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1. 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: 34,216
2. 124 gunbudae (1970)
105 min | Drama, War
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Shin Seong-il, Park No-shik, Kang-il Ko, Kim Chang-suk
3. Die Another Day (2002)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike, Toby Stephens
Votes: 229,198 | Gross: $160.94M
4. 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: 1,778
5. My Dictator (2014)
128 min | Drama
Sung-geun is an untalented actor who makes a living playing minor roles.he happens to land on the role as Kim il-sung,the former leader of North Korea,for the rehearsal of the South-North korea summit.
Director: Lee Hae-jun | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Park Hae-il, Yun Je-mun, Lee Byung-joon
Votes: 155
6. 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: 4,335
7. Red Dawn (2012)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Drama, War
A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.
Director: Dan Bradley | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, Josh Hutcherson, Josh Peck
Votes: 80,579 | Gross: $44.81M
8. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
R | 119 min | Action, Thriller
Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett
Votes: 292,404 | Gross: $98.93M
9. Blow Breeze (2016–2017)
Drama, Romance
A wealthy, elderly man who was born in North Korea and amassed a $100 million fortune in South Korea knows that his time is short. One day, he coincidentally learns that he had a son that ... See full summary »
Stars: Han Joo-wan, Lim Ji-yeon, Hwang Bo-ra, Kim Young-ok
Votes: 34
10. Dragon Heat (2005)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Interpol agents and gangsters battle in Hong Kong.
Director: Daniel Lee | Stars: Vanness Wu, Shawn Yue, Yu Xia, Shengyi Huang
Votes: 1,685
11. Covert Operation (2014)
R | 89 min | Action, Thriller
A captured bounty hunter is promised his freedom if he can break several prisoners out of a North Korean military stronghold.
Director: Mathieu Weschler | Stars: Seydina Baldé, Michael Chan, Sabine Crossen, Serge Crozon-Cazin
Votes: 391
12. Spy (2015)
Action, Romance, Thriller
Park Hye Rim seems like an average housewife, but in reality she's a former North Korean informant, she's suddenly assigned a mission to recruit her son, Kim Seon Woo, a genius NIS agent. Hye Rim does everything she can to protect him.
Stars: Jae-Joong Kim, Bae Jong-ok, Yu Oh-seong, Ko Sung-hee
Votes: 66
13. Double Agent (2003)
123 min | Action, Thriller
A North Korean diplomat defects to the South during the Cold War, but the South Koreans have their suspicions as to whether he is an actual defector or a double agent.
Director: Hyeon-jeong Kim | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Ko So-young, Chun Ho-jin, Song Jae-ho
Votes: 386
14. 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: 8,579 | Gross: $0.10M
15. The Art of War III: Retribution (2009 Video)
R | 88 min | Action, Thriller
A Secret Agent must prevent North Korean terrorist from acquiring a nuclear device.
Director: Gerry Lively | Stars: Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Warren Derosa, Lee Sung Hi, Janet Carroll
Votes: 1,007
16. The Interview (II) (2014)
R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Jong-Un Kim, they are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
Directors: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen | Stars: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park, Lizzy Caplan
Votes: 354,734 | Gross: $6.11M
17. 48M (2013)
97 min | Drama
There were people who crossed the border at the Yalu River which only separates North Korea and China by 48 meters, risking their lives to survive.
Director: Back-du Min | Stars: Ji An, Lee Chae-yun, Seok Ha, Jo Han-chul
Votes: 8
18. Moby Dick (2011)
112 min | Action
A mysterious explosion occurs at the Balam Bridge in Seoul on November 20th, 1994. In front of hot-blooded local news reporter Lee Bang-Woo, Yoon Hyeok appears. Yoon Hyeok is from the same ... See full summary »
Director: In-je Park | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, Jin Goo, Kim Min-hee, Kim Sang-ho
Votes: 518
19. Secretly Greatly (2013)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live undercover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They're shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.
Director: Cheol-soo Jang | Stars: Kim Soo-hyun, Park Gi-woong, Lee Hyun-woo, Son Hyeon-ju
Votes: 5,029
20. Iris: The Movie (2010)
Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
South Korean National Security Service normally deals with North Korea, but now NSS must deal with IRIS terrorists with a nuke.
Directors: Kim Kyoo-tae, Yun-ho Yang | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-hee, Kim So-yeon, Choi Seung-hyun
Votes: 1,196
21. Danger Zone (1996)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama
American mining engineer gets involved in civil war and international conspiracy in an African country.
Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Billy Zane, Robert Downey Jr., Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Lisa Collins
Votes: 964
22. The Spies (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Comedy
Kim Myeong-min (39) is Agent Kim, a family man who lives contentedly with his wife and two children. He is disguised as a manager in a company that sells fake Viagra imported from China. ... See full summary »
Director: Min-ho Woo | Stars: Jung Gyu-woon, Yoo Hae-jin, Byun Hee-Bong, Yoon Jong-goo
Votes: 275
23. Hyojadong ibalsa (2004)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows a president's barber, his wife, and their only son through four decades of tumultuous Korean history.
Director: Chan-sang Lim | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Moon So-ri, Lee Jae-eung, Jo Yeong-jin
Votes: 1,036
24. 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: 7,633 | Gross: $0.67M
25. Dooman River (2010)
90 min | Drama
Chang-ho, 12, becomes friend with a North-Korean immigrant about the same age who just crossed the Dooman river, border between North-Korea and China. His mute sister and his wise ... See full summary »
Director: Lu Zhang | Stars: Jian Cui, Lan Yin, Jin-Long Lin, Xuansheng Jin
Votes: 245
26. Spy Girl (2004)
102 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Go-Bong has a huge crush on Gye-Soon who works at a fast food restaurant without knowing that the girl he love is a spy from North Korea.
Director: Han-jun Park | Stars: Kim Jeong-hwa, Gong Yoo, Nam Sang-mi, Jadu
Votes: 588
27. The King 2 Hearts (2012)
65 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The crown-prince of South Korea is forced to work alongside a female North Korean military officer. Political and emotional complications lead to an uneasy marriage engagement.
Stars: Lee Seung-gi, Ha Ji-Won, Yun Je-mun, Lee Sung-min
Votes: 1,516
28. Red Family (2013)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
A group of North Korean spies, disguised as an ordinary South Korean family, work as spies in South Korea.
Director: Ju-hyoung Lee | Stars: Kim Yu-mi, Son Byung-ho, Jung Woo, So-young Park
Votes: 381
29. Danger Beneath the Sea (2001 TV Movie)
92 min | Thriller
An American submarine commander (Casper Van Dien) questions his superiors when they order a nuclear attack.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Gerald McRaney, Stewart Bick, Tammy Isbell
Votes: 540
30. Twenty (2015)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A story about three friends, Chiho, Dongwoo, and Gyungjae. Each of them has just turned 20 years old and they must decide what to do with their life.
Director: Lee Byeong-heon | Stars: Kim Woo-bin, Lee Jun-ho, Kang Ha-neul, Jung So-min
Votes: 2,537 | Gross: $0.14M
31. A Better Tomorrow (2010)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Arms trafficker Hyuk and Young-chun are practically brothers and nothing can separate them. When the two managed to escape from North Korea, they left behind Hyuk's younger brother Chul. ... See full summary »
Director: Hae-sung Song | Stars: Ju Jin-mo, Song Seung-heon, Kim Kang-woo, Jo Han-sun
Votes: 1,175
32. Dreams Come True (2010)
113 min | Comedy
Set during the 2002 World Cup event in Korea and Japan, "Dreams Come True" is a comedy that takes place along the DMZ separating South and North Korea. Soldiers from both sides partake in soccer matches .
Director: Kye Yun-Sik | Stars: Sang-rok Chu, Choi Ji-Hyeon, Kyung Ho Jung, Kang Seong-jin
Votes: 21
33. The Eleventh Hour (2008)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Thriller
Action film about a N.Korean general's vendetta against a U.S. team of special ops soldiers who are on a mission to free Japanese political prisoners.
Director: John Lyde | Stars: Matthew Reese, Jennifer Klekas, K. Danor Gerald, David Nibley
Votes: 906
34. Spy Myung-wol (2011– )
Comedy, Romance
In the romantic-comedy "Spy Myeong-Wol," beautiful North Korean spy Myeong-Wol goes to South Korea in an attempt to kidnap a popular Korean male entertainer Kang Woo. Han Myeong-Wol is an ... See full summary »
Stars: Han Ye-seul, Eric Moon, Jang Hie-jin, Lee Jin-wook
Votes: 146
35. 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: 6,771 | Gross: $0.22M
36. Gukgyeong-ui namjjok (2006)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
Kim Sun-ho is a horn player in an orchestra in North Korea. As he belongs to a comparatively high class in his country, Sun-ho enjoys his life and has plans to marry his girlfriend Yon-hwa.... See full summary »
Director: Pan-suk Ahn | Stars: Lee Ah-hyeon, Yoo Hae-jin, Shim Hye-jin, Song Jae-ho
Votes: 181
37. 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
38. Panmunjeom doggisalin (1976)
75 min | War
A reporter rushes to Panmunjeom immediately following the massacre to report the brutality of the incident. He follows the South Korean and US militaries' response while offering his hope of peaceful reunification.
Director: Lee Yeong-u | Stars: Nak-hun Lee, Hyeon-shil Tae, Jeong Sun-Yong
39. Hunjangeun nokseulji anhneunda (1966)
Drama, War
After finishing his military training, a young private is sent to the DMZ where he makes close friends with two other enlisted men from different walks of life in this propaganda film used ... See full summary »
Director: Seong-bok Park | Stars: Mu-ryong Choi, Ji-mee Kim, Gyu-seok Kwak, Ki-Teak Park
40. Panmunjeom milyuname jakjeon (1978)
90 min | War
A newspaper reporter explains events leading up to the infamous massacre at Panmunjeom.
Director: Lee Yeong-u | Stars: Nak-hun Lee, Hyeon-shil Tae, Jin Kyu Kim, Jeong Sun-Yong
41. The Embrace (2013)
6 min | Short, War
'The Embrace' studies two reunification monuments in North and South Korea. Mata Dupont has animated those monuments to play with Utopian ideas of reunification, and the significance of '... See full summary »
Director: Pilar Mata Dupont | Stars: Choi Hee-Seo, Sora Lim
42. When the Heron Flies (2015)
18 min | Short, Drama, War
In the demilitarized zone (DMZ), a North Korean soldier and a South Korean ornithologist young woman are lost in admiration at a herons pair.
Director: Lionel Laget | Stars: Kim Kiduck, François-Marie Nivon, Han Ahreum, Kevin Dee
43. Footsteps (2013)
23 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Four children's fun and games turn into a tragic incident at the demilitarized sea area between North and South Korea.
Director: Thomas Hyungkyun Kim | Stars: Son Byung-ho, Il-Beom Jeon, Ki-yeon Kim, Jinho Kim
44. Rendezvous Point (2011)
26 min | Short, Drama, War
A Korean army platoon was sent to a recon and gets ambushed by North Korean soldiers. Corporal Yoon-Seok Kang is the only survivor from his platoon. He gets lost in the woods with a shot ... See full summary »
Director: Dae Kyu Lee | Stars: Raymond Charles, Raymond Guarnieri, Jae Kyoung Kim, Suh Won Oh
45. Mugunghwaggoti pieotseubnida (1995)
152 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director: Jung Jin-woo | Stars: Jeong Bo-seok, Hwang Sin-hye, Jin-su Jeong, Alexandra Bokyun Chun
Votes: 37
46. Northern Limit Line (2015)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, War
The movies follows the incident known as the second battle of Yeonpyeong which happened in 2002.
Director: Kim Hak-soon | Stars: Kim Mu-yeol, Jin Goo, Lee Hyun-woo, Lee Chung-Ah
Votes: 1,341 | Gross: $0.32M
47. DMZ (2004)
100 min | Drama, War
Director: Gyu-hyeong Lee | Stars: Keon-hyeong Park, Jeong Eun-pyo, Koo Jun-yup, Lee Jae-un
Votes: 44
48. The Coast Guard (2002)
R | 91 min | Drama, War
A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Kim Jeong-hak, Park Ji-ah, Yoo Hae-jin
Votes: 3,531
49. Boidchi annun dchonson (1965)
75 min | Crime, Thriller
A resident of foreign intelligence, nicknamed 'badger', receives a new task through a sent messenger. Badger's subordinates Sen-ryur Pak, a doctor, and his wife Chon-ok Lee take action. They are participants in a new sabotage operation.
Director: Chong-sik Min | Stars: Gye-Ryong Cha, Yeong Sim, Mun Gap Chan, E Sen Zoy
Votes: 9
50. Bratya (1957)
94 min | Drama
Story of two brothers, stayed in different parts of Korea. Elder one works on recovery of electric plant. Younger brother comes back to native town with sabotage task.
Directors: Sang-in Cheon, Ivan Lukinsky | Stars: Seung-Hee Choi, Hak Park, Se-min Sin, Seong Hui An
Votes: 12
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