Best "korea president" Movies of All Time

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Hunt(2022)

3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

Directed by Lee Jeong-jae - With Lee Jeong-jae, Jung Woo-sung, Jeon Hye-jin, Heo Sung-tae, Go Youn-jung, Kim Jong-soo, ...

The Man Standing Next(2020)

1h 54min | Drama, Thriller

3.5/5 (with 48 votes)

In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of the President Park, who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of KCIA, KIM Gyu-pyeong, is the seemingly most prospective second-in-command. In the midst of reign of fear, a former KCIA director, PARK Yong-gak who knows all about the government’s obscure operations, exiles to the U.S. where the investigation of ‘Koreagate’ is underway. As the tension escalates, the stifling political maneuvering by the all second-in-command’s unfolds.

Directed by Woo Min-ho - With Lee Sung-min, Lee Byung-hun, Kwak Do-won, Lee Hee-joon, Kim So-jin, Seo Hyun-woo, ...

The Attorney(2013)

2h 7min | History, Drama

3.8/5 (with 73 votes)

In the early 1980s, South Korea is torn by student protests over the lack of representation in the government. Song Woo-Seok is a successful attorney in Busan specializing in tax law. His views regarding civil liberties are changed by student activist Park Jin-woo. When Jin-Woo is brutally tortured and put on trial for his activism, Woo-seok decides to defend Jin-woo as his client.

Directed by Yang Woo-seok - With Song Kang-ho, Kim Young-ae, Oh Dal-su, Kwak Do-won, Yim Si-wan, Lee Sung-min, ...

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Steel Rain 2: Summit(2020)

2h 12min | Action, Thriller, War

3.7/5 (with 24 votes)

A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.

Directed by Yang Woo-seok - With Jung Woo-sung, Kwak Do-won

The Reservoir Game(2017)

1h 40min | Documentary

3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

An investigative reporter seeks to expose the whereabouts of a slush fund belonging to the former president of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak.

Directed by Choi Jin-sung

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Best Friend(2020)

2h 4min | Drama, Comedy

4.0/5 (with 6 votes)

Daekwon is the team leader of the surveillance team on the verge of getting a demotion. His mission is to be as an unemployed head of a household and monitor the politician's family who's been house arrested right after arrival from abroad for 24 hours a day with his team. Members of the surveillance team, who have moved into the next door disguised as a neighbor, discover secrets one by one, through monitoring all the sounds and behaviors of suspicious family members, from requests for a radio show to midnight rustling noises….

Directed by Lee Hwan-kyung - With Jeong U, Oh Dal-su, Kim Hee-won, Kim Byung-chul, Lee Yu-bi, Cho Hyun-chul, ...

The President's Last Bang(2005)

1h 42min | Comedy, Drama, History, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 19 votes)

On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.

Directed by Im Sang-soo - With Han Suk-kyu, Baek Yoon-sik, Song Jae-ho, Kim Eung-su, Kwon Byeong-gil, Jeong Won-jung, ...

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Kingmaker(2022)

2h 3min | Drama

3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

Dreaming of changing the world, SEO Chang-dae takes part in KIM Woon-bum’s political campaign. To resist the current dictatorial ruling party, SEO adopts a very aggressive propaganda campaign, and it makes KIM become the strongest candidate in the opposition party. When ambitious SEO believes that unjustified means is necessary for politics, KIM has a firm belief that it is not real politics. While their conflict deepens, the ruling party secretly contacts SEO to win the next presidential election.

Directed by Byun Sung-hyun - With Sol Kyung-gu, Lee Sun-kyun, Yoo Jae-myung, Jo Woo-jin

26 Years(2012)

2h 15min | Drama, Thriller

3.5/5 (with 27 votes)

26 years ago, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians in the city of Gwangju who were demonstrating as apart of a democratic movement. Thousands of civilians were killed. Now, a shooter from the national team, a gang member, a policeman, CEO from a large company and director of a private security outfit get involved in a plan to convict the person responsible for the massacre.

Directed by Cho Geun-hyeon - With Jin Goo, Han Hye-jin, Bae Soo-bin, Lim Seul-ong

The President's Barber(2004)

1h 56min | History, Drama, Comedy

3.5/5 (with 15 votes)

A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequences for his hapless family. This sharp political satire covers roughly twenty years in South Korean political history, from the viewpoint of the barber's son.

Directed by Chan-sang Lim - With Song Kang-ho, Moon So-ri, Lee Jae-eung

Good Morning President(2009)

2h 11min | Comedy, Drama

3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

Good Morning President is an abridged version of the politics and life of three different presidents. The three are: the older President Kim Jung-ho at the end of his term, the young President Cha Ji-wook, a skillful manipulator of foreign policy and with great determination, and a female President Han Kyuong-ja. They are distressed over the choices they have to make between politics and ethics. The affliction of Kim Jung-ho who wins the lottery, the agony of Cha Ji-wook who donates an organ, and the troubles of Han Kyuong-ja who faces the crisis of divorce.

Directed by Jang Jin - With Jang Dong-geon, Lee Soon-jae

Our President(2017)

1h 49min | Documentary

4.1/5 (with 5 votes)

In 2002, the Millennium Democratic Party elects the first presidential candidate by introducing a popular election system. While politicians like Ki Ra-seong have joined the election, Roh Moo-hyun the very last candidate with only 2% approval, throws in his hat. This is the story of a nation and the nation he led.

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The Romantic President(2002)

1h 35min | Comedy, Romance / Love

2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

A gum-popping student wearing a very short uniform and a weird hair-do is looking for 'zzang', the school boss. She turns out to be the new teacher, Choi Eun-Soo, who was trying to get a grasp of situation in the classroom. Eun-Soo has been sacked from numerous schools due to her eccentricity and too-strong dedication to teaching. She finally meets her match in Young-Hee, the troublemaker in her class. Unable to deal with Young-Hee who lives to rebel, Eun-Soo finally decides to call her parents. Yes, Young-hee turns out to be the First Daughter, who is being raised by Han Min-Wook, the popular president with his good looks and integrity. But Eun-Soo is not deterred by the title. She summons the President to school, scolds him, and makes him copy down 'Hwangjoga' 100 times in stead of his daughter. This is the beginning of the battle between Eun-Soo and Min-Wook, the president and also a parent.

Directed by Jeon Man-Bae - With Ahn Sung-ki, Choi Ji-woo, Im Su-jeong

Citizen Roh(2019)

1h 38min | Documentary

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In 2008, late President Roh Moo-hyun returned to his hometown Bongha village after his retirement and was joined by supporters as he recreated his hometown and began to clean up the Bonghae Mountain, cultivating Bongha Mountain, and cultivating environmentally friendly rice.

KT(2002)

2h 18min | Drama, Action, Thriller

2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

This movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean politician, Kim Dae-Jun.

Directed by Junji Sakamoto - With Kōichi Satō, Kim Gap-su, Yoshio Harada, Teruyuki Kagawa, Akira Emoto, Akaji Maro, ...

The Combat Kings(2022)

Documentary

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The Chun Doo-hwan regime seized power in a coup d'etat, massacred peaceful protesters. People from all walks of life have been fighting the military dictatorship in their own way. And the story of reporter Lee Sang-ho, who has been covering for over 30 years, begins.

This is the President(2023)

1h 54min | Documentary

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Why did Moon Jae-in, a human rights lawyer who hated politics, become president? During five years at the Blue House, why didn't he use his power? Why did he just silently plant flowers while being sworn at by protesters? One by one, those who watched him reveal their hidden stories. "Why did he become president?" "Why did we want Moon Jae-in to be president at that time?" The puzzle pieces come together at last.

Mis-President(2017)

1h 25min | Documentary

2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

My father led a coup in 1961. Two years later, I became the president's daughter.

Roh Moo-hyun and the Fools(2019)

1h 32min | Documentary

4.4/5 (with 2 votes)

10 years from them to now, people who miss the late president Roh Moo-hyun tell their stories.

Vanished(1994)

1h 55min | Drama, Mystery, Crime

Former Minister of National Security, Park Jin-wook, is kidnapped from the US by South Korean agents because he was about to reveal secrets concerning the rise of the military dictatorship of the 1980's.

Directed by Shin Sang-ok

Lee Seung-man and the Independence Movement(1959)

2h 13min | Action, Drama, History

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The life of Lee Seung-man, a freedom fighter who struggled to liberate Korea from Japanese rule.

Directed by Shin Sang-ok - With Kim Jin-kyu

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