The Spy Gone North (
2018) | IMDb:
7.3
South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.
Directed by:
Yoon Jong-bin
The Outlaws (
2017) | IMDb:
7.2
In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.
The Handmaiden (
2016) | IMDb:
8.1
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.
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (
2014) | IMDb:
7.1
Admiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang.
The Front Line (
2011) | IMDb:
7.3
In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.
Directed by:
Jang Hoon
A Frozen Flower (
2008) | IMDb:
7.1
A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard.
Directed by:
Yoo Ha
A Dirty Carnival (
2006) | IMDb:
7.3
A small-time thug who collects debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.
Directed by:
Yoo Ha