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 suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, realistic and captivating films and TV shows about / with asian, revenge, murder, female nudity, violence, sex scene, vengeance, brutality, blood and serial killer plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in South Korea, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as south korea: The Housemaid (2010), Purpose of Reunion (2015), Oldboy (2003), Memories of Murder (2003), A Bittersweet Life (2005), Train to Busan (2016), Parasite (2019), Forgotten (2017), The World of the Married (2020), 1987: When the Day Comes (2017).
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List of movies set in south korea
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to a dark consequences. Eun-yi is hired as an au pair for Hae-ra (pregnant with twins) and her rich husband Hoon. Eun-yi's primary task is watching the couple's young daughter, ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
master and servant, maid, eroticism, dangerous attraction, adulterous husband, abuse of power, jealous wife, sexual relations, strong sexual content, destructive relationship, asian prostitute, servant ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, east asia, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dongchul, who is managing a small bar, is always enthusiastic about his school reunions. One day, Yujin, who has never showed up to a reunion, shows up at his bar. Her baby face and vitality make her unlike other married women and all the men fall ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, talky, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
adultery, asian sex, male nudity, high school reunion, camping, love, passionate sex, dishonesty, relationships, secret, obsession, love at first sight ...
Place:
south korea, korea
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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:
suspense, tense, twisted, factual, bloody ...
Plot:
gang, serial killer, murder mystery, korean gangster, gangster, police, mafia, revenge, vengeance, investigation, forensics, homicide detective ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
south korea
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709K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bleak, neo noir, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, incest, violence, psychopath, captivity, older man younger woman relationship, hypnosis, mind game, plot twist, psychological torture, torture ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, distant future, near future, y2k ...
Place:
south korea, korea, stockholm sweden, oceania, east asia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 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, detective, realistic, enigmatic, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police, murder mystery, rape, police investigation, twists and turns, unsolved crime, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, suspicion, investigation ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, year 1986, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
south korea, east asia, korea, asia
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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:
suspense, tense, bleak, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangster, asian gangster, hitman, gunfight, fall in love, organized crime, brutality, vengeance, violent, betrayal, character study ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, 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:
suspense, apocalyptic, dark, emotional, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, pandemic, survival, virus, apocalypse, train, epidemic, zombie attack, survival horror, zombie apocalypse, living dead, undead ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, busan, china, indiana ...
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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, psychological thriller, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
poverty, wealthy family, working class, social satire, class differences, scam, wealth, basement, plot twist, rich snob, driver, unemployment ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, asia, india
Is relevant?
60K
Genre: Crime, 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, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, mind twisting ...
Plot:
plot twist, revenge, memory loss, delusion, brother brother relationship, home invasion, twists and turns, new house, uncover truth, hypnosis, deception, chase ...
Place:
south korea, korea
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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, captivating, realistic
Plot:
adultery, extramarital affair, infidelity, betrayal, easy woman, doctor, director, marriage, couple relations, family problems, family relations, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
south 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:
suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
democracy, korean history, political corruption, police brutality, protest, historical event, cover up, military dictatorship, disorder, police, police investigation, brutality ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Is relevant?
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, cerebral, bloody, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
violence, revenge, vengeance, murder, female vigilante, serial killer, torture, prison, violent, kidnapping, female protagonist, justice ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, australia, east asia, asia, korea ...
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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, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police, undercover cop, ambush, korean gangster, partner, asian, drug dealing, police investigation, teamwork, friendship, arrest, working undercover ...
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul
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744K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 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:
suspense, exciting, saga, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, game of death, cruelty, prize, brutality, game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, graphic violence, violence, violent man, most dangerous game ...
Time:
2020s, 80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Is relevant?
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:
suspense, disturbing, bloody, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, revenge, race against time, police detective, investigation, pursuit, violent, murder, missing person, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, korea, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
New couple Na-ni and Joon-seo left the stuffy Seoul to try and start a cafe in the countryside. Behind the couple's attempt to change, they had some unspeakable worries, so they were sexless people who used their own rooms because they were ...
Style:
intense, dramatic, gloomy, emotional, dark ...
Plot:
sex, infidelity, sex scene, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, mature, small town, marital discord, couples, relationships, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
south korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young couple's love is tested when Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
touching, sincere, sad, romantic, contemplative ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
love affair, memory loss, couple relations, love story, alzheimer's disease, love, love and romance, asian, passionate love, passion, class differences, memory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, east asia, asia
Is relevant?
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:
psychological thriller, bleak, serious, dark fantasy, slasher ...
Plot:
criminal, society, apocalypse, danger, virus, monster, survival, murder, creature, supernatural, self harm, high school student ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Joon-soo learns that his friend Hee-gyu's sister Hee-jin has no where to go after being scammed, so he suggests living with him. The two start living together. They are close like brother and sister but they can never be that. The two start ...
Style:
captivating, romantic, disturbing, erotic
Plot:
friendship, love, love interest, seduction, seductress, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, love affair, male female relationship, love and romance, couples ...
Place:
korea, south korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After people in his town start turning up dead, a grumpy landlord is visited by a man who recounts an unsolved serial murder case from 30 years ago that may hold the clue to what is happening now.
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, killing spree, serial murder, murder, police officer, police detective, partner, murder mystery, murderer, disguise, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
Is relevant?
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 drama, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
asian, older woman younger man relationship, male female relationship, relationships, couple relations, love story, love and romance, parents and children, caress, sensuality, love, east asian woman ...
Place:
south korea, korea
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange ...
Style:
serious, realistic, cute, romantic drama, contemplative ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
isolation, older man younger woman relationship, love affair, confined, age difference, fall in love, love triangle, couple relations, couples, sailing, boat, older man younger woman romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
When Jeongin Bank faces bankruptcy, the Financial Services Commission aims to preempt Korea from another economic meltdown as it did in the 1997 financial crisis. With the Korean government having a substantial stake in the bank, things get serious. ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, political, suspenseful ...
Plot:
financial crisis, financier, finance, corruption, banking, bank, money problems, financial problem, relationship problems, bank clerk, financial ruin, workplace situations ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Action, 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:
disturbing, bloody, dark, twist ending, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, manly, adult
Plot:
revenge, serial killer, vengeance, murder, violence, psychopath, violent, extreme violence, gory, mercilessness, murderer, brutality ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2000, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea, east asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance.
Style:
sexy, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, rape, korean history, medieval, palace intrigue, fetish, sex, female nudity, passionate sex, obsession, ancient, revenge ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century
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, 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
Is relevant?
29K
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:
captivating, brutal, neo noir, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal gang, gang war, gang leader, mole, gangster, moral dilemma, working undercover, mafia, organized crime, undercover cop, twists and turns, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, seoul
Is relevant?
85K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Deliveryman Jongsu is out on a job when he runs into Haemi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return she introduces to Jongsu an enigmatic ...
Style:
suspense, art house, exciting, ambiguous ending, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
class differences, metaphor, suspicion, arson, asian, anger, aspiring writer, childhood friend, rural setting, stalking, tragic love, bare breasts ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul, korea, india
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A criminal who runs a brothel becomes obsessed with a beautiful college student. When she rejects him he sets her up by introducing her to a loan shark and when she can't pay, she is forced into working in the brothel. But when she gets the ...
Style:
sexy, bleak, psychological, erotic, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, prostitution, eroticism, obsessive love, pimp, deaf, red light district, sex worker, domination, forced prostitution, fetish, revenge ...
Place:
south korea, seoul, tokyo
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