Top 10 must watch korean movies

If you have never watched South Korean movies, then this is a great start for you. Here I cover the top 10 South Korean must-watch movies. Just pick any movie on the list and watch it; you will become a fan of South Korean movies.

The human experience is unique in many ways, but at its core, it is universal. Because of this, these stories delivered in a foreign nation that can seem like a different universe and in a different language will not only entertain you, but their universal themes will also move you. Give it a try if you don't like subtitles and are unfamiliar with South Korean cinema! Here are top 10 must watch korean movies.

1. Train to busan 2016

Train to busan was released in 2016. Fund manager Seok-Woo (Gong Yoo) works in Seoul. He and his daughter Soo-An (Kim Soo-Ahn) live apart from one other. Seok-Woo does not give his daughter a lot of attention or affection. The evening before Soo-An's birthday, she is adamant about seeing her mother. There is no choice but to transport her to Busan for Seok-Woo. They leave Seoul Station early the following morning for Busan on the KTX train.

 

Before the KTX train departs from Seoul Station, a girl who resembles a zombie climbs aboard. A terrible illness that is growing like wildfire on the girl gets infected. Now, Seok-Woo, Soo-An, and the other KTX train passengers must battle for their lives.

For a total worldwide revenue of $98.5 million. In Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore, it became the highest-grossing Korean movie. If you never watch Korean movies, then the Train to Busan is a better start for you.

2. Parasite 2019

Parasite was release in 1019. It is a South Korean Black comedy thriller movie that was written and co-directed by Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won. The movie, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Park Myung-hoon, and Lee Jung-eun, follows a poor family's plot to infiltrate the home of a wealthy family in order to obtain employment there. They do this by pretending to be unrelated, highly qualified individuals.

 

The worldwide box office take for Parasite was $258.7 million, which included $71.4 million from South Korea, $53.4 million from the US and Canada, and $133.9 million from other nations. It broke a new milestone for Bong, becoming the first of his movies to earn more than $100 million globally. The movie's net profit was estimated by Deadline Hollywood to be $46.2 million.

3. Oldboy 2003

Oldboy was release in 2003. It is a south korean action thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook. The movie came in fifth place for 2003's highest-grossing movie in South Korea. Worldwide box office revenue for Oldboy was US $17,052,444.

 

The movie follows the story of the main lead, Dae-su. Unruly drunk Dae-Su was once again released on bail from the police station by a friend. But after being taken off the street, he awakens in a cell and spends the next 15 years there, only having the television for companionship unless he is drugged out of it. Then, with an absolutely astounding ending, he is invited to find his jailor after being unexpectedly released.

4. Okja 2017

Okja was release in 2017. It is a South Korean science fiction, fantasy, action, and adventure movie directed by Bong Joon-ho. Bong and Jon Ronson wrote the screenplay based on a Bong story. The movie follows a little girl who nurtured a genetically altered "super pig" and sets out on a rescue mission to save the animal from the meat industry after being transported to the United States.

The movie was presented in a number of independent theaters in South Korea with great success, collecting 2.3 billion KRW from the sale of 300,953 tickets. In the main competitive category of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, the movie was in competition for the Palme d'Or. On June 28th, 2017, Netflix made it available. Critics gave the movie favorable reviews.

5. The Call 2020

Park Shin-hye and Jeon Jong-seo star in Lee Chung-hyun's 2020 South Korean psychological thriller The Call, which is also a psychological thriller. based on the 2011 Puerto Rican and British movie The Caller. If you like thriller movies then The Call is perfect match for you.

 

The film start with So-yeon (Park Shin-hye) receives a call from Young-sook (Jeon Jong-seo), a young lady in fear, claiming that her mother (Lee El) is attempting to burn her alive as she enters the ancient family home where she once resided with her ailing mother (Kim Sung-ryung). The girls make a number of frantic calls like this until finally engaging in conversation and realizing that So-yeon and Young-sook are actually phoning from the same house and phone, separated by 20 years, with So-yeon calling from the year 2020.

6. The Handmaiden 2016

The Handmaiden was released in 2016. It is a South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook. It was the third best-selling Korean movie of 2017, and the fifth best-selling foreign movie on home video in the United Kingdom. If you watch this, you will become a fan of Korean movies.

 

The film opens with a poor female named Tamako seemingly giving up her child and going to this enormous estate to work as a handmaiden. Tamako will serve as Izumi, a Japanese heiress,' handmaiden. The story takes place in Korea while it was occupied by the Japanese. The villainous Uncle Kouzuki, who wants to marry Izumi and inherit her money, is the owner of the mansion.

7. The Host 2006

The Host was release in 2006. It is a South Korean epic monster film directed and co-written by Bong Joon-ho. It describes the kidnapping of a man's daughter by a monster and the man's subsequent attempts to save her.

The films storyline revolve around the Chemicals are carelessly dumped into the Han River in South Korea by American military personnel. A creature appears from the contaminated waters several years later and begins to attack villagers with its rabid jaws. A merchant (Song Kang-ho) and his family determine that they are the only ones who can save their daughter (Go Ah-sung) when the creature kidnaps her.

On July 27, 2006, The Host had a record-breaking number of theater openings in its native South Korea, where it went on to earn the most money of any South Korean movie ever. The movie received favorable reviews, brought in US$90 million globally, and was recognized with numerous honors, including Best Film at the Asian Film Awards.

8. Obsessed 2014

Obsessed was release in 2014. It is a South Korean erotic romance film directed by Kim Dae-woo

obsessed storyline- Colonel Kim Jin-Pyeong, who bravely fought in the Vietnam War, returned to South Korea in 1969. Almost everyone on the military post respects him, and he is trusted by his father-in-law, the Army Commander. However, Colonel Kim Jin-Pyeong's wartime experiences cause him internal suffering.

One day, On Joo-Wan's Kyung Woo-Jin is moved to Kim Jin-Pyeong's office. Kyung Woo-Jin has the disposition to say or do whatever it takes to win over his supervisor. Colonel Kim Jin-Pyeong soon gets to know his new subordinate's wife, Jong Ga-Heun (Lim Ji-Yeon). Additionally, the pair moved into the home next door to Colonel Kim Jin-Pyeong and his spouse, Cho Yeo-Jeong.

Colonel Kim Jin-Pyeong plays with a caged bird on his neighbor's porch one fateful evening. Soon after, Colonel Kim Jin-Pyeong and his subordinate's wife develop a crippling fixation.

9. Memories of Murder 2003

Memories of Murder was release in 2003. It is a South Korean crime thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho. The film is based on a true event: in 1986, two women were found raped and murdered on the outskirts of a small town.

the film strory revolve around the Two straightforward investigators, Park (Song Kang-ho) and Cho (Kim Roi-ha), were tasked with looking into two murders in a province in South Korea in 1986. However, after the murderer repeats the same pattern of multiple killings, the police come to the conclusion that they are tracking the nation's first known serial killer. In this true-crime thriller, Park and Jo try to piece together the facts and solve the case using just their most basic abilities and instruments.

10. Silenced 2011

Silenced was release in 2011. It is a South Korean crime drama film based on the novel The Crucible by Gong Ji-young, And the film is directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk. In the 2012 Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy, it won the Audience Award. In the film, Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi play the lead roles.

Silenced is based on a true story in which, for sexually assaulting their young charges, supervisors at a school for deaf children received incredibly lenient punishments. In the movie, a teacher (Gong Yoo) learns about the terrible events and asks a local human rights activist (Jung Yu-mi) to struggle for justice. They come to understand that authorities are more interested in hiding the issue than in prosecuting violent predators.

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11. I Saw the Devil 2011

I Saw the Devil was release in 2011. It is a South Korean Action thriller film directed by Kim Jee-Woon. I Saw the Devil had a constrained theatrical distribution in the United States after having its American premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The reviews for the movie were overwhelmingly positive.

The story of the movie centers on NIS agent Kim Soo-hyun (Lee), who sets out on a mission of vengeance after his wife is brutally murdered by the psychotic serial killer Jang Kyung-chul (Choi).

Taxi driver Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) encounters a terrified female driver trapped in a broken-down car on a dark road. He stops, but not to assist her. The woman's grieving fiancé, Kim Soo-hyeon (Lee Byung-hun), a skilled secret agent, becomes fixated on finding her killer when her head is found in a nearby river. After he locates Kyung-chul, things start to unravel. Kim savagely beats the murderer, then sets him free to start a bizarre game of cat and mouse.

12. A Tale of Two Sisters 2003

A Tale of Two Sisters 2003 was release in 2003. It is south korean  psychological horror film directed by Kim Jee-Woon. If you like horror films or if you have never watched a horror film before, then watch this movie; it will never disappoint you.

 

 

The movie received excellent reviews upon release and won Best Picture at the 2004 Fantasporto Film Festival. The first South Korean film to be shown in American theaters, it is also the biggest grossing South Korean horror movie.

The story of the movie is about Korean youngster Su-mi (Yum Jung-ah), who reunites with her loving sister Su-yeon (Im Soo-jung) after being institutionalized in a mental hospital, and they move back together to their rural home. The sisters are immediately resentful of their father, a widower (Moon Geun-young), who recently remarried, and his new wife, Eun-joo (Kim Kap-soo). Strange occurrences afflict the home as Su-mi and Su-yeon attempt to resume their normal lives, leading to startling disclosures and a shocking conclusion.

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