Top Korean Movies


The Top Korean Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Korean List". Lists are calculated daily.

91. Once Upon a Time in High School ( Maljukgeori janhoksa )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ha Yu
Actors: Sang-woo Kwone, Jeong-jin Lee, Ga-in Han, Hyo-jun Park
Plot: Hyun-soo, transfers to another school. He is sent to a bottom-rank class and experiences violence in classroom by the group of gangsters in his class, led by Jong-hun, who is a stereotypical Korean bully in school. The teachers are also depicted as authoritarian to the students, using violence for the sake of discipline, as did most Korean teachers in the '70s and to some extent in modern days as well.

Hyun-soo, after a failed relationship with Eunjoo (played by Han Ga In) , decides that he will no longer put up with the conduct of Jong-hun and his boys as well as the harsh and violent disciplinary techniques being put up by the teachers, and starts to train himself in Jeet Kune Do, inspired by his greatest hero Bruce Lee. His father, a martial artist, frequently resorted to minor violence to discipline his son.

Hyun-soo challenges Jong-hun to a duel one day when he is no longer able to put up with his behaviour, an epic fight scene ensues. Jong-hun and his friends are grievously injured by Hyun-soo's nunchaku. Hyun-soo is expelled after this incident.

Hyun-soo meets his friend Hamburger again at the GED institute and they talk about their past. He meets Eunjoo again, but they say their goodbyes on a bus. Jackie Chan's 1978 movie Drunken Master is featured in the background at the end of the movie as Hamburger and Hyun-soo play a fighting game in front of the cinema complex.

92. In Between Days

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: So Yong Kim
Actors: Taegu Andy Kang, Bokja Kim, Gina Kim, Jiseon Kim
Plot: A Korean immigrant falls in love with her best friend while navigating her way through the challenges of living in a new country.

93. Crossing ( Keurosing )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tae-gyun Kim
Actors: In-Pyo Cha, In-gi Jeong, Shin Myeong-Cheol
Plot: Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal mine village in North Korea with his critically ill, pregnant wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme poverty like many other families in North Korea, the family is happy just to be with each other.
Unable to find food and medicine for his family, he secretly crosses the border to China hoping to find some there. After many life-threatening moments in China, Yong-soo is forced into South Korea, becoming an unwanted refugee prohibited to return to his family.

94. Hansel & Gretel ( Henjel gwa Geuretel )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pil-Sung Yim
Actors: Jeong-myeong Cheon, Shim Eun-kyung, Young-nam Jang, Ji-hee Jin

95. Bestseller ( Be-seu-teu-sel-leo )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeong-ho Lee
Actors: Jeong-hwa Eom, Kang-hee Choi, Jin-woong Jo, Do-gyung Lee
Plot: After being accused of plagiarism, Hee-Soo decides to move from the big city and into a rural area with her small daughter and work on proving her innocence. Yet, somebody doesn't want her to know the truth and soon she finds herself in danger.

96. Moebius ( Moebiuseu )

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Actors: Jae-hyeon Jo, Eun-woo Lee, Young-ju Seo

97. 71: Into the Fire ( Pohwasogeuro )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John H. Lee
Actors: Seung-won Cha, Sang-woo Kwone, Seung Hyun Choi, Seung-woo Kim
Plot: As the Korean war heats up, a group of student-soldiers defend a middle school.

98. Power of Kangwon Province, The ( Kangwon-do ui him )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sang-soo Hong
Actors: Jong-hak Baek, Jaehyun Chun, Sunyoung Im, Yoosuk Kim

99. Phone ( Pon )

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn
Actors: Ji-won Ha, Yu-mi Kim, Woo-jae Choi, Ji-yeon Choi

100. Natural City

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Byung-chun Min
Actors: Ji-tae Yu, Jae-un Lee, Rin Seo, Eun-pyo Jeong

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