (1999)
R | 125 min | Action, Thriller
South Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to catch her.
Director: Kang Je-kyu | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Choi Min-sik, Yunjin Kim, Song Kang-ho
Votes: 8,573 | Gross: $0.10M
52. The Host (2006)
R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona
Votes: 132,546 | Gross: $2.20M
53. Chilsu and Mansu (1988)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A painter quits his job and looks to an old acquaintance for work and a place to stay.
Director: Park Kwang-su | Stars: Bae Jong-ok, Park Joong-hoon, Kang Shin-il, Ahn Sung-ki
Votes: 252
54. Memento Mori (1999)
R | 97 min | Horror, Romance, Drama
In this second installment of the Whispering Corridors series, a young girl finds a strange diary, capable of arousing hallucinations, kept by two of her senior fellow-students who seem to have an unusually close bond.
Directors: Kyu-dong Min, Kim Tae-yong | Stars: Kim Gyu-ri, Park Yejin, Lee Yeong-jin, Jong-hak Baek
Votes: 3,604
55. Silmido (2003)
Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Drama
Based on a true story of 1968 Korean Republic Army plan to assassinate North Korean president Kim Il-Sung. 31 criminals and death row inmates are recruited into secret training on the ... See full summary »
Director: Kang Woo-suk | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Sol Kyung-gu, Huh Joon-ho, Jeong Jae-yeong
Votes: 4,722
56. Scandal Makers (2008)
108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A radio DJ/entertainer in his 30s suddenly learns he may be a grandfather, thanks to a young girl who has a baby son and claims to be his daughter.
Director: Kang Hyeong-cheol | Stars: Cha Tae-hyun, Park Bo-young, Il-Kwon Ahn, Kim Chae-yeon
Votes: 4,383
57. Flower Island (2001)
115 min | Drama
Three women journey to an island rumored to have healing powers.
Director: Song Il-gon | Stars: Ju-hie Seo, Yu-jin Lim, Hye-na Kim, Son Byung-ho
Votes: 225
58. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
A boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Kim Ki-duk, Oh Yeong-su, Jong-ho Kim, Kim Young-min
Votes: 86,746 | Gross: $2.38M
59. Couples (2011)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
Yoo-Suk (Ju-hyuk Kim) looks for a girlfriend who disappeared. Ae-Yeon (Yun-ji Lee) has a fake diamond which her ex-boyfriend gave to her. Ae-Yeon was dumped by her ex boyfriend. Byung-Chan ... See full summary »
Director: Yong-ki Jeong | Stars: Kim Ju-hyuk, Lee Yoon-ji, Lee Si-young, Oh Jung-se
Votes: 314
60. Dance of Time (2009)
95 min | Documentary
The director, who admired Che Guevara, was preparing for a melodrama based in Cuba when he came across a story about the Chosun people who were sent to Cuba and forced to live there 100 ... See full summary »
Director: Song Il-gon | Stars: Dianalys Jo Dominguez, Lee Hana, Cecilio Pak Kim
Votes: 13
61. Spider Forest (2004)
R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A recently widowed TV producer is drawn to an isolated cabin in a mysterious woods.
Director: Song Il-gon | Stars: Kam Woo-seong, Jung Suh, Kang Kyung-hun, Jang Hyun-sung
Votes: 2,257
62. Feathers in the Wind (2004)
73 min | Drama, Romance
Hyeon-seong, a film director struggling with writing a new screenplay, visits a remote southern island he stayed 10 years ago to fulfill a promise he made with his girlfriend at the time. ... See full summary »
Director: Song Il-gon | Stars: Jang Hyun-sung, Yong-cheol Kim, Lee So-yeon
Votes: 452
63. Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater (2006)
120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A musical horror film that will make you like musicals! A young girl tries to solve the mystery of her grandmother's disappearance in a haunted theater.
Director: Kye Soo Jeon | Stars: Kim Kkobbi, Chun Ho-jin, Park Joon-myeon, Jo Hie-bong
Votes: 134
64. The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)
115 min | Drama, Romance
About desires and lives of four characters in diverse circumstances. A poor novelist, a cheating wife, a mysophobic husband and a ticket girl.
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Park Choong-seon, Kim Eui-sung, Jo Eun Sook, Bang Eun-hee
Votes: 1,168
65. Always (2011)
108 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A love story centered on ex-boxer Chul-min and a blind telemarketer Jung-hwa.
Director: Song Il-gon | Stars: So Ji-seob, Han Hyo-joo, Kang Shin-il, Park Chul-min
Votes: 11,206
66. Love Fiction (2012)
Not Rated | 121 min | Comedy, Romance
A comedy centered on the romance between an obscure novelist and his new girlfriend, who also becomes his muse.
Director: Kye Soo Jeon | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Kong Hyo-jin, Lee Byung-joon, Jo Hie-bong
Votes: 459
67. Lost & Found (III) (2009)
81 min | Drama
Following a delicate, secular relationship of a painter and a female student, this film calls it an 'evil impulse', but it often turns into an artistic impulse.
Director: Kye Soo Jeon | Stars: Dong Kyu Lee, Joo Min-ha
Votes: 11
68. An Affair (1998)
108 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely housewife begins falling in love with her sister's fiancé.
Director: Je-yong Lee | Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Lee Mi-sook, Min Kim, Song Young-chang
Votes: 542
69. Dasepo Naughty Girls (2006)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Based on the Internet comic strip, Multi-Cell Girl (a.k.a Dasepo sonyo) follows the sexual adventures in one seriously bizarre high school.
Director: Je-yong Lee | Stars: Kim Ok-bin, Park Jin-woo, Kyeon Lee, Song Ha-yoon
Votes: 1,035
70. Hansel and Gretel (2007)
TV-14 | 117 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After meeting a mysterious girl on an dark stretch of road, a young salesman is invited to a beautiful house with bizarre secrets and no way to escape.
Director: Pil-sung Yim | Stars: Cheon Jeong-myeong, Eun Won-jae, Shim Eun-kyung, Jin Ji-hee
Votes: 4,942
71. Paju (2009)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Teenager Eun-mo suspects her brother-in-law is responsible for her sister's death. Perhaps more unbearable than her grief and anger is the irreconcilable love she feels for him.
Director: Chan-ok Park | Stars: Kim Bo-kyung, Lee Bong-gyu, Lee Dae-yeon, Kim Hae-gon
Votes: 567
72. The King and the Clown (2005)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, History
Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.
Director: Joon-ik Lee | Stars: Kam Woo-seong, Jung Jin-young, Kang Seong-yeon, Lee Joon-gi
Votes: 5,975
73. Nim-eun-meon-go-sae (2008)
126 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In hot pursuit of the husband that left her to fight in the Vietnam War, a woman becomes the lead singer of a traveling band that she hopes will cross paths with him again.
Director: Joon-ik Lee | Stars: Soo Ae, Jung Jin-young, Wipawee Charoenpura, Albert Lee Harlow II
Votes: 447
74. Save the Green Planet! (2003)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Byeong-gu believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world.
Director: Joon-Hwan Jang | Stars: Shin Ha-kyun, Baek Yun-shik, Hwang Jung-min, Lee Jae-yong
Votes: 8,698 | Gross: $0.01M
75. The Red Shoes (2005)
Not Rated | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.
Director: Yong-gyun Kim | Stars: Kim Hye-su, Kim Seong-su, Yeon-ah Park, Lee Eol
Votes: 3,183
76. Planet of Snail (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Drama
Young-Chan comes from planet of snail where deaf blind people live slow and quiet lives. When Young-Chan came to Earth, nobody understood his language and he was desperate. Then an angel ... See full summary »
Director: Seung-jun Yi | Stars: Cho Young-Chan, Kim Soon-ho, Choi Jungah
Votes: 377 | Gross: $0.00M
77. Blades of Blood (2010)
R | 108 min | Action, Drama
During a turbulent time when politics, rebellion, and invasion come to a head. A clash stirs between two swordsmen in a violent struggle to seize control of the country they love.
Director: Joon-ik Lee | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, Cha Seung-won, Han Ji-hye, Baek Sung-hyun
Votes: 870
78. The Happy Life (2007)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
Sang-woo, the leader of college rock band Volcano, dies and sets up a reunion for Gi-yeong and the other members of the group. Former bass player Seong-wook lives a hand-to-mouth existence ... See full summary »
Director: Joon-ik Lee | Stars: Jung Jin-young, Kim Yoon-seok, Kim Sang-ho, Jang Keun-suk
Votes: 341
79. Battlefield Heroes (2011)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
This story unfolds 8 years after 'Battle of Hwangsanbeol', which destroyed Baekjae, when Silla-Tang Dynasty union attacks Goguryeo.
Director: Joon-ik Lee | Stars: Jung Jin-young, Lee Mun-shik, Ryu Seung-ryong, Yun Je-mun
Votes: 345
80. Say Yes (2001)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After one year of marriage, things could not look better for Jeong-hyun and Yun-hie. In order to celebrate the publishing of Jeong-hyun's manuscript, the couple decide to take a winter ... See full summary »
Director: Sung-Hong Kim | Stars: Park Joong-hoon, Choo Sang-mi, Kim Ju-hyuk, Gi Ju-bong
Votes: 526
81. Il Mare (2000)
105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In 1999, a voice actor moves from Il Mare, a seaside house, and leaves a Christmas card in its (magical) mailbox. An architecture student receives it in 1997, and a friendship separated by 2 years begins.
Director: Hyun-seung Lee | Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Jun Ji-hyun, Mu-saeng Kim, Jo Seung-yeon
Votes: 9,453
82. The Isle (2000)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Working at a fishing resort in an idyllic location, but surrounded by various facets of human unpleasantness, a young mute woman falls in love with a man on the run from the law for committing murder.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Jung Suh, Kim Yu-seok, Cho Jae-hyun, Jang Hang-seon
Votes: 14,702 | Gross: $0.02M
83. Enemy at the Dead End (2010)
92 min | Thriller
A post-traumatic stress disorder patient bounded to his bed, finds himself sharing his room with a gang looking paralyzed amnesia patient. And he must kill him off before he is recognized.
Directors: Owen Cho, Sang-Hwa Kim, Cho Owen, Kim Sang-hwa | Stars: Chun Ho-jin, Yoo Hae-jin
Votes: 202
84. Hindsight (2011)
Not Rated | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him.
Director: Hyun-seung Lee | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Shin Se-Kyung, Cheon Jeong-myeong, Kim Min-joon
Votes: 1,522
85. Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)
Not Rated | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
On the verge of being fired, a corrupt customs official finds a haul of drugs and teams up with a vicious gangster to become the most powerful crime partnership in Busan.
Director: Yoon Jong-bin | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Ma Dong-seok
Votes: 7,288
86. The City of Violence (2006)
92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After their childhood friend is murdered, a two-man martial arts army beats a path to the perp.
Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Ryu Seung-wan, Lee Beom-su, Kim Byeong-Ok, Baek Dong-hyeon
Votes: 4,770
87. Green Fish (1997)
111 min | Drama
Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Shim Hye-jin, Moon Sung-Keun, Yu-Kyeong Cha
Votes: 2,088
88. Yeoja, Jeong-hye (2004)
99 min | Drama
This film is a restrained, yet thoroughly engaging, study of a female post office worker's emotional life.
Director: Yoon-ki Lee | Stars: Kim Ji-Soo, Hwang Jung-min, Kim Kkobbi, Kim Mi-seong
Votes: 600
89. My Dear Enemy (2008)
123 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Jobless, single and in her early thirties, Hee-soo is miserable. Desperate, she sets out to find her ex-boyfriend, Byoung-woon, who owes her $3,500. Rather inconveniently, it turns out that... See full summary »
Director: Yoon-ki Lee | Stars: Jeon Do-yeon, Ha Jung-woo, Seo Dong-won, Yang Eun-yong
Votes: 925
90. Come Rain, Come Shine (2011)
105 min | Drama
On a rainy day a woman and her husband are at home. The woman is packing to leave the man. She is unable to go due to the weather. They stay together in a quiet tension as a storm rages outside.
Director: Yoon-ki Lee | Stars: Hyun Bin, Lim Soo-jung, Kim Ji-Soo, Kim Jung-ki
Votes: 663
91. Mozart Town (2008)
90 min | Drama
The story of a happy pianist, lonely people, and sad people.
Director: Jeon Kyu-hwan | Stars: Gbato Blaise, Blaise Gbato, Moon Hyung-joo, Yoo-rang Joo
Votes: 24
92. Crocodile (1996)
102 min | Drama
A woman forms a twisted bond with a homeless violent thug who prevented her suicide.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Cho Jae-hyun, Jae-Hong Ahn, Jeon Moo-song, Yun-kyeong Woo
Votes: 1,847
93. Dance Town (2010)
94 min | Drama
A North Korean refugee, Jung-Nim, is trying to find a new life in South Korea, with people suspecting that she is a spy.
Director: Jeon Kyu-hwan | Stars: Lee Joon-hyuk, Ra Mi-ran, Seul-gi No, Seong-tae Oh
Votes: 83
94. The Thieves (2012)
Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After a heist in South Korea, a gang of 5+1 fly to Hong Kong to look into a heist, in a Macau casino, of a $30M diamond, planned by someone unreliable. He brings in HK thieves as well. Can anyone be trusted?
Director: Dong-hoon Choi | Stars: Kim Yoon-seok, Lee Jung-jae, Kim Hye-su, Jun Ji-hyun
Votes: 11,527 | Gross: $0.69M
95. The Weight (2012)
107 min | Drama
The Weight, portrays the life of Jung(Cho Jae-Huyn) who grew up as an orphan and was adopted into a family of only a mother and a son. Jung is now a hunchback man due to scoliosis and is a ... See full summary »
Director: Jeon Kyu-hwan | Stars: Cho Jae-hyun, Park Ji-ah, Kim-Choi Yong-joon, Zia
Votes: 247
96. The General's Son (1990)
108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The first chapter of the the General's Son trilogy follows Kim Du-Han's childhood, from the loss of his mother at age 8, to his rise as a gang leader who protects local vendors from expanding Yakuza forces in Japanese occupied Korea.
Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Park Sang-min, Shin Hyeon-jun, Il-jae Lee, Bang Eun-hee
Votes: 255
97. Pacemaker (2011)
124 min | Drama, Sport
Man-ho is a pacemaker for Korean national marathon team. His purpose is to stay ahead of others until the 30km mark. But he gradually grows a desire to run for the victory.
Director: Dal-Joong Kim | Stars: Go Ara, Soo-Bin Choo, Seong-sik Han, Jo Hie-bong
Votes: 143
98. Jeon Woochi (2009)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jeon Woo-chi, an undisciplined womanizing Taoist from the Joseon era, ends up in present-day Korea causing mayhem with his knack for magic.
Director: Dong-hoon Choi | Stars: Gang Dong-won, Lim Soo-jung, Kim Yoon-seok, Yoo Hae-jin
Votes: 3,435
99. Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
139 min | Comedy, Crime
A guy with a talent for cards makes his way into the dangerous world of underground gambling in this crime thriller from South Korea. Go-ni (Jo Seung-woo) is a small-town guy with a big ... See full summary »
Director: Dong-hoon Choi | Stars: Cho Seung-woo, Baek Yun-shik, Kim Hye-su, Yoo Hae-jin
Votes: 2,815
100. Soar Into the Sun (2012)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Drama, Romance
After he performs a dangerous daredevil stunt at an air show, South Korean Air Force pilot Tae-hun is kicked out of the elite Black Eagles flying team and transferred to a combat unit where... See full summary »
Director: Dong-won Kim | Stars: Rain, Yoo Joon-sang, Kim Seong-su, Lee Hana
Votes: 1,776
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