Best Korean Modern Movie
What's the best Korean movie you have watched set in modern times (20th & 21st century)?
Feel free to add to the list!
Asianatica 22 days ago
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![Parasite]()
Kim Gi Woo is a young man who lives with his unemployed, poor family of four in a semi-basement. One day, his friend Min Hyuk tells him that he is leaving to ...more -
![Officer Black Belt]()
Lee Jung Do, a seemingly ordinary guy working at his father's chicken restaurant, is a martial arts prodigy with expertise in taekwondo, kendo, and judo. One day, he saves a martial arts ...more -
![Miracle in Cell No. 7]()
Lee Yong Gu is a mentally impaired father, who lives in a run-down house along with his daughter of the same age, Ye Seung. One day, he gets into a physical altercation ...more -
![Be with You]()
Su A, before passing away, makes an unbelievable promise to her husband, U Jin, to return one year later on a rainy day. Miraculously, she keeps the promise and reappears before her ...more -
![Old Boy]()
Oh Dae Soo was imprisoned in a cell which resembled a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae Soo finds himself still trapped ...more -
![Midnight Runners]()
When two police academy cadets witness a kidnapping on their way home from the club, they’ll have to use all their—very recent—training to take down a powerful underground trafficking ring. (Source: AsianCrush) -
![Memories of Murder]()
In 1986, in the province of Gyunggi, in South Korea, a second young and beautiful woman is found dead, raped and tied and gagged with her underwear. Detective Park Doo Man and ...more -
![A Taxi Driver]()
A widowed taxi driver raises his young daughter alone and works hard to pay back the hospital bills left behind by his late wife. One day, he hears that a foreigner is ...more -
![The Beauty Inside]()
What would you do if you woke up with a new face every day? Kim U Jin, a man who designs furniture for a living, is used to this. An elderly man, ...more -
![Love in the Big City]()
Characterized by her sharp tongue and daring attitude, Jae Hui is always at the center of gossip and hateful rumors. Meanwhile, Heung Su is set on keeping his gay identity a secret ...more -
![Burning]()
Jong Su, a part-time worker, bumps into Hae Mi while delivering, who used to live in the same neighborhood. Hae Mi asks him to look after her cat while she's on a ...more -
![Silenced]()
Gang In Ho is the newly appointed art teacher at Gwangju Inhwa School, a school for deaf children. He is excited to teach his new students, yet the children are aloof and ...more -
![Exit]()
Yong Nam was one of the best rock climbers in college but hasn’t had much luck elsewhere after graduation. He has failed to get a job for many years and has to ...more -
![Extreme Job]()
A drug squad consists of 5 detectives: Detective Squad Chief Go, Detective Jang, Detective Ma, Detective Young Ho, and Detective Jae Hoon. The team attempts to take down a criminal organization and ...more -
![Decibel]()
The story unfolds when a bomb that responds to sound is discovered at the center of the city. This terror attack occurs following an incident that happened one year ago in a ...more -
![Joint Security Area]()
The 'Bridge of No Return' in Panmunjom symbolizes the division of Korea. When a South Korean soldier is suspected of killing a North Korean border guard, tensions rise between the two countries. ...more -
![Little Forest]()
Hye Won gets tired of her difficult life in the city and moves back to her hometown in the countryside. There, she heals her emotional wounds with the help of her long-time ...more -
![Hi-Five]()
Between the Ordinary and the Extraordinary! Who Are We? ‘High Five’ Five strangers - Taekwondo prodigy Wan Seo, struggling writer Ji Seong, rookie manager Seon Nyeo, rigid team leader Yak Seon, and ...more -
![Pilot]()
Jeong U goes from being a successful, popular pilot to being unemployed one morning. However, he succeeds in getting a new job after accidentally taking on a newly laundered identity. (Source: HanCinema; ...more -
![Seoul Vibe]()
Chasing speed, dreams and money, a team of drivers get involved in the slush fund investigation of a powerful figure during the 1988 Seoul Olympics. (Source: Netflix) -
![6/45]()
“6/45” tells the comic story of South Korean and North Korean soldiers meeting up secretly when the wind blows a first prize lottery ticket past Korea’s military demarcation line and into North ...more -
![Alienoid 1]()
During the Goryeo dynasty, Taoists try to take a mysterious sword. In the present day, aliens appear on Earth. A time door soon appears between late Goryeo dynasty period and the present ...more -
![Kill Bok Soon]()
Gil Bok Sun is a deadly contract killer with a perfect track record, working for M.K. Ent, led by her mentor, Cha Min Gyu. While they respect each other, she knows he's ...more -
![The Match]()
Set in the 1980s-1990s, it tells the story of Cho Hun Hyeon, a Go champion who discovers a gifted but untrained young boy Lee Chang Ho in an amateur contest. He takes ...more -
![Broker]()
A baby box is a small space where parents can leave behind their babies anonymously. Sang Hyun finds new parents for a baby left in a baby box and makes a special ...more -
![Following]()
Realtor Jeong Tae’s hobby is sneaking into strangers’ homes and peeping into their lives. One day, an unfamiliar face in the area grabs his attention: Instagram star So Ra. Miraculously, So Ra ...more -
![My Sassy Girl]()
Gyun Woo is a college student, more interested in picking up girls, drinking with his buddies and avoiding his nagging mother whenever possible. While riding the subway, a drunken girl then changes ...more -
![Secretly Greatly]()
A group of spies called the 5446 Corps were trained by North Korean elite special forces since their youth, ostensibly towards the lofty goal of unifying Korea. They are ambitiously dispatched to ...more -
![The Outlaws]()
A turf war erupts between a local gang in Garibong-dong, Seoul, and the Heuksapa gang from Yanbian, China, prompting police intervention. Jang Chen, a brutal loan shark from China, leads his violent ...more -
![The Merciless]()
Jae Ho is the prisoner who makes rules and wields the most power among the inmates. Outside of prison, he was the #2 guy in a criminal gang, but he is ambitious ...more -
![12.12: The Day]()
On December 1979, Seoul had been enduring a harsh winter before the upcoming spring. After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense ...more -
![A Bittersweet Life]()
Gangland boss Kang suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful and sends his trusted right-hand man Sun Woo, to sort out the problem. In an uncharacteristic moment of weakness, Sun Woo falls for ...more -
![Good News]()
It is 1970. Shortly after departing Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, a commercial aircraft bound for Itazuke is taken over by members of the Red Army Faction, armed with pistols and blades and demanding ...more -
![Decision to Leave]()
Hae Jun works as a detective. He is polite to others but passionate when investigating cases. He begins an investigation into an unnatural death case that took place on a mountain. While ...more -
![Escape]()
Military camps near the DMZ of a divided land, where the South is the land of freedom, and the opposite side is the land of repression. Sergeant Gyu Nam, who has been ...more -
![Okay! Madam]()
Mi Young runs a shop at a traditional market, where she makes and sells twisted bread sticks. Her husband Seok Hwan works as a computer repairman. One day, Seok Hwan wins a ...more -
![Midnight]()
A life-threatening hide-and-seek between a psychopathic killer and a deaf woman Kyeong Mi, a girl with hearing impairment lives with her mother. Working at the customer call center, one day she storms ...more -
![Tune in for Love]()
In 1994, college student Mi Soo meets Hyun Woo at the bakery where she works, just as Yoo Yeol begins his new role as DJ of the popular radio show "Music Album." ...more -
![Brave Citizen]()
The story of hero So Si Min, who once ruled the nation with her top-tier hapkido skills as a high school athlete. Seven years later, after becoming a part-time teacher, So Si ...more -
![Train to Busan]()
Seok Woo, his estranged daughter Soo An, and other passengers become trapped on a KTX train (high-speed train) heading from Seoul to Busan during a disastrous virus outbreak in South Korea. (Source: ...more -
![Forgotten]()
After moving into a new house, the eldest son of the family, Yoo Seok, is abducted right in front of his younger brother, Jin Seok. After 19 days, Yoo Seok suddenly comes ...more -
![I Can Speak]()
Ok Boon, the "Goblin Granny," is a tough, elderly woman who has filed 8000 complaints over 20 years. When strict civil official Min Jae asks her to follow procedure and take a ...more -
![Dream]()
“Dream” tells the story of a team of people trying out for the Homeless World Cup, an annual international soccer event. Yoon Hong Dae is a professional soccer player on disciplinary probation ...more -
![The Roundup]()
After passing the tunnel, the roundup comes! Four years after the operation to wipe out Garibong-dong, monstrous detective Ma Seok Do and Geumcheonseo's strong team will directly carry out a strong mission. ...more -
![Concrete Utopia]()
The film is about those who survived in a city that went to ruins after a massive earthquake destroyed all the concrete. Yeong Tak is a leader who works to protect the ...more -
![The Roundup: No Way Out]()
It tells the story of Detective Ma Seok Do and a gang in Geumcheon-seo, who are trying to clean up drug crimes in Incheon. (Source: Korean = Naver || Translation = MyDramaList) -
![You're So Precious to Me]()
A life-changing story of a man who is haunted by debt and has lived as a loner his entire life. As a result of some very tragic circumstances and a plot to ...more -
![My Little Bride]()
Bo Eun is an ordinary high school girl who worries about SAT's and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, named Jung Woo. One day, Bo Eun's grandfather orders her ...more -
![Aloners]()
Jin Ah works at a credit card call center. She does her job well, but she doesn't have relationships with anyone at work or in her personal life. She lives alone and ...more -
![Night in Paradise]()
Hiding out on Jeju Island following a brutal tragedy, a wronged mobster with a target on his back connects with a woman who has demons of her own. (Source: Netflix) -
![The Negotiation]()
The story revolves around Ha Chae Yoon, a crisis negotiator for the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. She ends up in a duel with Min Tae Koo, who kidnaps her boss. Who will ...more -
![Confidential Assignment]()
North Korean detective Im Cheol Ryeong is sent to South Korea to catch Cha Gi Seong, the boss of a North Korean refugee crime organization. There, Cheol Ryeong cooperates with South Korean ...more -
![71: Into the Fire]()
The story of 71 students who fight hundreds of North Korean soldiers in front of a middle school on August 11, 1950, during the Korean War. Gap Jo was formerly a student ...more -
![The Front Line]()
In 1951, the 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 ...more -
![Carter]()
Agent Carter wakes up one day in a motel room without any recollection of his identity and follows orders to join an explosive mission. (Source: Netflix) -
![1987: When the Day Comes]()
The story of the public authorities and the people trying to reveal the truth to conceal the murder of Park Jong Cheol, who became the fuse of democratization in the background of ...more -
![Pavane]()
The moving love story of a man loved by everyone and a woman who is shunned by all. Gyeong Rok is a handsome young man who garners adoration wherever he goes for ...more -
![The Battleship Island]()
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island (‘Hashima Island’) to mine for coal, attempt to escape. (Source: CJ Entertainment) -
![Yadang: The Snitch]()
Navigating between the drug underworld and law enforcement agencies in South Korea, the snitch, aka "Yadang", covertly provides information about the drug world to the prosecution and the police. When a new ...more -
![I, the Executioner]()
It follows the hunt for a serial killer who has shaken the world as the youngest detective, Park Sun Woo, joins the team of veteran detective Seo Do Cheol, a veteran who ...more -
![Revolver]()
Ha Su Yeong, a police detective who went to prison for someone else, is surprised when a mysterious woman named Jung Yun Seon arrives to collect her on her day of release. ...more -
![The Battle of Jangsari]()
A guerrilla army unit led by Captain Lee Myung Joon and 772 student soldiers, including Choi Sung Pil, are on the ship Moonsanho and their destination is Jangsari. Their mission is to ...more -
![Troll Factory]()
A reporter discovers the existence of a "comment unit" while reporting on online public opinion manipulation and encounters a shocking reality while covering them. (Source: Korean = Daum || Translation = Krystale ...more -
![Hunt]()
A spy movie based on the 1980s National Security Planning. Park Pyeong Ho and Kim Jeong Do are agents for the National Security Agency. They are both elite at their jobs and ...more -
![Veteran]()
After an auto theft sting, detective Do Cheol meets Tae O, a ruthless heir to a mega-corporation. When Tae O humiliates a truck driver in front of his son, the boy seeks ...more -
![The Handmaiden]()
During 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, Sook Hee is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with ...more -
![Sympathy for Lady Vengeance]()
After thirteen and half years in prison for kidnapping and murdering the boy Park Won Mo, Lee Geum Ja is released and tries to fix her life. She finds a job in ...more -
![Cheer Up, Mr. Lee]()
Cheol Soo has a perfect appearance, but he is a bit slow. One day, his daughter Saet Byeol appears in front of him. Saet Byeol has been sick and she has been ...more -
![The Man Standing Next]()
In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of KCIA, Kim Gyu ...more -
![Exhuma]()
After suffering from serial paranormal events, a wealthy family living in LA summons a young rising shaman duo Hwa Rim and Bong Gil to save the newborn of the family. Once they ...more -
![The Man from Nowhere]()
Cha Tae Shik leads a quiet life running a pawnshop. His only friend is a little girl, So Mi, who lives next door. So Mi's mother, Hyo Jeong, is a heroin addict. ...more -
![Mission: Possible]()
Yoo Da Hui, a top agent of the Chinese Ministry of State Security, is assigned to dismantle an arms smuggling ring in South Korea. Her mission involves partnering with a South Korean ...more -
![The Silenced]()
Back in 1938, when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule, Joo Ran is transferred to an all-girl's boarding school in Keijyo (old name of Seoul). The principal there exhibits exemplary behavior to ...more -
![No Other Choice]()
Man Su had it all: a loving wife, two talented children, and two happy dogs. He even bought the beautiful forest-enclosed house where he grew up. Then, after 25 years of dedicated ...more -
![Always]()
Having closed himself away from the world, former boxer Cheol Min starts a new job as a parking lot attendant. One night, a visually impaired young woman, Jeong Hwa, walks into his ...more -
![The Dude in Me]()
Dong Hyun is a high school student and Pan Soo is a member of a criminal organization. One day, Dong Hyun falls from the rooftop and falls on top of Pan Soo. ...more -
![A Tale of Two Sisters]()
After an extended hospital stay, sisters Su Mi and Su Yeon return home, only to find things have changed since their mother's death. Their stepmother, Eun Joo, welcomes them, but tensions rise. ...more -
![The Whistleblower]()
A current issue program producer Min Chul is desperate to get a scoop. One day he gets a source that ‘The Woman Medical’, the biggest sterility clinic in Korea, buys the ovum ...more -
![Sunny]()
Na Mi fondly recalls her childhood pal Chun Hwa, who befriended her as the ostracized, new girl in school, welcoming her into a clique nicknamed “Sunny.” Together, they survive tumultuous ’80s Seoul ...more -
![Time Renegades]()
1983: Ji Hwan, a high school music teacher, is soon to wed his colleague and girlfriend, Yoon Jeong. Yoon Jeong becomes involved in a case and Ji Hwan attempts to protect her. ...more -
![Please Teach Me English]()
Mun Su and Na Young Ju are classmates in a private English class. Mun Su frequently looks out for girls while working in his shoe shop. However, Young Ju has an unreciprocated ...more -
![Malmoe: The Secret Mission]()
Set in the 1940's when Korea was under Japanese occupation. Korean people were banned from speaking their own language during that time. Pan Soo has been imprisoned several times and it is ...more -
![The Tower]()
It's Christmas-eve. In an ultra-luxurious, 108-story, residential high-rise, Tower Sky, the annual White Christmas gala is underway, dazzling the elite tenants and their VIP guests. When unthinkable disaster strikes--and out of reach ...more -
![The Great Battle]()
In 645AD, the Tang Dynasty’s emperor Li starts his invasion into Goguryeo, one of the ancient kingdoms of Korea. One victory after another, the Tang army marches into Ansi, protected by General ...more -
![The Flu]()
It all starts when a human trafficker is infected with an unknown virus and dies in a Bundang hospital, covered in oozing red rashes and coughing up blood. Within hours the virus ...more -
![#Alive]()
Jun Woo wakes up to find that a mysterious virus outbreak has occurred. The outbreak suddenly spread throughout Seoul and rapidly grows out of control, trapping survivors alone inside their apartments without ...more -
![Miss & Mrs. Cops]()
Mi Yeong, once the Major Crimes Unit’s top cop, now leads a quiet life handling civil complaints and caring for her family. When her overly enthusiastic sister-in-law, Ji Hye, is assigned to ...more -
![The Battle: Roar to Victory]()
Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman. (Source: ...more -
![The Suspect]()
Dong Chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he’s abandoned by his government during a mission. While on the run, he looks for his wife and child, who ...more -
![Voice of Silence]()
Tae In, who lost his voice, and Chang Bok make their livings cleaning up crime scenes. One day, they are left to take care of a kidnapped girl named Cho Hee, who ...more -
![Ashfall]()
A volcano on Baekdu Mountain suddenly erupts. Pandemonium ensues on the Korean peninsula, with more eruptions predicted in the area. To prevent another disaster, Jeon Yu Gyeong plans an operation based on ...more -
![Innocence]()
Tells the story of a lawyer named Jung In trying to prove her mother’s innocence and uncover the secrets of a small village with the help of the local mayor. Her mother, ...more -
![The Drug King]()
Set in Busan, South Korea during the 1970s, Lee Doo Sam works as a drug smuggler. Kim In Goo, a public prosecutor, attempts to take down Lee Doo Sam. (Source: AsianWiki) ~~Based ...more -
![200 Pounds Beauty]()
Kang Han Na is a lip sync vocalist for the famous Korean pop singer Ami. Even though everyone ignores her because of her appearance, Han Na is a bright and lighthearted girl. ...more -
![Inside Men]()
An Sang Gu is a political hoodlum who takes dirty jobs from powerful people (carries out an array of underhanded schemes for corrupt politicians). When he becomes ruined, An Sang Gu plots ...more -
![Northern Limit Line]()
In June 2002, while South Korea is caught in a sporting frenzy as the national soccer team plays against Turkey for third place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the North Korean ...more -
![My Way]()
After emerging as bitter rivals and enemies as young marathon runners, Korean native Kim Jun Shik and Japanese aristocrat Tatsuo Hasegawa, both find themselves in the Japanese army, fighting the Chinese and ...more -
![Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War]()
A fictional story of two brothers, Jin Tae and Jin Seok, who are unwillingly drafted into the South Korean army following the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. Young Shin, ...more -
![Master]()
Kim Jae Myung, chief of the Intellectual Crime Investigation team, suspects One Network Inc., led by Jin Hyun Pil, of a massive fraud. He targets the company’s IT architect, Park Jang Gun, ...more -
![Believer]()
Detective Won Ho is trying to catch Teacher Lee, boss of the biggest drug ring in South Korea. He starts to work with a member of Teacher Lee's drug ring, Rak, to ...more
