Movies and TV shows set in seoul – page 3

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Badland Hunters (2024)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.
Plot: wasteland, earthquake, post apocalypse, disaster, apocalypse, violence, reptile, lizard, crocodile, hunter, combat, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
Place: seoul, korea, asia
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 7.3
 105
Never Twice (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: An old stately inn stands in the heart of Seoul. It may be old, discolored, and weathered, but Nakwon Inn exudes old-world charms. As the typical cold uneventful winter comes to an end at the inn, guests start to arrive one by one as if each had ...
Style: satirical, funny, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: satire, hotel, humour, hotel receptionist, multiple storylines, living together, couples, camping trip, wealthy family, paradise
Place: seoul
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 6.4
 148
Worst Woman (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Eun-hee is an actress who also plays in her real life. One day, she meets three different men and changes her own character each time she dates them, just like taking a role in the play. One is clever and polite, another is boyish and honest, and ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: love triangle, duplicity, actress, love affair, role playing, romantic triangle, romantic relationship, love and romance, male female relationship, relationships, female protagonist, relationship problems ...
Place: seoul
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My Sweet City (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: The friendship, romance, and professional lives of single women living in a big city.
Style: psychological, captivating, romantic, romantic drama, thrilling
Plot: relationship problems, male female relationship, older woman younger man, family problems, love interest, relationships, romantic triangle, love story, couple relations, age difference, social problems, love affair ...
Place: seoul
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Moving (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Children who live in hiding with superpowers, along with their parents who live with painful secrets of the past, face enormous dangers together
Style: supernatural thriller, captivating, psychological
Plot: superpower, superhero, supernatural ability, fight, good versus evil, student, supernatural power, teenager, problem, friends, friendship, teamwork ...
Place: korea, seoul
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Behind Every Star (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Agents at a talent management firm tackle strong personalities and office politics while keeping their celebrity clients happy and helping them shine.
Style: captivating, entertaining, satirical, thrilling, semi serious ...
Plot: celebrity, talent agent, office worker, satire, workplace, workplace situations, office politics, office, job, entertainment industry
Place: seoul
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 6.5
 13K
XO, Kitty (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she’ll soon realize that relationships are a lot more complicated ...
Style: feel good, psychological, captivating, romantic, satirical ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teen romance, teenager, lgbt, high school, love, friendship, lesbian, true love, teenage boy, young girl, female protagonist, friend ...
Place: seoul
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Avengers Social Club (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Features three women from different walks of life coming together for revenge: a fish store ajumma who envisioned a better life for herself, a housewife who grew up an orphan, and a chaebol’s daughter who was raised like a delicate greenhouse ...
Style: tense, suspense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, humorous
Plot: friendship, revenge, vengeance, escapades, strong female presence, female protagonist, group of friends, love, violence, love and romance, female friendship, cheating ...
Place: korea, seoul
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 7.0
 10K
The Roundup (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The ‘Beast Cop’ Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years.
Style: entertaining, disturbing, captivating, crime drama, detective
Plot: murder investigation, police, tourist, homicide detective, partners against crime, police investigation, fighting crime, sleuth, murderer, crime investigation, bandit, crime solving ...
Time: 2000s
Place: seoul, vietnam
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Confidential Assignment (2017)
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: atmospheric, disturbing, tense, intense, semi serious ...
Plot: inter-korean relations, police, buddy cop, car chase, profanity, society, revenge, theft, danger, destiny, culture clash, murder ...
Time: year 2017
Place: north korea, seoul, south korea
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A Year-End Medley (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A romantic comedy of a young man and woman that is told in the background of hotel 'Emross'. It has stories of people who met each other at Hotel Emross during the New Year holidays. Each one has his own memory to relate and create ...
Style: dorama, disturbing, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot: hotel, christmas, romantic friendship, love interest, family relations, workplace, love and romance, love story, relationships, romantic relationship, male female relationship, satire ...
Place: seoul
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Samjin Company English Class (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.
Style: disturbing, captivating, realistic, semi serious, comedy drama
Plot: office, fighting crime, rivalry, twentysomething life, friendship, secret revealed, conspiracy, lifestyle, company, manipulation, feminist, whistleblower ...
Time: 90s, year 1995
Place: south korea, seoul
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The Penthouse: War in Life (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A woman puts everything on the line to achieve her goal of being able to move into a luxury penthouse in the Gangnam District. In the process, she gradually finds herself turning into a monster.
Style: dorama, captivating, uplifting, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot: high society, bullying, husband wife relationship, greed, rivalry, adoptive mother, family relations, motherhood, penthouse, betrayal, revenge, strong female lead ...
Place: seoul
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 6.2
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Sinkhole (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The average citizen Dong-won and his family move into a house bought after years of hard work. Filled with happiness, he invites his colleagues for a housewarming party, but the heavy rain during the night before creates a gigantic sinkhole, and in ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: disaster, flood, trap, survival, struggle for survival, flooding, neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, evil, house, father son relationship, dead body ...
Place: south korea, seoul
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 6.6
 28K
Hellbound (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.
Style: apocalyptic, mysterious, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: cult leader, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, hell, death, crisis of faith, lynching, religious cult, creature, entity, angel, monster ...
Place: seoul
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To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Senior year of high school takes center stage as Lara Jean returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans — with and without Peter.
Style: touching, romantic comedy, disturbing, humorous, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, high school sweetheart, first love, teen romance, love affair, love, adolescence, teenager, young love, college, school trip, friendship between teens ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea, oregon, new york, korea
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 6.1
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Maggie (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A couple’s hospital tryst is caught on X-Ray. Thinking she and her boyfriend are the ones in the compromising radiograph, nurse Yoon-young goes in the next day to resign only to find that everyone has called in sick except the head doctor.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, satirical, intelligent ...
Plot: videotaped sex, hospital, social problems, nurse, caught having sex, workplace situations, doubt, satire, social satire, co worker co worker relationship, relationship problems, workplace ...
Place: seoul
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The Producers (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story: The drama is set in the backstage world of broadcasting industry. The story revolves around the dynamic work and life of people who work in entertainment division of television network.
Style: dorama, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: television producer, desire for fame, movie business, teamwork, workplace situations, aspiration, workplace, producer, direction and purpose, ambition, film producer, unrequited love ...
Place: korea, seoul
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Incomplete Life (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Jang Geu Rae played the board game “baduk” (a strategy game somewhat like chess) since he was a child. Playing the game was everything to him, but he failed to become a professional baduk player. Now he is thrown out into the real world. By an ...
Style: dorama, feel good, light, inspirational, captivating
Plot: office, fish out of water, workplace problem, against the odds, employee employee relationship, coworker, buddy, creativity, friendship between men, rivalry, mentor, workplace situations ...
Place: thailand, east asia, seoul
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 8.1
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Giant (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Giant is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Lee Beom-soo, Park Jin-hee, Joo Sang-wook, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Sang-min, and Jeong Bo-seok. It aired on SBS from May 10 to December 7, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 60 episodes. ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: revenge, brother sister reunion, brother sister relationship, brother brother relationship, vengeance, siblings relations, family reunited, separation from family, loss of family, brother brother reunion, family problems, loss of father ...
Place: seoul
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The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Han-gyeol is a smart young man who hates to be tied down to one career in his life. Abhorring the idea of joining the family business, he is ordered by his grandmother to manage a cafe. Unable to disobey his grandmother, he reluctantly takes over ...
Style: romantic, dorama, feel good, touching, inspirational ...
Plot: tomboy, cross dressing, coffee shop, friendship, gender disguise, love triangle, love and romance, class differences, sister sister relationship, romantic friendship, male female relationship, mistaken for being gay ...
Place: seoul, korea
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Princess Hours (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Princess Hours is a 2006 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Yoon Eun-hye, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Jeong-hoon and Song Ji-hyo. It is based on Korean manhwa Goong by Park So-hee. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from January ...
Style: feel good, dorama, semi serious, light, sweet ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: arranged marriage, initially antagonists, princess, youth, friendship, lifestyle change, couple relations, society, social differences, family life, royal family, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, seoul, asia
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The Accidental Spy (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero ...
Style: suspenseful, humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, spy, organized crime, kung fu classic, heroic mission, goofy hero, amateur detective, private detective, good versus evil, kung fu, one man army, bio weapon ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: asia, china, turkey, seoul, hong kong ...
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Reply 1988 (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the year 1988 at a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea. Five families live on the same alley road.
Style: dorama, not serious, sincere, light, touching ...
Plot: friendship, school, fall in love, love, parents and children, husband wife relationship, family problems, teenage life, friends to lovers, drinking alcohol, storytelling, drinking ...
Time: 80s, year 1988
Place: korea, thailand, seoul
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Gangnam Blues (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A "gangster noir" set in the 1970s, when Gangnam, Seoul goes under development. Political powers and darker organizations collide as they seek to grab control of the influential and exclusive area.
Style: realistic, exciting, sexy, erotic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, gang, buddies, political corruption, friends, dishonesty, violent content, political unrest, danger, graphic violence, society, triad ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: east asia, seoul, korea, asia
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 7.3
 131K
Okja (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
Style: touching, sweet, colorful, talky, sad ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: animal lover, ecology, animal rescue, compassion, animal, female protagonist, zoologist, monster, animal liberation, meat industry, coming of age, fantasy world ...
Time: 2010s, distant future, future, year 2017, year 2007
Place: new york, east asia, america, indiana, south korea ...
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Castaway on the Moon (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River - only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a ...
Style: touching, philosophical, romantic, psychological, scenic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: loneliness, isolation, suicide attempt, island, survival, society, wilderness, redemption, castaway, suicide, love story, self discovery ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, east asia, seoul, asia
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The Terror Live (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "I'll blow up Mapo Bridge." An anonymous call comes into a radio station one day. When it turns out to be legitimate, a terrorist's threats end up getting broadcast live throughout the country.
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: radio, terrorist, terrorism, reporter, negotiation, media sensation, media, danger, once in a lifetime opportunity, terror, justice, threat ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, seoul
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 8.5
 942K
Parasite (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story: All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Style: suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, psychological thriller, exciting ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: poverty, wealthy family, working class, social satire, class differences, wealth, basement, scam, tutor, poor family, plot twist, unemployment ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: south korea, east asia, seoul, asia
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1987: When the Day Comes (2017)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: democracy, korean history, torture, political corruption, police brutality, protest, historical event, brutality, disorder, police, corruption, death ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: south korea, seoul
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