Movies and TV shows set in south korea
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in south korea ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, exciting and dark films and TV shows about / with suspense, revenge, murder, korean, death, violence, danger, chase, betrayal and vengeance plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres shot in South Korea, USA and other countries.
south korea
TOP 10 movies tagged as south korea: The World of the Married (2020), Memories of Murder (2003), 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), Parasite (2019), A Bittersweet Life (2005), Lady Vengeance (2005), Whatcha Wearin'? (2012), I Saw the Devil (2010), Train to Busan (2016), The Spy Gone North (2018).
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List of movies set in south korea
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
Ji Sun Woo is a family medicine doctor. She is married to Lee Tae Oh and they have a son. She seems to have everything, including a successful career and a happy family, but she is betrayed by her husband and others. Meanwhile, Lee Tae Oh dreams of ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
adultery, extramarital affair, infidelity, sex, betrayal, doctor, seduction, director, gynecologist, marriage, family problems, family relations ...
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
police investigation, serial killer, police, rape, twists and turns, murder investigation, murder, unsolved crime, investigation, murder mystery, suspense, police detective ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, year 2003, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
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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:
disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological, sincere
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
democracy, interrogation, torture, police brutality, political corruption, protest, korean history, historical event, cover up, police investigation, murder, death ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
south korea, seoul
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831K
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:
exciting, captivating, tragic ending, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
wealthy family, social satire, poverty, basement, scam, class differences, scheme, plot twist, suspense, tutor, poor family, wealth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, india, seoul, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by ...
Style:
suspenseful, dark
Plot:
afterlife, hell, ghost, court, god, suspense, supernatural, obsessive quest, supernatural ability, revenge, investigation, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In Cheonan, a serial murder case takes place, but the case becomes more and more of a mystery. Only Tae-suk, a cop, immediately senses that all the cases are by the same killer and starts investigation. One day, Dong-soo, a gang boss, got attacked ...
Style:
twisted, factual, tense, slasher, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, serial killer, gangsters, murder mystery, mafia, police, revenge, suspense, investigation, forensics, murder investigation, murderer ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-Woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Heesoo, for fear that she may be cheating on ...
Style:
bleak, psychological, dark, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, suspense, gunfight, hitman, gang, revenge, organized crime, vengeance, mafia, betrayal, fall in love, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a 13-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a 6 year old boy, beautiful Lee Guem-ja starts seeking revenge on the man that was really responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow inmates and reunited with her daughter, ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, dark, cerebral, atmospheric ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, serial killer, violence, prison, vigilantism, justice, torture, murder, violent, suspense, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, india, korea, asia, australia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Yoon-Jung accidentally calls a stranger, instead of her boyfriend, and has phone sex with the unknown man. When Yoon-Jung's relationship with her boyfriend turns sour, Yoon-Jung meets Hyun-Seung, the stranger she had phone sex with.
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, sexy ...
Plot:
couples, fall in love, starting over, sex, phone sex, thirtysomething life, asian, happy ending, love, sexual relations, female nudity, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
revenge, serial killer, vengeance, murder, violence, psychopath, extreme violence, brutality, strong violent content, mercilessness, macabre, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
Style:
apocalyptic, emotional, intense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, survival, virus, suspense, apocalypse, pandemic, epidemic, train, zombie attack, undead, quarantine, zombie apocalypse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, india, busan, east asia ...
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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:
suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot:
spy, undercover agent, suspense, political campaign, dictatorship, political corruption, top secret, operation, undercover, government official, secret mission, military ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 2000s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
south korea, north korea, beijing china, korea, china ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, suspense, police investigation, race against time, investigation, interrogation, brutality, murder, revenge, missing person, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, seoul, korea
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Genre: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An internet broadcaster recruits a handful of people for their 'experience the horror' show at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, a place selected as one of the '7 freakiest places on the planet'. They are to explore the haunted ...
Style:
dark, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, captivating ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, mental institution, macabre, paranormal investigation, fear, night, supernatural horror, youth, vlogger, legend, friends ...
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
This drama tells the story of a vampire, Park Ji-sang who works as a doctor in a hospital. Yoo Ri-ta is a hotshot heiress doctor, a star physician at the hospital and the niece of the board’s chairman. She’s snooty and cold, but highly capable, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, romantic, scenic ...
Plot:
vampire human love, vampire, immortal, medical, doctor, hospital, violence, suspense, friendship, rivalry, death, immortality ...
Place:
south korea, korea
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37K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
suspense, plot twist, memory loss, delusion, home invasion, uncover truth, revenge, brother brother relationship, twists and turns, deception, chase, torture ...
Place:
south korea, korea
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67K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, psychological, twist ending, intense ...
Plot:
investigation, suspense, murder, twists and turns, revenge, family relations, parents and children, determination, amateur detective, uncover truth, mother, mentally challenged ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Cha Hyun-Soo is a high school student. He is also a recluse and rarely leaves his room. He refuses to talk to his father, mother and younger sister. One day, his whole family, except for him, dies in a car accident. Cha Hyun-Soo is left all alone. ...
Style:
bleak, serious, slasher, scenic, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
virus, society, murder, monster, suicide, self harm, high school student, criminal, rebellion, sabotage, conspiracy, survival ...
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Ji-O has a special power and a secret, but he doesn't know who he really is. He is chased by mysterious figures, while he tries to find answers to numerous questions that surround him. Goo-Reum is a detective. When she decides on a course of ...
Style:
exciting, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot:
deadly creature, mutant, hidden identity, suspense, human experiment, cult, secret organization, mad scientist, supernatural power, supernatural, heroes, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A comedy romance movie about the last generation of youths and their passionate romance based in Hongseong, Chungcheong Namdo in the 1980s.
Style:
romantic, humorous, feel good, sweet, touching ...
Plot:
teenage life, teenage love, youth, parent child relationship, romantic rivalry, romantic triangle, romantic relationship, teen romance, love triangle, self discovery, couples, male female relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south korea, korea
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462K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
"Round Six" is a story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win ten million US dollars. The game takes place at an unknown location, and the ...
Style:
rough, exciting, thought provoking, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, game of death, prize, game, brutality, death, most dangerous game, violence, sole survivor, cruelty, social differences, poverty ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Diagnosed with hyperthymesia, Seo Jin Woo possesses an uncanny memory, which he uses to his advantage as a lawyer defending his wrongfully convicted father. But when Jin Woo is afflicted with Alzheimer’s, his only link to his father’s innocence ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological
Plot:
revenge, investigation, lawyer, suspense, murder, father son relationship, framed for murder, memory lapse, false accusation, save the day, uncover truth, murder mystery ...
Place:
south korea, korea
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 64 min.
TV show
Story:
To The Beautiful You is a 2012 South Korean television drama series starring f(x)'s Sulli, Shinee's Minho, and Lee Hyun-woo. It aired on SBS from August 15 to October 4, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
It is ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, twist ending
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
gender disguise, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, friends, couples, sport, love, cross dressing, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story:
Explore the relationship of two people as they go from being “just acquaintances” to “a genuine couple” — Yoon Jin Ah, a coffee shop supervisor in her 30s, and Seo Joon Hee, a designer at a video game company who has just returned from ...
Style:
dorama, sweet, romantic, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, korean, relationships, asian, brother sister relationship, male female relationship, love, caress, love and romance, love story, sensuality, parents ...
Place:
south korea, korea
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.
Style:
buddy comedy, tense, humorous, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
buddy cop, police chase, police corruption, police officer, investigation, crime investigation, police detective, organized crime, police investigation, criminal, fighting crime, crime boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find ...
Style:
funny, buddy comedy, humorous, absurd, surprise ending
Audience:
teens
Plot:
undercover cop, police, ambush, gangsters, friendship, arrest, drug dealing, police investigation, teamwork, partners, working undercover, law enforcement ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
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25K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mole, suspense, moral dilemma, gang war, gang leader, mafia, rivalry, group of criminals, organized crime, criminal gang, undercover cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia, seoul
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his mother shortly after immigrating to America, Gon is raised by the mafia and grows up to become a cold-blooded hitman. Though usually flawless in taking out his targets, Gon makes a terrible mistake of killing an innocent young girl. ...
Style:
disturbing, exciting, psychological, bloody
Plot:
hitman, mafia, suspense, murder, gunfight, chase, friendship, tragic hero, remorse, child murder, vengeance, fight scenes ...
Place:
south korea, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young girl is raised as a killer in the Yanbian province of China. She hides her identity and travels to South Korea where she hopes to lead a quiet life but becomes involved with two mysterious men.
Style:
tense, bloody, suspenseful, exciting, twisted ...
Plot:
female killer, revenge, female assassin, female protagonist, murder, martial arts, woman fights a man, secret identity, mentor protege relationship, chase, pregnancy, child abuse ...
Place:
south 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, tense, captivating, neo noir, noir
Plot:
runaway, maniac, serial killer, revenge, investigation, injustice, rivalry, murder, murderer, immorality, suspense, intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, north korea, busan
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