Korean movies
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1. Daisy (2006)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
About a tragic love triangle story involving young painter Hye-young, Interpol detective Jeong Woo, and professional hitman Park Yi.
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Jun Ji-hyun, Jung Woo-sung, Lee Sung-jae, Sara Bernardo Aires
Votes: 6,685
2. A Moment to Remember (2004)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance
A young couple's enduring love is tested when 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
Directors: Park Kyung-Jin, John H. Lee, Kim Tae-Won | Stars: Jung Woo-sung, Son Ye-jin, Jong-hak Baek, Lee Seon-jin
Votes: 25,582
3. The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
Not Rated | 128 min | Action, Drama, History
Admiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang.
Director: Han-min Kim | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Ryu Seung-ryong, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Myung-gon
Votes: 13,069 | Gross: $2.59M
4. 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: 636,463 | Gross: $0.71M
5. 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: 50,514
6. Windstruck (2004)
123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The heart-warming romance story between Kyungjin and Myungwoo. Even though he has passed away, he will be always with Kyungwoo forever.
Director: Jae-young Kwak | Stars: Jun Ji-hyun, Jang Hyuk, Kim Soo-ro, Lee Ki-woo
Votes: 7,710
7. 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: 11,557 | Gross: $0.69M
8. Lover's Concerto (2002)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A college student befriends two cute girls his age. He loses contact with them. He tries to find them years later.
Director: Lee Han | Stars: Cha Tae-hyun, Son Ye-jin, Eun-ju Lee, Park Yong-woo
Votes: 2,136
9. Hello Ghost (2010)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A man's failed suicide attempt enables him to see ghosts, who later keep following him everywhere. It is now up to him to fulfill their wishes to make them go away.
Director: Young-Tak Kim | Stars: Cha Tae-hyun, Kang Ye-won, Lee Moon-su, Ko Chang-seok
Votes: 4,796
10. Miracle of Giving Fool (2008)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
A mentally challenged man trying to keep his mother's only wish alive at any cost while trying to reconcile with his first and only real crush.
Director: Jeong-kwon Kim | Stars: Cha Tae-hyun, Ha Ji-Won, Jo Ah-ra, Sulli Choi
Votes: 1,607
11. Assassination (2015)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
While Korea is occupied by the Japanese Army in 1933, the resistance plans to kill the Japanese Commander. But their plan is threatened by a traitor within their group and also the enemies' forces are hunting them down.
Director: Dong-hoon Choi | Stars: Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Jung-jae, Ha Jung-woo, Oh Dal-su
Votes: 7,943 | Gross: $1.90M
12. Veteran (2015)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A honest cop seeks justice for a common man against all odds. A rich boy seeks revenge on the cop.
Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, Yoo Ah-in, Yoo Hae-jin, Oh Dal-su
Votes: 7,778 | Gross: $1.20M
13. Ode to My Father (2014)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, War
Amid the time of Korean War, a young boy's vow to take care of his family marked the beginning of a lifelong promise spanning 60 years.
Director: JK Youn | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, Yunjin Kim, Oh Dal-su, Jung Jin-young
Votes: 6,122 | Gross: $2.30M
14. The Attorney (2013)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
An ambitious tax attorney decides to represent an old friend in court.
Director: Woo-seok Yang | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kwak Do-won, Im Si-wan, Oh Dal-su
Votes: 7,610 | Gross: $0.56M
15. Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
127 min | Comedy, Drama
A story about the love between a mentally-ill father and his lovingly adorable daughter.
Director: Hwan-kyung Lee | Stars: Ryu Seung-ryong, Kal So-won, Oh Dal-su, Jeong Man-sik
Votes: 23,978
16. New World (2013)
Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop finds it difficult to play both a cop and a goon.
Director: Park Hoon-jung | Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jung-min, Park Sung-woong
Votes: 26,385 | Gross: $0.46M
17. 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: 7,304
18. 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: 2,556
19. The Berlin File (2013)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Thriller
Jong-seong, a North Korean ghost agent, interrupts an illegal arms sale in Berlin. A notorious North Korean agent tests the loyalties of everyone involved as Jong-Seong prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Han Suk-kyu, Ryu Seung-beom, Jun Ji-hyun
Votes: 7,634 | Gross: $0.67M
20. The Suspect (2013)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Thriller
Betrayed and on the run, a North Korean agent tries to uncover the volatile secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.
Director: Won Shin-yeon | Stars: Gong Yoo, Park Hee-soon, Song Boo-gun, Lee Chae-yun
Votes: 6,776 | Gross: $0.22M
21. Salut d'Amour (2015)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A love story about the 70-year-old romance novice Sungchil, the flower seller who moves his heart Geum-nim, and the people who cheer them on.
Director: Kang Je-kyu | Stars: Park Geun-hyeong, Youn Yuh-jung, Cho Jin-woong, Han Ji-min
Votes: 578
22. Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama
Go-ni's nephew, Ham Dae-gil, enters the gambling underworld only to be used as a scapegoat in a deal gone wrong. Now he's planning his revenge by entering one big fatal game.
Director: Kang Hyeong-cheol | Stars: Choi Seung-hyun, Shin Se-Kyung, Kim Yoon-seok, Yoo Hae-jin
Votes: 2,643 | Gross: $0.25M
23. 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: 2,830
24. The Divine Move (2014)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Crime
A professional baduk player infiltrates his local underground gambling scene to avenge his brother's death.
Director: Beom-gu Cho | Stars: Jung Woo-sung, Lee Beom-su, Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Si-young
Votes: 2,564
25. 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: 4,730
26. Cold Eyes (2013)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A high-tech police surveillance team attempts to take down a gang of ruthless bank robbers.
Directors: Kim Byung-seo, Ui-seok Jo | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Jun-ho
Votes: 8,444
27. The Silenced (2015)
99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A girl is transferred to a mysterious boarding school, where she is forced to discover its secrets to survive.
Director: Hae-Young Lee | Stars: Joo Bo-bi, Park Bo-young, Kim Dong-hyeon, Uhm Ji-won
Votes: 3,843
28. Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)
Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a heroic death, a firefighter navigates the afterlife with the help of three guides.
Director: Yong-hwa Kim | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Cha Tae-hyun, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Hyang-gi
Votes: 19,307 | Gross: $1.91M
29. The Battleship Island (2017)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape.
Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, So Ji-seob, Song Joong-ki, Lee Jung-hyun
Votes: 8,497
30. A Taxi Driver (2017)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Drama, History
A widowed father and taxi driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to cover the 1980 uprising, soon finds himself regretting his decision after being caught in the violence around him.
Director: Hun Jang | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hae-jin, Ryu Jun-Yeol
Votes: 31,310 | Gross: $1.53M
31. Steel Rain (2017)
TV-MA | 139 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A coup in North Korea forces an agent to defect to South with unconscious "Number One". While operatives from North hunt for both of them, the agent has to work with South Koreans to stop the nuclear war.
Director: Woo-seok Yang | Stars: Jung Woo-sung, Kwak Do-won, Kim Kap-su, Kim Eui-sung
Votes: 6,560
32. Asura (2016)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city's corrupt mayor.
Director: Kim Sung-su | Stars: Jung Woo-sung, Hwang Jung-min, Ju Ji-hoon, Kwak Do-won
Votes: 3,360 | Gross: $0.17M
33. Master (2016)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Crime
South Korea's financial crime unit launches a manhunt for a con man involved in a nationwide financial fraud after he absconds with the money and takes on a new identity.
Director: Ui-seok Jo | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Gang Dong-won, Kim Woo-bin, Uhm Ji-won
Votes: 2,646 | Gross: $0.60M
34. 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: 71,706 | Gross: $0.55M
35. Unlocked (2023)
TV-MA | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman's life is turned upside-down when a dangerous man gets hold of her lost cell phone and uses it to track her every move.
Director: Kim Tae-joon | Stars: Chun Woo-hee, Im Si-wan, Kim Hee-won, Park Ho-san
Votes: 10,104
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