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Kanopy
78
7.7
/37558/
77
/1171/
78
/769/
4.2
/71312/
88
/25/
89
/605/
58
/7/

Joint Security Area (2000)
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.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
59
6.3
/5340/
68
/434/
68
/218/
3.0
/5433/
62
/13/
66
/19/

Rampant (2018)
Ancient Korea, 17th century. While the paranoid King Lee Jo of Joseon, vassal of the Qing dynasty, feels surrounded by conspirators and rebels, a dark evil emerges from the bowels of a merchant ship and the exiled Prince Lee Cheung returns to the royal court, ignoring that he will have to lead the few capable of defeating the ambitious humans and the bloody monsters who threaten to destroy the kingdom.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
57
6.5
/4872/
68
/348/
70
/228/
3.1
/4500/
57
/7/
55
/18/
cc age 14+

The Pirates (2014)
At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?
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Fandor
69
55
6.8
/1496/
61
/33/
62
/36/
3.7
/3325/
88
/34/
62
/48/
73
/9/

Woman on the Beach (2006)
Film director, Joongrae, is preparing for his next movie but is unable to finish his script. So he pleads his friend, Changwook a production designer, to go with him on a trip even though Changwook had already made plans with his girlfriend, Moonsook, a composer. Eventually Changwook brings his girlfriend along and they all go on a trip to the west coast to visit Shinduri Beach Resort, which is covered with cherry blossoms and a flowing mist. There, Joongrae makes advances on Changwook's girlfriend, Moonsook. Already a fan of his films, Moonsook doesn't hide her interest. So later, while avoiding Changwook's eyes, the two spend a heated night together. But the next day Joongrae's face is filled with anxiety as he proposes to go back to Seoul. He and Moonsook then part awkwardly.
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65
53
6.4
/2057/
66
/58/
61
/61/
3.4
/5631/
83
/23/
53
/52/
63
/8/

Woman Is the Future of Man (2004)
As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search of the young woman each had romanced years earlier.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
50
6.3
/2724/
69
/208/
66
/102/
3.0
/1701/
75
/8/
57
/14/
47
/4/

Memories of the Sword (2015)
While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But therefore she must face one of the most powerful men and warriors of the Goryeo Dynasty.
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Amazon Prime Video
55
49
5.4
/3913/
59
/552/
69
/371/
2.7
/9336/
50
/14/
49
/9/

Project Silence (2024)
Due to sudden deteriorating weather conditions, visibility on the Airport Bridge is severely impaired, leaving people stranded and at risk of the bridge collapsing due to a series of chain collisions and explosions. Amidst the chaos, the canine subjects "Echo" from the military experiment "Project Silence," who were being transported in secret, break free, and all human survivors become targets of relentless attacks.
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Kanopy
62
48
6.4
/3619/
67
/79/
62
/94/
3.3
/1640/
51
/67/

The Coast Guard (2002)
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.
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The Roku Channel
66
47
6.8
/3148/
71
/100/
69
/99/
3.4
/3384/
57
/14/

The Face Reader (2013)
An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.
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62
36
6.2
/1280/
61
/31/
65
/34/
3.4
/1109/
54
/53/

Epitaph (2007)
A traumatized girl sees visions of her dead mother in one of three tales set in a 1942 South Korean hospital.
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Kanopy
62
32
6.8
/914/
67
/19/
57
/35/
3.7
/2122/
48
/12/

Like You Know It All (2009)
A South Korean art house film director is first invited to serve on the panel of a film festival, then to guest lecture at a film school.
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52
27
5.7
/1379/
60
/61/
59
/82/
2.7
/1002/
30
/14/

Quick (2011)
A biker is forced to deliver a ticking time bomb by a mysterious caller who has put an explosive helmet on his ex-girlfriend.
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Kanopy
55
24
5.7
/860/
63
/50/
59
/36/
3.0
/1172/
38
/5/

Horror Stories (2012)
A teenager is abducted and forced to tell the scariest tales she knows, leading to this anthology of four stories: a brother and sister are under siege while home alone; a killer escapes police custody mid-flight; step-sisters take plastic surgery to nightmarishly macabre extremes; a paramedic and mother standoff over her infected young daughter.
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71
23
6.8
/560/
68
/18/
73
/23/
3.6
/1047/
75
/3/

The Contact (1997)
The male radio presenter Dong-hyun and the female TV home shopping phone operator Soo-hyun are both lonely. While Dong-hyun is focused on getting back to his ex-girl-friend Young-hae who has sent him a special LP, Soo-hyun is crazy for her friend's boy-friend. Via Internet and music Soo-hyun and Dong-hyun get together in a special way.
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The Roku Channel
64
22
6.1
/746/
74
/76/
58
/20/
3.2
/615/

Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies (2015)
A beautiful workaholic is fired from her job as a marketing executive for a children's toy company. With her life spinning out of control she teams up with her neighbour, who owns a sex shop, to design and promote better sex toys.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
17
6.6
/502/
68
/25/
70
/19/
3.4
/758/
88
/1/

Forbidden Dream (2019)
A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through astronomy, and Jang Yeong-sil, the most remarkable scientist.
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60
15
6.4
/465/
56
/11/
64
/20/
58
/7/

Wide Awake (2007)
Sang-woo receives painful surgery when he is ten, and murders another kid from trauma. After he receives hypnosis treatment, he disappears with his family. After 25 years, a successful doctor meets his old friend one day, and everything changes.
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67
14
6.3
/314/
70
/11/
73
/17/
3.2
/293/

The Tooth and the Nail (2017)
Seok-jin, a magician at a club, meets a mysterious woman, Ha-yeon, who soon becomes his assistant and fiance. Things take a turn when she is found dead and he must find out what happened.
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54
13
5.7
/486/
61
/26/
51
/18/
3.1
/366/
39
/11/

The Naked Kitchen (2009)
Mo-rae struggles to remain loyal to her husband while living with a handsome and exciting stranger. Her husband is her childhood best friend, but the seductive stranger is imaginative and adventurous. Whom will she choose?
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The Roku Channel
59
11
6.4
/393/
63
/16/
56
/17/
3.2
/213/
50
/5/

Saving My Hubby (2002)
Geum-soon, once a top-ranked volleyball player, is now a common housewife with a six-month old daughter and a clumsy husband. On the first day her husband goes to work, she spends the day taking care of her little daughter who never stops crying. While Gum-soon is busy cleaning her house upon hearing her parents-in-law are coming on the next day, she gets a phone call from a club that they've arrested her husband for an unpaid bill. Amidst the merciless threatening of the gang in the club, Geum-soon rushes out into the night streets, still carrying her baby on her back. It's past midnight with less than three hours to go before her in-laws arrive. In the seediest part of Seoul, Geum-soon's husband is practically being held for ransom for the alcohol he didn't drink, Geum-soon has no clue where the bar is, two rival gangs are chasing after her, the pot is boiling at home, and her daughter is wailing while Geum-soon is leaping over trash cans in a dark alley.
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64
11
6.3
/157/
62
/12/
68
/11/
3.3
/422/

Mothers (2018)
The owner of a student study center gets an awkward request and suddenly faces the prospect of raising her dead husband's teenage son by herself.
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59
11
5.8
/516/
61
/14/
55
/16/
3.1
/214/

Hypnotized (2004)
A psychiatrist fails to help a mental patient during her stay in hospital. The doctor becomes obsessed with his former patient, seeks her on the outside and uses hypnosis to fulfill his sexual desires.
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?
7.2
/11/

Motherland (2022)
Leah, a Korean adoptee raised in America, returns to Korea to search for her birth mother. Leah is met with secrecy from the adoption agency as well as her own family but remains relentless on her solo journey, driven by her longing to discover the truth of her origins.
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?
5.5
/54/
20
/1/
40
/2/

A Mystery of the Cube (1998)
A group of people are drawn together to face the supernatural while they try to figure out a 60-year-old mystery.
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?
5.6
/49/
66
/3/
50
/2/

Lady Furious (2012)
A female detective does everything she can to mop up the mess brought into Korea by Hong Kong drugs lords.
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50
?
5.8
/293/
45
/5/
47
/3/

The Influence (2010)
To keep their values, characters are at a critical juncture to act upon their promises throughout time.
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?
4.5
/15/
70
/1/
50
/3/

A Friend In Need (2010)
In bleak Yeouido, crowded by the political world, press and stock companies, section chief Hwang Woo-Jin works in a stock trading firm. He is a hard-working salaryman, but is the first to be laid off. With an outstanding private loan to pay for, hospital bills for his father and consistent conflicts with his devoted wife, stress gradually suffocates Hwang Woo-Jin. Finally, a junior staff member and a boss, who he trusts, conspire to kick him out. After finding about their scheme, Hwang Woo-Jin becomes desperate. In front of him, his friend Jung-Hoon, who does do anything for justice, appears. Under the influence of alcohol, Woo-Jin tells Jung-Hoon that he wants to kill them. The next day the junior staff member is found dead.
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?
5.6
/17/

If You Were Me 3 (2006)
Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, If You Were Me is an innovative omnibus film project to promote tolerance and human rights and shed light on the hardships disadvantaged people face in Korea. This third installment continues the If You Were Me tradition. Directors Jeong Yun Cheol (Marathon), Kim Hyeon Pil (Wonderful Day), Lee Mi Yeon (L'Abri), Noh Dong Seok (Boys of Tomorrow), Hong Gi Seon (The Road Taken), and Kim Gok and Kim Sun (Capitalist Manifesto: Working Men of All Countries) participated in If You Were Me 3, creating shorts on human rights issues of their choosing, ranging from labor conditions to gay rights to discrimination.
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?
6.0
/94/
64
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17

Don't Look Back (2006)
Jung-Hee (Kim Hye-Na) is a 21-year-old dancer who struggles with insecurities and other problems after her father abandoned her family 15 years ago. One day, Jung-Hee's brings back their father. Keun-Woo (Lee Sang-Woo) is a 25-year-old low level telephone technician. One day, his friend shows him a picture of a woman he is trying to extort money from. The woman is having an affair with a married man. Keun-Woo taps into the woman's telephone line and begins to eavesdrop on her conversations. After a few evenings, Keun-Woo falls in love with the woman, but the woman doesn't even know he exits. In-Ho (Kim Tae-Woo) is a 30-year-old soldier. He is about to be discharged from the military after serving for 2 years. In-Ho then gets his last leave of absence and decides to give his wife a surprise visit. When he arrives his wife isn't home. When he does finally see her his wife has changed and seems distant.
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66
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6.6
/207/
70
/7/
64
/9/
67
/6/

No Doubt (2010)
A young girl goes missing just as a convicted sex offender moves into town. The girl's father, the inhabitants of the towns and even law enforcement believe he is responsible for the disappearance.
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55
?
6.5
/156/
35
/2/
65
/11/

Sakwa (2008)
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years. Devastated, she throws herself into another relationship and decides to get married, only to have her exboyfriend return to her...
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?
6.5
/93/
53
/9/

A Matter of Interpretation (2014)
One winter day, nobody comes to see a play. One of the drama’s actresses becomes angry and leaves the theater. She goes to a park, drinks and meets people.
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?
7.0
/24/
80
/1/
65
/4/

The Winter of the Year Was Warm (2012)
A movie director who also produces films, goes to Gangneung on the weekends to get away from his tiring Seoul life. Meanwhile, a woman who works as a home health nurse in Gangneung travels to Seoul on the weekends for its culture. These two people then meet.
poster
57
?
6.1
/185/
54
/9/
58
/11/

L′Abri (2002)
A thirty-two year old man falls in love with a seventeen year-old highschool student whom he sees at the bus stop everyday.
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Decades Apart (2017)
For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived an original immersive 3D sound and image installation. Based on the set of Joint Security Area (JSA) (2000), a movie by Park Chan-wook, new images were filmed for the work and sound treated in a very surprising way to give the visitor a total experience.


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