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Brotherhood of War (2004)
8.1/10
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
Doomsday Book (2012)
5.9/10
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
The Age of Shadows (2016)
7.2/10
Director: Kim Jee-Woon
Starring: Gong Yoo, Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee
Korea in the late 1920s is under Japanese occupation. Lee Jung-chool (Song Kang-ho, Snowpiercer), a Korean-born police captain in the Japanese police... Read more
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
7.3/10
Director: Kim Jee-Woon
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee, Woo-sung Jung
Korean director Ji-woon Kim nods to the spaghetti western with this treasure hunt flick set in the wilds of 1930s Manchuria. A hitman (the Bad) is hir... Read more
Masquerade (2012)
7.8/10
Director: Choo Chang-Min
Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Ryoo Seung-Ryong, Han Hyo-Joo, Kim In-Kwon
A royal body double risks everything to save his beloved country from collapse in this historical drama set during Korea's Joseon Dynasty, and inspire... Read more
Shadowless Sword (2005)
6.5/10
Director: Young-jun Kim
Starring: Hyeon-jun Shin, So-yi Yoon, Seo-jin Lee, Ki-yong Lee, Ji-Woo Choi
A sword-slinging Korean martial arts epic set in the year 925 A.D., Prince Balhae has been assassinated and the kingdom is under attack and in turmoil... Read more
Cinema of Vengeance: Martial Arts and the Movies (1994)
6.3/10
Director: Toby Russell
Starring: Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-Fat, Jean-Claude Van Damme, John Woo
'Cinema of Vengeance' is the essential history of Martial Arts and The Movies, covering fifty years of Chinese action cinema from the late forties thr... Read more
Untold Scandal (2003)
7.1/10
Director: Je-yong Lee
Starring: Mi-suk Lee, Do-yeon Jeon, Yong-jun Bae, Hyeon-jae Jo, So-yeon Lee
An excellent Korean adaptation of the French novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, set amidst the aristocracy of the 18th century Chosun Dynasty. Lady Cho... Read more
The Thieves (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Dong-Hoon Choi
Starring: Simon Yam, Ha-kyun Shin, Hye-su Kim, Yun-seok Kim, Gianna Jun, Hae-sook Kim, Jun...
Five thieves at the top of their game, and the crew is assembling for their biggest job yet. The job's hot, maybe too hot, but who can resist the Tear... Read more
Nowhere to Hide (1999)
6.6/10
Director: Myung-Se Lee
Starring: Ji-Woo Choi, Dong-kun Jang, Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-kee Ahn
In a port city where violence abounds, a drug boss is viciously stabbed to death by the drug lord Chang Sungmin. Detective Woo is the cunning police d... Read more
The King and the Clown (2005)
7.5/10
Director: Jun-ik Lee
Starring: Woo-seong Kam, Jin-young Jeong, Seong-Yeon Kang, Jun-gi Lee, Hang-Seon Jang, Hae...
South Korea's highest-grossing film of all time (until it was surpassed by 2006's 'The Host') is this period drama-comedy about a group of wandering m... Read more