Top Korean Movies


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

11. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance ( Boksuneun naui geot )

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chan-wook Park
Actors: Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Du-na Bae, Ji-Eun Lim
Plot: A man desperately wants to save his sister from dying of kidney failure - but he goes from being conned in a black market operation to kidnaping the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. As things go from bad to worse, anger and revenge take over.

12. Chaser, The ( Chugyeogja )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hong-jin Na
Actors: Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo, In-gi Jung
Plot: Joong-ho is a dirty detective-turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by a same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

13. Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War ( Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Je-gyu Kang
Actors: Dong-Kun Jang, Eun-ju Lee, Bin Won, Hyeong-jin Kong
Plot: Two brothers from a large South Korean City are forced to join the army when the North Korean Communist's invade. Follow the two brothers from their first experience of war to promotions and medals. Watch and see how War changes a man from a loving brother to ruthless killer.

14. Lady Vengeance ( Chinjeolhan geumjassi )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chan-wook Park
Actors: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Seung-Shin Lee, Hye-jeong Kang
Plot: After spending 13 years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a 6-year-old boy, beautiful and shrewd Lee Guem-ja seeks revenge against the person who really committed the crime.

15. Poetry ( Shi )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Actors: Jeong-hie Yun, Nae-sang Ahn, Da-wit Lee, Hira Kim
Plot: A woman with early-onset Alzheimer's disease uncovers a devastating family crime that had been covered up. In order to find the strength and resolve to face these truths, she finds a creative outlet in a poetry class.

16. Bittersweet Life, A ( Dalkomhan insaeng )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ji-woon Kim
Actors: Jeong-min Hwang, Byung-hun Lee, Ku Jin, Roe-ha Kim
Plot: A Mafia head asks his loyal enforcer to track his young mistress if she is having an affair. After Kim Sun-woo (Lee Byung-hun) discovers the real truth, he makes a decision that will lead to unfortunate events. Revenge and love are involved in this tragic crime film.

17. 3 Iron ( Bin-jip )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Actors: Seung-yeon Lee, Hyun-kyoon Lee, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jeong-ho Choi
Plot: A silent, young drifter breaks into the homes of vacationing families, but instead of stealing, lives their lives while cleaning and repairing small items. When he meets a battered, unloved wife in a mansion, the two begin a relationship and they will let nothing get in their way.

18. Train to Busan ( Busanhaeng )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sang-ho Yeon
Actors: Yoo Gong, Dong-seok Ma, Woo-sik Choi, Yu-mi Jeong
Plot: A father who spends more time with his work than with his daughter honors her birthday wish to visit her mother, and his ex-wife. But boarding the high-speed KTX train turns in to a fight for survival when a zombie outbreak cripples South Korea and an infected passenger soon threatens everyone on board.

19. Man from Nowhere, The ( Ajeossi )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeong-beom Lee
Actors: Bin Won, Sae-ron Kim, Hyo-seo Kim

20. Thirst ( Bakjwi )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chan-wook Park
Actors: Eriq Ebouaney, Kang-ho Song, Mercedes Cabral, Ok-bin Kim
Plot: A priest takes part in a medicinal experiment with the purpose of creating a vaccine to a deadly virus, but something goes wrong and the priest becomes a vampire. Now the battle for his soul begins as he is torn between beeing a priest and the temptations of the night.

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