The Netflix catalogue has a wide selection of Korean movies. Here is a list of the best movies currently available to watch on the platform. I’m sure you’ll find something you like!
Time to Hunt
Genres: Thriller – Suspense
Themes: Dystopia – Crime
Our rating: 4.7/5
In a dystopian Korea, Jun Seok is released from prison after attempting a robbery with his friends.
During his incarceration, an economic crisis hit Korea and the won collapsed, making their loot worthless.
To escape their miserable situation, Jun Seok suggests one last heist to his friends. After the hold-up, however, the three friends find themselves targeted by a dreaded killer, and the hunt begins…
This dystopian thriller released in 2020 was selected and presented as a world premiere at the Berlinale Festival. This is the first time that a Korean film has been screened during the special section of the Berlinale Festival.
Space Sweepers
Genres: Action – Science Fiction
Themes: Space – Bounty Hunters
Our rating: 4/5
Due to severe environmental pollution, humanity has been forced to leave Earth and colonize space.
In 2092, the South Korean crew of the ship The Victory, composed of Captain Jang, Pilot Tae Ho, Engineer Tiger Park, and Robot Eobdong, collects space debris for a living.
The cosmos is full of the drifting remains of abandoned satellites and unoccupied spacecraft.
But the team soon becomes involved in a dangerous business deal when they accidentally stumble upon a humanoid robot that turns out to be a weapon of mass destruction.
This movie is the sequel to the webtoon (a Korean online manga) of the same name. If you want the full story, I suggest reading it before watching the movie.
Forgotten
Genres: Thriller – Mystery
Themes: Sequestration – Amnesia
Our rating: 4.3/5
Jin Seok greatly admires his older brother, Yu Seok. To him, Yu is the epitome of perfection.
One day Yu Seok is kidnapped and reappears only 19 days later without any memories.
He also seems to have changed a lot – it’s almost as if he is a different person.
Jin Seok begins to try to investigate these strange events, and his quest for the truth begins…
This movie has a twisted and very unclear plot at the beginning, but everything becomes clear towards the end. If you are looking for suspense and drama, this is the movie for you.
The Call
Genres: Thriller – Mystery
Themes: Crime – Time Travel – Investigation
Our rating: 4.4/5
The Call follows Seo Yeon, a depressed young woman who is still haunted by the death of her father. She returns to her family home to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
After gradually regaining possession of the place, a mysterious phone call changes her life.
On the other end of the line is Young Sook, an extremely disturbed woman who is the same age as Seo Yeon and who lives in the same house… in a different time.
In this thrilling movie, the two women who are linked by family traumas will change their destinies and pasts.
Tune in for Love
Genres: Romance – Drama – Comedy
Themes: Love – Daily life
Our rating: 4.2/5
In 1994, Mi Su meets Hyeon Wu. Hyeon Wu has just been released from a juvenile detention center and takes a part-time job at the bakery owned by Mi Su and her older sister.
Mi Su is afraid of him at first, but they eventually become close and develop feelings for each other.
However, Hyeon Wu carries a lot of guilt from a serious incident in the past that he refuses to tell anyone about.
Then one day Hyeon Wu’s friends come to the bakery and leave with him.
Mi Su thinks that he won’t come back, but their relationship is far from over.
Tune in for Love is a film with a sweet but sometimes dramatic atmosphere that highlights love and the hazards of life.
Alive
Genres: Drama – Thriller
Themes: Survival – Zombie
Our rating: 4/5
A pandemic, lockdown, and zombies: what could be worse?
Joon Woo is a video game streamer who is forced to barricade himself in his home as a virus that turns the population into zombies spreads.
He’s been confined alone for days when he discovers that a neighbor in the building across the street is also trying to survive this terrible situation.
With only their phones and a weak network to contact each other, they try to survive together.
Immerse yourself in this thrilling survival story that reminds us a little bit of some of the times we’ve spent at home… only without the zombies!
The Drug King
Genres: Action – Drama – Thriller
Themes: Crime
Our rating: 4/5
The Drug King follows Lee Doo Sam, a crook from Busan who decides to help a group of drug dealers he met by chance one day.
After joining their world, he gradually climbs the ranks of the mafia thanks to his ingenuity and builds his own drug empire.
He is forced to lead a double life: he is a respected man who promotes rural and national development by day and a drug baron by night.
But his life is turned upside down when the prosecutor Kim In Gu begins doing everything he can to arrest Lee Doo Sam and make him pay for his crimes.
This film is a very good detective story with smooth and dynamic action.
Sweet and Sour
Genres: Melodrama – Romance
Themes: Love – Work – Love triangle
Our rating: 4/5
Jang Hyeok is in a relationship with Jeong Da Eun, who is a nurse.
At the beginning of their relationship, Jang Hyeok seems to be a nice boyfriend who takes care of Da Eun, but the situation soon begins to deteriorate.
After starting a job as a temporary worker in a big company, he tries his best to get a permanent job, which puts him in competition with one of his colleagues, Han Bo Yeong.
As they work together, they gradually grow closer and develop new feelings for one another.
The film follows the bitter-sweet relationship of Jang Hyuk and Da Eun, who fell in love at first sight and thought they would spend the rest of their lives together.
Silenced
Genres: Drama
Themes: True story – Sexual violence
Our rating: 5/5
Kang In Ho is the new art teacher at the Ja Ae School for Deaf Children in Mujin.
Far from Seoul and his sick daughter, whom he left in the care of his mother since his wife died a few years earlier, Kang In Ho meets a very committed young woman named Seo Yu Jin.
After spending a few days at the school, he discovers a dark secret: the students are victims of sexual violence, and their teachers are the perpetrators.
Kang In Ho and Seo Yu Jin will do everything they can to defend these destitute children and punish the adults responsible for these horrible crimes.
This film is an adaptation of the novel Children of Silence by Gong Ji Young and is based on the true story of the mass sexual abuse of deaf students at Gwangju Inhwa School in the 2000s.
Love on a Leash
Genres: Comedy – Romance
Themes: Love – Fetish
Our rating: 4/5
Jung Ji Woo, who works at a big company, has feelings for his colleague Jung Ji Hoo.
Because their names are similar, she accidentally receives a package that belongs to him.
When she opens it (in front of everyone), she discovers a dog leash. Jung Ji Woo is forced to admit to his colleague that he has a penchant for sadomasochistic relationships and submission.
When the young woman does not seem to judge him, he takes advantage of the opportunity and proposes that she become his mistress.
Willing to give it a try, Jung Ji Hoo agrees to play the game for three months.
Adapted from the webtoon (a Korean manga online) The Sensual M., Love on a Leash offers a romantic and original comedy that does not shy away from taboos about sex and fetishes.
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