South-Korea has arguably produced some of the most interesting filmmakers of this decade. Sadly, other lists on the web claim to list the best Korean films, but actually only mention a lot of commercially successful films. These films are like Hollywood films with a Korean flavor. But the art house scene in Korea is also flourishing. The Vore would like to give you a clearer look at which original and meaningful films came out of Korean cinema these past few years.
| South Korean movies | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Popular actors | Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton & Kelly Macdonald |
| Trending movies | Night Flight, U ri sunhi & Snowpiercer |
Anticipated 2017 South Korean movies to watch
Okja (Wednesday June 28, 2017)
Director Bong Joon Ho Release 28 Jun 2017 
Okja stars Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito.
Okja deals with the meat industry by portraying it as a thing only evil movie characters can come up with, making it extra to painful to fathom it is the actual harsh reality. ...Read more
Amazon The Day After (Wednesday June 7, 2017)
Director Sang-soo Hong Cast Yunhee ChoKi Joabang
Min-hee Kim
Bongwan is a publisher in Seoul. He has just ended an affair with a co-worker that has left the publishing company. When a new colleague arrives, Bongwan's wife mistakes her for his secret lover. A new film by prolific South-Korean filmmaker Sang-soo Hong, whose work is often similar to the late Eric Rohmer's romantic dramas from the 70's/80's. ...Read more
Okja (Thursday July 6, 2017)
Director Joon-ho Bong Cast Lily CollinsJake Gyllenhaal
Tilda Swinton
Promising upcoming project by Joon-ho Bong (Snowpiercer, The Host). Not much known yet, but supposedly it's about a young girl trying to prevent an evil enterprise from kidnapping her friend. Which is some kind of huge monster. Sounds interesting enough. And then there's the cast: Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton are confirmed....Read more
Best South Korean movies on Netflix or DVD in 2017 & 2016
2010's best rated South Korean movies out on DVD, Bluray or streaming on VOD (Netflix, Amazon).Night Flight (Thursday August 28, 2014)
Director Hee-il Leesong Cast LLurvance Bass,Si-Yang Kwak
Yong-hwa Ryu
Not quite as good as Leesong Hee-il’s White Night below, but Ya-gan-bi-haeng or Night Flight is a rather interesting film, continuing to establish Hee-il as a poetic yet coldish filmmaker. Like 2012’s White Night it is yet again a very unromantic film about gay men, oppressing social structures, and the loneliness of being human. It might sound like a bit of a drag, but the little hint of hope underneath the surface makes it an enjoyable watch....Read more
The Wailing (Friday February 12, 2016)
Director Hong-jin Na Cast Jun KunimuraJung-min Hwang
Do-won Kwak
The Wailing is unlike anything you have seen this year; a wildly entertaining, funny and creepy film about a detective trying to resolve a murder (and many other strange things) in rural South Korea. What starts out as a fairly conventional whodunnit quickly turns into a rollercoaster of black humor, exorcism and gore. ...Read more
Snowpiercer (Friday July 11, 2014)
Director Joon-ho Bong Cast Chris EvansJamie Bell
Tilda Swinton
The story is set in a time of future where the life on earth has been decimated barring a few lucky passengers who travel on a...Read more
U ri sunhi (Thursday September 12, 2013)
Director Sang-soo Hong Cast Yu-mi JungSun-kyun Lee
Jae-yeong Jeong |
Still the best South-Korean film of the 2010’s, Our Sunhi. Sunhi goes back to the film school she graduated from. There she encounters old friends....Read more
Baek-ya (Thursday November 15, 2012)
Director Hee-il Leesong Cast Hyun-sung KimYi-Kyeong Lee
Tae-hee Won
After a prolonged interval of time, a man returns to korea from abroad; the events unfold as he meets his lover whom he had left...Read more
Moebius (Thursday July 6, 2017)
Director Ki-duk Kim Cast Jae-hyeon JoYeong-ju Seo
Eun-woo Lee
Dark and almost devoid of dialogue, Moebius. A truly haunting and disturbing film. It was first banned in South-Korea but was later accepted. The film is difficult to sum up, but in its essence it is about a father who goes after his desires, and a about a son who wants what his father has....Read more
- Best South Korean TV Series out in 2017 on Netflix & on TV
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