The streamer carries K-dramas and tense thrillers in equal measure.
Here areEntertainment Weeklys picks for the 14 best Korean movies streaming on Netflix right now.
There are plenty of guns and knives, though.
Gong Yoo as Kang In-ho in ‘Silenced’; Song Kang-ho as Kim Ki-taek in ‘Parasite’; Kim You-jung as Na Bo-ra in ‘20th Century Girl’.Credit:Lotte Entertainment/Courtesy Everett; Neon; Seo Ji Hyung/Netflix
Ok-ju (Jun Jong-seo) is a professional bodyguard to whom martial arts and gunplay are second nature.
Now heartbroken, Ok-ju sets out to exact vengeance upon him the way only she can.
But changing the past is, as it turns out, a double-edged sword.
Byeon Woo-seok as Poong Woon-ho and Kim Yoo-jung as Na Bo-ra in ‘20th Century Girl’.Courtesy Netflix
Only he doesnt seem quite the same and remembers nothing about his abduction.
WhileLove and Leashesis about BDSM, it falls more into rom-com territory than anything overly salacious.
This Korean movie takes a playful approach to its central relationship and its sexual dynamics.
Park Yu-rim as Choi Min-hee in ‘Ballerina’.Yoo Eun Mi/Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
Its a fun rom-comanda soft introduction to a topic that, for many, is still taboo.M.V.
If youre looking for whimsy, consider skipping this one, as youll mostly find bone-crunching and blood here.
An unnamed town revolves (economically and otherwise) around a deteriorating nuclear plant.
Park Shin-hye as Kim Seo-yeon in ‘The Call’.Netflix/Everett
When a major earthquake strikes and causes a nuclear meltdown, the implications are massive.
When it rains it pours.
A socially conscious thriller?
Park Seo-joon as Yoon Hong-dae in ‘Dream’.Netflix
A low-level security guard gains telekinetic powers after drinking water from a tainted mountain spring.
As In-ho investigates, he discovers the extent of the cover-up and resolves to seek justice for the victims.
Da-eun (Chae Soo-bin) and Jang-hyeok (Jang Ki-yong) are trying to make a long-distance relationship work.
Kang Ha-neul as Jin-seok in ‘Forgotten’.Megabox
That comes with fights, breakups, and makeups not necessarily in that order.
Jeong-in (Suzy) uses the eponymous technology to video chat with a simulation of her comatose boyfriend.
An older woman (Sung Byung-sook) simply wants to keep in touch with her deceased grandson.
Seohyun as Jung Ji-woo in ‘Love and Leashes’.Netflix
Um Tae-goo as Park Tae-goo in ‘Night in Paradise’.Netlfix
Moon Jeong-hee as Jung-hye, Kim Nam-gil as Kang Jae-hyeok, and Kim Young-ae as Mrs. Seok in ‘Pandora’.Netflix
Song Kang-ho as Kim Ki-taek and Jang Hye-jin as Chung-sook in ‘Parasite’.Neon
(center) Shim Eun-kyung as Shin Roo-mi and Ryu Seung-ryong as Shin Seok-heon in ‘Psychokinesis’.Courtesy Netflix
Gong Yoo in Kang In-ho in ‘Silenced’.Lotte Entertainment/Courtesy Everett
Jang Ki-yong as Jang-hyuk and Chae Soo-bin as Da-eun in ‘Sweet & Sour’.Netflix
Jung Hae-in as Cha Hyun-woo in ‘Tune in for Love’.Netflix
Park Bo-gum as Tae-joo in ‘Wonderland’.Netflix
