Best Korean Movies With Plot Twists
Some of the best twists in Korean Cinema that you cannot miss! (Feel free to suggest any other movies on here)
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- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeongAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.The girl he fell in love with was his daughter.
- DirectorYoung-Tak KimStarsCha Tae-hyunKang Ye-wonLee Moon-suA man's failed suicide attempt enables him to see ghosts, who later keep following him everywhere. It is now up to him to fulfill their wishes to make them go away.The ghosts were his family.
- DirectorNa Hong-jinStarsJun KunimuraHwang Jung-minKwak Do-wonSoon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.This twist is too complex to summarize.
- DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLim Soo-jungYum Jung-ahKim Kap-suAfter being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.Su-mi was hallucinating about her sister Su-hyeon and her stepmother because of her insanity over her sister's death which was indirectly caused by the step mom.
- DirectorKim Hyeong-joonStarsSol Kyung-guRyu Seung-beomHan Hye-jinDespite being nearly proven the murderer, a serial killer threatens to kill the daughter of a forensic pathologist if he doesn't get him bailed out.The dead body was the Doctor's daughter the entire time. She was dead from the beginning.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsLee Yeong-aeLee Byung-hunSong Kang-hoAfter a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border DMZ leaves two North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss and Swedish team investigates what actually happened.Not only were the SK and NK soldiers friends, but the shootout was all an accident. Lee Byung-hun's character was the real shooter of the NK soldier who was shot many times, and not the other SK soldier.
- DirectorGeun-seop JeongStarsUhm JunghwaKim Sang-kyungSong Young-chang15 years ago, a mother lost her child in a kidnapping case. A similar crime happens again and she won't let him go this time.The mother of the dead child 15 years back actually STOLE the other missing child from the real kidnapper in revenge.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsKim Min-heeHa Jung-wooCho Jin-woongA woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
- DirectorKang Je-kyuStarsPark Geun-hyeongYoun Yuh-jungCho Jin-woongA love story about the 70-year-old romance novice Sungchil, the flower seller who moves his heart Geum-nim, and the people who cheer them on.
- DirectorPark Hoon-jungStarsLee Jung-jaeChoi Min-sikHwang Jung-minAn undercover cop finds it difficult to play both a cop and a goon.The chief cop was secretly controlling the Lee Jung-jae's life with his own spies. Jung-jae betrays the cops in the end as a result.
- DirectorJung Byung-gilStarsJeong Jae-yeongPark Shi-hooJung Hae-kyunLee Du-Seok publishes an autobiography describing murders he committed after the statute of limitations expires. A detective and one of the victim's mothers search for the author while an anonymous person claims to be the real killer.The unsuccessful cop was the one who wrote the book, not Park Si-hoo. This was all a setup for the real killer to come out.
- DirectorKang Woo-sukStarsJeong Jae-yeongPark Hae-ilYoo Joon-sangA mysterious person calls a young man and informs him that his estranged father has died in a country village. The curious son travels to the town to discover what happened. From there out the audience is led on a thrilling and hauntingly atmospheric journey into the history of the father and the truth about his relationship to the threatening and violent locals. The film is 2h40m, long even for Korean standards, but it is the magically haunting and at the same time threatening atmosphere in the film that sustains the audience interest. Let yourself be carried away...The girl in the village was the mastermind behind Park Hae-il's father's murder.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoByun Hee-BongPark Hae-ilA monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.There was no virus. It was all fabricated to cover up the monster's origin (200 bottles of formaldehyde in the Han River).
- DirectorWon Shin-yeonStarsSol Kyung-guKim Nam-gilKim Seol-hyunA former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her psychotic boyfriend.The cop Tae-joo was in fact a killer tricking Sol Kyung-gu and using him to his advantage for his own crimes.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsKim Hye-jaWon BinJin GooA mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.Despite the mom's belief that Won Bin was innocent, he actually did commit the murder. His mental problems originate from the mom's medicine, acupuncture, and her attempt to poison him.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoKim Sang-kyungKim Roe-haIn a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.The killer was never caught. He returns at the crime scene in the end, and in fact, he was able to blend in because of how ordinary looking he was.
- DirectorJae-young KwakStarsSon Ye-jinZo In-sungCho Seung-wooA college student finds a diary detailing a long-ago love triangle involving her mother, her future father, and his best friend.The daughter and her crush were actually the children of the two lovers from the previous generation who came apart.
- DirectorHyun-seung LeeStarsLee Jung-jaeJun Ji-hyunMu-saeng KimIn 1999, a voice actor moves from Il Mare, a seaside house, and leaves a Christmas card in its (magical) mailbox. An architecture student receives it in 1997, and a friendship separated by 2 years begins.She indirectly caused his death in the past which is why she never saw him as he promised.
- DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsSong Kang-hoLee Byung-hunJung Woo-sungThe story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.The Weird was the real finger-chopper. Not The Bad.
- DirectorJang Hang-junStarsKang Ha-neulYeon Je HyungKim Mu-yeolWhen his abducted brother returns seemingly a different man with no memory of the past 19 days, Jin-seok chases after the truth behind the kidnapping.His life was a lie. His family were detectives who were trying to find if he killed a mom and daughter. He was doing it for money to save his brother. The brother whom he believed to be his own was actually family of the murder victims.
- DirectorLee Jeong-beomStarsWon BinKim Sae-ronKim Tae-hoonA quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
- DirectorJoon-Sung KimStarsSol Kyung-guGo SooKang Hye-jeongAfter searching for his abducted son for three years, a devastated father attempts to track down his missing child through lucid dreams.The cop Sol Kyung-gu actually kidnapped the protagonist's kid (and took the missing boy's case) to steal his blood for his own dying daughter
- DirectorKang Je-kyuStarsHan Suk-kyuChoi Min-sikYunjin KimSouth Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to catch her.His girlfriend was the real North Korean assassin in disguise.
- DirectorHa YooStarsZo In-sungChun Ho-jinMin Nam-koongA small time thug collecting debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.Jo In-sung went to far when confessing about his murders to the film director, who went on to make a successful movie about it, putting the gangsters in danger. In-sung is betrayed by his own gang.
- DirectorDong-Suk KukStarsSon Ye-jinKim Kap-suLee Kyu-hanDa-eun lives a happy life with her single father. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn because she becomes suspicious that her father might be a monstrous kidnapper.