Movies and TV shows set in seoul

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in seoul ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, psychological, touching, suspenseful and serious films and TV shows about / with love and romance, friendship, couples, fall in love, rivalry, escapades, gangster, friends, asian and fight plots mostly in Drama, Action and Comedy genres shot in South Korea, France, USA and other countries.
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seoul movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as seoul: The Tower (2012), Itaewon Class (2020), #Alive (2020), Seoul Searching (2015), House of Hummingbird (2018), Seoul Station (2016), Cafe Seoul (2009), The Man Standing Next (2020), So Not Worth It (2021), Return to Seoul (2022).

List of movies set in seoul

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 6.5
 7K
The Tower (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: On Christmas Eve at Tower Sky, an ultra-luxurious building complex, a White Christmas party is held to dazzle its equally high-end tenants and VIP guests. Dae-ho, the manager of the building and single father, is forced to cancel plans with his ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, skyscraper, firefighter, catastrophe, fire, survival, tower, rescue, trapped, christmas, danger, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea, asia, korea
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 8.2
 19K
Itaewon Class (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: In a colorful Seoul neighborhood, an ex-con and his friends fight a mighty foe to make their ambitious dreams for their street bar a reality.
Style: dorama, romantic, suspense, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot: rags to riches, revenge, restaurant, faithfulness, love, inheritance, restaurant owner, friendship, lgbtq, asian, workplace, co worker co worker relationship ...
Place: seoul, thailand, south korea
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 6.3
 47K
#Alive (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story: As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, disturbing, splatter ...
Plot: zombie, survival, isolation, virus, infection, walking dead, epidemic, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, zombie attack, deadly virus, infestation ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea
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Seoul Searching (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea, China, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the 1980s a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers who meet at a Seoul summer camp to learn what it means to be Korean. The three boys, from the U.S., Mexico, and Germany, then meet three girls who rock their world.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: coming of age, fall in love, teenage love, love and romance, youth, camp, society, immigrant, teenager, friendship, rivalry, kickass ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place: seoul, korea, east asia, south korea
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House of Hummingbird (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Whatever she does, Eunhee feels like an outsider. Then her new Chinese teacher turns out to be so utterly different from everybody else. A compassionate and meticulously told narrative of a seemingly regular summer that leaves nothing unchanged.
Style: touching, sincere, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, teacher student relationship, female protagonist, teenager, relationships, middle school, personal growth, high school, teenage girl, family relations, adolescence, family problems ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: seoul, south korea, korea, asia
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Seoul Station (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Suk-gyu is desperately looking for his runaway daughter. He spares neither money nor effort and after a while his search leads to results. One of his contacts claims to have found the girl. But joy is replaced by shock when he finds out that she ...
Style: anime, adult animation, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: apocalypse, zombie, zombie apocalypse, zombie outbreak, murder, death threat, subway, violence, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death, father daughter relationship, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: seoul, north korea
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 6.2
 58
Cafe Seoul (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Jun, a Japanese freelance reporter, discovers hidden gem of Korean traditional bakery "Moran-dang" by chance in the middle of the city of Seoul, while covering stories of the city. Moran-dang takes him back to his memory of childhood and ...
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot: restaurant, friendship, family business, family relations, friends, cooking and food, food, lawsuit, training, crime boss, save the day, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea, asia, korea
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The Man Standing Next (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of the President Park who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of KCIA, KIM Gyu-pyeong, is the seemingly most prospective second-in-command. In ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bad ending
Plot: assassination of president, politics, assassination, tragedy, betrayal, dictatorship, state terrorism, spy, espionage, intelligence agency, hearing, military dictatorship ...
Time: 70s, year 1979
Place: south korea, seoul, washington d.c., paris france, east asia ...
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So Not Worth It (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: New friends, new loves and new experiences mix together inside a colorful college dormitory in Korea that's home to students from around the world.
Style: sitcom, psychological, humorous, captivating
Plot: dormitory, student, college roommate, roommate, living together, lifestyle, friends, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, neighbor, college ...
Place: seoul, korea
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Return to Seoul (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, South Korea, Romania, Cambodia, Qatar
Duration: 119 min.
Story: On an impulse to reconnect with her origins, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born, before being adopted and raised in France. The headstrong young woman starts looking for her biological parents in a country she ...
Style: captivating, exciting, dramatic, thought provoking, interesting
Plot: journey, adoption, adopted daughter, life, foster parent, interracial adoption, parents and children, adoptive father, foster home, biological father, birth mother, adoptive mother ...
Place: seoul, south korea
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 5.5
 2K
Seoul Vibe (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Chasing speed, dreams and money, a team of drivers get involved in the slush fund investigation of a powerful figure during the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Style: satirical, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: car race, investigation, fight, criminal, car chase, money, battles, private investigation, racecar driver, escapades, uncover truth, paranormal investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 1988
Place: seoul
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The Day He Arrives (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Sang-Joon is a professor in the film department at a provincial university. He goes to Seoul to meet his senior, Young-Ho, who works as a film critic. Sang-Joon stays in a northern village in Seoul for 3 days.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sentimental, poetic ...
Plot: friendship, professor, friends, film critic, cinema, countryside, asian, village, drinking, cigarette smoking, piano, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, asia, korea
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Once Upon a Time (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The film is a heist comedy set in 1940s Korea, and stars Park Yong-woo and Lee Bo-young as a con artist and jazz singer who each plot to steal a valuable diamond from the Japanese authorities.
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: adventurer, undercover, world war two, treasure hunt, disorder, dishonesty, law enforcement, criminal heroes, betrayal, military, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place: seoul, korea, asia
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Man on High Heels (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Ji-wook is a cold-blooded detective who would brutally assault and stop at nothing to catch criminals. However, despite her perfectly masculine appearance, Ji-wook struggles with a secret desire to be a woman. At last, Ji-wook decides to transition. ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot: gay, transvestism, transsexual, nudity, police, gang, flashback, revenge, car accident, hostage, cross dressing, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea
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Hi! Dharma 2: Showdown in Seoul (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Following the last wish of an old master, three monks head to Seoul to rest his remains in the Mushim Temple. However, they discover that the heavily indebted host monk has abandoned the temple and its inhabitants. The three monks make every effort ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, thrilling, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: buddhism, monk, problem, satire, buddhist monk, gang, money, gangster, money problems, bandit, needing money, teamwork ...
Place: seoul
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 6.3
 468
The Mayor (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story: For the first time in Korean history, the mayor of Seoul attempts a third term in office, with his entire campaign team ready to soil their hands.
Style: captivating, psychological, political, disturbing
Plot: politics, mayor, election campaign, political campaign, political intrigue, political candidate, election, political unrest, aspiration, intrigue, political leader, political activist ...
Place: seoul, korea
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 5.5
 403
Men of Plastic (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Dae-guk, a nosy man from Apgujeong, and Ji-woo, a cold but skillful plastic surgeon, open a plastic surgery business in Gangnam. Dae-guk is an unemployed man who likes to pry into other people’s businesses.
Style: semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining, thrilling
Plot: plastic surgery, plastic surgeon, male doctor, doctor, escapades, teamwork, problem, satire, social problems
Place: seoul
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 3.3
 673
Gangnam Zombie (2023)
Genre: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Citizens from upscale Gangnam in Seoul start experiencing unusual and terrifying symptoms, devolving into inhuman creatures, leaving only a few survivors with the possibility to make it out alive.
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, bleak, dramatic ...
Plot: zombie, survival, fight, monster, zombie survival, struggle for survival, adaptation, transformation, zombie outbreak, epidemic, apocalypse, infection ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea
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 6.0
 1K
#Iamhere (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Stéphane lives a quiet life as an eminent French Chef but when he decides to visit Soo, a mysterious Korean lady he fell in love with on Instagram, he'll embark on an adventurous journey full of discoveries.
Style: humorous, satirical, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: social network, humour, family relations, fall in love, escapades, love interest, social satire, love and romance, satire, introspection, self discovery, social media ...
Place: seoul
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 7.1
 16K
Pieta (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
Style: disturbing, bleak, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot: redemption, vengeance, life is a bitch, revenge, uncover truth, criminal heroes, long lost relative, parents and children, merciless, family reunited, family relations, mother son incest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, east asia, korea, south korea
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Searching for the Elephant (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A freelance photographer Hyun-woo seems to live an enviable life with a successful career. But his inside is torn apart from the sorrow of being deserted by his ex-girlfriend Mari. He even gets unclear about what’s really happening in reality and ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, touching, erotic ...
Plot: obsessive compulsive disorder, friendship, sex addict, lifestyle, love and romance, life is a bitch, dishonesty, split personality, couples, dull life, addiction, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, korea, asia
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Tale of Cinema (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, South Korea
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In Seoul, the paths of two men and one woman intersect and move apart from one another, centering around their love for cinema. A suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to follow him in his fatal gesture. Coming out of a cinema, Tongsu, an ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, stylized, independent film ...
Plot: fall in love, unfulfillment, couple relations, human nature, university, love and romance, couples, private vs public, unsuccessful, down on your luck, party, snow ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, seoul, korea
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 6.4
 1K
Wish You (2021)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Singing and dreaming together, a talented singer-songwriter and a same-aged keyboardist add harmony and love to each other's lives.
Style: dorama, emotional, talky, touching, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, gay crush, gay relationship, gay romance, gay lead character, homosexual, singer, producer, songwriter, record producer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea, korea
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 6.3
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Madeleine (2003)
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The story follows the lives of two girls living together and their separate love lives as they struggle to find and maintain their new relationships. The movie mainly focuses on pretty girl Lee Hee-Jin (Shin Min-a). Hee-Jin is a hair stylist working ...
Style: touching, suspense, romantic, romantic comedy
Plot: young adult, friendship, writers, jealousy, mother daughter relationship, fall in love, grownups, childhood love, ex boyfriend, baker, first kiss, rock band ...
Place: seoul
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 7.3
 5K
The Net (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.
Style: bleak, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: politics, human rights, poverty, spy, military, capitalism, corruption, money, husband wife relationship, breakdown, murder, prostitute ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: north korea, east asia, korea, seoul, south korea
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 7.3
 23K
The Yellow Sea (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The region where the borders of North Korea, China, and Russia come together, forms a sort of modern day wild west, where more than half of the population relies on illegal activity in order to survive. In Yanbian, on the Chinese side of the border, ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, bleak, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: illegal immigrant, survival, violence, murder, gangster, gang war, on the run, bloodbath, taxi driver, life is a bitch, wife, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: korea, asia, seoul, east asia, south korea
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 5.6
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Beastie Boys (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two friends are involved in the male escort business. One starts an honest relationship with one of his clients. The other cheats on his girlfriend and has his many scams catch up to him.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, touching, sexual ...
Plot: nightlife, lifestyle, love and romance, gigolo, wooing, unfulfilled love, buddies, destructive relationship, cons and scams, prostitute, infidelity, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, korea
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Seoul Raiders (2005)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Action
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In this sequel to "Tokyo Raiders", wisecracking, kung-fu-fighting spy/private eye Lam jets off to Seoul...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, chase, master criminal, undercover, rivalry, espionage, cons and scams, vengeance, human nature, escapades, betrayal, heist ...
Place: japan, seoul, china, tokyo, korea ...
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Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A model student transfers to the notorious Jungmoon High School known for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs.
Style: serious, captivating, touching, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: manly, teen drama
Plot: mixed martial arts, martial artist, hand to hand combat, rivalry, teenage life, troublemaker, buddies, youth, love and romance, love triangle, unfulfilled love, high school ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: seoul, asia, korea
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 8.1
 12K
Snowdrop (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story: In 1987, when tear gas exploded like firecrackers, a bloody man jumped into a female college dormitory and a female student treats him thinking he's an activist student fighting for the generation. Based on the handwritten notes of a man who ...
Style: romantic, touching, emotional, psychological, talky
Plot: true love, dormitory, activist, student, university, love at first sight, presidential election, spy, love and romance, couple relations, university student, love ...
Time: 80s
Place: seoul
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