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HBO Max Amazon Channel
87
7.8
/167776/
77
/7080/
77
/2165/
4.2
/1627923/
95
/321/
93
/211/
94
/52/
cc age 13+

Past Lives (2023)
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
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Fandango at Home Free
83
7.4
/123874/
74
/4615/
73
/1784/
4.1
/501470/
98
/325/
92
/96/
89
/49/
cc age 13+

Minari (2021)
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
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Kanopy
82
7.2
/23609/
74
/1196/
70
/447/
4.0
/137814/
96
/134/
80
/167/
89
/27/
cc age 13+

Columbus (2017)
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.
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MUBI
78
7.1
/510/
71
/45/
72
/13/
3.7
/3605/
100
/42/
88
/3/
73
/15/

Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)
On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant who had previous run-ins with the law, was arrested and convicted based on flimsy evidence and the eyewitness accounts of white tourists who couldn’t distinguish between Asian features. Sentenced to life in prison, Chol Soo Lee would spend years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The intrepid reporter’s investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.
poster
82
77
8.2
/7285/
79
/540/
77
/134/
4.2
/16307/
96
/28/
93
/21/
66
/8/
cc age 16+

LA 92 (2017)
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.
poster
72
7.1
/11664/
72
/574/
75
/288/
3.7
/21568/
75
/125/
93
/54/
58
/28/
cc age 14+

Blue Bayou (2021)
As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
7.0
/2877/
74
/169/
65
/52/
3.6
/5233/
94
/53/
83
/49/
69
/19/
cc age 16+

Gook (2017)
Eli and Daniel, two Korean American brothers who own a struggling women's shoe store, have an unlikely friendship with 11-year-old Kamilla. On the first day of the 1992 L.A. riots, the trio must defend their store—and contemplate the meaning of family, their personal dreams and the future.
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Kanopy
70
6.3
/728/
68
/63/
62
/14/
3.4
/1995/
86
/44/
71
/19/
71
/15/

Ms. Purple (2019)
Kasie, stuck in LA’s Koreatown, works as a karaoke hostess getting paid for her companionship by drunken men. When her dad’s hospice nurse quits she reconnects with her estranged brother, Carey, forcing them to enter a period of intense self-reflection as their single father who raised them nears death.
poster
MUBI
69
6.1
/1521/
61
/75/
56
/32/
3.4
/3903/
96
/26/
60
/15/
76
/13/

Spa Night (2016)
A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.
poster
68
6.6
/9902/
69
/501/
64
/225/
3.2
/3981/
85
/40/
68
/93/
63
/9/

Eden (2013)
After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. What begins as a night of promise quickly turns into a nightmare when she is abducted and imprisoned outside Las Vegas as a sex slave.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
5.8
/421/
59
/30/
57
/10/
3.1
/813/
88
/8/
57
/3/
61
/4/

White Rabbit (2018)
A dramatic comedy following a Korean American performance artist who struggles to be authentically heard and seen through her multiple identities in modern Los Angeles.
poster
The Roku Channel
59
5.9
/8869/
67
/699/
69
/615/
2.6
/27260/
52
/105/
60
/241/
52
/25/
cc age 13+

The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.
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Hulu
49
4.7
/11562/
53
/1043/
53
/322/
2.2
/43454/
32
/41/
51
/40/
51
/13/
cc age 14+

Umma (2022)
Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.
poster
83
47
7.8
/862/
75
/67/
77
/19/
3.8
/1102/
100
/23/
89
/4/
92
/6/
cc age 13+

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (2017)
An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.
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Kanopy
66
41
6.4
/646/
59
/16/
60
/13/
3.4
/822/
87
/30/
55
/42/
75
/10/

In Between Days (2007)
A Korean immigrant falls in love with her best friend while navigating her way through the challenges of living in a new country.
poster
Kanopy
69
36
6.2
/302/
60
/17/
54
/7/
3.5
/1760/
100
/11/

Smoking Tigers (2024)
Set in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high school environment.
poster
61
18
6.0
/543/
73
/3/
52
/8/
60
/32/

West 32nd (2007)
When John Kim, an ambitious young lawyer, takes on a pro bono case to exonerate a fourteen-year-old boy from a first degree murder charge, he finds a world he never knew existed in the underbelly of Manhattan - the Korean underworld.
poster
69
8
5.4
/105/
70
/6/
90
/1/
3.1
/756/

Neh (2021)
On a date, a young Korean-American attempts to hide an embarrassing secret.
poster
48
?
4.4
/188/
47
/18/
46
/4/
2.8
/458/

Death Name (2026)
A young Korean American woman yearns to learn more about her heritage, not knowing the further she digs, the more she reawakens a deadly family curse.
poster
?
7.3
/18/
50
/1/

Bedford Park (2026)
Two souls collide: a Korean American woman struggling with family expectations and her own aspirations, and an ex-wrestler haunted by his past. Their paths unexpectedly cross, leading to a transformative journey.
poster
?
20
/1/

Beautiful Dreams (2025)
Samantha Moon, A young woman who lives by herself in the city must confront her past and future through her dreams whilst being stalked by a mysterious entity…
poster
61
?
50
/1/
43
/199/
90
/1449/

Songs of Love from Hawaii (2024)
Embark on a mesmerizing musical journey through the multi-faceted history of Korean American immigrants in Hawaiʻi with SONGS OF LOVE, a captivating reverie of song and history.
poster
?
9.1
/24/

Isle Child (2025)
When a Korean-American adoptee discovers his birthmother is terminally ill, he must decide whether to preserve his American identity or uncover his vague past.
poster
?
70
/1/

I Hate Big Phony (2016)
For all intents and purposes, 2015 was seemingly a banner year for singer/songwriter Bobby Choy (aka Big Phony). His melodic and quiet songs had garnered him a following as he performs at SXSW while also starring in his first feature film. However, returning back to the States from living abroad in S. Korea - has he made the right decisions in life, professionally and personally? Is he his own worst enemy?
poster
?
10
/1/

Western Avenue (1993)
A second-generation Korean-American woman, Jisoo, leaves her medical studies to pursue acting in New York. After experiencing trauma and alienation in LA’s vibrant but harsh subcultures: including scenes involving drug use and body art; she returns to her immigrant family’s life near Western Avenue. Her return coincides with the Rodney King riots, forcing her to confront identity, belonging, and the fragile ties between her American experiences and her Korean heritage.
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Kanopy
63
?
7.6
/110/
42
/7/
3.7
/562/

Liquor Store Dreams (2022)
So Yun Um’s debut feature is a moving portrait of two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconciling their dreams with those of their immigrant parents, against the backdrop of struggles for racial equity in Los Angeles.
poster
?
8.2
/20/
10
/2/

Chosen (2022)
In November 2020, the Senate and House of Representative elections took place along with the Presidential election in the United States. Five Korean Americans of vastly diverse backgrounds with competing political views ran for the House election. David Kim is the only underdog with limited resources vying to be the first Korean American representative from Koreatown in Los Angeles.
poster
?
8.5
/23/
100
/1/

A.k.a. Nikki S. Lee (2006)
The jet set life of artist Nikki S. Lee.
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Hoopla
65
?
6.9
/654/
62
/24/
68
/8/
3.3
/313/
62
/5/

The House of Suh (2010)
The House of Suh” tells the story of Andrew and his sister Catherine, and how the values, conflicts, and dysfunctions of their Korean immigrant family led to the murder of Robert O’Dubaine. Eloquently narrated by Andrew, the documentary highlights issues of assimilation and the struggle between freedom and responsibility, raising questions about guilt, innocence, and the illusive gray area in-between.
poster
?
6.9
/18/
60
/1/

Fiction and Other Realities (2020)
Bobby, a Korean-American singer-songwriter who tries to find himself in a country his parents originally immigrated from. Featuring the music of singer-songwriter Big Phony, this music centered film takes us on a search for love and self-identity.
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?
8.7
/18/

The Bird Who Could Fly (2017)
Arthur, a young Korean-American, tries to manage one brother, sentenced to spend his life in jail; his other brother, a drug addict; and pressure from their Korean-born mother.
poster
?
5.2
/74/
65
/2/

First Birthday (2012)
Nick is a gay Korean-American man living in Koreatown, Los Angeles with his partner Brian and their dog Chloe. When Nick attends his baby nephew's 'dol,' a traditional Korean first birthday party, he finds himself yearning for a life just out of reach.
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Hoopla
60
?
6.7
/127/
83
/3/
30
/3/

Save My Seoul (2017)
Eddie and Jason, two Korean-American brothers get in over their heads when they are called to Korea to make a short film on prostitution and sex-trafficking. Things get complicated when they meet Crystal and Esther, two prostitutes who reveal just how deep the problem goes and set off on a dangerous mission to capture the truth. With the use of hidden cameras and access to pimps, johns, and sex-workers, the filmmakers explore and unravel the complexity of the sex trade in Seoul. They learn that this problem is rooted in issues far deeper than exploited girls and lustful men. Instead, it's a consequence of a culture and government that condones and turns a blind eye to the biggest human injustice of our time.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
?
6.1
/146/
60
/2/
3.2
/289/
92
/24/
83
/1/
73
/9/

Coming Home Again (2023)
A Korean-American man cares for his ailing mother and tries to master her traditional Korean dishes.
poster
63
?
6.6
/218/
60
/2/
63
/6/

My Father (2007)
A U.S. soldier comes to Korea and tracks down his biological father in jail.
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Hoopla
37
?
5.1
/219/
41
/17/
20
/1/

Eagle and the Albatross (2020)
When an orphaned half Korean girl finds herself in small town America with her only living relative, she seeks out a mentor to help with the only thing she loves – golf. The best player in town, the widowed optometrist, takes her under his wing, sending them on a journey to face their fear of losing loved ones and their game. The only problem is, he has three months to live.
poster
?

Untitled K-Pop Movie (2027)
A young Korean-American woman defies her family's wishes to compete in a televised competition to find the next K-pop girl group.
poster
?

Talk to Her (2023)
Sean is a Korean-American aspiring filmmaker who came to Korea with dreams of becoming the next BONG Joon Ho. Hyejeong, a budding actress who faced numerous challenges studying acting in the United States, struggled to succeed in Korea. Despite their vastly different paths, they still hold onto their dreams.
poster
?

Inganmi (2023)
Time moves slow, fast. A Korean-American woman who chose to follow her dreams now finds herself an undecorated writer at age 32, living a life far from what she had pictured.
poster
?

Given Away (2019)
What does it mean to adopted and brought up far away from your country of birth? In “Given Away,” this week’s moving new Op-Doc by directors Glenn and Julie Morey, Korean adoptees who grew up in Western countries reflect on the complicated emotional terrain that they’ve navigated in their lives. Glenn Morey was himself adopted from Korea in the wake of the Korean war, and the directors have channeled that connection to create a beautifully nuanced and emotional film. As the Moreys write of Glenn’s experience interviewing adoptees, “He has needed others like him … to help him make sense of his life. They have also helped him make peace with the universe.”
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Aka Dan (2014)
YouTube musician and Korean American adoptee Dan Matthews travels to South Korea to perform and reunite with his biological family, including a long lost twin he never knew he had.
poster
?

Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts
Looking back over 20 years later at the Los Angeles riots in Koreatown as a result of the Rodney King verdict.
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The Day and Night of a Korean-American (1978)
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Empty Cul-de-sacs (2020)
Two best friends spend their last night together before one of them moves away.


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