Korean films about alcoholics

List of the best Korean films about alcoholics according to visitors: Dark Figure of Crime, Colossal, Beasts Clawing at Straws, The Drug King, Ashfall, Forgotten, Break the Silence: The Movie, Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage, Emergency Declaration, Montage.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:37

Hyeong-min, a prominent police detective, and Tae-oh, a killer who has confessed to multiple murders, maintain a fierce psychological confrontation.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy
CountryCanada, USA, Spain, South Korea
Duration01:58

A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountrySouth Korea

The destinies of hard-luck lowlifes slowly converge and come crashing down: Jung-man barely gets by working at a sauna and taking care of his sick mother until he finds a bag full of cash in the locker room; Tae-young is in trouble after his girlfriend runs away with the money he borrowed from a loan shark. Soon, a dead body mysteriously turns up; Mi-ran, caught between her husband’s violence and a dead-end job as a bar hostess, she finds a young lover, Jin-tae who offers to kill her husband… And now their dog-eat-dog game starts.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountrySouth Korea

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, comedy
CountrySouth Korea

Stagnant since 1903, at an elevation of 9000', a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:50

Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok’s eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger…

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredocumentary, music
CountrySouth Korea

K-pop sensation BTS embark on their 2019 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' Tour.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:10

On the run from a dogged internal affairs agent, a corrupt cop reluctantly teams up with a defiant teen to unravel a conspiracy -- before it's too late.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama
CountrySouth Korea

After a terror incident occurs mid-flight, a passenger jet declares an emergency.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:59

A kidnapper disappeared 15 years ago without a trace. Five days before the case's statute of limitations expires, someone anonymously leaves a flower at the crime scene. A few days later, another kidnapping takes place using the same method on a similar target.

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea

When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.

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Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea

Seong-cheol is a high school student who grew up neglected. In order to make money in a harsh society that abandoned him, he teamed up with Gi-joon, who is two years younger than him, to use his status as a minor to make money and seek a big blow. A father who left home, a sick brother and a mother whose cares for him. Seong-cheol, who was abandoned in hellish reality, starts a desperate survival in his own way.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:51

When Hye-Jung was young, her life was difficult. She was good at fighting, but also studied well. Overcoming her tough situation, she is now a doctor.

Markimdb: 7

A bullied teenager who is locked up at a juvenile detention center due to an unexpected accident, meets a mixed martial arts champion to break through his own limits.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, action, drama, cartoon
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:43

    Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:31

    An internet broadcaster recruits a handful of people for their 'experience the horror' show at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, a place selected as one of the '7 freakiest places on the planet'. They are to explore the haunted asylum and stream it live on their online show.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, military, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:34

    Kingdom of Goguryeo, ancient Korea, 645. The ruthless Emperor Taizong of Tang invades the country and leads his armies towards the capital, achieving one victory after another, but on his way is the stronghold of Ansi, protected by General Yang Man-chu, who will do everything possible to stop the invasion, even if his troops are outnumbered by thousands of enemies.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:35

    Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days follows the journey of 3 Afterlife Guardians and Su-hong as they journey through their 49th trial in order to gain their reincarnations and how the Guardians slowly recover their forgotten memories through Household God in the living world.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:50

    May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.

    Seo-joon, loses everything to voice phishing and infiltrates a organization in China to meet Kwak Pro, the designer behind this phishing system.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:07

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:01

    On Christmas Eve at Tower Sky, an ultra-luxurious building complex, a White Christmas party is held to dazzle its equally high-end tenants and VIP guests. Dae-ho, the manager of the building and single father, is forced to cancel plans with his daughter Hana to work the event. His Christmas is saved when Yoon-hee, the food mall manager with a secret crush on Dae-ho, offers to babysit Hana during the party. Meanwhile, Young-ki the legendary fire chief of Yoido Station has finally promised his first holiday date night to his long suffering wife. The party is in full swing with the spectacular sight of two helicopters flying overhead just to spray snow on the partygoers and make everything perfect. When unthinkable disaster strikes, Dae-ho and Young-ki must summon all their strength and courage to save the lives of thousands but at what cost to themselves and their loved ones?

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:01

    A comedy romance movie about the last generation of youths and their passionate romance based in Hongseong, Chungcheong Namdo in the 1980s.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:05

    A transgender cop's retirement plans are interrupted by a gang seeking revenge for their arrest.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea

    To combat rising violent crimes, the Police Chief asks Detective Oh Goo Tak to form a team consisting of criminals. He is currently suspended from the police force for using excessive force. He then gathers team members: Park Woong Chul who is a gangster, Lee Jung Moon who is the youngest serial killer with extraordinary intelligence and Jung Tae Soo who is a contract killer. Police Inspector Yoo Mi Young also joins the team and she tries to have these guys work as a team by dealing with them rationally and sometimes emotionally.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, action, drama
    CountrySouth Korea

    A former intelligence agent gets involved with the first human clone, Seo Bok, who others seek, causing trouble.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:22

    In Cheonan, a serial murder case takes place, but the case becomes more and more of a mystery. Only Tae-suk, a cop, immediately senses that all the cases are by the same killer and starts investigation. One day, Dong-soo, a gang boss, got attacked by a suspicious man, and Tae-suk realizes that this man is the serial killer, K. Now, Dong-soo becomes the only witness and a survived victim from K.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:50

    On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae (Park Won Sang) is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:50

    A bad guy, a cruel guy, a lame guy, a cowardly guy and the meanest woman gets involved in a beautiful university student's murder case.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:07

    In the early 1980s, South Korea is torn by student protests over the lack of representation in the government. Song Woo-Seok is a successful attorney in Busan specializing in tax law. His views regarding civil liberties are changed by student activist Park Jin-woo. When Jin-Woo is brutally tortured and put on trial for his activism, Woo-seok decides to defend Jin-woo as his client.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea

    Soo Jin, a woman suffering from post-traumatic memory loss, returns to her daily life with her husband after an accident. But her recovery takes an unexpected turn when she starts experiencing eerie visions: One day, she sees a vision of a child living in the same building being hit by a car. Shortly after almost risking her life to save the child, she has yet another chilling vision about a girl living on the 7th floor being harassed by a man, and does what she can to help the girl. She runs into her former boss at an art school, and learns that learns that her husband may not be telling the truth about everything. Meanwhile, detective Ki-sang finds Soo Jin’s husband on the surveillance footage of a crime scene and starts to investigate him. Soo Jin’s suspicion grows as she sees a vision of her husband killing a neighbor. While searching for the truth about her husband, she stumbles upon a wedding photo of her with a strange man other than her husband…

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, military, biography, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:06

    The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-1598), where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his command. The battle, which took place in the Myeongryang Strait off the southwest coast of the Korean Peninsula, is considered one of the greatest victories of Yi.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:02

    A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:33

    In real life, Kwon Yoo is unemployed, but in the virtual game world he is the best leader. Kwon Yoo is then framed for a murder. With the help of hacker Yeo-Wool, he tries to uncover the truth behind the murder case.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountrySouth Korea

    Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredocumentary, music
    CountryUSA, South Korea

    Record-shattering Korean girl band BLACKPINK tell their story — and detail the hard fought journey of the dreams and trials behind their meteoric rise.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:56

    Gon, a Korean hitman bred in the United States where he works for a Chinese triad, usually flawless in taking out his targets, makes a terrible mistake in fulfilling a mission. Swamped by feelings of regret, Gon no longer wants to be a hitman, but, in order to tie up loose ends, his boss forces him to do another job in Korea.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:15

    An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror, action
    CountrySouth Korea

    As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:54

    A magician meets a weird girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:40

    South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing with the assignment of infiltrating a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about the North Korean nuclear program.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:32

    A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor, in this scintillating crime drama from Korean maestro Kim Sung-soo (The Warrior).

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:08

    Born in a poor family, Tae-su learns that the power is the most important thing in life and decides to become a prosecutor, the biggest symbol of power in the 90’s. After entering the most prestigious law school, experiencing democratic resistance in Korea, Tae-su finally reaches his goal of becoming a prosecutor but his life is no better than a salary man. By chance, he joins a clique of the powerful prosecutors with wealth and authority. He finally gets a taste of a life of the top hierarchy, but as he enjoys the sweetness of supremacy, he also sees the cruel side of it.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, comedy, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:04

    As a North Korean sleeper cell agent, Ryu-han infiltrates the South and assumes the role of a village idiot in a rural town. He observes the townsfolk and waits patiently for his mission. One day, after 2 years of playing the role of the village idiot, fellow elite spies Hae-rang, posed as a rock star and Hae-jin, posed as an ordinary student, are dispatched to the same town as Ryu-han. He helps the other two spies settle in and teach them how to adjust in the South. There is a sudden drastic political power shift in the North and all three spies receive an urgent and ultimate mission.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountrySouth Korea

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

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea

    Jang-woo had only his sister to live for until she is brutally murdered. During a ritual to send her spirit to heaven, he comes across a suspicious man, who manages to escape from the scene. He begins to suspect a local pharmacist and keeps an eye on him. Although Jang-woo is absolutely convinced that the pharmacist is the killer, no one believes him because the pharmacist is considered the kindest man in town. But he gets help from a possessed woman named Si-eun who foresees how people die. Their pursuit begins and Si-eun predicts yet another murder.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea

    An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo brutally kills Chairman Doh and his men and flees to Jeju Island where he meets Jae-yeon, a terminally ill woman. Though, the henchman of the Bukseong gang, Executive Ma is mercilessly hunting Tae-goo to take revenge.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:19

    Grandmother Mi Ja works part-time as a caretaker, and struggles to raise a teen grandson by herself. Despite her tough situation, she speaks softly, dresses fashionably, and approaches the world with child-like curiosity. Enrolling in a poetry class, she endeavors to capture life in verse form, but her simple dream of completing a poem is stalled by the early signs of Alzheimer's disease and the heavy financial and emotional burden of her grandson's shocking wrongdoing.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, comedy
    CountrySouth Korea

    Jun is a top agent of the National Intelligence Service who can strike down dozens of terrorists in one fell swoop. Disenchanted with his life, Jun disguises his death and succeeds in leaving the NIS to lead a normal life as a family man and fulfill his dream of becoming a webtoon artist. However, his unexciting webtoons are ignored by readers and even his wife. Depressed and angry at himself, Jun suddenly draws a webtoon of his past as a secret agent.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:40

    A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.




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