1. Katatsumori (かたつもり)
Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Moon-young (문영)
Mute Moon-young records people's faces with her small camcorder on the subway. One day, she avoids her drunk father at home and films Hee-soo who is crying over saying goodbye to her boyfriend and gets caught. The two feel some sort of kinship and become closer.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
3. Be Here to Love Me
Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of Townes Van Zandt.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
4. It's a Long Road (Όλα Είναι Δρόμος)
Three stories dealing with three men and their stance towards life, given their personal background. All stories are held in Northern Greece , covering all the spectrum from urban to rural settings.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
5. Run-Off (국가대표 2)
In 2003 the year of Aomori Asian Games, Dae-woong, a former ice hockey player receives an offer to be a director of Korean national ice hockey team. Before he enjoys the moment, realizes it is a woman national team with bunch of losers; a figure skating player who wants to get married by becoming a national team, a former field hockey player, now a fat housewife, and an expelled short track skater. As an ace player, Ji-won, a former national team player of North Korea, joins the team. But they still have hope as only 5 teams participating this year. With the great victory of first match, they feel the medal is closer, yet Ji-won meets her sister left in North Korea alone as a next opponent...
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
6. Another Child (미성년)
Teenage girls suffer from conflicts from their parents' affairs. A baby from the affair is born, and the two families have to accept reality.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
7. Two Irenes (As Duas Irenes)
In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father's been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter with the same name.
It has an average vote of 6.866 on TMDB.
8. Believer (독전)
After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterious kingpin of a major drug cartel.
It has an average vote of 7.346 on TMDB.
9. Innocent Witness (증인)
An old man is found dead, and his housekeeper is charged with the murder. Her defense attorney is surprised to learn the only witness to the crime is a teenage girl with autism.
It has an average vote of 7.704 on TMDB.
10. The Vanished (사라진 밤)
A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
11. The Prison (프리즌)
An imprisoned ex-police inspector discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate running a crime syndicate and becomes part of the crime empire.
It has an average vote of 7.147 on TMDB.
12. Soulmate (소울메이트)
Mi-so, a 12 years old girl who transferred from Seoul to Jeju island, meets Ha-eun. They promise never to seperate. At the age of 18, Ha-eun's boyfriend, Jin-woo breaks two girls's friendship. Few years later, they come apart as their lives go seperate ways. Now they are 27, and they finally meet again. They've missed each other. After 15 years, will they truly understand each other?
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
13. Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (リトル・フォレスト 夏・秋)
Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
14. Canola (계춘할망)
A girl who went missing after an accident returns 10 years later and reunites with her grandmother.
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
15. The Isle (섬)
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.
It has an average vote of 6.987 on TMDB.
16. 1987: When the Day Comes (1987)
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.
It has an average vote of 8.13 on TMDB.
17. Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ)
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.
It has an average vote of 7.745 on TMDB.
18. The Trial
Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the façade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this nightmare.
It has an average vote of 7.407 on TMDB.
19. The Thieves (도둑들)
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
It has an average vote of 6.723 on TMDB.
20. V.I.P. (브이아이피)
A son to a high-ranked official in North Korea commits a series of murders going across the countries around the world. The movie depicts the following events as South Korea, North Korea and Interpol start chasing down after him.
It has an average vote of 7.793 on TMDB.