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Plot Summary:
Dae-guk, a nosy man from Apgujeong, and Ji-woo, a cold but skillful plastic surgeon, open a plastic surgery business in Gangnam. Dae-guk is an unemployed man who likes to pry into other people’s businesses.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
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Villain and Widow (2010)
Plot Summary:
Struggling to support herself and teenage daughter, widow Yeon-ju rents out the second floor of her home to Chang-In, who claims to be a novelist working on a new book. The neighbors suspect Chang-In's true identity, as he spends an inordinate time in Yeon-ju's quarters whenever he's left home alone. A battle of wits, charm and various tensions ensue with the trio living under one roof, each harboring their own elaborate motives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense
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DAEMUGA (2022)
Plot Summary:
Fake shaman Sin-nam is a 20-something graduate of a shaman school. Chung-dam is a real deal, who is possessed by a child god. And swindling shaman Sung-joon is a middle-aged, whose prime, along with the ghost inside him have all but left. The3 men battle their skills to seize redevelopment district and compete to be the best shaman.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
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My Sweet City (2008)
Plot Summary:
The friendship, romance, and professional lives of single women living in a big city.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Hi! Dharma 2: Showdown in Seoul (2004)
Plot Summary:
Following the last wish of an old master, three monks head to Seoul to rest his remains in the Mushim Temple. However, they discover that the heavily indebted host monk has abandoned the temple and its inhabitants. The three monks make every effort to help the temple by promoting it to the public and raising funds through donations. But just when things begin to look much brighter, a team of four gangsters reach the temple indicating their need to reclaim it for an urban redevelopment project.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min
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Behind Every Star (2022)
Plot Summary:
Agents at a talent management firm tackle strong personalities and office politics while keeping their celebrity clients happy and helping them shine.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
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Romantic Princess (2007)
Plot Summary:
Adopted by middle classed parents, Xiao Mai has always had a dream to be an heiress. Who knew that one day this dream would come true. Xiao Mai's biological grandfather is the head of a prestigous aristocratic family and after many years of searching, he finally finds his long lost granddaughter. As she starts her life as an heiress, everyday is filled with excitement, however, everything seems a bit different from what she had imagined them to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 72 min
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Perfection (2012)
Plot Summary:
Kristabelle, still living with her Mother cuts herself to feel alive. Her Mother, addicted to plastic surgery also cuts herself trying to maintain her youth. Through the help of a pot smoking young lover, a newly sober British stand up comic and Chinese medicine they all find that love can be more than skin deep.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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Marrying The Mafia III (2006)
Plot Summary:
This gangster comedy chronicles the White Tiger Family of Jeolla Province. Hong Deok-ja, head of the crime family, quits the syndicate to open a kimchi business after her son marries a prosecutor. She is pulled back into the crime family when the familiar member of the rival Axe Gang is released from prison and seeks revenge upon the White Tiger Family.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags:
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Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby Story (1999)
Plot Summary:
Biography of feuding advice columnist twins, Ann Landers and Abby Van Buren, starts with their early lives in Sioux City, Iowa when they were known as Esther and Pauline through their double wedding and follows them into their columnist successes. However, much of the film also concentrates on their personal and professional feuds that ran the course of their lives. Written by John Sacksteder.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Wild Animals (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two Korean ex-pats in Paris are recruited by a French mobster. The duo find themselves at war with their mobster recruiters and each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 933
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
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Broker (2022)
Plot Summary:
Sang-hyeon is the owner of a launderette and a volunteer at the nearby church, where his friend Dong-soo works. The two run an illegal business together: Sang-hyeon occasionally steals babies from the church's baby box with the help of Dong-soo, who deletes the church's CCTV footage that shows a baby was left there, and they sell them on the adoption black market. But when a young mother, So-young, comes back after having abandoned her baby, she discovers them and decides to go with them on a road-trip to interview the baby's potential infertile parents. Meanwhile, two detectives, Soo-jin and Detective Lee, are on their trail.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: road movie, tense, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, serious
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Seoul Vibe (2022)
Plot Summary:
Chasing speed, dreams and money, a team of drivers get involved in the slush fund investigation of a powerful figure during the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags:
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Samjin Company English Class (2020)
Plot Summary:
In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, disturbing, semi serious, comedy drama
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Start-Up (2019)
Plot Summary:
Taek-il recklessly leaves home, defying his mother who asks him to go to college. In the unfamiliar neighborhood, he happens to get a job as a delivery man for a Chinese restaurant. And he mingles with new people such as Geo-seok, a chef, and Kyung-ju, a boxer. Meanwhile, Sang-pil, a friend of Taek-il, enters the private loan business to make money. At first, it seems easy to make a big fortune, but soon he finds himself in pain as he faces unexpected things.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Squad 38 (2016)
Plot Summary:
As a reference to Article 38 which pertains to tax payments, this special police unit utilizes the criminals' own tactics of scams and deceit to catch rich tax cheats.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, detective
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Maggie (2018)
Plot Summary:
A couple’s hospital tryst is caught on X-Ray. Thinking she and her boyfriend are the ones in the compromising radiograph, nurse Yoon-young goes in the next day to resign only to find that everyone has called in sick except the head doctor.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, intelligent, independent film
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The Star (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three different persons, three different lives are connected in a mysterious way. 15 year old teenager suffering of misunderstanding, his glamorous and arrogant stepmother and the young untalented but full of optimism actress. Their destinies aren’t predetermined and their lives are very fragile.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: touching, uplifting, funny, ambiguous ending, anthology
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Familyhood (2016)
Plot Summary:
An aging actress is desperate to become a mother. In menopause and too controversial for legal adoption, she decides to illegally adopt from a pregnant teenager while publicly faking pregnancy. The ensuing media circus at first revitalizes her career but then threatens to grow out of control and destroy everything she cares about.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Day He Arrives (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sang-Joon is a professor in the film department at a provincial university. He goes to Seoul to meet his senior, Young-Ho, who works as a film critic. Sang-Joon stays in a northern village in Seoul for 3 days.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, black and white, poetic, crying
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Doomsday Book (2012)
Plot Summary:
In 'A Brave New World', a virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. In 'The Heavenly Creature', a robot reaches enlightenment while working at a temple, but its creators deem this phenomenon a threat to mankind. In the final segment, 'Happy Birthday', a young girl logs onto a strange website and places an order for a new billiard ball for her father. Soon afterwards a meteor heads toward Earth and people flee to underground bomb shelters.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, semi serious, tense, thought provoking, psychotronic, psychological, offbeat
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Proof of Innocence (2016)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced ex-cop, seeking revenge on his treacherous ex-partner, sticks his nose into a high-profile murder case. But in the process, he finds himself in conflict with much more powerful and dangerous forces.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama
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Azooma (2012)
Plot Summary:
A mother goes to extreme measures against her daughter's attacker after after feeling that the local law enforcement have failed her.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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Man On The Edge (2013)
Plot Summary:
What if your fate was changed with a blink? The double life of a gangster and a shaman starts now!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dae-gil has been skilled with his hands and has shown a strong desire for winning ever since he was a child. He will succeed his uncle and jump into the world of Tazza, risking his life in competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, twisted
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Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie (1997)
Plot Summary:
A compilation of episodes from the lives of several of the amateur actors' (who are 'bad teens' and the homeless of Seoul) own experiences, this film sheds light on the dark side of Korean society. Feeling alienated and persecuted, they wonder about and come into conflict with the 'good people' who persist in trying to reform them. They have their own reason for remaining as they are and resist attempts to reform them: they cannot change simply because they are bad.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: anthology, exciting, sincere, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, experimental, disturbing, controversial
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Love 911 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Mi-Soo misdiagnoses a patient after she meets the woman's husband, whom she assumes to be abusive. With his wife in grave condition, the man sues the hospital. Kang-Il is a widowed firefighter who overhears the situation and when he attempts to counsel the woman's husband, he is assaulted by him. When Mi-Soo learns about the confrontation, she tries to get Kang-Il to be a character witness for her and realizes that he may also be her true love.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious, sad, serious, emotional, realistic
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Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy Jae-hoon meets attractive writer Soo-jung through their mutual friend, filmmaker Young-soo. While Jae-hoon tries to pursue a romance with Soo-jung, things get complicated when it becomes apparent that Young-soo also has feelings for the young woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, romantic comedy, clever, black and white
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One on One (2014)
Plot Summary:
On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of them is you?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Twilight Gangsters (2010)
Plot Summary:
For eight years three grandmothers saved their money for a VIP tour packages to Hawaii. The grandmothers have all had difficult experiences and used their dream vacation as a beacon of hope in their lives. The grandmothers then go to the bank to wire their money, but at that moment the bank is held up by robbers. The grandmothers lose their savings and the bank can't offer any assistance. It is at this moment that the grandmothers set off track the robbers down themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Righteous Ties (2006)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric but faithful mafia, Chi-sung is sent to prison for his part in a gang fight. But when his parents are attacked by a rival mob and his own people take no action, he realizes that a decade of loyalty towards the gang has become futile. Determined to confront his own boss, he finds a way to escape from prison with his fellow inmates. Meanwhile, his friend Joo-joong is given the task to stop Chi-sung, forcing him to choose between the bond of friendship and loyalty towards the gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, satirical, disturbing