Top 10 Best Korean Detective Movies You Shouldn't Miss

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Partners For Justice

Trailer Partners For Justice

Partners For Justice ​ - is a movie that combines two new crime-solving departments: prosecutors and forensics. The film revolves around Baek Beom (Jung Jae Young), a forensic doctor famous for his ability to find clues and evidence from corpses, and Eun Sol (Jung Yoo Mi), a female prosecutor with super memory. mortal, recording every event and memory she has experienced in a surreal way. At first, the two had difficulty cooperating because of their different personalities, but they became a perfect investigative couple, solving mysterious cases together as they gradually understood each other.

Director: No Do-cheol, Hyun Ra Wae, Han Jin Sun
Screenwriter: Min Ji-eun, Won Young-sil, Jo Won Ki
Cast: No Min-woo, Jeong Yu-mi, Jung Jae-young, Stephanie Lee
Duration: 60 minutes/episode
Number of episodes: 32 episodes/ 2 parts
Status: Completed 2 parts
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Medicine
Year of release: 2018 - 2019
Country: Korea

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Mouse

Trailer Mouse

Mouse opens with the "headhunting" cases of a serial killer. He was brought to light after being recognized by the son of a victim who was also a witness and found his mother's head inside a snowman in front of his house. He is the genius doctor Han Seo Jun (Ahn Jae-wook), who carries the gene for antisocial personality disorder. At that time, another genius doctor named Lee Daniel (Jo Jae-Yoon) also invented a method that could identify personality disorder genes of fetuses in the womb.

25 years later, police officer Joeng Ba-Reum (Lee Seung-gi) and detective Go Moo Chi (Lee Hee-jun) confront Seong Yo-han (Kwon Hwa-wo), who is known as a child. Han Seo Jun's younger brother and suspected serial killer of recent fable-based cases. Throughout the film, there are tense battle situations between good and evil, creating the film's irresistible appeal to detective movie fans.

Director: Choi Joon-bae
Screenwriter: Choi Ran
Cast: Lee Seung-gi, Park Joo-hyun, Kwon Hwa-woon, Lee Hee - Joon, Kyung Soo-jin
Duration: 60 minutes/episode
Number of episodes: 20
Status: Completed
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Suspense, Mystery
Release year: 2021
Country: Korea

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Voice

Trailer Voice

Voice ​ - is a detective film revolving around a novel topic, about the police officers of the 112 Emergency Call Center, also known as the "Golden Time" task force. This department specializes in determining the location of victims, criminals and crime scenes through calls for help. The main character throughout the 4 parts of the film is a voice analysis expert - Kang Kwon Joo (Lee Ha Na). Each season has a major case throughout and small cases throughout the episodes, bringing different aspects of life, psychology, and crime.

Director: Shin Yong-hui
Screenwriter: Ma Jin-won
Cast: Lee Ha-na, Jang Hyuk, Lee Jin-wook, Song Seung-heon
Duration: 35 minutes/episode
Number of episodes: 58 episodes/ 4 parts
Status: Completed 4 parts
Genre: Thriller, Legal
Release year: 2017 - 2021
Country: Korea

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Flower Of Evil

Trailer Flower Of Evil

Flower Of Evil ​ - is the story of Baek Hee sung (Lee Joon-gi), he was suspected of being a murderer 18 years ago, then ran away, hid his past and married a woman. police officer Cha Ji won (Moon Chae-won). The two created a happy family with an adorable daughter, until Cha Ji Won began investigating a series of murders and gradually discovered her husband's secrets. Is Baek Hee sung really the perpetrator of the case 18 years ago? Will Cha Ji Won hide or denounce her husband? All will be answered in the dramatic, fascinating and touching episodes of Devil's Flower.

Director: Kim Cheol-kyu
Screenwriter: Yoo Jung-hee
Cast: Lee Joon-gi, Jang Hee-jin, Moon Chae-won and Seo Hyun-woo
Duration: 60 minutes/episode
Number of episodes: 16
Status: Completed
Genre: Melodrama; ‎Horror‎; ‎Thriller movie
Year of release: 2020
Country: Korea

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The Chaser

Trailer The Chaser

The Chaser - is a detective film about Eom Joong-ho (Kim Yoon-seok), a former police officer who was fired for accepting bribes and is currently working as a prostitute. Suddenly one day, two of the call girls that Joong-ho manages suddenly disappear. He sent another prostitute named Min-ji (Seo Young-hee) to serve a strange guest. However, Eom Joong-ho discovers that this guest is very suspicious and seems to be involved in the girls' disappearances. Realizing the impending danger to Min-ji - the girl he especially cares about, Joong-ho decides to investigate and track the customer's name to save her and solve the disappearances.

Director: Na Hong-jin
Screenwriter: Na Hong-jin, Shinho Lee
Actors: Kim Yoon-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Seo Young-hee
Duration: 123 minutes
  Number of episodes: 1
  Status: Completed
Genre: Crime, Horror
Year of release: 2008
Country: Korea