Korea Film 18 2021

⚡ 👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻 INFORMATION AVAILABLE CLICK HERE 👈🏻👈🏻👈🏻

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy.
Thanks to gems like Parasite and Minari, Korean cinema is finally going mainstream. Here are a few of the best South Korean films to stream now.
Korean television dramas get a lot of attention for their highly addictive, cliffhanger-laden, soapy plot lines, but South Korea's film industry, which began to flourish after the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945, has long enjoyed a more critically-esteemed reputation (film buffs, see: 1961's Obaltan and 1960's The Housemaid, still considered two of the best Korean films ever made).
Korean auteurs have been known for taking risks and defying genres. They produce thrilling arthouse films, but also big budget action movies and endearing comedies, and there are as many fantastic revenge tales as there are heartbreaking stories of love, family, and redemption.
Last year, Parasite, Bong Joon-ho's brilliant, searing comedy-thriller that became the first South Korean film to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes and then, the first non-English language film to take home the Best Picture Oscar (not to mention it's one of just three films to have won both of these prizes), further cemented the industry's international prestige. This year, the Korean-American film everyone will be talking about will undoubtedly be Minari, which is out in theaters now (virtual screening tickets can be purchased here) and on VOD later this month.
Below, we've rounded up a small sampling of notable movies to stream now to get better acquainted with the Korean Wave. (Note: classics that aren't available to rent, such as My Sassy Girl and Oldboy weren't included in the list).
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
Lee Isaac Chung's beautiful Minari, which stars The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun and veteran Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung, has been generating major buzz since it premiered at Sundance a year ago. It has also just scored three SAG nominations, making it a likely contender in the Oscar race. Based on Chung's own childhood, Minari is a quintessentially American tale about a Korean-American family that moves to rural Arkansas to start a farm and chase the American dream. Along the way, and with the arrival of the grandmother from Korea, the film becomes a powerful lesson on resilience, family, and what it means to belong. 
Korea's painful history, especially the 35 years the country spent under Japanese rule, is a constant source of cinematic inspiration. Take Assassination, the 2015 hit about a group of resistance fighters in 1930s Korea who plot to kill a pro-Japanese businessman and a high-ranking Japanese general, a plan that becomes all the more complicated by a traitor in their group. 
With its A-list cast including Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, and Octavia Spencer, Snowpiercer marked director Bong Joon-ho's English-language debut. Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperneige, this 2013 blockbuster is set in a post-apocalyptic world that has reverted back to the ice age where the only surviving members of humanity live aboard a train that perpetually circumnavigates the globe. As designed by the locomotive's megalomaniacal creator Wilford (Harris), the passengers are segregated into different classes, with the rich living in splendor at the front and the poor banished to live in squalor in the back. Evans's character Curtis launches a revolt to fight their way up the train, but this being a Bong production, things aren't quite what they seem. 
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
Considered a master of black humor, provocative storytelling, overindulgent violence (as in Oldboy), and eroticism (as in this film), Park was hailed as "the man who put Korean cinema on the map" in a 2018 New York Times profile. Like Bong, his oeuvre also includes English-language works—he directed the 2018 John le Carré miniseries The Little Drummer Girl starring Alexander Skarsgård and Florence Pugh. As for The Handmaiden, the critical darling and feminist masterpiece was inspired by Sarah Waters's 2002 novel Fingersmith, though it trades the book's Victorian-era setting for 1930s Korea under Japanese rule. A con man plans to seduce a Japanese heiress to steal her fortune and hires a young pickpocket to help him by posing as her maid, but things soon begin to unravel as the plot gets ever more risqué, erotic, and twisted.
Anyone who has seen Parasite knows by now that Bong Joon-ho is a cinematic pro at social commentary (also, see: The Host). The metaphor is especially poignant in Okja, the 2017 Netflix movie about a young girl and her genetically modified super pig. When the corporation that created the pig comes to take it away, she joins forces with an animal liberation group to save her beloved pet from being slaughtered.
In this 2018 psychological thriller directed by Lee Chang-dong, a young working class man named Jong-su runs into an old childhood friend, Hae-mi. She soon leaves for a trip and when she returns, she has brought back a new acquaintance, Ben (played by Steven Yeun), who is mysterious, rich, and, possibly deeply disturbed. The film explores the weird triangle that develops between these individuals, along with providing a sharp critique of the deep economic divisions that plague Korean society (consider it a precursor to Parasite).  
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
Besides being a superb film, what made Parasite such an unstoppable force last year was that it came at just the right time. The gap between the rich and the poor is at an all-time high, and even though this comedy-thriller-satire takes place in Seoul, its themes and characters are relevant everywhere. Add in visually arresting set design and cinematography, and an expert mix of suspense and comedy, and it's easy to see why this scathing portrait of greed and social inequality is one of the best films ever made. 
Yet another cult hit by Bong Joon-ho, Mother also exemplifies his characteristic genre-bending, subversive style. The titular mother, played by Kim Hye-ja, is a hardworking single parent who lives with and takes care of her mentally disabled adult son Do-joon (played by Won Bin). When a local girl is found murdered, Do-joon is arrested, tricked into signing a confession, and jailed, leaving his mother to investigate the crime herself and do whatever it takes, even resorting to violence, to free her son and find the real killer. 
There is a Stranger Things-like premise to this action movie in which a young girl escapes from a mysterious government laboratory and later discovers she was the subject of genetic testing that left her with superhuman abilities. When she displays her special talents on a singing competition, the doctors who created her begin hunting her down. 
The moral depravity of the country's chaebol (large family-run conglomerates) is a frequently explored subject in Korean cinema and television. In this action comedy, a detective sets out to bring down the arrogant scion of a powerful corporation, who thinks nothing of using his wealth and connections to behave in the most reprehensible ways possible. Several moments of hilarity help bring levity to the sad fact that the film's portrayal of superrich kids behaving terribly isn't much of an exaggeration. 
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
An ensemble cast of Korea's top stars, including Jun Ji-hyun, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Soo-hyun, and Lee Jung-jae, star in this Ocean's Eleven-like heist comedy about a motley crew of ten thieves who band together to steal a valuable diamond from a Chinese crime boss. The only problem is that none of them can really be trusted and everyone has a different motive of her own. 
A divorced father and his daughter board a train bound for Busan, but just before its doors close, a woman-turned-zombie, slips in. Train to Busan isn't just your average zombie apocalypse movie, it's one with undertones of class warfare, all set within a train (not unlike Snowpiercer). This father-daughter duo, along with their fellow passengers, are fighting for their lives, all while confronting their own monstrous instincts when it comes to self-preservation. 
In this nostalgic and charming comedy, an eclectic group of foreign-born Korean high school students attend a cultural immersion camp (a rite of passage, of sorts) in Seoul during the summer of 1986. The culture shock is different for everyone, but the group finds ways to bond over the immigrant experience. 
In this 2008 classic, early aughts comedy king Cha Tae-hyun plays a thirty-something radio DJ and former teen idol who finds out that he is a grandfather when a young woman claiming to be his daughter shows up at his apartment with her son in tow. When paparazzi snap the trio, rumors spread that the father and daughter are a romantic couple. While dealing with the scandal, the three learn valuable lessons on what it means to be a family.  
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
In this hilarious—and touching—film, a 74-year-old widow has just learned her son is going to send her to a nursing home. She enters a photo studio to take what she believes will be her funeral portrait but is instead transported into the body of her 20-year-old self. She takes every advantage of her newfound lease on life, joining a band, getting an Audrey Hepburn haircut, and eventually ending up in a love triangle. The premise was such a huge success that a remake of this comedy has been made in just about every other Asian country. 
This 2019 action comedy is the second most viewed film in South Korean history. A group of narcotics detectives are tasked with carrying out an undercover operation to bust an international drug gang. They purchase a fried chicken restaurant to use as a cover for their stakeouts, but when one of the detectives uses his mom's marinade recipe, the place becomes an instant hit and they suddenly find themselves having to juggle catching the bad guys with running a successful restaurant. 
Another gem from Lee Chang-dong, Poetry, which won the Best Screenplay award at Cannes in 2010, is a heart-wrenching movie about a woman who begins taking a poetry class after receiving an Alzheimer's diagnosis. In the midst of dealing with her own debilitating disease, she learns that her teenage grandson, who she takes care of, has been implicated in the death of a young girl. 
Be warned: there is violence and gore in spades in this movie, starring Lee Byung-hun as a secret agent hellbent on getting revenge on the serial killer (Choi Min-sik) who viciously murdered his pregnant fiancée. When he does find him, he doesn't kill the psychopath but instead sets him free, setting off a demented, grisly game of cat and mouse. 
Leena Kim Associate Editor Leena Kim is an associate editor at Town & Country, where she writes about travel, weddings, arts, and culture.
This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
Logan Polish Can Break You Out of Jail
30+ Classic Summer Movies to Watch Now
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
12 Subscription Boxes to Make Date Night Fabulous
Jesse Williams Is Leaving 'Grey's Anatomy'
Gia Coppola on Directing 'Mainstream'
Behind the Scenes of Jodi Picoult's New Musical
Dakota Johnson to Star in 'Persuasion' Adaptation
'Succession' Season 3: Everything We Know
Was 'Catch Me If You Can' Based on a Lie?

For K-drama fans, the upcoming year will be full of treats thanks to a slew of new Korean dramas in 2021. Some of the Korean dramas originally scheduled to air in 2020 had their filming schedules interrupted to our dismay, but the good news is that we’ll finally get to watch these new Korean dramas in 2021.
To hype you up for next year, here are 36 new Korean dramas airing in 2021 that will keep you entertained as you go through a brand new year. 
Set in the Joseon era, Royal Secret Agent is centred on Sung Yi-gyeom (Kim Myung-soo), a state examination top scorer who works in the administrative and research department of the government office.
One day, Yi-gyeom is caught gambling and as punishment, he is re-assigned to a new position as a secret royal inspector to investigate the corrupt practices of public officers. Yi-gyeom carries out his new job with the help of Hong Da-in (Kwon Na-ra), a female inspector, and Park Chun-sam (Lee Yi-kyung), his talkative and affectionate servant.
Meanwhile, Sung Yi-beom (Lee Tae-hwan), Yi-gyeom’s younger stepbrother, is constantly jealous of his older brother’s privileges in the family.
Korean title: 암행어사
Genre: Historical, mystery, comedy
Airs on: 21st December 2021
She Would Never Know is based on a popular 2017 web novel called “Sunbae, Don’t Put On That Lipstick”. It tells the love story between a sweet sunbae (senior) and a bold hoobae (junior) at a cosmetics company.
Won Jin-ah takes on the role of Yoon Song-ah, a professional brand marketer at a cosmetics company who dreams of having her own cosmetics brand. SF9’s Ro-woon will play Chae Hyun-seung, a good-looking marketer who is straightforward with his words.
[티저] ＂내가 선배 좋아한다고요＂ 〈선배, 그 립스틱 바르지 마요〉 2021년 1월 18일(월) 첫 방송!

The new 2021 Korean drama will see Ro-woon’s return to the small screen after his last role as Haru in the youth drama Extraordinary You (2019).
Korean title: 선배, 립스틱을 쓰지 마
Genre: Comedy, romance
Airs on: 18th January 2021
L.U.C.A.: The Beginning contains an acronym which stands for “last universal common ancestor” and the drama’s storyline is inspired by Charles Darwin’s proposition that all species of life descend from a common ancestor.
The plot focuses on Ji-oh (Kim Rae-won), a stoic man who has supernatural powers but does not know who he is. Meanwhile, Gu-reum (Lee Da-hee) is a detective whose parents disappeared when she was younger. As she tries to uncover the truth behind her parents’ disappearance, she comes across Ji-oh and her life starts to change.
L.U.C.A.: The Beginning Korean Drama (2021) Trailer

Filming for the drama has been completed and it is set to air on 1st February 2021.
Korean title: 루카
Genre: Mystery, drama, sci-fi, supernatural
Airs on: 1st February 2021
Beyond Evil will tell the story of two fearless men on the pursuit of a returning serial killer.
As Lee Dong-sik (Shin Ha-kyun) and Han Joo-won (Yeo Jin-goo) unravel the mystery behind the murderer’s identity, they are forced to question all suspects even when they seem innocent – including themselves.
The two work together to solve the 20-year-old case but soon learn about each other’s secrets and are caught in a mind game of discovering who the real “freak” is.
Korean title: 괴물
Genre: Thriller, psychological
Airs on: 19th February 2021
Times is a political-mystery drama about time travelling. The story is centred on Seo Jung-in (Lee Joo-young), who lives in the present, and Lee Jin-woo (Lee Seo-jin), who lives 5 years in the past. One day, the two are connected by a call and Jung-in discovers a conspiracy surrounding her father, Seo Ki-tae (Kim Yeong-cheol), who is the president.
The two work together to untangle the truth behind both their lives.
Korean title: 타임즈
Genre: Political, mystery, fantasy
Airs on: 20th February 2021
Vincenzo is a romance-comedy about 2 lawyers – Park Joo-hyung (Song Joong-ki) and Hong Cha-young (Jun Yeo-bin).
Joo-hyung was adopted at the age of 8 and grew up in Italy. He becomes a lawyer – under the name of Vincenzo Casano – and works for the Mafia as a consigliere. However, when a war breaks out between mafia groups, he’s forced to flee to South Korea.
Joo-hyung meets Cha-young by chance and soon falls in love with her, putting the two lawyers into a budding romance amidst their pursuit of justice.
Korean title: 빈센조
Genre: Comedy, romance, crime
Airs on: 20th February 2021
Sisyphus: The Myth is a sci-fi mystery drama that tells the story of a genius engineer and a mysterious individual. The drama is directed by Jin Hyuk, who also directed popular dramas such as City Hunter (2011), Master’s Sun (2013), Doctor Stranger (2014), and Legend of the Blue Sea (2016).
[티저] ＂이번엔 끝장을 보자＂ 조승우x박신혜 ＜시지프스 : the myth＞ 2021년 2월 첫 방송

It will be Park Shin-hye’s comeback drama after last starring in Memories of the Alhambra (2018) with Hyun Bin. She also recently starred in the movie #Alive (2020), which became one of the most streamed movies on Netflix.
Both Park Shin-hye and Jo Seung-woo have previously appeared together in the movie The Lizard (2006).
Korean title: 시지프스: The Myth
Genre: Action, mystery, drama, sci-fi
Airs: Feb 2021

Image adapted from: Chosun News and Yonhap News
Mouse is a suspense-filled drama that follows Jung Ba-reum (Lee Seung-gi), an upright rookie police officer whose life gets complicated when he meets a ruthless psychopathic serial killer. After surviving a dangerous encounter with the psychopath, he is driven to find out the truth behind psychopathic behaviours, together with his partner Ko Moo-chi (Lee Hee-joon).
The new Korean drama posits an interesting question – what if you could identify a psychopath before they are even born?
Viewers can anticipate an intense and emotional thriller written by Choi Ran, who was behind the hit thrillers God’s Gift: 14 Days (2014) and Black (2017).
Mouse will be Lee Seung-gi’s first small screen comeback since Vagabond (2019), while Park Joo-hyun is currently playing the female lead in the drama The Zombie Detective (2020).
Korean title: 마우스
Genre: Action, suspense, thriller
Airs: Feb 2021
Monthly House is a romance-comedy about 2 individuals – Yoo Ja-sung (Kim Ji-suk), a rich man who is a CEO of a real estate investment company and a magazine company, and Na Young-won (Jung So-min), a magazine editor.
After Young-won meets Ja-sung, she decides to search for a house of her own and develops an interest in the real estate industry.
Jung So-min last starred in the heartwarming drama Soul Mechanic (2020), where she took on the role of Han Woo-joo, a musical star with a borderline personality disorder.
Korean title: 월간 집
Genre: Comedy, romance
Airs on: 21st March 2021
Great Real Estate is a drama about real estate brokers who exorcise ghosts from buildings in which people have died. The 2 main characters, Hong Ji-ah (Jang Na-ra) and Oh In-beom (Jung Yong-hwa), meet each other in the course of work and end up working together to learn the secret behind Ji-ah’s mother’s death 20 years ago.
KBS 드라마 대박부동산 가상 오프닝 영상(non-official) | 정용화 장나라 주연
Jang Na-ra will play Hong Ji-ah, an exorcist who’s also the boss of Daebak Real Estate, while CNBLUE’s Jung Yong-hwa will play Oh In-bum, a con artist who doesn’t believe in ghosts but uses them to make money.
This drama will be Jung Yong-hwa’s first drama in 3 years since The Pa
Cosplay Master
Dressing Porn Tube
18yo X
Hot Nicky30 Porn
Pics Socks Girls
18 Best Korean Movies 2021 — Top South Korean Films to Stre…
36 New Korean Dramas In 2021 To Put On Your To-Watch List
18+ Exciting Pension 2021 Korean Movie... - Hindi Web ...
Top Korean Movies: 20 Can't-miss Films to Watch in 2021
Best Worldwide (18+ Adult Sex Erotic) Movies (2021) - IMDb
Upcoming Korean dramas in 2021 (154 shows) - MyDramaList
Nonton Film Korea Terbaru Streaming Subtitle Indonesia ...
FILM SEMI KOREA - Rebahan 21
Free Watch Korean Drama Sub English | DramaLove
Dramaku.id: Situs Nonton Drama Korea Subtitle Indonesia
Korea Film 18 2021