Starring Song Kang-Ho of Parasite fame, The Drug King is based on the true story of a lowly narcotics dealer, Lee Doo-sam, and his rise to the top of the Japanese narcotics trade. It’s a very dark and tragic movie, but the plot twist is guaranteed to blow your mind. Although the brother returns after 19 days with no memory, Jin Seok starts to realise that his entire family is acting strange, which leads him to seek the truth.

The film follows Jin Seok who witnesses his brother’s kidnapping.

Set in the 80s, Seoul Searching addresses issues like race and identity in a comic but hard-hitting manner.Īnother movie that requires your full attention, Forgotten is a mystery-thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seats throughout its 109 minutes run. This coming-of-age film revolves around a group of expatriate Korean teens who visit Seoul for a government-funded camp to learn about their culture. Be sure to pay attention to all the details when you watch the film. But don’t worry, it’s also excessively fun. The premise is described thus, “after searching for his abducted son for three years, a devastated father attempts to track down his missing child through lucid dreams.” The movie’s plot is complex and loaded with action, sci-fi, drama. Lucid Dream is along the same lines as Christopher Nolan’s Inception.

Touted as South Korea’s first-ever superhero film, Psychokinesis shows us that you don’t need flashy suits or otherworldly plots to make a successful superhero movie. When an ordinary bank security guard accidentally gets some supernatural powers, he decides to help his estranged daughter, who is at the risk of losing her livelihood to a construction company controlled by the mafia. Helmed by Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho, Psychokinesis focuses on a father-daughter relationship but with some superhero elements.

Korean movies to watch