Top Korean Movies, a list by GalacticBoy

8.5

/4546/

84

/146/

83

/424/

4.2

/7074/

99

/548/

age 10+

Burn the Stage: the Movie is the first movie from BTS, going behind-the-scenes of the BTS WINGS TOUR to reveal the full story of the band’s meteoric rise to fame. This unmissable film provides an intimate look at what happens when the most successful global boy band of all time breaks down barriers and invades the mainstream music scene. Exclusive tour footage and brand-new one-on-one interviews with BTS members give fans an unprecedented glimpse into their lives and an opportunity for everyone to celebrate together worldwide.

91

IMDb 95

8.5

/1133005/

85

/43852/

84

/19932/

4.5

/4795835/

99

/485/

90

/2503/

97

/56/

4.0

age 16+

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

87

50

8.4

/2564/

85

/62/

82

/11/

4.3

/6897/

99

/21/

age 10+

For 200 days, the daily life of artist j-hope is captured. From his production of solo album "Jack in the Box" and listening party, this documentary follows him all the way to his debut on the stage of "Lollapalooza."

87

73

8.4

/3144/

85

/113/

83

/447/

4.2

/9677/

99

/234/

age 10+

A glimpse into K-pop group BTS’ world away from the stage, featuring intimate group discussions alongside spectacular concert performances from their world tour.

86

8.3

/705928/

83

/17643/

82

/9448/

4.4

/1338604/

82

/160/

94

/11753/

78

/33/

4.0

age 17+

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

85

68

8.2

/11527/

82

/499/

84

/813/

4.2

/38822/

96

/3/

After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.

88

8.1

/198055/

82

/7794/

81

/4144/

4.4

/706360/

96

/226/

91

/449/

85

/40/

4.0

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

81

8.1

/27120/

80

/520/

78

/347/

3.9

/16460/

90

/564/

A young couple's love is tested when Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.

82

8.1

/25828/

82

/863/

78

/477/

4.0

/37214/

89

/75/

A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully imprisoned for murder and his relationship with his 6 year old daughter.

78

8.0

/42191/

78

/696/

79

/741/

3.8

/12002/

79

/43/

93

/1545/

64

/19/

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.

86

53

7.9

/17590/

80

/31/

89

/120/

4.4

/5190/

96

/2/

Join us as BTS and ARMY become one once again with music and dance in this unmissable live concert experience broadcast from Seoul to cinemas around the world! 'BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE' is the latest world tour series headlined by 21st century pop icons BTS, featuring powerful performances and the greatest hit songs from throughout their incredible career.

81

7.9

/60864/

77

/1323/

78

/1220/

4.1

/65593/

87

/93/

94

/1464/

72

/28/

A drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy marriage.

79

7.9

/52559/

77

/1151/

75

/620/

3.7

/33525/

93

/2468/

A dweeby, mild-mannered man comes to the aid of a drunk young woman on a subway platform. Little does he know how much trouble he’s in for.

79

7.8

/79209/

77

/2322/

77

/1448/

4.0

/78350/

82

/33/

89

/873/

64

/11/

3.5

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

78

7.8

/162560/

78

/5500/

78

/2873/

4.0

/280367/

83

/86/

87

/1736/

67

/19/

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.

76

69

7.7

/7836/

78

/298/

81

/166/

3.9

/11675/

82

/11/

65

/18/

In January 1987, a 22-year-old college student dies during a police interrogation. Under the orders of Director Park, the police request the body to be cremated in order to destroy evidence. Public Prosecutor Choi, who was on duty on the day of the incident, denies the request and calls for an autopsy. The police maintain the lie that the death was a simple accident, resulting from shock. The autopsy results, however, point to torture as the cause of death. Yoon, a journalist following the case, reports that the death was a result of asphyxiation during torture. Director Park attempts to conceal the truth by ending the case, arresting two detectives including inspector Cho. While in prison, inspector Cho reveals the truth to prison guard Han Byung-yong, who embarks on a dangerous mission to relay the information to an opposition politician through his niece, Yeon-hee.

76

70

7.7

/6242/

75

/150/

79

/227/

3.8

/6309/

75

/57/

92

/315/

63

/19/

This is the story of a 7-year-old boy, Sang-woo, born and raised in the big city, and his mute grandmother, who has spent her whole life in a small rural village.

73

68

7.7

/8378/

79

/288/

78

/209/

3.8

/7076/

77

/13/

70

/28/

55

/7/

Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of his life changes for good.

77

66

7.7

/12407/

79

/385/

78

/302/

3.7

/10996/

80

/12/

A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.

83

7.7

/79285/

76

/2254/

77

/1631/

4.2

/178140/

96

/121/

89

/974/

79

/31/

3.5

age 15+

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

83

7.7

/79671/

78

/3056/

77

/1425/

3.9

/55467/

100

/8/

90

/854/

An ex-special agent is involved in a convoluted drug ring drama. He has to save a drug smuggler's innocent daughter from being the victim of her parents' fight.

86

IMDb 22

7.6

/22853/

75

/835/

78

/362/

4.2

/228999/

98

/172/

94

/26/

85

/39/

4.0

age 16+

Looking for a job? When a happy family man is dismissed after twenty-five years of loyal service at a paper company, he finds the perfect solution to land his next role: truly eliminate the competition.

61

60

7.6

/13352/

75

/364/

78

/426/

3.6

/4733/

21

/19/

77

/61/

30

/12/

During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.

77

7.5

/91693/

75

/2725/

75

/1819/

4.0

/184825/

76

/87/

87

/3249/

75

/23/

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

63

50

7.5

/3372/

76

/152/

77

/81/

3.6

/4828/

15

/3/

An old man is found dead, and his housekeeper is charged with the murder. Her defense attorney is surprised to learn the only witness to the crime is a teenage girl with autism.

79

7.5

/10590/

72

/461/

72

/223/

4.1

/28068/

94

/32/

76

/372/

84

/6/

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

71

7.5

/80294/

75

/2481/

75

/1586/

4.0

/137355/

53

/58/

84

/2281/

59

/21/

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

83

7.4

/84437/

73

/3270/

73

/1746/

4.0

/302637/

95

/197/

80

/209/

91

/39/

4.0

age 17+

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

79

73

7.4

/7167/

77

/406/

73

/207/

3.8

/8484/

100

/21/

83

/18/

69

/6/

South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.

73

63

7.4

/6947/

75

/113/

71

/100/

3.4

/2663/

79

/243/

A painter in Amsterdam receives flowers from a mysterious admirer, while a hitman and cop find themselves in conflict.

79

7.4

/96303/

74

/4543/

73

/1953/

4.0

/265783/

99

/87/

81

/393/

81

/19/

3.0

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

78

60

7.3

/4998/

77

/267/

76

/169/

4.0

/33601/

84

/7/

A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.

74

54

7.3

/4824/

76

/221/

73

/105/

3.8

/17399/

73

/1/

Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by other women from her life, past and present.

75

7.3

/24479/

74

/795/

73

/540/

3.7

/18864/

88

/25/

78

/143/

70

/10/

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

74

66

7.2

/14853/

74

/610/

74

/348/

3.7

/28014/

80

/15/

A former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her mysterious boyfriend who may be a serial killer too.

79

7.2

/21857/

76

/1734/

78

/693/

3.6

/58316/

89

/18/

87

/59/

Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.

70

53

7.2

/3567/

71

/63/

65

/67/

3.4

/1140/

78

/215/

These intertwining stories about romance and separation follow a firefighter who can't find the right time to propose, a shy theme park worker who falls for an artist, an estranged mother and son, and a man seeking to regain his lost love.

73

64

7.2

/4596/

73

/139/

72

/98/

3.4

/3691/

82

/105/

Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. One day a young woman named Jeong-nam shows up and claims to be his own daughter. She also has a son whom she claims to be Hyeon-soo's grandson. Their relation is proven via DNA tests by Hyeon-soo's brother. This leads to Hyeon-soo attempting to avoid a scandal concerning him having children "unknown" to the media.

71

57

7.2

/4641/

70

/161/

74

/133/

3.2

/6391/

79

/19/

When Seung-min was on his first year at the Academy of Architecture, he met Seo-yeon. She was a musician student, and Seung-min totally fell in love with her. Years have passed, and now he meets Seo-yeon again - she asks him to rebuild her father's old house.

70

57

7.2

/5537/

72

/128/

73

/86/

3.2

/1747/

When a high school diploma becomes the key to unlocking his inheritance, a spoiled teen gets an invaluable lesson in life and love in a rural village.

78

72

7.2

/7373/

73

/255/

77

/265/

3.5

/4743/

100

/8/

76

/30/

In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.

74

7.2

/18199/

72

/788/

70

/476/

3.6

/19762/

82

/33/

77

/31/

76

/9/

3.0

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

74

7.2

/39473/

72

/1268/

71

/777/

3.7

/37220/

81

/68/

83

/1288/

69

/14/

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.

75

71

7.1

/4031/

73

/313/

83

/145/

3.7

/99805/

age 11+

A lovestruck teen plans to win the school heartthrob by going from curly to straight hair — until a new transfer student changes everything.

79

7.1

/20219/

72

/917/

71

/516/

3.8

/99691/

94

/157/

73

/65/

77

/31/

4.0

age 13+

Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.

71

7.1

/9329/

73

/498/

71

/279/

3.6

/8433/

67

/15/

80

/42/

60

/4/

3.0

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

68

43

7.1

/2789/

70

/47/

66

/35/

3.3

/724/

67

/108/

Su-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For some unknown reason, Su-eun has a crush on the boy, and for equally mysterious reasons she rescues Su-ho in the sea though he doesn't know who actually saved him.

65

47

7.1

/3459/

71

/108/

71

/96/

3.6

/4220/