BEST KOREAN MOVIES

Follows Ji-woo, an outcast in a prestigious private high school who meets Hak-sung, the school's security guard, and asks him to teach him math and become friends, but their friendship is at risk after an incident in school.

A heartwarming and romantic melodrama about the guests and employees that work at Hotel Emros around the New Year's holiday.

Dreaming of making a train station for his sister and the villagers, Joon-kyung sends many letters to the president, but with no reply. Ra-hee, who has a crush on Joon-kyung, does everything she can to help him meet the president.

In war-torn Somalia in 1991, the personnel and families of both the South Korean and North Korean embassies share the same goal: to escape from Mogadishu.

Faced with real-world opportunities and challenges, a couple endures the highs and lows of trying to make a long-distance relationship survive.

Strangers Young-ho and So-hee confide in each other through the exchange of handwritten letters in the early 2000s.

Soo Jin begins to have disturbing visions after losing her memory. As she gradually pieces together the disjointed fragments of her confusing memories, she comes face-to-face with a shocking truth about her husband.

A trainee Chinese spy mistakes a buffoonish private detective for her contact. Together, they seek to uncover a South Korean gun-smuggling ring.

In 1994 during the IMF crisis, two people meet while exchanging stories on a radio program. They fall in love, but can't quite seem to get the timing right.

A human drama about a man who would do anything for money becoming friends with a child who is then taken hostage.

15 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.

A high-tech police surveillance team attempts to take down a gang of ruthless bank robbers.

75 year old Jo Nam Bong and 71 year old Lee Mae Ja have dementia. They've been married for 45 years and they are alike in all ways, mentally and physically. Now they live like they are the only two in the world. Everyday their memories blur, but the romance they had forgotten comes back to them more clearly.

A 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

Based on a true story, Little Big Master chronicles the struggles of the lowest-paid headmistress in Hong Kong history.

Sergeant Süleyman finds a little girl on a battlefield during the Korean War. He takes her and names her Ayla. Fifteen months later, Süleyman's brigade is told they will be returning to Turkey, and he is reluctant to leave her behind.

A story about the love between a mentally-ill father and his lovingly adorable daughter.

A young couple's enduring love is tested when 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.

Jang Cheol-min is a former boxer who finds work as a parking space attendant. His life turns upside down when he meets Jung-hwa, a blind girl, and they begin to fall in love.

Shy Ji-hae's friend asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to the boy she loves in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.

Seven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.

Amid the time of Korean War, a young boy's vow to take care of his family marked the beginning of a lifelong promise spanning 60 years.

A look-alike commoner is secretly hired to take the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.

This is the story of a 7-year-old boy, Sang-woo, born and raised in the big city, and his mute grandmother, who has spent her whole life in a small rural village.

In 19th century Japan, Nathan Algren, a US army captain, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Captain Algren finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.