Top 16 Korean movies about the best and most dramatic crime psychology

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If you are looking for good Korean movies to watch and entertain on the weekend, don't ignore crime-themed movies. Coming to Korean psychological crime dramas, you will witness mysterious cases, in addition to dramatic and suspenseful investigations. Each movie is a fascinating story that makes viewers unable to take their eyes off. Not every crime drama brings the audience into a detective world with horrible crimes, exposing the scary dark sides of people and society. But each story, each case in the movie will give you a multi-dimensional view with many different levels of emotions. In this article, I will introduce to you the 15 best and most dramatic Korean crime dramas. Let's see!

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Forgotten

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  • IMDb Score: 7.4/10
  • Release date: January 29, 2017
  • Movie Genre: Crime, Horror
  • Movie length: 108 minutes
  • Country: Korea
  • Directed by: Jang Hang-jun
  • Actors: Kang Ha-neul, Yeon Je Hyung

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Forgotten revolves around the main character Jin-seok and his family move to a new house. Even though the house was Jin-seok's first time entering, it felt familiar. However, he began to notice strange sounds that his father had told him not to set foot in. The climax of the story is when his brother - Yoo Seok is kidnapped and released after 19 days but does not remember anything. More strangely, since then, Jin-seok often realizes that Yoo-seok isn't his brother. He uses sedatives and often has nightmares, so is what he witnessed true?

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Tunnel

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  • IMDb Score: 8.3/10
  • Release date: 10/8/2016
  • Movie Genre: Psychological, Crime
  • Movie length: 60 minutes/episode (16 episodes)
  • Country: Korea
  • Directed by: Kim Seong-hun
  • Actors: Choi Jin-Hyuk, Yoon Hyun-min, Jo Hie-bong

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Tunnel is a film about a journey through the air from 1980 to the present to investigate a murder case. The film revolves around Park Kwang-ho - a veteran police officer in the 80s who chased a serial killer to save his daughter and unfortunately went to the future. Kwang-ho accidentally meets and befriends Kim Sun-jae (female police officer) and Shin Jae Yi (psychologist) and creates a trio of geniuses to solve cases.

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Cold Eyes

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  • IMDb Score: 7.1/10
  • Release date: 3/7/2013
  • Movie Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
  • Movie length: 119 minutes
  • Country: Korea
  • Directed by: Jo Ui-seok, Kim Byung-seo
  • Actors: Sol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung, Han Hyo-joo

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The film revolves around the character Ha Yoon-ju (Han Hyo-joo) - a girl with a superhuman memory, she becomes a member of the Korea's Special Crime Commission (SCU) and is assigned to the Hwang Sang-Jun's team (Seol Kyung-Gu). The mission of the whole team Yoon-ju is James - the leader of a dangerous armed criminal organization. James is a leader with intelligence and many perfect plans that always help the gang escape capture from the police. Therefore, Yoon-ju and Sang-ju had to find a way to catch James.

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Montage

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  • Directed by: Geun-seop Jeong
  • Actors: Kim Sang-kyung, Song Young-Chang, Uhm Junghwa
  • Genre: Criminal Psychological Horror
  • Release year: 2013

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The story is a wake-up call for the criminal groups in Montage 2013 that happened in a case involving 3 lives right at the end of the appeal period of the kidnapping 15 years ago, the criminal with the The same case has carried out a plan to arrest a mother's daughter, an old man's grandchild and a policeman. 15 years ago a prisoner was arrested, 15 years later he returned to plan to kidnap 3 other people to create a thrilling and equally creepy case.

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The Negotiation

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  • Directed by: Lee Jong Seok
  • Duration: 114 minutes
  • Year of manufacture: 2018
  • Country: Korea
  • Genre: Adventure - Action, Crime - War, Cinema
  • Actors: Hyun Bin, Son Ye Jin, Kim Sang Ho, Jang Young Nam, Cha Rae Hyung, Jang Gwang

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The Negotiation is about Ha Chae-youn (Son Ye Jin) who is the best police officer of the Crisis Negotiation team, she always keeps a cool head in all situations. However, she falls into a great shock when a kidnapping case ends in tragedy, she witnesses the kidnapper and hostage being killed right before her eyes. Just 10 days later, Min Tae-gu (Hyun Bin), a notorious arms dealer wanted by the police, kidnaps a Korean reporter and police officer and appoints Chae-youn as the negotiator. . The unprecedented dangerous situation makes Chae-youn unable to back down, and the horrifying truth behind is gradually revealed.