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7.1

♡ 8

88%

Anthony Mann Director

Robert Ryan as Lt. Benson

Aldo Ray as Montana

Victor Sen Yung as North Korean Sniper Prisoner

Phillip Pine as Sgt. Riordan

In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon.

Battle Circus

1953

5.9

♡ 2

26%

doctor nurse relationship

Richard Brooks Director

William Campbell as Capt. John 'Rusty' Rustford

Philip Ahn as Korean Prisoner

June Allyson as Lt. Ruth McGara

Keenan Wynn as Sgt. Orvil Statt

A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 8666th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit's commander Dr. Jed Webbe. Major Webbe, who has a drinking problem, at first wants a "no strings" relationship. McGara is warned by the other nurses of Webbe's womanizing ways. Despite these initial handicaps, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury. The relationship deepens and uplifts both characters.

Ode to My Father

2014

7.8

♡ 23

75%

JK Youn Director

Lee Ho-Cheol as Refugee

Anupam Tripathi as Sri Lankan man

Jeong-min Hwang as Yoon, Duk-soo

Yunjin Kim as Youngja

Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.

North Korean Partisan in South Korea

1990

6.5

♡ 7

Ji-yeong Jeong Director

Min-su Choi as

Sung-kee Ahn as (as Sung-kee Ahn)

Chang Jung Lim as Jeon Se-yong

Jee-Young Kim as Village woman

Reporter for a North Korean news service joins the partisans when the Americans and UN forces invade South Korea.

MacArthur

1977

6.5

♡ 14

45%

Joseph Sargent Director

Tom Rosqui as General Sampson

Garry Walberg as General Walker

Lloyd Kino as Japanese Administrative Assistant

Barry Coe as Television Reporter

The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

2004

8.0

♡ 32

79%

Je-kyu Kang Director

D.C. Douglas as Additional Voices

Joe Cappelletti as Additional Voices Bin Won

Bin Won as Jin-seok Lee

Min-sik Choi as North Korean Captain

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

The Front Line

2011

7.3

♡ 14

71%

Hun Jang Director

Jo Min-ho as 2P radio soldier

Ok-bin Kim as Cha Tae-kyeong

Lee Jehoon as Shin Il-Young

Seo Joon-Yeol as Tobacco soldier

In 1951 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 over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.

Swing Kids

2018

7.5

♡ 13

63%

96%

Drama

inter-korean relations

Hyeong-Cheol Kang Director

Ross Kettle as Brigadier General Roberts

A.J. Simmons as Jamie

In-Kwon Baek as Prisoner of war

Kyung-soo Do as Roh Gi-soo

Rebellious Ki-soo from North Korea is mesmerized by tap dance in prison camps. Ki-soo joins as a team member of a dance team named 'Swing Kids'. Yet suddenly, their dreams about dancing in prison camps are put in danger.

War Hunt

1962

6.2

♡ 3

41%

Denis Sanders Director

Charles Aidman as Capt. Wallace Pratt

William Challee as Lt. Colonel

Robert Redford as Pvt. Roy Loomis

Tom Skerritt as Sgt. Stan Showalter

Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.

First Person Plural

2000

7.5

♡ 1

Deann Borshay Director

Deann Borshay as Self

Alveen Borshay as Self

Arnold Borshay as Self

In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and sent from Korea to her new home in California. There, the memory of her birth family was nearly obliterated, until recurring dreams led her to investigate her own past, and she discovered that her Korean mother was very much alive. Bravely uniting her biological and adoptive families, Borshay Liem embarks on a heartfelt journey in this acclaimed film that first premiered on POV in 2000. First Person Plural is a poignant essay on family, loss and the reconciling of two identities.

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

1954

6.7

♡ 7

80%

Mark Robson Director

Dennis Weaver as Air Intelligence Officer

Corey Allen as Enlisted Man

Burt Metcalfe as Military Police Sergeant

Fredric March as Rear Adm. George Tarrant

A U.S. Navy pilot and his squad are assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges deep behind enemy lines during the Korean War.

Assembly

2007

Chinese

7.3

♡ 17

86%

Xiaogang Feng Director

Hanyu Zhang as Gu Zidi

Baoqiang Wang as Jiang Maocai

Fan Liao as Jiao Dapeng

Chao Deng as Zhao Erdou

Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang.

A Melody to Remember

2016

7.1

♡ 5

71%

Han Lee Director

Lee Hee-Jun as Galgori

Park Si-Yeon as Hye-yeong

Lee Jun-Hyeok as Master Sergeant Jo

Si-wan Im as Second Lieutenant Han Sang-yeok

Second Lieutenant Han Sang-yeol leads his platoon during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He carries emotional scars and pain within. So when he meets some children from a choir, who have lost everything in the war, Sang-yeol is deeply moved and tries to protect to them.

71: Into the Fire

2010

7.2

♡ 10

based on a true story

John H. Lee Director

Sung-ryung Kim as Jung-Bum's mother

Sang-Woo Kwon as Ku Kap-Jo

Seung-Won Cha as Park Mu-Rang

Seung-hun Kim as Student soldier

In August 1950, waiting for UN troops to arrive, the South Korean army assembled to protect Nakdong River. Only 71 student-soldiers are left behind to guard the city of Pohang. Now they are on a mission to defend the country from North Korean troops.

Queen & Country

2014

6.2

♡ 3

John Boorman Director

Callum Turner as Bill Rohan

Vanessa Kirby as Dawn Rohan

Caleb Landry Jones as Percy Hapgood

David Thewlis as Sargeant Major Bradley

In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.

The Battle of Jangsari

2019

6.3

♡ 57

38%

76%

based on a true story

Kyung-taek Kwak Director

David Lee McInnis as

Jae-Wook Lee as Lee Gae-Tae

Megan Fox as Marguerite Higgins

Lee Ho-Jung as Moon Jong-nyeo

Korean War, September 1950. In order to fight the enemy forces based in the South of the peninsula, General MacArthur orders the start of the Incheon Landing Operation, deploying diversionary attacks in other locations. Without real military forces to spare, 772 very young Korean student soldiers, barely trained, are sent to Jangsari Beach, where they will face a heroic fate and discover the value of friendship. (A sequel to Operation Chromite, released in 2016.)

The Sacrifice

2020

Chinese

5.5

♡ 13

Yu-sheng Tian Director

Zhou Siyu as

Qiong Jie Zhuang as Class 5 monitor

Xuan-Yu Chen as Gao Fulai's guard Wu Jing

Wu Jing as Guan Lei

In 1953 the Korean War is entering the final stage. The People's Volunteer Army of China has launched its last major battle in Kumsong. In order to arrive on time and deliver enough ammo to the Kumsong front line, the soldiers have to defend themselves against the never ending bombardments of enemy bombers and race against time to repair the last bridge, all while facing supply shortages and with inferior equipment.

Four Riders

1972

Chinese

6.1

♡ 5

Cheh Chang Director

Hark-On Fung as 'Hello John' waiter

Yasuaki Kurata as Lei Tai

Li Ching as Song-hwa Lily Li

Lily Li as Wen Hsi

Four highly skilled fighters unite to take on a ruthless criminal gang, battling corruption, murder, and injustice in the wake of the Korean War.

The Taebaek Mountains

1994

6.9

♡ 2

Kwon-taek Im Director

Ye-Min Lee as

Ahn Suk-hwan as Army interigator

Pang Eun-jin as Partisan

Jung-hae Oh as Sohwa

Based on the great river story, The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.

Sergeant Ryker

1968