This movie talks about the genius high school student Jang-ho who dreams of becoming the next Pavarotti although he is part of a gang and Sang-jin, currently a countryside art school music teacher but once a highlighted vocal singer.

Herb

2007

Korean

6.3

♡ 6

Drama

Romance

In-mu Heo Director

Hye-jeong Kang as Cha Sang-eun

Kyung-ho Jung as Lee Jong-bom

Woo-hee Chun as Sesame Leaf Hair Girl 2

Jeong-se Oh as Stall owner

Sang-eun is a beautiful 20-year-old girl who is mentally challenged. One day she happens to meet a boy and deludes herself to think he's a beast under the vicious spell.

Sea Fog

2014

Korean

6.8

♡ 17

77%

Sung-bo Shim Director

Ye-ri Han as Hong-mae

Kim Bo-jung as Kyeong-goo ticket girl

Dong-yong Lee as Man having sex at restaurant

Kyeong-sook Jo as Yool-nyeo

A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

The Drug King

2018

Korean

6.2

♡ 14

75%

34%

1970s

Action

based on a true story

Min-ho Woo Director

Woo-jin Jo as Jo Seong-kang

Doona Bae as Kim Jeong-ah

Kang-ho Song as Lee Doo-sam

Sung-min Lee as Seo Sang-hoon

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.

Portrait of a Beauty

2008

Korean

6.3

♡ 9

Drama

eroticism

joseon dynasty

joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

portrait of a beauty

Romance

Yun-su Chong Director

Seung-hun Kim as Artist Hong

Nam-gil Kim as Kang-moo

Ja-Hyeon Chu as Seol-hwa

Young-woong Kim as Silk Fabric Store Owner

Born to a family of established court painters, seven-year-old Yoon-jeong is a young girl gifted at painting. However, the pressure is on her brother to carry on the proud family tradition, as women aren’t allowed to become professional painters. While her brother trains to take his place in the court, Yoon-jeong helps him out by secretly painting for him. The little girl’s life is turned upside down when her brother kills himself. In order to preserve the family honor, she is forced to take her brother’s name and lives as a man. Yun-bok’s genius and talent captures the heart of another great master of the time, Kim Hong-do. But her daring depictions of women are condemned by the royal institute as obscene. Yun-bok meets Kang-mu and falls deeply in love. For the first time, she feels the strong desire to abandon everything she has built and simply be a woman in front of the man she loves. Kang-moo sacrifices all for his love as well.

Take Point

2018

Korean

5.4

♡ 20

80%

Byung-woo Kim Director

Jennifer Ehle as Agent Mackenzie

Malik Yoba as Gerald

Kevin Durand as Markus

Robert Curtis Brown as President McGregor

On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, a team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's politician in an underground bunker below the Korean Demilitarized Zone. However, they get caught in the crossfire which causes tensions to escalate to the brink of World War III.

Whispering Corridors: The Humming

2020

Korean

5.3

♡ 10

Mi Young Lee Director Choi Ri

Choi Ri as Bibi

Bibi as

Goo Min-Hyuk as Detective

Park Se-hyun as Song Jae-yeon

After being appointed as the vice-principal of her alma mater, Eun-hee becomes plagued by hallucinations. Branded a troublemaker by the teachers, Ha-young hears strange sounds coming from the school's dilapidated restroom.

Shadowless Sword

2005

Korean

6.4

♡ 13

67%

chinese invasion of korea

History

martial arts

Young-jun Kim Director

Choi Ji-woo as Bido Moon-joo

Seo-jin Lee as Dae Jung-hyun

Sung-woong Park as Mabul

Ji-Hyun Nam as Young Soha

927 AD. The Killer-Blade Army has toppled the ruling dynasty, plunging the kingdom into chaos. The only remaining heir, Prince Jung-Hyun is living in exile, unaware of his family's dark fate. Still loyal to the dynasty, the beautiful and deadly warrior Soha sets out to find Jung-Hyun and guide him to become the great leader he was born to be. But with the Army's greatest assassins and the criminal underworld hunting them, Soha and Jung-Hyun are swept into an explosive, non-stop battle of swords, wits and bloodshed as they fight to reclaim the fallen throne.

Lee Su-geun: The Sense Coach

2021

Korean

4.3

♡ 2

Action

Comedy

stand-up comedy

Lee Su-geun's rise to Korean comedy stardom went hand in hand with his mastery over picking up social cues. Now, he's ready to share his know-hows.

My Way

2011

Korean

7.6

♡ 31

21%

77%

Action

Drama

japanese occupation of korea

War

world war ii

Je-kyu Kang Director

Bingbing Fan as Shirai

Shingo Tsurumi as Takakura

Shirô Sano as Tatsuo's Father

Kumi Nakamura as Tatsuo's mother

During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

2004

Korean

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

Korean

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.