1. Familyhood (굿바이 싱글)
An aging actress is desperate to become a mother. In menopause and too controversial for legal adoption, she decides to illegally adopt from a pregnant teenager while publicly faking pregnancy. The ensuing media circus at first revitalizes her career but then threatens to grow out of control and destroy everything she cares about.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
2. Coming Through the Rye
Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 year old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys' boarding school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is destined to play Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, and has adapted the book as a play.
It has an average vote of 6.192 on TMDB.
3. The Mayor (특별시민)
For the first time in Korean history, the mayor of Seoul attempts a third term in office, with his entire campaign team ready to soil their hands.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
4. Who Saw Him Die? (Ole dole doff)
Sören Mårtensson is a middle school teacher. His classroom occupied by half-grown children. His work is tormenting him and at night he is haunted by nightmares.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
5. Fate (숙명)
Four friends bound by destiny and unbeatable in the dark world. When a casino attack goes wrong as a result of betrayal, fate turns them into enemies. Now, forced to aim the gun at each other's hearts, their unavoidable battle begins.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
6. Excavator (포크레인)
20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays visits to his former superiors one by one and realizes they were all both assailants and victims of the times.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
7. Biohazard: Patient Zero
Two young scientists are swept up in a government plot to suppress the truth about a biological disaster at a genetic research facility.
It has an average vote of 5.036 on TMDB.
8. Karamay (克拉玛依)
In 1994, the oil-rich city of Karamay in Northwest China was the site of a horrible fire that killed nearly 300 schoolchildren. The students were performing for state officials and were told to stand by while the officials exited first. After the fire, the story was heavily censored in the Chinese state media. To this day, the families of Karamay have not been allowed to publicly mourn their children.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
9. Putin's Witnesses (Свидетели Путина)
Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president of the country. From that day and for a year, Vitaly Mansky's camera documented Putin's rise to power. The story of a privileged witness. The harsh explanation of the reason why politics is the art of possibility of achieving the best with the support of many, but also of giving the worst in return.
It has an average vote of 6.212 on TMDB.
10. National Security (남영동1985)
On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
11. The Eleventh Chapter (第十一回)
A man must attempt to clear his name after a theatre puts on a play that accuses him of committing a 30-year-old murder.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
12. The Ditch (夹边沟)
The film focuses on the suffering of Chinese who were imprisoned in a forced labor camp called Jiabiangou in the Gobi Desert in winter 1960 under Mao Zedong on the grounds that they were "rightist elements". The film tells of the harsh life of these men, who coped with physical exhaustion, extreme cold, starvation and death on a daily basis.
It has an average vote of 7.227 on TMDB.
13. Hill of Freedom (자유의 언덕)
Mori, a teacher, arrives in Seoul to track down Kwon, a woman he is in love with. However, things change after he visits a cafe owned by Young-sun and develops a relationship with her.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
14. The Mobfathers (選老頂)
The godfather of the triad Jing Hing and his senior bosses need to select a new boss to run the daily operations of the five gangs under their control. Chuck, a lifelong member of the triad, dreams of being the elected one, but his wife wants him to leave the criminal life and spend time with their child. Wulf, a former cop, also wants take over the seat. Both will try to achieve their goal by any means necessary.
It has an average vote of 5.922 on TMDB.
15. May 18 (화려한 휴가)
The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
16. The Chinese Mayor (大同)
Once the thriving capital of Imperial China, the city of Datong now lies in near ruins. Not only is it the most polluted city in the country, it is also crippled by decrepit infrastructure and even shakier economic prospects. But Mayor Geng Tanbo plans to change all that, announcing a bold, new plan to return Datong to its former glory, the cultural haven it was some 1,600 years ago. Such declarations, however, come at a devastatingly high cost. Thousands of homes are to be bulldozed, and a half-million of its residents will be relocated under his watch. Whether he succeeds depends entirely on his ability to calm swarms of furious workers and an increasingly perturbed ruling elite. The Chinese Mayor captures, with remarkable access, a man and, by extension, a country leaping frantically into an increasingly unstable future.
It has an average vote of 7.974 on TMDB.
17. A Taxi Driver (택시운전사)
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.
18. Extreme Job (극한직업)
A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
19. A Violent Prosecutor (검사외전)
After a prosecution lawyer is framed and convicted for murder, he tries to catch the real murderer from jail with the help of a con artist.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
20. The Merciless (불한당: 나쁜 놈들의 세상)
Jae-ho, who aims to become the number one in a crime organization, gets to build up trust with Hyun-su, an ambitious newbie in the prison. While they try to take over the organization after the prison release, their ulterior motives starts to emerge.
It has an average vote of 7.102 on TMDB.
