Korean Dramas - Popular - Movies, a list by Linvo

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.

51

IMDb 54

5.4

/18708/

57

/1734/

60

/472/

2.5

/127726/

54

/24/

35

/239/

age 15+

When a raging flood traps a researcher and her young son, a call to a crucial mission puts their escape — and the future of humanity — on the line.

91

IMDb 95

8.5

/1133327/

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.

86

8.3

/706074/

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.

88

8.1

/198101/

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.

87

8.1

/258923/

80

/7508/

80

/4349/

4.4

/850953/

95

/80/

92

/1038/

82

/18/

4.0

age 16+

During the late 1980s, two detectives in rural South Korea attempt to solve a series of gruesome rape-and-murders of young women that leave the community terrified using limited resources and outdated methods. But when the murderer strikes several more times with the same pattern, the detectives realize that they are chasing the country's first documented serial killer. They then attempt to piece together the clues in this thriller based on true events.

79

7.3

/66483/

73

/2907/

73

/1409/

4.0

/369460/

94

/246/

84

/125/

85

/44/

3.0

age 15+

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

77

7.1

/416363/

70

/22988/

69

/10151/

3.7

/813732/

94

/266/

72

/4161/

84

/38/

3.5

age 16+

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

78

7.8

/162616/

78

/5514/

77

/2874/

4.0

/282375/

83

/86/

87

/1737/

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.

77

7.4

/59144/

75

/2269/

78

/1261/

3.8

/200251/

82

/70/

age 17+

Seoul, South Korea, 1997. When the young but extremely anxious student Jin-seok, his parents and his successful older brother Yoo-seok move to a new home, mysterious and frightening events begin to happen around them, unexplained events that threaten to ruin their seemingly happy lives. Unable to understand what is happening, Jin-seok wonders if he is losing his mind.

80

7.6

/299534/

78

/18569/

77

/8103/

4.0

/1065524/

95

/128/

89

/1380/

73

/17/

3.0

age 15+

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

79

7.4

/96323/

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

7.0

/31886/

74

/1923/

78

/1380/

3.5

/66434/

97

/36/

94

65

/7/

After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.

76

73

7.1

/10752/

72

/287/

69

/212/

3.8

/24037/

88

/43/

87

/518/

70

/14/

A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber.

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.

83

7.4

/84463/

73

/3280/

73

/1750/

4.0

/303820/

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.

78

7.1

/51663/

72

/2450/

75

/921/

3.6

/167745/

100

/12/

79

/114/

age 16+

Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.

73

7.1

/54335/

70

/1626/

71

/1033/

3.8

/94496/

81

/119/

74

/1507/

73

/21/

3.0

A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.

83

7.7

/79296/

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.

79

7.8

/79236/

77

/2329/

77

/1448/

4.0

/79003/

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

7.1

/141741/

70

/4943/

70

/3017/

3.8

/297312/

93

/155/

72

/7811/

85

/35/

3.5

age 17+

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

75

6.6

/3053/

65

/178/

69

/57/

3.7

/22417/

95

/21/

85

/25/

3.0

age 15+

When hijackers seize a Japanese flight and demand to fly to Pyongyang, a mysterious mastermind hatches a zany scheme to reroute the plane to Seoul.

86

8.0

/26628/

82

/1021/

81

/733/

4.2

/71834/

100

/5/

93

/76/

Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.

71

7.5

/80319/

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.

77

6.9

/27601/

70

/2125/

75

/610/

3.6

/149151/

93

/45/

83

/115/

80

/5/

After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.

78

7.7

/37873/

77

/1200/

78

/777/

4.2

/75825/

88

/25/

89

/605/

58

/7/

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

74

7.1

/73295/

70

/2293/

71

/1289/

3.7

/121983/

86

/65/

83

/2288/

65

/19/

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

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.

86

8.0

/90202/

78

/1452/

78

/1153/

4.2

/64083/

94

/98/

92

/1473/

85

/29/

4.0

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

58

55

5.9

/7557/

60

/663/

61

/219/

2.8

/49267/

59

/17/

57

/24/

age 15+

A man who poured his life savings into a new apartment discovers its walls are full of disturbing noises, hostile neighbors and unsettling secrets.

83

7.7

/79681/

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.

75

71

7.1

/4046/

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.

73

7.0

/5104/

73

/470/

73

/125/

3.9

/59960/

age 10+

When an astronaut leaves Earth for Mars, the vast infinite space divides star-crossed lovers in this animated romance that crosses the cosmos.

69

52

6.0

/1186/

67

/113/

65

/49/

3.1

/2596/

92

/26/

Aging assassin Hornclaw has seen it all, but she never expected to mentor a reckless rookie like Bullfight. As their unlikely bond deepens, cracks form in the underworld they navigate together. When Hornclaw discovers someone wants her dead, she's thrust into a deadly game of deception. With enemies closing in and trust in short supply, survival means staying sharp—both blade and mind.

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A story about the unpredictable changes in the relationship between two friends who were everything to each other due to a mysterious housekeeper.

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A cautionary tale about the importance of not neglecting specifics in conversation. Due to confusion, a respected person received the wrong medication. This heightens the plot's tension: the life and health of the character are now at risk.

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50

/1/

N/A

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A love story between a man and a woman who become closer while communicating through fictional music in the novel.

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A story about the conflict between mother Yeong-mi, who learns her son's secret through a threatening text message.

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The story of Soo-A, an only daughter who has to hold her father's funeral because, and who is worried about who should carry her father's coffin between her ex-boyfriend of 10 years and her current boyfriend of 100 days.

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A story about a zookeeper couple in crisis, on the brink of divorce, who struggle to find an escaped wolf and, in the process, come face to face with the beginning and the end of their love.

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A long-term couple deceived by familiarity lost what's precious. They stumble into a motel after being stranded in heavy rain, only to encounter a serial killer.

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A story of the push and pull of a middle-aged man and a chef trying to figure out why onion soup, the only comfort in his weary life, has been removed from the menu.

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N/A

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A 100-meter sprinter who has fear of death decides to compete with his own brother who is a rising start in order to get his last chance to compete before retiring.

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Oh-seong is a son of an illegal Mogolian immigrant, and a member of a wrestling team in Nam-cheon high school. He wishes to compete in the National Sports Festival but it is impossible for a stateless person. Oh-seong’s mother, Nyamka, is living with a man named Yeong-cheol who had promised to marry her long ago, but it seems Yeong-cheol won’t keep his words. An unexpected opportunity comes to disheartened Oh-seong, but he gets involved in a serious incident.

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After passing the resume screening for the first time, Gye-rim prepares for a job interview. All of a sudden, he gets dumped by his girlfriend A-yeong who is also one of the members of the study group for the interview. They carry on with the study as planned to get the job, anyway.

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