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Top 10 Korean Movies — Why K-Cinema Is Taking Over

February 07, 2026 5 min read

Korean cinema isn't just Parasite. It's a deep, rich film industry that's been producing masterpieces for decades. Here are the 10 highest-rated Korean films by GoodScore.

How GoodScore works: We combine ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB into a single 0-100 score. Higher = better. No single platform bias.

1
Parasite

Parasite

2019 · 2h 13m · Dir. Bong Joon Ho

Comedy, Thriller, Drama

91
GoodScore

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Sony Liv VI movies and tv
2
Oldboy

Oldboy

2003 · 2h · Dir. Park Chan-wook

Drama, Thriller, Mystery

82
GoodScore

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

Amazon Prime Video VI movies and tv
3
Train to Busan

Train to Busan

2016 · 1h 58m

Horror, Thriller, Action

81
GoodScore

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

Amazon Prime Video
4
Silenced

Silenced

2011 · 2h 5m · Dir. Hwang Dong-hyuk

Drama

80
GoodScore

Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.

Netflix
5
A Taxi Driver

A Taxi Driver

2017 · 2h 18m

Action, Drama, History

79
GoodScore

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...

Amazon Prime Video
6
Squid Game

Squid Game

2021 · Dir. Hwang Dong-hyuk

Action & Adventure, Mystery, Drama

79
GoodScore

Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.

Netflix
7
I Saw the Devil

I Saw the Devil

2010 · 2h 24m

Thriller, Horror

78
GoodScore

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it...

Amazon Prime Video
8
All of Us Are Dead

All of Us Are Dead

2022 · 1h 5m · Dir. Chun Sung-il

Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

78
GoodScore

A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.

Netflix
9
The Chaser

The Chaser

2008 · 2h 5m

Crime, Thriller, Action

77
GoodScore

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called...

Amazon Prime Video
10
20th Century Girl

20th Century Girl

2022 · 1h 59m · Dir. Bang Woo-ri

Romance, Drama

76
GoodScore

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

Netflix

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