Don't know what to see after a hard day at work or on a long-awaited weekend? We bring you a selection of the 20 best Korean films of all time. In it you will find dynamic action films, romantic melodramas, intriguing thrillers, funny comedies, and other genres of film art. Prepare popcorn, drinks and your favorite blanket. Happy viewing!
1. Parasites (2019)
The Kim family live in the slums and earn their bread by stacking pizza boxes. Everything changes one day when Ki Woo (Choi Woo Sik) gets a job in a rich man's house and decides to trick the rest of his relatives there. What happens when a poor family suddenly finds itself in luxurious conditions? And what secret does the basement of the mansion hide?
2. Taxi driver (2017)
Kim Man Seb (Song Kang Ho) is a taxi driver who tricked a wealthy client. The passenger turned out to be a journalist who had illegally entered the country, who decided to get to Gwangju by all means and to make a report on the local riots, shootings and bombings. The plot is based on real events in 1980.
3. King (2017)
Tae Soo (Cho In-sung) seeks to gain power, considering it the most important guarantor of success in life. To do this, he decides to become a prosecutor and enters one of the best and reputable law schools. What will the hero's thirst for political influence turn into? And what dark sides of power will Tae Soo have to face?
4. Man and woman (2016)
Ki Hong (Kon Yoo) and Sang Min (Jung Do Yeon) are strangers with difficult family circumstances who happened to meet in snowy Finland. Succumbing to forbidden feelings, the heroes spend the night together, and in the morning they say goodbye with the thought that they will never see each other again. But what if it isn't?
5. Secret Agent (2016)
1920s, Korea is ruled by the Japanese invaders, and tensions between occupation and resistance escalate. Lee Jong Chul (Song Kang Ho) is a captain in the Korean police controlled by the Japanese government. Seeing no other way out, the hero accepts the situation, considering the uprising useless. But the situation changes when information about an impending terrorist attack falls into Lee's hands.
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6. Howl (2016)
When a stranger comes to a remote remote village, the local population is covered with a wave of mystical murders. A strange obsession makes residents attack neighbors, friends, relatives. Police Officer Jung Goo (Kwak Do Won) decides to investigate the causes of the sudden disaster.
7. Tiger (2015)
The Japanese general demands to catch the last tiger in the forest in order to replenish his collection of skins. Hunters and soldiers seek help from the best tracker Chong Man-dok (Choi Min Sik). But the man refuses, because he and the tiger are united by similar destinies and several tragic events of their past.
8. Desire (2013)
In the morning, junior high school student Seo Won (Lee Ryo) leaves for school, and a few hours later, her father receives a call from the police. He is informed that his daughter has been brutally raped and is in critical condition. How many obstacles and difficulties will the family have to overcome in order to heal the girl's terrible psychological trauma?
9. Stone (2013)
Min Soo (Cho Dong-in) is an amazingly talented graduate of Baduk (Asian Go Specialized School). And yet the guy does not plan to continue his studies and uses his skills only to win money from dubious individuals. But everything will change when Min Soo has to meet with the leader of the local gang and become his teacher.
10. Lawyer (2013)
Song Woo Seok (Song Kang Ho) is a lawyer who defends the corrupt and dishonest rich to stay afloat. Soon the hero has a chance to change the niche of the legal sphere. A friend asks Sona to help her son, who, along with other students, is accused of adherence to communism.
eleven.New world (2013)
Undercover Korean agent Lee Ja Sung (Lee Jong Jae) infiltrates the ranks of the local mafia. He manages to earn credibility there and benefit the police. But will the hero remain an honest citizen or join an underground group when he has a chance to become one of the most influential men in the mafia?
12. Suspect (2013)
Chi Dong Chol (Kon Yoo) lost everything: his family, his special agent career, and even the freedom to use his own name. In an attempt to take revenge, he gets involved in another criminal story and is now forced to hide from the pursuit, simultaneously trying to uncover the secret of the murdered director.
13. Ordeal (2011)
A new teacher with a tragic past comes to the school for children with hearing problems. Over time, he learns that the educational institution keeps a terrible criminal secret and decides to help its wards.
14. Mother (2009)
Young boy Yoon Dojoong (Won Bin) constantly gets into trouble due to absent-mindedness and naivety. Once he is accused of murdering a girl, and the young man confesses to the crime. At this time, his mother is trying to find out the real circumstances of the tragic event and begins her own investigation.
15. Our English teacher (2008)
The board of a private school decides to fire the PE teacher and replace his subject with English classes. What a coincidence that the physical education teacher, it turns out, has permission to teach a foreign language!
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16. Empty house (2004)
Tae Suk (Lee Hoon Kyung) cunningly determines when the owners of the houses are away for a long time, and lives in their rooms. By chance, the man witnesses the abuse of Sung Wha (Lee Seung Young), after which he takes the girl with him. Their "mute" sympathy raises many questions.
17. Oldboy (2003)
Oh Dae Soo (Choi Min Sik) is an ordinary entrepreneur who, for reasons he does not understand, is kidnapped and imprisoned. After 15 years, the man still has a chance to get out of there and find out about the reason for his imprisonment. But at what cost will the race for truth turn out to be?
18. Public Enemy (2002)
Kang Chul Joon (Seol Kyung Goo) - A police officer attacked by a stranger. With only one piece of evidence on hand and based on a new murder, Kan finds a connection between the incidents and decides to find the culprit at any cost.
19. Sopenje (1993)
The father tries to teach children the art of Pansori (a kind of folk singing in Korea). However, this genre has long lost demand. Realizing the truth, the son escapes in search of another life, and the head of the family blinds his own daughter so that she does not follow her brother's example. In a few years, the children will meet and talk about their fate.
20.A stray bullet (1961)
The life of poor man Son Chul Ho (Kim Jin Kyo) is like a nightmare. A pregnant wife with no money for childbirth, hungry children, a desperate younger brother, a prostitute sister - all this makes the hero feel on the edge. And when the cup of patience is filled to the brim, even such a trifle as a bad tooth can lead to terrible decisions.
