Best Korean Modern Movie
What's the best Korean movie you have watched set in modern times (20th & 21st century?
Feel free to add to the list!
Asianatica 2 days ago
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![Parasite]()
Kim Gi Woo is a young man who lives with his unemployed, poor family of four in a semi-basement. One day, his friend Min Hyuk tells him that he is leaving to ...more -
![Burning]()
Jong Su, a part-time worker, bumps into Hae Mi while delivering, who used to live in the same neighborhood. Hae Mi asks him to look after her cat while she's on a ...more -
![Old Boy]()
Oh Dae Soo was imprisoned in a cell which resembled a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae Soo finds himself still trapped ...more -
![Veteran]()
After an auto theft sting, detective Do Cheol meets Tae O, a ruthless heir to a mega-corporation. When Tae O humiliates a truck driver in front of his son, the boy seeks ...more -
![The Man Standing Next]()
In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of KCIA, Kim Gyu ...more -
![Joint Security Area]()
The 'Bridge of No Return' in Panmunjom symbolizes the division of Korea. When a South Korean soldier is suspected of killing a North Korean border guard, tensions rise between the two countries. ...more -
![No Other Choice]()
Man Su had it all: a loving wife, two talented children, and two happy dogs. He even bought the beautiful forest-enclosed house where he grew up. Then, after 25 years of dedicated ...more -
![The Whistleblower]()
A current issue program producer Min Chul is desperate to get a scoop. One day he gets a source that ‘The Woman Medical’, the biggest sterility clinic in Korea, buys the ovum ...more -
![Please Teach Me English]()
Mun Su and Na Young Ju are classmates in a private English class. Mun Su frequently looks out for girls while working in his shoe shop. However, Young Ju has an unreciprocated ...more -
![I Can Speak]()
Ok Boon, the "Goblin Granny," is a tough, elderly woman who has filed 8000 complaints over 20 years. When strict civil official Min Jae asks her to follow procedure and take a ...more -
![A Taxi Driver]()
A widowed taxi driver raises his young daughter alone and works hard to pay back the hospital bills left behind by his late wife. One day, he hears that a foreigner is ...more -
![The Outlaws]()
A turf war erupts between a local gang in Garibong-dong, Seoul, and the Heuksapa gang from Yanbian, China, prompting police intervention. Jang Chen, a brutal loan shark from China, leads his violent ...more -
![The Roundup]()
After passing the tunnel, the roundup comes! Four years after the operation to wipe out Garibong-dong, monstrous detective Ma Seok Do and Geumcheonseo's strong team will directly carry out a strong mission. ...more -
![The Battle: Roar to Victory]()
Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman. (Source: ...more -
![Voice of Silence]()
Tae In, who lost his voice, and Chang Bok make their livings cleaning up crime scenes. One day, they are left to take care of a kidnapped girl named Cho Hee, who ...more -
![Concrete Utopia]()
The film is about those who survived in a city that went to ruins after a massive earthquake destroyed all the concrete. Yeong Tak is a leader who works to protect the ...more -
![The Beauty Inside]()
What would you do if you woke up with a new face every day? Kim U Jin, a man who designs furniture for a living, is used to this. An elderly man, ...more -
![Be with You]()
Su A, before passing away, makes an unbelievable promise to her husband, U Jin, to return one year later on a rainy day. Miraculously, she keeps the promise and reappears before her ...more -
![The Drug King]()
Set in Busan, South Korea during the 1970s, Lee Doo Sam works as a drug smuggler. Kim In Goo, a public prosecutor, attempts to take down Lee Doo Sam. (Source: AsianWiki) ~~Based ...more -
![The Roundup: No Way Out]()
It tells the story of Detective Ma Seok Do and a gang in Geumcheon-seo, who are trying to clean up drug crimes in Incheon. (Source: Korean = Naver || Translation = kisskh) -
![Inside Men]()
An Sang Gu is a political hoodlum who takes dirty jobs from powerful people (carries out an array of underhanded schemes for corrupt politicians). When he becomes ruined, An Sang Gu plots ...more -
![Northern Limit Line]()
In June 2002, while South Korea is caught in a sporting frenzy as the national soccer team plays against Turkey for third place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the North Korean ...more -
![My Way]()
After emerging as bitter rivals and enemies as young marathon runners, Korean native Kim Jun Shik and Japanese aristocrat Tatsuo Hasegawa, both find themselves in the Japanese army, fighting the Chinese and ...more -
![Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War]()
A fictional story of two brothers, Jin Tae and Jin Seok, who are unwillingly drafted into the South Korean army following the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. Young Shin, ...more -
![Officer Black Belt]()
Lee Jung Do, a seemingly ordinary guy working at his father's chicken restaurant, is a martial arts prodigy with expertise in taekwondo, kendo, and judo. One day, he saves a martial arts ...more -
![Master]()
Kim Jae Myung, chief of the Intellectual Crime Investigation team, suspects One Network Inc., led by Jin Hyun Pil, of a massive fraud. He targets the company’s IT architect, Park Jang Gun, ...more -
![6/45]()
“6/45” tells the comic story of South Korean and North Korean soldiers meeting up secretly when the wind blows a first prize lottery ticket past Korea’s military demarcation line and into North ...more -
![Believer]()
Detective Won Ho is trying to catch Teacher Lee, boss of the biggest drug ring in South Korea. He starts to work with a member of Teacher Lee's drug ring, Rak, to ...more -
![You're So Precious to Me]()
A life-changing story of a man who is haunted by debt and has lived as a loner his entire life. As a result of some very tragic circumstances and a plot to ...more -
![Alienoid 1]()
During the Goryeo dynasty, Taoists try to take a mysterious sword. In the present day, aliens appear on Earth. A time door soon appears between late Goryeo dynasty period and the present ...more -
![Hi-Five]()
Between the Ordinary and the Extraordinary! Who Are We? ‘High Five’ Five strangers - Taekwondo prodigy Wan Seo, struggling writer Ji Seong, rookie manager Seon Nyeo, rigid team leader Yak Seon, and ...more -
![The Merciless]()
Jae Ho is the prisoner who makes rules and wields the most power among the inmates. Outside of prison, he was the #2 guy in a criminal gang, but he is ambitious ...more -
![A Violent Prosecutor]()
Prosecutor Byeon Jae Uk, who specialized in violent crimes, detests the criminals and doesn't give a damn about their human rights. One day, while interrogating Jin Seok, a suspect looking insincere, Jae ...more -
![The Unjust]()
A serial killer targeting elementary school students is on the loose—and 5 victims mean even the president gets involved in the investigation. When the most probable suspect dies in custody and the ...more -
![Night in Paradise]()
Hiding out on Jeju Island following a brutal tragedy, a wronged mobster with a target on his back connects with a woman who has demons of her own. (Source: Netflix) -
![Quantum Physics]()
With the monetary backing of a notorious moneylender, Lee Chan Woo, who is a former bar waiter and middle school dropout, decides to open his own high-end nightclub. In preparation for the ...more -
![Aloners]()
Jin Ah works at a credit card call center. She does her job well, but she doesn't have relationships with anyone at work or in her personal life. She lives alone and ...more -
![Keys to the Heart]()
A washed-up boxer, Jo Ha, has lived his life relying on nothing but his physical strength. His champion glory lasted only a moment, and now pride is all Jo Ha has. He ...more -
![Confidential Assignment]()
North Korean detective Im Cheol Ryeong is sent to South Korea to catch Cha Gi Seong, the boss of a North Korean refugee crime organization. There, Cheol Ryeong cooperates with South Korean ...more -
![Confidential Assignment 2: International]()
Follows Rim Chul Ryung heading back to South Korea in pursuit of a brutal and secret criminal organization. He teams up again with Kang Jin Tae, who volunteers to work with the North Korean in order to ...more -
![The Negotiation]()
The story revolves around Ha Chae Yoon, a crisis negotiator for the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. She ends up in a duel with Min Tae Koo, who kidnaps her boss. Who will ...more -
![12.12: The Day]()
On December 1979, Seoul had been enduring a harsh winter before the upcoming spring. After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense ...more -
![Extreme Job]()
A drug squad consists of 5 detectives: Detective Squad Chief Go, Detective Jang, Detective Ma, Detective Young Ho, and Detective Jae Hoon. The team attempts to take down a criminal organization and ...more -
![Badland Hunters]()
An earthquake has transformed Seoul into an apocalyptic wasteland. The survivors must deal with not only threats from nature, but also among themselves as the lawless world is governed only by power. ...more -
![My Name Is Loh Kiwan]()
Ro Gi Wan is a North Korean defector. He has arrived in the unfamiliar country of Belgium from North Korea because of his mother, Ok Hui. He wants to settle down in ...more -
![The Hunt]()
When raw gold is discovered deep in the woods, a group of gold hunters leads by Dong Geun arrive to mine it. Several neighbors in the area witness, by chance, the hunters ...more -
![Midnight Runners]()
When two police academy cadets witness a kidnapping on their way home from the club, they’ll have to use all their—very recent—training to take down a powerful underground trafficking ring. (Source: AsianCrush) -
![Diva]()
Skill, beauty, personality, 'Diving Diva' Lee Yeong has it all. Not being able to be with her best friend Soo Jin is the only thing that gets in her way. Just so ...more -
![Carter]()
Agent Carter wakes up one day in a motel room without any recollection of his identity and follows orders to join an explosive mission. (Source: Netflix) -
![71: Into the Fire]()
The story of 71 students who fight hundreds of North Korean soldiers in front of a middle school on August 11, 1950, during the Korean War. Gap Jo was formerly a student ...more -
![The Front Line]()
In 1951, the ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line. Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling ...more -
![The Match]()
Set in the 1980s-1990s, it tells the story of Cho Hun Hyeon, a Go champion who discovers a gifted but untrained young boy Lee Chang Ho in an amateur contest. He takes ...more -
![Bogota: City of the Lost]()
In the 1990s, 19-year-old Guk Hui moves to Bogotá with his family, wishing for a better life only to end up living from hand to mouth. Beginning at the bottom of the ...more -
![The Battleship Island]()
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island (‘Hashima Island’) to mine for coal, attempt to escape. (Source: CJ Entertainment) -
![Good News]()
It is 1970. Shortly after departing Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, a commercial aircraft bound for Itazuke is taken over by members of the Red Army Faction, armed with pistols and blades and demanding ...more -
![Yadang: The Snitch]()
Navigating between the drug underworld and law enforcement agencies in South Korea, the snitch, aka "Yadang", covertly provides information about the drug world to the prosecution and the police. When a new ...more -
![A Bittersweet Life]()
Gangland boss Kang suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful and sends his trusted right-hand man Sun Woo, to sort out the problem. In an uncharacteristic moment of weakness, Sun Woo falls for ...more -
![Pavane]()
The moving love story of a man loved by everyone and a woman who is shunned by all. Gyeong Rok is a handsome young man who garners adoration wherever he goes for ...more -
![Broker]()
A baby box is a small space where parents can leave behind their babies anonymously. Sang Hyun finds new parents for a baby left in a baby box and makes a special ...more -
![Decision to Leave]()
Hae Jun works as a detective. He is polite to others but passionate when investigating cases. He begins an investigation into an unnatural death case that took place on a mountain. While ...more -
![1987: When the Day Comes]()
The story of the public authorities and the people trying to reveal the truth to conceal the murder of Park Jong Cheol, who became the fuse of democratization in the background of ...more -
![Love in the Big City]()
Characterized by her sharp tongue and daring attitude, Jae Hui is always at the center of gossip and hateful rumors. Meanwhile, Heung Su is set on keeping his gay identity a secret ...more -
![The Spy Gone North]()
In 1993 Korea, the only country where the Cold War continues, tensions surrounding the development of nuclear weapons escalate. Park Seok Young, an army major in the South Korea military intelligence infiltrates ...more -
![Miracle in Cell No. 7]()
Lee Yong Gu is a mentally impaired father, who lives in a run-down house along with his daughter of the same age, Ye Seung. One day, he gets into a physical altercation ...more -
![Decibel]()
The story unfolds when a bomb that responds to sound is discovered at the center of the city. This terror attack occurs following an incident that happened one year ago in a ...more -
![Escape]()
Military camps near the DMZ of a divided land, where the South is the land of freedom, and the opposite side is the land of repression. Sergeant Gyu Nam, who has been ...more -
![Emergency Declaration]()
Veteran detective In Ho receives a report from a man about an airplane terrorist attack. While investigating, he finds out that the suspect boarded the KI501. Despite his phobia of airplanes, Jae ...more -
![Gangnam 1970]()
In the 1970s during the height of political corruption, Gangnam, the southern part of Seoul, finds itself being transformed into a developed area. Childhood friends Jong Dae and Yong Ki, already struggling ...more -
![I, the Executioner]()
It follows the hunt for a serial killer who has shaken the world as the youngest detective, Park Sun Woo, joins the team of veteran detective Seo Do Cheol, a veteran who ...more -
![Following]()
Realtor Jeong Tae’s hobby is sneaking into strangers’ homes and peeping into their lives. One day, an unfamiliar face in the area grabs his attention: Instagram star So Ra. Miraculously, So Ra ...more -
![Hunt]()
A spy movie based on the 1980s National Security Planning. Park Pyeong Ho and Kim Jeong Do are agents for the National Security Agency. They are both elite at their jobs and ...more -
![My Girlfriend is an Agent]()
Secret agent Ahn Soo Ji works undercover as a bride-to-be real estate agent. Her real life boyfriend Jae Joon is completely distraught over Soo Ji's frequent absences and even harder to believe ...more -
![Okay! Madam]()
Mi Young runs a shop at a traditional market, where she makes and sells twisted bread sticks. Her husband Seok Hwan works as a computer repairman. One day, Seok Hwan wins a ...more -
![Secretly Greatly]()
A group of spies called the 5446 Corps were trained by North Korean elite special forces since their youth, ostensibly towards the lofty goal of unifying Korea. They are ambitiously dispatched to ...more -
![The Point Men]()
An extremist Taliban group takes a group of Korean tourists hostage in Afghanistan. The Korean government dispatches Jae Ho, known as one of Korea’s most skilled diplomats, to handle the situation. Once ...more -
![Pilot]()
Jeong U goes from being a successful, popular pilot to being unemployed one morning. However, he succeeds in getting a new job after accidentally taking on a newly laundered identity. (Source: HanCinema; ...more -
![Soar into the Sun]()
South Korean elite Air Force pilot Tae Hoon finds himself kicked out of his top-notch team and demoted into a combat unit after a cocky and dangerous air show demonstration. On the ...more -
![Seoul Vibe]()
Chasing speed, dreams and money, a team of drivers get involved in the slush fund investigation of a powerful figure during the 1988 Seoul Olympics. (Source: Netflix) -
![Revolver]()
Ha Su Yeong, a police detective who went to prison for someone else, is surprised when a mysterious woman named Jung Yun Seon arrives to collect her on her day of release. ...more -
![The Ransom]()
Five men, including one Korean, kidnap a 19-year-old college student named Yumi. She is the daughter of a tycoon who controls the Japanese underworld. With 100 million yen on the line, the ...more -
![Silmido]()
Based 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 ...more -
![The Battle of Jangsari]()
A guerrilla army unit led by Captain Lee Myung Joon and 772 student soldiers, including Choi Sung Pil, are on the ship Moonsanho and their destination is Jangsari. Their mission is to ...more -
![Silenced]()
Gang In Ho is the newly appointed art teacher at Gwangju Inhwa School, a school for deaf children. He is excited to teach his new students, yet the children are aloof and ...more -
![The Plot]()
Yeong Il leads a contract-killing group that includes Jackie, Wol Cheon, and Jeom Man. His job in the group is that of the designer. He designs murders into perfect accidental deaths, but ...more -
![Troll Factory]()
A reporter discovers the existence of a "comment unit" while reporting on online public opinion manipulation and encounters a shocking reality while covering them. (Source: Korean = Daum || Translation = Krystale ...more -
![Miss & Mrs. Cops]()
Mi Yeong, once the Major Crimes Unit’s top cop, now leads a quiet life handling civil complaints and caring for her family. When her overly enthusiastic sister-in-law, Ji Hye, is assigned to ...more -
![Exit]()
Yong Nam was one of the best rock climbers in college but hasn’t had much luck elsewhere after graduation. He has failed to get a job for many years and has to ...more -
![Ashfall]()
A volcano on Baekdu Mountain suddenly erupts. Pandemonium ensues on the Korean peninsula, with more eruptions predicted in the area. To prevent another disaster, Jeon Yu Gyeong plans an operation based on ...more -
![Innocence]()
Tells the story of a lawyer named Jung In trying to prove her mother’s innocence and uncover the secrets of a small village with the help of the local mayor. Her mother, ...more -
![Innocent Thing]()
Jun Gi teaches physical education at a girls' high school where he comes to take an interest in one of his more forward students. She openly expresses her interest in him, and ...more -
![200 Pounds Beauty]()
Kang Han Na is a lip sync vocalist for the famous Korean pop singer Ami. Even though everyone ignores her because of her appearance, Han Na is a bright and lighthearted girl. ...more -
![My Love, My Bride]()
Young Min and Mi Young are a young couple who get married after graduating from college. Following the honeymoon period, they begin to bicker with each other. While waiting for her husband ...more -
![Seoul Searching]()
During the 1980s, the Korean government created a special summer camp for "gyopo" or foreign-born teenagers where they could spend their summer in Seoul to learn about their motherland. While the intentions ...more -
![My Little Bride]()
Bo Eun is an ordinary high school girl who worries about SAT's and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, named Jung Woo. One day, Bo Eun's grandfather orders her ...more -
![Operation Chromite]()
South Korean Navy Special Forces, Captain Jang Hak Su and 7 members of the KLO (Korean Liasion Office) unit disguise themselves as a North Korean inspection unit and infiltrate the North Korean ...more -
![The Wailing]()
In a peaceful village, a series of violent deaths occur, attributed to poisonous wild mushrooms. Officer Jong Goo hears rumors about an older Japanese man suspected by the villagers. While investigating, he ...more -
![Memories of Murder]()
In 1986, in the province of Gyunggi, in South Korea, a second young and beautiful woman is found dead, raped and tied and gagged with her underwear. Detective Park Doo Man and ...more -
![My Sassy Girl]()
Gyun Woo is a college student, more interested in picking up girls, drinking with his buddies and avoiding his nagging mother whenever possible. While riding the subway, a drunken girl then changes ...more -
![Kill Bok Soon]()
Gil Bok Sun is a deadly contract killer with a perfect track record, working for M.K. Ent, led by her mentor, Cha Min Gyu. While they respect each other, she knows he's ...more
