7 Best Korean War Movies You Must Watch

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Khuraijam Roger Singh
Oct 10, 2024

Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023)

A historical war action film directed by Kim Han-min, the film shows the historical Battle of Noryang, the last major battle of the Japanese invasions of Korea.

Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

A powerful film follows two brothers who are forced to join the South Korean army during the Korean War. Their bond is tested as the war drives them apart emotionally, leading to tragic consequences.

71: Into the Fire (2010)

Based on a true story and directed by John H. Lee, the movie focuses on a group of 71 South Korean student soldiers who held off North Korean forces for 11 hours during the Korean War.

The Front Line (2011)

Jang Hoon’s third film is set during the final days of the Korean War, the movie follows South Korean and North Korean soldiers fighting over a strategic hill.

Operation Chromite (2016)

John H. Lee's fiction, based on the true story of Operation X-ray, follows US General Douglas's covert mission to North Korea, involving eight members of the Korean Liaison Office.

Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

Set in 1950s Korea, during the Korean War. Together with an American pilot, soldiers from both the North and South arrive in a remote village where most of the villagers are ignorant of the outside world, including the conflict.

My Way (2011)

A South Korean war film directed by Kang Je-gyu, follows a pair of rival marathon runners, one Korean and the other Japanese, who befriend each other as they are conscripted across the war's different fronts.

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