Korean title: | Released: 2006 | Horror Sub-Genre: Monster Horror | Starring: Song Kang-ho, Bae Doona, Go Ah-sung. Intense academic pressure leads many South Korean students to consider taking their own lives as well. See the movie to find out. Who thinks up these things? This one's great for its eerie atmosphere (like all good films set in haunted places). Is it really possible for a spirit to possess another’s body? This will be the third collaboration between Han Jae-rim and Song Kang-ho after “The Show Must Go On” and “The Face Reader” and the fourth time the two actors will be seen in the same film after “JSA“, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” and “The Age of Shadows”. The following is a list of South Korean films scheduled to be released in 2020. What’s the first thing you’ll do? Lee Byung-hun decides that vengeance is best served one dish at a time, and so begins this gripping thriller. These are just some of the exciting plots of Korean movies you’ll find in this post.

(In truth, they are eagerly awaiting orders from the top.). This makes “Virus” a pretty intriguing project. Ji-yoon has no alibi and seems to be hiding something — then is found at the scene of a second murder that also mirrors her work. A Tale of Two Sisters is fantastically moody in tone and visuals. There’s a rampaging zombie on your train! To learn more about Train to Busan, read our comprehensive review! Furthermore, we’ve included streaming links for those movies that are available on common streaming platforms like Netflix or Amazon Prime (regional availability varies). The film begins with a surly father searching for his daughter, who’s become a prostitute.

The film is currently casting and a late 2020 release is projected. This movie has a pretty apt title; it centers on a group of YouTubers who decide to explore an abandoned psychiatric hospital. Plus, your country’s at war, and the guy you’re about to shoot at looks just like your long-lost brother. Simultaneously, independent cinema also flourished last year, with several smaller films winning big at various international film festivals around the globe, sending hopeful signs for the country’s independent cinema. The shoes put their wearer under a malignant spell. You might as well start a marathon of these tonight — who says Halloween is the only time for scary stuff? Hwang Jung-min and Lee Jung-jae back together again after “New World“? “Sunny” is the story of a group of high school girls who grew up in the ’80s. Korean title: 알 포인트 | Released: 2004 | Horror Sub-Genre: War, Action, Psychological | Starring: Kam Woo-sung, Son Byong-ho.

Best Korean Movies 2000-2020 by techphone | created - 15 Nov 2016 | updated - 6 months ago | Public A list of the best Korean movies of all time. “Extreme Job” star Jin Seon-kyu and Yoo Hae-jin as a robot round up the space station’s crew. Korean title: 장화, 홍련 | Released: 2003 | Horror Sub-Genre: Mystery | Starring: Im Soo-jung, Moon Geun-young, Yum Jung-ah. Regardless of your interpretation, this is one trippy movie. I can write a whole thesis on that.

Will he win freedom for his brother? 3 Ways to Say I Love You in Korean (Plus 10 Romantic Expressions). Sang-won, a widow, moves to a new house with his daughter, Ina.

In this film, you’ll see Choi Min-sik (the “Admiral” in the previous film) and Lee Byung-hun of “Inside Men” play cat and mouse with each other. In Train to Busan, a father takes his estranged daughter on a high speed rail trip from Seoul to the southern city of Busan. It’s based on a popular webtoon “The Insiders” and tackles themes like political corruption and revenge. The dialogues are light, easy to follow and paced just right. Seo Tae-yoon, a detective from Seoul, is Doo-man’s opposite. Standards are near-unattainable, and suicide among idols is startlingly common. As a result, similar to the US, South Korea also makes Vietnam War movies. This will be his first time appearance in a gangster film, alongside Yoo Jae-myung.

He works with elders who want a well-framed photo for their funeral, and teens wanting a blow-up picture of their crushes. Start with Okja but stay for the rom-coms. Sang-hyun, a respected Catholic priest, awakens from a failed medical experiment as a lustful and bloodthirsty vampire. Also, this child may or may not be human. Language learners, especially beginners, will appreciate the simplicity of the dialogue and will be able to follow along when the whole thing is unveiled. Korea has a knack for adapting Western fairy tales into horror films and turning them into nightmare fuel rather than cute bedtime stories, and this, IMO, is the best one.

Ready for something darker and bolder? Jang is a consummate dirty politician using money, the media and goons to win the presidential race. He can look at the lines of someone’s face and predict their personality, habits and ultimately, their future. Hide and Seek keeps you on the seat of your pants throughout its entire runtime, and has a distinctively understated tone that tastefully subverts many of the horror genre’s tired cliches. When Officer Jong-goo's daughter begins showing the savage symptoms of the illness, he races to save her — only to discover that the cause may be satanic in nature. It also has an American remake that, while not as earnest, was a good effort! Both brothers suffer comas, to the deep despair of their partners. Another Song Kang-ho film available to watch on Netflix, history buffs might enjoy watching The President's Barber. Three men come to live in a peaceful village in South Korea. You'd be hard-pressed to find something better. Featuring Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, and Walking Dead's Steven Yeun, this psychological drama about class agitation even made Rolling Stone's list of best films of the past decade. Dolls are creepy. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Movies. While news last year was that “Ode to my Father” director JK Youn was to return to filmmaking with space adventure “Return” with Hwang Jung-min and Kim Hye-soo, that project has since been shelved. Set in the future, the science fiction action flick is about a climate engineering catastrophe that creates an ice age, forcing the lucky few who remained alive to live on a train that travels the globe. This movie has the plot twist of the century, the plot twist to end all plot twists. She takes them home, only to discover she's brought home a curse as well. It's true. The girls named their clique “Sunny,” after Bobby Hebb’s 1963 hit of the same title.

The other Choi film out this year is “A Mathematician in Wonderland”, which sees him playing a genius North Korean mathematician that defects to the South.

However, unlike other vengeance movies (ex. A squad of nine soldiers sets off to rescue the platoon, but encounter a tombstone that leads to a series of mysterious and creepy events. K orean cinema has produced some of the most fascinating, twisted, and delightful films ever made.

Watch on Amazon Prime | Watch on Shudder | Watch on Kanopy, Korean title: 부산행 | Released: 2016 | Horror Sub-Genre: Zombie, Action | Starring: Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi. 2020 seems to be the year science fiction really takes off in South Korean cinema, with several films in the genre in production at the moment. When war breaks out, Jin-tae seeks to protect his brother by striking a deal with his commander that if he earns the highest military honors, his younger brother will be released from military service and sent home. There's also a plot twist and a question: How far are you willing to go to be beautiful? These men are actually highly-trained North Korean spies sent to infiltrate the South. Korean title: | Released: 2016 | Horror Sub-Genre: Zombie, Animation | Starring: Ryu Seung-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, Lee Joon. Little does he know his odd talent will put him in the center of one of the biggest power struggles in Korean history.

If The Host is South Korea’s Godzilla, then Pulgasari is North Korea’s Godzilla. As they realize they are surrounded by something truly terrifying, it adds a level of intensity that will steal your breath. Jazz Nicolas, Scotland Loves Anime Festival Comes to Screen Anime This Month.

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