Top Korean movies steeped in secrets and spies

Feb1,2024

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The plot revolves around the Japanese colonial government who have gathered five suspects in a remote hotel on a seaside cliff to find 'phantom'

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Phantom (2023)

Lee who stars in the movie as Park, the chief of the South Korean National Intelligence Service's Foreign Unit, is battling flashbacks from a tragedy

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Hunt (2022)

Check out The Age of Shadows (2016, Amazon Prime) about a Japanese police officer ordered to take down a Korean independence group. 

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The Age of Shadows (2016)

Pyo Jong-seong (Ha Jung-woo), a North Korean spy in The Berlin File, interrupts an illegal arms sale and prepares for the ultimate sacrifice

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The Berlin File

An agent for South Korea's National Intelligence Service is caught between the ruling classes of North and South

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The Spy Gone North (2018)

An ex-secret agent, Cha Tae-shik (Won Bin), is in touch with So-mi, a woman whose mother smuggles drugs for a gang.

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The man from nowhere (2010)

A deserted North Korean spy and a fired South Korean agent start a business partnership, each intending to steal intelligence from each other

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Secret Reunion (2010)

South Korean agents Ryu and Lee are up against the clock in Swiri (sometimes called Shiri) as they track a female assassin from North Korea 

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Swiri (AKA Shiri, 1999)

A detective tracks down a successful young man running a crime syndicate. Korean action hero Ryoo Seung-wan (The Berlin File, The Unjust) is at the top of his game

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Veteran (2016)