The Korean entertainment industry in all its forms - music, movies, and dance - are taking on the world by storm. I'm sure you have all at least heard of a few K-pop groups, be it BTS or Black Pink, and seen a few Korean shows (hellooOoOoo Squid Game!!)
Winning the first foreign-language film to win Best Picture as the 2020 Academy Awards, has got everyone's attentions and interests peaked. If you're looking to delve more deeply into the world of Korean movies, or you stumbled upon K-dramas on Netflix and want to know what else you can watch, luckily there are a ton of great options. Korean cinema has a long history of creating groundbreaking movies with international acclaim, and it's a pleasure to see so many gripping movies coming out one after the other in 2022.
, because we could all use a laugh right about now. Plus, there's no barrier to entry because all those movies can be streamed with English audio and subtitles. From arthouse films, to big budget options, and critically-acclaimed picks featuring beloved stars, here are the best Korean movies on Netflix you can watch right now.
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Movie from 2014. We love to see a strong female lead fight the seas and the many opposing teams all trying to get their hands on the treasure lost in the ocean.
While this movie is fiction and set in the (not so far) future, it sends chills down the spine due to its not-so-unlikely scenarios of war, political conflict, and abuses of power. Illang paints a scenario where North and South Korea agree to temporarily re-unify to protect themselves from the ever-growing military powers of Japan, China, and Russia. Economic depression, domestic terror groups, and special police forces are born as a result, and the never ending realities of political conflict unfold in all the wrong ways.
Before Korean movies truly became globalized, it was K-pop that paved their way into western mainstream media. Blackpink is one of the most influential girl groups in Korea, and this documentary not only gives you an exclusive behind the scenes look at their musical career, but a huge understanding of Korea and Korean music culture.
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Is for you. Your eyes will stayed glued to the screen as you follow the ancient and evil spirit (visualized as a red eye ball) that was summoned to reunite with its other half (a black eye) so it could fully awaken. In order to do so, it finds a home in seven different people, taking their lives in pursuit.
Love an office romance? This interesting take on a BDSM relationship might delight you with all its taboo and no-go romance. The story follows two coworkers who fall into a contractual relationship in consensual play, doing their best to not get their feelings involved...
Transport yourself into a dystopian version of South Korea as you follow a young gang of friends who are planning a big heist after a financial collapse. The action-packed scenes in this psychological thriller will keep you breathless, while the coming-of-age story will emotionally reel you in.
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, this Korean zombie thriller will delight. The movie follows the life of a loner millennial video gamer who has to fight for his survival as the world around him turns into an apocalyptic zombie nightmare. Despite the horror, the film paints a picture of how to keep hope alive, even in very desperate times.
Which topped the Korean box office, is a slow-moving, intimate and heartfelt film chronicling the love story of two teens who met in the middle of the devastating IMF financial crisis in the 1990s. As the obstacles of adulthood and life pull them apart—can fate eventually bring them back together?
A is a detective-thriller about a pastor hired to look into a shadowy religious cult. Visually ambitious, moody and grim, it's provocative subject matter might be just the entertainment you're looking for on a rainy night in.
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. Telling the story of how a simple smuggler rose to become a narcotics king pin in the port city of Busan in the 1970s, this gritty, wild gangster movie has moments of levity amid the darkness.
Tells the story of a father (a bank teller who obtains telekinetic powers after drinking contaminated spring water) who decides to help his estranged daughter save their neighborhood from an evil company, ultimately repairing their father-daughter bond. It's unconventional and it's strange, but watching a superhero dad trying to save his little girl is ultimately very compelling.
Actor Choi Woo-shik and big Hollywood names like Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal. Named as one of the New York Times' 10 Most Influential Films of the Decade, the Netflix release is about a young girl, her genetically modified massive pig, and their fight against corporate greed.
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Is a jam-packed political action thriller telling the story of a North Korean agent and the country's Supreme Leader defecting to the South amid a coup. While being hunted by the North, the former agent works with South Korea to help prevent a disastrous nuclear war.
Tells the story of two brothers—living totally separate lives—who are reunited at their father's funeral. Their witty sibling rivalry, a mysterious young lady, and newly discovered family secrets come together to create a quirky but entertaining slapstick comedy.
Is an unpredictable masterpiece. Shrouded in tragedy, with shocking plot twists and edge-of-your-seat intensity—the film tells the story of a young boy's fight for the truth after his older brother went went missing for 19 days and returned a different man. That's all we'll say, because the less you know the better!
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Inspired by Inception, this mind-bending film about a journalist using psychiatry to try and track down his abducted son will be thrilling even for those who don't have lucid dreams. Don't sleep on this one, pun intended.
Is a disaster film that depicts a nation in panic, the serious consequences of government and corporate malpractice, and a fight to save as many loved ones as possible.
South Korea has a long history of protests and fights for democracy, and this film is about perhaps one of the most tragic of those events: the May 18, 1980 Gwangju uprising where hundreds of citizens were killed. Depicting a fictional story set 26 years after the massacre, five characters from totally different walks of life band together and plot to capture and convict the person responsible for the massive loss of life decades ago.
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, a woman receives a phone call...from the future. Both women on the line lived in the same house—one in 1999, and one in 2019. They use their connection to help do each other change their fates. But a killer knows about the time warp, too, leading to a dangerous entanglement.
Shim Duk-soo (Baek Yoon-sik) is not popular in his neighborhood. The grumpy landlord is better known for harassing people for rent money than being a kindly neighbor. But when his neighbors start being killed, one by one, Duk-soo remembers a similar crime that took place 30 years ago. He teams up with a detective to find out who, in his own neighborhood, is perpetrating these crimes.
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Have compiled this list of 11 films to give you an answer. Ranging across romances, action flicks, period pieces, and award-winning dramas—take a glance at the top Korean movies from 2018.
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If you enjoyed the 2015 Hollywood movie The Big Short, or just have a passion for economics and politics, then Default will tickle your fancy. This K-movie dramatizes something many Koreans consider the most traumatic event since the Korean War: 1997’s Asian Financial Crisis.
Is worth watching. The movie actually focuses more on crisis’ human impacts, as opposed to technical details. This allows general audiences to empathize with the struggles of Koreans during this trying period.
Did exceedingly well when it opened at the Korean box office. It topped the charts and garnered the biggest November opening that any Korean movie’s ever had. Korean audiences found the film really resonant, and audiences in Southeast Asia (who also experienced the 1997 crisis) and the West (who experienced the 2008 Global Financial Crisis) will find the film relevant too.
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In The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, director Park Hoon-jung weaves a complex narrative that centers around a high school student named Ja-yoon (Kim Da-mi) who lost all memories of her early childhood in a mysterious incident. When Ja-yoon enters a televised contest
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