Action movies about Korea

List of the best action movies about Korea selected by visitors to our site: At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own, Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan, War, A Fistful of Dollars, Purgatory, Rumble in the Bronx, 72 Meters, House of Flying Daggers, Tourist, Wheels on Meals.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, drama
CountrySoviet Union
Duration01:33

Following the Russian Civil War, a loyal Red, Shilov, must prove he is at home among strangers as he attempts to recapture a shipment of gold that he was supposed to deliver to Moscow. Needed as a means of buying food for the people, the gold Shilov was entrusted with is stolen, initially by a group of assassins and then by a group of bandits. In tracking the gold’s whereabouts, Shilov’s motives are questioned and he is suspected of treason, in part because his brother was a devoted White. In an effort to clear his name, Shilov locates the gold, but he also discovers rampant greed and corruption.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, biography, history
CountryRussia, Germany, Kazakhstan
Duration02:06

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, drama, military, history
CountryRussia
Duration02:00

During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genreaction, drama, western
CountryItaly, Spain, West Germany
Duration01:39

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, drama, military
CountryRussia
Duration01:55

This is a story about the battle for a hospital building in Grozny (Chechnya) in January 1995 between Russian Army forces and Chechen rebels supported by Arabian mujahideen and international mercenaries. Although the story is fictional, most of the characters are based on real-life prototypes and events are the compilation of true events during the Grozny Siege in the First Chechen War.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryHong Kong
Duration01:29

Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryRussia
Duration01:55

The film begins in the 1980s Soviet Union. Two best friends, Orlov and Muravyev, are serving at the Black Sea Navy Base in Sevastopol, Crimea. Both fall in love with one beautiful girl Nelly, and their friendship suffers a first blow. Because she picks Muravyev, his friend Orlov struggles with an inferiority complex and becomes a secretive alcoholic. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, both friends are transferred to the Northern Fleet on the Polar Ocean. One day their sub is performing a routine training. A disturbed WWII mine slowly moves on a collision course with the sub. A mighty blast knocks down everyone inside the wrecked sub, 72 meters below the sea level. Then ensues a nerve-racking struggle for survival.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryChina, Hong Kong
Duration01:59

    In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

    Mark
    Genreaction
    CountryRussia

    Story of Russian military advisors in the Central African Republic

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, crime
    CountryHong Kong
    Duration01:48

    Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, crime
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:41

    A criminal drama about a life of Russian snooker professionals.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany
    Duration01:40

      An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary..

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
      CountrySpain, France
      Duration01:48

      The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure
      CountryHong Kong
      Duration01:58

      A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering severe amnesia, is nursed to recovery by a kindly native tribe who call him "Whoami" after the question he keeps asking. With the help of a mysterious reporter Christine, Whoami pieces together his past and tracks the turncoat agent and his criminal cohorts.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecrime, detective
      CountryRussia
      Duration02:10

      The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war. Erast Fandorin has just escaped from Turkish prison and is trying to get on the Russian side as soon as possible to give important information about the upcoming attack of the enemy. On his way he meets Varvara Suvorova, a young lady who is going to see her fiancée - a soldier of the Russian army. Erast also knows that there is a spy somewhere in the Russian army, everyone is under suspicion.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:54

      In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, thriller, drama
      CountrySoviet Union
      Duration02:24

      Story of the lives of three Soviet pilots who are united by disaster in a small town in the mountains.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:59

      His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named Somi, a little girl next door. As Taesik spends more and more time with Somi, he gets attached to her. Then Somi is kidnapped by a gang, and as Taesik tries to save Somi by becoming deeply associated with the gang his mysterious past is revealed...

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      When a woman's father goes missing, she enlist a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:04

        Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
        CountryUSA, Spain
        Duration02:25

          After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryFrance
          Duration01:51

          The Film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of chief of police while in the middle of a search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the french police before creating this story, which in part is taken from real facts that happened during the 1980s in France.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:44

            Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure
            CountryUSA, Mexico
            Duration01:46

            Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle...

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, France
            Duration01:51

            Hotshot gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. Rarely is he allowed in any casino because he's a bona fide winner and, in fact, has taken so much money over the years that he's the sole client of his accountant elder brother, Billy. Invited to a private game, Jake is in fear of losing his life.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA, Mexico
            Duration01:30

            The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genreaction, drama, military, history
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration02:45

            After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genreaction, thriller, crime
            CountryFrance, USA, Turkey, United Kingdom
            Duration01:33

            While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, biography, history
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, Morocco, Thailand
            Duration02:55

              Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genreaction, comedy, crime
              CountryFrance
              Duration01:28

              A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryThailand, France, Hong Kong
              Duration01:40

              When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
              CountryHong Kong, Yugoslavia
              Duration01:28

              Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious sword in Africa, a band of Satan-worshipping monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend Lorelei, demanding the sword as ransom as well as other pieces of the legendary Armour of God - a magical outfit dating back to the Crusades.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
              CountryFrance
              Duration01:48

              French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to kill the president Njala of an African country. However, a counter-order is given before he can execute his mission and he is abandoned in the hands of foreign authorities. He escapes and seeks revenge by pursuing what was his original mission.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:55

              When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move is the just-released Cameron Poe, who'd rather reunite with his family.

              Markimdb: 4.2
              Genreaction, drama, military, history
              CountryKazakhstan

              This is the story of the life of the great queen of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority.

              Markimdb: 6.3
              Genreaction, comedy, short, crime, detective
              CountryRussia

              Igor Grom is a skilled policeman from St. Petersburg, known for his daring nature and uncompromising attitude towards the criminals of all kinds. Incredible strength, analytical mind and integrity – these qualities make Major Grom the perfect policeman. Working tirelessly, he always pushes through, and meets the challenges standing in the way.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genreaction, drama, biography
              CountryHong Kong, China

              Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryUSA, Germany, France, Japan
              Duration02:02

              Veteran spy Nathan Muir is on the verge of retiring from the CIA when he learns that his one-time protégé and close friend, Tom Bishop, is a political prisoner sentenced to die in Beijing. Although their friendship has been marred by bad blood and resentment, Muir agrees to take on the most dangerous mission of his career and rescue Bishop.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genreaction, thriller, adventure
              CountryUSA, Italy, France, Japan
              Duration01:53

              A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genreaction, thriller, adventure
              CountryUSA, Mexico
              Duration01:33

              When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo employs heavy-handed guerilla tactics to shake the cops off his tail.

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