Not only dramas, the Korean entertainment industry also has a distinctive name in the realm of movies. This collection lists a few Korean movies that have both audience and critics support. Let’s check’ them out:
House of Hummingbird (2018): Set in 1994, in Seoul, this brilliant movie depicts the life of a normal eighth-grader girl who struggles in study and a disarrayed family. While exploring the meaning of friendship and love, she develops an unlikely bond with her cram school professor.
Train to Busan (2016): Starring Gong Yoo and directed by Yeon Sang-ho, in Train to Busan, a zombie outbreak swallows South Korea, leaving everyone in the struggle to survive and protect their families.
The Host (2006): Made as one of the best movies featuring monsters, in this movie, the six years of releasing toxic chemicals into the Han River by an American military base creates a mutant squid monster that rises above the river water and attacks people in the city.
The Handmaiden (2016): With a setting of the 1930s era, when the Japanese ruled Korea, a girl with the intention to bring misfortune to a Japanese heiress is recruited as a handmaiden. However, things got complicated when the two ladies got involved emotionally.
Peppermint Candy (1999): Showcasing the story of a man attempting suicide on a railway track, the movie depicts how the train goes in a reverse direction, revealing six points in his life that lead him to kill himself.
Poetry (2010): A 60-something woman in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease discovered her family’s heinous crime. Following the incident, she joined a poetry class that helped her find purpose and strength in life.
Oasis (2002): With a unique plotline, this movie showcases the bond between a jail returnee who is also a misfit and a girl with cerebral palsy. Both unwanted by their families developed an unlikely friendship, making the movie a must-watch.
Secret Sunshine (2007): While trying to adjust to her life after the death of her husband, a woman moves to her husband’s birthplace to seek solace. But the ill fortune not wanting to leave her, brings something even more horrific in her way.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003): A boy raised by a Buddhist monk discovers his sexual lust. However, he was unable to adapt to modern life and found himself in jail. As the boy seeks spiritual redemption, will his reconciliation path with his master be easy?
I Saw the Devil (2010): When the decapitated head of his fiancee was discovered, a secret agent set out on the journey of revenge, by haunting down the culprit and announcing a game of cat and mouse.
Parasite (2019): Winning four Oscars, this brilliant drama thriller movie revolves around the theme of disorganized families, narrating how class discrimination and greed can destroy any relationship.
The Wailing (2016): After a stranger comes to a remote village, a series of mysterious illnesses starts happening. While a policeman is on to reach down to the cause, he must take early majors if he wants to save his infected daughter.