Movies and TV shows set in north korea
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in north korea ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic and exciting films and TV shows about / with inter-korean relations, spy, suspense, danger, politics, military, undercover, soldier, rivalry and espionage plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in South Korea, USA, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as north korea: The Interview (2014), The Spy Gone North (2018), Steel Rain (2017), Crash Landing on You (2019), J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (2000), Confidential Assignment (2017), 71: Into the Fire (2010), The Net (2016), Ashfall (2019), Die Another Day (2002).
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List of movies set in north korea
338K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to ...
Style:
funny, absurd, ridiculous, controversial, political ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
male nudity, assassination attempt, dictator, farce, journalism, undercover, cia, assassination plot, espionage, satire, buddies, gunfight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea, asia, usa, new york ...
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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, 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:
captivating, psychological, tense, political, scenic ...
Plot:
spy, suspense, politics, society, sting operation, rivalry, coup d'etat, world war two, geopolitics, inter-korean relations, us military, missile ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, north korea, east asia, korea, seoul
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, 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, disturbing, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heiress, star crossed lovers, love, couples, fall in love, accident, soldier, catastrophe, love and romance, escapades, forbidden love, destiny ...
Place:
north korea
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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:
thought provoking, tense, political, enigmatic, tricky ...
Plot:
military, investigation, tragedy, friendship, soldier, war, politics, vengeance, justice, suicide, undercover, state affairs ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea, asia, israel
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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:
atmospheric, intense, semi serious, disturbing, tense
Plot:
inter-korean relations, buddy cop, police, car chase, society, theft, north korean, destiny, culture clash, murder, revenge, hunting ...
Place:
north korea, seoul, south korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A civil war broke out in the 1950s between North and South Korea which changed the country forever. 71: Into the Fire centers on the struggles of 71 student soldiers who fought through the Korean War. Using real people and events based on the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
korean war, war, military, battles, youth, military life, survival, against the odds, patriotism, leadership, ambition, battle zone ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s
Place:
north korea, korea, asia, south korea
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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:
disturbing, captivating, bleak, thought provoking, exciting ...
Plot:
politics, human rights, poverty, corruption, military, husband wife relationship, spy, fisherman, murder, money, prostitute, video surveillance ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, east asia, korea, seoul, south korea
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Genre: Action, Adventure, 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, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
natural disaster, earthquake, disaster, volcanic eruption, volcano, peril, cataclysm, pregnant wife, nuclear missile, destruction, race against time, self sacrifice ...
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Bond takes on a North Korean leader who undergoes DNA replacement procedures that allow him to assume different identities. American agent, Jinx Johnson assists Bond in his attempt to thwart the villain's plans to exploit a satellite that is ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, clever, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, james bond, british secret service, 007, twists and turns, cia, helicopter, secret service agent, car, sword fight, terrorism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, iceland, london, hong kong, asia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: North Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A student experiences different conflicts as she works toward being a scientist.
Plot:
race, pantyhose, female stockinged legs, school uniform, playground
Place:
north korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Red Vacance A young woman and a married middle-aged man have been involved in an affair for 6 years. They plan to go on a vacation, but the man's wife learns of their affair and takes her husband to a remote place. There the wife asks the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, humorous, romantic ...
Plot:
adultery, caught having sex, wedding ring, male nudity, female nudity, infidelity, love affair, sexual relations, love and romance, dishonesty, love triangle, ex lover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia, north korea
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8K
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, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, spy, female assassin, swat team, female killer, hitman, bomb, assassination, espionage, political conspiracy, agent, korean army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
north korea, korea, seoul, south korea, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Style:
epic, realistic, emotional, tense, sad ...
Plot:
war, korean war, military, soldier, survival, brothers, idealism, mission, military life, courage, fight, atrocity ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea, seoul, asia
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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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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, terrorism, rebelliousness, military life, rivalry, military, race against time, undercover, nuclear holocaust, hijacking, boat, disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea, russia
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828
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
fall in love, espionage, rescue, on the run, rivalry, undercover, life is a bitch, spy, inter-korean relations, graphic violence, government agency, daring rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, north korea, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Disguised under the shadows of a mask, a crew of desperados band together under the leadership of a criminal mastermind known only as “The Professor” to pull off the biggest heist Korea has ever seen.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
money, motorcycle, hostage negotiator, hostage situation, bank robbery, theft, heist, organized crime, mission, criminal, gang, heist gone wrong ...
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:
tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
spy, foe turned friend, undercover, hidden identity, private detective, secret agents, investigation, treason, intelligence agency, government, hopes, government agency ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, north korea, south korea, asia, 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:
suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
espionage, spy, undercover, social relations, mission gone awry, inter-korean relations, politics, communism, fellow agent, gain trust, spy mission, hidden identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia, north korea, seoul, south korea
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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:
exciting, captivating, tense, scenic, sad ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
spy, secret agents, suspense, hitman, espionage, undercover, track down, murder, teenager, kidnapping, bullying, motorcycle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea, asia, seoul
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A team of Navy Seals are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the "wrong" hands. They complete their mission, but are captured before they can return to their base. The U.S. Government will not mount a rescue ...
Style:
serious, bleak
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
rescue, survival, coming of age, kidnapping, hostage, heroes, race against time, military, soldier, daring rescue, confined, save the day ...
Time:
80s
Place:
north korea, asia, korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
The King 2 Hearts is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Ha Ji-won and Lee Seung-gi in the leading roles. It is about a South Korean crown prince who falls in love with a North Korean special agent. It aired on MBC from March 21 to May ...
Style:
touching, captivating, emotional, romantic, tense
Plot:
love, wedding, throne, king, tradition, terrorist group, love and romance, prince, couples, female protagonist, alternate reality, family relations ...
Place:
korea, north korea, south korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, touching, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
military, anti war, soldier, friendship, korean war, air disaster, hopes, isolation, wartime life, fish out of water, misfit, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
north korea, korea, asia, south korea
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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:
captivating, tense, psychological, political thriller
Plot:
submarine, coup d'etat, politics, inter-korean relations, peace, society, suspense, rivalry, political intrigue, rules and policies, terrorism, spy ...
Place:
south korea, north korea
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
Plot:
korean war, military, communism, anti communism, helicopter, patriotism, mountain, war widow, rescue, air force, fighter pilot, camaraderie ...
Time:
50s, year 1952
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
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55K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initiates the next world war.
Style:
entertaining, funny, humorous, bad ending, absurd ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
artificial intelligence, u.s. navy, military, aviation, warplane, airplane, fighter jet, fighter plane, computer, aerial combat, spy, female fighter ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
north korea, asia, seattle, russia, washington d.c. ...
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74K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Style:
satirical, humorous, talky, witty, funny ...
Plot:
military, nurse, satire, camp, anti war, surgeon, sexism, american football, dark humor, war, korean war, surgery ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 20th century, year 1951
Place:
korea, canada, north korea, vietnam, south korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1994 South Korea, a female North Korean spy integrates herself as a housekeeper for U.S. military officer to steal classified documents, but soon worries about her cover when she falls for the teenage son of the officer.
Style:
campy, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
spy, espionage, woman with a gun, nude, mission, technology, intelligence, agent, graphic violence, sexual content, disability, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north korea, asia, korea, south korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After learning that his grandfather is alive and living in Seoul, a North Korean musician must leave his fiancee behind and accompany his family to South Korea.
Plot:
inter-korean relations, orchestra, border, letter, grandfather, musician, escape, marriage, money, promise, north korean, fiancee ...
Place:
north korea, korea
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