Critically acclaimed Korean movies of recent years

Decision to Leave(2022)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.



In Front of Your Face(2021)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 56

She manages her daily life with a sense of mindfulness while keeping a grave secret to herself, and she decides to meet with a younger director who asked her to join his project, and after they meet there is sudden rainfall and thunder.



Broker(2022)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 56

Boxes that are left out for people to anonymously drop off their unwanted babies.



Escape from Mogadishu(2021)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 55

In 1991 war-torn Somalia the personnel and the families of both the South Korean and the North Korean embassies have the same goal: to escape from Mogadishu.



Walk Up(2022)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 51

Byungsoo, a film director who goes with his daughter Jeongsu an aspiring interior designer, to a building owned by an old friend already established in the design field. She gives them a ...



Space Sweepers(2021)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 49

Set in the year 2092 and follows the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory. When they discover a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal.



Introduction(2021)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A young man travels from South Korea to Berlin to surprise his girlfriend.



The Novelist's Film(2022)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A female novelist takes a long trip to visit a bookstore run by a younger colleague who has fallen out of touch. Then she goes up a tower on her own and runs into a film director and his ...



Jung_E(2023)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 37

On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.



Hunt(2022)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 36

A spy movie based in the 1980s National Security Planning.



Aloners(2021)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A solitary woman re-evaluates her isolated existence after her neighbor dies alone in his apartment.



The Roundup(2022)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Followed by Ma Seok-do, who heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect. However, he discovers additional murder cases and learns about a killer who had committed crimes against tourists for many years.



Carter(2022)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 10

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"?



The Witch: Part 2. The Other One(2022)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 9

Kim Da-Mi, Min-soo Jo, Cynthia, Jin Goo,
Park Hoon-jung,

A girl wakes up in a secret laboratory and meets Kyung-hee, who is trying to protect her from a gang. When the gang finally finds the girl, they are overwhelmed by an unexpected power.



Seobok(2021)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 7

Ex intelligence agent Ki Heon is tasked with safely transporting Seo Bok, the first ever human clone, who holds the secret of eternal life. Several forces try to take control of Seo Bok to serve their own agendas.



The 8th Night(2021)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 6

With prayer beads in one hand and an ax in the other, a monk hunts down a millennia-old spirit that's possessing humans and unleashing hell on Earth.



Yaksha: Ruthless Operations(2022)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 5

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.



Hansan: Rising Dragon(2022)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Follow-up to 2014's The Admiral: Roaring Currents, which explores the historic Battle of Hansan Island.



Unlocked(2023)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Woo-hee Chun, Ell, Tim Dang, Si-wan Yim,
Tae-joon Kim,

A woman's life is turned upside-down when a dangerous man gets a hold of her lost cell phone and uses it to track her every move.



Sweet & Sour(2021)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 4

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




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