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Devotion(2022)

PG-13
| 2h 18min | War, Drama, Action
3.6/5 (with 240 votes)

The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War(2004)

R
| 2h 29min | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
4.0/5 (with 293 votes)

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

M*A*S*H(1970)

R
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Drama, War
3.5/5 (with 424 votes)

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

71: Into the Fire(2010)

2h | War
3.7/5 (with 77 votes)

In August 1950, waiting for UN troops to arrive, the South Korean army assembled to protect Nakdong River. Only 71 student-soldiers are left behind to guard the city of Pohang. Now they are on a mission to defend the country from North Korean troops.

Operation Chromite(2016)

R
| 1h 51min | History, Drama, War, Action
2.9/5 (with 87 votes)

A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.

The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge(2022)

2h 33min | War, History, Action, Drama
3.5/5 (with 21 votes)

In the follow-up to "The Battle At Lake Changjin", brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli undertake a new task for the People's Volunteer Army, defending a bridge part of the American troops' escape route from the advancing Chinese.

Directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Dante Lam - With Wu Jing, Jackson Yee, Duan Yihong, Zhang Hanyu

Joint Security Area(2000)

1h 50min | War, Drama, Thriller, Action
3.9/5 (with 276 votes)

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

The Manchurian Candidate(1962)

PG-13
| 2h 6min | Thriller, Drama, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 291 votes)

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.

Battle of Jangsari(2019)

NR
| 1h 44min | Drama, History, War
3.5/5 (with 35 votes)

Korean War, September 1950. In order to fight the enemy forces based in the South of the peninsula, General MacArthur orders the start of the Incheon Landing Operation, deploying diversionary attacks in other locations. Without real military forces to spare, 772 very young Korean student soldiers, barely trained, are sent to Jangsari Beach, where they will face a heroic fate and discover the value of friendship. (A sequel to Operation Chromite, released in 2016.)

Directed by Kwak Kyung-taek - With Megan Fox, Choi Min-ho, Kim Myung-min, George Eads, Kwak Si-yang, Han Cheol-woo, ...

Ayla: The Daughter of War(2017)

PG-13
| 2h 5min | Drama, War, History
4.1/5 (with 151 votes)

In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.

The Last Princess(2016)

2h 7min | Action, Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 27 votes)

Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to maintain dignity as a princess. After a series of failed tries, Deok-hye makes her final attempt to return home with help of her childhood sweetheart, Jang-han.

Directed by Hur Jin-ho - With Son Ye-jin, Park Hae-il, Ra Mi-ran, Jung Sang-hoon, Kim So-hyun, ...

The Front Line(2011)

2h 13min | Drama, Action, War
3.6/5 (with 82 votes)

In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.

Directed by Jang Hoon - With Shin Ha-kyun, Go Soo, Lee Je-hoon, Ryu Seung-su, Ko Chang-seok, Kim Ok-vin, ...
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Welcome to Dongmakgol(2005)

2h 13min | Comedy, Drama, War
3.7/5 (with 81 votes)

Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.

Ode To My Father(2014)

2h 6min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 45 votes)

Korea, 1950. A child's vow to take care of his family marks the beginning of a lifelong promise spanning sixty years.

The Battle at Lake Changjin(2021)

2h 56min | Drama, War
3.1/5 (with 28 votes)

Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China.

Directed by Chen Kaige, Dante Lam, Tsui Hark - With Wu Jing, Jackson Yee, Duan Yihong, Zhu Yawen, Li Chen, Hu Jun, ...

MacArthur(1977)

PG
| 2h 10min | Drama, History, War
3.1/5 (with 34 votes)

The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.

Queen & Country(2015)

1h 54min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 26 votes)

An Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the Korean War.

Swing Kids(2018)

2h 13min | Drama, War
4.1/5 (with 31 votes)

Rebellious Ki-soo from North Korea is mesmerized by tap dance in prison camps. Ki-soo joins as a team member of a dance team named ‘Swing Kids’. Yet suddenly, their dreams about dancing in prison camps are put in danger.

Directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol - With D.O., Jared Grimes, Park Hye-soo, Oh Jung-se, Kim Min-ho

Assembly(2007)

2h 4min | Action, History
3.4/5 (with 52 votes)

Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang (KMT).

The Long Way Home(2015)

1h 51min | Action, Drama, History, War
3.5/5 (with 9 votes)

Nam-bok, a middle-aged South Korean farmer is conscripted and assigned a mission to deliver a classified military document that may decide the fate of the war. After losing it while under attack from the enemy, he then faces a teenage North Korean soldier named Yeong-gwang who happens to acquire the secret document on his way to the North.

Directed by Chun Sung-Il

Indignation(2016)

R
| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 120 votes)

In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.

Northern Limit Line(2015)

2h 10min | War, History
3.2/5 (with 21 votes)

In this true story from 2002, South Korean patrol boats engaged in a deadly battle with North Korean patrol boats who crossed the maritime border known the Northern Limit Line and attacked.

Three Wishes(1995)

PG
| 1h 55min | Fantasy, Kids & Family, Drama
3.1/5 (with 31 votes)

While Jane Holman is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud, who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invites Jack, and his dog, to stay at her home until his leg has healed. Jack struggles to adapt their lifestyle, and finds himself loved by the family.

Pork Chop Hill(1959)

1h 38min | Drama, History, War
3.2/5 (with 26 votes)

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.

A Melody to Remember(2016)

2h 4min | Drama, War
4.3/5 (with 10 votes)

Second Lieutenant Han Sang-yeol leads his platoon during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He carries emotional scars and pain within. So when he meets some children from a choir, who have lost everything in the war, Sang-yeol is deeply moved and tries to protect to them.

Directed by Lee Han - With Yim Si-wan, Go Ah-sung

Men in War(1957)

1h 42min | Action, Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 24 votes)

In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon.

Directed by Anthony Mann - With Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Nehemiah Persoff, Vic Morrow, Adam Kennedy, ...

The Hunters(1958)

NR
| 1h 48min | War, Action, Drama
2.8/5 (with 10 votes)

With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film based on the best-selling novel by veteran fighter pilot James Salter. Set during the height of the Korean War, the story centers on Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum), a master of the newly operational F-86 Sabre fighter jets. But adept as he is at flying, Saville¹s personal life takes a nosedive when he falls in love with his wingman¹s (Lee Philips) beautiful wife (May Britt). To make matters worse, Saville must cope with a loud-mouthed rookie (Robert Wagner) in a daring rescue mission that threatens all their lives in this well-crafted war drama.

War Hunt(1962)

1h 23min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 9 votes)

Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.

In Love and the War(2011)

2h 15min | Drama, War, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In June 1950, soon after the start of the Korean War, a troop of North Korean soldiers enter a small South Korean village. Captain Jeong-woong proclaims that they came to liberate the villagers but their true agenda is to ferret out the reactionaries. The villagers and Seol-hee, who is separated from her fiance on her wedding day, offer them heartfelt hospitality and cooperation to avoid falling out of the army's favor. Eventually friendships starts to build up between the soldiers and the villagers.

Sergeant Ryker(1968)

NR
| 1h 25min | Drama, War
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and sentenced to death but his attorney believes Ryker's innocent and asks for a new trial.

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