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.
Stoker (
2013) | IMDb:
6.7
After India Stoker's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Starring:
Mia Wasikowska
,
Nicole Kidman
,
Matthew Goode
,
Dermot Mulroney
,
Jacki Weaver
,
Lucas Till
Thirst (
2009) | IMDb:
7.1
A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
Starring:
Song Kang-ho
,
Kim Ok-vin
,
Kim Hae-sook
,
Shin Ha-kyun
,
Song Young-chang
,
Mercedes Cabral
Oldboy (
2003) | IMDb:
8.4
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (
2002) | IMDb:
7.5
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
Joint Security Area (
2000) | IMDb:
7.7
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.
Starring:
Lee Young-ae
,
Lee Byung-hun
,
Song Kang-ho
,
Kim Tae-woo
,
Shin Ha-kyun
,
Christoph Hofrichter