11 Top Korean Films To Watch On Viki
If you’re a movie fan, Viki has got you covered with a plethora of award-winning films and blockbusters to choose among! From action thrillers to heartwarming romance and sci-fi adventures, Viki boasts a diverse collection of great films to add to your watch list.
Cozy up with some popcorn and blankets, and check out these top films on Viki!
“Concrete Utopia”
Exclusively available on Viki, “Concrete Utopia” is a disaster thriller about the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and the survivors gather at Hwang Goong Apartments, the only building left standing in an earthquake-ravaged Seoul. The film highlights humanity’s battle for survival while testing the residents’ morals to the limit.
Young Tak (Lee Byung Hun) becomes a temporary leader of the residents of Hwang Goong Apartments, and he will do anything to protect the building from outsiders. He turns to civil servant Min Sung (Park Seo Joon) for help in keeping the outsiders at bay, but Min Sung’s wife Myung Hwa (Park Bo Young) is against turning their backs on the outside survivors. The critically-acclaimed film further stars Kim Sun Young, Park Ji Hu, Kim Do Yoon, and more.
Watch “Concrete Utopia” below:
“The Childe”
Directed by Park Hoon Jung of hit films “New World,” “Night in Paradise,” and “The Witch” series, “The Childe” follows the chaotic chase involving Marco (Kang Tae Joo), an underground boxer who travels from one illegal arena to another in the Philippines.
Following a dangerous encounter with a gang, Marco heads to South Korea where he unexpectedly becomes the target of mysterious “Childe” (Kim Seon Ho) and further becomes intertwined with Director Han (Kim Kang Woo), a second generation chaebol, and Yoon Joo (Go Ara), a mysterious character who keeps coincidentally running into Marco.
Watch “The Childe” below:
“Love Reset”
“Love Reset” tells the story of an unhappily married couple Jung Yeol (Kang Ha Neul) and Na Ra (Jung So Min) who were once blissfully in love but are now on the brink of divorce. While on the way back home after leaving the courthouse with a 30-day divorce settlement period, the couple gets into an unexpected car accident—causing them both to lose their memories.
As Jung Yeol and Na Ra begin to fall in love once again, their families become desperate to stop them, devising a scheme to help them recall their memories and creating laughter and touching moments along the way. Notably, the film marks the reunion between Kang Ha Neul and Jung So Min following their film “Twenty,” leading to explosive chemistry between the cast members.
Watch “Love Reset” below:
“Alienoid”
“Alienoid” is a star-studded two-part film about the happenings that occur when a mysterious time portal opens and connects Taoists from the Goryeo Dynasty with aliens in 2022.
Part 1 was released in July 2022 and follows the story of a supernatural alien named Guard (Kim Woo Bin) and his flying robot partner named Thunder as they escorted alien prisoners while looking after their adopted daughter in present time. Meanwhile, in the year 1391, Taoist magician Muruk (Ryu Jun Yeol) ends up on a quest to find the legendary Divine Blade and becomes intertwined with a mysterious woman named Lee An (Kim Tae Ri). The past and future become unexpectedly interwoven as a thrilling and chaotic showdown takes place to chase down an alien prisoner imprisoned in a human’s body. In addition to the stellar main cast, the film also stars So Ji Sub, Honey Lee, Yum Jung Ah, Jo Woo Jin, Kim Eui Sung, Shin Jung Geun, and Lee Si Hoon.
Watch “Alienoid” Part 1 below:
“Project Wolf Hunting”
“Project Wolf Hunting” is an action thriller about a ship transporting dangerous criminals from the Philippines to Korea. In order to keep an eye on them, a team of experienced detectives boards the ship to make the journey together with the inmates—but chaos unfolds when an unexpected crisis breaks out at sea.
Seok Woo (Park Ho San) is in charge of the detectives who are tasked with looking after the convicts including Jong Doo (Seo In Guk), Lee Do Il (Jang Dong Yoon), Go Geon Bae (Go Chang Suk), and more. Despite the tight watch, the inmates have other plans as they set out to break free. However, unexpected trouble more deadly than the criminals lie ahead for the people in the cargo ship. Furthermore, “Project Wolf Hunting” marks the reunion of Seo In Guk and Jung So Min, who previously starred together in the 2018 drama “The Smile Has Left Your Eyes.”
Watch “Project Wolf Hunting” below:
“Ditto”
A remake of the 2000 film, “Ditto” is a story of love and friendship between two college students from different time periods who coincidentally begin to converse through walkie-talkies.
Yong (Yeo Jin Goo) is a college senior living in 1999 who becomes miraculously connected to Moo Nee (Cho Yi Hyun), a second-year student attending the same college but living in 2022, through a ham radio set. With their conversations, they help each other with advice and relationships as Yong tries to pursue his first love Seo Han Sol (Kim Hye Yoon) and Moo Nee grows closer to Young Ji (Na In Woo). The cast of millennials and Gen Z-ers are united together through this story of timeless love.
Watch “Ditto” below:
“The Night Owl”
“The Night Owl” is a thriller film about a visually-impaired acupuncturist who can only see at night witnessing the crown prince’s death and struggling to uncover the truth.
Although Kyung Soo (Ryu Jun Yeol) struggles to see during the day, Lee Hyung Ik (Choi Moo Sung) recognizes his talents in acupuncture and invites him to work in the palace alongside the royal physician of King Injo (Yoo Hae Jin). However, when Crown Prince Sohyeon (Kim Sung Cheol) is unexpectedly murdered after returning home from being held hostage, King Injo, who was already suffering from anxiety and paranoia, worsens in health. As the King falls further into madness, Kyung Soo attempts to unveil the truth despite the dangers lurking in the palace.
Wathch “The Knight Owl” below:
“The Point Men”
Helmed by Director Yim Soon Rye, who previously created movies including “The Whistleblower” and “Little Forest,” “The Point Men” depicts the story of the people who go to Afghanistan to rescue Korean missionaries who are held hostage by the Taliban.
The Korean government dispatches the skilled diplomat Jeong Jae Ho (Hwang Jung Min) in order to handle the situation. Once he arrives, he asks for the Afghan government’s cooperation and uses every means possible to free the hostages. However, his efforts go in vain, and he is forced to work with the National Intelligence Service agent Dae Sik (Hyun Bin), who is an expert on the Middle East. The two become unlikely allies in a race against time to save the hostages.
Watch “The Point Men” below:
“Peninsula”
“Peninsula” is a zombie action blockbuster directed by Yeon Sang Ho that takes place four years after the events of “Train to Busan” and centers around a group of people who were left behind to fight for their lives in a ruinous land.
When the Korean peninsula becomes quarantined following the zombie outbreak, Marine Captain Jung Seok (Kang Dong Won) desperately escapes, even leaving people behind in an attempt to survive. Guilt-ridden after their escape, Jung Seok and his brother-in-law Chul Min (Kim Do Yoon) accept a dangerous mission to return to South Korea. In Korea, Jung Seok receives help from survivors including Min Jung (Lee Jung Hyun)—whom Jung Seok abandoned in the past—and together they end up teaming up in a battle for survival against not only rabid zombies but also sinister humans.
Start watching “Peninsula”:
Also watch “Train to Busan” below:
“Ransomed”
“Ransomed” is an action film helmed by director Kim Sung Hoon that takes place in 1987 and is about a diplomat traveling to Lebanon with ransom money to bring his colleague back home.
When a South Korean diplomat gets abducted, the government agrees to pay a ransom but decide to keep the mission quiet due to the upcoming presidential election and bid for hosting the Olympics. Diplomat Lee Min Joon (Ha Jung Woo), who dreams of being assigned to work in the United States, volunteers for the dangerous mission to rescue his colleague with the agreement that he would be assigned to the States upon his return. When he arrives in Lebanon, Min Joon meets Pan Soo (Joo Ji Hoon), a street-savvy Korean taxi driver who becomes an unlikely ally to Min Joon as they face countless dangers to save the missing diplomat.
Watch “Ransomed” below:
“The Moon”
Produced by director Kim Yong Hwa—the mastermind behind the “Along With the Gods” series—“The Moon” tells the story of an astronaut left alone in space and another man on Earth who is desperately trying to save him.
Astronaut Hwang Sung Woo (EXO’s D.O.) is a molecular physics major and former Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) soldier who joins Korea’s first manned spacecraft as the youngest member. But when an unexpected solar wind strikes the spacecraft and kills Hwang Sun Woo’s companions, he gets stranded in space over 384,000 kilometers away from Earth. Former space center director Jae Guk (Sol Kyung Gu) thus embarks on a rescue mission on Earth to save the stranded Sun Woo.
“The Moon” will be available on Viki soon:
Which of these films have you watched, and which ones are you planning to add to your watch list? Let us know in the comments!
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