The attraction of the detective film genre has never decreased. If the 90s were the dominance of Hong Kong crime-solving films, then from the 2000s to the present is the continuous development and upgrade of Korean detective films. Diverse genres, multi-dimensional perspectives, revealing the truth honestly and based on real cases are the factors that make Korean detective films attract a large audience. The meticulous refinement of images, camera angles, and focus on criminal psychological analysis are special features of this film genre. Right now, let's join Top Share to immediately discover the top 10 best Korean detective masterpieces that you should not miss!
1 Partners For Justice
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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
2 Mouse
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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
3 Voice
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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
4 Flower Of Evil
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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
5 The Chaser
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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
6 Signal
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Trailer Signal
Signal - is a movie in the crime, investigation, action and fantasy genres. A miracle happened to police officer Lee Jae-han's (Cho Jin-woong) radio in 1989, when it was able to contact Lieutenant Park Hae-young's (Lee Je-hoon) radio. in 2015. Taking advantage of this special connection, the two worked together to solve cases that were forgotten because they were not solved and prevented bad things, and at the same time they discovered many more shocking truths. King. Although the solution to the cases is fictional, the cases in the film are based on real cases that caused a stir in Korea, creating many realistic, thrilling and suspenseful details for the film.
Director: Kim Won-seok
Screenwriter: Kim Eun-hee
Cast: Lee Je-hoon, Kim Hye-soo, Cho Jin-woong
Duration: 60 minutes/episode
Number of episodes: 16
Status: Completed
Genre: Crime, Crime, Fantasy
Year of release: 2016
Country: Korea
7 Blind
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Trailer Blind - Invisible Crime
Blind - is a detective film revolving around 3 young people with 3 different lives: Ryu Sung Joon - a good but somewhat impulsive police officer; Ryu Sung Hoon - is an upright, intelligent judge; and Jo Eun Ki - a warm and justice-loving social worker. Three people are caught up in a case, where Ryu Sung Joon is the police officer who arrests the suspect, Ryu Sung Hoon is the judge of that case and Jo Eun Ki is one of the jury members. It seemed like the case was over after the verdict. After the trial, members of the jury were mass murdered. The three people joined hands to decode these cases, and at the same time, doubts and conflicts gradually arose. What is the truth?
Director: Shin Yong-hwi, Jang Jeong-do
Screenwriter: Kwon Ki-kyung
Actors: Ok Taec-yeon, Ha Seok-jin, Jung Eun-ji
Duration: 70 minutes/episode
Number of episodes: 16
Status: Completed
Genre: Criminal, Crime, Psychological - Romance
Release year: 2022
Country: Korea
8 Dark Figure Of Crime
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Trailer Dark Figure Of Crime
Dark Figure Of Crime - is a movie based on a true story that happened in Busan. Police officer Hyung-min (Kim Yoon-seok) received a confession call from Kang Tae-oh (Joo Ji-hoon) - a crazy but intelligent murderer, he was proud of his crime of murdering 7 people. me. The police inspectors were quite surprised and did not believe his confession and confession of where he had dumped the victims, when there were no missing persons reports or any clues. However, police officer Hyung-min believed what he said based on his intuition, he was determined to pursue the crime to the end from the vague clues provided by the criminal.
Director: Kim Tae-gyun
Screenwriter: Kim Tae-gyun, Kwak Kyung-taek
Cast: Joo Ji-hoon, Kim Yun-seok, Moon Jeong-hee, Jin Seon-kyu
Duration: 110 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Status: Completed
Genre: Crime, Crime, Horror, Action
Year of release: 2018
Country: Korea
9 Decision To Leave
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Trailer Decision To Leave
Decision To Leave - is a film revolving around a detective Hae Joon (Park Hae-il) and a mysterious widow Seo-rae (Tang Duy). The film begins when police officer Hae Joon investigates the case of a man falling off a cliff in Busan. One of the suspects in the case is the victim's wife, a beautiful but mysterious Chinese woman. Before her husband's death, she did not shed a single tear, and sometimes even smiled. The widow's strange actions and behavior aroused suspicion and curiosity for police officer Hae Joon. He continuously followed and investigated this mysterious woman, but over time a strange feeling arose between the two. The detective plot mixed with romance has created a strange, indescribable emotional resonance for viewers.
Director: Park Chan-wook
Screenwriter: Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-gyeong
Actors: Thang Duy, Park Hae-il
Duration: 138 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Status: Completed
Genre: Criminal, Crime, Psychological - Romance
Release year: 2022
Country: Korea
10 Memories Of Murder
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Trailer mories Of Murder
Memories Of Murder - is a movie based on a true event in Korea. In a small town in Korea, a series of young girls became victims one after another with similar methods of committing crimes. This makes the police suspect that it was all done by a serial killer. Local police officer Park Doo-man (Song Kang-ho) and detective Seo Tae-yoon (Kim Sang-kyung) worked together to find the murderer's identity and stop his crimes. The two's journey to solve the crime is full of excitement and drama, making viewers unable to take their eyes off.
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Screenwriter: Bong Joon-ho, Shim Sung-bo
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roi-ha, Park Hae-il, Byun Hee-bong
Duration: 127 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Status: Completed
Genre: Crime, Crime, Action
Year of release: 2003
Country: Korea
