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- 20th Century Girl. Prepare to feel tons of nostalgia for your teenage crushes while watching this sentimental rom-com. In 1999, 17-year-old Bo-ra receives a request from her best friend Yeon-doo: to find out everything she can about Yeon-doo's crush, the popular Hyun-jin, while her friend's away overseas.
- Kill Boksoon. This slick Korean thriller on Netflix follows the titular Bok-soon (Crash Course in Romance's Jeon Do-yeon), a top-class assassin who balances her successful career with her private life, as mother to 15-year-old Jae-young (Kim Si-a).
- Unlocked. Don't be surprised if you want to throw your phone off a cliff (or just spent a few hours updating the privacy settings) after watching this terrifying psychological thriller.
- Kingdom: Ashin of the North. Viewers can watch this prequel to the Korean horror Kingdom without seeing the original show, though the drama's always there if you fall in love with the film and want more.
- 'Love and Leashes'
- 'Unlocked'
- 'Jung_E'
- 'Kill Boksoon'
- 'Lucid Dream'
- '20th Century Girl'
- 'High Society'
- 'Sweet & Sour'
- 'Veteran'
- 'Night in Paradise'
Rotten Tomatoes: 89% | IMDb: 6.3/10
When you think rom-com, BDSM isn’t exactly what springs to mind. And yet this is the topic explored in Park Hyun-jin’s Love and Leashes. This 2022 romantic comedy tells the story of Ji-woo (Seohyun), who becomes inducted into the world of BDSM by her colleague Ji-hoo (Lee Jun-young). The film has been praised as having a refreshing and accurate representation of kink and is surprisingly sweet and wholesome. It makes an effort to erase the stigma behind BDSM on top of being genuinely informati...
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% | IMDb: 6.4/10
In a society where smartphones and social media dominate our everyday lives, Unlocked acts as an urgent call to action. After dropping her smartphone on the bus, Woo-hee Chun’s Lee-Na Mi is manipulated by the sinister Oh Jun-Yeong (Si-wan Yim), whose installation of spyware on her phone acts as the devastating catalyst to the unraveling of her life. Tae-joon Kim’s fast-paced narrative hurtles towards an expected conclusion before finally pulling the rug from underneath the audience’s feet and...
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% | IMDb: 6.4/10
From brilliant writer and visionary director Yeon Sang-ho, Jung_E is a bold science-fiction drama with a thought-provoking premise that is as fascinating as it is moving. Serving as her final movie role before her death, Jung_E stars Kang Soo-yeon who, alongside co-stars Kim Hyun-joo and Ryu Kyung-soo, presents unsettling questions of morality within technology, greed, and how these impact the planet. Highlighted by both the acting and action, as well as the beautiful technical design, Jung_E...
Rotten Tomatoes: 79% | IMDb: 6.6/10
Kill Boksoon is a South Korean action film about a secret organization of assassins that would feel quite at home in the John Wick universe. Jeon Do-yeon (The Housemaid) punches, kicks, and stabs her way through the lead role as the titular character, Gil Bok-soon, a.k.a. Kill Boksoon. She’s a crack assassin who’s never missed a target, but as a single mother, she finds herself looking over her shoulder more and more afraid she’ll lose the one thing that she loves above all else. Unfortunatel...
IMDb: 6.1/10
Written and directed by Joon-Sung Kim in his acclaimed directorial debut and starringGo Soo (Money Game)as a successful investigative journalist searching for his abducted son, Lucid Dream is a heartbreaking sci-fi drama with themes of personal strength and the love of a father. Praised for the incredible acting and creative foundation of the film, Lucid Dream is a rich mystery that plays with Inception-type concepts. Although featuring interesting cinematic techniques and stylish dream effec...
Rotten Tomatoes: 86% | IMDb: 7.3/10
20th Century Girl is a charming, beautifully shot film written and directed by Woo-ri Bang. Taking place before the new millennium in 1999, 20th Century Girl follows a sweet and kind teenager, Na Bo-Ra (Kim Yoo-jeong), who has a whimsical imagination. When her best friend asks her to keep an eye on a popular boy in her class, Na Bo-Ra finds herself swept away by an unexpected romance. By emphasizing the use of outdated technology from the late 1990s, 20th Century Girl plays with modern tropes...
IMDb: 5.6/10
High Society revolves around Jang Tae-joon (Park Hae-il) and Oh Soo-yeon (Soo Ae), a husband and wife who will do anything to enter society’s elite. A beloved professor of economics, Jae becomes a hero after saving the life of a burning man on TV. To capitalize on his popularity, he decides to go into politics. His wife Oh is based in the art world and does everything in her power to take the place of her female manager – including entering an affair with a high-powered photographer. Tense an...
Rotten Tomatoes: 20% | IMDb: 6.6/10
Sweet & Sour is an adorable Korean rom-com exploring the universal struggles and celebrations of dating. With an attractive young cast consisting of Jang Ki-Yong, Krystal Jung, and Chae Soo-bin, Sweet & Sour draws on the classic romantic comedy tropes while implementing them into a modern Korean setting. Even with cultural differences, this film is approachable to a global audience. Follow this cute couple on their journey attempting to stay together through a long-distance relationship and t...
Rotten Tomatoes: 90% | IMDb: 7.0/10
The setup of Veteran is a familiar concept: tough police detective Seo Do-cheol (Hwang Jung-min) is determined to bring arrogant millionaire Jo Tae-oh (Yoo Ah-in), who runs his own crime syndicate and tried to murder Hwang’s friend, to justice despite overwhelming odds. However, Veteran doesn’t feel derivative, instead, it mixes its own unique characters with a heady mixture of action and suspense. A bare-knuckled face-off between Hwang and Jo in one of the final scenes of the film is especia...
Rotten Tomatoes: 70% | IMDb: 6.8/10
If you are looking for a classic crime thriller, the likes of which South Korean filmmakers are known for, then the Netflix Original movie Night in Paradise is a great choice. Directed by Park Hoon-jung, the dark drama stars Uhm Tae-goo as Park Tae-goo, a mobster who denies an offer to join the rival Bukseong gang, resulting in the murder of his entire family. Tae-goo then retaliates by killing the men responsible before fleeing to the picturesque Jeju Island. There he meets a woman named Kim...
- Chang-Dong Lee
- Ah In Yoo
- Unlocked (2023) Unlocked is Kim Tae-joon’s directorial debut, and it came out on Netflix in 2023. Its cast consists of Chun Woo-hee, Yim Si-wan, and Kim Hee-won, which is quite the all-star cast.
- Forgotten (2017) Kang Ha-neul and Kim Mu-yeol lead 2017’s Forgotten, which begins with a young man, Jin-seok, moving to a new house. When he sees his brother kidnapped and returned without a memory of the incident, he thinks he’s finally gone mad, but comes to the realization these people aren’t his family members.
- Pandora (2016) Kim Nam-gil stars in the movie Pandora, which came out in 2016. He portrays Jae-hyeok, who works at a nuclear power plant because he doesn’t really have a choice — it’s the largest employer in his town — despite losing family members to the radiation.
- Psychokinesis (2018) A movie by the director of Train to Busan, Yeon Sang-ho, Psychokinesis was released in Korean theaters in 2018. Its protagonist, Seok-heon, is a security guard who finds himself with telekinetic powers after he drinks water touched by a meteor that has fallen on Earth.
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- The Point Men (2023) Amidst a brewing international conflict, a group of evangelists from a South Korean Presbyterian church lands in Afghanistan - ignoring the government's protocol - to bring the Afghan people into the fold of Christianity.
- Alienoid 1 (2022) In an intriguing tale, the realms of time intertwine, connecting a swordfighter from the Goryeo Dynasty - who strives to seize the fabled divine sword - and relentless pursuers hot on the trail of an extraterrestrial fugitive trapped within a human's body in the year 2022.
- The Roundup (2022) Detective Ma Seok Do (Ma Dong Seok) and Captain Jeon Il Man (Choi Gwi Hwa) come together four years after the Garibong district incident to embark on a new mission to capture a notorious criminal in Vietnam.
- Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022) Ji Kang In, a.k.a "Yaksha" (Sol Kyung Gu), leads a secret operation team of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) stationed in Shenyang, China.
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- Ballerina (2023) Vivid Action Sequences Make For A Compelling Korean Revenge Movie.
- Forgotten (2017) The Korean Thriller That Leaves Viewers Questioning Reality. A fascinating mystery that keeps the viewer guessing until the very end, Forgotten takes stories about not being able to determine reality from lies to whole a new level.
- Miss Granny (2014) Age-Reversal Comedy From The Director Of Squid Game. For subscribers who only know the director Hwang Dong-hyuk from violent dramas like Squid Game, the inclusion of Miss Granny in Netflix's Korean movie library is the perfect opportunity to see his lighter side.
- The Call (2020) Terrifying Horror Starring Jeon Jong-seo. A phone call has never been scarier than in the Korean horror movie The Call — a mix of frights, thrills, and a hint of fantasy.
Sep 17, 2022 · The Drug King (Korean Movie) Netflix Trailer - English. Watch on. A more slow-burn action film with the occasional violent outburst, The Drug King follows the legendary Song Kang-ho portraying a small-time drug dealer who rises up the criminal underworld to become the drug kingpin of Busan in the 1970s.
May 5, 2024 · With a straightforward plot propelled by signature Korean action involving guns, knives, chainsaws, and wet cloths, ‘Ballerina’ is a quintessential thriller bordering on a femme fatale approach. Directed by Lee Chung-hyeon, the movie features Jeon Jong-seo as Jang Ok-ju, Park Yu-rim as Choi Min-hee, and Kim Ji-hoon as Choi Pro.
