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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![A Violent Prosecutor]()
Prosecutor Byeon Jae Uk, who specialized in violent crimes, detests the criminals and doesn't give a damn about their human rights. One day, while interrogating Jin Seok, a suspect looking insincere, Jae ...more -
![The Unjust]()
A serial killer targeting elementary school students is on the loose—and 5 victims mean even the president gets involved in the investigation. When the most probable suspect dies in custody and the ...more -
![Quantum Physics]()
With the monetary backing of a notorious moneylender, Lee Chan Woo, who is a former bar waiter and middle school dropout, decides to open his own high-end nightclub. In preparation for the ...more -
![Keys to the Heart]()
A washed-up boxer, Jo Ha, has lived his life relying on nothing but his physical strength. His champion glory lasted only a moment, and now pride is all Jo Ha has. He ...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 -
![Badland Hunters]()
An earthquake has transformed Seoul into an apocalyptic wasteland. The survivors must deal with not only threats from nature, but also among themselves as the lawless world is governed only by power. ...more -
![My Name Is Loh Kiwan]()
Ro Gi Wan is a North Korean defector. He has arrived in the unfamiliar country of Belgium from North Korea because of his mother, Ok Hui. He wants to settle down in ...more -
![The Hunt]()
When raw gold is discovered deep in the woods, a group of gold hunters leads by Dong Geun arrive to mine it. Several neighbors in the area witness, by chance, the hunters ...more -
![Diva]()
Skill, beauty, personality, 'Diving Diva' Lee Yeong has it all. Not being able to be with her best friend Soo Jin is the only thing that gets in her way. Just so ...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 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 -
![Emergency Declaration]()
Veteran detective In Ho receives a report from a man about an airplane terrorist attack. While investigating, he finds out that the suspect boarded the KI501. Despite his phobia of airplanes, Jae ...more -
![Gangnam 1970]()
In the 1970s during the height of political corruption, Gangnam, the southern part of Seoul, finds itself being transformed into a developed area. Childhood friends Jong Dae and Yong Ki, already struggling ...more -
![My Girlfriend is an Agent]()
Secret agent Ahn Soo Ji works undercover as a bride-to-be real estate agent. Her real life boyfriend Jae Joon is completely distraught over Soo Ji's frequent absences and even harder to believe ...more -
![The Point Men]()
An extremist Taliban group takes a group of Korean tourists hostage in Afghanistan. The Korean government dispatches Jae Ho, known as one of Korea’s most skilled diplomats, to handle the situation. Once ...more -
![Soar into the Sun]()
South Korean elite Air Force pilot Tae Hoon finds himself kicked out of his top-notch team and demoted into a combat unit after a cocky and dangerous air show demonstration. On the ...more -
![Silmido]()
Based on a true story of 1968 Korean Republic Army plan to assassinate North Korean president Kim Il Sung. 31 criminals and death row inmates are recruited into secret training on the ...more -
![The Plot]()
Yeong Il leads a contract-killing group that includes Jackie, Wol Cheon, and Jeom Man. His job in the group is that of the designer. He designs murders into perfect accidental deaths, but ...more -
![Innocent Thing]()
Jun Gi teaches physical education at a girls' high school where he comes to take an interest in one of his more forward students. She openly expresses her interest in him, and ...more -
![My Love, My Bride]()
Young Min and Mi Young are a young couple who get married after graduating from college. Following the honeymoon period, they begin to bicker with each other. While waiting for her husband ...more -
![Seoul Searching]()
During the 1980s, the Korean government created a special summer camp for "gyopo" or foreign-born teenagers where they could spend their summer in Seoul to learn about their motherland. While the intentions ...more -
![Operation Chromite]()
South Korean Navy Special Forces, Captain Jang Hak Su and 7 members of the KLO (Korean Liasion Office) unit disguise themselves as a North Korean inspection unit and infiltrate the North Korean ...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
