Korean films about the resistance

List of the best Korean films about the resistance according to the audience: Assassination, The Net, The Age of Shadows, DUST-MAN, Train to Busan, On the Line, A Hard Day, The Drug King, Set Play, Master's Sun.

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: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, history
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:34

Assassination is set in Korea and Shanghai in the 1930's during the Japanese occupation. The government resistance assigns a secret commando group with killing collaborators.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:12

A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, history
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:44

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.

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Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea

Taysan, a young homeless man in dust-riddled Seoul, begins a series of illustrations over dusty surfaces. Through his Dust Art, Taysan starts the process of recovery from the pains of his past.

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…

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

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:51

    On the way to his mother’s funeral, a detective accidentally hits a person with his car. He takes the body with him and puts it into his mother’s coffin. The moment he feels relieved, he receives a call. This caller insists that he saw the detective’s hit-and-run, but instead of asking for money, he wants to know about the body’s whereabouts, leading to a do-or-die showdown of the witness and detective.

    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.

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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: 8.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountrySouth Korea

    Joo Joong-won is the arrogant, greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a supermall and a hotel. "Ghost whisperer” Tae Gong-shil, is a misunderstood outcast who can't keep a boyfriend or a job since a near death experience left her seeing needy ghosts. She feels compelled to help them resolve their earthly issues so they can move on to the afterlife... and he feels compelled to think she's crazy. Soon their lives merge into a complicated web of hijinx, misunderstandings, and... yes, love.

    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: 7
    Genreaction, comedy
    CountrySouth Korea

    When an unknown toxic gas strikes Seoul in an unprecedented act of terror, Yong-nam has just met Eui-ju from college by chance at his mother's birthday banquet. The city falls under sudden noxious gas attack and together, they must escape the panic-stricken city.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
    CountrySouth Korea

    The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:44

    In 2029, the elite police squad Illang combats a terrorist group opposing reunification of the two Koreas. But another enemy may be lurking nearby.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:11

    Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.

    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: 6.2
    Genreaction, comedy
    CountrySouth Korea

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

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, sport
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:50

    A deadbeat teacher helps an angry, aimless teenager find direction in life during his final year of high school.

    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: 5.1
    Genreaction
    CountrySouth Korea

    Thrown straight into a dangerous mission with none of his memories intact, a man must escape death while trying to figure out who he is, how he ended up here, and who is the mysterious voice in his ear calling him "Carter"?

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountrySouth Korea

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

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genredrama, family
    CountrySouth Korea

    A life-changing story of a man who has lived as a loner his entire life. Jae Shik begins to live together with a child with a hearing-visual disability, as they change each other's lives and try to find a way to communicate.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:41

    A young girl is kidnapped by a serial killer. The serial killer uses manholes to kidnap and kill his victims. The young girl's older sister tries to save her before it's too late.

    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: 7.5
    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
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:36

    A contract killer becomes disenchanted with his line of work and spares the lives of his two latest would-be-victims. But the assassination company he works for has no intentions of letting him quit.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:55

    The Plan Man is about a man who lives everything according to plan until he meets a woman who wasn't a part of it.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon, short
    CountryUSA, South Korea, China, Taiwan
    Duration01:18

    Perry's worst fear comes true when Phineas and Ferb finds out that he is in fact Secret Agent P, but that soon pales in comparison during a trip to the 2nd dimension where Perry finds out that Dr. Doofenshmirtz is truly evil and successful.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountrySouth Korea

    When an illicit arms deal goes bad, North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong finds himself targeted not just by the South Koreans but also his own bosses.

    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: 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
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:14

    A corrupt customs official joins forces with a vicious gangster to form the most powerful crime partnership in Busan.

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

    In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of the President Park who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of KCIA, KIM Gyu-pyeong, is the seemingly most prospective second-in-command. In the midst of reign of fear, a former KCIA director, PARK Yong-gak who knows all about the government’s obscure operations, exiles to the U.S. where the investigation of ‘Koreagate’ is underway. As the tension escalates, the stifling political maneuvering by the all second-in-command’s unfolds.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:21

    A story of the Jangsan Tiger, who mimics human voices to lure them close, and a family affected by the creature.

    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: 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: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, action, drama
    CountrySouth Korea, Czech Republic
    Duration02:06

    In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, sport
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:17

    Doo-Sik (Jo Jung-suk) gets paroled from prison thanks to his younger brother (Do Kyung-Soo) Doo-Young. Doo-Young is a promising judo athlete. After 15 years, Doo-Sik (Jo Jung-suk) suddenly appears in front of Doo-Young and they begin to live together. Doo-Young becomes involved in an accident before the selection for the national team.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:06

    The film is based on a true yet unsolved murder case from the early 1990s that is known among Koreans as the "disappearance of the frog children." In 1991, five elementary school students told their parents that they were going to hang out on a nearby mountain to catch frogs, and then they go missing.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea

    Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.

    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: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration00:55

    Dae-ho, an investigative journalist, seeks to track down the whereabouts of his son who was abducted three years ago. With the help of a detective and a psychiatrist friend, he will retrace his memory of the incident through the use of lucid dreaming techniques.

    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: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountrySouth Korea, USA

    Jang-bu was an ordinary boy except his special talent; To see every moving thing like a slow motion video. As friends teased him by calling ‘monster eyes’, he decided to stick at home and not to go out. Television has been his only friend. Time passes by, and now grown-up Jang-bu works at the CCTV control center which is the best job for him. When he sees people’s life through camera, he feels he’s sharing their ordinary life that he’s never had. This new job opens his heart to the world and Jang-bu starts to make some friends out of the control center. With his dear friends he receives sense of himself and finally decides to propose a girl that he loved for long from CCTV…

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    Genredrama
    CountrySouth Korea

    Mirae, a twentysomething game engineer feels nauseous one day. To her horror, she finds out that the hangover was actually her body being pregnant. Denial, panic and mixed messages from friends, family and the law push Mirae into a frenzy of ambivalence. But time does not spare her to sort out her mind. Suddenly, Mirae is in the middle of a strange new world.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genremelodrama, drama, documentary, detective
    CountryIran, France, South Korea, Israel, United Kingdom
    Duration01:27

    An Iranian filmmaker and his son travel to Haifa, Israel to investigate a religion that originated a hundred and seventy years ago. Youth from all over come to Haifa to join this religion, and those who serve in the gardens that surround the holy places develop peace-loving attitudes through their interactions with nature. The filmmaker shares with his son the idea that if the Iranian people had adopted a peaceful religion, Iran would not be preparing a nuclear attack on Israel, but the son believes that all religions tend to bring about destruction. As a result of these arguments, father and son separate from one another and pursue their own paths.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror
    CountrySouth Korea

    Horror webtoon writer Ji-woo arrives at a shabby apartment called Gwanglim Mansion in search of ideas. The middle-aged caretaker with an expressionless facial expression unravels a bundle of strange events that happened in the apartment, and rooms 504, 708... The more Ji-woo hears the story, the more he becomes obsessed with the Ghost Mansion.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:39

    Troubled celebrity Choong-Ui (Lee Hong-Ki) gets into trouble with the law. Choong-Ui is then forced to do volunteer work at a health-care facility for the terminally ill that is about to be closed down. While working at the hospice, Choong-Ui is able to come to terms with his own psychological wounds and, at the same time, help the patients to continue with their dreams.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountrySerbia, South Korea, Slovenia

    The satellite has vanished and the only clue is a trail leading to a small village nestled on the outskirts of forest line. As the team begins to investigate they quickly discover that something else came back from space, something not of this world. As their time runs out, the team must battle to unlock the terrifying truth behind the ill-fated mission.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genreadventure, cartoon
    CountryMexico, South Korea, Colombia

    In this turbulent jungle adventure an outcast coati male has to team up with a quirky spider monkey to save a coati princess from the hands of a human poacher and his mysterious client.




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