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.
Snowpiercer (
2013) | IMDb:
7.1
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
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
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