@@joeygonzo thanks for the ideas. i choosed new world and the suspect, im thinking if i should download the commitment cause the trailer doesnt looks like much action but i will look at it.
The Throne, The Face Reader, Blood Rain, The Yellow Sea (in your list), Lucid Dream, The forgotten, Bluebeard, The Royal Tailor, The Masquerade, The Classified File and the list goes on...on...and on. Korean Filmmaker always emphasized a lot on the storyline, eye for detail and lures the viewer towards the journey of diversion subconsciously which is BRILLIANT! Always enjoyed their fantastic, brilliant and mind-boggling movies. Thank you to all those involved in the Korean Film Industry. Best wishes from Malaysia!
I love South Korean cinema, they have made some of the best movies I've seen. I Saw the Devil The Chaser The Wailing Memoir of a Murderer Old Boy Memories of Murder The Man from Nowhere New World No Tears for the Dead War of the Arrows The Tiger The Admiral The Throne The Host Mother Parasite Flu Train to Busan The Divine Move Coin Locker Girl And a lot more
Confession of Murder, War of Arrows, JSA, Monster, JSA, Bad Guy, Isle 2000, Beasts Clawing At Straws, House of Hummingbird, Peppermint Candy, Madonna , The Good The Bad The Weird, Miracle in 7th Cell
You had quite a few of my favorites on your list: Mother, Breathless, The Man from Nowhere, Oldboy and I Saw the Devil. Hands down, the two most brutal, brutal, BRUTAL films I've EVER SEEN are Breathless and I Saw the Devil. I don't know HOW they made these films without someone actually dying. Breathless is a film that is so hard to watch and yet is one of the most heart-wrenching, heartfelt movies out there. Great job on this list.
@@finessenoprod I saw this movie. Violent n depressing.lesson learn, never treat someone too badly, u never know some humans r demons, they will take revenge unexpectedly.
The top 10 best Korean Thriller Movies in the past decade are: 1. Confessions of a Murderer 2. I Saw The Devil 3. The Wailing 4. Memoir of a Murderer 5. A Man From Nowhere 6. The Chaser 7. The Yellow Sea 8. Inside men 9. Traffickers 10. Mother
My favorite list so far from Korea is; Train to Busan, The Battleship Island, Kingdom 1 and 2 and hopefully I will love Peninsula as well when I can watch it in HD. What I love about Korean movies and series is that they mostly get me out on the edge of my seat!
I love Korean film ...Love from Romania ...my top is : The Chaser (2008) The Man from Nowhere (2010) Mother (2009) I Saw the Devil (2010) No Mercy 2010 Memoir of a Murderer 2017 Broken 2014 Cold Eyes 2013 Bedevilled (2010) Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da 2014 Hwanghae 2010 Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012) The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019) The Prison (2017) Chronicles of Evil 2015 V.I.P. 2017 New World 2013 Operation Red Sea 2018 Operation Mekong 2016 Forgotten 2017 Illang: The Wolf Brigade 2018 Yong-eui-ja 2013 Outrage Believer 2018 Eui-roi-in (The Client) 2011 A Better Tomorrow 2018 ...see all The Villainess 2017 Gongjo 2017 No Tears for the Dead 2014 . ...i have low batery ... last movie is ..Blind 2011
Might as well start early if you are going to get introduced to Korean cinima. Peppermint Candy, JSA, Shiri, Friend , A Bittersweet Life, Old Boy. AND the funniest movie of all time , My Sassy Girl
Wow! Jo In-sung's A Dirty Carnival, The King and The Classic are included in your list. I love all of his movies. You may also include Park Seo Jun's Midnight Runners and Chronicles of Evil. They are both good movies.
Hello from the east coast of the United States and thank you for this great list. And for speaking clearly and ONLY about the films. Many narrators go on and on about nonsense. You don’t. So I will subscribe to TCK since I enjoy Korean film (and some of your tv series‘). I only discovered Korean film 2 or 3 years ago, so I’ve only seen a few things, like “Memoir of a Murderer” “Gap Dong,” “Mother,” “OldBoy,” “Parasite,” “The Handmaid,” “MonsterBoy” and a few lesser known mysteries. So I really appreciate knowing about these five critically acclaimed movies. I will watch them next to keep me from going stir crazy in this pandemic. Thank you..
May all time faves,: A bittersweet life, the man from nowhere A company Man The chaser I saw the devil The outlaws The Gangster, the cop and the devil A hard day No Tears for the dead
Thank you for the recommendations. I love great movies. I love the ones you feel compelled to watch over and over like it's a puzzle where you have identified most pieces, and then that moment when everything comes together. Then you watch the movie again, and you realize that there was a whole other layer of meaning expertly woven throughout, and there is the next moment that second layer comes together. That is how I feel about Korean Cinema. I admit. I came to Korean film because I love good horror movies and I'd been told that with Korea's history, mythology and beliefs, their horror movies were a world away from the American horror scene. A friend suggested OldBoy. That was my introduction to Korean Cinema. We talk about how crazy it is to just jump into the deep end of the pool and force yourself to swim, or die. Jumping in with OldBoy is just like that. It made me think of the first time I saw Pulp Fiction. Both movies shook me so hard, I had to take a few months and just stay away from the whole genre, till I felt ok to go on again, with horror and crime dramas. I went on to watch many more movies, and then Netflix had a series called Bad Guys, which I watched thinking I'd move on after a few minutes. The very first episode had me 100%. When I looked for info on it, I could only find articles about Season 2, Bad Guys: Vile City. I was so sad. I had come to REALLY love the characters in the first season, but this was centered around a different cast with a similar theme. Bad Guys starts with us looking at the city through the eyes of one of their best detectives, but when his daughter is murdered, he dies inside. The series talks a lot about how society used to be, that once thete was respect and safety but criminals have taken everything. The chief of police is effected by a terrible crime, so he finds the detective and asks him to come back, choose his own team, and best these criminals at their own game. If they won't respect rules and authority, then they would get on their level and beat them outside of the system they are trying to destroy, and show criminals what happens if police don't have to play by a different set of rules. It's kind of Dirty Harry/Josie Wales meets Seven Samarai. Each of the criminals is told that by helping get these gangs off the streets, they will have time taken from their sentences, and they can have a chance to earn back honor. We also see the criminals recruited to be on the task force had values, or were forced into bad choices, but at heart they are all good men who are haunted by what they have done, with a major mystery centered on a young genius who might be a serial killer, but can't remember anything. The group just calls him "psycho". I enjoy the Korean sense of humor, and notice there is often a character who seems to be a bit of a clown or buffoon. Anyway, I liked it. I am waiting until I can see Parasite on a big screen so I've avoided all news about it. I'm saving it up like a treasure. I only have a laptop, so I want to see it with friends on a HD TV.
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Big thumbs up to the movie list! Gotta catch em all haha. Masquerade (2012) played by Lee Byung hun was great too :) What about a review on the movie Parasite, the first Palmed’Or winning Korean film?
Yeah, the Koreans have been knocking it out of the park for the past decade or two. I liked that four seasons one "Spring, Summer... and Spring" a lot, and then of course Parasite. They often go for melodrama but I'd say it suits them pretty well.
Coming from a guy whose into Acting/Voice Acting. I would say for me in my list of movies The Man From Nowhere is my First, Second, is Running Wild, and Third I would say. The Witch: Part 1 The Subversion. I feel like the Witch is a combination of The Matrix, X-MEN, and John Wick Combined into one. Especially, when you have music by Kenji Kawai in one of the films. He is one of my favorite film composers. I have two soundtracks from him which are rare!
Mostly all action movies are heart chasing it increases the speed of heart per minute so fast. you have to give yourself cpr...hit your heart to control the fast paced heartbeat. Excellently done which is presented the movies...all though I was finding a remake in korean movie of one english movie...and I enjoyed/understood korean movie better way.
Thank you for the recommendations I will check them out for sure. I have become a huge fan of Korean Cinema ever since Parasite blew my mind. I moved on to Burning, Barking Dogs Never Bite and Train to Busan. I've seen many others but these have been the stand outs so far.
What about "Castaway On The Moon" ? One of my all time favorites. Would love to know any recommendations for similar movies, that are more humorous. Looking forward to watching some of these action thrillers though. Thanks!
@@Koreaground Yes, I did! Not just once but on numerous occasions. I really am a big fan of Korean movie makers and writers --- they think out of the box while writing scripts for story-based movies although, most of them generally draw inspiration from true events, still the manner in which they depict these events well complemented by realistic screenplay (zero extra effects) makes watching them a very enjoyable experience. I can only recall the names of 5-6 of all the Hollywood movies that I've watched, but with the Korean ones I remember them all, even the plots and characters. I'd be glad if i can get movies recommendation from you --- list them down. Thank You!
@@arhaanchettri95 1. The Housemaid 1960 2. Our Twisted Hero 1992 3. No. 3 1997 4. Beat 1997 5. Green Fish 1997 6. Swiri 1998 7. Peppermint Candy 1999 8. Attack The Gas Station! 1999 9. Joint Security Area 2000 10. My Sassy Girl 2001 11. Friend 2001 12. Failan 2001 13. Memories of Murder2003 14. Oldboy 2003 15. A Tale of Two Sisters 2003 16. The Classic 2003 17. TaeGukGi: Brotherhood of War 2003 18. The President's Last Bang 2004 19. The Big Swindle 2004 20. A Bittersweet Life 2005 21. Welcome to Dongmakgol 2005 22. A Dirty Carnival 2006 23. The War of Flower 2006 24. Breathless 2008 25. Beastie Boys 2008 26. The Chaser 2008 27. Mother 2009 28. Hahaha 2009 29. The Unjust 2010 30. The Man from Nowhere 2010 31. I saw the Devil 2010 32. Secret Reunion 2010 33. Bleak Night 2010 34. The Yellow Sea 2010 35. Nameless Ganster : Rules of Time 2011 36. Punch 2011 37. Architecture 101 2012 38. Traffickers 2012 39. New World 2012 40. Pieta 2012 41. A Hard Day 2013 42. The Terror, LIVE 2013 43. Gangnam Blues 2014 44. Inside Men 2015 45. Veteran 2015 46. The Handmaiden 2016 47. The Wailing 2016 48. The King 2016 49. The Outlaws 2017 50. Dark Figure of Crime 2018
@@Koreaground I had just begun watching them in the chronological order but got stucked after the second one. The movie No 3 (1997) is quite difficult to find online; I scanned the Internet multiple times yet no traces of it were visible to my eyes barring a couple of videos and some posters. Is it available elsewhere?
@El Chriss try movies like new world, JSA, Mother, Tae guk gi, The good the bad the weird, the unjust, miracle in cell no.7,forgotten, Ode to my father, handmaiden, a hard day... You won't be disappointed
@El Chriss Try to watch action Movie i highly recommend to u A part on my list. Hehehe Fubricated City The Villainess The BattleShip Island The Exit Extreme Job The Negotiable Ashfall The Witch Operation Red Sea ( Chinese Movie) Along with the Gods part 1 and 2 also.. All of these available at Kissasian or Dramacool for Eng-Sub and HD Standard bro
@@Low.eyees69 memories of murder, A hard day, confession of murder, montage,no mercy(2009),mother,asura:City of madness, the unjust, inside men(political)...
Just happen to saw this vids. Havent tried watching any of your lists, thanks anyway, i will try to watch them all, hopefully they arr all available in netflix. However, i love korean movies. They are all worth watching.. it started started when i discovered lee seung gi during this pandemic. And the rest is history
Wew, man, The Chaser was sure a gory one to watch. Love Memories of Murder, I Saw The Devil, New World, The Suspect and a ton others. Korea cinema rules! 🇰🇷
Best Korean Action Movie best for me Fubricated City The Villainess The BattleShip Island The Exit Extreme Job The Negotiable Ashfall The Witch A man from. Nowhere Operation Red Sea ( Chinese Movie) Along with the Gods part 1 and 2 also.. All of these available at Kissasian or Dramacool for Eng-Sub and HD Standard bro
I've been a big fan of Korean cinema since the early 00's, have seen 43 on the list of 50, for me S Koreans hve been making the best movies in the world for almost 20 years now. They could even take the zombie movie genre and created something fresh and original in Train to Busan. In fact, the only genre they can't seem to do right is comedy, for some reason actors overact in Asian comedies, they tend to act as if it were theatre, and the style of humor is usually situational, the kind of comedy children like, people tripping over stuff, cakes thrown in people's faces and such.
Oh wow...43/50... These are my thoughts about comedy movies. For Korean movies to do extremely well in the box office, it needs to be funny but also touching...I agree that there aren't that many comedy-only movies like the States...movies like Superbad, Pineapple Express, we don't have many of those. But movies like Veteran, Extreme Job, Sunny, Miracle in Cell No. 7., The Outlaws, All these movies did extremely well in the Box Office and all have a lot of comedy in them. Twenty is a great straight-up comedy movie, so I highly recommend that. Probably the closest Korea is going to get to proper comedy movie...
@@Koreaground Extreme Job was billed as comedy, Veteran and The Outlaws are thrillers with bits of comedic relief, as most movies, drama seems to work better with some contrast and you can't keep the audience tense for the entire movie. My problem with Korean comedies, most Asian comedies in fact, is something else, though, it's the theatricality of acting, there's too much pathos in them, like in comedies from the 1950s and I'm having trouble understanding why other genres can be acted with such perfect calibration, minimalism even, as tends to be the style these days, but not comedies.
very good point...makes me wonder, too. I have some thoughts on why (being a Korean and living in Korea right now) but it's just a personal thought. Our society and our lives are way too serious and competitive to have writers like Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen. And those movies won't be funded, either...Just a personal thought...
@@Koreaground Well, I've done some reading on this and the perception seems to be that while some white people appreciate subtler, "character" comedy, most people and especially minorities prefer simple, situational humor due to their limitations in abstract thinking. This is supposed to be further demonstrated by the lack of original words for abstract phenomena in non-white languages, it's either borrowed words or attempts to convert abstract into concrete. For instance in African languages (and in Arabic) there's no word for I promise, and when they do make a word, it's something like your feet being bound. It's a bit tone deaf, I know, but more importantly, it doesn't make sense in the case of South Koreans and the Chinese as they have some of the higher mean IQs in the world, if anything their humor (and language) should be among the most sophisticated of all. And I've actually heard that there is a style of Chinese stand up comedy that is almost entirely based on word play, on puns, Chinese being a tonal language seems to offer many opportunities, but that stuff is untranslatable and we probably couldn't recognize its quality even if we saw it.
Headshot, Merah Putih Memanggil, 22 Menit, Gundala, Message Man, Foxtrot Six are also a gem of a movie, I suggets give it a shot. Of course, Raid 1 and 2 need no introduction.
@@Koreaground yeah I've seen both of them, I wanted to watch no.3 and shiri, I can't find those anywhere, could you tell me where to find those? Please
Please do a video on the most scariest korean horror movies. Preferably female lead ghost. I haven’t come across any scary horror movies for a long time besides: The Eye (Asia version) Eye 2 ( Asia version) Shutter (Thai version) The Maid ( Singapore) Inner Senses ( Hong Kong) Rule Number 1 (Hong Kong) I have seen the Grudge and the Ring series both Hollywood and Japanese version, conjuring series and Dark water and I am in search for a really scary one. Please note that I only want to see Ghost as in spirit and paranormal movies, not zombies, vampires or slasher movies because they are not scary at all
Due to the “Stay Home Order” I get to watch some of the best Korean movies. Too many to list. I will mention a few A Taxi Driver Punch Champion The Attorney Joint Security Area Miracle in Cell #7 My Annoying Brother Always Swing Kids My Paparotti Departure (JAPANESE) Handmaiden Marathon Masquerade Hwayi: The Monster Boy New Trial Spellbound My P.S. Partner Juror 8 Tunnel
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1. Man from nowhere
2. Veteran
3. Outlaw
4. The yellow sea
5. Secret reunion
You are welcome
Thank you so much. can you suggest me a great korean movie, like the veteran,train to busan 1 & 2, #alive, the gangster the cop the devil, exit.
@@davepar1999 Friend, Dirty Carnival, New World, A Bittersweet Life, Suspect, Commitment, Memories of Murder, Confession of Murder, Old Boy, Asura
@@joeygonzo I will filter it out cause i dont like some of it cause its not family friendly :p
@@joeygonzo thanks for the ideas. i choosed new world and the suspect, im thinking if i should download the commitment cause the trailer doesnt looks like much action but i will look at it.
Man from nowhere ka link do n yaar
The Throne, The Face Reader, Blood Rain, The Yellow Sea (in your list), Lucid Dream, The forgotten, Bluebeard, The Royal Tailor, The Masquerade, The Classified File and the list goes on...on...and on. Korean Filmmaker always emphasized a lot on the storyline, eye for detail and lures the viewer towards the journey of diversion subconsciously which is BRILLIANT! Always enjoyed their fantastic, brilliant and mind-boggling movies. Thank you to all those involved in the Korean Film Industry. Best wishes from Malaysia!
A hidden gem on Netflix: The Forgotten
Forgotten MasterPiece
I watched it yesterday its so fuckingg good
Ya superb movie i'hv ever seen , one of the best.
Plz Anyone can give me the movie link😥😥😥
Agreed!
Korean scriptwriters really makes a very GOOD stories whether it is a comedy, horror, romantic and others!
I love how you narrate every movies , the "make sure no (too much) spoilers" thing is effective.
I love South Korean cinema, they have made some of the best movies I've seen.
I Saw the Devil
The Chaser
The Wailing
Memoir of a Murderer
Old Boy
Memories of Murder
The Man from Nowhere
New World
No Tears for the Dead
War of the Arrows
The Tiger
The Admiral
The Throne
The Host
Mother
Parasite
Flu
Train to Busan
The Divine Move
Coin Locker Girl
And a lot more
Confession of Murder, War of Arrows, JSA, Monster, JSA, Bad Guy, Isle 2000, Beasts Clawing At Straws, House of Hummingbird, Peppermint Candy, Madonna , The Good The Bad The Weird, Miracle in 7th Cell
PANDORA
You had quite a few of my favorites on your list: Mother, Breathless, The Man from Nowhere, Oldboy and I Saw the Devil. Hands down, the two most brutal, brutal, BRUTAL films I've EVER SEEN are Breathless and I Saw the Devil. I don't know HOW they made these films without someone actually dying. Breathless is a film that is so hard to watch and yet is one of the most heart-wrenching, heartfelt movies out there. Great job on this list.
May I know where u watch breathless?
@@finessenoprod Thankyou.
@@finessenoprod I honestly dun like movie to be too bloody.i may search for the movie later.
@@finessenoprod I saw this movie. Violent n depressing.lesson learn, never treat someone too badly, u never know some humans r demons, they will take revenge unexpectedly.
The Yellow See is one of my favourite movie ever. Ha Jung Woo is an unbelievable actor ❤️
The Yellow Sea, Absolute Gem
Great list. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Phone and Save the Green Planet are something to check out as well.
I was *utterly* impressed by Yoo Jin Gu in the movie _Hwayi_ . His acting was outstanding!!
1. The man from Nowhere (2010)
2. Veteran (2015)
3. The Outlaws (2017)
4. The Yellow Sea (2010)
5. Secret Reunion (2010)
The Handmaiden is incredible.
hell yeah
I watched already, all what's in your list of 50 movies you have recommended😁.
The top 10 best Korean Thriller Movies in the past decade are:
1. Confessions of a Murderer
2. I Saw The Devil
3. The Wailing
4. Memoir of a Murderer
5. A Man From Nowhere
6. The Chaser
7. The Yellow Sea
8. Inside men
9. Traffickers
10. Mother
Where is oldboy ?
My favorite list so far from Korea is; Train to Busan, The Battleship Island, Kingdom 1 and 2 and hopefully I will love Peninsula as well when I can watch it in HD. What I love about Korean movies and series is that they mostly get me out on the edge of my seat!
Watch oldboy and I saw the devil. I promise you they are insane, but they are really hard movies and not for people who have a soft character
@@Starplaya great picks!
Don't forget their unbelievable acting they put in their roles. America need to take notes
I love Korean film ...Love from Romania ...my top is :
The Chaser (2008)
The Man from Nowhere (2010)
Mother (2009)
I Saw the Devil (2010)
No Mercy 2010
Memoir of a Murderer 2017
Broken 2014
Cold Eyes 2013
Bedevilled (2010)
Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da 2014
Hwanghae 2010
Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)
The Prison (2017)
Chronicles of Evil 2015
V.I.P. 2017
New World 2013
Operation Red Sea 2018
Operation Mekong 2016
Forgotten 2017
Illang: The Wolf Brigade 2018
Yong-eui-ja 2013
Outrage
Believer 2018
Eui-roi-in (The Client) 2011
A Better Tomorrow 2018 ...see all
The Villainess 2017
Gongjo 2017
No Tears for the Dead 2014 .
...i have low batery ... last movie is ..Blind 2011
Operation Red Sea is a Chinese movie tho
Seen 70% of all but I can't find many in eng sub
out law
inside men
A hard day
The negotiation
confession of murder
duelist best choreography,scenography and best soundtrack. it's a crime to miss that movie
What the fuck is this
I just watched Tunnel another true Korean hit! Loved it. Man from nowhere is my Man of fire favorite👍
Might as well start early if you are going to get introduced to Korean cinima. Peppermint Candy, JSA, Shiri, Friend , A Bittersweet Life, Old Boy. AND the funniest movie of all time , My Sassy Girl
Veteran was sooo Good. The fight scenes were so realistic. Yoo Ah-In one of the best, if not the best Korean actor.
"The Thieves" was released in 2012, is a great movie also.
Ive seen 100's but my top 5:
1. I Saw The Devil
2. A Tale Of Two Sisters
3. Freind
4. The Outlaws
5. Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
1. Memories of Murder
2. Old Boy
3. Memoir of a Murderer
4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring
5. I Saw the Devil
Thanks for drawing my attention to these movies! :-)
I'm forever in love with Won Bin.
Wow! Jo In-sung's A Dirty Carnival, The King and The Classic are included in your list. I love all of his movies. You may also include Park Seo Jun's Midnight Runners and Chronicles of Evil. They are both good movies.
what is The King? Can't find it
@@khnykaq8823 you can watch it in kissassian or dramacool
@@carlocruzat2984 didn't find it there. Any link?
Korean movies are criminally underated and underexposed
Hello from the east coast of the United States and thank you for this great list. And for speaking clearly and ONLY about the films. Many narrators go on and on about nonsense. You don’t. So I will subscribe to TCK since I enjoy Korean film (and some of your tv series‘).
I only discovered Korean film 2 or 3 years ago, so I’ve only seen a few things, like “Memoir of a Murderer” “Gap Dong,” “Mother,” “OldBoy,” “Parasite,” “The Handmaid,” “MonsterBoy” and a few lesser known mysteries. So I really appreciate knowing about these five critically acclaimed movies. I will watch them next to keep me from going stir crazy in this pandemic. Thank you..
3. "Yellow Sea", yes.
2. "I saw the devil"
1. ofc, always "Oldboy"
But, there are so many more! 👍
I’ve seen I saw the Devil and it was excellent. Have you seen, Time To Hunt?
@@keithrushing351 Not yet, I've been distracted from films the last few years...
May all time faves,:
A bittersweet life,
the man from nowhere
A company Man
The chaser
I saw the devil
The outlaws
The Gangster, the cop and the devil
A hard day
No Tears for the dead
Cold eyes
Old boy
Nameless gangster
Olympian God dirty carnival best one
Nice list. Watch No mercy also. Great suspense thriller.
In watches most films in RUclips Korean eng sub ..... Searches ...list all names u all think I should watch
love the recommendations. thanks! man from nowhere and veteran are indeed masterpieces!
Thank you for the recommendations. I love great movies. I love the ones you feel compelled to watch over and over like it's a puzzle where you have identified most pieces, and then that moment when everything comes together. Then you watch the movie again, and you realize that there was a whole other layer of meaning expertly woven throughout, and there is the next moment that second layer comes together. That is how I feel about Korean Cinema. I admit. I came to Korean film because I love good horror movies and I'd been told that with Korea's history, mythology and beliefs, their horror movies were a world away from the American horror scene.
A friend suggested OldBoy. That was my introduction to Korean Cinema. We talk about how crazy it is to just jump into the deep end of the pool and force yourself to swim, or die. Jumping in with OldBoy is just like that. It made me think of the first time I saw Pulp Fiction. Both movies shook me so hard, I had to take a few months and just stay away from the whole genre, till I felt ok to go on again, with horror and crime dramas.
I went on to watch many more movies, and then Netflix had a series called Bad Guys, which I watched thinking I'd move on after a few minutes. The very first episode had me 100%. When I looked for info on it, I could only find articles about Season 2, Bad Guys: Vile City. I was so sad. I had come to REALLY love the characters in the first season, but this was centered around a different cast with a similar theme.
Bad Guys starts with us looking at the city through the eyes of one of their best detectives, but when his daughter is murdered, he dies inside.
The series talks a lot about how society used to be, that once thete was respect and safety but criminals have taken everything. The chief of police is effected by a terrible crime, so he finds the detective and asks him to come back, choose his own team, and best these criminals at their own game. If they won't respect rules and authority, then they would get on their level and beat them outside of the system they are trying to destroy, and show criminals what happens if police don't have to play by a different set of rules. It's kind of Dirty Harry/Josie Wales meets Seven Samarai. Each of the criminals is told that by helping get these gangs off the streets, they will have time taken from their sentences, and they can have a chance to earn back honor. We also see the criminals recruited to be on the task force had values, or were forced into bad choices, but at heart they are all good men who are haunted by what they have done, with a major mystery centered on a young genius who might be a serial killer, but can't remember anything. The group just calls him "psycho".
I enjoy the Korean sense of humor, and notice there is often a character who seems to be a bit of a clown or buffoon. Anyway, I liked it.
I am waiting until I can see Parasite on a big screen so I've avoided all news about it. I'm saving it up like a treasure. I only have a laptop, so I want to see it with friends on a HD TV.
war of the arrows.. masquerade.. and many more.. Korean movies are awesome, quality film makers... love from the PH..
Im surprised noone mention Miracle in Cell No. 7, one of the best movies of all time, even spurned many remakes as well
I know Korean moves are great and I was looking for a start! Thanks for the recommendation.
The man from nowhere..... I have watched that movie many times..... One of the best ♥️♥️💚💚
The yellow sea is absolutely brilliant.
Top 5 movie of mine, period
yes
Great video!
Thanks😀👍
I haven't watched "the yellow sea" other 4 movies I have watched and they are mind blowing.
memories of murders , the greatest crime thriller i ever watched
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I completely agree!! It should be number one due to the fact it is based on a true story
@@shanz8650 ath real story aanu bro
Aa kalath kolayaliye kandu pidikan kazhinjitilla
Climax explanation njan ente channelil ittitund onn kerinoku
Ee channelil thanne vaishnow
Have seen i saw the devil ? Its more great i think...
@@attharkblackboy nah
Veteran and The Outlaws were the bomb. Yoo Ah and In and Ma Dong - 2 top kdramas actors. Veteran fight scenes were so tight. Very engaging movie.
Where can I see these movies!?
The Yellow sea is the best action I’ve ever seen.. HA JUNG WOO👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 👍👍👍 Yoo ah in , Won Bin and Gang dong won movie is awesome too👍 Nice Ranking!!!!
Big thumbs up to the movie list! Gotta catch em all haha. Masquerade (2012) played by Lee Byung hun was great too :)
What about a review on the movie Parasite, the first Palmed’Or winning Korean film?
Totally forgot about Masquerade!
And yes, i plan to review Parasite in the near future 👍👍👍 Thank you ☺️
@Vibeeshan Pillai A/L S. Gopalan ff erotica ??? lol. That turned you on ?
@Vibeeshan Pillai A/L S. Gopalan ff i wouldn't comment if i had hadn't watched it idiot
Yeah, the Koreans have been knocking it out of the park for the past decade or two. I liked that four seasons one "Spring, Summer... and Spring" a lot, and then of course Parasite. They often go for melodrama but I'd say it suits them pretty well.
Coming from a guy whose into Acting/Voice Acting. I would say for me in my list of movies The Man From Nowhere is my First, Second, is Running Wild, and Third I would say. The Witch: Part 1 The Subversion. I feel like the Witch is a combination of The Matrix, X-MEN, and John Wick Combined into one. Especially, when you have music by Kenji Kawai in one of the films. He is one of my favorite film composers. I have two soundtracks from him which are rare!
Mostly all action movies are heart chasing it increases the speed of heart per minute so fast. you have to give yourself cpr...hit your heart to control the fast paced heartbeat. Excellently done which is presented the movies...all though I was finding a remake in korean movie of one english movie...and I enjoyed/understood korean movie better way.
Thank you for the recommendations I will check them out for sure. I have become a huge fan of Korean Cinema ever since Parasite blew my mind. I moved on to Burning, Barking Dogs Never Bite and Train to Busan. I've seen many others but these have been the stand outs so far.
Watch Veteran and Chicago Typewriter, Kill Me Heal Me, The King - Lee Min Ho and Itaewon Class
Please watch oldboy and I saw the devil
The Yellow Sea is the best movie I've ever seen.
great list bro! all are wonderful. very good taste
What about "Castaway On The Moon" ? One of my all time favorites. Would love to know any recommendations for similar movies, that are more humorous. Looking forward to watching some of these action thrillers though. Thanks!
Yeah COM was so good..
Watch, A Taxi driver
Masquerade
Harmonium in my memory
@@friedsushi_ Thanks!
Excellent. Now I got few more movies to watch 🤗
Loved the video, mate!
Can you do a list for every genre?
Thriller, comedy, action, etc
Up and coming actors and actresses would be nice too
Thanks for your suggestion!
@@Koreaground great job on this vid...well done!
you know any more good old asian war movies like the great battle 2018 or Red cliff 2008 part 1 and 2 ?
For me the best korean movie is:
Train To Busan (no matter how many times I watch it, I always cry)
The man from nowhere and the chaser are my fav on this list
The man from no where and the yellow sea are my favorite Korean movies.
Veteran n the outlaws was so good!!!! 👍
I caught the movie New World while it was free on RUclips. Extremely good film!
The Yellow Sea was an engrossing movie from beginning to the end --- one of my all time favourites.
Same here...very good script.
Have you seen Director Na Hong Jin's other movies? Like Chaser and the wailing.
Both are great movies, too~!
@@Koreaground Yes, I did! Not just once but on numerous occasions. I really am a big fan of Korean movie makers and writers --- they think out of the box while writing scripts for story-based movies although, most of them generally draw inspiration from true events, still the manner in which they depict these events well complemented by realistic screenplay (zero extra effects) makes watching them a very enjoyable experience. I can only recall the names of 5-6 of all the Hollywood movies that I've watched, but with the Korean ones I remember them all, even the plots and characters.
I'd be glad if i can get movies recommendation from you --- list them down. Thank You!
@@arhaanchettri95
1. The Housemaid 1960
2. Our Twisted Hero 1992
3. No. 3 1997
4. Beat 1997
5. Green Fish 1997
6. Swiri 1998
7. Peppermint Candy 1999
8. Attack The Gas Station! 1999
9. Joint Security Area 2000
10. My Sassy Girl 2001
11. Friend 2001
12. Failan 2001
13. Memories of Murder2003
14. Oldboy 2003
15. A Tale of Two Sisters 2003
16. The Classic 2003
17. TaeGukGi: Brotherhood of War 2003
18. The President's Last Bang 2004
19. The Big Swindle 2004
20. A Bittersweet Life 2005
21. Welcome to Dongmakgol 2005
22. A Dirty Carnival 2006
23. The War of Flower 2006
24. Breathless 2008
25. Beastie Boys 2008
26. The Chaser 2008
27. Mother 2009
28. Hahaha 2009
29. The Unjust 2010
30. The Man from Nowhere 2010
31. I saw the Devil 2010
32. Secret Reunion 2010
33. Bleak Night 2010
34. The Yellow Sea 2010
35. Nameless Ganster : Rules of Time 2011
36. Punch 2011
37. Architecture 101 2012
38. Traffickers 2012
39. New World 2012
40. Pieta 2012
41. A Hard Day 2013
42. The Terror, LIVE 2013
43. Gangnam Blues 2014
44. Inside Men 2015
45. Veteran 2015
46. The Handmaiden 2016
47. The Wailing 2016
48. The King 2016
49. The Outlaws 2017
50. Dark Figure of Crime 2018
@@Koreaground I had just begun watching them in the chronological order but got stucked after the second one. The movie No 3 (1997) is quite difficult to find online; I scanned the Internet multiple times yet no traces of it were visible to my eyes barring a couple of videos and some posters. Is it available elsewhere?
@@arhaanchettri95 try to look at Korean film archive.
To be Frank, the man from nowhere is the best korean action thriller of all time.
All other movies in your list are really good also
@El Chriss try movies like new world, JSA, Mother, Tae guk gi, The good the bad the weird, the unjust, miracle in cell no.7,forgotten, Ode to my father, handmaiden, a hard day...
You won't be disappointed
@El Chriss
Try to watch action Movie i highly recommend to u A part on my list. Hehehe
Fubricated City
The Villainess
The BattleShip Island
The Exit
Extreme Job
The Negotiable
Ashfall
The Witch
Operation Red Sea ( Chinese Movie)
Along with the Gods part 1 and 2 also..
All of these available at Kissasian or Dramacool for Eng-Sub and HD Standard bro
Would you suggest any best cirme thrillers in Korean movies
@@Low.eyees69 memories of murder, A hard day, confession of murder, montage,no mercy(2009),mother,asura:City of madness, the unjust, inside men(political)...
@@shabeebp9078 tnx.
my top 5 korean movies that worth to watch...
i saw the devil
into the fire
admiral
war of arrows
respect
Just happen to saw this vids. Havent tried watching any of your lists, thanks anyway, i will try to watch them all, hopefully they arr all available in netflix.
However, i love korean movies. They are all worth watching.. it started started when i discovered lee seung gi during this pandemic. And the rest is history
I just love all Hwang Jung Min and Kang Dong Won movies
Wew, man, The Chaser was sure a gory one to watch. Love Memories of Murder, I Saw The Devil, New World, The Suspect and a ton others. Korea cinema rules! 🇰🇷
Wholeheartedly concur! Excellent list! I have watched 40 of them. Check out Revenge: A love story. I think you would enjoy it.
i second you !! 👍
Man from nowhere is awesome, I loved it.
Watch the yellow sea , brilliant.
Ode to My Father - older movie is awesome and heart wrenching!!
*Amazin Video* !!! 🙏🏼❤️
South Korean movies is the best movies ever!..
2:40 - that guy was in Train to Busan as well
The man from nowhere The outlaws The yellow sea The secret union
From where did you get secret reunion
Many thanks!
Good list, These are in my fav's list too
thank you for list
Best Korean Action Movie best for me
Fubricated City
The Villainess
The BattleShip Island
The Exit
Extreme Job
The Negotiable
Ashfall
The Witch
A man from. Nowhere
Operation Red Sea ( Chinese Movie)
Along with the Gods part 1 and 2 also..
All of these available at Kissasian or Dramacool for Eng-Sub and HD Standard bro
Could anyone tell me the link of The King (2016) on imdb.... Or the director's name....
www.imdb.com/title/tt5644740/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_25
Good!🤩
korean movies are amazing.
I've been a big fan of Korean cinema since the early 00's, have seen 43 on the list of 50, for me S Koreans hve been making the best movies in the world for almost 20 years now. They could even take the zombie movie genre and created something fresh and original in Train to Busan. In fact, the only genre they can't seem to do right is comedy, for some reason actors overact in Asian comedies, they tend to act as if it were theatre, and the style of humor is usually situational, the kind of comedy children like, people tripping over stuff, cakes thrown in people's faces and such.
Oh wow...43/50... These are my thoughts about comedy movies.
For Korean movies to do extremely well in the box office, it needs to be funny but also touching...I agree that there aren't that many comedy-only movies like the States...movies like Superbad, Pineapple Express, we don't have many of those.
But movies like Veteran, Extreme Job, Sunny, Miracle in Cell No. 7., The Outlaws,
All these movies did extremely well in the Box Office and all have a lot of comedy in them.
Twenty is a great straight-up comedy movie, so I highly recommend that. Probably the closest Korea is going to get to proper comedy movie...
@@Koreaground Extreme Job was billed as comedy, Veteran and The Outlaws are thrillers with bits of comedic relief, as most movies, drama seems to work better with some contrast and you can't keep the audience tense for the entire movie. My problem with Korean comedies, most Asian comedies in fact, is something else, though, it's the theatricality of acting, there's too much pathos in them, like in comedies from the 1950s and I'm having trouble understanding why other genres can be acted with such perfect calibration, minimalism even, as tends to be the style these days, but not comedies.
very good point...makes me wonder, too.
I have some thoughts on why (being a Korean and living in Korea right now) but it's just a personal thought. Our society and our lives are way too serious and competitive to have writers like Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen. And those movies won't be funded, either...Just a personal thought...
@@Koreaground Well, I've done some reading on this and the perception seems to be that while some white people appreciate subtler, "character" comedy, most people and especially minorities prefer simple, situational humor due to their limitations in abstract thinking. This is supposed to be further demonstrated by the lack of original words for abstract phenomena in non-white languages, it's either borrowed words or attempts to convert abstract into concrete. For instance in African languages (and in Arabic) there's no word for I promise, and when they do make a word, it's something like your feet being bound. It's a bit tone deaf, I know, but more importantly, it doesn't make sense in the case of South Koreans and the Chinese as they have some of the higher mean IQs in the world, if anything their humor (and language) should be among the most sophisticated of all. And I've actually heard that there is a style of Chinese stand up comedy that is almost entirely based on word play, on puns, Chinese being a tonal language seems to offer many opportunities, but that stuff is untranslatable and we probably couldn't recognize its quality even if we saw it.
Headshot, Merah Putih Memanggil, 22 Menit, Gundala, Message Man, Foxtrot Six are also a gem of a movie, I suggets give it a shot. Of course, Raid 1 and 2 need no introduction.
Just saw the secret reunion, Gawddamn brilliant film, in love with Song Kang-ho
Great movie. maybe you've already seen it but i would recommend memoires of a murder and JSA for more Song Kang Ho
@@Koreaground yeah I've seen both of them, I wanted to watch no.3 and shiri, I can't find those anywhere, could you tell me where to find those? Please
Kang-ho song brilliant method Actor. in
Memoirs of murder, A taxi driver, parasite he did brilliant acting.
Hwayi, Pieta and Breathless, are some of my faves
The wailing is awesome check it out.
I love the movies like the outlaws.
Loved Veteran!!!
Please do a video on the most scariest korean horror movies. Preferably female lead ghost. I haven’t come across any scary horror movies for a long time besides:
The Eye (Asia version)
Eye 2 ( Asia version)
Shutter (Thai version)
The Maid ( Singapore)
Inner Senses ( Hong Kong)
Rule Number 1 (Hong Kong)
I have seen the Grudge and the Ring series both Hollywood and Japanese version, conjuring series and Dark water and I am in search for a really scary one. Please note that I only want to see Ghost as in spirit and paranormal movies, not zombies, vampires or slasher movies because they are not scary at all
Where r they available, please let me know Which Ott plateform!!
The handmaid
Memories of murder
Oldboy
Masterpiece film's ❤️.
I like secret reunion so much. This movie made me knowing Gang Dong Won, and I follow his performance after that.
Yes, more recommendations. These are superb. Hard to wade through all the mediocre mass produced movies.
Guys, where can I watch Traffickers, online? Can you please tell me 😭
I've been trying to find it for months 😭
the knife fighting in the end of the movie from the man from no where is a filipino knife art. 😁they even said it them self on the interview😎
no kidding
The Gangster,the cop and the evil.. best movie
Some of them you missed
Montage
Forgotten
🇿🇲 love Korean cinema
The outlaw, the cop the devil the gangster... The gangster is the real king 😎what an actor
The 5 didn't include "Old Boy"..... the king of them all and then some!!!!!!
Due to the “Stay Home Order” I get to watch some of the best Korean movies. Too many to list. I will mention a few
A Taxi Driver
Punch
Champion
The Attorney
Joint Security Area
Miracle in Cell #7
My Annoying Brother
Always
Swing Kids
My Paparotti
Departure (JAPANESE)
Handmaiden
Marathon
Masquerade
Hwayi: The Monster Boy
New Trial
Spellbound
My P.S. Partner
Juror 8
Tunnel
Where are - Mother and Old Boy?
I've Seen Three Of The Movies On The List, I'll Watch The Other Two Veteran and The Yellow Sea, I Recommend The Movie New World It's An Awesome Movie
Yep it is
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