5 Korean Movies to Binge-Watch on Netflix

Diana Ng
Apr 4, 2021
2 min read

The Bros

Starring Ma Dong-Seok (Lee Suk-Bong) and Lee Dong-Hwi (Lee Joo-Bong). Lee Suk-Bong dreams of Indiana Jones like success, he puts all his money into the excavation of remains and falls into more debt and gaining many useless equipment. While his younger brother Lee Joo-Bong works hard for a construction company. Upon receiving news on their father passing, two brothers are finally reunited. On their way to their hometown for the funeral they were bickering in the car and accidently hit a mysterious woman who will turn their lives upside down.

Space Sweepers

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Tae-Ho (Song Joong-Ki), Captain Jang (Kim Tae-Ri), Tiger Park (Jin Sun-Kyu) and Bubs (Yu Hae-Jin) are crew members of a spaceship lead by Captain Jang. They will do anything to earn more money. One day they stumble upon a weaponize child while scavenging, they decide to blackmail the person who is looking for the child but little did they know this child is earth last hope.

Forgotten

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Jin-Seok (Kang Ha-Neul) suffers from hypersensitivity, he needs medication to function normally. Him with his brother Yoo-Seok (Kim Moo-Yul) and their parents moves into a new home one day. Jin-Seok seems to no be able to feel at home in that house as he keeps hearing sounds from a locked room that is temporarily storing the previous house owner's belongings. On one rainy evening, Jin-Seok witness his older brother gets kidnapped and was never to be found until the 19th day. Upon his older brother return Jin-Seok notice a change of behaviour from his brother. Slowly he begins to uncover the truth of his brother and made a shocking discovery.

Call

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Seo Yeon (Park Shin-Hye) returns to her childhood home after her mum passaway. She found an old phone and connects it then she start speaking to a stranger named Yeong Sook (Jeon Jong Seo) which is a girl from a diary that she found. Seo Yeon realize she is speaking to Yeong Sook who lived in the same house 20 years ago. They started to stay in touch and Seo Yeon shares what is the 21st century like. Then one day, Seo Yoon and Yeong Sook make a small choice that will change their present time.

Alive

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Joon-Woo woke up to find him alone in his parents apartment and a city that is infected with a mysterious virys. Together with Yoo-Bin (Park Shin-Hye) they struggle to survive in an isolated apartment full of tenants that are infected with the virus.

Tune in for Love

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In 1994 during the IMF crisis, Mi-Soo (Kim Go-Eun) meets Hyun-Woo (Jung Hae-In) while exchanging stories on a radio program. They slowly fell in love with each other, but fate seems want to keep them apart. After missing each other, they've slowly cross path in the coming future.