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The Swordsman(2020)

1h 41min | Action, Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 87 votes)

After being blinded in a coup against the king, Joseon's greatest swordsman goes into hiding, far removed from his city's anguish. But when traffickers kidnap his daughter, he has no choice but to unsheathe his sword once more.

Directed by Choi Jae-hoon - With Jang Hyuk, Kim Hyeon-soo, Joe Taslim, Jeong Man-sik, Lee Na-gyeong, Lee Min-hyuk, ...

Kingdom: Ashin of the North(2021)

1h 32min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 217 votes)

Tragedy, betrayal and a mysterious discovery fuel a woman's vengeance for the loss of her tribe and family.

Hansan: Rising Dragon(2022)

2h 10min | History, Action, Drama, War
3.6/5 (with 12 votes)

In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the admiral resorts to using his secret weapon, the dragon head ships known as geobukseon, in order to change the tide of this epic battle at sea.

Directed by Kim Han-min - With Park Hae-il, Byun Yo-han, Ahn Sung-ki, Son Hyeon-ju, Kim Sung-kyu, Kim Sung-kyun, ...

The Concubine(2012)

2h 2min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 36 votes)

Living a torturous life of poverty and barely able to survive, Hwa-yeon decides to offer herself as one of the king’s concubines. Once inside the royal palace, two men are immediately seized by the woman - the Grand Prince Seong-won, a megalomaniacal ruler drunk with power and lust, and Kwon-yoo, who has everything to lose if his desire for Hwa-yeon is exposed.

Empire of Lust(2015)

3.5/5 (with 17 votes)

Set in 1398. Kim Min-Jae is the supreme commander of the Joseon Dynasty. He falls in love for the first time and for that woman he takes risks. Yi Bang-Won is the King's son. He helped his father setup the Joseon Dynasty era, but he was not picked as the Crown Prince. He still holds ambitions of becoming the King one day. Jin is Kim Min-Jae’s son and the King's son-in-law. Due to his position as the King's son-in-law, he is unable to take part in politics and only seeks out pleasure.

The Admiral: Roaring Currents(2014)

2h 6min | War, Action, Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 120 votes)

The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598, where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his command. The battle, which took place in the Myeongryang Strait off the southwest coast of the Korean Peninsula, is considered one of the greatest victories of Yi.

The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure(2022)

2h 6min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 68 votes)

A gutsy crew of Joseon pirates and bandits battle stormy waters, puzzling clues and militant rivals in search of royal gold lost at sea.

Directed by Kim Joung-hoon - With Kang Ha-neul, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Kwang-soo, Kwon Sang-woo, Chae Soo-bin, Oh Se-hun, ...

Woochi: The Demon Slayer(2009)

3.4/5 (with 54 votes)

Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.

Untold Scandal(2003)

2h 4min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if he succeeds.

Masquerade(2012)

2h 11min | Drama, History
3.9/5 (with 63 votes)

Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.

War of the Arrows(2011)

3.6/5 (with 111 votes)

13 years after the King Injo Revolt, the Chosun Dynasty is attacked by the Chung Dynasty of China. A young man named Na-mi leaves his demolished village to find his young sister, Ja-in, and her finance Su-koon, who were to wed on the very day of the attack. While on his mission to rescue her, he is being traced by Jushinta, a fierce Chung Warrior, and his band of malicious men who are out to stop him. Na-mi has but a day to rescue his sister before she is taken away to be a slave. When Na-mi finally finds his sister, Jushinta comes between them and a fierce battle between two of the finest warriors unfolds.

Kundo: Age of the Rampant(2014)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 17min | Action, Drama
3.4/5 (with 51 votes)

In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.

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The Treacherous(2015)

2h 13min | Drama, History
3.1/5 (with 29 votes)

The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance.

Directed by Min Gyu-dong - With Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Kang-woo, Lim Ji-yeon, Chun Ho-jin, Lee Yoo-young, Cha Ji-yeon, ...

A Tale of Legendary Libido(2008)

2.9/5 (with 16 votes)

The women in Byeon’s village ridicule his lack of libido, but he has the last laugh when a traveling monk imbues him with the ultimate male power.

The Servant(2010)

3.0/5 (with 12 votes)

A servant falls in love with a girl whom his master also desires. Although the girl loves the servant, she also longs to improve her station in life.

Rampant(2018)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 2min | Action, Horror, Drama, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 80 votes)

Ancient Korea, 17th century. While the paranoid King Lee Jo of Joseon, vassal of the Qing dynasty, feels surrounded by conspirators and rebels, a dark evil emerges from the bowels of a merchant ship and the exiled Prince Lee Cheung returns to the royal court, ignoring that he will have to lead the few capable of defeating the ambitious humans and the bloody monsters who threaten to destroy the kingdom.

Directed by Kim Sung-hoon - With Hyun Bi

The Pirates(2014)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 10min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, History, Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 87 votes)

At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?

Directed by Lee Seok-hoon - With Son Ye-jin, Yoo Hai-Jin, Oh Dal-su, Kim Tae-Woo

The Fortress(2017)

2h 20min | War, Drama, History, Action
3.3/5 (with 54 votes)

Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being loyal to the Mings. On December 14th, 1636, the Qing horde invades Joseon, so King In-jo and his court shelter in the mountain fortress of Namhan and prepare to defend the kingdom.

Monstrum(2018)

1h 46min | Action, Horror, Drama, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 75 votes)

Ancient Korea, 1506. The tyrannical King Yeonsan-gun of Joseon is overthrown by his half-brother Jung-jong, whose reign begins with a blood bath. Over the years, traitors plot against him, sinking the kingdom into chaos. In 1528, frightened rumors come to royal palace, regarding a mysterious creature, known as Monstrum by the peasants.

The Sound of a Flower(2015)

3.5/5 (with 5 votes)

During the Joseon Dynasty, lowborn Chae-sun challenges the rule that states only men allowed to sing while navigating devotion to her teacher and the demands of the king's father.

Directed by Lee Jong-pil - With Ryu Seung-ryong, Bae Suzy, Song Sae-byeok

Noryang: Sea of Death(2023)

2h 32min | History, Action, Drama

Winter of 1598, the story of Yi Sun-shin's last naval battle during the Japanese invasions of Korea that happened in the Noryang Strait.

Directed by Kim Han-min

Portrait of a Beauty(2008)

1h 48min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Born to a family of established court painters, seven-year-old Yoon-jeong is a young girl gifted at painting. However, the pressure is on her brother to carry on the proud family tradition, as women aren’t allowed to become professional painters. While her brother trains to take his place in the court, Yoon-jeong helps him out by secretly painting for him. The little girl’s life is turned upside down when her brother kills himself. In order to preserve the family honor, she is forced to take her brother’s name and lives as a man. Yun-bok’s genius and talent captures the heart of another great master of the time, Kim Hong-do. But her daring depictions of women are condemned by the royal institute as obscene. Yun-bok meets Kang-mu and falls deeply in love. For the first time, she feels the strong desire to abandon everything she has built and simply be a woman in front of the man she loves. Kang-moo sacrifices all for his love as well.

Directed by Jeon Yun-su - With Kim Gyu-ri

The Battle: Roar to Victory(2019)

2h 15min | History, Action, War
3.6/5 (with 8 votes)

In 1920, when Korea is under Japanese rule the Korean Independence Army’s Hae-chul and his subordinates are carrying out the operation to deliver funds to the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai. During the operation Hae-chul is reunited with Jang-ha, a young squad commander, whose mission is to defend Samdunja. They unite and trap the Japanese soldiers in Samdunja, soundly defeating them. Now they’re chased by Japanese troops and Hae-chul finds out that Jang-ha’s mission isn’t over yet. A crucial yet dangerous task is still assigned to him.

King and the Clown(2005)

1h 59min | Drama, History, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 44 votes)

Set in the late 15th century during the reign of King Yeonsan, two male street clowns and tightrope walkers, Jangsaeng and Gong-gil, are part of an entertainer troupe. Their manager prostitutes the beautiful Gong-gil to rich customers, and Jangsaeng is sickened by this practice. After Gong-gil kills the manager in defense of Jangsaeng, the pair flee to Seoul, where they form a new group with three other street performers.

The Face Reader(2013)

2h 20min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 40 votes)

An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.

The Assassin(2023)

1h 41min | Action
2.7/5 (with 8 votes)

An action historical drama depicting the story of Joseon's best swordsman Yi Nan in front of an irreversible fate.

Directed by Kwak Jeong-deok - With Shin Hyun-jun, Lee Moon-sik, Choi Sung-won, Kim Min-gyeong, Hong Eun-ki

The Princess and the Matchmaker(2018)

3.6/5 (with 69 votes)

The film will follow Princess Songhwa, who refuses her fate to marry one of four suitors. While Seo Do-yoon, skilled at interpreting marital harmony signs is selected as the person to ascertain her best match.

Directed by Hong Chang-Pyo - With Shim Eun-kyung, Lee Seung-gi, Kim Sang-kyung

The Night Owl(2022)

1h 58min | Thriller
3.5/5 (with 9 votes)

A blind acupuncturist finds himself in the middle of a murder mystery at the royal palace.

Directed by Tae-Jin Ahn

Blood Rain(2005)

1h 59min | Thriller, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 18 votes)

In 1808, an imperial investigator arrives on an idyllic island to investigate a series of grisly murders. The locals believe that a ghost is responsible, taking revenge for a wrongful execution seven years ago. But the investigator suspects that something else may be behind it all.

Heaven's Soldiers(2005)

3.0/5 (with 12 votes)

Modern day soldiers travel back in time and meet Admiral Lee, the greatest soldier of all time, and motivate him to drive out invaders.

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