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 May 22, 2026
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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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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) -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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) -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![#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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![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) -
![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 -
![The Wailing]()
In a peaceful village, a series of violent deaths occur, attributed to poisonous wild mushrooms. Officer Jong Goo hears rumors about an older Japanese man suspected by the villagers. While investigating, he ...more -
![Bogota: City of the Lost]()
In the 1990s, 19-year-old Guk Hui moves to Bogotá with his family, wishing for a better life only to end up living from hand to mouth. Beginning at the bottom of the ...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 -
![The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion]()
10 years ago, Ja Yoon escaped from a government facility in the midst of an inexplicable incident by herself and lost all her memory. An old couple takes her in even though ...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 -
![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) -
![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 -
![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) -
![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 -
![Confidential Assignment 2: International]()
Follows Rim Chul Ryung heading back to South Korea in pursuit of a brutal and secret criminal organization. He teams up again with Kang Jin Tae, who volunteers to work with the North Korean in order to ...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 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 -
![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 -
![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 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 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) -
![The Spy Gone North]()
In 1993 Korea, the only country where the Cold War continues, tensions surrounding the development of nuclear weapons escalate. Park Seok Young, an army major in the South Korea military intelligence infiltrates ...more -
![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 -
![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 -
![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 -
![Even if This Love Disappears Tonight]()
The pure and touching love story between a high school girl who suffers from anterograde amnesia, whose memories are reset when she wakes up, and an ordinary high school boy who lives ...more -
![Reply 1988]()
Five childhood friends, who all live in the same Ssangmundong neighborhood of Seoul, lean on each other to survive their challenging teen years and set a path for their futures. Sung Deok ...more -
![Hwayi: A Monster Boy]()
A 5-member gang, led by Seok Tae, kidnaps a baby boy named Hwa Yi and raises the baby like their own son. The baby boy is now 17 years old and has ...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 -
![Shoot My Heart]()
Set at a psychiatric hospital. Soo Myung has suffered from schizophrenia due to his guilt that he suffers from his mother's suicide. He meets Seung Min at the psychiatric hospital. Seung Min ...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 Long Way Home]()
Set during the Korean War and 3 days before a truce takes place. Nam Bok is a South Korean soldier who was a simple farmer before his conscription into the military. He ...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 -
![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 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 -
![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
