There’s really no other way to put this: If you’re any type of cinephile and you’re not watching Korean cinema by now, you’re behind. Far behind. And we’re not talking about Parasite (though it is an unimpeachably good place to start!) or a few episodes of Squid Game. We want you to embrace the entire industry.
Hollywood is just one of the world’s capitals of film. Over in South Korea, there’s a whole treasure trove of titles that will expand your international film expertise. But in the process of watching some of the greatest hits, you may recognize that America? It’s borrowing some source material pretty heavily from our friends abroad.
Netflix is keen on the seismic shift in States-side viewers’ appetites, to the point that they’ve been quietly stocking their library with Korean titles (and more than a few original concepts the streamer has developed). We’re here to answer the question of what you should start with that collection. These are 10 of the best Korean films available on Netflix. And keep your eyes open, friend, this is just the beginning.
1Tune in For Love
Inject a good rom com directly into my IV and call it a day. Tune in For Love is about two people who seem to fancy one another quite a bit—they share stories of their chance meeting on a radio station—but no matter how hard this missed connection tries to make good on what might have been, they falter.
2Night in Paradise
Mobster movie! (Kind of.) When a criminal relocates to the under-the-radar Jeju Island, he encounters a woman who has all but given up on her own life. What he doesn’t know is that she has just as much baggage as he.
3Lucid Dream
In Kim Jog-sun’s directorial debut, he tells the story of a man who attempts to relocate his missing son using lucid dreams.
4Psychokinesis
Scoot over, Marvel, it’s time for a new kind of superhero. Psychokinesis follows a bank security guard and father as he develops telekinetic superpowers. Like any good dad, he uses them to help his estranged daughter who needs his assistance more than she knows.
5Steel Rain
Steel Rain goes all the way in on the drama. The story follows a man who must escape North Korea with its leader after a coup is enacted and nuclear war becomes imminent.
6Forgotten
In this thriller, a man’s brother returns after disappearing via kidnapping. In the three weeks he was gone though, he’s seemingly lost all memory of who he is and what happened. His brother sets out to get justice and unpack everything that has become a mystery to his brother since.
7The Drug King
When a small time smuggler decides to wade into the big business of drugs, he finds himself at the top of the Japanese narcotics trade circuit—and, as one would have to imagine, that’s not a title that you hold forever.
8Snowpiercer
This class drama from Parasite director Bong Joon-ho takes place after the world’s second ice age, and is set almost entirely on a train. Yes, there are survivors, the poorest of which decide that it’s time to shake up who gets what in this new world.
9#Alive
Pandemic movie? Released in 2020? That’s what we have with #Alive. As a Korean city is ravaged by an unruly virus, a man alone in his apartment thinks hope is lost until he finds another survivor.
10The Call
What if you received a call from someone telling you that they can save your late father? What if you then learned that call was coming from… 20 years in the past? Hard to believe, but harder to resist.
Justin Kirkland Justin Kirkland is a writer for Esquire, where he focuses on entertainment, television, and pop culture.
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