Highest-Rated Movies about 'Korea', Sort by Popularity

Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014), The Handmaiden (2016), Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003), I Saw the Devil (2010), New World (2013), Lady Vengeance (2005), Assassins (2020), The Wailing (2016) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Korea movies.

#2. The Handmaiden (2016)

Storyline: 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.

Plot Keywords: pickpocket, japanese woman, lesbian, heiress, intense, emotional, melodramatic ...

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#3. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

Storyline: In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a young boy to grow up in wisdom and compassion, through experience and endless exercises. Once the pupil discovers his sexual lust, he seems lost to contemplative life and follows his first love, but soon fails to adapt to the modern world, gets in jail for a crime of passion and returns to the master in search of spiritual redemption and reconciliation with karma, at a high price of physical catharsis...

Plot Keywords: monk, woman, mentor, boy, emotional, engaging, moving ...

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#4. I Saw the Devil (2010)

Storyline: SPOILER: Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath serial killer. 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, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiancé Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.

Plot Keywords: serial killer, cannibal, secret agent, fiancée, ex-cop, father, dark ...

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#5. New World (2013)

Storyline: As Korea's biggest crime organization 'Goldmoon' expands its powers, Kang, the head of police investigation planning department, orders the undercover cop Ja-Seoung to participate in project "New World", that will take down 'Goldmoon'. Ja-seong must choose either to follow Kang's orders as a cop or to keep his loyalty with Jeong Cheong, the under-boss of the 'Goldmoon' crime organization.—Bin

Plot Keywords: undercover cop, gangster, criminal, brutal, korea, the police, mob ...

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#6. Lady Vengeance (2005)

Storyline: Wrongfully accused of child abduction and murder, the angelic-faced single mother, Lee Geum-ja, is released from prison after thirteen long years. Hell-bent on taking her sweet revenge on the man behind the hideous crime, Lee hatches an infallible plan of retribution with the help of her cellmates; however, planning is easier than doing. Now--as Lee Geum-ja struggles to make amends with the daughter she was forced to give up--at the same time, she finds herself torn between her insatiable thirst for vengeance and the desperate need for atonement. Can she have both?

Plot Keywords: murderer, thief, daughter, teacher, police officer, criminal, striking ...

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#7. Assassins (2020)

Storyline: Unraveling the audacious airport assassination of the exiled and estranged half-brother to North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, ASSASSINS is a riveting dissection of infamous dynasty dynamics and the surprising tale of two young women recruited to secure the uncontested leadership of Kim Jong-un.—Mae Moreno

Plot Keywords: woman, convict, killer, dictator, leader, politician, bleak ...

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#9. The Young Philadelphians (1959)

Storyline: Up and coming, young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.—Mike Welsch <mike.welsch@bull.com>

Plot Keywords: lawyer, mother, sweetheart, alcoholic, birth father, melodramatic, fiery ...

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#11. The Age of Shadows (2016)

Storyline: Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them. A talented Korean-born Japanese police officer, who was previously in the independence movement himself, is thrown into a dilemma between the demands of his reality and the instinct to support a greater cause.—Anthony Mumford

Plot Keywords: police captain, spy, resistance leader, friend, brooding, fascinating, gripping ...

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#12. The Great Impostor (1960)

Storyline: The Gallant Hours depicts the crucial five-week period in October-November 1942 after Admiral Halsey took command of the beleaguered American forces in the South Pacific Area. That period of combat became a turning point in the struggle against the Japanese Empire during the World War II. The story is told in flashback, framed by Halsey's ceremony of going on inactive duty in 1947.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: con artist, soldier, nurse, doctor, monk, fbi agent, confident ...

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#14. The Fortress (2017)

Storyline: In 1636, the Qing dynasty attacks Joseon. King Injo and his retainers, including Choi Myung-kil and Kim Sang-hun, hide in the mountain fortress city of Namhansanseong. They are isolated from the outside. Meanwhile, Choi Myung-kil insists that they enter into negotiations with the Qing dynasty, but Kim Sang-hun proposes that they keep fighting.

Plot Keywords: king, soldier, bleak, gory, passionate, rousing, solemn ...

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