Released Date:
1997-02-07
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
111 min
IMDB Ratings:
(886 Reviews)
Director:
Chang-dong LeeGenres:
DramaReleased Date:
2003-12-24
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
135 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (3156 Reviews)
Director:
Woo-Suk KangBased on a true story of 1968 Korean Republic Army plan to assassinate North Korean president Kim Il-Sung. 31 criminals and death row inmates are recruited into secret training on the island of Silmi; for two years they are subjected to maximum mental and physical abuse before the mission is cancelled and the unit terminated.
Released Date:
2005-08-04
Languages:
Korean, English
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
133 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.9 (4610 Reviews)
Director:
Kwang-Hyun ParkJin Jang (play)
Joong Kim
Kwang-Hyun Park
Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.
Released Date:
2008-09-04
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
134 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (558 Reviews)
Director:
Yoo-jin KimGenres:
DramaMan-hui Lee (screenplay)
Hyeon-jeong Shin (screenplay)
During the reign of King Sejong in the 15th century, the Joseon Dynasty was the embodiment of the perfect state. To the Ming China, the aspiring imperial power, Joseon presented an obstacle to territorial expansion. To protect themselves from war, King Sejong develops a secret weapon to defend their territory and take back their land and supremacy.
Released Date:
2009-05-14
Languages:
Korean, English
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
116 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.2 (8778 Reviews)
Director:
Hae-jun LeeAfter failing to kill himself by jumping off a bridge, the man is washed up on a deserted island in the middle of the river, but within view of the city's high-rises. He attempts to escape, but soon accepts his fate and the challenges in living on the island. A reclusive young woman, who takes close-up shots of the moon and has not left her apartment in years, spies him on the island and comes to think of him as her own alien.
Released Date:
2010-07-14
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
163 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (1270 Reviews)
Director:
Woo-Suk KangJi-woo Jung (screenwriter)
Tae-Ho Yoon (comic)
A mysterious person calls a young man and informs him that his estranged father has died in a country village. The curious son travels to the town to discover what happened. From there out the audience is led on a thrilling and hauntingly atmospheric journey into the history of the father and the truth about his relationship to the threatening and violent locals. The film is 2h40m, long even for Korean standards, but it is the magically haunting and at the same time threatening atmosphere in the film that sustains the audience interest. Let yourself be carried away...
Released Date:
2011-09-29
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
119 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (279 Reviews)
Director:
Jong-ho HuhDebt collector Tae Gun-ho, who lost his son five years ago, finds out he has liver cancer. The only way for him to survive is to get a liver transplant in the next 10 days from a woman named Cha Ha-yeon, who apparently has the matching organ. Cha turns out to be a seductive swindler who currently lives in jail, and Tae decides to meet her in person in hopes of saving his own life. Cha agrees to donate part of her liver only if Tae tracks down Cho Myeong-seok, who put her in prison.
Released Date:
2012-11-08
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
119 min
IMDB Ratings:
(3135 Reviews)
Director:
Byeong-gil JeongAfter the statute of limitation expires on the murders he has committed, Lee Du-seok publishes an autobiography describing all his murders in great detail. Detective Choi, who investigated Lee's murders 15 years ago starts the chase once again and Han Ji-soo, who lost her daughter to Lee, pledges vengeance. Meanwhile, another killer appears, casting doubt to whether Lee is the real serial killer. The key here is how well the story juggles the truth and how solid the description of the characters' tangled relationships is.
Released Date:
2013-09-12
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
88 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (538 Reviews)
Director:
Sang-soo HongA young woman returning to her old school to visit her professor also runs into her old boyfriend and her senior, each of whom has a past with her.
Released Date:
2014-04-30
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
135 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (551 Reviews)
Director:
J.Q. LeeKing Jeongjo (Hyun-Bin) attempts to protect his royal powers from the conflict of two factions: Noron and Soron.
Released Date:
2014-04-10
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
122 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (517 Reviews)
Director:
Jeong-ho LeeKeigo Higashino (novel)
Jeong-ho Lee (screenplay)
Sang-Hyun, who lost his wife, lives with his daughter Soo-Jin. One day, Soo-Jin is raped and murdered. Frustrated by the lack of progress in his daughter's case, Sang-Hyun gets a mysterious hint by an unknown voice. He learns the identity of the two men who killed his daughter and the address of one of those two men. Sang-Hyun then goes to the home of that man and finds some evidence. Full of anger he kills the murderer. The father is now a fugitive and searched by the police while hunting down the other killer on himself.
Released Date:
2015-09-01
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
121 min
IMDB Ratings:
( Reviews)
Director:
Sang-soo HongGenres:
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