Top Korean Movies


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

31. The Age of Shadows

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jee-woon Kim
Actors: Yoo Gong, Kang-ho Song, Ji-min Han, Hee-soon Park, Foster Burden, Tae-Goo Um

32. Wishing Stairs ( Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan )

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jae-yeon Yun
Actors: Ji-hyo Song, Han-byeol Park, An Jo, Ji-Yeon Park, Su-a Hong, Ji-min Kwak
Plot: At a competitive all-girls arts school there are a set of stairs that are said to grant a wish to those who find the 29th step. However, those who have their wishes granted will find it comes with a price and others will find some wishes should never be made at all.

33. My Way ( Mai wei )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Je-kyu Kang
Actors: Dong-gun Jang, Jô Odagiri, Bingbing Fan, In-kwon Kim, Seung-hyeon Han, Jin-seok Yang
Plot: Follows the life of Jun-shik Kim and Tatsuo Hasegawa from dreams of
Olympic glory to the beaches of Normandy.

34. Decision to Leave ( Heojil kyolshim )

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Park Chan-wook
Actors: Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-Pyo, PARK Yong-woo, Shin-Young Kim

35. King and the Clown, The ( Wang-ui namja )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jun-ik Lee
Actors: Woo-seong Kam, Jin-yeong Jeong, Seong-Yeon Kang, Jun-ki Lee, Hang-Seon Jang, Hae-jin Yu

36. Oasis

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Actors: Kyung-gu Sol, So-ri Moon, Nae-sang Ahn, Seung-wan Ryoo, Kwi-Jung Chu, Jin-gu Kim
Plot: A man with no social mores is released from prison. He none-the-less tries
to contact the family of the victim only to be rebuffed, but not before he
sees Gong-ju - a young woman with cerebral palsy. Both of these outcasts
are mistreated by their families and they connect on a personal level. Can
the two find a connection in world that has dealt them such misery?

37. Time ( Shi gan )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Actors: Jung-woo Ha, Ji-Yeon Park, Ji-heon Kim, Sung-min Kim, Kiki Sugino

38. Castaway on the Moon ( Kimssi pyoryugi )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hey-jun Lee
Actors: Jae-yeong Jeong, Ryeowon Jung, Kyeong-jin Min, Yeong-seo Park, Gyo-hwan Koo, Sang-il Lee
Plot: Kim Seong-geun (Jae-yeong Jeong), despondent over being dumped by his girl, decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River, but instead wakes up on a tiny island in the middle of the waterway, now a castaway in the teeming heart of civilization. Part social commentary, part romantic adventure with hints of science fiction, Lee Hey-jun's film touches on topics ranging from economic disparity to the alienating nature of modern urban existence.

39. Housemaid, The ( Hanyo - 1960 )

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ki-young Kim
Actors: Eun-shim Lee, Jeung-nyeo Ju, Jin Kyu Kim, Sung-kee Ahn, Jeong-ok Na, Seok-je Kang
Plot: Mr. Kim is a staunch family man and part-time piano teacher. When his wife requests a maid to help around the house, he turns to one of his students to help find a suitable woman. Yet the person hired turns out to be a bit unstable and after a brief affair, becomes pregnant and blackmails him and the family begins to fall apart.

40. Voices ( Du saram-yida )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ki-hwan Oh
Actors: Jin-seo Yun, Gi-woong Park, Ki-woo Lee, Yu-seon Ham, So-eun Kim, Yu-mi Jeong
Plot: After a terrible tragedy in her family Ga-in Kim is warned in her dreams that she is the next to die. From the following morning she is not safe from anyone anywhere. Ga-in Kim must now survive long enough to figure out how to break the death curse.

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