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1. Chilsu and Mansu (1988)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A painter quits his job and looks to an old acquaintance for work and a place to stay.
Director: Park Kwang-su | Stars: Bae Jong-ok, Park Joong-hoon, Kang Shin-il, Ahn Sung-ki
Votes: 252
2. The Age of Success (1988)
110 min | Drama
A Korean salesman seeks a successful career by using a bar hostess to spy on his rivals. However, soon he confronts the bar hostess's revenge, as well as his rivals' popular products.
Director: Jang Sun-woo | Stars: Bong Choi, Ki-yeong Choi, Lee Eung-kyung, Sang-suk Gong
Votes: 76
3. A Short Love Affair (1990)
114 min | Romance
Situated in the small poverty stricken town of Woomukbaemi, South Korea, this film centers on a clothes factory manager and the triangular relationship between himself, his insatiably jealous and violent wife, and one of his employees.
Director: Jang Sun-woo | Stars: Park Joong-hoon, Dae-kun Lee, Choi Myeong-gil, Kap-sook Seo
Votes: 123
4. The Road to the Racetrack (1991)
138 min | Drama
R returns from studying in France and reunites with J, whom he used to live with in Paris. For some reason, however, J refuses to have sex with R. Angered by her refusal, R travels to his hometown of Daegu.
Director: Jang Sun-woo | Stars: Kim Bo-yeon, Jong-mi Im, Il-jong Kwon, In-ok Lee
Votes: 154
5. Passage to Buddha (1993)
136 min | Drama
Seon-jae, a teenage boy mourns the death of his father, and begins a quest to find his mother who abandoned him as a baby. He encounters many people on the way who quote Buddhist precepts: ... See full summary »
Director: Jang Sun-woo | Stars: Mi-kyeong Won, Oh Tae-kyung, Kim Hye-seon, Hae-young Lee
Votes: 153
6. To You, from Me (1994)
107 min | Drama
A failed writer given to plagiarism gets a buzz at the door from a bright young working girl with a highly original approach to life and sex and his life and work is totally thrown off balance.
Director: Jang Sun-woo | Stars: Moon Sung-Keun, Jeong Seon-kyeong, Kyun-dong Yeo, Kim Bu-seon
Votes: 106
7. A Petal (1996)
101 min | Drama, History
A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country's takeover by the military the year ... See full summary »
Director: Jang Sun-woo | Stars: Lee Jung-hyun, Moon Sung-Keun, Yeong-ran Lee, Choo Sang-mi
Votes: 481
8. Bad Movie (1997)
144 min | Crime, Drama
A compilation of episodes from the lives of the 'bad teens' and the homeless of Seoul.
Director: Jang Sun-woo | Stars: Seul-ki Hang, Kyeong-won Park, Jae-kyeong Lee, Nam-kyeong Jang
Votes: 348
9. Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002)
123 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
To Chinese restaurant delivery boy 'Ju', the only joy in life is spending time at the electronic game room. One day, 'Ju' who was engrossed in an electronic game as usual, is advised to ... See full summary »
Director: Jang Sun-woo | Stars: Eun-kyeong Lim, Hyun-sung Kim, Jin-pyo Kim, Sing Jin
Votes: 1,196
10. The Black Republic (1990)
100 min | Drama
In the winter of 1980s coal mining town, Ki-young runs away from the police due to his student protest and hides into the town. Then, Ki-young meets an unhappy waitress Young-sook who falls for him, and two people decide to leave together.
Director: Park Kwang-su | Stars: Shim Hye-jin, Park Joong-hoon, Jin-hui Kim, Min-oe Kim
Votes: 138
11. Our Twisted Hero (1992)
119 min | Drama
A fifth-grade classroom takes on a political structure which reflects Korea's history of coups and dictatorial regimes.
Director: Jong-won Park | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Hong Kyoung-in, Shin Goo, Hyeong-gi Ahn
Votes: 255
12. Susan Brinkui arirang (1991)
118 min | Drama
A Korean orphan is adopted by a Swedish couple and moves to Europe. She is renamed 'Susan'. Her new mother is very abusive and Susan unsuccessfully attempts suicide. The first chance she ... See full summary »
Director: Kil-soo Chang | Stars: Jin-shil Choi, Yun-kyeong Kim, Malin Berghagen, Pierre Boutros
Votes: 42
13. Berlin Report (1991)
100 min | Drama, Mystery
A reporter investigates a case in which a Korean woman, who has been living in Europe since she was 3 years old, is accused of murdering her adopted father. This is complicated by the fact that she is suffering from traumatic memory loss.
Director: Park Kwang-su | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Kang Soo-youn, Moon Sung-Keun, Jean-Marie Fonbonne
Votes: 49
14. Danji geudaega yeojalaneun iyumaneulo (1990)
105 min | Drama
An innocent, though anything but naive, woman is in the wrong place at the wrong time. While waiting for her more adventurous friend outside a seedy dance bar, she is approached by two men ... See full summary »
Director: Yoo-jin Kim | Stars: Mi-kyeong Won, Yeong-ha Lee, Suk Son, Lee Kyoung-young
Votes: 23
15. The Blue in You (1992)
115 min | Romance
Two department store window display decorators find themselves to be perfectly matched professionally but, as they gradually fall in love, it becomes increasingly more difficult for them to work well together.
Director: Hyun-seung Lee | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Kang Soo-youn, Yu-ra Choi, Hyeong-il Kim
Votes: 24
16. A Hot Roof (1995)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
In a suburban apartment on the hottest day of the century, the women are fanning and chatting in one spot and the men are drinking and scratching in another. Soon violence erupts as a ... See full summary »
Director: Min-Yong Lee | Stars: Lee Beom-su, Bo-Suk Chung, Sun-Kyoung Chung, You-Mi Ha
Votes: 122
17. The Taebaek Mountains (1994)
168 min | Drama
Based on the great river story, (Taebaegsanmaek) The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.
Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Dong-joon Choi, Pang Eun-jin, Lee Ho-jae, Shin Hyeon-jun
Votes: 232
18. White Badge (1992)
Not Rated | 122 min | War
South Korea, 1979. Han Kiju is an alcoholic novelist who has never recovered from his year long tour as a volunteer soldier in Vietnam. When he's asked to write a book about the Korean ... See full summary »
Director: Jeong Ji-yeong | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Kyoung-young, Shim Hye-jin, Do-hun Ahn
Votes: 231
19. To the Starry Island (1993)
102 min | Drama, Fantasy
Moon Chae-Ku and his friend Kim Chul try to bring the body of Moon's father back to his native Kwisong Island for burial. Their ferry is intercepted by resentful islanders who will not let ... See full summary »
Director: Park Kwang-su | Stars: So-yeong Ahn, Kim Bo-kyung, Hyung-in Choi, Woo-hyeok Choi
Votes: 150
20. Buhwaleui nolae (1990)
100 min | Drama
Very few films, even today, deal with the Kwangju Masacre of 1988 where the military, acting under presidential orders, opened fire on the student demonstrations who were protesting at the ... See full summary »
Director: Jeong-Kuk Lee | Stars: Yeong-jin Kim, Lee Kyoung-young, Ji-su Park
21. Kuro arirang (1989)
107 min | Drama
Director: Jong-won Park | Stars: So-ri Ok, Lee Kyoung-young
Votes: 15
22. Tell Me Something (1999)
R | 118 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Lieutenant Cho, a cop on the edge, is mourning his mother's recent death while under investigation for graft; on top of that he is suddenly put in charge of a seemingly-impenetrable mystery.
Director: Yun-hyeon Jang | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Shim Eun-ha, Jang Hang-seon, Yum Jung-ah
Votes: 3,139
23. R-Point (2004)
R | 107 min | Action, Horror, War
During the Vietnam War, a South Korean base receives a radio transmission from a missing squad, presumed dead, and sends a platoon to rescue the lost squad from the R-Point.
Director: Su-chang Kong | Stars: Kam Woo-seong, Son Byung-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Park Won-sang
Votes: 5,824
24. Seontaek (2003)
108 min | Drama
The movie is based upon the true story of Kim Seon-myung, a communist who steadfastly refuses to recant his beliefs and becomes the world's longest-serving political prisoner of conscience ... See full summary »
Director: Ki-Seon Hong | Stars: Kim Jung-ki, Ahn Suk-hwan, Choi Il-hwa, Dong-yeob Ko
Votes: 64
25. O Dreamland (1989)
90 min | History
Directors: Dong-Hong Chang, Lee Eun, Yun-hyeon Jang | Stars: Gwon In-Chan, Kwon Sang-woo, Kim Sun-kyung
Votes: 7
26. The Night Before the Strike (1990)
105 min | Drama
There are 200 miserably impoverished people working in the Dongseong Metalworks Factory. JU Wan-ik is introduced to the forging team as a new member of the team and they all go drinking together to welcome him.
Directors: Dong-hong Jang, Yun-hyeon Jang, Eun Lee, J.Q. Lee
Votes: 35
27. Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama
About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
Director: Yong-Kyun Bae | Stars: Yi Pan-Yong, Sin Won-Sop, Hae-Jin Huang, Su-Myong Ko
Votes: 1,447
28. Geomeuna dange huina baekseong (1995)
111 min | Drama
A film about the events that occur to a middle aged man as he stays overnight at a remote village called Haecheon Village.
Director: Yong-Kyun Bae | Stars: Jeong Gyu-su, Mi-ji Kim, Byeong-in Min, In-bae Ko
Votes: 43
29. Sopyonje (1993)
112 min | Drama, Music
Despite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).
Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Kim Myung-gon, Jung-hae Oh, Kim Kyu-chul, Sae-kil Shin
Votes: 1,115
30. Eomi (1985)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
Mrs Hong did her best to protect her daughter, Na-mi, from hardships and the pain of life. However, one day, Na-mi is kidnapped and forced to serve in a brothel. Mrs Hong rescues the raped ... See full summary »
Director: Cheol-su Park | Stars: Youn Yuh-jung, Hye-seong Jeon, Shin Seong-il, In-tae Kim
Votes: 16
31. Angae gidung (1986)
115 min | Drama
A woman marries the man of her dreams and bears his child but, as the years pass, they grow more distant from each other. While her husband's career flurishes, he forces her to quit her job which only adds to their marital stress.
Director: Cheol-su Park | Stars: Choi Myeong-gil, Yeong-ha Lee, Jeong-ja Park, Kap-sook Seo
Votes: 7
32. Jeolshiggot dangshin (1988)
110 min | Drama
While waiting to hear on a teaching position, Jong-hwan falls in love with Su-kyeong who, in turn, loves his poetry. They marry but, because Jong-hwan is caught up in his work and taking ... See full summary »
Director: Cheol-su Park | Stars: Lee Deok-hwa, Lee Bo-hee, Jeong Hye-seon, Seong-deok Kwon
33. 301, 302 (1995)
Unrated | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two women, a chef and an anorexic writer, are neighbors in an apartment building. The chef.
Directors: Park Chul-Soo, Cheol-su Park | Stars: Pang Eun-jin, Hwang Sin-hye, Chu-Ryun Kim, Park Cheol-ho
Votes: 1,170
34. Farewell My Darling (1996)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
When old Mr. Park dies, his first son Chan-Wu, a film director, and his troublesome daughter Mi-Seon hurriedly come back to their rural hometown, and third son Chan-Se comes back to Korea ... See full summary »
Director: Cheol-su Park | Stars: Seong Choi, Pang Eun-jin, Joo Jin-mo, Ha-hyun Jung
Votes: 43
35. Festival (1996)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
A number of old family conflicts emerge when a writer returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral.
Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Byeong-kyeong Ahn, Lee Eol, Kim Gyung-ae, Eun-jin Han
Votes: 181
36. Gagman (1989)
127 min | Comedy
Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director. When he befriends barber, Mun Do-seok who has hopes ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Myung-se | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Hwang Sin-hye, Bae Chang-ho, Jeon Moo-song
Votes: 107
37. My Love, My Bride (1990)
108 min | Comedy, Romance
Young-min and Mi-yeong are college sweethearts who naively believe that their love will remain unchanged forever at the time of their wedding. But their married life gets off to a rocky ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Myung-se | Stars: Park Joong-hoon, Jin-shil Choi, Kim Bo-yeon, Jeon Moo-song
Votes: 95
38. First Love (1993)
110 min | Romance
A college freshman majoring in drama finds herself falling in love with a chain-smoking guest lecturer at her school despite their substantial age difference
Director: Lee Myung-se | Stars: Kim Hye-su, Song Young-chang, Jo Min-ki, Hye-yeong Kim
Votes: 52
39. Their Last Love Affair (1996)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Poet and professor of literature, Yeong-min, falls in love with a journalist. Yeong-min lies to his wife, telling her that he is going to a mountain temple for a 2-month retreat from the ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Myung-se | Stars: Kang Soo-youn, Kim Kap-su, Kim Hak-cheol, Hwa-yeong Lee
Votes: 49
40. Nowhere to Hide (1999)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Woo is on the trail of the mysterious gangster Sungmin, a master of disguise who always manages to elude his pursuers. Eventually, the cop tracks down and confronts the master-criminal in the suburbs of a coal-mining town.
Director: Lee Myung-se | Stars: Park Joong-hoon, Ahn Sung-ki, Jang Dong-Gun, Choi Ji-woo
Votes: 2,213 | Gross: $0.02M
41. Najeun moksori (1995)
98 min | Documentary, War
The first installment in Byun Young-joo's trilogy documenting the past and present lives of Korean women and girls who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War Two.
Director: Young-Joo Byun | Stars: Sun-deok Kim, Ok-nyeon Park, Yeong-suk Lee, Du-ri Park
Votes: 42
42. A Single Spark (1995)
92 min | Drama
The film intercuts two stories, one in black and white, one in color. From 1965 to 1970.
Directors: Park Kwang-su, Park Kwang Soo | Stars: Dong Bang-Woo, Kim Bo-Kyeong, Kim Bo-kyung, Yoo Byeong-Seok
Votes: 326
43. North Korean Partisan in South Korea (1990)
157 min | War
South Korean production exploring a North Korean perspective of the long, grueling account of the Korean War based on memoirs of Lee Tae, former news agency correspondent who fought for North Korean partisans.
Director: Jeong Ji-yeong | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Hye-yeong, Jin-shil Choi, Choi Min-soo
Votes: 154
44. Silver Stallion (1991)
123 min | Drama, War
After landing operations, U.N. soldiers enter a village and violate Jeon-Rae. The villagers ostracize her but Jeon-Rae and her son Man-sik, struggle on in poverty. A U.S. military base is ... See full summary »
Director: Kil-soo Chang | Stars: Lee Hye-suk, Kim Bo-yeon, Jeon Moo-song, Chang-min Son
Votes: 26
45. Marriage Story (1992)
101 min | Comedy, Romance
Tae-gyu and Ji-hye get married. Two young lovers dreamed of the ideal married life which each had respect for each other. But honeymoon is soon over as each comes to realize that the other ... See full summary »
Director: Ui-Seok Kim | Stars: Lee Hie-do, Hie-ryeong Kim, Seong-su Kim, Bang Eun-hee
Votes: 77
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