Haeundae ( Tidal Wave ) (2009)

Director: Je-gyun Yun

Starring: Jeong-hwa Eom, Ji-won Ha, Kyung-gu Sol, Joong-Hoon Park

During the summer, the beach resort of Haeundae is packed with up to one million vacationing Koreans. On one such day, marine geologist Kim Hwi (Joong... Read more

Haemoo ( Sea Fog ) (2014)

Director: Sung-bo Shim

Starring: Yun-seok Kim, Yoo-chun Park, Ye-rin Han

Down on their luck, a commercial fishing vessel takes on a cargo of thirty illegal immigrants and attempts to smuggle them from China to Korea. Howeve... Read more

Dragon Wars (2007)

Director: Shim Hyung-rae

Starring: Jason Behr, Robert Forster, Amanda Brooks

A.k.a. 'D-War'. Hundreds of flying, fire-breathing dragons descend upon Los Angeles, in this special effects-filled sci-fi actioner. Now, a reporter m... Read more

Doomsday Book (2012)

Director: Kim Jee-Woon, Yim Pil-sung

Starring: Doona Bae, Kang-woo Kim, Joon-ho Bong, Ji-hee Jin, Yun-hie Jo

Two directors. Three visions of the future. One mindblowing story. This fantastical anthology film paints a challenging picture of a world hurtling to... Read more

Dangerous Liaisons (2012)

Director: Hur Jin-ho

Starring: Lisa Lu, Zhang Ziyi, Cecilia Cheung, Dong-gun Jang, Shawn Dou

1930s Shanghai: the glamorous, tumultuous "Paris of the East" whose salons, streets and bedrooms frame this Chinese adaptation of the French novel "Le... Read more

Colossal (2016)

Director: Nacho Vigalondo

Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Anne Hathaway, Dan Stevens, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell

Gloria (Anne Hathaway) drinks too hard and parties too much. Her boyfriend has enough of it and throws her out. Gloria returns to her hometown, dreami... Read more

Chihwaseon ( aka Painted Fire ) (2002)

Director: Im Kwon Taek

Starring: Sung-kee Ahn, Min-sik Choi

AKA 'Painted Fire'. In a time of political and social unrest in 19th century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst... Read more

Brotherhood of War (2004)

Director: Je-Gyu Kang

Starring: Dong-kun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-joo Lee

Korea's leading filmmaker, Kang Je-gyu, wrote and directed this epic-scale drama focussed on two brothers forced into the war that tore their nation a... Read more

Birthday Boy (2004)

Director: Sejong Park

Sejong Park's Oscar-nominated short from Australia, telling the story of a young boy in the Korean war and the arrival of an unexpected package on his... Read more

Bichunmoo (2000)

Director: Young-jun Kim

Starring: Hyeon-jun Shin, Hee-seon Kim, Jin-young Jeong, Dong-jik Jang

The most expensive film ever made in Korea, "Bichunmoo" is a sweeping epic set in 14th century China where the warrior Jin-ha and concubine Sullie hav... Read more