| Ashfall (2019) | 6.2 | |
| Spy Myung-wol (2011) | 6.7 | |
| Silmido (2003) | 7.0 | |
| Steel Rain 2 (2020) | 6.2 | |
| The Spy Gone North (2018) | 7.4 |
Inter-korean relations movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant inter-korean relations movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological and serious films and TV shows about / with inter-korean relations, spy, espionage, politics, danger, asian, covert operation, agent, undercover and secret agent plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in South Korea, USA, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as inter-korean relations: The Spy Gone North (2018), Steel Rain 2 (2020), Secret Reunion (2010), Confidential Assignment (2017), 6/45 (2022), As One (2012), Hunt (2022), Ashfall (2019), V.I.P. (2017), Escape from Mogadishu (2021).
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List of inter-korean relations movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In 1993, former military officer Suk-young Park is recruited as a spy by South Korea's National Intelligence Service, and given the code name "Black Venus". He is then sent to infiltrate a group of high-ranking North Korean officials ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
dictatorship, inter-korean relations, undercover agent, political campaign, political corruption, undercover, dictator, top secret, secret mission, government official, military, double agent ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 1998, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
north korea, south korea, beijing china, china, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coup d'etat, inter-korean relations, submarine, politics, peace, geopolitics, nuclear threat, society, rules and policies, political intrigue, danger, rivalry ...
Place:
north korea, south korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Six years ago a mysterious shooting takes place in Seoul. The after effects of the shooting results in Han-kyu Lee (Song Kang-Ho) losing his job at the NIS (National Intelligence Service). Six years later, Ji-won Song (Kang Dong-Won), an ex North ...
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Plot:
undercover, foe turned friend, inter-korean relations, secret agent, hidden identity, intelligence agency, private detective, investigation, danger, treason, government, disorder ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, north korea, asia, korea, seoul
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When a crime organization from North Korea crosses borders and enters South Korean soil, a South Korean detective must cooperate with a North Korean detective to investigate their whereabouts.
Style:
intense, semi serious, tense, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, profanity, police, buddy cop, car chase, society, culture clash, destiny, theft, murder, revenge, danger ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
north korea, seoul, south korea
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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 get back on the investigation team after a ...
Style:
crime thriller, captivating, entertaining, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, buddy cop, investigation, collaboration, agent, fbi, police investigation, crime boss, officer, criminal gang, partner, entertainment ...
Place:
korea, south korea, north korea, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A comedy film about North and South Korean soldiers vying for a winning lotto ticket that crossed the demarcation line because of the strong wind.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, soldier, lottery, satire, military life, lottery ticket, lottery winner, korean army, money, military, money falling through the air, military officer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south korea, north korea, korea
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A unified team representing the two Koreas competed at the 1991 Chiba International Table Tennis Championships. It was the first such sport team since the division of the Korean peninsula. The unified team won the group competition event, beating ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, emotional, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
ping pong, inter-korean relations, table tennis, friendship, teamwork, rivalry, sport team, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, direction and purpose, competitor, women ...
Time:
90s
Place:
korea, south korea, north korea, china
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, surprise ending
Plot:
inter-korean relations, politics, espionage, secret agent, double agent, civil unrest, intelligence agency, assassination plot, spy mission, counter intelligence, special agent, agent ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south korea, north korea, washington d.c., asia, seoul ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Stagnant since 1903, at an elevation of 9000', a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, action packed
Plot:
disaster, volcano, natural disaster, inter-korean relations, heroic mission, forces of nature, volcanic eruption, earthquake, cataclysm, peril, race against time, self sacrifice ...
Time:
1900s, 2010s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A son to a high-ranked official in North Korea commits a series of murders going across the countries around the world. The movie depicts the following events as South Korea, North Korea and Interpol start chasing down after him.
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, maniac, serial killer, revenge, injustice, investigation, murder, rivalry, murderer, intrigue, politics, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, south korea, busan
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, escape, wartime, soldier, survival, diplomat, life is a bitch, society, wartime life, runaway, civil disobedience, escape attempt ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
somalia, south korea, africa
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister. After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp. In ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, sad ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
spy, inter-korean relations, espionage, secret agent, hitman, undercover, danger, secret mission, murder, teenager, kidnapping, asian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, asia, seoul, korea
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.
Style:
dorama, sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heiress, couples, fall in love, love, inter-korean relations, forbidden love, accident, soldier, star crossed lovers, enemies to lovers, danger, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, thailand
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the DMZ separating North and South Korea, two North Korean soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier. But the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with the 5 remaining bullets in the assassin's magazine clip, ...
Style:
tense, political, suspenseful, bleak, touching ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
asian, politics, investigation, tragedy, friendship, soldier, undercover, vengeance, justice, assassination, state affairs, political conspiracy ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea, east asia, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijacks a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries.Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, stylized, neo noir, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, korean army, female killer, terrorist, hitman, female assassin, espionage, assassination, agent, political conspiracy, inter-korean relations, secret agent ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
north korea, korea, seoul, south korea, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung ...
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
military, inter-korean relations, korean war, military life, military base, basic training, isolation, violent content, officers and cadets, boot camp, cold war, special forces ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
north korea, asia, south korea, korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Dong-chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he’s abandoned by his government during a mission. While on the run, he looks for his wife and child, who were sold as slaves to China, only to discover their corpses. He soon finds ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, hitman, intrigue, inter-korean relations, political conspiracy, false accusation, frame up, danger, law enforcement, betrayal, assassination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A former agent from the North Korean intelligence and a senior member of the South Korean security services conduct a secret mission to prevent the breakout of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.
Style:
suspense, political thriller, political, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
spy, politics, coup d'etat, inter-korean relations, geopolitics, society, sting operation, danger, rivalry, kickass, covert operation, espionage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, south korea, east asia, korea, seoul
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
As a North Korean sleeper cell agent, Ryu-han infiltrates the South and assumes the role of a village idiot in a rural town. He observes the townsfolk and waits patiently for his mission. One day, after 2 years of playing the role of the village ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, humorous, feel good, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
undercover, espionage, inter-korean relations, social relations, politics, secret agent, mission gone awry, communism, gain trust, fellow agent, bromance, hidden identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia, north korea, east asia, south korea ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Han Myung-wol is a North Korean spy ordered to infiltrate South Korea and kidnap popular actor/singer Kang Woo. Instead she falls in love with him.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, mission gone awry, problem, female agent, escapades, ambition, prospector, special agent, spy mission, government agent, secret mission, intrigue ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In 2029, the elite police squad Illang combats a terrorist group opposing reunification of the two Koreas. But another enemy may be lurking nearby.
Style:
philosophical, captivating, exciting, psychological, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
masked man, dictatorship, weapons, shooting, fighting the system, heroes, lone hero, society, danger, rebellion, resistance, criminal ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
korea, seoul
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A man wakes up missing his memories. Directed by a mysterious voice from a device in his ear, he sets off on a hostage rescue mission rife with danger.
Style:
twisted, disturbing, suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
violent, female warrior, amnesia, survival, target, fight, inter-korean relations, martial arts, epic battle, computer game, fight club, virus ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south korea, north korea, korea
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
IRIS revolves around two friends from the 707th Special Mission Battalion recruited into a secret South Korean black ops agency known as the National Security Service. Of the pair, recruit Kim Hyun-jun begins to uncover evidence that his foggy past ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, dorama
Plot:
secret agent, government conspiracy, agent, inter-korean relations, war on terror, partners against crime, investigation, fighting crime, national security, partner, special agent, police partner ...
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Genre: Drama, Musical, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Rebellious Ki-soo from North Korea is mesmerized by tap dance in prison camps. Ki-soo joins as a team member of a dance team named ‘Swing Kids’. Yet suddenly, their dreams about dancing in prison camps are put in danger.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, intense, funny
Plot:
inter-korean relations, pow, prison life, life philosophy, dancer, social differences, art, prison, friendship between men, breaking point, talented, freedom ...
Place:
north korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Pilots Tae-in and Gyu-sik are set to fly to Gimpo. Under the guidance of flight attendant Ok-soon, passengers are busy boarding. However, shortly after takeoff, a homemade bomb explodes, turning the cabin into chaos.
Style:
tension, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
hijacking, hostage situation, inter-korean relations, airplane, terrorist bombing, hostage, threat, problem, police officer taken hostage, taken hostage, airplane trip, confined space ...
Time:
70s
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, Jang-geun, the new teacher at Cheongsol Village, runs into problems during his travels. The village folk mistake Kong Young-tan, a former inmate at the government's re-education camp, as the missing teacher.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teacher, inter-korean relations, military, countryside, lifestyle, fall in love, school teacher, relationship problems, in love, problem, border, trespassing ...
Time:
80s
Place:
korea, north korea, seoul
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An archaeological site in China was selected to send two teams, North and South Koreans, and students to collaborate and continue reconciliation of the two countries. But the team leader of the South decided to dredge the leader of the North group.
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, sincere, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, co worker co worker relationship, couples, love affair, explorer, research, coworker, male female relationship, love interest, love story, tomb, teamwork ...
Place:
china, north korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A growing friendship with their neighbors softens the resolve of a group of North Korean spies who are posing as an ordinary South Korean family.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, political thriller ...
Plot:
confrontation, humanity, assassin, spy, inter-korean relations, neighbor neighbor relationship, job, family drama, relationships, empathy, political oppression, coercion ...
Place:
south korea, north korea, korea
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
The President of South Korea races against time to prove the seal on documents from long dead King Gojong is fake by charging outspoken historian Choi Min-jae, and a descendant of the royal bloodline Kim Yu-shik, to find the long lost seal in order ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, political thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, secret, political intrigue, conspiracy, intrigue, politics, political conspiracy, political unrest, government conspiracy, war, espionage, international crisis ...
Place:
korea, seoul
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two friends accidentally drift from North Korea into South Korea after falling asleep during a fishing trip. Broke and unable to get home, they enter a singing contest whose grand prize is a trip to North Korea!
Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
singing competition, soldier, satire, inter-korean relations, friendship, fish out of water, culture clash, problem, escapades, contest, singer, border crossing ...
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
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