Movies to watch in January 2024
Same rules apply in the dramas section. Add what movie I should watch in the comments before adding it yourself. You can look at my long completed list or custom lists for reference on what I have watched.
The top 15 movies voted by December 31st, I will likely try out.
Genres: Romance (opposite sex and same sex is fine), Thriller, Youth, School (Japan, Korea, Thai(if plot is interesting), Historical (for Chinese dramas have to have NO Fantasy or Wuxia unless interesting plot), Comedy.
Genre I don't usually like unless it's an interesting plot: Horror
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1. Yellow Door: Looking for Director Bong’s Unreleased Short Film
Korean Movie - 2023100 points by 1 votersThis intimate documentary explores a bygone era of cinematic passion and the emergence of young film enthusiasts in South Korea, including Bong Joon Ho. (Source: Netflix) - Love At First Stream follows the stories of a streamer, a student, a breadwinner, and a heartthrob as they explore love and friendships online to escape their realities offline. (Source: Rappler)
- TV host Jack faces pressures left and right. The network calls his attention to the 1% ratings decline of his show, while his non-stop work puts a threat on his health – ...more
- When a millennia-old spirit reawakens, it causes mysterious deaths in its quest to assume a form. A group of strangers must join forces in a chilling battle to extinguish it in 8 ...more
- When two siblings stumble on a strange hole in the wall of their grandparents’ house, horrifying incidents reveal sinister secrets about their family. (Source: Netflix)
- Mother and daughter Ella and Katya never agree, especially now that Katya is settling with her new boyfriend. Things get more complicated between them when the mother meets the rich Hermes, and ...more
- Lin Xiu Ying is a well-known restaurant owner in Tainan. After her husband left home silently, she relied on selling shrimp rolls and raised her three daughters alone. The eldest daughter A ...more
- "Persona: Sulli" is split into two parts: A short film titled "4: Clean Island", and a feature-length documentary film "Dear Jinri" (Sulli's real name), which includes the star's final interview. "4: Clean ...more
- Detective Won Ho looks for missing person Rak and he also chases after Teacher Lee, who is the boss of a drug ring. Brian and Seob So Cheon appear in front of ...more
- While at sea, the loyal butler on a luxury cruise, Ubukata Suguru, and a mysterious woman named Banjaku Chizuru cross paths as they try to uncover a murder-mystery that occurs on the ...more
- An outspoken cashier and laidback grocery bagger navigate the path to being happy despite the challenges of their blue-collared living in a world where nothing comes for free. (Source: SM Cinema)
- The story of a disheartened couple, Sati and Meta. The two are about to part ways due to their broken relationship, but destiny is playing a joke on them when Sati gets ...more
- After 10 years in the prison on behalf of his boss, Soo Hyuk is released, but the boss doubts his loyalty. When Soo Hyuk visits his long-abandoned girlfriend, he finds out that ...more
- A real-time live chase movie. Freelance PD Dong Joo finds out, through a link he accidentally received, that his girlfriend is in danger of being broadcast live by a spycam. In order ...more
- At an age when perhaps friends mean more than moms, 10-year-old Sun is an outcast at school. During summer vacation, she meets Jia, who is new to town. As Sun shows Jia ...more
- Jin is a temporary elementary school teacher on his way to a permanent position when a traumatic event plunged him into a terrifying deep darkness. Three months later, a mysterious man named ...more
- Set in the backdrop of the mid-to-late 1980s, the drama tells the story of students at an agricultural high school in Chungcheong Province. Jang Byung Tae is a small and weak boy ...more
- A young kamuro (maid in a brothel) is sold into the red-light district of Yoshiwara and is put under the care of the oiran of the Tamagiku house, Shouhi, who names her ...more
- "A Story of Bangja" is a comedy based on the popular South Korean folktale "Chung Hyang." The movie then twists the story around to ask what would happen if Lee Myong Ryong ...more
- To avoid invading Japanese forces, King Seon Jo leaves for the Ming Dynasty and abandons his people in the process. In his place, Prince Gwang Hae leads the royal court. Meanwhile, To ...more
- Myung Dang (an ideal spot) could change someone’s destiny. The one that occupies the site would rule the world. One’s ancestors’ tomb spot could change one’s destiny. Jae Sang, a prodigal geomancer, ...more
- Korea, 1724. Once upon a time in the Joseon Dynasty, Chun-doong meets a beautiful woman while in the middle of a fight in an old market. Having fallen in love at first ...more
- A maid-in-waiting hangs herself within the realms of the palace. But while performing an autopsy, palace medic Chunryung suspects murder and starts to investigate the case. With a sense of justice and ...more
- By mistake, film director Ham Chun Su arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chun Su stops by a restored, old palace and ...more
- Having lost his colleague who was also his brother-in-law to a serial murderer two years ago, homicide detective Jae Hwan is unable to contain his hatred toward the murderer and dives headfirst ...more
- 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
- 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
- 'A Christmas Carol' is a story about a twin brother who goes to a juvenile detention center on his own to avenge the death of his twin brother. ~~ Adapted from the ...more
- Kawamura Shunsuke works for a real estate company. He is usually first at first when it comes to sales. He is respected by his boss and colleagues. Kawamura Shunsuke is also set ...more
- 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
- 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
- A timely window into the lives of employees and guests alike at The Hotel Emros around New Year's. The Staff at Your Service: The hotel manager is poised and an accomplished professional ...more
- Woo Ri is a 33-year-old single man. He is a rookie reporter and he writes a sex column, although he wants to become a novelist. Woo Ri hates being lonely, but he ...more
- Tae Joo, a murderer serving a life sentence in prison, is given a temporary release to save the life of a seriously ill young girl, Se Hee, who suffers from Wilson's disease ...more
- When a letter and cassette tape from 23 years ago show up at a radio station, the radio DJ and his old friends reminisce on the bittersweet summer they last spent together ...more
- Born with a rare genetic disorder, 17-year-old Ah Reum ages far faster than everyone else. Possessing the body of an 80-year-old, he prepares a gift for his young parents who have raised ...more
- Picking up where ATM the movie left off, Sua and Jib have decided to get married. Sua is still working at JNBC while Jib, the former deputy manager, is now a housewife. ...more
- The film is divided into five segments (the five seasons of the title), each segment depicting a different stage in the life of a Buddhist monk (each segment is roughly ten to ...more
- Liliko, a supermodel who underwent full body plastic surgery to attain the perfect body and face and to reach the peak of her career. However, her body begins to break down as ...more
- When Alice develops a crush on a stranger at the train station, she offers her best friend, Hana, the stranger's "half brother," Masashi. Hana declines, but after watching Masashi from a distance, ...more
- High school student Emiko (Yui Ichikawa) meets an older student named Yo (Sosuke Ikematsu) in the high school newspaper club. One day, Emiko is kissed by Yo and they have sex impulsively. ...more
- Mirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art teacher at his university. Yuri isn't your typical college professor, having a ...more
- Sonoko enters into an arranged marriage set up by her parents with Amamiya. The couple tries to have a child, but they are not in love. Later Sonoko moves to Kyoto due ...more
- Hyo Joo, a nontenured instructor at a boys’ high school, is assigned to a class of seniors as a Home Room teacher. She notices that a specialized dance student, Jae Ha, is ...more
- The fiancee of a financial magnate is murdered and the daughter of the financial magnate becomes the prime suspect.
- 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
- Tells a story about a retired killer named Bang Ui Gang who gets swept up in a case while using violence to protect an adolescent girl he suddenly becomes in charge of. ...more
- Zhang, a righteous and talented policeman who has solved many cases. Ngo, who was once a promising young cop under Zhang’s wing. An unfortunate incident led Ngo to prison several years ago. ...more
- A cowardly and struggling artist-turned-criminal named Lee Man is extradited from a prison in Thailand to Hong Kong to help the police track down a mysterious and fearsome criminal genius known only ...more
- The story follows a newbie salaryman named Miyamoto, who works at a stationary company and pushes forward despite his frustration with his own insignificance.
- ‘April.16, 2014. AM 08:48. Sewol Ferry sunk.’ Exploring what happened with the diving bell, one of the biggest controversies after the tragic event, the documentary tries to save the truth from burial ...more