The Best Films From South Korea Released in 2017

Films from South Korea Released In 2017

In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.

1987: When the Day Comes (2017)

The motive of NIGHTSCAPE is a TAXI SERIAL KILLER in South Korea from 2004 to 2010. The killer in known as brutal crime, such as keeping the body in the taxi trunk. NIGHTSCAPE shows two faces of ordinary and cruelness the city through an actual crime.

Nightscape (2017)

Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.

Steel Rain (2017)

Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)

Byun goes back to his hometown and opens a small restaurant selling food and makgeolli (traditional rice wine). He puts up a framed quote that states "If you drink makgeolli here, those you miss will return." A young woman, Joo-Young begins to stay there and work. People with their own stories gather at the restaurant.

The Return (2017)

Eun-jung, who is poor enough to buy a sanitary pad, leaves school without her father's knowledge and sneaks into her house. And they spend the day in their own way, familiarly.

The Day I Hate to Go to School (2017)

Three people meet in the same place for very different reasons where two people are waiting to hunt them down.

Missing 2 (2017)

After people in his town start turning up dead, a grumpy landlord is visited by a man who recounts an unsolved serial murder case from 30 years ago.

The Chase (2017)

When his abducted brother returns seemingly a different man with no memory of the past 19 days, Jin-seok chases after the truth behind the kidnapping.

Forgotten (2017)

The renown hitman, ‘Flying Dagger’, bumps into ‘Wild Dog’, who happens to be a hired assassin for mobster ‘Black Leopard’. While both of them try to be incognito, they cannot help falling in love with each other. However, ‘Wild Dog’ has a secret that he couldn't confide to 'Flying Dagger.'. After all, ‘Flying Dagger’ and ‘Wild Dog’ reveal their secret identities to each other during the fight led by their bosses. They run into danger as gangsters brand them as traitors. Will they be able to overcome obstacles and keep their love?

Long Time No See (2017)

A lowly prison guard attempts to foil the escape of an incarcerated rebel leader whose henchmen have come to free him.

The Age of Blood (2017)

A group of swindlers unite to hunt down an infamous con man who was known dead, amid their hidden motives and deception.

The Swindlers (2017)

The high school girls, Eunbyeol and Honei, are schoolchildren who rank first and second in academic accomplishment. 'Honei' is the charger of class with good grades, a lot of money. Their affinity with children is excellent and they are target of envy. 'Eunbyeol' is living with her mother in a poor family. Honei is the only friend that Eunbyeol can depend on. One day, a hardship comes to the Eunbyol.. - to save the children? The world of a girl who has brought social prejudice and indifference to what she has. In a sad reality that had to be getting more and more away, broken and abandoned dreams, trampled life. Will the children be healed? Can children come back to their place? Is there really a place to take children?

Schoolgirl (2017)

Giseop starts work at the Busun Church at the request of Rev. Kang, whom he has always revered. When Kang is involved in a dispute with his predecessor, Giseop takes Kang’s side first, but soon his beliefs begin to shake.

Romans 8:37 (2017)

Tae-jung, the part-time worker of a DVD room, hides drugs in room #7 in exchange for wiping off his debt. When he goes back to the room to retrieve the drugs but realizes that the door is completely locked down by his employer, who also has secretly hidden a dead body inside. A dangerous battle of wits ensues between a man who must lock away the secret behind the door, and another, who must go inside.

Room No.7 (2017)

A former prostitute rises to become the number two in a gangs. However, when her young protege feels over worked doing the gang's dirty business and a prosecutor is roped into handling the syndicate's business dealings, the hidden son of the number two becomes a weakness when his existence is revealed.

A Special Lady (2017)

Tae-san is a man who truly has everything: money, fame, power and two women he loves: his only daughter, Mira, and his fiancée, Yuna, a chart-topping popstar. He wants them to get along, but Mira doesn’t treat kindly her stepmother-to-be.

Heart Blackened (2017)

Reunited in their hometown for their father's funeral, two self-interested brothers meet a peculiar woman who shares a huge secret about their family.

The Bros (2017)

Hui-jun is a delivery boy at a Chinese restaurant. While on a delivery, he runs into Sung-yong, who was his upperclassman in middle school. Hui-jun and his friend Dong-gi witness Sung-yong’s suspicious behavior and tail Sung-yong.

Thirsty (2017)

Young Kim Chang-Soo is placed behind bars, charged with murdering a Japanese person who took part in Empress Myeongseong's assassination. In prison, Kim Chang-Soo sees how Koreans are persecuted and grows into a fighter for Korean independence.

Man of Will (2017)