![]() ![]() And it’s all for you- language learners and non-language learners alike. So without further ado, here are the top 20 Korean movies you should be watching in 2022. ![]() This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that youĬlick here to get a copy. (Download) Top Korean Movies: 20 Can’t-miss Films to Watch in 2022 1. This is Korea’s version of Forrest Gump and is one of the most successful movies the country has ever produced. It follows the life of a boy named Deok-soo whose family got separated during the Hungnam Evacuation of the Korean War. His father and sister got left behind in the North while he and his mother were able to flee south. The movie depicts the dramatic moments in the country’s history from the 1950s to modern times. Deok-soo, as the lead character, experiences these turbulent times as he tries to lift his own family from poverty and at the same time build a family of his own. Language learners will get a rich cultural and historical backdrop in this tearjerker of a film. You’ll get to witness the dramatic upheavals Korea experienced in the past decades and will come out with a new-found appreciation for Koreans and their inspiring narrative. This is the touching story of two brothers when they each get conscripted to fight in the Korean War. Jin-tae, the older brother, has always looked after his younger sibling Jin-seok. When war breaks out, Jin-tae seeks to protect his brother by striking a deal with his commander that if he earns the highest military honors, his younger brother will be released from military service and sent home. Jin-tae, without regard for life and limb, joins the most dangerous and suicidal combat missions. Well, why don’t you see for yourself? And as a language learner, you might as well dive into the dialogues and slowly build your war chest of Korean vocabulary. This movie was the certified hit of 2016, and it briefly resurrected the dying “zombie apocalypse” genre. Seok-woo, a workaholic fund manager played by Gong Yoo, is on a train with his young daughter and headed for Busan-a port city 300 kilometers south of Seoul. The divorced dad is taking the child to see her mom as the kid’s birthday gift. She’s about to wreak havoc on every passenger inside…and so begins our movie! Just when the train doors are about to close, a woman with a bite wound steps onto the platform and into the train. “Train to Busan” has all the qualities of a great movie: interesting characters, good build-up and of course, zombies. The movie might be heavy on the gore, but it’s actually very light on the language. Beginners of Korean can have a field day learning the lines from this one. “Miss Granny” is a funny look into what sort of trouble a 70-year-old grandmother could get herself into if she suddenly reverted back to her 20-year-old self. Mal-soon is a difficult old widow, living with her son and daughter-in-law. She’s a foul-mouthed, controlling mother-in-law constantly getting on the nerves of the couple. One night, after being told that her own son is going to leave her at a nursing home, Mal-soon wanders the streets, hurt and dejected. She finds herself in front of a mysterious photo studio that claims to take pictures that make one look young. Mal-soon leaves the studio as a fresh 20-year-old. She can’t believe it at first, but soon, she resolves to make the most out of her situation. And so the fun begins…Īdvanced language learners might have a ball hearing “old lady“ talk (with a regional accent) coming from a young face like that of Shim Eun-kyung. The film is a melodrama about a mentally challenged father who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.Īn innocent Yong-gu, due to a truly unfortunate turn of events, is sent to prison for the abduction, rape and murder of a young girl. 7, where the most hardened criminals are kept, and where he is welcomed most unkindly. ![]()
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