Top 10 Dramatic Korean Action Movies You Must Watch Once

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The Outlaws (2017)

The Outlaws (2017) = Trailer

• General information of the film
  Genre: Action, Crime, Dramatic
  Director: Yoon Seong Kang
  Writer: Yoon Seong Kang
  Cast: Ma Dong Seok, Yoon Kyesang, Jo Jae Yoon,...
  Achievements: achieved the top 10 films, best new director,...
  Duration: 2h 1m
  IMDb: 7.2/10
  Contents

  The film revolves around an inspector Ma along with his colleagues who keep local security at the beginning of a lot of chaos. The incident stemmed from a group of illegal immigrants from China, who were led by a criminal Jang Chen. Jang Chen builds a Heuksapa clan on his own, then starts waging war to gain territory locally to establish new power for himself. It was also from this time that the battle of Inspector Ma and his colleagues began to maintain local security.

 

2

The Man From Nowhere (2010)

The Man From Nowhere (2010) - Trailer

• General information of the film
  Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
  Director: Lee Jong Beom
  Writer: Lee Jong Beom
  Cast: Won Bin, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Sung Oh, Kim Tea Hoon
  Achievements: Grand Master Award for Best Visual Effects, Baeksang Arts Award for Best Film in a Film Category,...
  Duration: 1h59m
  IMDb: 7.7/10
  Contents

  The film follows the lonely life of former agent Cha Tae Sik with his day job pawnbrokering, So Mi is the only person who has spoken to him for years, So Mi's mother is Hyo Jeong who is a drug addict. All difficulties start with Hyo Jeong ruining the business of the drug trafficking ring, leading to the arrest of mother and son. In order to rescue the mother and daughter, Tea Sik stepped into danger in the face of gangs and police, mixed with her own past.

3

The Thieves (2012)

Trailer: The Thieves (2012)

• General information of the film
  Genre: Action, comedy, crime
  Director: Dong Hoon Choi
  Writers: Dong Hoon Choi, Ki Cheol Lee, Seong Hun Jeong,...
  Cast: Jun Ji Hyun, Kim so Hyun, Choi Dong Hoon, Lee Jung Jae, Kim Hye so,...
  Achievements: Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography,...
  Duration: 2h15m
  IMDb: 6.8/10
  Contents

  The film tells the story of a group of thieves who plan to hold a diamond worth up to $ 20 million that the key to opening the storage room is in the heart of the owner. The group has a sly leader Popie, Pepsee who has a talent for unlocking, Yenicall who specializes in infiltrating high-rise buildings, Zampano who is good at strategy and calculation, Chewinggum who has the ability to dress up, 5 of them team up with a group of Chinese to break into the Hong Kong Casino.

 

4

Veteran (2015)

Trailer: Veteran (2015)

General information of the film

Genre: Action, comedy, crime

Director: Seung Wan Ryu

Writer: Seung Wan Ryu

Cast: Hwang Jung Min, Yoo Ah In, Hae Jin Yoo,...

Achievements: Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Director, Baeksang Arts Award for Best Director in Film Category,...

Duration: 2h03m

IMDb: 7.0/10

Contents

Seo Do Cheol is a ruthless investigator for criminals. While investigating a major case, Inspector Seo accidentally discovers a criminal Jo Tae Oh is a millionaire, the 3rd generation heir of the large Sinjin conglomerate who is using the power of power and money to cover up his evil. No matter how Inspector Seo pursues Tae-oh, Tea Oh manages to escape thanks to the help of the forces he bribed with money.

5

Train To Busan (2016)

Trailer: Train To Busan (2016)

General information of the film

Genre: Action, horror, drama

Director: Sang Ho Yeon

Editor: Joo Suk Park, Sang Ho Yeon

Cast: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu Mi, Ma Dong Seok,...

Achievements: Baeksang Arts Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Film Category, Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Director in a Film Category,...

Duration: 1h58m

IMDb: 7.6/10.0

Contents

The film revolves around the people on the warship traveling from Seoul to Busan through a lot of hardships and difficulties happening on the ship to save their lives before the zombe epidemic by an unknown virus. A manager divorced his wife along with his daughter to Busan to meet his ex-wife because the daughter wanted to see her mother. Under the same circumstances on the battleship were a couple with a pregnant wife, a high school baseball team, a director, 2 older sisters and a homeless man.