Best South Korea Drama Movies

2019 • Rating 8.5 • comedy, thriller, drama

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Genre: Comedy, Thriller, Drama

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Dark Comedy, Con Artist, Social Commentary, Working Class, Infiltration, Psychological Thriller, Class Differences, Family, Mysterious, Unemployed

Time: Year 2019, 2010S, 2019-05-30

Place: South Korea, English, German, Korean, Korea

Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Jung-eun

2013 • Rating 8.4 • drama

After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.

Genre: Drama

Style:

Audience: Date Night

Plot: Child Abuse, Hope, Based On True Story, Sexual Assault, South Korea, After, Year-Old So-Won Narrowly Survives A Brutal Sexual Assault, Her Family Labors To Help Her Heal While Coping With Their Own Rage And Grief

Time: Year 2013, 2010S, 2013-10-02

Place: South Korea, Korean, Korea

Cast: Sul Kyung-gu, Uhm Ji-won, Lee Re, Kim Sang-ho, Kim Hae-sook, Ra Mi-ran

2026 • Rating 7.2 • thriller, action, drama

A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.

Genre: Thriller, Action, Drama

Style: Cerebral, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Double Agent, Double Cross, Undercover Operation, Aggressive, Frantic, South Korea, North Korea, Inter Korean Relations, National Intelligence Service (Nis), Political Conspiracy

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-11

Place: South Korea, English, Russian, Korean, Korea

Cast: Zo In-sung, Park Jeong-min, Park Hae-joon, Shin Sae-kyeong, Robert Maaser, Jung Yoo-jin