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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.
- 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.
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsKim Ki-dukOh Yeong-suJong-ho KimA boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.
- 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.
- DirectorJoon-Hwan JangStarsShin Ha-kyunBaek Yun-shikHwang Jung-minByeong-gu believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world.
- DirectorSoo-youn LeeStarsShin-yang ParkJun Ji-hyunSeon YuAn engaged interior designer sees two small girls on the subway train that die there. He sees them again in his apartment. A woman he meets can also see them. He talks to her about his forgotten childhood.
- DirectorJe-yong LeeStarsJeon Do-yeonLee Mi-sookBae Yong-junIn late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if he succeeds.
- DirectorKim Sung-suStarsLee Na-youngJang HyukAngela KellyReserved 25 year old Na Young-ju has to attend an English course but she would be much more interested in getting a boyfriend.
- DirectorJae-yeon YunStarsSong Ji-hyoPark Han-byeolJo AnA staircase leading to the dormitory of a remote boarding school usually has 28 stairs, but every so often there appears to be 29. When someone steps on the mysterious extra stair, the horror begins.
- DirectorByung-chun MinStarsYoo Ji-taeLee Jae-unRin SeoIn the near future, humans rely heavily on androids to maintain society, but some of the machines revolt. A military officer in charge of doing away with the unruly cyborgs also loves the gynoid that looks over him.
- DirectorSung-ho KimStarsYoo Ji-taeKim Myung-minKim Hye-naAn ex-cop, now working as a security guard in a shopping mall, tries to uncover the secret behind a series of mysterious deaths linked to mirrors.
- DirectorMoon-saeng KimStarsAndrew AblesonCathy CavadiniJoon-ho Chung2142: Pollution and climate change wiped out most of Earth's population. Ecoban city is built to withstand this. Suppression results in revolt. A childhood couple find each other as adults on opposing sides.
- DirectorWoon-hak BaekStarsSeok-hun KimBae DoonaPark Sang-minThis is a touching action epic about an all-out war between a subway terrorist who holds a city hostage and the detective who risks his life to save everyone. It's the heart-wrenching story of love and sacrifice that grows in a desperate situation, and the humanity of people trying to save others in the face of extreme danger at breath-taking speeds and on a huge scale.
- DirectorKi-hyeong ParkStarsShim Hye-jinKim Jin-geunOh-bin MunAfter unsuccessfully trying to have a baby of their own, Dr. Kim Do-il and his father convince his wife Choi Mi-sook to adopt a child in an orphanage. Mi-sook is connected to arts and chooses the six years Kim Jin-sung that loves to draw trees. The boy becomes close to the eight years old next door neighbor Min-jee and is attracted to an old Acacia tree in their lawn. When Mi-sook unexpectedly gets pregnant, her mother asks her to return Jin-sung to the orphanage, beginning the rejection process of the boy. When the baby is born, Mi-sook does not treat Jin-sung well, who believes the acacia tree is his mother, and in a rainy night he vanishes. Along the next days, the family becomes insane, disclosing a dark secret about Jin-sung.
- DirectorLee Joon-ikStarsPark Joong-hoonJung Jin-youngJi-myeong OhThe leaders of Baekje, Silla, Tang China and Goguryeo meet to discuss why the southern kingdoms have to pay tribute to China.
- DirectorYi YongStarsBae DoonaNam-jin KimYun Ji-hye(Korean with English subtitles) Hyun-jae (Bae Doona of Cloud Atlas) is down on love; her boyfriends can't ever seem to get beyond her rough personality. When she finds a string of love notes in the library books she checks out, she becomes obsessed with finding the writer of the notes, ignoring the fact that true love may be found closer than she anticipates.
- DirectorJK YounStarsKim Min-jongChoi Seong-gukJae-yeong JinDuring a kidnapping plot, a group of hapless assassins disturb some ghosts who take pity on then and lend them their supernatural martial arts skills.
- DirectorKyung-taek KwakStarsJung Woo-sungKim Kap-suUhm Ji-won(Korean with English subtitles) Life is tough for Chol-Min - his mother died during labor, forcing him to grow up alonge with his stoic police officer father. However, Chol-Min lives a high-spirited life and roams around town with his own mutt, a half-bred police dog, making friends and enemies along the way.
- DirectorMan-dae BongStarsKim Seo-hyeongKim Seong-suLee Mi-sookShin Ah, a free spirit, has an unexpected encounter with Dong Gi, who seeks excitement. After a passionate night, she breaks up with her boyfriend and reunites with Dong Gi when he calls. The two fall madly in love.
- DirectorDaniel LeeStarsVanness WuKim Hyun-jooShaun TamGet ready for the ultimate martial arts competition, where anything goes and lives are bought and sold. Tank is the celebrated Champion Star Runner and is deemed invincible among the martial arts community. When the headstrong Bond becomes determined to take on the undefeated fighter, he knows he must be in the best fighting condition. Training under a renowned martial arts expert, Bond learns to supplement his Thai Kickboxing skills with various styles of Chinese kun-fu, creating a powerful hybrid fighting style. With his new skills, Bond prepares to take on Tank and the fight of his life.
- DirectorSeung-bae ParkStarsKang Soo-younJeong Woong-inChoi Jeong-yunA serial killer whose modus operandi includes painting abstract designs on his victims prior to raping, killing, and eating them is captured and interrogated by a hardened district attorney.
- DirectorKyung-hee ParkStarsSon Byung-hoJeong-Yeol ChoiSong Il-gon
- DirectorPhilippe LeclercStarsFrédéric CerdalPascale CheminMélody DubosThe Pyross and the Hydross are have been at war for as long as they can remember. The Pyross, who worship the sun, water brings only death and desolation, whereas the Hydross must always stay protected from heat, which petrifies them.
- DirectorJeong-su KangStarsChae Jeong-anKazuya TakahashiTetsuo YamashitaA Japanese club singer finds himself in trouble with the yakuza. He flees to Korea, where he meets an alluring lounge singer.
- DirectorNelson Lik-wai YuStarsYong-won ChoYi'nan DiaoRen NaIn a future century, after the apocalypse, Gui Dao dynasty controls continental Asia. Zhuai and his younger brother Mian are captured and sent to "Prosperity Camp" for reeducation. They soon discover that the camp's aim is to brainwash people with propaganda. Five years later, there's a change in government and they are free again. Zhuai falls in love for the beautiful Xuelan and together they take her to an old industrial city, now deserted. They get themselves a place to live in an abandoned apartment and try to rediscover the little pleasures of life.
- 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.
- DirectorHeung-sun JeongStarsShin Eun-kyungJun Gyu ParkJang Se-jinFormer Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin (Shin Eun-kyung), who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol (Jun Gyu Park), a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business.
- DirectorLee Jeong-wookStarsJin-young JangPark Hae-ilSong Seon-miBased on the novel of the same name, Scent of Love chronicles several years in the life of a man and woman who were never able to fully realize their love for each other.
- DirectorKyeong-hyeong KimStarsKim Ha-neulKwon Sang-wooBaek Il-seobA man from a wealthy family who should be in his second year of college, is still finishing his highschool requirements. His family hire a tutor for him who is his own age but she comes from a poor background.
- DirectorEon-hie LeeStarsLim Soo-jungKim Rae-wonLee Mi-sookMi-na, a high school student living alone with her mother, dreams of having the perfect boyfriend. But can any man hope to live up to her image of the ideal partner?
- DirectorMarc KimStarsKim Jeong-eunKim Min-jongLee Jong-wonMin-jae leaves behind his beloved Eun-ji in order to make money. Five years later, they meet again but now he's a playboy and she is a mistress of a military officer. Their love rekindles.
- DirectorHyeon-jeong KimStarsHan Suk-kyuKo So-youngChun Ho-jinA North Korean diplomat defects to the South during the Cold War, but the South Koreans have their suspicions as to whether he is an actual defector or a double agent.
- DirectorK.C. ParkStarsZo In-sungShin Min-aHahm Eun-jungMadeleine is a South Korean movie released in 2003. The story follows the lives of two girls living together and their separate love lives as they struggle to find and maintain their new relationships. The movie mainly focuses on pretty girl Lee Hee-Jin (Shin Min-a). Hee-Jin is a hair stylist working at a salon when she meets an old classmate from junior high school. Kang Ji-Suk (Jo In-Seong) meets up with Hee-Jin when he arrives at her salon for a hair cut. The pair ends up deciding to try dating for a month to see how things go. All goes well in the beginning until Ji-Suks first love shows up. Sung-Hae (Ham Eun-Jeong) invites Ji-Suk over to a reunion party with their old junior high school friends. Hee-Jin ends up tagging along. But she feels excluded and uncomfortable while Ji-Suk and Sung-Hae are hitting it off. At the reunion Hee-Jin finds out that Ji-Suk lied to Sung-Hae when he told her that he did not have a girlfriend. Hee-Jin gets angry at Ji-Suk and walks off on him. She soon finds out that she in pregnant with her ex-boyfriends child. But decides to have the baby anyway. Hee-Jin confesses to Ji-Suk the truth. He comes to slowly accept the news. But Hee-Jins roommate Yoo-Jung (Kang Rae-Yeon) tries to talk her out of having the baby. The two roommates get in a fight and Yoo-Jungs hidden jealousy comes out in the open. Meanwhile Yoo-Jung was struggling to capture the attention of men, Hee-Jins beauty always prevented her from getting a boyfriend. The two friends soon forget about their fight and decide to get along. Out of concern for her friend, Yoo-Jung decides to contact Hee-Jins ex-boyfriend. Hee-Jins ex shows up and demands her to get an abortion. But she refuses and lies that it wasnt his child. She ends up walking in the streets in the rain. But she falls sick and has to be rushed to the hospital. Hee-Jin later discovers that she had a miscarriage. Ji-Suk and Yoo-Jung stick with through the process. The film ends with Hee-Jin and Ji-Suk getting back together. And Yoo-Jung gets married to a coworker.
- DirectorYoo-jin KimStarsYang Dong-geunJung Jin-youngHan Chae-youngTwo detectives investigate a string of horrific murders in Seoul and zero in on a sadistic gang leader who carries an actual ball and chain.
- DirectorKyu-sung JangStarsCha Seung-wonByun Hee-BongSung Ji-ruA teacher attempts to lure his handful of students in a small, rural school to Seoul so that he can move on to a better school. His efforts backfire however, and his school becomes one of the highest ranked in the nation
- DirectorSang-hun OhStarsChang Jung LimKim Seon-aYi ShinChang-sik lives strictly by the freeloader's handbook, doing the rounds of free samples in department store food sections and sponging off of his older brother. Mi-young nurtures grandiose dreams of becoming a TV actress but has failed every audition because she just can't act. The two unemployed with similar schedules and living in the same neighborhood are bound to run into each other, and they do. One day, Chang-sik and Mi-young are walking around distractedly when they end up in a head-on collision. Chang-sik's coins spill out from his hands and scatter all over the ground. His precious coins! He chases after every single one but ends up 10 cents short. He viciously turns to the Mi-young but she refuses to give him 10 cents. They become sworn enemies after this incident, but then come across the chance of a lifetime. By chance, they witness a hit-and-run involving old man Hwang together. The next day, to their amazement, they see a banner advertising a 5 million won reward to eyewitnesses. Of course, each person eagerly offers to be a witness and ends up getting tangled up in something they hadn't bargained for. What have these two slackers gotten themselves into?
- DirectorGok KimSun KimStarsKim Min-jinA strange and yet unique story about hoodlums who spend most of their times either on gambling or dealing pornography's, high school students who sell their bodies, and prostitutes.
- DirectorJang Hang-junStarsKim Seung-wooKim Jeong-eunSung Ji-ruSeon-guk, is a stingy writer who gets kicked out of his own room when a coffee shop hostess, Hwa-jung moves in.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookJae-eun JeongPark Jin-PyoStarsJeong Ae-yeonJong-hak BaekJeong-su ByeonSeveral of Korea's most acclaimed filmmakers, including Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY), explore the nature of discrimination in this provocative anthology.
- DirectorKang Woo-sukStarsAhn Sung-kiSol Kyung-guHuh Joon-hoBased on a true story of 1968 Korean Republic Army plan to assassinate North Korean president Kim Il-Sung. 31 criminals and death row inmates are recruited into secret training on the island of Silmi; for two years they are subjected to maximum mental and physical abuse before the mission is cancelled and the unit terminated.
- DirectorYong-woon ParkStarsKim Seung-wooHa Ji-WonKang Seong-jin
- DirectorChil-in KwonStarsJin-young JangLee Beom-suUhm JunghwaNa-Nan has known best pals Dong-Mi and Jung-Joon since childhood, and now the trio shares the ups and downs of their turbulent single lives together. But everything gets turned on end when Dong-Mi and Jung-Joon end up in bed. Should the longtime friends make it official or call it a mistake? Na Nan has a job offer and a marriage proposal from the charming Soo-Heon to consider, and her twenties are fast coming to end. What's a generation of soon-to-getting-older youth to do?
- DirectorJong-rok OhStarsCha Tae-hyunSon Ye-jinYoo Dong-geunA young student falls madly in love with a professor's daughter. Promised by the professor that he will let him marry his daughter if he graduates from university with a law degree, the student works hard and finally succeeds. When the time comes for the professor to fulfill his promise, his daughter suddenly announces that she will marry another...
- DirectorJeong-Kuk LeeStarsShin Hyeon-junShin Eun-kyungYeong-ho KimTwo Korean navy men that belong to the elite diving squad compete with each other among rising tensions in their personal and professional lives. Matters come to a head when an incident at sea sinks a ship, prompting a dangerous rescue mission.
- DirectorKyeong-shik SongStarsYe Ji-wonSeong-min LimLee Mun-shikAbout Koh Eun-bi, a prostitute who wants to be a congresswoman in a South Korea Election. Will she as a prostitute can succeed?
- DirectorKi-Seon HongStarsKim Jung-kiAhn Suk-hwanChoi Il-hwaThe movie is based upon the true story of Kim Seon-myung, a communist who steadfastly refuses to recant his beliefs and becomes the world's longest-serving political prisoner of conscience in South Korea. He undergoes torture, starvation and humiliation at the hands of his captors, yet says true freedom is being able to maintain your integrity and conscience.
- DirectorJeong-kwon KimStarsKim Hee-seonShin Ha-kyunSo-hyeon ParkLittle Seung Jae stays up all night and writes letters to So Hee, pretending to be her father on Mars. Leaving Seung Jae's innocent heart behind, So Hee leaves for a big city. Both grown up to be adults, Seung Jae is a postman who writes letters to So Hee's grandma--the letters that never came from So Hee. So Hee's heart hardens after hardships in life and she comes back to her hometown and Seung Jae's heart swells up anew at seeing her again.
- DirectorIm Sang-sooStarsMoon So-riHwang Jung-minYoun Yuh-jungBored, horny, and frustrated, a woman begins an affair with a teenage boy.
- DirectorCho-Sin JungStarsZo In-sungKim Sa-rangKong Hyeong-jinA north korean guy and a south korean girl must work together in joined discovery team of the historical tomb in China. Can both cooperate with each other?
- DirectorHyeong-ik JangStarsYu Oh-seongPark Jin-heeKong Hyeong-jin
- DirectorJeong-ho KimStarsYoo Joon-sangPark Seon-yeongLee Sun-kyun
- DirectorKil-soo ChangStarsKang Bu-jaYe-rin HanCho Hyun-sik(Korean with English subtitles) Shelved for three years before it made its way to the international festivals, The Crescent Moon is director Chang Kil-soo's tender masterpiece about Nan-na, a carefree boy living with his grandma in a quiet seaside village. When his humpback sister arrives to live with them, Nan-na learns the growing pains of becoming a mature big brother.
- DirectorIl-seon EoStarsJo Eun SookKim In-kwonKim Jung-hyunA couple is besieged with the problem of sexual dysfunction. They one day invite in an unexpected roommate and soon find themselves caught in a maddening love triangle that ends in tragedy.
- DirectorUi-Seok KimStarsChoi Min-sooCho Jae-hyunKim Bo-kyungA series of high-ranking officials are being systematically eliminated by a sleek assassin and his female assistant, and arrogant master swordsman General Choi is charged with putting an end to the carnage.
- DirectorKim Hak-soonStarsJang Hyun-sungPang Eun-jinOh Yun-hongHan is a video store owner who has been receiving anonymous lover letters. After finding a videotape that belongs to one of his customers, he uses it to start a relationship with the tape's owner Jan, without telling her that he has found the tape. As their affair deepens, Han begins to suspect Jan to be the letters' writer. He must decide Whether to reveal his curiosity or risk ruining a blossoming relationship.
- DirectorYeong-guk SonStarsLee Jong-wonBo-sung KimJo Yun-hie
- DirectorDong-hyeon LeeStarsAhn Jae-wookEun-ju LeeJong-bum SonAh-sung has lost both his parents as a child which has left him emotionally scarred. That is why he is so surprised to find himself opening his heart to a girl he met a bar. But he learns that she has cancer and they may not have much time together.
- DirectorSeong-deok KimStarsAe ShinOh Ji-hoSong Seon-miShin Hee is a sexually conservative girl having a boyfriend dying to sleep with her. Brought up in a family with strong respect on girls' virginity, she had to leave her parents to study in a college.
- DirectorSoo-il JeonStarsJeong Bo-seokSeong-ho ChoiJang Hyun-sungS is a suicide designer who assists people to commit suicide according to a method of their own choosing. When a woman kills herself, her boyfriend decides to investigate, and discovers that S is behind the suicide...
- DirectorKwang-hoon LeeStarsJeong Jun-hoKim Hyo-jinKim Hye-riA thousand years ago, an evil spirit was kept imprisoned in a lake by the first emperor of the Chilla empire. Now unleashed, it possesses the body of Ja Woon-bi, the wife of general Biharang, with the aim to bring down the very dynasty that destroyed his people. Biharang is torn; to kill the spirit, he has to also kill his wife.
- DirectorYun-taek LeeStarsKang Bu-jaLee Jae-unKyeong-ik KimAngels land on earth in human form with a simple assignment: escort an old lady to her final resting place. But first they enjoy a drink. The angels sense a long-lost connection with Mi-yeon, the bar-owner. The old lady goes to Sok-chool, the shaman to ask him for a gut, a ritual to mediate between the living and the dead. She may want it for her late husband who appeared to her in a dream or for her son Yong-taek who took his own life. The shama.
- DirectorLu ZhangStarsChoi Wol-mae
- DirectorJae-woong KwonStarsAlexandra BoydLee CherryJustin CowdenFour knights fight against "The Elysian" to guard "The Ark"-mankind's last defense.
- DirectorKi-nam NamStarsJun-hyeong ParkJong-cheol JeongSeung-hwan LeeThe cast of Korea's weekly TV series, Gag Concert, reprise their characters for the big screen. Dracula has come to a village inhabited by some very peculiar personalities and it is up to three brothers to save the populace from becoming a feast of the vampire.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsIk-hyeon NaLee Pil-moDae-won ChoiSimple-minded Yeong-jin is considered to be the village idiot. But he holds the key to saving his sister's boyfriend. The latter stands accused of killing the policeman who was raping his Yeong-jin's sister
- DirectorTae-geun AhnStarsSeo-young KimJeong-min BaeYong-jun KimAn orphan rescues a princess from a villainous general and flies her home on his solar-powered tricycle.
- DirectorBaek-yeob SeongTwo orphans, Gamie, a young blind girl and her little brother Gil-sun, are taken in by a Buddhist monk. While the shy little girl finds her at ease at the temple, the enthusiastic and dynamic little Gil-sun soon starts to disturb this quiet place. After his sister told him their mother had visited her in a dream, the little boy tries to understand why his mom did not come to see him too. In order to meet her again, he decides to follow the monk for a very long initiatic trip.
- DirectorYong-hwa KimStarsLee Jung-jaeLee Beom-suLee Mun-shikThe story of two brothers, the younger one of whom has a rare disease which causes his body to age rapidly while his mind is still in a pre-teen state.
- DirectorGeon-dong LeeStarsCha Tae-hyunKim Seon-aPark Yeong-gyuBoth a cop, who dreams of clearing the Korean spa town of gangsters, and the local gangster boss are in love with the bowling alley girl. Who gets to spend Christmas/her birthday with her?
- DirectorGina KimStarsYoon Sun ChoiLee Seon-jinJung ChanThe film is counterbalanced between two interrelated parts. The first part takes place in Los Angeles, and is centered around a Korean female student, Gah-in, who is studying in the US. She is having a sexual affair with a married man named, Jun. The second part is about Jun's wife, Do-hee, which takes place in Seoul, Korea.
- DirectorJin-woo AhnStarsJeong Jun-hoKong Hyeong-jinRyu Hyun-kyungTwo soldiers from the North Korean navy are accidentally drift into South Korea after falling asleep during a fishing trip. Broke and unable to get home, they enter a singing contest whose grand prize is a trip to North Korea.
- DirectorMin-Yong LeeStarsCha In-pyoPark Yeong-gyuChang Mi-hee
- DirectorKwang-woo ParkStarsLee Jong-suYeong-ran HeoHyeong-jeong LeeA small time crook that runs a loan sparking operation around a casino that runs dog fights meets a special someone that changes the course of his life.