Korean Movie List

Movies


Here is a list of the Korean movies I have watched so far. Click on the letters to jump to them and avoid scrolling. More information on the movies can be found through the links in their titles and any reviews done by me can be found next to the rating.


Rating System

Stars or numbers feel limiting and they give the illusion of actual quality. Since I am not an expert movie critic (and don't believe we need them), all I know is how I feel about works and how I feel depends on more than the production quality or certain standards. So as corny as it sounds, I will show you my feelings.

Positive: These are the movies I enjoy. They might not be great or even good, but they stay with me, entertain me and/or give me some valuable food for thought. They are the kind I unapologetically like (sometimes love) and recommend.

Mostly Positive: I do have some issues with certain aspects of them or maybe my brain did not exactly party watching them or feel the urge to watch them again, but these movies are mostly ok and entertaining enough.

Do Not Remember: Given I have lousy memory, some movies just decide to skip town and evacuate my head. I might remember my general feelings about them, which will be stated if so, but take them with a grain of salt.

Mixed/Neutral: These are movies that make things a bit difficult for me. They might have things I love and then some big flaws, be mostly bad but have a couple of really good ideas or simply be films I did not particularly feel much about.

Mostly Negative: I will not exactly cry over not being able to see these again. For whatever reasons, they are movies I felt had too many things I disliked or simply left me feeling empty and did not entertain me. The misses.

Negative: If I could tuuurn, turn back the haaands of tiiime. The worst of the lot. I don't care who likes them or why, they either left me dead inside or even ruined my day and made me angry. Not my cup of tea. Not one bit.


0-9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M

N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | End/Comments



-- 0-9 --


4th Period Mystery
4th Period Mystery/ 4교시 추리영역 (2009)
Cast: Yoo Seung Ho, Kang So Ra, Park Cheol Min

During 4th period, a student finds his rival murdered in the classroom. With all the clues pointing to him, he accepts a peculiar schoolmate's help when she offers to assist him in finding the true murderer before the period ends.

Rating: Mostly Negative


7th Grade Civil Servant
7th Grade Civil Servant / 7급 공무원 (2009)
Cast: Kim Ha Neul, Kang Ji Hwan, Ryu Seung Ryong

A secret agent is dumped by her boyfriend for lying about her work. 3 years later, the man comes back as a secret agent for another branch. They meet, but neither knows they're both agents of the same service, working the same case.

Rating: Positive



-- A --


A Million
A Million / 10억 (2009)
Cast: Park Hae Il, Shin Min Ah, Park Hee Soon

Eight contestants are chosen to compete for 10 billion won on a survival reality show on the Australian desert. On the second day of it, one contestant is found dead and the rest have to fight each other for their lives.

Rating: Mostly Negative


A Millionaire on the Run
A Millionaire on the Run / 5백만불의 사나이 (2012)
Cast: Park Jin Yeong, Min Hyo Rin, Jo Seong Ha

A man carrying 5 million dollars of lobbying funds ends up on the run from the police and gangsters when he finds out his boss, who ordered the transfer, was planning to have the gangsters kill him and steal the money he was carrying.

Rating: Mostly Positive


A Tale of Two Sisters
A Tale of Two Sisters / 장화, 홍련 (2003)
Cast: Im Soo Jeong, Yeom Jeong Ah, Kim Kap Soo

Two sisters return home after a prolonged hospitalization. Soo Yeon seems scared of their stepmother (their own mother has passed away) and Soo Mi hates her. Eventually, strange and disturbing things start happening in the house.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Addicted
Addicted / 중독 (2002)
Cast: Lee Byeong Heon, Lee Mi Yeon

Two brothers get into car accidents and slip into a coma. The younger one wakes up and is starting to behave like his older brother. His sister in law does not know if he is mad or if her husband's soul has really been transferred to him.

Rating: Mostly Negative


All About My Wife
All About My Wife / 내 아내의 모든 것 (2012)
Cast: Im Soo Jeong, Lee Seon Gyun, Ryu Seung Ryong

A man who can no longer take his wife's constant nagging wants to divorce. Being afraid to confront his wife about it, he decides to hire a Casanova type of man to seduce her, in order for her to willingly leave him and initiate the divorce.

Rating: Positive


Antarctic Journal
Antarctic Journal / 남극일기 (2005)
Cast: Song Kang Ho, Yoo Ji Tae, Park Hee Soon

An expedition of six sets out to cross the Antarctic, when they come across the remnants of a journal left behind by a British expedition back in 1922. When things take a turn for the worse, one man realizes the journal described similar events.

Rating: Mostly Negative


Antique
Antique / 서양골동양과자점 앤티크 (2008)
Cast: Joo Ji Hoon, Kim Jae Wook, Yoo Ah In

A man sets up a cake shop (Antique) and hires 4 handsome employees, to attract female customers. These men all have their problems, secrets and past, which are slowly unfolding throughout the movie.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Arahan
Arahan / 아라한-장풍 대작전 (2003)
Cast: Ryu Seung Beom, Yoon So Yi, Ahn Seong Ki

Sang Hwan, a passionate, but useless policeman discovers he has great powers, with the help of a martial arts group of senior has-been citizens with similar ones. An ancient evil is set loose and the group try to train him in order for him to save the day.

Rating: Positive


Au Revoir UFO
Au Revoir UFO/Annyeong UFO / 안녕! 유에프오 (2004)
Cast: Lee Beom Soo, Lee Eun Joo, Bong Tae Gyu

An ordinary night shift bus driver on the suburbs of Seoul lives a boring simple life working and playing his own amateur DJ tapes for his passengers. One night, during his shift, he meets a blind woman with a broken heart.

Rating: Positive



-- B --


Baby and Me
Baby and Me / 아기와 나 (2008)
Cast: Jang Geun Seok, Kim Byeol, Moon Mason

A rebellious high school student has driven his parents to leave the house in order for him to man up. As if he didn't have enough troubles already, he finds a baby in his shopping cart, along with a note saying he is the father.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Bestseller
Bestseller / 베스트셀러 (2010)
Cast: Uhm Jung Hwa, Ryu Seung Ryong, Lee Seong Min

After a plagiarism scandal, a writer moves to the countryside with her daughter, who soon begins telling a story told to her by a mysterious figure. This gives the writer material for a new book. But the exact same book has been written before.

Rating: Positive


Blades of Blood
Blades of Blood / 구르믈 버서난 달처럼 (2010)
Cast: Hwang Jeong Min, Baek Sung Hyun, Cha Seung Won

When a corrupt warrior turns against his country with ambition to become the new King, a blind swordsman and former friend of his aided by a young man makes a plan to stop him and do what is best for the country and people.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Blind
Blind / 블라인드 (2011)
Cast: Kim Ha Neul, Yoo Seung Ho, Jo Hee Bong

A former police woman who was blinded in an accident manages to escape with her life after an encounter with a serial killer. Due to her skills and keen other senses, she offers her help to a detective, to find the man and protect a witness.

Rating: Mostly Positive : Review: Mini-review


Blood Rain
Blood Rain / 혈의 누 (2005)
Cast: Cha Seung Won, Park Yong Woo, Ji Seong

When the ship carrying paper tribute to the palace is destroyed in a fire, the officials of the island call in an official investigator to solve the case. When he arrives, a series of brutal murders begin, leaving him with two mysteries to solve.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Bloody Reunion
Bloody Reunion (To Sir, With Love) / 스승의 은혜 (2006)
Cast: Oh Mi Hee, Seo Yeong Hee, Yeo Hyeon Soo

When a former teacher's health is rapidly deteriorating, one of her students who is taking care of her decides to gather some of her old classmates for a reunion to cheer her former teacher up. While things seem cheerful, they quickly take a bad turn.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Blue Salt
Blue Salt (Hindsight) / 푸른 소금 (2011)
Cast: Song Kang Ho, Shin Se Kyeong, Cheon Jeong Myeong

A retired mob boss enrolls in a cooking class, where he meets a spirited young woman. The woman is actually an assassin sent to kill him, by people who want to run the mob. However, the two strangers start developing feelings for each other.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Bunshinsaba
Bunshinsaba / 분신사바 (2004)
Cast: Kim Gyoo Ri, Lee Se Eun, Lee Yoo Ri

A girl moves to a village with her mom and is heavily bullied at school. Along with two other victims of this situation, she uses a Ouija board to curse the bullies. Unbeknownst to her, she has called something which endangers the entire town.

Rating: Do Not Remember



-- C --


Castaway on the Moon
Castaway on the Moon / 오싹한 연애 (2011)
Cast: Jung Jae Young, Jung Ryeo Won

A bankrupt man who can't swim jumps into the Han River and ends up stranded on Bam island in its center. A traumatized woman who has not left her room in 3 years spots him and starts observing him, thinking of him as her personal alien.

Rating: Positive


Cello
Cello / 첼로 - 홍미주 일가 살인사건 (2005)
Cast: Seong Hyeon Ah, Park Da An, Jeong Ho Bin

A music professor and former cellist starts experiencing strange, disturbing events and great misfortunes and dangers, which are somehow related to a car accident she was in with her best friend and cellist rival who was killed in it.

Rating: Do Not Remember


Chaw
Chaw / 차우 (2009)
Cast: Uhm Tae Woong, Jung Yoo Mi, Park Hyeok Kwon

A Seoul police officer is transferred to a small village that has not seen a murder in 10 years. When the dismembered body of a woman is discovered, her grandfather and local hunter is convinced it was done by a giant boar.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Chilling Romance
Chilling Romance / 김씨표류기 (2009)
Cast: Son Ye Jin, Lee Min Ki, Park Cheol Min

A socially awkward woman who can see ghosts is employed by a young outgoing magician as help for his performances. The magician finds our her secret and a romance sparks between the two when he decides to help her.

Rating: Positive


Clash of the Families
Clash of the Families / 위험한 상견례 (2011)
Cast: Song Sae Byeok, Lee Si Yeong, Baek Yoon Sik

A man and a woman from rival provinces fall in love. The problem is, the bride's-to-be father hates people from the province of the "groom". The man tries to conceal his origins and gain permission to marry the girl by visiting her family.

Rating: Positive | Review: Mini-review


Closer to Heaven
Closer to Heaven / 내 사랑 내 곁에 (2009)
Cast: Kim Myeong Min, Ha Ji Won,

A man with Lou Gehrig's Disease and the coordinator of a funeral home fall in love. The woman has to deal with the everyday struggles of caring for her loved one, while the man is going through a hard journey with a rapidly approaching ending.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Confession of Murder
Confession of Murder / 내가 살인범이다 (2012)
Cast: Jung Jae Yeong, Park Si Hoo, Kim Young Ae

When the statute of limitations expires on the case of a serial killer, a man reveals himself as the one who did it, publishing a book about it. The detective who failed to capture the killer 15 years ago becomes determined to find out the truth.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Couples
Couples / 커플즈 (2009)
Cast: Kim Joo Hyuk, Lee Yoon Ji, Lee Si Yeong

The lives of four people intertwine in a big messy web of coincidences, comedic mishaps and romance as they all face their individual issues and situations created out of how they approach relationships and love.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Crazy Waiting
Crazy Waiting / 기다리다 미쳐 (2007)
Cast: Son Tae Yeong, Jang Geun Seok, Jang Hee Jin

The movie tells the story of four couples the men of which are going into their mandatory army service. While the boys are getting anxious to return, the girls are having their own problems, getting lonely, frustrated and tempted.

Rating: Mostly Negative


Cyrano Agency
Cyrano Agency / 시라노;연애조작단 (2010)
Cast: Uhm Tae Woong, Lee Min Jung, Daniel Choi

A theater troupe trying to raise money for their own stage opens an agency aimed to help people get the ones they love through manipulating situations like staging a romantic play. However, their latest case proves to be tricky.

Rating: Mostly Negative



-- D --


Dancing Queen
Dancing Queen / 댄싱퀸 (2012)
Cast: Hwang Jung Min, Uhm Jung Hwa

When a man becomes a candidate for mayor of Seoul due to his good image, his wife, who feels stifled by life as a housewife, decides to start a career as a pop singer/dancer while keeping it a secret from her husband and public.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Dead Friend
Dead Friend / 령 (2004)
Cast: Kim Ha Neul, Ryu Jin, Nam Sang Mi

A woman who has no memory of her life up until one year ago due to an accident is being haunted by a ghost. When her closest high school classmates start mysteriously dying, she focuses on learning about her past and what happened to her.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Death Bell
Death Bell / 고死: 피의 중간고사 / 고사: 피 (2008)
Cast: Lee Beom Soo, Nam Gyu Ri, Kim Bum

A group of the brightest students in a high school and their teachers are trapped in the building by someone who is leaving riddles he demands they solve in order to save their kidnapped fellow students and themselves.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Death Bell 2
Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp / 고사 두 번째 이야기: 교생실습 (2010)
Cast: Park Ji Yeon, Kim Soo Ro, Hwan Jung Eum

A girl is being haunted by her sister who killed herself 2 years ago. She and another 30 students are staying at school during the summer break, when murders start occurring.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Deranged
Deranged / 연가시 (2012)
Cast: Kim Myung Min, Moon Jung Hee, Kim Dong Wan

An epidemic causing people to drive themselves into the nearest water mass in a frenzy and die starts spreading in the country. When a man's family is infected, he starts a race with time to find the medicine which can cure them.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Descendants of Hong Gil Dong
Descendants of Hong Gil Dong / 홍길동의 후예 (2009)
Cast: Lee Beom Soo, Kim Soo Ro, Lee Si Yeong

A normal family by day, the Hongs are descendants of Joseon's Robin Hood, Hong Gil Dong. They steal from the rich and give to the poor, targeting a specific corrupt business man while trying to balance between their normal and secret lives.

Rating: Positive


Desire To Kill
Desire To Kill / 죽이고 싶은 (2010)
Cast: Cheon Ho Jin, Yoo Hae Jin, Seo Hyo Rim

A man is confined to a hospital bed, after a stroke that left him with disabilities. One day, a new patient is placed next to him, after being severely injured and having lost his memory. The man recognizes the new patient and wants to take his life.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Detective K
Detective K / 조선명탐정: 각시투구꽃의 비밀 (2011)
Cast: Kim Myeong Min, Oh Dal Soo, Han Ji Min

A quirky Joseon top detective is assigned by the King, to a case of mysterious murders. Along with his sidekick, he is trying to find vital clues to what seems to be a very big case that can threaten the whole nation.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Diary of June
Diary of June / 6월의 일기 (2005)
Cast: Sin Eun Kyeong, Kim Yoon Jin, Eric Moon

Two detectives figure out an apparent suicide of a student is in fact a murder. They discover he is the second one within 2 days and that both victims were classmates. They must find out why someone is killing them before there are more victims.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do
Do Re Mi Pa Sol La Si Do / 도레미파솔라시도 (2008)
Cast: Kang Geun Seok, Cha Ye Ryeon, Jeong Ee Cheol

A high school girl and a co-student who fronts a local band become a couple. But the band's bassist is an old friend of the girl's who has a bitter past with her and wants to forcefully get between them and break up their relationship.

Rating: Negative


Don't Click
Don't Click / 미확인 동영상: 절대클릭금지 (2012)
Cast: Park Bo Young, Joo Won, Kang Byul

After she gets curious over a mysterious online video, a girl asks her sister's boyfriend, who investigates cyber crimes, to find it for her to watch. After watching the video, strange things start happening to the girl.

Rating: Negative


Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book / 인류멸망보고서 (2012)
Cast: Ryu Seung Beom, Park Hae Il, Jin Ji Hee

An omnibus film comprised of three segments. The first is about a virus that turns people into mindless monsters. The second explores a robot which seems to have developed a soul. The last segment is about a comet heading for Earth.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Duelist
Duelist / 형사 (2005)
Cast: Kang Dong Won, Ha Ji Won, Ahn Seong Ki

A spunky Joseon female detective is trying to solve a money counterfeiting case with involves the murder of some suspects by a mysterious assassin. As things progress, she and the assassin start developing an attraction to each other.

Rating: Positive | Review



-- E --


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-- F --


Face
Face / 페이스 (2004)
Cast: Shin Hyeon Joon, Song Yoon Ah, Kim Seung Wook

A former forensic sculptor is aiding the police in reconstructing the face of the latest victim of a serial killer. When he brings the remains home, his daughter starts having scary visions, putting the man in a race to find the truth and save her.

Rating: Do Not Remember


Finding Mr. Destiny
Finding Mr. Destiny / 김종욱 찾기 (2010)
Cast: Im Soo Jeong, Gong Yoo, Cheon Ho Jin

A woman cannot forget her first love, whom she met in India, and hires the aid of a specialized new agency to find him. In the process, the owner of the agency who is helping her look for this man starts falling for her, his first client.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Forbidden Floor
Forbidden Floor / 네번째 층 (2006)
Cast: Kim Seo Hyeong, Kim Yoo Jeong, Kim Yeong Seon

A woman moves into a studio apartment with her daughter. She soon discovers the residents are all acting very weird. Strange deaths and happenings occur and her daughter starts behaving oddly. The mother tries to solve the mystery and help her child.

Rating: Do Not Remember


Forbidden Quest
Forbidden Quest / 음란서생 (2006)
Cast: Han Seok Kyu, Kim Min Jung, Lee Beom Soo

A renowned writer decides to secretly write erotic novels. When his first work becomes a sensation, he hires the local chief of authorities to illustrate the erotic scenes in the books. However, the latter is having difficulty visualizing them.

Rating: Mostly Negative



-- G --


Gabi
Gabi / 가비 (2012)
Cast: Joo Jin Mo, Kim So Yeon, Park Hee Soon

A couple working as swindlers in Russia are captured by the Japanese forces and forced to be a part of their plan to assassinate King Gojong. The woman's mission is to work her way into the king's good side by becoming part of his court.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Ghastly
Ghastly / 기생령 (2011)
Cast: Han Eun Jeong, Lee Hyeong Seok, Hyomin

After the brutal murder of a family the only survivor of which is a little boy, the father's brother, his wife and her sister decide to move in to the house as the boy's guardians. Strange occurrences related to the boy threaten them all.

Rating: Mostly Negative


Ghost House
Ghost House / 귀신이 산다 (2004)
Cast: Cha Seung Won, Jang Seo Hee, Jang Hang Seon

A man gathers enough savings to buy a house, which was his late father's biggest wish. Soon after moving in, he realizes the place is haunted by a ghost claiming the house is theirs. The man is afraid, but not willing to give up his new home.

Rating: Mostly Positive



-- H --


Haeundae
Haeundae / 해운대 (2009)
Cast: Sol Kyung Gu, Ha Ji Won, Park Joong Hoon

A disaster movie about a tidal wave hitting Busan's Haeundae area and a set of characters who are trying to survive and escape the disaster, after the authorities do not prepare for the possibility of it reaching the shore.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel / 헨젤과 그레텔 (2007)
Cast: Cheong Jeong Myeong, Eun Won Jae, Shim Eun Kyeong

A man is lost in the woods after a car accident. A young girl leads him to her house, where she lives with her parents and two siblings. But the man soon discovers there is something very unnervingly odd about the whole situation and place.

Rating: Positive


Haunters
Haunters / 초능력자 (2010)
Cast: Ko Soo, Kang Dong Won, Enes Kaya, Abu Dodd

A man who can control people's minds meets someone who is immune to it while robbing the pawn shop the latter works in. In the fight, the shop boss is killed and his employee is trying to bring his killer to justice, as he is the only one who can.

Rating: Positive | Review


Head
Head / 헤드 (2011)
Cast: Park Ye Jin, Baek Yoon Shik, Ryu Deok Hwan

A courier discovers he is transferring the missing head of a famous dead scientist and, after hiding it, is kidnapped by someone who needs to locate it. The courier's sister, a gossip reporter, is trying to rescue her brother and get the scoop.

Rating: Positive | Review: Mini-review


Heartbeat
Heartbeat / 심장이 뛴다 (2011)
Cast: Kim Yoon Jin, Park Hae Il, Park Ha Yeong

A widowed woman's daughter is in dire need of a heart transplant. When a match is found in a woman who is brain dead, she is in a haste to get things done. Everything changes when the donor's estranged son comes into the picture.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Hello Ghost
Hello Ghost / 헬로우 고스트 (2010)
Cast: Cha Tae Hyeon, Ko Chang Seok, Jang Young Nam

A man starts seeing 4 annoying ghosts after a failed attempted suicide. When they do not stop possessing him and making his life even more difficult, he decides to try and make their last wishes come true, in hopes they will move on and leave him be.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Hello Murderer
Hello Murderer / 반가운 살인자 (2010)
Cast: Yoo Oh Seong, Kim Dong Wook, Shim Eun Kyeong

A rookie and clumsy detective and an unemployed man who has the talents and persistence of an amateur crime solver are competing to catch a serial killer, mostly for very specific and not entirely professional reasons.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Highway Star
Highway Star / 복면달호 (2007)
Cast: Cha Tae Hyun, Im Chae Moo, Lee So Yeon

An aspiring rock band leader from the countryside is fooled by the two managers of a small and nearly bankrupt record label into signing up for them. They neglected to tell him that their plan is to turn him into a teuroteu (old pop music) star.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Howling
Howling / 하울링 (2012)
Cast: Song Kang Ho, Lee Na Young, Shin Jeong Keun

A veteran detective is unwillingly paired with a rookie female detective to investigate the case of a burned corpse which seems to carry signs of an animal attack. The two try to solve the case which is getting more complicated by the minute.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral



-- I --


I am a Dad
I Am a Dad / 나는 아빠다 (2011)
Cast: Kim Seung Woo, Son Byeong Ho, Kim Sae Ron

When a corrupt cop's daughter needs a heart transplant, his only option as a donor is the wife of an innocent man he framed and sent to prison. Knowing the man will put up a fight, he tries to find a solution that will save his child.

Rating: Mostly Positive


I am a King
I Am a King / 나는 왕이로소이다 (2012)
Cast: Joo Ji Hoon, Baek Yoon Sik, Byeon Hee Bong

When the king decides to make his third son the heir, the prince escapes the palace and responsibility. Meanwhile, a slave who looks exactly like him finds himself drunk outside the palace. The prince switches clothes with him, leading to a swap.

Rating: Mostly Positive


I'm a Cyborg, But That's Ok
I'm a Cyborg, But That's Ok / 싸이보그지만 괜찮아 (2006)
Cast: Im Soo Jeong, Rain, Oh Dal Soo

A mentally disturbed young woman who thinks she is a cyborg is transferred to a mental institution, where she refuses to eat in fear she will short-circuit. The rest of the very "unique" patients take an interest in her and start bonding.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Into the Mirror
Into the Mirror / 거울속으로 (2003)
Cast: Yoo Ji Tae, Kim Myeong Min, Kim Hye Na

A former policeman who is haunted by memories of a botched hostage situation is working as a security guard in a mall. When strange suicides start happening in the building, he begins suspecting there may be a paranormal force behind them.

Rating: Do Not Remember



-- J --


Jeon Woochi
Jeon Woochi / 전우치 (2009)
Cast: Kang Dong Won, Kim Yoon Seok, Im Soo Jeong

An arrogant Joseon wizard is falsely accused of aiding evil creatures to steal a pipe which will let them rule the World. He is brought back by his desperate captors, 500 years in the future, to help seal the escaped goblins back into their prison.

Rating: Positive | Review


Jung Seung Pil Mystery
Jung Seung Pil Mystery / 정승필 실종사건 (2009)
Cast: Lee Beom Soo, Kim Gyu Ri, Kim Roe Ha

A man is accidentally locked in the bathroom of an abandoned building, setting a chaotic search for him in motion when his fiancee declares him missing and the detective in charge thinks she killed him for his life insurance.

Rating: Positive


Jungle Juice
Jungle Juice / 정글쥬스 (2002)
Cast: Jang Hyuk, Lee Beom Soo, Son Chang Min

Two best friends wanting more out of life seek out an opportunity to work for a gangster. After a violent incident and the theft of drugs they are deemed responsible for, the two keep getting themselves into a bigger mess with every move.

Rating: Mostly Positive



-- K --


Kill Me
Kill Me / 킬 미 (2009)
Cast: Shin Hyeon Joon, Kang Hye Jeong, Kim Hye Ok

A suicidal woman who was dumped hires an assassin to murder her. When he realizes his client is also his victim, he tells her he will not assist her suicide. In her attempt to convince him, the two begin developing feelings for each other.

Rating: Mostly Positive



-- L --


Lee Dae Ro Can't Die
Lee Dae Ro Can't Die / 이대로, 죽을 순 없다 (2005)
Cast: Lee Beom Soo, Choi Seong Gook, Son Hyeon Joo

While a great father to his daughter, Dae Ro is in fact a lazy and corrupt cop. After learning he has a brain tumor and barely three months to live, he plans his own death for it to look like an accident and leave his daughter with insurance money.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Lifting King Kong
Lifting King Kong / 킹콩을 들다 (2009)
Cast: Lee Beom Soo, Jo An, Lee Yoon Hee

A former Olympic bronze weightlifting medalist whose career was cut short due to a heart condition and injury is hired at a countryside school as a coach for a small group of girls who are outcasts. The movie is based on a true story.

Rating: Positive


Love Fiction
Love Fiction / 러브픽션 (2012)
Cast: Ha Jung Woo, Kong Hyo Jin, Lee Byeong Joon

A writer and part-time bartender who has been unlucky with love is suffering from writer's block while creating his latest noir novel. While on a business trip in Berlin, he meets a woman he is instantly attracted to and wants to date.

Rating: Positive


Love Me Not
Love Me Not / 사랑따윈 필요없어 (2006)
Cast: Kim Joo Hyeok, Moon Geun Yeong, Do Ji Won

A man deeply in debt decides to pretend being the long-lost brother of a rich blind heiress, with the intention to kill her and get the inheritance. The heiress is a cold and sad young woman who slowly opens up to him. But he also starts falling for her.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral



-- M --


M
M / 엠 (2007)
Cast: Kang Dong Won, Lee Yeon Hee, Kong Hyo Jin

A writer suffering from nightmares and hallucinations is trying to writer his next novel, but his condition starts affecting his life and relationship. He keeps seeing a woman he starts obsessing over, while the borders of reality and fantasy start fading.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Make it Big
Make It Big / 일단 뛰어 (2002)
Cast: Song Seung Heon, Kwon Sang Woo, Kim Yeong Joon

Three high school friends end up in a dangerous situation when a man falls on their car carrying a big sack of money they decide to keep for themselves. The detective assigned to the case and the owner of the money are both looking for them.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Mama
Mama / 마마 (2011)
Cast: Uhm Jung Hwa, Jeon Soo Kyeong, Yoo Hae Jin

The movie follows three families and centers around the subject of mothers. A struggling mother's world collapses when she learns she has cancer. Another one has a bad relationship with her mother. A gangster is hiding his life from his own.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder / 살인의 추억 (2003)
Cast: Song Kang Ho, Kim Sang Kyeong, Park Hae Il

Based on the true story of serial killings, the movie follows two very different detectives as they work together to solve the rape and murder of numerous women. The search proves to be challenging, as the killer is good with covering his tracks.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Ghost Theater
Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater / 삼거리 극장 (2006)
Cast: Kim Kkobbi, Cheon Ho Jin, Park Joon Myeon

When her grandmother disappears, a girl goes to look for her in the old movie theater she talked about. In the theater, she meets the mysterious and reclusive owner and ends up interacting with four ghosts haunting the building.

Rating: Positive


Midnight FM
Midnight FM / 심야의 FM (2010)
Cast: Soo Ae, Yoo Ji Tae, Ma Dong Seok

A late night radio DJ is about to quit her show, when a psychopath kidnaps her family and forces her to stay on the air. She has 2 hours to save them. The movie uses the real time method (as seen in the series "24").

Rating: Positive


Miss Conspirator
Miss Conspirator / 미쓰 GO (2012)
Cast: Ko Hyeon Jeong, Yoo Hae Jin, Sung Dong Il

A woman suffering from anxiety problems has to live without her sister, when the latter is leaving for an extended trip. She is then accidentally drawn into a drug and murder case when she agrees to deliver a package for a nun.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Miss Gold Digger
Miss Gold Digger / 용의주도 미스신 (2007)
Cast: Han Ye Seul, Lee Jong Hyeok, Kwon Oh Joong

A woman who only thinks of money is dating three different men while thinking about which one is the most promising. When a new person she gets off to a bad start with moves to her apartment building, things get more challenging in her life.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Moby Dick
Moby Dick / 모비딕 (2010)
Cast: Hwang Jeong Min, Jin Goo, Kim Min Hee

After the mysterious explosion of a bridge, a reporter is contacted by an old friend who seems to know the reason behind it. The reporter and his team try to uncover the truth and gain information from the scared and cautious witness.

Rating: Mostly Negative | Review: Mini-review


Moss
Moss / 이끼 (2010)
Cast: Jeong Jae Yeong, Park Hae Il, Yoo Joon Sang

A man visits a reclusive village to attend his father's funeral. When he decides to investigate his father's death, he starts seeing weird behavior from the villagers, who seem very secretive and keep asking him to go back to Seoul.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Mother
Mother / 마더 (2009)
Cast: Kim Hye Ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo

When a man with a lower than average mental capacity is jailed for the murder of a young girl, his mother sets off to prove that he did not commit the murder and that he is being used as a scapegoat due to his special needs.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


My Boyfriend is Type B
My Boyfriend is Type B / B형 남자친구 (2005)
Cast: Lee Dong Geon, Han Ji Hye, Shin Yi

A woman who has been unlucky with love meets an arrogant and rude man she comes to like. Her friend, a professional dating consultant, is trying to warn her about the unreliability of people with his blood type and impending disappointment.

Rating: Negative


My Captain, Mr. Underground
My Captain, Mr. Underground / 마이 캡틴, 김대출 (2006)
Cast: Jung Jae Yeong, Jang Seo Hee, Nam Ji Hyeon

When a famous grave robber is caught hiding a valuable statue, he lies to the child who caught him in the act about working on a top secret mission for the Ministry of National Treasures and asks her to keep the statue safe until he comes back for it.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


My Dear Desperado
My Dear Desperado / 내 깡패 같은 애인 (2010)
Cast: Jeong Jae Yeong, Park Hae Il, Yoo Joon Sang

A woman whose employer went bankrupt and boyfriend left her is struggling to find a job. Her neighbor is an older man and low level gangster who keeps taking the fall for his superiors. The two start off roughly, but soon warm up to each other.

Rating: Positive


My Sassy Girl
My Sassy Girl / 엽기적인 그녀 (2001)
Cast: Cha Tae Hyun, Gianna Jun, Kim In Moon

A young man meets a rude drunken girl in the subway. When she passes out in front of him, he takes her to a motel to keep her safe. After his intentions are misunderstood and he is arrested, they meet again and she forces her way into his life.

Rating: Mostly Negative


My Tutor Friend
My Tutor Friend / 동갑내기 과외하기 (2003)
Cast: Kim Ha Neul, Kwon Sang Woo, Kim Ji Woo

The rich parents of a troublemaker in his third year as a high school senior hire a college student as a tutor for him. While he is incredibly rude to her and takes no interest in studying, she fears her mother's reaction too much to quit.

Rating: Mostly Positive


My Tutor Friend 2
My Tutor Friend 2 / 동갑내기 과외하기 레슨 II (2007)
Cast: Lee Cheong Ah, Park Ki Woong, Lee Yeong Ha

A Japanese woman arrives in Korea as an exchange student, hoping to find a Korean man she met in Japan and liked. The guesthouse she is in is owned by a man whose son gets off to a bad start with her, but ends up becoming her Korean tutor.

Rating: Mostly Positive


My Wife is a Gangster 3
My Wife Is a Gangster 3 / 조폭마누라 3 (2006)
Cast: Shu Qi, Lee Beom Soo, Hyeon Yeong

The daughter of a mafia boss in Hong Kong goes to Korea until a gang war settles down. A group of low-level and simple-minded Korean gangsters are ordered by their boss to keep her safe while she is there, a task they feel is beneath them.

Rating: Positive



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Natural City
Natural City / 내츄럴 시티 (2003)
Cast: Yoo Ji Tae, Lee Jae Eun, Yoon Chan

In 2080, cyborgs that have been created revolt and a special military team is sent to suppress them. But one of the team members is secretly gathering AI chips from the dead cyborgs, in order to save his cyborg lover, who is about to shut down.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral



Neighbors
Neighbors / 이웃사람 (2012)
Cast: Kim Yoon Jin, Kim Sae Ron, Cheon Ho Jin

When a little girl is found murdered and one in her neighborhood that looks like her might be in danger from the killer, those who had contact with him or are somehow involved are starting to suspect he might be someone in their own neighborhood.

Rating: Mostly Positive



-- O --


Oh! Brothers
Oh! Brothers / 오! 브라더스 (2003)
Cast: Lee Beom Soo, Lee Jung Jae, Park Yeong Gyu

A former paparazzo reluctantly becomes a debt collector to make ends meet. Being unsuccessful in his new career, his situation becomes worse when he is made the guardian of his teenage brother who suffers from rapid aging disorder.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Oldboy
Old Boy / 올드보이 (2003)
Cast: Choi Min Sik, Yoo Ji Tae, Kang Hye Jeong

A man has been locked in a room for 15 years, with a TV being his only contact to the outside world. He discovers he was framed for his wife's murder while he was gone. When he gets out, he sets off to find and confront his kidnapper.

Rating: Negative


Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time / 원스어폰어타임 (2008)
Cast: Park Yong Woo, Lee Bo Young, Sung Dong Il, Jo Hee Bong

Set in Seoul in the 40s, the film centers around a diamond the main characters are trying to steal from the Japanese. Two independence fighters get involved with the operations as they try to complete their missions for the country.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Our Town
Our Town / 우리 동네 (2007)
Cast: Oh Man Seok, Lee Seon Gyoon, Ryu Deok Hwan

A man ends up killing his landlord while clouded by rage and tries to mask the murder as the act of a serial killer in town. He then begins searching for the killer before getting caught himself. And his friend, a detective, is on the case.

Rating: Positive


Over My Dead Body
Over My Dead Body / 시체가 돌아왔다 (2012)
Cast: Lee Beom Soo, Ryu Seung Beom, Kim Ok Bin

A man trying to reveal a company's secret and avenge his mentor lying in the hospital, the mentor's daughter and a man who faked his own death to escape debt collectors end up running for their lives and a whole lot of money.

Rating: Mostly Positive



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Pacemaker
Pacemaker / 페이스메이커 (2012)
Cast: Kim Myung Min, Go Ah Ra, Ahn Sung Ki

A has-been pace maker living as a food delivery man is given the opportunity, for the first time in his life, to run as a marathoner himself, facing the challenges that come with the position and proving he always had what it takes.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Parallel Life
Parallel Life / 평행이론 (2010)
Cast: Oh Man Seok, Lee Seon Gyoon, Ryu Deok Hwan

When the wife of a young successful judge is murdered, he is told by a reporter that his case is exactly the same as one 30 years ago, down to every detail. If this 'Parallel Life' theory is true, his daughter is in danger.

Rating: Do Not Remember


Penny Pinchers
Penny Pinchers / 태어나긴 했지만 (2011)
Cast: Song Joong Ki, Han Ye Seul, Lee Sang Yeob

An unemployed man living off his mother's successful business meets a woman who systematically saves and gathers money any way she can. Smelling a profit and wanting to gain much needed money, he decides to join her in her "operations".

Rating: Mostly Positive


Perfect Number
Perfect Number/ 용의자X (2012)
Cast: Ryu Seung Beom, Lee Yo Won, Cho Jin Woong

A woman and her niece kill the woman's abusive ex boyfriend, after he finds and attacks them in their home. Their next door neighbor, a mathematician who has a crush on the woman, offers to help her cover up the crime and keep them safe.

Rating: Positive


Petty Romance
Petty Romance / 쩨쩨한 로맨스 (2010)
Cast: Lee Seon Gyoon, Choi Kang Hee, Baek Do Bin

A cartoonist for adult comics who wants to win a prize, but has no writing skills and a sex column writer who is desperate for work team up to create a new comic. As they start spending time in work together, their relationship develops.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Phone
Phone / 폰 (2002)
Cast: Ha Ji Won, Kim Yoo Mi, Eun Seo Woo

An investigative reporter changes her phone to escape a stalker and moves to a friend's cottage. The calls don't stop and her friend's little girl experiences a weird change in behavior when she hears the noises in one, followed by weird deaths.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Please Teach Me English
Please Teach Me English / 영어완전정복 (2003)
Cast: Jang Hyuk, Lee Na Young, Angela Kelly

A woman is selected by her co-workers to learn English so that her department is no longer embarrassed. She takes a shine to a classmate who is a diehard womanizer and she has conflicts with her teacher because of it.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Princess Aurora
Princess Aurora / 오로라공주 (2005)
Cast: Uhm Jung Hwa, Lee Jung Yong, Lee Seol Hee

A rookie detective is paired with a veteran aspiring to change careers to a pastor, when a series of murders happen by someone leaving a children's cartoon sticker at the scene of the crime. Their only clue is that the killer is a woman.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Private Eye
Private Eye / 그림자 살인 (2009)
Cast: Hwang Jeong Min, Ryu Deok Hwan, Oh Dal Soo

When an aspiring Joseon medical student stumbles on to a corpse, he decides to use it for practicing his skills. He soon discovers it's a murdered politician and asks for the help of a detective to find the killer and secure his innocence.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Punch
Punch / 완득이 (2011)
Cast: Yoo Ah In, Kim Yoon Seok, Ahn Kil Kang

A young rebellious man from a poor family meets a teacher and develops a friendship with him. Through their relationship, the young man finds himself, his dream and his inspiration to move forward and succeed in life.

Rating: Mostly Positive



-- Q --


Quick
Quick / 퀵 (2011)
Cast: Lee Min Ki, Kang Ye Won, Kim In Kwon

A bike messenger is being blackmailed into delivering bombs for a criminal when his ex-girlfriend puts on the rigged helmet that was meant for him to wear. He has a time limit between deliveries and must make them in order to keep her alive.

Rating: Mostly Negative



-- R --


R-Point
R-Point / 알포인트 (2004)
Cast: Kam Woo Seong, Son Byeong Ho, Oh Tae Kyung

A platoon of Korean soldiers in the Vietnam War is sent to find a group of peers that have been missing for 6 months, after a mysterious transmission from them was picked up. The rescuers are then faced with unexplained and dangerous phenomena.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Red Eye
Red Eye / 레드 아이 (2005)
Cast: Jang Shin Yeong, Song Il Gook, Lee Dong Gyu

A train traveling the same line where a terrible accident occurred many years ago stops for 10 minutes without a known cause. After it starts again, passengers and staff start seeing visions that seem to be related to the train which crashed.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Return
Return / 리턴 (2011)
Cast: Kim Myeong Min, Jeong Yoo Seok, Yoo Joon Sang

When a boy experiences intra-operative awareness during his surgery, he is traumatized and ends up killing a young girl. Experts manage to hypnotize him into forgetting the event, but years later, it comes back and the killings continue.

Rating: Do Not Remember


Romantic Island
Romantic Island / 로맨틱 아일랜드 (2008)
Cast: Eugene, Lee Sun Gyun, Lee Min Ki

Three couples experience life-altering events in Manila. The first couple are a married one on vacation, the second that of a simple young man and an idol and the third one a man attending his father's funeral and a woman escaping her boring life.

Rating: Positive


Rough Cut
Rough Cut / 영화는 영화다 (2008)
Cast: So Ji Sub, Kang Ji Hwan, Ko Chang Seok

An arrogant actor gets in trouble when he beats a co-star. He meets a gangster and asks him to star in the movie with him, demanding that they keep the violence genuine. But he soon realizes that a gangster's life is not as cool as he thought.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Runway Cop
Runway Cop / 차형사 (2012)
Cast: Kang Ji Hwan, Sung Yoo Ri, Lee Soo Hyeok

A completely out-of-shape, unhygienic and disheveled narcotics detective is forced to obey orders and go undercover as a model for a runaway show he has the right build for, to investigate the models thought to be involved in the case.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral



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Save the Green Planet
Save the Green Planet / 지구를 지켜라! (2003)
Cast: Sin Ha Gyoon, Baek Yoon Sik, Hwang Jeong Min I

A young man believes aliens are among us, plotting to harm our world. Convinced that his ex-boss is one of them, he kidnaps the man and starts his adventure in getting him to admit to his true nature and the plans of his "people".

Rating: Mostly Positive


Secret Reunion
Secret Reunion / 의형제 (2010)
Cast: Song Kang Ho, Kang Dong Won, Jeon Gook Hwan

A North Korean spy stranded in South Korea after a botched mission and the South Korean former NIS agent who messed it up on his end meet again after 6 years, attempting to get close to each other and find out each other's plans.

Rating: Positive


Sector 7
Sector 7 / 7광구 (2011)
Cast: Ha Ji Won, Ahn Seong Ki, Oh Ji Ho

When an oil rig crew decides to stay on board longer than originally planned, in order to find the oil they came for, they start getting attacked by a large vicious sea creature which does not quite appear to be the work of nature.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Seven Days
Seven Days / 세븐 데이즈 (2007)
Cast: Kim Yoon Jin, Kim Mi Sook, Park Hee Soon

A successful lawyer and single mother is forced to pick up and investigate a case with the goal of getting a man out of jail in one week, after her daughter is kidnapped and the exoneration is the kidnapper's term for her release.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Singles
Singles / 싱글즈 (2003)
Cast: Jang Jin Young, Uhm Jung Hwa, Lee Beom Soo

A woman nearing thirty and disappointed with her life starts dating again while her two friends and roomates are also having their own romantic woes and issues with reaching maturity and happiness in a modern dating environment.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Someone Behind You
Someone Behind You / 두사람이다 (2007)
Cast: Yoon Jin Seo, Park Ki Woong, Lee Ki Woo

A promising high school student realizes there is a curse in her family that causes people to brutally murder their loved ones. When she becomes the next target and her life is threatened, she struggles to find the source to the curse.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Special Investigation Unit
Special Investigation Unit / 특수본 (2011)
Cast: Uhm Tae Woong, Joo Won, Jung Jin Young

A rowdy and hot-tempered detective who bases his work on instinct is paired with an organized and methodical young F.B.I-trained profiler in investigating the drug-related murder case of a police officer and tracking the drug trail to solving the case.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Speedy Scandal
Speedy Scandal/ 과속스캔들 (2008)
Cast: Cha Tae Hyun, Park Bo Young, Wang Seok Hyeon

An arrogant and self-absorbed radio DJ and personality has his career threatened by a scandal when a young woman shows up at his door saying he is her father and demanding to stay with him. With her is her son, calling the man 'grandfather'.

Rating: Positive


Spy
Spy / 간첩 (2012)
Cast: Kim Myung Min, Byun Hee Bong, Yoo Hae Jin

A team of dormant North Korean spies trying to survive in South Korea get their first order in 10 years and a violent agent to guide the operation. Fed up with it all, they plan to steal money from the safe of the person they must assassinate.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


Suicide Forecast
Suicide Forecast / 수상한 고객들 (2011)
Cast: Ryu Seung Beom, Im Joo Hwan, Seong Dong Il

When an insurance salesman realizes he sold life insurance, that is about to expire, to a group of suicidal people, he starts a big salvage operation to invade their lives and make sure they don't kill themselves and cost him his job.

Rating: Positive


Sunny 2011
Sunny / 써니 (2011)
Cast: Yoo Heo Jong, Jin Hee Kyung, Shim Eun Kyeong

A woman feeling lacking something in life accidentally meets an old friend who is dying of cancer. Being the woman's dying wish, they decide to have a reunion of the group they had formed with some of their good friends in their school years.

Rating: Positive


Superstar Gam Sa Yong
Superstar Gam Sa Yong / 슈퍼스타 감사용 (2004)
Cast: Lee Beom Soo, Yoon Jin Seo, Ryu Seung Soo

A factory worker aspiring to be a baseball player gets a position in a small team, but ends up as a relief in their constantly losing games. Things change when the team are up against the top of the league and Sa Yong finally gets his chance.

Rating: Mostly Positive



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Taegukgi
Taegukgi / 태극기 휘날리며 (2004)
Cast: Jang Dong Gun, Won Bin, Lee Eun Joo

A story depicting the journey of two brothers getting unwillingly assigned to the army during the Korean War. Due to the younger one's heart problem, the older one tries to gain a rank that will allow him to get his little brother to safety.

Rating: Positive


Temptation of Wolves
Temptation of Wolves / 늑대의 유혹 (2004)
Cast: Jo Han Seon, Kang Dong Won, Lee Cheong Ah

A country girl gets into a love triangle when the two most popular guys in her new school show interest in her, in what appears to be love at first sight for both men. One of the two is carrying a big secret, however.

Rating: Negative


The Anarchists
The Anarchists / 아나키스트 (2000)
Cast: Jung Joon Ho, Kim In Kwon, Kim Sang Joong

The movie follows a group of anarchists in 1924 Shanghai, as they are trying to fight for their freedom while their ideologies, wants and interests collide in a tumultuous era filled with corruption, espionage and violence.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


The Apprehenders
The Apprehenders / 체포왕 (2011)
Cast: Park Joong Hoon, Lee Seon Gyoon, Lee Sung Min

When a serial rapist case gains publicity, two detectives from rival precincts compete over who will catch the criminal and win the officer of the year award. The rookie needs money because his wife-to-be is pregnant while the top dog wants a promotion.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The Beast and The Beauty
The Beast and the Beauty / 야수와 미녀 (2005)
Cast: Ryu Seung Beom, Sin Min Ah, Kim Kang Woo

A man with a complex about his looks lies to his blind girlfriend about looking like an old schoolmate of his. When she gets a surgery and regains her sight, the man hides and tries to come up with a plan. Meanwhile, the lady bumps into the schoolmate.

Rating: Positive


The Case of Itaewon Homicide
The Case of Itaewon Homicide / 이태원 살인사건 (2009)
Cast: Jeong Jin Yeong, Jang Geun Seok, Sin Seung Hwan

The movie is based on the true story of a murder which took place in Seoul's Itaewon district. When a student is brutally slaughtered, the two suspects name each other as the killer and the evidence is not helping the prosecutor find the truth.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The Cat
The Cat / 고양이: 죽음을 보는 두 개의 눈 (2011)
Cast: Park Min Yeong, Kim Dong Wook, Kim Ye Ron

A claustrophobic pet groomer is given care of a cat whose owner mysteriously died in an elevator. When the woman starts being haunted by the ghost of a little girl, she decides to find the story behind this cat and and the deaths linked to it.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The Chaser
The Chaser / 추격자 (2008)
Cast: Kim Yoon Seok, Ha Jeong Woo, Seo Yeong Hee

When an ex-cop pimp realizes his missing girls may have been killed by one man, he begins a search for him. The police eventually arrests them both and now the ex-cop is racing against the clock to reach one of the girls who is still alive.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The City of Violence
The City of Violence / 짝패 (2006)
Cast: Ryu Seung Wan, Jung Doo Hong, Lee Beom Soo

A cop reconnects with his best high school friends when one of them is murdered. As he spends more time in his hometown, he starts having suspicions that his friend's murder might not have been a random act of violence after all.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The Crucible
The Crucible / 도가니 (2011)
Cast: Gong Yoo, Jeong Yoo Mi, Kim Hyun Soo

Based on a true story and a book, 'The Crucible' tells of the investigative and legal battle against a school for the hearing-impaired the operators of which sexually abused and battered their students systematically and over many years.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The Divine Weapon
The Divine Weapon / 신기전 (2008)
Cast: Jeong Jae Yeong, Han Eun Jung, Heo Joon Ho

A group of merchants is asked to host a woman they soon discover to be the daughter of a man who was killed before creating a powerful weapon to ensure Joseon's autonomy. The group eventually try to help her finish what her father started.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


The ESP Couple
The ESP Couple / 초감각 커플 (2008)
Cast: Jin Goo, Park Bo Yeong, Lee Sang Hong

A man is antisocial and detached, because he can read people's minds. One day, he meets a girl whose mind he can't read. After they get involved in a ransom drop-off at a park, the girl sticks to him and keeps asking if he has powers.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


The Fortune Tellers
The Fortune Tellers / 점쟁이들 (2012)
Cast: Kim Soo Ro, Kang Ye Won, Lee Je Hoon

When news gets around of a very powerful evil spirit haunting a village, the country's top spiritualists head for it to perform an exorcism. Proving too much to handle, there are eventually only five left, along with a reporter looking for a scoop.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


The Good, The Bad, The Weird
The Good, The Bad, The Weird / 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈 (2008)
Cast: Song Kang Ho, Lee Byeong Heon, Jeong Woo Seong

Set in Manchuria of the 1930's, this tells the story of three guys (among everyone else) who are trying to reach a treasure shown in a map "The Weird" one steals during a train heist.

Rating: Positive


The Grand Heist
The Grand Heist/ 바람과 함께 사라지다 (2012)
Cast: Cha Tae Hyun, Oh Ji Ho, Min Hyo Rin

When a corrupt official tries to monopolize the entire city's ice commerce (a valuable commodity at the time), a group lead by two men he wronged gather a team of experts to break into the warehouse and steal the ice for blackmail.

Rating: Positive


The Guard Post
The Guard Post/ GP 506 (2098)
Cast: Cheon Ho Jin, Jo Hyeon Jae, Lee Young Hoon

An entire platoon at a guard post near the DMZ is found butchered and the only survivor is in an unresponsive state after attacking the rescue team. The investigator has only one night to figure out what happened to the soldiers.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The Happy Life
The Happy Life / 즐거운 인생 (2007)
Cast: Jeong Jin Yeong, Kim Yoon Seok, Kim Sang Ho

During the funeral of a former college rock band leader, the remaining (now middle-aged) band members reunite. They each have their problems in life and family, giving one of them the idea to reform the band and get back some of that lost energy.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The Host
The Host / 괴물 (2006)
Cast: Song Kang Ho, Park Hae Il, Dae Doo Na

A mutated sea monster attacks people by the Han river, taking a little girl with it. When the family of the child, including its mildly challenged father find out she may be alive, they do their best to escape the mass quarantine and find her.

Rating: Mostly Negative


The Man From Nowhere
The Man From Nowhere / 아저씨 (2010)
Cast: Won Bin, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Hee Won

A mysterious man owning a pawn shop in a run down building has only a little girl as his friend. When her mom gets involved in a drug trafficking operation, the girl is kidnapped and the man is trying to save her, as he is the only one she has left.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The Quiz Show Scandal
The Quiz Show Scandal / 퀴즈왕 (2010)
Cast: Kim Soo Ro, Han Jae Seok, Song Yeong Chang

A woman's body causes a traffic accident, leaving all the passengers trying to figure out who killed her. When they learn she was making the questions for a popular quiz show game and find the answers for the next show, they all enter to win.

Rating: Mostly Negative


The Relation of Face, Mind and Love
The Relation of Face, Mind and Love / 내 눈에 콩깍지 (2009)
Cast: Lee Ji Ah, Kang Ji Hwan, Lee Dong Hoon

When a talented architect gets into a car accident, he is left with a visual impairment that makes him see people differently than what they are. He meets a kind, but ugly and shy woman he sees as a goddess, making her charmed by his efforts.

Rating: Mostly Negative


The Romantic President
The Romantic President / 피아노 치는 대통령 (2002)
Cast: Ahn Seong Ki, Choi Ji Woo, Im Soo Jeong

The new teacher at a school decides to discipline a female student who is being very rude and arrogant. When she calls her parents to ask them there and talk to them about it, she realizes the girl's single dad is the President.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral


The Tower
The Tower / 타워 (2012)
Cast: Seol Kyeong Gu, Kim Sang Kyeong, Son Ye Jin,

When a fire breaks out in a high-class residential high rise building during a Christmas party, the group of firemen sent to put it out and the people trapped inside find themselves fighting against time for their survival.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The Unjust
The Unjust / 부당거래 (2010)
Cast: Hwang Jeong Min, Ryu Seung Beom, Yoo Hae Jin

When the police is receiving pressure to catch a serial killer of children, they frame a man in order to help their image. When the man kills himself, the people involved in this elaborate frame-up are starting to have their lives shaken.

Rating: Mostly Positive


The Wig
The Wig / 가발 (2005)
Cast: Chae Min Seo, Yoo Seon, Bang Joong Hyeon

A cancer patient is given a wig as a gift, by her sister. Happy with her present at first, the woman realizes that strange and dangerous things are happening because of it and tries to figure out its origin and the story behind it.

Rating: Negative


The World of Silence
The World of Silence / 조용한 세상 (2006)
Cast: Kim Sang Kyeong, Park Yong Woo, Han Bo Bae

A photographer who can read minds returns to Korea from the States, only to end up the temporary guardian of a little girl whose mother and sole guardian is in a coma. He, the girl and a detective are all caught up in the case of a serial killer.

Rating: Positive


Too Beautiful To Lie
Too Beautiful To Lie / 그녀를 믿지 마세요 (2004)
Cast: Kim Ha Neul, Kang Dong Won, Song Jae Ho

A woman out on parole for fraud is on her way to attend her sister's wedding. When her bag is left with a stranger after a misunderstanding, she goes to his town to find him, but ends up inadvertently lying to his family about being his fiancée.

Rating: Positive


Truck
Truck / 트럭 (2008)
Cast: Yoo Hae Jin, Jin Goo, Lee Joon Ha

When his daughter is diagnosed with heart disease, Cheol Min attempts to gather money. After witnessing the gangsters he lost a game to killing people, he is asked to dispose of the bodies for money. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose.

Rating: Positive


Twilight Gangsters
Twilight Gangsters / 육혈포강도단 (2010)
Cast: Na Moon Hee, Kim Soo Mi, Kim Hye Ok

Three older ladies have been saving up money to travel to Hawaii. When they go to deposit it, the bank is robbed and they lose it all. They find one of the robbers and force him to teach them how to rob the bank to get their money back.

Rating: Mostly Positive


Two Faces of My Girfriend
Two Faces of My Girlfriend / 두 얼굴의 여친 (2007)
Cast: Bong Tae Gyu, Jung Ryeo Won, Kim In Kwon

A down on his luck jobless man who has never had a girlfriend meets a very sweet girl he takes a liking to. When he gets closer to her, he discovers she suffers from multiple personality disorder and her second self is anything but kind.

Rating: Mostly Positive



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Unbowed
Unbowed / 부러진 화살 (2012)
Cast: Ahn Sung Ki, Park Won Sang, Kim Ji Ho

Based on a true story, the movie is about a university professor who suffers from the corruption of Korea's legal and judicial system, when he is jailed for threatening a judge who dismissed his complaints about a wrong math question in the exams.

Rating: Mostly Positive



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Voice of a Murderer
Voice of a Murderer / 그놈 목소리 (2006)
Cast: Seol Kyeong Gu, Kim Nam Joo, Kim Young Cheol

The movie is based on the true story of a child abduction and the parents' struggle to find him, when they are being contacted and bossed around by the person responsible. This also highlights the negligence of the police force at the time.

Rating: Mostly Positive



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When Romance Meets Destiny
When Romance Meets Destiny / 광식이 동생 광태 (2005)
Cast: Kim Joo Hyeok, Bong Tae Gyu, Lee Yo Won

Kwang Sik is a shy man who missed his chance to confess to a woman he liked back in college. One day, he meets her again. His brother, Kwang Tae is all about casual relationships, until he meets a woman who proves a worthy adversary.

Rating: Positive


White
White / 화이트: 저주의 멜로디 (2011)
Cast: Ham Eun Jeong, Hwang Woo Seul Hee, Kim May Doni

The leader of an unpopular idol group discovers a tape of an unknown group. Their company uses the catchy unclaimed melody for their new song. As they reach popularity, the girl chosen as the main for the new concept starts behaving oddly.

Rating: Mixed/Neutral



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You're My Pet
You're My Pet / 너는 펫 (2011)
Cast: Kim Ha Neul, Jang Geun Seok, Yoo Tae Joon

This is a remake of the popular manga 'You're My Pet', which tells the story of a woman who decides to keep a young man as a "pet", allowing him to move in with her and treating him as a sort of roommate/companion.

Rating: Negative



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